Chapter 79: The Ungrateful Nephew, Ming Dai's Enlightenment

The bedroom windows were sealed and the door was closed, so the air was not circulating and the room smelled bad.

Moreover, there was no kang in the house, so it was very cold, gloomy, and devoid of any human presence.

The figure on the kang was Liu Dazheng. He was suppressing his cough and couldn't even get up.

"Captain, what's up?"

Mingdai listened to his suppressed cough, which was already very serious. It was obvious that he had been ill for some time.

Liu Dazhu said angrily: "How long have you been ill? How long has it been since that bastard Liu Jiahong came?!"

The figure on the bed panted for a long time: "He's busy, I'm fine, it's just an old problem."

"Bullshit! Did he deliberately make you sick and die so that he could occupy your yard!?"

This time the person on the kang didn't say anything, but just breathed harder.

Liu Qingmin knew his difficulty and sat on the edge of the kang: "Da Zheng, if Xiao Ming and his educated youth hadn't come to you to buy a basket, we wouldn't have noticed that you were too sick to get up from the kang. Jia Hong went too far this time. I'll go find him later and ask him to at least bring you food and firewood."

Liu Dazheng's throat moved and he responded in a low voice.

He was indeed out of food.

Liu Qingmin smiled and asked Mingdai: "What do you want to buy? Look, he has a lot of stock."

Ming Dai: "Uncle Da Zheng, we want to buy some bamboo baskets."

Liu Dazheng still remembered these two people, especially Zhou Sinian who bought his big backpack: "Ahem, yes, there are bamboo baskets in the main room, take a look, if you like them, just take them."

After saying this, he coughed urgently again, and there was a wheezing sound in his trachea.

Mingdai agreed and took Zhou Sinian outside to look through the bamboo baskets. In the house, Liu Dazhu was still scolding the man named Liu Jiahong.

Liu Dazheng was very hardworking. He made eleven baskets of different sizes, and also two large rattan baskets, which Mingdai also took.

"Uncle Da Zheng, take a look, how much is this?"

Liu Dazheng was helped up and leaned against the head of the kang. Looking at the baskets piled high on the ground, he was so surprised that he forgot to cough.

"Xiao Ming, educated youth, why did you buy so many baskets?"

Ming Dai: "Uncle, we can use it. Please give us an estimate of the price."

Liu Dazheng was a very honest man. He gave him some advice: "My children, my baskets are of good quality. If you buy too many, you won't be able to use them all. Buy fewer."

Ming Dai showed her cute little teeth: "Uncle, it really works."

Liu Dazhu waved his pipe and said, "If people want to buy, you should sell it. Why are you being so long-winded? A big basket is 80 cents, a medium one is 50 cents, and a small one is 30 cents, right? A rattan basket is also 50 cents."

Liu Dazheng smiled and nodded weakly.

Ming Dai said without hesitation: "Okay, uncle, four big ones are 3.2 yuan, four medium ones are 2 yuan, three small ones are 90 cents, and the rattan one is one yuan, so the total is 7 yuan a pair."

Liu Dazhu glanced at Liu Guoqiang, who pulled his fingers and nodded with a smile.

Liu Dazheng was a little excited: "Just count seven pieces."

Ming Dai nodded: "Okay, uncle, how about I give you money?"

Liu Dazhu said, "Xiaoming, the educated youth, please take a look at him and see if he can be cured. If so, these baskets can be used to offset the cost of the medicine."

Liu Dazheng was a little surprised. This young educated youth could also treat illnesses?

Then he felt a little happy, because his illness this time was indeed more serious than before. He always felt powerless, and he was afraid that he would not be able to survive this winter.

Hearing this, Mingdai asked Liu Zheng to lie down again and expose his wrist. She stood at the edge of the kang and felt his pulse.

I had a chronic cough, and the change in weather during winter, coupled with a heavy snowfall, brought out a cold, and my whole body felt like a leaky sponge.

"It can be cured. I have some herbs. Two courses of treatment will be enough. But you can't stay out of the cold anymore. You have to eat on time and don't eat raw or cold food."

Upon hearing this, Liu Dazhu was so angry that he threw his pipe on the table and cursed, "You are such a ruthless person!"

After cursing, he regretted it and held up the cigarette bag and examined it like a treasure.

Liu Guoqiang explained softly, "Liu Jiahong is Uncle Dazheng's nephew. He promised to take care of him and inherit his house after a hundred years."

Mingdai understood clearly that she had met an ungrateful person.

The villagers have their own rules and regulations, not to mention that Liu Dazheng is a member of the Liu family. She doesn't plan to mix anything, just mix the medicine well.

"Okay, don't be sad. If it doesn't work out, I'll find you two apprentices next year. It's not the same if the apprentices support you in your old age. If you don't rely on that ungrateful bastard, you can save some money and not let him drain it all.

I'll ask Lai Fu and Lai Fa to bring you some firewood later. Your sister-in-law just made some cornmeal cakes. They're so fragrant and delicious.

Qingmin and I will take turns visiting you from now on. We will not ignore you, don’t worry.”

Having said that, Liu Dazheng couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears. The feeling of being betrayed by his loved ones was too painful.

Liu Dazhu was also upset: "You are a grown man, why are you crying? Stop crying!"

Ming Dai looked at them, pulled Zhou Sinian, and told the three of them that she would wait for the medicine to be delivered before leaving.

When she got home, she packed the medicine quickly and took Zhou Sinian with her again.

At this time, Liu Lai Fu was unloading firewood in the yard, and Liu Lai Fa was sweeping the snow.

Mingdai went in, the kang was heated up, and Liu Dazheng's complexion looked much better.

After explaining how to boil the medicine, Mingdai left amid Liu Dazheng's repeated thanks.

On the way, Mingdai thought that Liu Dazheng was quite pitiful. He was disabled due to illness since childhood and was betrayed by his relatives in middle age.

But he was lucky enough to be born into the humane and clan-based Liu family. At least the captain was willing to take care of him and would not let him die quietly in the winter night.

Looking at Zhou Sinian standing beside him, thinking about the ending in his book, he said with emotion: "Zhou Sinian, you have to thank me well too, okay?"

If it weren't for me, you might die and no one would know.

Mingdai tried to scare him, but Zhou Sinian was clearly not buying it. He leisurely held the stacked baskets in one hand, and with his other hand he took the basket out of Mingdai's hand and put it across his arm.

Then he didn't wait for her anymore, but strode forward with his long legs, and soon left Mingdai behind.

Mingdai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and chased after him from behind.

When she got home, she was exhausted, panting and sweating.

Zhou Sinian had already put the baskets and the baskets into the storage room. Now he was sitting in the kitchen calmly, eating the sugar-roasted chestnuts he had taken out of the cupboard.

It's cool and sweet, and quite delicious.

After Ming Dai had caught her breath, she realized how stupid she had been. It was true that she had been with Zhou Sinian for so long that her mind was no longer normal.

Why is she chasing him? It's not like she doesn't know the way.

Looking at Zhou Sinian who was getting better and better under her care, she felt a little distressed. Did she have a talent for taking care of children?

Do you want to try to have a baby to play with later?

She was frightened by herself and shook her head violently to get rid of these terrible thoughts.

Looking at Zhou Sinian who was eating happily, he immediately became unhappy and grabbed most of the chestnuts on his plate and started eating them.

Zhou Sinian looked at her in disbelief, then looked at the plate in the air, and finally picked up the plate, dodged her and ate it, obviously guarding against her sneak attack.

Ming Dai: As expected, chestnuts should be eaten only when they are snatched away. Only those that are snatched away are more fragrant!