Last night and this morning, the medicine that Huang Banxian needed to drink was all brewed by Lin Chaobei himself. Last night, he and Erhu also stayed by his side. Huang Banxian developed a fever in the middle of the night, and it took the two of them half the night to finally bring the fever down.
Today he was going to accompany the county magistrate to inspect the fields, so the task of taking care of Huang Banxian had to be left to Erhu. Liu Shi was also there to lend a hand. It was his first time rescuing someone, and he was so nervous that he forgot that Erhu was there to take care of Huang Banxian.
Lin Chaobei went to brew medicine for Huang Banxian. Not long after, Lin Chaonan returned and gave Lin Chaobei a lecture while he was brewing the medicine.
"The clan elders, the village head, and the clan elders are all here. How could you just run away without saying a word? You're an adult now. According to the village's customs, you should be able to get married and have children by now. You still don't act like a proper child!"
"Can't you act like an adult from now on? Be more mature! If you continue to be so unreliable, how can the clan chief and the others trust you to handle similar matters? Which family would dare marry their daughter to you and raise you like a son?"
After finishing his lecture, Lin Chaonan left with a stern face. Lin Chaobei was worried about taking care of Huang Banxian, whom he had rescued, and he was also thinking about the horses, cows, dogs, and cats at home!
During this period, he was under a lot of pressure because the family was only spending money and not earning any. His elder brother and sister-in-law went out again and again, spending nearly two hundred taels of silver, and more.
That's why he worked so hard, whether it was clearing land for planting or digging up and processing medicinal herbs. He just wanted to do his best to fill this huge hole a little bit more.
Seeing that Lin Chaobei was still as carefree as before, like a child who never grew up, not knowing how to worry about the family at all, with all the pressure on his mother, just because his mother received a reward of five hundred taels from the emperor, did he think that five hundred taels was endless and could not be spent?
Cows, horses, dogs, cats, courtyard walls, fields, hilltops... weren't all bought with money?
Moreover, his sister-in-law and nephew couldn't be taken care of if they stayed in the prefecture, because they said they had to go to the capital!
They didn't even know where the capital was. The most distinguished people in the world lived there, so prices were definitely higher than in the prefectures. Two hundred taels of silver wouldn't be enough; they might not even have enough for two thousand taels!
The more Lin Chaonan thought about it, the more pressure he felt. Fortunately, he was in a better state of mind recently. You see, he had a severe case of internal heat a while ago, with sores all over his mouth, making it extremely painful to eat and talk. So now, even if he is in a hurry, he will try to regulate himself, like when he lost his temper just now.
There's no other way; if I don't vent my anger, I'll be letting myself down. My younger brother is immature, so he has to take the beating.
Lin Chaonan simply dusted himself off and left, while Lin Chaobei, who had been scolded, watched the fire simmering the herbal medicine and began to reflect on his actions. Had he really gone too far? We're all family, after all, why be so particular?
Forget it, since Third Brother told him to be more mature and steady in the future, he'll just do as Third Brother says. Anyway, those kinds of things don't happen every day. If something like that happens again, he'll just follow Third Brother's lead and do what he says.
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