Li Qinglin took out one tael of silver and a piece of Nine-branched Black Grass wrapped in coarse cloth and pushed them in front of Mrs. Gou.

"My sister-in-law lent me five strings of cash that day, so that I could save enough for my tuition. I will repay even a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude."

"You can't do that!"

Sister Gou refused repeatedly, but how could she push Li Qinglin's hand away? "Sister-in-law, don't refuse. This cloth contains a strange herb that may be very helpful to Huzi's leg disease! You can find a doctor to take a look... Don't delay this matter, do it quickly. I will be at home for the next two days, come to me if you have any problems."

The reason why Li Qinglin did not leave the Nine-branched Black Essence Grass to his younger brother and sister was, firstly, Li Qingjing and the others did not practice martial arts, and secondly, they had no hidden illnesses. If they just ate it, the half-grown kids would have a bad temper and it would be counterproductive.

Li Qinglin was confident that he would be able to find a more suitable foundation-building object in the future.

"this……"

The strength of Mrs. Gou's hands in trying to push away gradually weakened, and she looked at the coarse cloth on the table with some disbelief.

They had consulted countless doctors and physicians to treat Hu Zi's leg disease, but each of them looked troubled, sighed and left.

They thought that this was how their life would be.

When Hu Zi heard this, his face was filled with excitement, tears welled up in his eyes, he bent his legs and knelt down to Li Qinglin with a plop.

Li Qinglin was shocked, and immediately pulled Huzi up, patted his shoulder and said a few words of comfort, then turned to Sister Gou and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be in a daze, go quickly."

Mrs. Gou reacted immediately, turned her head to wipe the red and swollen corners of her eyes, then grabbed the silver and rushed out the door.

A moment later, Mrs. Gou led a doctor and carried a medicine box into the house.

The doctor examined Hu Zi's condition and looked at him with embarrassment. Suddenly, he saw Sister Gou handing him a strange grass that was a bit dry but had roots like deer antlers.

The doctor looked at it carefully, took the strange herb with some doubt, smelled the strange fragrance, looked at the unique pattern structure of the herb, his heart was shocked and his eyes became hot.

"This is... Nine-branched Black Essence Grass?!"

The doctor looked up suddenly, only to see Li Qinglin standing silently at the door at some point. His sturdy body almost blocked the entire door, and his hidden fierce aura carried a subtle warning.

The doctor immediately lowered his head, wrote the prescription honestly, opened the medicine bag that came with him, explained the method of taking Nine-branched Black Jingcao, and started to prepare the Black Jingcao on the spot.

Li Qinglin watched as the black jingcao was turned into medicine bags, and saw with his own eyes the earthen jar rising up to boil the herbs, which were then swallowed by Hu Zi.

Then it floated away in the rising smoke.

After a moment, Hu Zi's whole body was red, as if he had just been pulled out of hot water, with waves of hot and warm currents washing over his body.

Hu Zi felt that he had never felt so happy and relaxed in his life.

Sister Gou looked at Hu Zi with surprise as he took a few trembling steps. Although it was still a little unsmooth, it was much better than before.

"Okay, take these medicines once every three days. Remember, too much is as bad as too little. The medicinal properties of that strange herb are too strong. Taking too much will do more harm than good."

The doctor gave a few more careful instructions.

Upon hearing this, Sister Gou handed over the silver and then turned back with a grateful look on her face, "Brother Lin, thank you so much..."

The words stopped abruptly, and Li Qinglin had already left.

The courtyard gate was closed, the fence was lightly covered, and a few dandelions on the road were scattered like white clouds in the sky, floating towards us.

…

Afterwards, Li Qinglin went to Carpenter Tan's house again.

Carpenter Tan was a comrade-in-arms with Li Qinglin's father. Back then, he went through untold hardships to carry Li's father's body back to the city.

Half a year ago, he even borrowed three taels of silver from Li Qinglin! The locust trees along the road gradually increased in number, with thick and thin pots and wrinkled barks. Some were like ropes, and some were arranged like ditches. They were all high-quality wood.

But before Li Qinglin got closer, he saw a busy flow of people outside Carpenter Tan's house, with all kinds of gift boxes and red silk brocades piled up.

Li Qinglin stopped a passerby and asked a few questions, and then he found out.

Carpenter Tan became rich.

Perhaps because he had been kind to others and had a sense of justice for most of his life, his eldest son was favored by a cavalry captain and promoted to be his sword-bearing guard.

Suddenly became an official family member!

