How to become the richest man by farming

Chapter 3 Coughing up blood
The sun is shining in the sky, and the smoke is curling up in the valley, which is quiet and peaceful.

Zhou Qiao finished dinner and looked out of the yard while arranging the dishes. Her two-year-old daughter followed her around the main room and the kitchen.

Hearing a familiar voice from outside the yard, Zhou Qiao came out wiping her hands with her apron.

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, Zhou Qiao paused, "This...how did the elder brother come back?"

I saw Jiang Yun's father was tightly tied to the stretcher, Jiang Yun's second uncle and fourth uncle were carrying the stretcher one after the other, and Jiang Yun's grandpa and grandma beside them looked unhappy.

Jiang Yun's grandfather Jiang old man and his mother Zhou old lady have three sons and two daughters, they are Jiang Song, Jiang Bai, Jiang Hua, Jiang Yang and Jiang Miao according to their ranking.

The eldest son, Jiang Song, has only one daughter——Jiang Yun.

The second son, Jiang Bai, has two sons and one daughter—Jiang Yueshui, Jiang Yueshan, and Jiang Yue.

The third daughter, Jiang Hua, is married, while the fourth son, Jiang Yang, and the fifth daughter, Jiang Miao, are unmarried.

In this small mountain village, the Jiang family's population is not considered prosperous, and Jiang Yun's mother is bedridden all year round, so every labor of the Jiang family is extremely precious.

However, when the autumn harvest was approaching this year, there was a storm again, and the grain harvest suffered heavy losses.

This made the already tight life of the Jiang family even more difficult, so after the autumn harvest, the men in the family tried every means to make money so that the family could survive the winter.

It happened that there was a landlord's family at the foot of the mountain who wanted to repair the village. The eldest son Jiang Song Niwa finished the repairs, so he went to do part-time work for the landlord's family.

Old man Jiang and his second son, Jiang Bai, took the firewood that had been sun-dried this year down the mountain to sell. Although the mountain road was difficult to walk, and it was only enough to walk once a day, it was still an income.

The fourth son, Jiang Yangcai, is only 14 years old. Because he didn’t eat well, he didn’t look like he was 12 years old, and he didn’t have enough strength.

I don't want to earn any wages, but if I want to stutter, the family can also save a ration.

Working at the foot of the mountain, it is not convenient to go back and forth every day, and the two of them can also have a care outside.

Jiang Song couldn't leave, but Jiang Yang could come back every two or three days to bring back the dry food he saved, and then take it to change clothes and so on.

Originally, the whole family was busy, and there was something to look forward to. Who would have thought that Jiang Song would cough up blood when he fell off the roof while repairing mud tiles a few days ago.

Fortunately, the person in charge was sent to the hospital in time to save his life.

But not only did he hurt his lung, but he also broke a leg, so he couldn't move, so he never went home, and Jiang Yang stayed there to take care of him.

The family suddenly lost two laborers, not to mention the income, and the daily food and drink are all their own, plus the injury... how can there be money in the family?
Although the steward paid the consultation fee and the money for living in the hospital, the daily medicine fee is also quite a lot.

I can only carry a bag of grain to sell first, and borrow some more, saying that I will save my life first.

No wonder Zhou Qiao was surprised to see Jiang Song being carried back.

At the beginning, the doctor said that Jiang Song had a serious internal injury, and he would have to stay in the hospital for at least ten days to see how his body recovered. The family had only collected money for the medicine for ten days.

But it's only been five days, why did you come back?

It's just that no one is in the mood to answer her questions now.

Jiang Song, who was already seriously injured, looked even more ugly after being carried all the way.

In order to save him from suffering, the father and son carried each other alternately along the way, trying to lift as smoothly as possible, but the rugged mountain road inevitably bumped.

When Jiang Song was tossing and changing to the bed, Jiang Song coughed for a while, and coughed up blood again.

Jiang Yun, who had just woken up from sleep in the room, stood at the door and was so frightened by the blood at the corner of Jiang Song's mouth that his face turned pale.

Jiang Miao, who was 12 years old, was also frightened, but she forced herself to calmly take Jiang Yun and a few younger ones to the main room to coax her.

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After a period of turmoil, Jiang Song regained his strength, stretched out his hand to grab Liu Su's cold hand, and comforted him: "Su Niang, don't cry, crying too much will hurt your health. Don't worry, I am strong and I will be fine."

Hearing Jiang Song's weak voice coaxing Liu Su, Liu Su was still sobbing and crying non-stop. Jiang Song's mother, Mrs. Zhou, was so angry that she said, "Why are you crying? Crying for funerals? I'm sick every day. I'm sick, I know how to cry. If it wasn't for..."

"Mother!" Jiang Song interrupted her, with a hint of pleading in his breathless voice.

Mrs. Zhou became even more angry when she saw him like this, "Now you know how to call your mother? I see that you are full of eyes and hearts only for your mother-in-law. How can you remember this family? In order to buy medicine for her, you repair mud tiles during the day. Weaving baskets at night to sell at the night market, now that it’s done, put yourself in it again. Have you ever thought about this family?! You..."

