Playful peasant girl made a fortune: uncle begged to take it away

Chapter 46 Buying This Family

Mingyu looked at the pile of plaster and thought that since they were all in the town, why not just sell them.But it needs to be calcined first.

I asked the clerk in the pharmacy if he had a large stove, but he said no, so he turned around and asked the old man who was still on the side, "Old man, where is your house, is it far from here?"

Hearing Mingyu's question, the old man was taken aback for a moment, but immediately came back to his senses and said, "It's not far, it's quite close to the place where the ox carts are kept."

Just in time, Mingyu waited for the buddy to grind the herbal medicine, and led the old man to the old man's house.Mingyu's father also just handed over the blueprints for the farm tools to be made to the blacksmith shop in the town.Mingyu gave the things to her father and went with the old man.

When I came to the old man's house, I found that the old man's family was very poor, with only two dilapidated thatched houses.Mingyu was chatting with the old man while calcining the plaster.

"Grandpa, are you and grandma the only ones in your family?" Mingyu asked curiously
"No, I still have two sons." The old man sat beside Mingyu and helped Mingyu light the fire.

"And what about your two sons?"

The old man stirred the fire in the stove with a wooden stick, sighed and said, "Since the old woman fell ill, the thin land at home has been sold, and the two sons have gone to the town to work for others in order to treat the old woman. gone."

Mingyu looked at the old man and thought that the children of the old man must be in their twenties. Why is there no child in the family? It was not normal in ancient times, so she asked again, "Grandpa, don't you have any grandchildren?"

The old man smiled, "My old woman and I got two children when we were old. We only got these two children in our [-]s or [-]s. It's also the old woman who strives to give birth to two children at a time. Both are only eighteen, and they are both filial. .”

"So that's how it is." As for twins, how dangerous is that in such a backward ancient times, and they are still older women.

Mingyu admired the old lady a little bit, and said, "What kind of disease does the old lady have, and how much does it cost to cure it?"

The old man's mood, which had just gotten better just now, became heavy again, and Mingyu looked to see if he was embarrassed.

"The old woman was suffering from overwork because she gave birth to two sons for me. The doctor told me to take medicine, and I had to take good care of me so that I could live for ten years. If I couldn't take good care of myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass this year. But this medicine costs 40 taels of silver, and it's only [-] taels of silver if I sell it at home."

Mingyu suddenly thought, isn't her family just full of people? It's always worrying to find someone, but if she is kind to this family, then they will naturally not betray her.Although it feels a bit overwhelming with kindness, but this is the way it is in this era, and I haven't done anything harmful.

"Grandpa, if I am willing to pay for the treatment of the old lady, but I want your family to sign a contract of sale, would you be willing?" Mingyu asked tentatively.

Before the old man could answer, the two sons of the old man who had just returned from the town replied loudly, "We are willing, as long as you can pay for the medical treatment of mother."

When Mingyu heard this, she didn't answer right away. First, she wanted the family to think about it. Second, the gypsum had already been calcined, and Mingyu wanted to get the gypsum out.

The two discussed with the old man for a while, and finally the two young people came to Mingyu, and the old man went to see the old woman.

"Are you really going to pay for your mother's medical treatment?"

Mingyu nodded, but didn't say much.He took out 50 taels and put them on the small square stool that the old man made before.

(End of this chapter)