The sky is filled with sunsets, and smoke is curling in the valley, making it quiet and peaceful.

Zhou Qiao prepared dinner and looked out of the yard while placing the dishes and chopsticks. Her two-year-old daughter followed her around the main hall and the kitchen.

Hearing a familiar voice from outside the yard, Zhou Qiao wiped her hands with her apron and greeted her.

When Zhou Qiao arrived at the gate of the yard, she paused, "Why is this... brother back?"

I saw Jiang Yun's father being tied tightly to the stretcher. Jiang Yun's second uncle and fourth uncle were carrying the stretcher one after another. Jiang Yun's grandpa and mother looked not very good next to him.

Jiang Yun’s grandfather, Old Man Jiang and Grandma Zhou have three sons and two daughters. According to the rankings, Jiang Song, Jiang Bai, Jiang Hua, Jiang Yang, and Jiang Miao are respectively.

The eldest son Jiang Song has only one daughter - Jiang Yun.

The second son Jiang Bai has two sons and one daughter - Jiang Yueshui, Jiang Yueshan, and Jiang Yue.

The third daughter Jiang Hua is married, the fourth son Jiang Yang and the fifth daughter Jiang Miao are unmarried.

In this small mountain village, the Jiang family's population is not prosperous, and Jiang Yun's mother is ill in bed all year round, so every laborer in the Jiang family is particularly precious.

But this year, as the autumn harvest approaches, there is another storm, and the grain harvest has suffered heavy losses.

This made it more difficult for the Jiang family, which was already tight, so after the autumn harvest, the men in the family tried every means to make money so that the whole family could survive this winter.

There was a landlord's family at the foot of the mountain to repair the village. The eldest son Jiang Song had a good mud and tiles, so he went to do a short-term worker for the landlord's family.

Old Man Jiang and his second son Jiang Bai picked up the firewood that had been dried this year and sold it. Although the mountain road was difficult to walk, it was only enough to walk once a day, but it was also an income.

The fourth son Jiang Yang was only fourteen years old. Because he didn't eat well, he looked only twelve years old and didn't have enough strength to carry firewood, so he followed Jiang Song to help.

I don’t want to make any wages, but I want to stutter, so I can save a meal at home.

Working at the foot of the mountain is not convenient to go back and forth every day, and two people can also take care of each other outside.

Jiang Song couldn't leave, but Jiang Yang could come back in two or three days, bring back the dry food he had saved, and then take it to change clothes and other things.

The family was busy and had hope for life. Who would have thought that Jiang Song fell off the roof while repairing mud tiles a few days ago and coughed up bleeding on the spot.

Fortunately, the manager was sent to the clinic in time, so he could almost save his life.

But not only did he hurt his lungs, but his leg was broken. It was really not suitable to move, so he never went home. Jiang Yang also stayed there to take care of him.

I suddenly lost two laborers at home. Not to mention income, I also had my own daily food and drink. In addition, I was recuperating from my injuries... Where can I still have money at home?

Although the manager paid the medical fee and the money for living in the clinic, the daily medicine money was also quite good.

I could only carry a bag of grain to sell, and then borrow some, saying that I would save my life first.

It’s no wonder Zhou Qiao was surprised to see Jiang Song being carried back.

The doctor said that Jiang Song had serious internal injuries and had to stay in the clinic for at least ten days before checking his health recovery. The family had only raised the money for ten days.

But it's only been five days, why are you back?

But now no one is in the mood to answer her questions.

Jiang Song, who was already seriously injured, was carried all the way and his face became even more ugly.

In order to make him suffer less, the father and son carried it in exchange for lifting it along the way, trying to lift it as smoothly as possible, but the mountain road was rugged and it was inevitable that it would be bumpy.

When he was trying to change Jiang Song to the bed, Jiang Song coughed and even coughed up bleeding again.

Jiang Yun, who had just woken up in the inner room, stood at the door, frightened by the blood at the corner of Jiang Song's mouth, his face turned pale.

The twelve-year-old Jiang Miao was also scared, but she tried to calmly take Jiang Yun and a few young people to coax.

...

After a turmoil, Jiang Song recovered and reached out to grab Liu Su Bingliang's hand, comforted him: "Don't cry, too much crying hurts your body. Don't worry, I'm strong and it won't get in the way."

Listening to Jiang Song's voice weakly coaxing Liu Su, but Liu Su still cried constantly. Jiang Song's mother, Old Mrs. Zhou, was angry, "Why are you crying? You are so sick day by day, you know how to cry. If it weren't..."

"Mom!" Jiang Song interrupted her words, with a hint of pleading in his voice.

Old Mrs. Zhou was even more angry when she saw him like this, "I knew to call her mother at this time? I saw that you were all over your Su Niang, but how could you remember this family? In order to buy her medicine, you repair mud and tiles during the day and weave baskets at night to sell them. Now that I'm done, I'll put myself in again. Have you ever thought about this family?! You..."

