Zheng Xiu took her brother to the old doctor's house for treatment. Zheng Ren followed closely behind, thinking that it was the New Year after all, and it would be bad to go to someone's house empty-handed, so he went back home to get a piece of bacon, a small pot of plum wine, and a red envelope from the silver box, and followed.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the old doctor was reuniting with his children and grandchildren at home.
As soon as Zheng Xiu and her brother walked outside the fence, they heard laughter coming from inside, which sounded very lively. In contrast, she was even more angry with the second wife's family. It was the same New Year, but everyone else was very happy, but her family was so noisy that everyone was unhappy.
During the New Year, the doors of the rural areas had to be open, so Zheng Xiu took her brother directly into the yard. Just as she was about to call for help, the doctor's wife had spotted her and came out
to greet her, saying, "Happy New Year, Miss Zheng? Come, have some candy to sweeten your mouth." Zheng Xiu took the candy and said, "Happy New Year!" She got
straight to the point, "I shouldn't have bothered you on New Year's Day, but my brother injured his eyes when he was setting off firecrackers, so..." The doctor's wife nodded hurriedly and said, "Of course, of course, come in and sit down, this child's eye problem can be serious or minor." She turned around and called the old doctor, "Old man, come and take a look at the Zheng family baby."
Zheng Xiu and her brother entered the house, and the main hall was full of people. The old doctor had three sons, the youngest one was not married yet, and the two older ones were married and had children, and were sitting together talking.
Zheng Xiu then remembered that she had come in such a hurry that she had not prepared anything. She felt even more embarrassed for coming empty-handed.
"Don't stand there, young lady. Bring the child into the house for treatment. The child's eyes are important." The doctor's wife urged her, leading her through the main hall and into the house.
The old doctor looked at Zheng Xiu's eyelids, asked him some questions, and finally he felt relieved and said: "Fortunately, the eyeball is not injured, but the saltpeter stars splashed into the eye. I just checked, and there is no foreign object in the eye. The nose bridge is also a skin injury, just take some ointment and apply it. But the firecrackers exploded in front of the eyes, and the child is easily frightened. I happen to have some prepared fright tea at home. The eldest girl can take it back and boil it for him to drink. If it doesn't burn up in the evening, he will be fine."
After Zheng Xiu listened to the old doctor's instructions, the doctor's wife packed ointment and fright tea for her. She wanted to give her money, but the doctor naturally refused to accept it. Coincidentally, her father also came over at this time. Although he refused to accept money, he could accept New Year gifts. Zheng Ren also gave each of the children in the old doctor's family ten big coins as New Year's gifts. At least he did not act rudely.
The old doctor's family was very hospitable and wanted to invite Zheng Ren's family to have lunch.
Zheng Ren naturally declined, saying that he had something else to do at home, so he took his two children home. As soon as
they arrived at the door of their house, they saw Xue's father and son waiting at the door. Xue Zhi was holding a piece of bacon, a bacon duck, and a jar of wine.
The door of Zheng's house was not closed. They did not see the host, so they did not go in, but waited outside.
Zheng Ren hurriedly led them in, explaining, "The child was too playful and injured his eyes by setting off firecrackers. We just took him to see a doctor. We're sorry for the delay."
Xue Zhi waved his hand nonchalantly, "We just got here. It won't hurt to wait a while. But what's wrong with Ayu's eyes? Is it serious?"
Zheng Ren said, "The doctor checked it and said there's nothing wrong. He prescribed some shock tea for him to drink."
When the master said this, Xue Shao had already walked up to Zheng Yu and whispered, "Ayu, why are you so careless? Is your eye okay?"
Zheng Yu's eyes no longer hurt or red, but his nose was still a little red and swollen. He shook his head and said, "It's okay. It's not my carelessness..." He looked up at his father who was walking in front of him, and was hesitant to speak.
The guests have all arrived, but lunch has not yet been prepared. Zheng Xiu took the ointment and rubbed it on her brother, then let the two children play in the yard while she went to work on the stove.
Zheng Ren and Xue Zhi were talking in the main room. Seeing that there were no adults around, Zheng Yu told Zheng Yu the truth, "I didn't do it accidentally. It was my second uncle's brother who threw the lit firecrackers in front of me."
Xue Shao frowned and said, "Why would your second uncle's brother treat you like this? Aren't you a family?"
Zheng Yu curled his lips, "Anyone who is a member of their family will take advantage and extort money." He glanced into the main room again, "Let's talk about this in private. Just say it, don’t tell anyone else, my father will scold me if he hears it.”
Xue Shao asked again: “Did your second uncle punish him?”
Zheng Yu was even more unhappy, “What punishment? My second aunt and grandmother favor him the most. And don’t you see I’m doing well now? They must think nothing serious has happened, and at most they will just scold him.” He left early, so he didn’t see Zheng Quan teach Zhu and Zheng Rong a lesson, otherwise if he saw it, even if he just slapped them, he would feel relieved.
Xue Shao's eyebrows moved, "How about I help you find a way to vent your anger?"
