It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

If you want to know how much money the family owes to someone, besides Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Yang knows best.

Song Zhi only needed to follow Yang and greet the villagers from house to house.

To be honest, everyone has seen how Song Zhi's family has been living over the years.

With a young child who needs to take medicine all the time, how can this family turn things around?

In fact, over the past three years, the villagers had a premonition that even if they asked for the money, they would probably not get it back.

Fortunately, the amount of money and silk was not much. The least one family had was one or two hundred coins, and the most one family had was no more than one or two taels of silver.

As long as everyone can still make a living, they have to grit their teeth and persevere. You can't just go to someone's house and force them to death, right?

What they didn't expect was that the person would offer to give them money even though they didn't even go to ask for it.

Most of the villagers were surprised, but some did not believe it.

There were also families close to the Song family who said they were not in a hurry and would give the money when they had more money.

Regardless of whether everyone believes that her family can come up with the money to repay the debt, Song Zhi still has to make her attitude clear.

She sincerely thanked those who would be able to pay off their debts by the end of the month, and also explained the reasons to those who owed too much money to pay it off all at once.

"Grandpa, clan leader, thank you for your willingness to help me and save me. I will repay the money my family owes you starting this month. I may not be able to pay it all off in one go, but within three months at the latest, I will definitely repay the five taels of silver I owe you."

Like most people in the village, Patriarch Song didn't believe that Song Zhi could pay back the five taels of silver he had lent her in three months.

He frowned, looked at Yang beside him, and said disapprovingly: "Are you going to sell the land again?"

Otherwise, where would we get the money to pay off our debts?

Pay back five taels within three months?

We are going to sell land, so where can we get the money?

Zhao, who was standing by, heard her husband say this and stepped forward, holding Yang's hand and admonishing her:

"Her aunt, please don't be confused. No one is in a hurry to get the money. If you sell the land, how will your family live?"

"I know you've been through a lot these past few years. Considering the child is still young, please don't act on impulse."

Zhao thought that Yang could no longer stay in this family and wanted to sell the family business and leave.

Yang hurriedly explained, "Auntie, how could we farmers dare to sell our land? You're worrying too much!"

Zhao looked at Yang with suspicion. If she didn't want to sell the land, then did she want to sell the child?

Seeing her expression suddenly change, Song Zhi hurried forward to explain, "Grandma Zhao, it's true. We are not selling the land."

"I think Grandma Zhao has heard what my grandma said today. The county magistrate has cancelled the entrance fee. We plan to set up a stall in the county and use the money we earn to repay the debts owed to our fellow villagers."

Zhao thought of how Wu had been coming to her house recently to buy goat milk. She had heard that it was for food, but she didn't take it seriously. Now it seems to be true.

The old couple felt relieved and just said, "Take your time to pay back the money." They didn't ask any more questions.

After bidding farewell to the Song clan leader's house, Song Zhitong's aunt finally went to Doctor Zheng's house, which was also the family that owed the most money.

On the way to Doctor Zheng's house, Song Zhi asked, "Auntie, how much does our family owe Doctor Zheng?"

Yang was very clear about the family's debts. When Song Zhi asked, she could blurt out, "A total of nine taels and five hundred coins."

Song Zhi couldn't help but sigh, "How could there be so many?"

Mrs. Yang also said with emotion: "These years, thanks to Doctor Zheng for being willing to buy medicine on credit for our family, otherwise, we don't know how difficult life would be!"

During these three years, especially the year my younger brother was born, I was completely dependent on taking medicine to stay alive. It was also in that year that my family sold five acres of high-quality farmland.

After three years, it is still not enough to make up for the debt deficit.

Now that I think about it, my uncle's family has done their best to support me.

The uncle and nephew went to Doctor Zheng's house. As an outsider, Doctor Zheng lived alone in three yellow mud houses near the drying yard.

Song Zhi only knew that Doctor Zheng and his family had originally planned to flee south to escape the war, but she had no idea why they ended up staying in Xiaohezi Village.

As soon as the two arrived at Doctor Zheng's house, they heard a complaint, "I say, stop taking care of your herbs all day long. At least go to the county town and ask for the right price and sell them."

"Hui'er is not young anymore, we should save up a dowry for her, right?"

Doctor Zheng fiddled with the herbs in his hand and said, "If I sell them, what will other people use to treat their illnesses?"

"Besides, these herbs in our house are just common herbs. You know that the pharmacies in the city are the best at lowering prices. How can we save any money?"

Speaking of this, Wang gets very angry. It would be fine if you could make money back by treating patients, but not only can you not make any money, but you also have to add herbal medicine to the bill.

Zheng Hui, who was spinning hemp thread in the house, heard the argument between grandma and grandpa and hurried forward to mediate.

She held Wang's hand and said coquettishly, "Grandma, I won't marry. I want to be with you forever."

A rare smile appeared on Wang's face, which was full of vicissitudes. "How can this be possible? Grandma must find a good family for you before you leave."

Doctor Zheng also stopped tending to the herbs, looked at the herbs in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

The granddaughter can only rely on them. He and his wife are old, and before they pass away, they should pave a way out for their granddaughter.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other. Seeing that there was no sound from inside, Song Zhi knocked on the door.

dong dong dong....

There was a knock on the door, bringing Dr. Zheng back from his deep thoughts.

He brushed the dirt off his hands, walked to the door in two or three steps and opened it.

Doctor Zheng was stunned when he saw the uncle and nephew. Then he suddenly thought of something and asked first, "But Xiaokang is not feeling well again?"

Song Zhi quickly waved her hands, "No, no, we're here today to discuss the medical bills I owe."

Doctor Zheng didn't want her to bring up the matter, so he stepped aside and said, "Come in first. If you have anything to say, we can talk at home."

Song Zhi led Yang into the Zheng family courtyard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Song Zhi smelled the fragrance of herbs.

In the middle of the yard, there are drying racks filled with various herbs drying on them. In the small yard, half is planted with vegetables and the other half is planted with herbs.

Song Zhi also knew that herb - Isatis root.

When Zheng Hui saw that it was Song Zhi, she looked at her coldly with a faint expression and turned to go into the house.

Wang also had a bad impression of Song Zhi, but she didn't express it as directly as her granddaughter did. She still invited the two of them to sit in the house.

Song Zhi thanked him with a smile, then stood in the yard and told Doctor Zheng about her plan to repay the debt.

When Dr. Zheng heard that Song Zhi had to pay off all the debts within three months, he was not only surprised, but Wang was also shocked.

Song Zhi knew that the other party might not believe her, so after expressing her attitude, she took her aunt and said goodbye and left.