"Okay! Do you think the family is not messy enough, right?" Old Man Jiang shouted, "Eat!" After that, he shook his hands and walked out.

Liu Su didn't expect that there was such an inside story. The tears in his eyes couldn't stop falling down, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble, wishing he could die of illness as soon as possible.

"Su Niang, don't think too much. I didn't go all night. It's not because I didn't have a good rest... it's because I didn't stand firm." Jiang Song tightened her trembling hands and comforted her in panic.

How could Liu Su believe it?

It’s so hard to weave a basket. Even if you can sleep, it will only take one or two hours a night. After a day or two, the iron man can’t stand it after a long time... I will climb up to repair mud and tiles, and it will be a little bit amazing...

Liu Su felt her heart was as if she was shattered, and she listened to her husband's concerning voice in tears. She pulled the corners of her mouth, "I'm fine, Song Lang is hungry, are you? You should rest first, I'll go and bring supper."

...

The Jiang family had a silent and depressing dinner. Even the youngest Jiang Yue felt the atmosphere was bad and she ate well.

In the evening, Zhou Qiao beat Shuiduan into the house, took over the dirty clothes that Jiang Bai changed and asked, "What happened? Didn't you say you want to live for ten days? Why did you carry it back today? Could it be..."

"Don't talk nonsense, brother is fine, it's just..." Jiang Bai said while twisting his handkerchief and wiping his face.

It turned out that Jiang Song went to the night market to set up a stall at night and was exposed to the manager.

The manager felt that Jiang Song was dedicated to it. Not only did he fall, but he also delayed Zhuangzi's work. He had to go back all the medical expenses he had paid and the money he had lived in the clinic.

Jiang Songben was in a disadvantage in this matter. No matter what he fell, he could only pay for it now.

Finally, let alone the subsequent medicine money, there is no money for staying in the clinic.

"Will you not even have to take medicine after that? The injury is so serious, can you recover without taking medicine?"

"If the doctor says he doesn't take medicine, he can only leave it to fate." Thinking of the doctor's expression, Jiang Bai felt that the situation might not be too good.

Zhou Qiao also thought it was not very good. Did she cough up blood when she just arrived home?

"Then after this..."

Jiang Bo knew what she was worried about, so he shook his head and said, "Let's get through this year first." He can't worry about the future now.

After Jiang Bai wiped his face, he hung the handkerchief on the shelf again, "My mother said she would go and invite Mr. Su to see the elder brother the day. If Mr. Su can prescribe a prescription, she will ask Silang to help Mr. Su collect herbs. If the grain is harvested next year, the medicine and medical expenses will be added." Jiang Bai said, feeling that this year's days are particularly difficult.

Hearing this, Zhou Qiao said something that Mr. Su seemed angry today.

Jiang Bai thought of the wound on Jiang Yun's head and frowned: "Why is Yun's bigger and he is getting more naughty? A young lady fights someone and breaks her head. How can she get married in the future?"

Zhou Qiao took off her daughter's outer shirt and asked her to lie down, and wrapped her in a quilt.

Hearing this, he said angrily: "Don't worry, Yun Niang is sensible. Chen Xiazhi, the aunt Guo's family, provoked her first when fighting. She asked Mr. Su to borrow books and was serious and studious, but she was still young and didn't know Mr. Su's temperament, so she made Mr. Su unhappy. You tell Silang tomorrow and let him apologize."

After thinking about it, Zhou Qiao stood up again, "You can't come to the door to apologize empty-handed. You guys go to bed first, I'll go and get my shoes done, and let my mother deliver them to Mr. Su tomorrow."

Jiang Bai held his wife's hand and said softly: "Pretty mother, thank you for your hard work."

Thinking of the increasingly difficult days at home, Zhou Qiao sighed, "What is the hard work for the family? Go and coax Yueyue to sleep. I'll go outside to see the two boys."

The Jiang family has not many houses. Apart from the main hall, there are only four bedrooms, each with two inside and outside.

On Jiang Bai's side, the two sons slept in the outer room, while the couple took their little daughter to sleep in the inner room.

Jiang Song and his family of three were seriously injured. Jiang Song slept alone in the inner room, while Jiang Yun and Liu Su slept outside.

It was late at night, and even the barking of dogs gradually stopped in the valley.

Jiang Yun stared at her big eyes and couldn't sleep, thinking about how to borrow books from Mr. Su.

But her mother stared at her, and there was no way. She could only close her eyes, hide her little hands in the quilt, grab the wooden sign hanging around her neck, and try to enter the space over and over again.

Liu Su waited until her breathing was stable, and carefully lifted the quilt and got out of the bed, and came to the inner room.

She sat by the bed, looked at Jiang Song quietly for a long time under the moonlight that came in from the window, and then left silently.
Chapter completed!