Zheng Yu was a little tempted, looking at the direction of the main hall, and hesitantly said, "Not good, what if the adults find out..."
Xue Shao was confident, "Don't worry, I won't do anything big, it's just a lesson for him. Didn't your second aunt fall down at the door of your house last time? If no one was caught, she can only blame herself."
Zheng Yu didn't know that the thin steel wire was tied by Xue Shao last time, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"
Zheng Xiu was decocting medicine on the stove, and quickly fried a few dishes, and served them on the table to eat.
Zheng Ren and Xue Zhi started drinking again, and he ate the slowest. Zheng Xiu and the two children finished eating first, and watched Zheng Yu drink the stress tea. The two children said they wanted to go out to play, so she let them go.
Xue Shao took Zheng Yu back to his home first. His home was close to a mountain, with many trees, and not far away was a small forest. But in winter, the grass and trees withered, and those trees became a sea of bare branches. Xue Shao walked in the small forest for a while in a familiar way, and then his eyes lit up and he found what he was looking for - a wasp nest.
Zheng Yu also grew up in the village, so of course he had seen a wasp nest. Knowing that the wasps inside would sting people very painfully, his sister had repeatedly warned him not to get close to this thing.
Xue Shao ran back home and found a long wooden stick with a hook on it. He picked the wasp nest off very skillfully.
Zheng Yu was watching from the side and was terrified: "A Shao, what are you doing? Be careful, wasp stings are very painful!"
Xue Shao didn't take it seriously: "When we just moved here not long ago, there were many wasp nests in the small woods, all picked by my father. This was not a big wasp nest. My father said there were only a few inside, and wasps don't come out easily in winter. We should be careful, and it will be fine."
Zheng Yu swallowed nervously and nodded.
Xue Shao asked him where his grandparents lived, and then moved the wasp nest to a tree near there, and then covered the wasp nest with a piece of animal skin brought from home.
Zheng Rong was beaten at home, and his mother and father quarreled for a long time. The family didn't have lunch until very late. After lunch, his mother was afraid that his father was still angry, so she let him go out to play with his friends.
Zheng Rong was slapped, and his right face was swollen. Not long after he went out, he saw Zheng Yu and another child he didn't know, whispering together.
He had just been beaten and was hating Zheng Yu. When he saw Zheng Yu, he put his hands on his waist and shouted from a distance: "Zheng Yu, what are you doing near my house?" Zheng Yu
saw him and looked very nervous and surprised. He turned around and asked the child next to him: "What should I do? No one saw it?"
The child said: "No, don't let him come over! We found this treasure, it's ours!"
They spoke in a low voice, but Zheng Rong heard everything just right. As soon as he heard the word "treasure", Zheng Rong's eyes lit up: "What treasure? What are you talking about?"
Zheng Yu saw him approaching and shouted in panic: "You are not allowed to come over!"
Zheng Rong snorted: "I will come over, what can you do? The treasure is near my house, it's mine!"
The strange child next to Zheng Yu raised his eyebrows and said: "If you come over again, we will be rude to you!"
Zheng Rong stopped hesitantly. He might not be able to beat Zheng Yu alone, and if there was another one, he would have no chance of winning. But soon, he had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way. He took out two firecrackers and a fire starter and held them in his hands, "If you don't get out of the way, I will throw firecrackers!" He had just scared Zheng Yu with firecrackers in the morning, and he didn't believe that he was not afraid!
As expected, Zheng Yu acted scared, pulled the strange child and said, "Let's go first, get help and come back to get the treasure." Then the two of them ran away in a hurry.
Zheng Rong snorted and laughed triumphantly at their receding backs, then walked towards the big tree where they were standing before. There was a round thing under the tree, bulging under a piece of animal skin.
He squatted down with great interest, first poked it through the animal skin with his hand, and found it hard inside, and he didn't know what it was. But seeing how nervous Zheng Yu and the others were just now, it must be a good thing! He looked at it carefully for a moment, then lifted the animal skin——
"Ah!" Zheng Rong's scream resounded through the sky.
Zheng Yu and Xue Shao hid behind a big tree far away, holding back their laughter, watching Zheng Rong hurriedly covering the animal skin back. However, his movements were too rough, and several wasps flew out of the wasp nest, buzzing and stinging towards his face.
"Help! Dad, Mom! Save me!" Zheng Rong screamed even more, covering his face and running home. He ran too fast and didn't know where to go. He fell twice in a row, rolling and crawling, and was in a mess.
After he ran far away, the wasp nest gradually became quiet, and Xue Shao turned back and used a long wooden stick to pick up his own animal skin. Then she went home, put away the stick and the animal skin, and took Zheng Yu back to his house as if nothing had happened.
Both of them were in a good mood, but they were still nervous after doing something bad, and they wanted to laugh more but didn't dare to. After running back to Zheng's house, they held on to the pillars at the door and laughed wildly.
Zheng Xiu heard the noise in the house, and came out and asked in surprise: "Did you pick up the money? You are so happy."
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