The Resplendent Farming Apothecary - Chapter 42

[Chapter 42: Grace and Righteousness]

Unexpectedly, before entering the door, I heard Liu’s shouting, asking Gu Xiao to give her two hundred taels of silver as compensation for raising two children. Could she be crazy? Two hundred taels of silver, not to mention two children, even if she raised twenty or thirty children, she wouldn’t need so much money!

For the sake of the money, the Liu family risked everything, and even the patriarch dared to reply: “Why are you making a fool of yourself, we have raised children for him for so many years, and they are golden children who can earn money, so I asked him what he wanted for two hundred taels of silver. ? That dead girl made more than one hundred and sixty taels in one trip to the town, didn’t she earn all the money back in two trips?”

Sure enough, it was for the money Gu Ye earned. With a sneer on Gu Xiao’s face, he said, “You just heard that Xiaoye Ye made money, do you know how the money came from?”

“Of course I do, I have already found out!” The expression that

lied to me, “Isn’t it the money that the dead girl sold the medicine, and the gift of thanks for saving people?” , why can’t she sell it at a high price of dozens of taels? Xiaoye has learned from her master to make medicines that are more powerful than Doctor Wu in less than a month? Is she possessed by an immortal?” The village chief couldn’t even listen. , I couldn’t help but ask questions.

Gu Xiaochong nodded to the village chief and said, “The village chief is right! Among the medicines we brought in the past, the most valuable ones were made by Master Xiaoye Ye, which is why they sold at such a high price.” After a

pause, he continued . Said: “As for the 100 taels of silver for saving people, it is purely based on falsehoods! The staff member didn’t catch his breath, but his servants blew a few breaths into his mouth and rescued the people. The few medicines that Ye Ye gave him in his mouth were correct for his symptoms. Ding Dashao for the hundred taels of silver actually wanted to buy this medicine. And this medicine is also owned by Master Xiaoye Ye. Therefore, those silver coins When I come back, I will give it to Xiao Ye’s master.”

“Impossible! More than one hundred and sixty taels belonged to her master? Could it be that the medicine she made is worthless?” Liu Shi seriously expressed doubts, staring at Gu Xiao, trying to find out from his expression Deceptive clues.

Gu Xiao has been wandering outside for so many years, how can she be a country woman who can see through it? There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said, “Who said that the medicines made by my family’s leaves are worthless? The money beyond one hundred and sixty yuan is all the money she sold for medicine. Xiaoye, take out the money you earned. I’ll show you ‘Seven Aunt’. So she won’t scold you for being a ‘losing money’ who only eats.”

Gu Ye held back a smile, took out five taels of silver from his arms, and said, “Hey, get rid of it. The money for buying paper and pens for my brother and winter clothes for my master is all here. Four baskets of pure medicine sold for six taels of silver. No wonder Dr. Wu does not farm or pick up mountain goods, so he can still live so well in his childhood. Pharmaceuticals can be It’s really a good business to make money!” Said, and deliberately showed a smug look.

Logically speaking, earning six taels of silver in less than a month is indeed a lot of income. But Liu’s came for the one hundred and sixty taels of silver, so how could this small five tael of silver catch her eye?

“I don’t believe it! Your grandfather and grandson must have teamed up to deceive us! You are an unfilial thing, you have so much money in your hand, your father and your brother are almost out of food, but you only care about yourself. I… I’m going I’m going to sue you for what a beast!” Liu shi put his hands on his hips and cursed, the fat on his body trembling with her movements.

“What are you screaming about? The old man can’t see the medical skills because of the quarrel, be careful that I will take a medicine, and you will be speechless for the rest of your life!!” His most beloved little disciple was scolded as an unfilial little beast, and Yaosheng was not happy. .

How well-behaved he is, he has such a precious pharmacopoeia in his hand but does not hide it, and he is also a genius in learning pharmacy. He uses Hua Tuo’s divine skills to heal the dead. What a good child, but her parents didn’t know how to cherish it, and they tossed her day and night. Her father doesn’t love her, and he, the master who loves his disciple, naturally wants to come out and speak for her.

At any time, people in the world have a kind of reverence for doctors from the bottom of their hearts, and Liu’s is the same. Aunt Wu told her that Gu Ye used the method taught by her master to save a dead man, which was more powerful than a god. When people eat whole grains and miscellaneous grains, how can they not get sick, maybe one day they will ask to appear in front of the old doctor. In the face of Yao Sheng, Liu shi didn’t dare to jump around.

“Isn’t it only one hundred and sixty taels of silver? This old man is more than the price of a Rongyang pill! Disciple, what nonsense are you talking to them, come in and fight with the master! You don’t want to learn that or something… oh, ‘Quick Help Help Xin’ Do you want to use the pills? That member’s family paid a deposit of 100 taels and ordered ten bottles. We master and apprentice quickly made the medicine and made more money for the New Year!” Yao Sheng didn’t even talk to Gu Qiao and his wife. , Chong Tu’er beckoned, and entered the room again.

