"Dad, Mom, he still has a fever. What should we do now? How about we ask a doctor? What if he gets a fever?" Wei Erniang anxiously changed Chu Ran's warm covering. He said to Old Man Wei and Old Woman Wei.
"What kind of doctor do you want to hire? Don't you know what is going on in our family now? We can't even eat, how can we still have the money to hire a doctor?" Old Mrs. Wei said with a straight face. Even though her daughter said that this man was a noble man, but now this The noble lady doesn't know if she's still alive. If she dies, won't she also lose the money for the medicine?
"But he is so seriously injured, he will really die if he doesn't see a doctor or give him medicine!" Wei Erniang was so anxious that tears came out. She had a hunch that this man was very important to her, and she couldn't let anything happen to him. .
"Father, mother, if he dies in our house and his family comes to find him in the future, can we not blame us? On the contrary, if we save him, then he will definitely have to repay us, let alone money. Let’s just say that in the future, when the fourth brother takes the Jinshi exam and becomes an official, doesn’t that also require a backing?” Wei Erniang is the heroine after all, she still has some brains, and she also understands the character of her parents very well, so she immediately uses her future interests as a The big cake tempted them.
Sure enough, Old Man Wei and Mrs. Wei were reluctant at first, but after hearing Er Niang Wei say that rescuing this noble man would help her beloved fourth son, they immediately became active. It doesn't matter if they don't have any money, just sell a few more acres of land. Well, when this noble man is rescued, the benefits will be hundreds of times greater.
"Old man, sell a few more acres of the remaining farmland at home!" Mrs. Wei said decisively, and she gave it a try.
Old man Wei nodded and agreed. Er Niang Wei breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that her parents would still be stubborn, but she didn't expect to be convinced so easily this time.
Sure enough, Old Wei quickly approached the village chief and said that he wanted to sell ten acres of his family's land.
Village Chief Hu couldn't believe his ears: "How much did you say you sold?"
"Ten acres." Old Man Wei said, sighing and complaining, "You also know that my house is gone. My family, old and young, can't live in a shabby house with holes in the roof. Is it okay? It doesn’t matter to adults, but children can’t stand it..."
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Hu was silent for a while, and then said: "But is it too much to sell ten acres? Building a new house only costs ten taels of silver, right? Nowadays, the best paddy fields cost seven to eight taels per acre. You sell them Isn’t two or three acres enough to build a new house?”
This family failed too quickly. You know, before their house was struck by lightning, the Wei family was one of the richest in the village. The family had fifteen acres of land, but this time Old Man Wei actually wanted to sell ten acres of land. Mu, this is too much to give up.
Old Man Wei knocked the chimney in his hand and then said casually: "Hey, wasn't it that Er Niang rescued a noble man from the mountains two days ago? The noble man is not in good health now and has a fever again. He needs to call a doctor. I have to buy medicine, and I don’t have any money, so I have to continue selling my land?”
Village Chief Hu looked at Old Wei with suspicious eyes. He was about the same age as Old Wei, and they were neighbors in the same village. He knew exactly who Old Wei was. He was a man who was unprofitable, greedy, and ruthless. , if it cannot bring him benefits, he can even abandon his own son.
How could he be so selfless, kind and generous this time and sell his own land to hire a doctor for a noble person? This is unusual.
Unless - the benefits gained from doing so will be far greater than what he paid...
Village Chief Hu remembered that the villagers said that Wei Erniang was saved from a wealthy family, and he thought that he knew that Old Wei wanted to use his small skills to make a big difference. Since people have such courage, he would not stop others.
So he didn't try to persuade her any more and said, "Okay, I'll find the buyer for you."
Old Man Wei said quickly: "It's best to act quickly. After all, the noble man is still waiting to ask the doctor to buy medicine! It would be bad if it is delayed."
"Okay, okay!" Village Chief Hu could only promise him that he would do it as soon as possible.
When Old Wei returned to the broken house, he heard the noisy children crying and howling in the house, which made his head hurt.
"Why are you back? The fields haven't been sold yet, and the new house hasn't been sold yet. Why are you back?" Old Man Wei frowned and looked at Wei Erlang, who was sitting on the broken threshold with his head covered, and asked.
Wei Erlang raised his head and replied in embarrassment: "My mother-in-law drove me back. She disliked our family for being idle. She also said that we were people who had been struck by lightning and were unlucky. Living in their house would harm their family members..."
"What? How dare they say that?! Where is your mother-in-law? Your mother-in-law doesn't help to speak? Didn't she secretly help her mother-in-law before? Now it's her mother-in-law's turn to help and she has changed her face?" Old Man Wei's face turned red with anger. flushed.
"She was also kicked out. They said they were going to sever ties with her and wouldn't let her go back in the future." Wei Erlang said dejectedly.
"Too much bullying! Just because we are temporarily unlucky, we will turn against each other!" Old Man Wei was so angry that he cursed his parents at the door, but it didn't help, so the whole family had to live in a broken house again.
However, Chu Ran, who was rescued by Erniang Wei, also occupied a relatively intact door that was used as a bed, so the rest of the Wei family were not very happy.
Wei Sanlang kicked the door panel where Chu Ran was lying hard and said, "Where did this wild man come from?! We don't even have a bed to sleep on, why should we give it to him?"
Wei Erniang was so frightened that she rushed over, took Wei Sanlang's arm, and said: "Third brother, this person has an extraordinary status. Our family saved him, can he repay us well? We can't treat him badly..." "
Wei Erniang had to talk hard to earn the benefit of the unconscious Chu Ran to continue to lie on the door panel. It is also sad to say that he is a good prince, and he has always slept in a high bed and a soft sleeper since he was a child, but now he even sleeps I couldn't even sleep on a decent bed, and I almost couldn't even keep the broken door open.
You know, in the life of the original owner, the big house of the Wei family was not struck down by lightning, so after Chu Ran was rescued, the beds he slept on were all clean and tidy, and he was not wronged. But it is different now. .
Chu Ran lay there in a daze, with a hazy consciousness. In a daze, he heard the sharp wails of children, the screams and curses of women, and words such as "noble man, repay", and he wanted to open his eyes. He opened his eyes, but his eyelids were too heavy. He eventually lost strength and couldn't open his eyes at all, so he fell asleep again.
Because Old Wei was eager to sell the land, Village Chief Hu had to sell the ten acres of land at a discount. Old Wei was originally unwilling, but the nobleman was waiting to hire a doctor, and the family stayed in the broken house quarreling all day long. , all kinds of things annoyed him so much that he couldn't wait any longer, so he had to sell the land at a painful price.
