Chapter 1

The capital city in the December of the ninth year of Yongning seems to be particularly cold. Heavy snow has fallen one after another, which seems to freeze the whole earth.

On the outskirts of the capital, there is a small village called Shilipu, which falls to more than 30 families, and is silent in this vast land.

However, Chen Orion's house in the east of the village is not calm.

"Stone his father, min'er's burning is getting worse and worse. If it goes on like this..." a middle-aged woman held her unconscious daughter's hand tightly and wept sadly. Her face was full of anxiety and worry.

The middle-aged man sitting on the bench looked at the girl twitching from time to time on the Kang because of a high fever. He took a hard smoke and spit out a lot of smoke. He frowned all the time. At the moment of making a decision, he finally relaxed.

"Son of a bitch, take out the box and let the stone go to the doctor."

"Ah!" the middle-aged woman got up to open the cabinet and took out a wooden box with paint falling off.

"Stone, stone." the middle-aged man knocked at the foot of the table with a cigarette pole.

A burly young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes raised a patched soft cotton curtain and came in.

"Dad, you call me?"

The middle-aged man said, "you took the money and went to the city to invite a doctor. Your sister can't get sick without seeing a doctor."

"Yes, Dad." stone took some silver coins from his mother's hand, looked at the little sister on the Kang, and turned to go out.

The middle-aged woman called him, "it's snowy outside. You should wear more."

"I see, mother." the stone replied.

Stone put on his coir raincoat and was about to go out, but his daughter-in-law Qiao Hua grabbed him: "Hey! What are you doing?"

"Call a doctor for my little sister!"

Qiao Hua was not happy. She pouted and said, "isn't it a cold? Just drink ginger soup late. She's delicate."

The Stone said, "my little sister is burned unconscious."

Qiao Hua reached into his arms and took out a handful of broken silver. Tut tut said, "your mother is really willing. I still have your Chen seed in my stomach. If I want to touch some meat, I say I have no money to sell. I'll take out so much money to see min'er."

The stone was worried. He glanced at the east room and whispered, "keep your voice down. Be careful that your parents hear."

Qiao Hua raised his chin and said, "I'll hear it when I hear it. I just want them to hear it. I'm going to give birth in two months. Here is the eldest grandson of your old Chen family. My son is going to be born. I don't even have a decent coat! I have to leave the money to my son."

With a cry, the soft curtain opened, and the middle-aged woman came out with a calm face and stared at Qiao Hua.

Qiao Hua doesn't think so. He puts the broken silver into his arms. Don't turn your face. It looks like you can't bear me.

"Mom, I'll go now." the stone took his daughter-in-law aside and whispered, "take out the silver quickly. My sister is waiting for help!"

Qiao Hua waved his hand away and said loudly, "why? What do you want? I won't give it today. Why?"

"Jin Qiaohua." the middle-aged woman shouted angrily.

"It's your little sister-in-law lying inside."

Qiao Hua said, "Mom, our family is a poor farmer's family. If one has a headache, please ask a doctor. In this way, you shouldn't be born in our poor family."

"You mean to watch your sister-in-law die?" the middle-aged woman's chest fluctuated and her breath was not smooth.

Qiao pedicled his neck and said confidently: "Mom, stone broke his leg when he went hunting in the mountain last year. It hurt so much that he screamed for several nights. Did you send for a doctor? I almost lost my life. I just wanted to eat some meat. Did you buy it? I'm afraid stone is not your own. You don't feel bad. My sister-in-law stabbed you in the heart as soon as she coughed? What delicious food do you have at home on weekdays? Sister-in-law, what did we say? Chinese new year During the festival, my sister-in-law has new clothes. I made the new clothes of stone with my dowry. What did we say? At present, your grandson is about to be born, and I don't see what you have prepared for your grandson. Instead, I have to take all my possessions to see my sister-in-law. Mom, it's not such a bias. "

The middle-aged woman said angrily, "is that what you said? The stone broke his leg. Who went up the mountain to collect herbs in the strong wind and heavy rain? You're pregnant, and the three old hens in your family have gone into whose stomach? You lazy and greedy woman, how can you be so poisonous! Would you like us to die and the family will be dominated by you?"

Qiao Hua said, "Mom, don't buckle the excrement basin on my head. I can't afford such a big crime. I'll tell you the truth. I won't stop you if you want to ask my sister-in-law for a doctor, but I have to leave half of the money. My sister-in-law's life is life, and my son also matters! The mountain is closed by heavy snow, and I can't go up the mountain to hunt. There's no income at home. Can't my son go hungry and freeze if he comes out?"

With that, Qiao Hua took out two pieces of silver and threw them to the stone.

"The head of the family..." the middle-aged woman was very angry and even called the head of the family.

The middle-aged man came out with a cigarette pole in his mouth. His eyes turned twice on his daughter-in-law's stomach as big as a dustpan and said, "give min'er the money to see a doctor first. I'll find a way to pay for your baby."

The head of the family doesn't talk much on weekdays, but Qiao Hua is still in awe of him. He hesitated for a moment and reluctantly took out the rest of the silver: "Dad, this is what you said."