Chapter 9

"Is Zhengde at home?" someone shouted outside.

Wu hurriedly went out: "it's Lord Lizheng! His father is not here. What can I do for you?"

"There is an order from the top. From now on, you have to pay tax for hunting in the mountains. Ten Wen a month. Sister-in-law Chen, tell Zhengde later and ask him to pay the tax quickly, otherwise he is not allowed to go into the mountains..."

After a while, Wu came back with a sad face and muttered angrily: "it's unreasonable. I haven't heard of paying taxes for hunting in the mountains since ancient times. It doesn't make people live."

Chen min'er heard it in the house. Life at home was already difficult. Last month, because she had to treat her, she had used up all her family savings. In the future, she would have to pay ten Wen tax silver every month, which is undoubtedly worse. Ten Wen is almost negligible for the rich, but it is not easy for the poor to get a copper.

Dinner was ready, but Dad and big brother hadn't come back. Jin Qiaohua was heartless and heartless. When she was full, she went back to the Kang to warm herself. She was double body, and the firewood at home was tight to burn the Kang for her first.

Chen min'er and Wu Shi stretched their necks and tiptoed and looked around eagerly. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and sinking, their hearts were pulled up. It was very dangerous to enter the mountain in this weather.

"Mom, go back to the house first! It's windy outside." Chen min'er worried.

Wu's eyes were still searching in the dark night: "Mom, it's all right. You go into the house."

"Hey! Come, your father is back." Wu suddenly said happily and ran into the wind and snow.

Chen min'er looked up and saw that the pillar was carrying his father, and the eldest brother was holding him by the side. He was walking deep and shallow.

"What's the matter? Ah? His father..." Wu said urgently.

"Dad slipped on the mountain and sprained his foot."

The pillar carried people to the house and put them on the Kang. The Stone said, "pillar, thank you!"

Pillar Han Han said: "thank you, villagers, hurry to show uncle. Is the injury serious?"

Chen min'er saw that his father's face was not very good. He squatted down, raised his father's injured foot, and touched his ankle. It was swollen and thick. Fortunately, the bone was not broken.

"Niang, hurry to get a basin of snow outside."

The Stone said, "why do you want snow? Burn hot water and rub it with medicinal wine."

Chen min'er said, "you can't rub it now. It will only become more and more swollen. You have to use ice. Mom, hurry up."

Wu Shi didn't know who to listen to. He just listened to min'er's affirmation and hurried outside to bring snow.

The stone wondered, "is this... Can it work?"

Everyone sprained their feet. Aren't they all rubbed with medicine and wine? Rub the congestion away and you'll be fine.

The pillar said, "it's right to listen to min'er."

Chen min'er always has ideas. Erniu listens to her best. Seeing her calm and calm, he can't help believing Chen min'er.

"Now I have a head injury here. Rubbing it with medicinal wine will only hurt more. Apply it with ice first, and then rub it with medicinal wine when the blood vessels contract. It'll be all right. It's good and fast," Chen miner explained.

Wu Shi Qi said, "min'er, how do you understand this?"

Chen min'er had thought out his words: "I happened to meet a sprained man when I went to the Spring Festival Hall today. That's what the doctor said."

Wu did not doubt him, but asked anxiously, "his father, does it hurt?"

Chen Zhengde said, "it's all right. Just rest for a day or two."

"Dad, don't try to be brave. You have to take good care of the broken bones and tendons for a hundred days, or you will be in trouble after you fall into the root of the disease." Chen min'er said.

Seeing that uncle Zhengde's injury was not very serious, Zhu went back with confidence and stone sent him out.

Chen min'er took care of her father's foot injury. After dinner, Chen min'er went to wash the dishes. When she returned to the house after finishing her work, she heard her mother and father say, "in the future, you will have to pay ten more taxes and silver every month!"

Dad sighed heavily: "I don't know when this ghost weather will end."

"Even if it clears up, you can't go into the mountain. Min'er said that if you don't keep it well, you will fall ill. Our family is counting on you!"

Dad said, "min'er, what does she know? Our family's life is cheap. What do we raise?"

"His father, min'er said he wanted to be an apprentice in Huichun hall! I thought, this is also a way. If you succeed in learning and become a doctor, it's not better than now?" said his mother.

The father immediately objected: "what apprentice will she be at a daughter's house? What will she do if she has nothing to eat and suffer?"

The mother said, "now she is still a daughter. We are her own parents. Naturally, we don't want her to suffer. But when she gets married in the future, will she always take care of it? Don't you have to point at her here and abroad? I think that in the future, if min'er has a future and finds a good family, it will be a blessing."

"Besides, min'er is not enough in her womb. Her body is weak when she is young. It's good to learn some medical skills. At least you don't have to spend money to see a doctor yourself! What we poor people fear most is not lack of food, but illness." my mother paused and said again.

Dad was silent, and the cigarette bag was smoking Ziba Ziba.