"Li girl, Grandpa wants to ask you something. If you encounter a snake while digging a culvert, do you have to stop digging?"

Zhao Li was staring at Chen Xinli anxiously.

He hurried to the Shen family just to confirm what he was thinking.

After all, the people of Qianniu Village have little experience in digging wells, and the two wells in the village were passed down from their ancestors.

But a coffin had been dug up in the village when houses were being built before, and many people thought it was a bad omen. Now that a snake was dug out this time, Zhao Lizheng was vaguely worried.

Although he quickly figured out that the snake was a dragon, after all, someone in the village had fainted from fright, so how to get rid of the snake was a question that concerned him.

Seeing the old man's face and head covered in sweat, and looking breathless, Chen Xinli hurriedly poured him a glass of water.

Zhao Lizheng had just taken a sip when he looked at the little girl expectantly.

Chen Xinli didn't think there was anything wrong. The presence of snakes showed that the geographical environment here was very good.

When she was a child, Chen Xinli went up the mountain to pick grass for pigs and encountered snakes. Later, when she went to the city, she never encountered one again because the environment there was no longer suitable for snakes to survive.

"Grandpa Zhao, it's okay. Snakes like moist environments. The presence of snakes means there's water."

Seeing that the old man was still uneasy, Chen Xinli knew that he was actually trying to find a belief to support himself, so she immediately said seriously:

"Grandpa Zhao, my grandfather said that people in the north encountered snakes while digging underground canals. Digging up a snake means good feng shui, a good omen, and it will bring prosperity to our village. We just need to get rid of the snake and not harm it."

Zhao Lizheng finally felt relieved and had the energy to look at other people.

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of Shen Fugui standing beside me, who seemed to be in great pain. His forehead, which had just relaxed, wrinkled into three lines again.

"Fugui, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, Uncle Zhao, my legs just hurt a little, it's nothing serious!"

Zhao Lizheng was anxious and angry: "You little bastard, didn't I tell you not to dig the canal? You insisted on showing off. Do you still want this leg? You have to torture it like this!"

Today, Zhao Lizheng saw Shen Fugui digging the reservoir, so he stepped forward and taught the boy a lesson, then hurried up the mountain to dig a vertical shaft.

But I didn't expect that this guy actually did it secretly for a whole day and even hurt his legs again.

Zhao Lizheng felt a little distressed and a little angry.

This kid is usually very smart, but he has a bad habit, which is that he likes to compete.

"Grandpa Zhao, I want to take Dad to the county to see a doctor tomorrow, is that okay?"

"No, Ali, I can still hold on. It's okay!"

Shen Fugui said with a stern face that he was feeling much better now.

"Go, Li girl, you go tomorrow and take Old Man Xu's ox cart."

After saying this, Zhao Lizheng paused for a moment and added, "Don't worry about not having enough money. I have more than one tael of silver at home. I'll send it over later. You can go see the doctor first!"

Zhao Lizheng felt a little ashamed when looking at Shen Fuyou's legs.

If he had known this earlier, he would have lent the few taels of silver that his family had saved for building a house to this kid for his medical treatment!

However, at that time, the whole family felt that the Shen family might not be able to pay it back, and their house really needed to be rebuilt.

Zhao Lizheng had no choice but to harden his heart and not mention it.

Because he had no money, Shen Fugui's legs were always lame. Only when the family had some extra money would he buy some medicine to drink. His legs became like this now.

Chen Xinli saw her father's swollen left calf and was not sure if the bones inside were not properly connected. She couldn't take an X-ray here, and she didn't know any medical skills, so she was really worried.

But now everyone in the family is hungry, so we can eat the grass jelly to cool down first, and then go and check out the grass jelly business tomorrow.

"Grandpa Zhao, thank you for your hard work. This is the new food my family made. We plan to sell it. Could you please check it and see if it's okay?"

There were some tiny pieces of green semi-liquid substance in the bowl, which looked crystal clear.

This bowl does not contain mango, it only has the taste of grass jelly itself, but after being soaked in well water, it is also icy cold.

Chen Xinli didn't have a suitable reason to take out the mangoes, so she had to let Zhao Lizheng take care of it for the time being.

"What is this? It's pretty good looking, the same color as the mung bean cakes in town."

Zhao Lizheng looked at the bowl in front of him, took a bite subconsciously, and then finished the whole bowl in one gulp.

After eating, Zhao Lizheng found that the boys from the Shen family were swallowing their saliva. His face instantly turned red, and he felt inexplicably moved.

He thought silently that the Shen family really didn't treat him as an outsider!

It wasn't that he was greedy just now, but mainly because the emerald liquid in the bowl had a fresh fragrance. He picked up the bowl and smelled it, and felt a cool breeze.

After he took one bite, he couldn't stop.

This thing is really good for cooling off. After eating a bowl of it, I feel like all the irritability of the day has been dissipated.

Hearing that the Shen family was planning to sell this, Zhao Lizheng smacked his lips, savoring the taste of the grass jelly carefully, and gave the most polite evaluation:

"This thing is slippery and is the most refreshing to eat at this time of year. I don't feel so hot after eating it. But it's not sweet and seems to have no taste!"

Finally, the old man scratched his head and thought for a long time before adding, "It's still a little thin!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhao. This is what my grandfather said in my dream. I just picked them for fun, but I didn't expect that I could really make them. Let's think about it again."

"Well, okay, you guys get busy," he said, looking at the Shen Fugui brothers, "You have to see a doctor tomorrow. Fuyou, come to my house and get some money for backup."

Shen Fugui wanted to refuse, but seeing the old man's expression that did not allow him to be refused, he had to let his brother follow the old man away.

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