Rumor has it that the cavalry captain is a martial artist at the marrow refining realm, with power as great as the sea, and is a seventh-rank official!

Li Qinglin nodded and felt happy for this uncle whom he had never met.

He knocked on the door and a woman opened it. After explaining his purpose, he found out that Carpenter Tan was not at home.

The woman glanced at Li Qinglin, as if treating him as a relative, and without asking any further questions, she led him straight into the house.

It was almost noon, she took out a plate and a pair of chopsticks, and casually invited Li Qinglin to sit down.

Li Qinglin then noticed that there were many other people in the house who came to "eat and drink for free" just like him.

Time passed and the sky gradually darkened.

The dinner companions stood up, reeking of alcohol, said a few flattering words to the woman, and then left one after another.

Li Qinglin stayed until the end, drank the last glass of wine, and then asked the woman,

"I wonder when Uncle Tan will return home?"

The woman was sitting on a recliner holding a raccoon cat. When she heard this, she didn't even raise her eyes, as if she didn't want to say anything more. "I don't know."

Li Qinglin felt a little regretful when he heard this. He stood up and bowed to the woman.

"Uncle Tan has been very kind to me, but unfortunately I have no chance to thank him in person. This small gift is not worth mentioning. If we are destined to meet again in the future...see you later."

Li Qinglin left the last piece of Nine-branch Black Essence Grass wrapped in coarse cloth, took out three taels of silver from his arms, and quietly placed it on the table.

After hearing about the small gift, the woman raised her head, and saw the coarse cloth and three taels of silver on the table. She smacked her lips, then lowered her head to tease the civet cat.

"Well, I understand. I will tell your uncle Tan. If you have nothing else to do, please go back."

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Li Qinglin nodded, and just after he walked out of the door, he heard the sound of porcelain breaking, followed by the sound of someone chasing a cat away.

Li Qinglin knew that the woman was smashing all the dishes and chopsticks on the table into the trash can to drive the civet cat away from eating the leftovers.

Li Qinglin paused for a moment, then took big strides again and disappeared into the night.

Half a quarter of an hour later,

A fifty-year-old man with slightly gray hair and beard, but extremely energetic, with thick knuckles on both hands, turned over and jumped off a horse.

Seeing the man, the woman immediately stood up and rushed out, smiling, "Boss, you're back! Why didn't Tuer come back with you?"

Carpenter Tan tied the horse to the stump and went to the stable nearby to get some hay. "Tu'er was left behind by that master. He will be back tomorrow."

Carpenter Tan looked at the gifts inside and outside the house and frowned. "Didn't you say not to accept any gifts and let them take them back? I've only been away for half a day, how come..."

The woman replied with a sense of grievance, "I said it, but they left the gifts and left. I may not be able to catch up with them."

“You!”

Carpenter Tan knew what his wife was thinking, so he shook his head helplessly and asked casually,

"Are there any old friends who come to visit?"

The woman spoke slowly and finally mentioned Li Qinglin.

"Li Qinglin?"

Carpenter Tan felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and asked in confusion,

"But is it the eldest son of Li Xianshi from Huabu Street?"

The woman nodded gently: "That should be it, didn't you borrow three taels of silver from his family before, here..."

The woman pointed to the silver coins on the coarse cloth on the table.

"Isn't this to pay back the money? He also asked me if I could meet you. Ha, although he has become a martial artist of some importance, he has a lot of troubles on his butt!

Once we meet, he might ask you for help again, so I just let him go."

"you!"

When Carpenter Tan heard this, he immediately became furious!

Not to mention Li's father in the past, he and his friend were friends for life, they slept with their feet touching and wore the same Luo belt.

Just talking about Li Qinglin, he went from being a tenant farmer to becoming a martial artist in just half a year, which is enough to prove his extraordinary abilities.

How can you chase such a person out?

Others only saw the trouble Li Qinglin had gotten into and how he had offended the palace.

But Carpenter Tan saw that once Li Qinglin got through the darkness before dawn, he would have a vast future!

He hurriedly untied the horse's reins, climbed on the horse, and rode for several miles, but found that everything around him was deserted, with only sparse sunlight illuminating large houses and fields.

But where was Li Qinglin? The sound of horse hooves returned to the Tan family.

Carpenter Tan walked into the room with a dejected look on his face, and saw the woman's shrewd and mean face.

Carpenter Tan moved his lips but said nothing for a long while. In the end, he only let out a long sigh.

(End of this chapter)