It is said that no family has the extra capacity to support an idle person.
Moreover, given Su Nan's condition, he still needs to take medicine. Not to mention the cost of the medicine, just decocting the medicine is a big hassle. The labor force of every household has to go to the fields to earn work points, except for some infants and the elderly.
But how can we make good medicine for the elderly and children?
As far as Old Man Huang knew, the Xiao family had just built a new house before the New Year, and they probably don't have much spare money now. Not only that, they also owed debts outside. Even if they had to be responsible for Su Nan, there was no reason for them to keep him as a child.
Besides, the blame for Su Nan's fall cannot be put entirely on the eldest son of the Xiao family. Who made her run into the mountains when she was unfamiliar with the place?
Xiao Fangchi also considered his family's current situation, so he remained silent, not knowing how to answer.
He wanted to take responsibility, but he was not the head of the family, and he could not be so selfish as to let the whole family bear the responsibility for him.
"I will help Su Zhiqing with her work. The environment at the educated youth site is not suitable for recuperation. She should stay in my house first until her injury is healed." After thinking for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion.
"Brother, how can you finish the work of two people by yourself?" Xiao Fangyun was the first to disagree and stood up to refute.
Originally, Xiao Fangchi was the main labor force of the Xiao family and had to get the highest work points every day, because only in this way could he pay off the money owed for building the house after the grain was distributed at the end of this year.
But it is not so easy to get full work points. There are only a few people in the whole village who can get them, and the work is hard and tiring. Even if Xiao Fangchi's father is the team leader, it cannot change this fact.
The people in the village are smarter than each other. Usually, the team leader assigns his female comrades to easy work, and he does so with his eyes open or closed, because easy work means low work points. From another perspective, this is actually a good thing.
But if you assign an easy job to your family members, everyone will spit at you and drown you.
So every night when Xiao Fangchi returned home, he would fall asleep immediately due to exhaustion without exception.
If I have to help Su Nan with work in the future, wouldn’t that be risking my life?
"Yes, that's not right." Xiao Honghai also frowned, looking disapproving.
"It's not that responsible. You can live in our house, but Fang Chi, you can't be so stupid as to help her with work. It's so tiring." Luo Qiongzhi moved a chair and sat aside, her eyelids drooping, looking fierce.
If we really do as Fang Chi said, wouldn't it be equivalent to raising a girl at home?
Just as everyone was arguing, Zhou Rang, who had always had a cold face, interrupted their conversation.
"It's none of your business. I'll take care of it." His firm tone surprised everyone.
After saying that, he stepped into the room and saw that Su Nan was still sleeping, but his complexion looked much better than before. He finally let go of his worry.
Xiao Fangchi chased into the house, his lips curled up slowly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, all his words came together: "Let Su Zhiqing live in my house."
After a pause, he added, "You also know the environment at the educated youth camp. With so many people crowded together, it's easy to bump into each other. How do you recover from injuries?"
"I'll take her to the hospital."
Hearing this, Xiao Fangchi coughed lightly, touched the back of his head uncomfortably, and explained, "Maybe you don't understand since you just arrived. We are short of medical resources here, so whether it is the commune hospital or the county hospital, unless it is a serious illness, the maximum stay is three days."
Zhou Rang sat on the chair, clenching his hands tightly. For the first time, he felt powerless. If this was Shanghai, everything would be easy. But this was Xiaojia Village, a place he was not familiar with.
"Is it not okay even if I have money?" Zhou Rang turned his head and said word by word.
"No." Xiao Fangchi cleared his throat, looked at the back of Zhou Rang's head, and complained in his heart: This guy not only has a rich face, but even the way he speaks sounds like I have a lot of money and I deserve a beating.
Zhou Rangmo sat with his head bowed, his eyes fixed on the ground. After a while, he whispered, "I'll make a deal with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Fangchi waved his hands and said, "I won't do anything illegal. Trading is nothing but speculation."
"You know and I know." Both of them understood the implication.
"You are a soldier too, right? How could you have such an idea?" Xiao Fangchi turned around and closed the door tightly, making sure no one could hear him, before he whispered in confusion.
When they fought on the mountain before, Xiao Fangchi discovered that Zhou Rang's body movements were similar to some military moves, so he came to this conclusion.
"So what?" I've even done shady things.
Seeing that he admitted it frankly without any embarrassment, Xiao Fangchi couldn't believe it. He wanted to refuse, but was silenced by Zhou Rang's words the next second.
"Comrade Su Nan and I are partners. I didn't notice she went up the mountain alone. It's my fault. She was frightened by your sudden appearance and fell down the hillside. It's your fault.
It is my responsibility to pay for her food and tickets, and it is your responsibility to provide her with a house so that she can recover from her injuries in peace."
"Did you hear clearly?"
The sunlight shone through the window lattice and fell on Zhou Rang's trembling slender fingers resting on his knees, illuminating the potential uneasiness in his heart.
Fortunately, the silence was finally broken by a faint "hmm", and Xiao Fangchi finally compromised and agreed to this inexplicable "deal".
As darkness fell, the countryside, devoid of entertainment activities, returned to silence, with only the occasional barking of dogs being heard.
There are few places with electricity in the countryside, so kerosene lamps are still popular. This thing is cheap and expensive, but many people are reluctant to buy it. In order to save money on kerosene, they even go to bed early.
Most of the time, it is because of the hard work of the day, which makes them have no energy to do anything else. They just want to have a good sleep to ensure that they can have a strong body to face the equally tiring work tomorrow.
The Xiao family was no exception and turned off the lights early, but in the darkness, several quarreling sounds could be faintly heard.
"How could your brother be so stupid? He let someone live there just because he asked. Now you have no place to sleep and have to squeeze with an old woman like me." Luo Qiongzhi turned over. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.
Xiao Fangyun was about to fall asleep, but was woken up by her grandmother's frequent complaints. A trace of impatience appeared on her face, but she still hugged Luo Qiongzhi and spoke to her in a kindly manner.
"My dearest grandma, my brother is a man of love and integrity. He dares to take responsibility for his actions. Besides, I am happy to sleep with you. You took care of me when I was a child. Now that I have grown up, we haven't been this intimate for a long time."
Xiao Fangyun acted coquettishly and made Luo Qiongzhi smile with just a few words.
"Okay, go to bed, you have to go to work tomorrow."
Hearing this, Xiao Fangyun breathed a sigh of relief, smacked her lips, tightened the quilt, turned over and went to sleep. After a while, she could hear steady breathing sounds, and it was obvious that she was fast asleep.
䀴In the room next to them, a rich fragrance was slowly spreading.
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