Chapter 354: This was his real brother

When they returned to the ox cart, everyone had arrived.

Before boarding, Liu Zhiqiu handed the little candy man he was holding to Liu Yusheng.

“Nannan, for you. This candy man looks just like you when you were a kid, so cute. As soon as I saw it, I knew you’d like to eat it.”

Liu Yusheng received the little candy man with the corners of her mouth twitching. It was cold, and the little candy man hadn’t melted after so long.

She was so happy, and would have taken a bite without a hitch had her second brother not said that last word.

With that extra sentence, wasn’t it the same as telling her to eat herself?

She climbed into the cart, while slowly licking the candy man and furtively observing her second brother. She never found anything unusual, so she was relieved.

It seemed that her second brother didn’t put the matter with Miss Liu to heart.

Being insensitive and simple was also sometimes beneficial.

“Nannan, why do you keep staring at your second brother?” Liu Zhixia noticed it early.

“Can’t Nannan stare at me? Are you jealous? Nannan, stare at my face all you want. My looks are passable, well worth a second look.”

Liu Yusheng, “…” Silently turned her head away.

Everyone in the cart also looked elsewhere.

Fu Yuzheng tried to suppress a smile and subconsciously leaned to the man sitting beside her.

Liu zhixia didn’t remind her, but the light in his eyes softened.

By the time they reached the entrance of the village, it was already dark, and the lights of every household in Xinghua Village were on.

Beneath the gray night, the hundreds of lights emitted a warm glow, guiding the way home for those returning home and ironing their hearts.

Now that the children were back, Grandma Liu and Wei Hong immediately set the dishes on the table. Country folks ate dinner early, but in order to wait for their return, the dishes were kept warm in the pots.

The table was as lively as ever. Although there were a few less people, the atmosphere remained the same.

Wei Hong and Wei Lan, in particular, ate as if in battle. Their chopsticks clashed between dish plates, and the winner would clip more food.

Since the first hot meal at the Lius, Wei Lan showed signs of taking roots here. He didn’t even care about the stall he had run for a decade, and no matter how Wei Hong squeezed him, he resolutely refused to leave.

He had finally found a nest after so much difficulty. He had no shortage of money, so what was the point of running a stall?

If he wanted to collect information, all he had to do was take a seat at a teahouse. What latest news couldn’t he grasp?

As for defense, he and Wei Hong could take turns on duty in the future.

It was only now that he found out how comfortable and leisurely the days in the Lius were, yet she wanted him to stay squatting outside day and night? He would never step out of the doors.

After the meal, while Grandma Liu was washing dishes in warm water, Liu Zhiqiu quietly sneaked around to her back and inserted the jade hairpin in her hair bun that was tied behind her head.

“You naughty kid, what are you doing? I am washing dishes, stop it!” Grandma Liu drove her mischievous grandson away and held her bun, only to touch a warm, cool object. She was stunned and then slowly broke into a smile.

“Grandma, you’ve worked hard.” After saying that, the naughty boy immediately slipped away.

Grandma Liu was left to continue washing dishes there. She didn’t pause in her work, but she could only laugh and scold, “Naughty kid, you used what little New Year’s money you saved to buy these unusable things. You really can’t make a living.”

The smile on her face never melted.

On the other end, the person who leapt out of the kitchen had not yet stepped into the hall, when he heard the person leaning against the door asking, “Grandma and Nannan have gifts, where’s mine?”

Liu Zhiqiu immediately replied in contempt, “Do I have to buy what you want? Your New Year’s money is barely touched!”

He, who hid his money tightly, came to trick him.

He would never indulge him.

“Shouldn’t you treat us equally?”

“Do we have this rule in the family? The men in our family are not worth any money,” Liu Zhiqiu grunted, “I bought gifts for the few treasures at home, so I haven’t saved a penny of silver this year. Brother, you can’t cheat me on the guise of brotherhood.”

Liu Zhixia looked at him, raised his hand without warning, and flicked a shot on his forehead, causing Liu Zhiqiu to scream in pain, “Brother!”

Just as he finished screaming, a black shadow flew towards him. Liu Zhiqiu adeptly caught it and took a look, a money bag!

He opened it. Damn, two silver ingots! And some broken silver!

“Brother!” Liu Zhiqiu held back two tears and looked at the back of Liu Zhixia as he walked away.

This was his real brother!

“Oooh!” He kissed the money bag with all his might. Thus, this night, Liu Zhiqiu was smiling in his sleep.

In his dream, his elder brother tossed countless money bags to him, all of which were filled with pairs of silver ingots.

They piled up into a silver mountain.

And finally buried him underneath.

Both Liu Dalin and Liu Erlin together with their wives rushed back the next day after returning home.

Liu Zhiqiu immediately inserted the jade hairpins he bought into their buns, and complimented them on their hair, making the two women unwilling to take them off.

That night, the snow that had stopped for two days began to fall again.

The more it fell, the heavier it got, and it showed no signs of stopping for several days in a row. Outside the courtyard of the Liu family, the snow had already reached the knees of adults.

Grandpa Liu frowned at this trend.

Auspicious snow heralded a good harvest, but if it snowed too much and too long, it would be disastrous.

Before the Lantern Festival, there was news from other villages that the thatched houses of many poor people collapsed due to the heavy snow.

Injuring a lot of people.

It was shortly after receiving this news that the Liu family began to receive injured patients, seeking medical attention.

It broke the New Year’s cheer of the Liu family.

The first one to be sent was an old woman with snow-white hair. Her leg bone was crushed by the collapsed beam in the early morning.

The barefoot doctors in their village did not dare to treat her. The granny was too old, and she was hardly breathing after her injury. The doctors were afraid to take the blame.

When the patient arrived at the Lius, she only had one breath left.

“Nannan?” When Liu Yusheng asked people to carry her to her small consultation room, Xue Qinglian frowned.

Although the granny was still breathing, her pupils were lax and dull, and she was almost as good as dead. If it were him, he would not labor to save her and instead advise the family to prepare for the funeral.

At such an age, even if she was rescued, her foundation would be completely damaged, and she would not last for a long time. She would eventually die.

Liu Yusheng did not say anything. Her eyes were always on the granny, and when she was laid flat on the wooden couch in the small consultation room, she immediately used gold needles to stick needles in several acupuncture points around her heart.

First, she secured her last breath.

“Xue Qinglian, get me hemp boiled medicine. I want to reconnect her bones. Also, please ask Grandma to slice a piece of ginseng.” The young girl directly ordered him.

Xue Qinglian immediately went to make preparations without asking another question.

Two middle-aged people sent the granny over. They stood at the door of the small clinic, waiting nervously while trembling with cold, but didn’t walk away.

Grandpa Liu approached them and invited them to the hall, telling them to wait by the fire.

“Don’t worry, if anything happens there, Nannan will come to pass the word. You arrived in the wind and snow, so you’d better warm yourselves for now. Don’t let elder over there get cured, while you fall sick. By then, who will take care of her?”

Grandma Liu also poured hot water for them, handed them over. At the same time, she took two old coats from the house and wrapped them up. “Your trip here must have been arduous, right? Not even an ox cart could move, so you carried her here. Your legs must be frozen.”

The two people tightened their coats, drank hot water, and nodded frequently at the two old men, their eyes red.

“Thank you, Elder Liu and Elder Lady Liu.”