Chapter 30
When Yu Ying heard about the hurricane, her expression became serious and she turned and walked towards the door.
After she opened the straw curtain, she saw Uncle He placing a bundle of bamboo on the ground. She asked, "Uncle He, I just heard you say there's going to be a hurricane soon. Is that true?"
Uncle He looked up at the sun and observed, "It doesn't look like a hurricane in this scorching sun, but the village elders are always so accurate in their predictions. They say it's coming in the next few days, so I'm sure they're right."
"So what was the situation with hurricanes in previous years?"
Uncle He saw her worried expression and reassured her, "We're far from the sea here, so hurricanes aren't usually that serious. Last year, it passed without a fuss, so there's no need to worry too much."
After hearing what Uncle He said, Yu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
If the hurricane is strong, I'm afraid the thatched houses of the Fu family may not be enough to build it.
Uncle He continued, "But there will always be some strong winds, so there must be a door."
In the past, the Fu family also had a gate, which was built by Fu Dalang.
But after Fu Dalang and his wife went to the quarry, the greedy Aunt Fu saw that the three orphans and widows of the Fu family were easy to bully. Moreover, she often talked about how Luo's husband killed her husband. She felt that the eldest wife owed her something, so she often went to the eldest wife of the Fu family to ask for money.
Even if the eldest wife was so poor that she didn't even have rice to cook, Second Aunt Fu could still squeeze out a little more of her wealth.
Later, Uncle He returned from the quarry and was able to protect them, in order to repay Fu Dalang's kindness in rescuing them at the quarry.
Seeing Uncle He making the door, Yu Ying also stepped forward to help and asked about the bed.
"Uncle He, I'd like to ask if there's anyone in this village who can make a bamboo bed, and roughly how much does one cost?"
Uncle He looked at her in surprise, then looked at Mrs. Luo.
After pondering it for a while, he still didn't know who the bed was for, but he still said to her, "The only people who know how to make bamboo beds are in the next village, Chenjia Village. They cost about thirty or forty coins for one person, and seventy or eighty coins for two people."
There are so many bamboos in the mountains, but we just have to go in and cut them.
This bamboo is free and does not need to be kept for one or two years before it can be used like wood. The only cost is the labor cost, so this bamboo bed is much cheaper than a wooden bed.
Chenjia Village?
Yu Ying suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is Mr. Chen, the ox-cart driver, also from Chenjia Village?"
Uncle He nodded in agreement.
Yu Ying thought about it and decided that after the bamboo bed was finished, she could ask Uncle Chen to send it to Lingshui Village. However, she was afraid that others would see that the Fu family had new furniture, which would cause trouble.
Thinking of this, Yu Ying felt a little blocked in her heart and her brows furrowed slightly.
Uncle He saw the embarrassment on her face and mistakenly thought that she did not have enough money to make a bed.
I wanted to say something, but when I thought about the situation at home, I fell silent and continued to work.
Saw the bamboo into similar lengths, then tie them tightly with straw ropes and add them one by one.
It took more than an hour to build the two doors, and it was almost dusk before they were completed.
Yu Ying watched as the bamboo door was installed. It was no longer just a thin straw curtain that couldn't block anything, and she felt a little more secure.
These days, every night, Yu Ying has been afraid to sleep too deeply, always worried that thieves or dangerous birds and animals will break in.
Now, there is finally a way.
While installing the doors, Uncle He saw the situation inside the two rooms and felt a little heavy in his heart.
When the door was about to be installed, Yu Ying took out three eggs from the house.
After the bamboo door was installed, Yu Ying handed the eggs to Uncle He and said, "Uncle He, you've neglected your farm work to help build the door. I don't have anything good to give you, so these eggs are the only ones I can give you."
How could Uncle He dare to take it? He quickly declined: "No, no, you guys keep it for yourselves."
Yu Ying knew he was worried that the Fu family wouldn't be able to make ends meet, so she said frankly, "I've earned some money collecting herbs, and I won't just sit around and eat all my money. So, Uncle He, feel free to take it. Otherwise, I'd feel bad."
"How can this be possible..."
Yu Ying: "Since Uncle He doesn't want to accept it now, Fu An and I will make it and send it to him later."
