Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Chapter 277: I feel happy to be supported by my daughter

After Li Xiuxiu was carried back by Yun Qingsong, Yun Hai examined her and found that her injuries were very serious, with multiple fractures and a high fever. Yun Hai reconnected her bones.

Yunhai used all the medicinal herbs available at home, but the high fever did not subside.

Yun Qingsong stayed by Li Xiuxiu's bed and kept changing the towel on her head: "Dad, please come and take a look. This won't work. She has a high fever. If this continues, I'm afraid her life will be in danger."

Yunhai thought for a moment and said, "We have used all the antipyretic herbs at home, but none of them worked. If the girl's fever continues like this, I'm afraid..."

Yun Qingsong begged, "Dad, please find a way to save her! I've already carried her back, you can't let her die at home, can you?"

Yunhai pondered. To be honest, he had been practicing medicine and saving lives for so many years, and he couldn't bear to see such a young life die. "I thought of a quick fever-reducing recipe, but it contains several precious herbs that are very expensive."

"Dad, how much silver do you need? I still have ten taels on me. Is that enough?"

"This prescription will cost at least thirty taels of silver. I currently have two taels of silver on me. You can go to your mother and get another twenty taels of silver. That should be enough. I'll write down the prescription and you can go to the town to see if you can get all the medicine. If not, go to the county town." Yun Hai handed the only two taels of silver he had to Yun Qingsong.

Before Yun Qingsong left, his mother came in and said, "Mom, this girl has a high fever and my father has prescribed a prescription. Please give me twenty taels of silver and I will go get the medicine."

When Yun Qingsong's mother heard that twenty taels of silver were needed, she shouted: "Qingsong, are you crazy? Our family relies on your father to treat people's illnesses to save so little money, and you still need a lot of money to continue studying for the imperial examination. You actually want to spend so much money to buy medicine for a woman of unknown origin. What will you do if you don't have enough money to take the imperial examination in the future?"

"Mother, this girl looks quite pitiful. We can't just stand there and watch her die. Please lend me the money first. I will pay you back when I earn money from copying books!"

Yun Qingsong's mother looked at Li Xiuxiu's face which was flushed red due to high fever. She thought that even if she bought good medicine, it might not save her life. She couldn't spend all the family's money on a woman of unknown origin, so she firmly disagreed.

"No, no! You have to give me the money you earn for safekeeping. You saved her, and the family wasted a lot of medicine. That was all collected by your father in the mountains. If you sell it, it will be money. I will treat it as a good deed and not say anything. But if you use the money at home to buy medicine, I will not allow it."

Li Xiuxiu, who was in a daze, heard Yun Qingsong's mother's sharp voice clearly.

Yun Qingsong took a look at the dying Li Xiuxiu and felt pity for her. He knelt in front of his mother and begged, "Mom, I beg you to save this girl. It's not her fate that she let me meet her. I beg you to save this girl."

"Such a woman of unknown origin. Maybe she is a slave of some family. Save her and don't let her cause trouble again. Son, just leave it to her luck! Whether she can survive depends on herself." Yun Qingsong's mother decisively refused again.

"Mother, since our son has met this girl, she is destined to be with our family. We have to save her. You should quickly get money for your son. Let him buy medicine," Yunhai also said.

Yun Qingsong was still kneeling there, waiting for his mother's consent.

Yun Qingsong's mother was stubborn to begin with. Seeing that both father and son refused to listen to her, she started to cry, "Are you two trying to force me to death? Who am I doing this for? It's for this family, to save money for my son to take the exam in the future."

Yun Qingsong's mother wiped the non-existent tears from her eyes and continued to cry: "And you, Yun Qingsong, are you going to force your mother to death just for a woman you picked up and whose origins are unknown?"

In this dynasty, filial piety is more important than anything else. If one is branded as someone who forced his mother to death for another woman, not only will he not be able to pass the imperial examination, but even the status of an existing scholar will be revoked.

No matter how much the father and son begged, she refused to take out the silver.

This scene happened to be seen by Zhou who came to see Li Xiuxiu.

When Yun Qingsong's mother saw Zhou coming over, she cried even louder: "Second sister, you came at the right time, please judge for me. This father and son are trying to piss me off to death today! Second sister-in-law, look at how I gave birth to children for the Yun family and how they treated me. They forced me like this just for a woman of unknown origin, wuwuwu..."

Yun Qingsong also knew what kind of person his mother was. As a son, he could not say anything and could only endure it.

Zhou also knew her sister-in-law. She patted her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, don't cry. Qingsong is a filial son and will not hinder you, his mother. Go out first and I will persuade Qingsong."

Yun Qingsong's mother didn't want to take the silver at first, but Zhou gave her a way out, so he went out. Anyway, she couldn't expect him to take a single penny.

