Bracelet space through the past and present? Take it

Early in the morning,

Zhou Laoer's desperate roar scared the neighbors.

Then, Chen ran out of Old Chen's house crying again.

Fang, the mother of Erniu from next door, quickly grabbed her and said, "Sister, what's going on in your family? If there's anything wrong, just tell me."

Chen covered her face and looked at Fang, wanting to say something but unable to utter a word.

"Thank you so much, dear sister. I have to go to my parents' home right away, otherwise my daughter might be dead..."

After saying this, Chen ran towards the village entrance crying again.

Fang was left with an anxious look on her face.

She thought about it and went straight to Lao Zhou's house.

So that morning,

Everyone in Zhoujia Village knew that Zhou Lingling almost died trying to save her cousin. As a result, her injuries worsened because she had no money to buy medicine. She was about to die of hunger, so Chen had to go back to her parents' home to borrow money.

"The Zhou family has gone too far. She's their granddaughter after all. How can they be so cruel?"

"Yes, I'm still supporting a scholar, so I can at least afford to buy medicine."

"Oh, don't you know about the Zhou family? The first wife is a treasure, but the second wife is a weed. It's a pity for that girl Lingling."

"Who says it isn't true? That girl has been helping with so much housework at such a young age. I even saw her fall into a ditch at the foot of the mountain a while ago. She looked like she had fainted from hunger. When I brought her back, she was barely alive..."

"What's the matter? The ditch is really deep. Would you survive if you fell in?"

"Maybe this girl wasn't destined to die. I didn't hear that the Zhou family hired a doctor. She probably recovered on her own. Who would have thought that this silly girl would sacrifice herself to save others..."

Hey!

The person who spoke sighed: "This girl is just too honest."

And a little silly.

*

"How is it? Is this effect better?"

At this time, Zhou Lingling, who was considered a little stupid by the villagers, was leaning on the bed with a pepper with seasoning in his hand.

They cut a hole in their eyes and dipped it in water, then wet a small handkerchief and covered their eyes with it. Zhou Laoer and Zhou Yun couldn't hold back their tears.

She also seriously commented on the effects of pepper spray with her elder brother Zhou Chi.

"Yeah, it's stronger than ginger water. It looks like he hasn't slept for three days and three nights..."

Zhou Chi made a careful comparison and made a rigorous summary.

Zhou Lingling smiled secretly in her heart. Although this pepper was brought by Zhou Laoer from the kitchen, it was now covered with the special pepper water she took out from the space.

Because her mother didn't want to suffer this "hardship", she directly snatched Zhou Laoer's job and went back to her parents' home to report the news.

the other side,

Old Mrs. Zhou and the old man were also muttering in the room.

"Old man, do you think Ling girl is really going to die?"

Although she didn't like the second son's wife, and didn't like the grandchildren she gave birth to, they were still the blood of the Zhou family. If they were really gone, the old lady would not be very happy.

Old man Zhou sat in the chair without saying a word. He took two puffs of his pipe and then spoke:

"No matter what, give the money to the second brother first and ask him to ask Doctor Wang to come and take a look."

"Didn't the second son's wife go back to her parents' home to ask for money?"

The words in Old Mrs. Zhou's mouth gradually faded under the old man's serious gaze.

She stood up in annoyance and rummaged around in the bedside table for a long time before she pulled out a wooden box with peeling paint.

When it was opened, there was a small cloth bag inside, a bunch of copper coins strung together with red thread, and some loose copper coins.

Part of this money was left over from selling grain in previous years, but the bulk was earned by the second son working at the dock.

Together with the few pieces of silver in the cloth bag, the total was more than twenty taels.

These are all for her eldest grandson's studies.

Just as Mrs. Zhou was about to count out ten copper coins, she heard the old man say:

"Give them one or two ounces of silver."

"what?"

Old Mrs. Zhou exclaimed: "Isn't it just to ask Doctor Wang to come to the house for a checkup? Anyway, it's all gone..."

"I said I'd give you one ounce, so I'll give you one ounce!"

Don't think that Old Man Zhou doesn't care about things on weekdays. It's because he claims that his ancestors in the Zhou family were high-ranking officials. He believes that men should be in charge of the outside affairs and women should be in charge of the inside affairs, and his wife should take care of the household affairs.

Although the old woman has been a little biased towards her children over the years, she has been generally good to them. Since the eldest grandson can study, the family will naturally do its best to support him.

The second son contributes more to the family, but when the grandson becomes successful in the future, won’t they, the uncles, still be the ones who benefit?

So there are some disagreements on a daily basis, but they can be dealt with by just fooling around.

But it’s no longer possible now.

If the second son really becomes completely alienated from the family because of Ling Yatou's matter, it will be difficult to support Zhou Zhi's studies in the future.

When Old Man Zhou got angry, the old lady was still very stubborn.

Although she was very reluctant, Old Mrs. Zhou still cut out about one or two taels of silver coins.

*

The old lady hesitated and was reluctant to give the silver away.

It was already noon before we could even start to linger.

Chen came back in an ox cart, accompanied by Chen the butcher and his family of four, and an old man with white hair and beard.

Fang was stunned when she saw him from behind her courtyard wall: "Isn't this Doctor Bai from Baohetang?"

Her mind raced, and she quickly dropped the dustpan in her hand and shouted into the house.

"Two cows!"

"Erniu, where have you been, you bastard?"

Erniu suddenly popped out from nowhere and scared Fang.

She slapped him and immediately caught Erniu's running figure:

"Go find your village chief and tell him to come to Old Zhou's house quickly and tell him something big is going to happen."

Old Zhou family?

When Erniu heard that it was his good brother's house, there was nothing else to say. He immediately ran towards the village at a speed faster than the day when he was chased by the wild boar.

Old Zhou's family.

As soon as the ox cart stopped, Brother Chen jumped down and kicked the door of Old Zhou's house.

"Kang Dang"

The shabby little wooden door of Old Zhou's house suddenly fell down in the yard.

Old Mrs. Zhou, who was wandering in the yard, was frightened.

Oh my God!

Is this a strong man?

She looked up and saw the tall and strong figures of the Chen family's father and son blocking the door of the Zhou family's house tightly.

"I'm sorry, mother-in-law, but your door is a little flimsy. It fell down when I pushed it lightly."

Butcher Chen looked at the evil woman in front of him and said words of apology, but there was no apology in his tone.

His granddaughter seemed to be full of life a while ago, but now she is only half dead.

The reason he didn't destroy the Zhou family's house was that he was old and had a good temper.

When Old Lady Zhou saw the father and son, her expression changed again and again, and finally she put on a stiff smile:

"What are you talking about, my dear? It's just a door. I'll ask my third son to install it later. You're busy with your business, how come you have time to come home..."

Butcher Chen and his son snorted at the same time, then walked in with a ruthless pace.

Only then did Old Mrs. Zhou see that behind the two of them, Chen and another woman were supporting a somewhat wealthy old lady.

When she saw this man, Mrs. Zhou's scalp tightened.

The old lady smiled at Mrs. Zhou and said, "My dear, it's been a long time since we last met. You are still so energetic!"

Old Mrs. Zhou curled her lips and said, "Yes, it's been a long time since we last met. You look quite energetic, my dear."