Gu Ye greeted the elders in the courtyard obediently, and walked towards the east room where the master lived. Passing by Liu’s side, he made a big face at her.

“Hey…hey—the head of the family, you have to say something!” Liu Shi stomped his feet in a hurry when he saw that the master was called away.

“Wait!” Gu Qiao finally spoke at the moment before Gu Ye stepped into the East Room.

He raised his head, looked at the patriarch and the elders, and finally said to Gu Xiao: “Five uncles, you adopted a child, but it is only for you to support you, and you will beat the flag and smash the pot a hundred years later. Those are all things boys do. …Ye’er is the only girl in our family. After she left the house, I still miss her. I think it’s better for Ming’er to stay in your house, and I’ll take Ye’er back…”

“No!!” The first one who jumped out and raised objections was of course Gu Ming, the girl-protecting madman. With red eyes, he stared at Gu Qiao, gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s take it back and throw it on the mountain to feed the wolves? Will you sell her again?”

“You child, what are you talking about! Ye’er is My daughter, how could I, the father, do such a thing? Those things were done by your stepmother without telling me. Now that I know it, how can I allow her to continue to mess around? Don’t worry, my daughter I will protect myself.” Gu Qiao looked at Gu Ye and put on a loving expression.

“Dad… This is the last time I will call you Daddy! It’s not because I passed it on to Grandpa, but—you don’t deserve it!!” Gu Ming burst into tears, looking at Gu Qiao with disappointment in her eyes, and said slowly. “In the past ,

when my sister was about to starve to death, why didn’t you protect her; when she was young, she was asked to cook, do laundry, feed pigs, chop wood, go to the ground…why didn’t you protect her… Why didn’t you protect her when she was deceived into the town and sold to Yaba? Now that she can make money and scrape off her body, you want to take someone back and say you will protect her You are just using her as a tool to make money, just like the father of Meizi from Qianwa

Village!!” Meizi from Qianwa Village is a good embroiderer, and a piece of handkerchief can be sold for ten more than others. Money, a pair of pillows can be sold for a good price of a tael. In order to extract more money from her, her father forced her to do embroidery work day and night without telling her, and even left her until the age of twenty, still not telling her about her husband’s family.

Meizi is only in her thirties, but her eyes have become blurred due to overuse of her eyes for a long time, and she cannot do embroidery work. Her father didn’t want to raise a useless waste, so he sold her to a bad-tempered old widower.

“Tiger poison doesn’t eat children! How can there be such cruel fathers in the world!!” Gu Ming burst into tears.

“You bastard! You don’t say anything to your father!! You unfilial thing, dare to scold your father like this? Uncles, this bastard should let him kneel in the ancestral hall and apologize to the ancestors!” Gu Qiao listened to his son’s voice. Accused, his face was red and white. He couldn’t come up with any words to refute, only put on the air of an elder and condemned Gu Ming as a sin of unfilial piety.

Gu Xiao snorted coldly, stared at him, and his whole body burst out with momentum: “Gu Qiao! Gu Ming is now my Gu Xiao’s grandson, why do you decide for me? Besides, what he said was wrong? Should I kneel at the ancestral hall? It’s not him, but you ungrateful, unkind and unkind thing!!”

The old patriarch also looked at Gu Qiao in disappointment and said, “Gu Qiao, which of the things you have done over the years can stand up to others? This is the end of the matter, Gu Ming and Gu Ye, these two Children, they have been adopted to the fifth, and they have nothing to do with you. They are too poor to eat, and they will not come to your house to ask for a bite; Indulge your mother-in-law’s mischief… Then we, the Gu family, will expel your family from the family. The Gu family can’t tolerate corrupt morals, and they will forget their righteousness!!”

People in this world take their clan very seriously. If it is expelled from the clan, it is like a lost dog, like duckweed without a root system. Gu Qiao did not expect this incident to have such serious consequences, and immediately closed her mouth, daring not to say another word.

“But…” Liu Shi, who was unwilling, muttered softly in his mouth, “We can’t raise children for more than ten years for others in vain. Fifth Uncle, you have to make some compensation.”

Gu Ming walked to her sister and said to her. : “Sister, borrow the five taels of silver to my brother first.” Without saying a word, Gu Ye handed the silver to his brother.

“You were in town and sold your sister for 2 taels of silver.” Gu Ming walked up to his father, looked at him with disappointed and determined eyes, and said slowly, “This is 5 taels of silver, just treat me as if you You and my sister have all been sold. From now on, you… are just our seventh uncle from a distant house! Apart from that, our brothers and sisters have nothing to do with you any more!”