Uncle He was stunned and said quickly, "No, really no, I'm just helping out."
Yu Ying thought for a moment, called Fu An over, handed him three eggs, and said, "Send them to the He family, and don't take them back."
Fu An was very obedient. He took the eggs and ran out of the yard.
Uncle He: ...
Uncle He looked at Fu An running away, was silent for a moment, then as if he had made a decision, he let out a breath and turned to look at Madam Yu.
He said, "If you really want to make a bamboo bed but don't have enough money, Uncle He doesn't have much, but he can still lend you some."
Yu Ying was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Uncle He to say that he wanted to lend them money. She couldn't help but think of what Aunt He had said before.
Aunt He said she wanted to save money to redeem her youngest son early, and at this time, Uncle He also offered to lend them money to buy a bamboo bed. This was something Yu Ying did not expect, and she couldn't help but feel touched.
Yu Ying smiled and said, "I've earned some money, so I can afford a bed, but..."
She paused for a moment before saying, "I'm just worried that people in the village will see and gossip about it. Furthermore, I'm also worried that the rumors will spread to Wuling County."
When Luo heard the word Wuling County, she probably thought of something and lowered her head with a slightly gloomy expression.
After Uncle He was stunned for a few moments, he finally realized why she mentioned Wuling County.
Almost everyone in the village knew what kind of personality the child who was taken away by mistake was, previously known as Erlang of the Fujia family.
That person is not only lazy and greedy, but also narrow-minded.
In front of Fu Dalang, he often expressed his hard life in his second aunt's house. He also often said that he could not grow up with his mother, while his elder brother had his mother's protection, but he did not know how much bullying he had suffered. He also persuaded Fu Dalang to take his place in the hard labor.
But as soon as Fu Dalang left, he even dared to point at Luo and scold her in person, and was almost hitting her, so the villagers all suspected that he had sent someone to secretly break Fu Erlang's legs.
Uncle He was also skeptical, so after thinking it over carefully, he understood Madam Yu's concerns and suggested, "Why don't you send it to my house first? When night falls and no one is walking around in the village, I'll move in with your Aunt He."
"But if we do this, other people will gossip about you, Uncle He, and it will cause you more trouble." Yu Ying couldn't help but worry.
Uncle He smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's just some gossip. Nowadays, if a family adds a stool, they'll be called a spendthrift. If they care so much about what others say, then wouldn't they have any use for life?"
After Yu Ying thought about it, she looked up at the clear sky and thought that the hurricane probably wouldn't come so soon, so it should be enough time to wait on the bamboo bed for a few days.
Thinking of this, he said to Uncle He, "Thank you in advance, Uncle He. I will see Uncle Chen in a couple of days and will talk to him and ask him to help deliver the bamboo bed."
Uncle He nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Do you really not need me to lend you some?"
Yu Ying shook her head lightly: "Really, no need."
When Uncle He heard her say this, he felt relieved and left.
Yu Ying watched Uncle He leave and breathed a sigh of relief.
She wanted to help Uncle He's family redeem He Erlang, but she was powerless.
As soon as Uncle He left, Mrs. Luo said, "Since you want to make a bamboo bed, I'll take out the copper coins and return them to you now."
Yu Ying looked at her and said, "No need. I have some money left for making a bamboo bed."
After saying that, he looked at the direction where Uncle He left, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.
While thinking about other things, Mrs. Luo continued, "But this bamboo bed is so expensive..."
At this moment, Yu Ying suddenly remembered something she hadn't told Fu Wei. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said to Luo: "It's okay, you can stay. Erlang and I have something to talk about." Then she went into the house first.
Having said that, he quickly turned and walked towards the house.
When Yu Ying walked outside the house and was about to lift the curtain, she realized that the straw curtain had been replaced by a bamboo door.
When Fu Wei heard that Uncle He wanted to lend her money to buy a bed, he knew that she would feel bad and would try to get Uncle He to take her son back.
So after she pushed open the bamboo door and entered the house, Fu Wei asked in a clear and slow voice, "Have you come up with an idea?"
With a smile on her face, Yu Ying took out the document signed with the drug dealer and handed it to him.