"Okay! Don't you think the house is not messy enough?!" Old man Jiang shouted, "Eat!" After saying that, he shook his hands and walked out.

Liu Su didn't expect to have such an inside story, the tears in her eyes couldn't stop falling, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, wishing that she would die of illness sooner.

"Su Niang, don't think too much, I didn't go all night, not because I didn't have a good rest...it was because I didn't stand firm myself." Jiang Song squeezed her trembling hand, comforting her in a panic.

How could Liu Su believe it?
It takes a lot of effort to weave baskets, even if you can sleep, it only lasts for one or two hours a night, let alone a day or two, the iron man can't handle it after a long time... and then go up to the heights to repair the mud tiles, and you will be distracted for a while...

Liu Su only felt heartbroken, and listened to her husband's concerned voice with tears in her eyes. She twitched her lips, "I'm fine, Matsuro, are you hungry? Take a good rest first, and I'll bring you dinner."

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The Jiang family's dinner was silent and depressing, even the youngest Jiang Yue felt that the atmosphere was not good, so she ate obediently.

In the evening, Zhou Qiao fetched water and brought it into the house. She took Jiang Bai's dirty clothes and asked, "What happened? Didn't you say you will stay for ten days? Why did you bring it back today? Could it be..."

"Don't talk nonsense, brother is fine, it's just..." Jiang Bai said while twisting the veil to wipe his face.

It turned out that Jiang Song's going to the night market to set up a stall at night was stabbed to the steward.

The steward felt that Jiang Song was focusing on two things. Not to mention his own fall, he also delayed Zhuangzi's work, and wanted to return the money he had paid for the consultation and the money for living in the hospital.

Jiang Song was at a loss for this matter, no matter why he fell, he can only pay for it now.

In the end, not to mention the money for the medicine later on, I didn't even have the money to live in the hospital.

"Doesn't that mean you don't even have to take medicine afterwards? The injury is so serious, can you get better without taking medicine?"

"The doctor said that if you don't take the medicine, you can only resign yourself to your fate." Thinking of the doctor's expression when he said this, Jiang Bai felt that the situation might not be too good.

Zhou Qiao also felt that it was not very good. Did he cough up blood as soon as he got home?

"Then after this..."

Jiang Bai knew what she was worried about, so he just shook his head and said, "Let's get through this year first." I can't worry about future things now.

After Jiang Bai wiped his face, he hung the handkerchief on the shelf again, "Mother said that I will ask Mr. Su to show my eldest brother tomorrow. If Mr. Su can prescribe a prescription, I will ask Shiro to help Mr. Su collect the medicine later. In the coming year, when the grain is harvested, we will pay for medicine and consultation fees." Jiang Bai said, only feeling that this year's life will be particularly difficult.

Hearing this, Zhou Qiao talked about what Mr. Su seemed to be angry with today.

Thinking of Jiang Yun's head injury, Jiang Bai frowned and said, "Why does Yun Niang get skinier when she gets older? How can a little girl get her head broken in a fight, how can she marry in the future?"

Zhou Qiao took off her daughter's coat, let her lie down, and wrapped her in a quilt.

Hearing this, she said angrily: "Don't worry about it, Yunniang is sensible. Shen Xiazhi from Aunt Guo's family provoked her first. She asked Mr. Su to borrow books, but she was still young and didn't know Su Mr. Su's temper is what offended Mr. Su. Tell Shiro to apologize tomorrow."

After thinking about it, Zhou Qiao stood up again, "You can't come to the door empty-handed to apologize. You go to bed first, I'll catch up with work, finish the shoes, and let my mother send them to Mr. Su tomorrow."

Jiang Bai took his wife's hand and squeezed it, and said softly: "Qiao Niang, thank you for your hard work."

Thinking of the increasingly difficult days at home, Zhou Qiao sighed, "What does the family say about hard work, go and put Yueyue to sleep, I'll go outside to see those two boys."

Jiang's house does not have many houses, except for the main room, there are only four bedrooms, and each bedroom is divided into two rooms inside and outside.

On Jiang Bai's side, the two sons slept in the outer room, and the husband and wife slept in the inner room with their youngest daughter.

As for Jiang Song's family of three, because Jiang Song was seriously injured, Jiang Song slept alone in the inner room, while Jiang Yun and Liu Su slept in the outer room.

It was late at night, and even the barking of dogs in the valley gradually died down.

But Jiang Yun couldn't sleep with his eyes wide open, his mind was full of thoughts on how to borrow books from Mr. Su.

It's just that her mother was staring at her. She had no choice but to close her eyes, hide her little hands in the quilt, grab the wooden sign hanging around her neck, and try to enter the space over and over again.

Liu Su waited until her breathing was stable, then carefully lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and went to the inner room.

She sat by the bed, looked at Jiang Song quietly for a long time by the moonlight coming in from the window, and then left silently.

After she left, Jiang Song slowly opened his eyes, looking at the slightly shaking door curtain, his face was full of worry.

(End of this chapter)