Chapter 8 When it rains, it pours
Song Yuntang shook his head decisively, "I won't marry them, and I won't give them a penny. Don't worry about this matter. I will find a solution myself."
Song Jinbao looked at her, "What can you think of? Go to the Lin family?"
"Don't look for them." Song Yuntang approached Song Jinbao and Song Jinyuan, felt their pulses, and after confirming that they had no internal injuries, he spoke again, "I'm going to go to the mountains and pick some medicine for you."
After saying that, he walked out of the main room, took the basket and small hoe that Liu usually used to dig wild vegetables from under the eaves, and walked out of the yard.
Song Jinsheng reacted and chased after him in a few steps.
"Can you hold a hoe with that hand? Don't let it get rubbed again, or you'll be in so much pain that you'll drop beans in front of us."
The four people in the main room looked at this scene, stunned and unable to believe it.
When did Song Yuntang take the initiative to run into the mountains?
Normally, she would be afraid of difficult things, and even a bug on a leaf could scare her to the point of losing her temper. Today was the first time that happened.
Song Jinbao touched the back of his head, looking puzzled, "Isn't this girl upset by something?"
Zhao Qiao'e shook her head. "After what happened yesterday, who would dare to provoke her?"
Song Jinbao looked at the wound on his body, then looked at his eldest son, "It seems that this wound is not completely useless."
"Tang'er said she wanted to go collect herbs. Does she know about medicinal herbs?" Song Jinyuan wondered.
Song Jinbao said as a matter of course, "After all, I have been in the Lin family for more than ten years, so it is not surprising that I know a few medicinal herbs."
Zhao Qiao'e sighed, patted her chest and walked towards the kitchen.
"In the past two days, I have been worried about that girl. When the Huang family's affairs are settled, I will take her to Qing'an Mountain to pay my respects."
Song Jinbao nodded, "Go and worship, it will give you peace of mind."
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Song Yuntang went up the mountain accompanied by Song Jinsheng.
The area outside the mountain is deserted. Not to mention wild vegetables and medicinal herbs, even grass is rare, and the ground is trampled bare.
The two of them walked towards the deep mountains and wandered around for quarter of an hour. They picked a few stalks of cleaver grass and also picked a few fruits with a slightly sweet and sour taste.
After returning home, Song Yuntang found a mortar, crushed the bone-penetrating grass, and applied it to the more seriously injured parts of the two men.
His movements were so skillful, as if he had done this thousands of times before.
Looking closely, her palm, including the place where it was rubbed when she held the stone pestle, was already red. Song Jinbao's gaze moved upwards along the back of her white and tender hand.
"Is your hand okay?"
"It's okay, you'll get used to it."
Song Yuntang said it lightly, but Song Jinbao felt uncomfortable hearing it.
"From now on, just direct your brothers to do these things. It's because your parents are incompetent and can't give you a life as good as the Lin family's."
Song Yuntang was stunned for a moment, and said calmly, "I can't always rely on others for everything."
"They are not others, they are your closest relatives."
Song Yuntang was unmoved, "Then let them show more love and care to Lin Zhaozhao. I don't need it."
Hearing this, Song Jinbao sighed.
"After all, you are our biological child. Why bother comparing yourself to Zhao Zhao? She has already been taken away by the Lin family."
"Even if she's taken away, it doesn't affect her importance in your hearts, right?" Song Yuntang said in a light voice, "But after all, she has lived here for more than ten years. I can understand why you can't let her go, just like I couldn't let go of the Lin family before. It doesn't matter. I've also figured it out. Parents and brothers may be fake, only I am real."
She applied the last bit of medicine, picked up the tools and left the main room.
Song Jinyuan looked at his father thoughtfully.
"Dad, you said Tang'er didn't want to get close to us. Was it because we always mentioned Zhao Zhao before? And we compared her to Zhao Zhao?"
Liu beside him spoke.
"No girl wants to compare herself with others, or to compare her weaknesses with others' strengths. You guys keep talking about Zhao Zhao. I always thought you liked Zhao Zhao better than Tang Er."
Song Jinbao shook his head. "Zhao Zhao lived in our family for thirteen years. We all really liked her, but she is not our biological daughter after all. How can she really be compared with Tang Er?"
"But Tang'er doesn't know. Even I, who came later, thought you liked Zhao Zhao more."
After hearing what Liu said, the father and son looked at each other and fell silent.
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After Song Yuntang cleaned the tools, he placed them on the table at the kitchen door to dry.
She went into the house and counted the money she had left that day. After deducting the money for the ox cart and brown rice, she had nine cents of silver and twenty-one copper coins left. Five cents of silver was the balance for the custom-made silver needles, and this money must not be touched.
The remaining four taels of silver and twenty-one copper coins were at her disposal.
Song Yuntang had just hidden his money when there was a knock on the door.
"Tang'er, can I come in?" It was Zhao Qiao'e's voice.
Song Yuntang frowned in confusion, stood up and opened the door, looking at her calmly, "What's the matter?"
Zhao Qiao'e entered the room and unfolded the handkerchief in her hand. Inside lay three small pieces of silver, which looked to be worth about five cents.
"Jinsheng said he collected money from you to buy rice. Take these small changes."
Song Yuntang didn't answer it, "Forget it, I'll eat at home too."
Zhao Qiao'e stuffed the silver into her hands and said, "Take it. Although our family is poor, we can't use your money. You've lived a good life before. If you have some extra money, you can live a more comfortable life."
After saying that, he turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.
Song Yuntang calmly put away the silver and was about to go out, but he heard Song Jinyuan's anxious voice coming from the direction of the main hall.
"Xiangyun, are you okay?"
Zhao Qiao'e, who was busy in the kitchen, threw away the tongs in her hand and ran towards the main room in a hurry, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Song Jinsheng, who was chopping wood, also threw down his axe and walked towards the main room.
Liu Xiangyun is a pregnant woman and her situation is special. Song Yuntang knows that she might not be able to go out as originally planned.
She walked towards the main hall and pushed aside the people who were surrounding Liu Xiangyun and calling her anxiously, "Spread out, the patient will have trouble breathing if you keep surrounding her like this."
After hearing her words, several people took a step back.
Song Yuntang squatted down beside Liu Xiangyun, picked up her wrist and took her pulse.
After a moment, she said calmly, "It's no big deal. Just improve your nutrition, take some pregnancy-preserving medicine, and have a good rest."
Perhaps it was because he saw Song Jinyuan injured and was frightened, or perhaps it was because he heard the threats from the Huang family and was filled with anxiety and fear about the future.
In short, her fainting seemed to have something to do with herself.
Zhao Qiao'e was filled with worry. "It's really like when it rains it pours. How can we have extra money to buy pregnancy-preserving medicine right now?"
Song Yuntang stood up and said, "Help her go back to bed and rest first. I'll write a prescription later. Whoever is free tomorrow can go to town. I'll pay for the medicine first."
Song Jinyuan looked up at her and said, "Why don't you ask the doctor to come and take a look?"
"If you don't trust me, just scream." After saying that, he turned and left the main room.
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