Hearing Li Tingyun's voice, He Fei put down the stick in his hand and pulled him into the kitchen to talk.
Li Tingyun took a breath and said, "I just came back from outside. Go to the village entrance and see that old man who loves to drink is very drunk and keeps falling over. I didn't dare to follow him in, but it's so cold. If he sleeps outside, he will definitely freeze to death."
After hearing what Li Tingyun said, He Fei knew who this person was?
He went over and called his father to go out together.
Li Tingyun followed carefully out, and after leaving the doorway, he said, "Don't tell anyone what I saw, or it will be exposed."
"Don't worry, go back to sleep. Just say we went to a relative's house for something and came back too late so we met on the road." Uncle He said to Li Tingyun, then jogged with his son.
Li Tingyun then felt relieved and went back to rest. He didn't know if today's incident would delay them from going up the mountain tomorrow?
Uncle He and He Fei soon found Lao Lei sleeping on the ground at the entrance to the village. He Fei went over and carried Lao Lei on his back. Uncle He took off his coat and covered Lao Lei with it, and then sent him back.
When Lao Lei's wife saw her husband drunk like this, she wanted to call him up and scold him.
Uncle He saw this and said quickly, "Old Lei's wife, please stop scolding him. He's drunk like this and lying at the entrance of the village. If he waits until tomorrow morning, he'll probably freeze to death."
Hearing this, Lao Lei's wife was so scared that her face turned pale, and she grabbed her husband's hand and burst into tears.
"Every family has its own problems. Even quarrels have to be fought within a certain limit." Uncle He advised and asked his son to go home.
After hearing this, Lao Lei's wife nodded repeatedly, sent the father and son out, asked her son to look after her husband, and went to the kitchen to make ginger soup for him.
After Uncle He and his son left, they went to Li Tingyun's house again.
When Li Tingyun came back, she found that her clothes were all wet. Xu Erhua boiled some water for her. When she came out of the shower, there was a knock on the yard door.
"Go open the door, it must be Uncle He and the others." She shouted from inside the house and quickly put on her clothes.
Xu Erhua opened the yard door and saw that it was indeed Uncle He and his son.
"Is Tingyun asleep? Tell her that Lao Lei has been sent back and he is fine. We will go up the mountain as usual tomorrow. Let's go back." Uncle He mainly came to talk about this to avoid delaying tomorrow's affairs.
"Okay, okay." Xu Erhua nodded and watched the father and son walk away before closing the gate.
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The next day, they came to the mountain as promised.
I went hunting yesterday, and today I will mainly go up the mountain to dig for herbs.
Li Tingyun was a little tired and didn't go today. He let them try to go up the mountain by themselves and slept until noon.
When I came out, I saw Heifeng and Danyolk resting at home. I took them to the space to feed them dog food and cooked some instant noodles.
After eating and drinking, she prepared the medicine for the old village chief, cut the ginseng into slices, divided it into two parts and wrapped them in newspaper.
After finishing, she took the two dogs out of the space and asked them to guard the house. She carried the backpack and went to Mr. Tang's house.
During the New Year holidays, Mr. Tang went to the city and just came back last night.
In the middle of the day, the couple was packing medicinal herbs. When they heard a knock on the door, Grandma Tang opened it.
"Oh, it's Tingyun. The old man was just asking when you would come." Grandma Tang said as she pulled the person into the house.
When Elder Tang saw that it was Li Tingyun coming over and Xu Erhua wasn't following behind, he asked, "Erhua didn't come with you?"
"She went up the mountain with Brother Erniu and the others." Li Tingyun said and walked over.
Old Tang glanced at the old woman and asked her to sit down in the yard.
After a while, Grandma Tang came out of the room with something in her hand.
Walking up to Li Tingyun, she stuffed the things into Li Tingyun's hands and said, "This is a gift from the old man to you and Erhua. He said he wouldn't buy things for little girls. Seeing you carry a bag every day, he saw two nice ones this time, so he asked you to bring them back."
"Mr. Tang, how can I let you spend money? I'll give you whatever you want!" Li Tingyun didn't expect that Mr. Tang would buy a bag for them.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you consider me your elder? Do you look down on me?" Seeing Li Tingyun being so polite, Old Tang stood up angrily.
Li Tingyun didn't expect that Mr. Tang would react so strongly, and looked at Grandma Tang with a mixture of laughter and tears.
Granny Tang said with an unhappy look on her face, "You can't refuse a gift from an elder. This is a token of the old man's kindness. If you don't accept it, he will really kick you out."
"Collect it, collect it, I'll collect it. Don't be angry, elders. It's my fault for not being sensible. Hehehe..." Li Tingyun didn't dare to offend Elder Tang. He would need Elder Tang's help when he went to the city in the future.
Seeing Li Tingyun accept it, Elder Tang sat down with satisfaction: "Isn't this right? You should accept what your elders give you."
"Yes, yes, yes! You are right!" Li Tingyun coaxed the old child. Then, he took down the backpack, took out one of the bags of ginseng slices from the backpack and stuffed it into Elder Tang's hand: "This is a filial gift from the younger generation to you. Please keep it."
"What good medicine have you got?" Old Tang wanted to open it curiously, but was stopped by Li Tingyun.
"Wait, you can open it after I leave, otherwise I will be angry too." Li Tingyun smiled proudly.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Mr. Tang thought it was just an ordinary medicinal herb and didn't take it to heart, so he agreed readily.
Li Tingyun had been worried that Mr. Tang would not accept this thing, so it would be nice to reciprocate.
She happily took out another ginseng slice from the basket, and then the old village chief's medicine.
"Look, this is the medicine I prescribed for the old village chief." She opened one of the packets and showed it to Mr. Tang.
After carefully examining the herbs inside, Elder Tang nodded with satisfaction, "You're so thoughtful. Those herbs in there are really hard to find."
He thought that the medicine would still be okay without ginseng, but it would take a little longer to take.
"This is ginseng slices. Please take a look at them. If there is not enough medicine in them, tell me and I will go to the mountain to find some." Li Tingyun handed another bag of ginseng slices to Mr. Tang.
Old Tang opened the newspaper and looked at the ginseng slices inside without saying a word for a long time.
These things are not worth a thousand, but at least several hundred dollars. This little girl is so willing to spend them.
"If I give this to the old village chief, he will definitely not want it, so please don't let him know, okay?" Li Tingyun shook Old Tang's arm coquettishly.
Mr. Tang's eyes were a little red. They were just unrelated people and had only known each other for a short time. What could he say?
"Mr. Tang! I dug this ginseng in the mountains by accident. Don't worry, it didn't cost any money." Seeing that Mr. Tang was excited, Li Tingyun shook his arm again.
Mr. Tang sniffed and nodded, his voice hoarse and unable to speak.
Grandma Tang was also frightened. This child is giving away money!
"Okay, it's getting late. I'd like to thank you two elders for the gifts on behalf of Erhua. It's time for me to go back." Seeing that Mr. Tang was so excited, Li Tingyun didn't dare to stay any longer and turned around and ran outside.
When Mr. Tang saw Li Tingyun suddenly run away, he was stunned for a moment and quickly opened the paper bag she gave him. Seeing the ginseng slices inside, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
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