Fu Wei took the document with some suspicion in his eyes and began to read it.
At a glance, she realized that it was a sales agreement she had signed with someone. Since it was expected, she folded the agreement calmly.
Seeing his calm expression, Yu Ying asked him, "Why aren't you surprised at all?"
Fu Wei: "The first time the drug dealer asked for your medicine, I couldn't tell what was going on. But then he said he'd take whatever you sent him within three days. It's obvious he's extremely satisfied with your herbs, far more than he was with the herbs from the clinic. If he comes to Yu County to buy herbs again in the future, he'll definitely look for you."
Yu Ying couldn't help but laugh after hearing his analysis: "You can even guess this, what else don't you know?"
Fu Wei returned the receipt to her and said calmly, "I'm just guessing."
Then he repeated the question, "Have you thought of asking the He family to accompany you to the quarry?"
Back to the point, Yu Ying hurriedly said, "Oh right, that's what I wanted to talk about."
She took the receipt, put it back inside her clothes, and sat down on the bamboo stool again. "As you said, the mountains are dangerous. I definitely can't collect 500 kilograms of herbs by myself. And Fu An is young, so he certainly can't be of much help. So I definitely need help. Besides the He family, I don't trust anyone else in Lingshui Village."
Fu Wei pondered for a moment, then pointed out, "But if my elder brother and sister-in-law come back, they can still help you. They will naturally have to work to make up for the money you earned."
Yu Ying shook her head: "No, there are some things that the Fu family can't handle, so it has to be handled by the He family. Besides, it's not just about collecting herbs, but also drying them, and..."
She paused for a moment before slowly saying, "Besides, there isn't just one medicine merchant who comes to Lingnan Yu County to collect medicinal herbs."
"Do you want to find another drug dealer?"
Yu Ying nodded. "It will take another three months for that herbalist surnamed Zhang to come to Yu County to collect the herbs. It's hard to say if there won't be other unexpected events. So we have to make all possible preparations and can't pin all our hopes on herbalist surnamed Zhang."
If you put all your eggs in one basket, they will all break when they fall to the ground, so you have to put them in different baskets.
After a moment's thought, she added, "I've been thinking of convincing Uncle He, Aunt He, and the He family's daughter-in-law to join me in collecting herbs. In half a month, I should be able to earn some money. If their money isn't far off the ransom for He Erlang, I can lend them some."
Fu Wei hesitated for a moment.
Indeed, it was much more rational for her to support the He family than to pay out of her own pocket to redeem He Erlang.
But he couldn't help but remind her: "That's fine, but you have to remember that your money was earned through risking your life, not just for doing good deeds. Even if you want to do good deeds, you have to do it within your ability."
Yu Ying heard his reminder and said calmly, "There are millions of pitiful people in this world, and I can't help them all. The ones I help, I do so after weighing the pros and cons."
Fu Wei's hand on his leg moved slightly, his eyes turned slightly, and he asked, "How can I, such a useless person, be of any use to you?"
Yu Ying didn't hide it from him, but she also didn't tell him everything. She just said, "I hope you can live a peaceful life in the future."
"Hmm?" Fu Wei frowned slightly, not understanding what was going on.
She was confused and puzzled. In his current situation, how could he give her any peace of mind?
Yu Ying pretended to be mysterious and said, "Perhaps you are just a hidden dragon in the abyss now, but if you get the chance one day, you will soar to the sky."
Fu Wei was startled at first, but then he understood what was going on and couldn't help but smile faintly in front of her: "Are you overthinking me?"
"No one can predict what will happen in the future, but when that day comes, you will be my support. With a supporter, life will naturally be stable."
Fu Wei didn't take her words seriously, but he still looked at her steadily and promised solemnly: "If I ever become rich and powerful, I will share it with you."
If I become rich and powerful in the future, I will share it with you.
The low and soothing voice fell into Yu Ying's ears.
Yu Ying smiled at him: "I take what you said seriously, so please don't break your promise."
Fu Wei had been depressed for two months and had always seemed suffocated, but at this moment, seeing her smile, he seemed to feel a little relieved.
He nodded again: "I will keep my word. I will not break my promise once I have made it."
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