“Mother, it’s me, Congzhi, your youngest son.” Li Congzhi wasn’t short, but he had suffered too much hardship this year, so his skin was dark and he was very thin.
Because of the humiliation they had suffered before, Li Ji'er and Li Yu'er, along with the other three members of their master's family (except for Zhong Daya, who had already gone mad), were all severely beaten before being sold off.
If it weren't for the worry about their mother, who had gone insane, and their young brother, and the fear that their father wouldn't be able to withstand the blow alone, the two sisters would have long lost the will to live and wanted to end their lives.
Unfortunately, they dared not die, for they still had loved ones in this world who needed them to live.
However, the two once lively and cheerful girls no longer smiled. They were depressed all day long, living like zombies. Zhao Guihua felt very sorry for them and didn't know how to help them get out of the shadows. She hoped that time could heal their heartache.
We need to guide them more often and try to find things for them to do to distract them so they don't keep thinking about bad things from the past.
"Ah, go away, don't touch me, I don't know you." Zhong Daya pouted and pushed Li Congzhi away, then went forward to cling to Xingxing and Ruru.
"You can't be mean to him. He's your child. You have to love him, you know?" Xingxing sighed like a little adult when she saw Li Congzhi's sad face.
"I...I didn't." Zhong Daya said, her eyes brimming with tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Alright, alright, stop crying. We'll play with you, okay?" Xingxing was exhausted and muttered in a low voice, "We need to get Mom to find a doctor to take a look at her quickly, otherwise what will we do if she follows us around all day?"
Thinking this, Xingxing immediately ran to find Zhao Guihua and Zhou Laoda, but the two of them didn't have time to pay attention to her. First, they helped Li Qian's family tidy up their room, and then they had to go buy mats and quilts. When Li Qian's family was sold off, the silver they had worked so hard to save was also robbed by those evil servants, and they didn't even have a single copper coin left.
Their clothes were tattered and ragged, so we had to buy them a couple of decent outfits.
Seeing that Zhao Guihua was about to leave again, Xingxing grabbed her leg and said loudly, "Mother, give Xingxing two taels of silver. Xingxing wants to take her aunt to see a doctor."
"Let's see the doctor tomorrow. We're busy today. Be a good girl, go play by yourself." Zhao Guihua ruffled her hair and coaxed her a few words perfunctorily.
"Mom gave me money, Xingxing wants money." Xingxing pouted and insisted on getting money.
Zhao Guihua paused, glanced at Xingxing, and then took out three taels of silver from her money bag and gave it to her. "You want silver, right? Okay, here you go. But you have to take it carefully and not lose it. You can hide it in the house now."
"Xingxing took her aunt to see the doctor, without hiding any money," Xingxing emphasized angrily.
Zhao Guihua didn't take it seriously and waved her back to the courtyard. "I'm going to buy two bolts of cloth and a few pairs of shoes. I have too many things to do and need to go out."
"Mother, you go ahead with your work. I'll take good care of Aunt." Xingxing held the silver, her face serious, feeling a great sense of responsibility.
The little dumpling immediately ran to find Zhou Dafu and the others, "Big brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, come quickly, Xingxing needs your help."
"What's up?" Zhou Erfu was the first to respond.
Then the other four Fu brothers came over, all looking at Xingxing. Xingxing beckoned them closer, and then they huddled together to listen to her talk.
"See this? This is the money my mother gave me. She wants us to take my aunt to see a doctor. My aunt is going crazy, she needs to take medicine quickly to get better," Xingxing said solemnly.
Zhou Sanfu raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Didn't you see a doctor in the county town yesterday? You also got the medicine. My aunt injured her brain, and she won't recover anytime soon. We can only let her rest and see."
The doctors in the county town were all helpless, and could only prescribe some tonics and calming medicines. Whether she could recover was up to her own fate.
“It didn’t get better yesterday, so I have to see a doctor again today. It will be better after seeing the doctor.” Xingxing insisted. Seeing that the five brothers Fu didn’t support her, she puffed out her cheeks, looking angry.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, your second brother will go with you. We're not short of money. I'll take Aunt to the clinic right away." Zhou Erfu picked up Xingxing with a doting look on his face, as if he would find a way to get the moon from the sky for her if she wanted it.
"Yes, Second Brother, you're so kind." Xingxing hugged his neck and smiled.
"Tsk, we didn't say we wouldn't go with you. Come on, let's go together. We brothers definitely have to support Xingxing. How can we let Xingxing go to the clinic alone?" Zhou Sanfu immediately picked out some nice words to coax the little girl.
“Yes, let’s set off now. Second Brother, take Xingxing and go ahead. Let’s invite Aunt over and help her walk.” Zhou Wufu echoed.
Xingxing tilted her chin up, looking rather smug; her brothers still doted on her.
However, Zhong Daya did not cooperate. As soon as Zhou Wufu and Zhou Sifu approached, before they even touched her, she started howling and screaming for help, as if someone was doing something to her.
Xingxing was dumbfounded. Her aunt refused to go to the clinic, so how could she take her to see a doctor?
After thinking for a moment, Xingxing had a flash of inspiration. "I've got it! Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, don't pull Auntie away. Auntie refuses to see the doctor. Let's invite the doctor to our house."
That's good. The Fu brothers breathed a sigh of relief. They told Boss Zhou and took Xingxing out. But they had only taken a few steps when Ruru caught up with them and said she wanted to go with them too.
The group arrived at the clinic in a great hurry. This was the same clinic that had previously taken their honeysuckle and herbs. The old doctor was quite skilled and they were fairly familiar with each other. After the town's tavern opened, the old doctor had even come to eat there, and their relationship had become much closer.
There were quite a few people at the clinic at that time. People arrived first and then waited in line.
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