When Zhou saw Yun Qingsong kneeling on the ground and Li Xiuxiu lying on the bed with a flushed face due to fever, she felt sorry for her nephew kneeling on the ground and felt sorry for the girl.

After Yun Qingsong's mother left, Zhou helped him up, "Qingsong, get up! This girl is quite pitiful. Here are twenty taels of silver. Use it to buy medicine first. Don't let your mother know, or she will make trouble for you again."

So, he gave Yun Qingsong the only savings of twenty taels of silver in the family.

Yun Qingsong looked at Zhou with gratitude: "Thank you, Second Aunt! I will return the money to you."

"Save lives first, and we can worry about other things later."

Hearing Yun Qingsong say that he had to pay it back, Qingsong's mother, who was eavesdropping outside, cried out: "You are so good, Zhou, you are pretending to be a good person in front of my husband and son, right? You are starting to curry favor with my son now, are you waiting for my son to become an official so that you can take advantage of him? Zhou, I tell you, you took the money on your own initiative, don't expect my family to pay you back."

Yun Hai looked at Song Qingniang, who was yelling and threatening, with a tired face, and felt powerless and annoyed. He had lived with such a woman for most of his life, and he was really fed up!

At this moment, Yunhai could no longer suppress his inner anger, and he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Yu, shut your mouth! Look at you now, you are such an ugly shrew scolding in the street. You want to tell your son that she is the daughter of an official family? It depends on you, the mother-in-law, which good girl is willing to marry into your family? It's just a foolish dream." He roared so hard that Yu's body trembled slightly.

Zhou saw Yu being yelled at by Yunhai, so she said, "Brother, calm down. Sister-in-law is also angry. It's okay, it's okay!"

After that, she pulled Yu out of the room and said, "Look at what you said, sister-in-law. Qingsong is my nephew. Even if I don't take the money, will he forget his uncle and aunt when he becomes an official? I just feel sorry for this girl. Just consider this money as my pity for her. You don't have to pay it back."

Yu was happy to hear that she didn't have to pay back the money, "Zhou, you are sensible."

Zhou understood Yun Qingsong's mother's temper. She liked people to flatter him. As sisters-in-law for so many years, she was tolerant of him and did not argue with him. Fortunately, her uncle and nephew were reasonable. Her nephew apologized to Zhou many times behind his mother's back, so she did not care too much about it. It was because of this that they had been getting along relatively harmoniously for so many years.

Even though Li Xiuxiu was dazed, she could hear the vague voice clearly. She was very grateful to the man's so-called second aunt: "Li Xiuxiu secretly swore in her heart that when she recovered, she would repay the father and son who saved her and the man's so-called second aunt."

Li Xiuxiu looked at Zhou who was lost in thought. She pushed Zhou and shouted, "What are you thinking about, Second Aunt?"

Zhou came back to her senses and smiled: "I remembered when you were unconscious, covered in scars and your little face was red..."

"Thank you, Second Aunt! If I didn't have your money, I would have..."

"Silly child, even if Qingsong doesn't have the money from Second Aunt, he still has a way to save you, my nephew! At that time, I could see that he fell in love with you at first sight." Zhou joked with a smile.

Yun Qingsong walked over not far away and saw his wife holding her second aunt's arm, talking and laughing.

"Aunt, are you saying bad things about me again? I heard it."

"Yes! They said bad things about you? They said that you were fascinated by Xiuxiu's beauty the first time you saw her..."

"Hahahaha... Second Aunt, you are right. It is true."

Li Xiuxiu glared at Yun Qingsong in reproach and said, "You are already in your forties, but you are still not serious."

"Second Aunt, let's ignore him. You should do what I say. Don't refuse again."

"Okay, then let's wait until we build the house and it's completely stable, then we can eat our own food."

After Zhou returned, she told Yun Qingsong the purpose of Zhou's visit. It was originally discussed by the couple, so Yun Qingsong nodded.

He thought: There are many people eating at home now, and the food Yun Duo brought is enough. Next we have to build a house and reclaim land, and the two families can join together to help my second uncle's family.

This was also what his father and daughter wanted. His father cared about the brotherhood between Nian and his second uncle, and his daughter wanted to repay the kindness of his second uncle's family on his behalf. He thought that he was now a freeloader who depended on his daughter for support. If he didn't make money, he would have no say, so he would just listen to his daughter's arrangements!

Thinking about it, I feel so happy that I have a daughter to take care of me and support me.

He vowed to pass the imperial examination so that he could support his daughter in the future.

He couldn't allow others to say that his daughter's father was a little scholar whenever they talked about him.

When Yun Qingsong thought about this, he resigned himself to his fate and went to study. He couldn't let his son fall behind too much.