Song Chongjin saw Wu Zhongbao's posture, and his heart chuckled first.

Fortunately, Wu Zhongbao is still measured, he saw each other first, and thanked Wu Changshou again, calling him the second uncle.

Song Chongjin knew that this Wu Changshou was a relative of Wu Zhongbao.

Wu Changshou waved his hand: "Lord Song, I invited you over, what do you have to tell him, I'll go see your father!" ”

With that, he retired.

Wu Zhongbao invited Song Chongjin to his courtyard.

This yard, Song Chongjin has been here before, and it seems to have decayed a lot compared to the past, and the grass has grown in the yard, and it looks like it hasn't been taken care of for a long time.

Song Chongjin's heart moved, and then he looked at Wu Zhongbao carefully, the clothes on his body were all half-new and not old.

I was feeling strange in my heart, and I saw Wu Zhongbao say with a ashamed face: "I shouldn't have alarmed you, but I really couldn't help it, so I cheekily asked the second uncle to invite you——"

Song Chongjin waved his hand: "Between you and me, why be so polite?" How can I help? ”

Wu Zhongbao said slowly.

That year, he went to Jing County with Song Chongjin, and he was also preparing to take the autumn exam.

As a result, not long after arriving in Jing County, I received a letter from home, saying that Wu Laoqi suddenly fell ill.

As the only son of Wu Laoqi, his father is sick, so naturally he has to rush back to serve the sick, right?

He hurriedly sent a message to someone, saying that there was an urgent matter at home, so he returned to Shiqiao Town.

When I went home, I realized that Wu Laoqi was sick strangely, and he suddenly fell ill without knowing why.

A high fever does not go away for a while, and vomiting and diarrhea for a while, and after two or three days of hard work, a person who was originally shrewd and capable will be tossed so that he only has air in and no breath.

Otherwise, Wu Zhongbao's mother, who has also seen the world, how could she hurriedly recall her son who was going to participate in the autumn exam because of a minor illness?

It's just that this posture is not right, and it looks like he's going.

When Wu Zhongbao arrived home, when he saw his father's appearance, his heart was like a knife.

Every day, he ate and lived in Wu Laoqi's house, fed medicine, wiped his body, and changed his clothes, without pretending to others.

I don't know if Dr. Lang Zhong felt the pulse and prescribed the right medicine, or other reasons, after Wu Zhongbao went home, Wu Laoqi's illness slowly stabilized.

I just can't get out of bed, and I hang my life every day with ginseng and cinnamon.

Although Wu Laoqi is the first person in Shiqiao Town, and his family is rich, he can't stand such a toss, and he spends a lot of money on medicine every day.

Wu Zhongbao and his mother also searched for famous doctors everywhere.

Nothing can be done.

They have also been to Ping'an Hall, and Old Man Qin is old, except for receiving treatment in his own medicine hall, he almost no longer goes out of the clinic.

Several of his well-known disciples were all invited by Wu Zhongbao to give a consultation.

But I didn't see the reason, I just said that Wu Laoqi's pulse was peculiar to look at, and he could barely take it out for a while, and he was very strong for a while.

After a few senior brothers consulted, they came up with a solution.

After boldly stopping the medicine for a day, Wu Laoqi looked at it with the naked eye, his face turned gray, and his vitality seemed to have been extracted.

hurriedly poured a bowl of tonic medicine, and the decline stopped.

After a few more bowls, it will be back to its previous appearance.

After a few consultations, they felt that Wu Laoqi seemed to have something in his body that could absorb his vitality, and those tonic pills were poured into it, and the big tonic ingredients in it were absorbed, and he gave up absorbing the vitality in Wu Laoqi's body. Qianqian

And it seems that a balance has been formed in Wu Laoqi's body, ensuring that Wu Laoqi will not die, but it must be compensated for with various precious tonics.

In the end, the few of them didn't figure out what it was, and only said that if they wanted Wu Laoqi not to die, they would have to hang their lives with precious medicinal materials all the time.

Wu Zhongbao later found a lot of Langzhong doctors, who were famous, and several apprentices of Old Man Qin came to the same conclusion.

The unfamous ones can't even understand what's going on.

Wu Zhongbao had no choice, if he wanted to save his father's life, he could only spend it like silver and buy tonics.

The Wu family is the richest in Shiqiao Town, and it is really worthless to put it outside.

In particular, this tonic is precious, and a pair of medicines is dozens of taels of silver.

It can only be three days at most.

Even if you have a lot of money, you can't afford to spend so much.

However, in a year or two, the Wu family's family foundation is almost over, and the servants and servants in the family are almost dismissed.

There was only a personal girl that Wu Zhongbao's mother had always brought with him, and a mother-in-law who kept it and barely did some cleaning and cooking.

As for the fields and everything, they were slowly sold for the most part.

Wu Laoqi didn't have much time to be sober, and once in a while, he only shed tears, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

He only gritted his teeth and did not drink tonics, and seemed to be bent on death.

But how could Wu Zhongbao be willing to let Wu Laoqi die, and when Wu Laoqi was semi-unconscious again, he would be given medicine.

Now, their Wu family has nothing left, and even Wu Zhongbao's mother's dowry has been sold.

Although the house is still lived in by them, it is no longer theirs.

It was bought by Wu Changshou a long time ago, but he knew that they had nowhere to go, so he simply let them live there.

Wu Zhongbao is really helpless now, but he doesn't want to give up Wu Laoqi.

In the past two years, countless people have persuaded him, saying that Wu Laoqi's illness is a bottomless pit, and Wu Laoqi himself seems to be bent on death, so it is better to follow his wishes.

In this way, the Wu family can still leave a little something, so that they will not all be sold out.

But in Wu Zhongbao's heart, although his father always urges him to go to the imperial examination, his love for his son is indeed the most genuine.

He just sold his life to keep his father alive!

If it was before, even if he killed him, he would not lower his head and beg for help, especially Song Chongjin.

But now, he can't care so much, as long as he can treat his father, he can do whatever he wants.

It's just that now Wu Laoqi can't leave anyone, and he can't afford to invite anyone, so Wu Zhongbao takes care of him.

Wu Zhongbao's mother is also a strong one, there is no source in the family, she was also a scholarly lady, literate and hyphenated, and can embroider.

Now I copy books in the shop, write letters to people, embroider flowers, and earn some money to subsidize the family.

Wu Zhongbao's mother has always been loyal to the girl who married at the beginning, although she is old, she is still coming back from the work of washing the pulp outside.

Most of the people in the town have received the favor of Wu Laoqi at the beginning, and the Wu family is a big family, even if Wu Zhongbao's family is defeated, but with Wu Changshou, the mayor of the town, no one dares to bully.

They are also paid more.

This time Song Chongjin came back, Wu Changshou also talked about it in front of Wu Zhongbao, and Wu Zhongbao also secretly glanced at the street corner that day.

is ashamed of themselves, the two at the beginning, because of different circumstances, are now the difference between cloud and mud.