nucmednet Chapter 200 Where the Money and Grain Went
Chapter 200 Where the Money and Grain Went
"This... this is too expensive!" Chen Dawei saw some fresh vegetables such as cucumbers and pumpkins in the backpack. These things are more useful than money nowadays, and many people cannot buy them even if they have money.
After not seeing each other for many days, Xia Qingyue noticed that Chen Dawei had a few more tufts of white hair on his temples and looked haggard. He looked several years older than he had a few months ago.
She sighed in her heart. The Li family had gone through too many hardships in the past two years. She really hoped that everything would be settled down and everyone could live a stable life.
"Uncle, let's not talk about that now. Nothing is more important than keeping Brother Youmao healthy."
When Chen Dawei and Fang Xiaoyu were still hesitating, Chen Yuzhen's voice came from behind: "Take it."
"Aunt." Xia Qingyue turned around and greeted her with a smile.
Chen Yuzhen was very happy to see Xia Qingyue and took her hand and held it.
"Qingyue, thank you!" Chen Dawei thanked him solemnly and finally accepted the things. He and Fang Xiaoyu left with the things and prepared to kill a chicken to make chicken soup for Chen Youmao.
Chen Yuzhen first asked about Xia Qingyue's recent situation with concern. When she heard that everything was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief and then talked about some situations in the village.
"Everything is fine in the village now. The food brought by the reinforcements is enough to sustain us for a while. Brother Benfu said that Lord Peng has already written a letter to the head of the neighboring county, detailing the situation here and requesting reinforcements. If nothing unexpected happens, new reinforcements will send a batch of disaster relief food in half a month.
Before that, we will settle down in the village. Lord Peng is arranging for soldiers to lead the refugees down the mountain to build houses and divide the fields for planting. When there are more people, the progress will be faster, and there should be good results before the end of the year. "
The two held hands and talked a lot.
At night, the men of the Li family who were assigned to work in the village had some free time. They, together with Han Zhibai and Xia Qingyue, came to the outside of the village to discuss the whereabouts of the Qian family's money and grain.
"Now that the crisis has been resolved, those things no longer belong to us. We should think about where they should go." Li Benfu said, expressing his opinion, "The things belong to the Qian family. I think they should be returned to their original owner and given to Miss Qian."
Li Weisheng, Li Weikang and Chen Dawei, brother and sister, nodded immediately, agreeing with what Li Benfu said.
Qian Yurou played a crucial role in the bandit suppression. In addition, when they saw Qian Yurou personally helping the refugees in the village with all her might, the refugees respected and believed in her and praised her highly. They all thought that if they gave the money and food to her, she would handle it properly.
Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai had no objection to this.
They agreed to get the money and grain the next day.
After talking about these things, they returned to the mountain village. Xia Qingyue, Heihei and Xiaobai followed Chen Yuzhen to a wooden house outside the village and slept together with Fang's mother and daughter.
Han Zhibai is with the man from the Li family.
The rooms in the village are arranged for the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled to live in.
Early the next morning, the Li family, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai went to the place where the money and grain were hidden. They pushed all the things to the outskirts of the mountain village, and then asked Qian Yurou to come out and explained the situation to her.
Qian Yurou had heard about this from her brother before, but she never thought there would be so much. She looked at the heavy bags of food on the cart in amazement. She touched them and felt that they were dry and hard. "If it weren't for your love and care, they wouldn't be kept so well!"
She didn't even glance at the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry packed in the wooden boxes.
Xia Qingyue said that Han Zhibai took the time to take out the rice and dry it in the sun, and threw away the bad ones.
Qian Yurou immediately knelt down and bowed three times to Han Zhibai, thanking him gratefully: "Thanks to Brother Han, with these food, we can hold on for a while longer."
Then, she turned sideways and tearfully thanked Xia Qingyue, a member of the Li family, one by one, thanking them for hiding the money and grain under such circumstances and preventing it from falling into the hands of bad people, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
"These things are the people's hard-earned money. They should go back to where they came from. I will give the grain to Lord Peng to be used as disaster relief grain for daily distribution.
As for the treasure, I want to keep it for now, and when I can buy food after moving down the mountain, I can exchange it for food and bedding, or open a medicine shop to help those in need."
Speaking of this, Qian Yurou's eyes flashed brightly.
When Xiaomei saw this, she burst into tears of joy. “That’s great, that’s great! The young lady finally stopped thinking about committing suicide.”
The men of the Li family and Han Zhibai helped push several carts of grain back to the mountain village, and the gold, silver and jewelry were carried back to the wooden house where Qian Yurou lived.
The matter ended perfectly, and Xia Qingyue and the others felt relieved, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
After staying in the village for two days, Xia Qingyue saw that everything was developing in a good direction, including Chen Youmao's health which was getting better and better. He was as friendly to everyone as before, except for Fang Xiaoyu, who was always in a bad mood. Sometimes he even lost his temper and spoke bad words to her.
Chen Yuzhen and others took turns to persuade Chen Youmao, but to no avail.
As a bystander, Xia Qingyue couldn't bear to watch. She came to Chen Youmao's bedside and said bluntly:
"Brother Youmao, do you think you are doing this for Xiaoyu's own good? Do you dare to admit in your heart that you really want her to leave you?
What you did may seem selfless, but in fact you selfishly deprived Xiaoyu of the right to make her own choice. At the same time, you also hurt her and yourself, and wasted a lot of good time!
We have been through so many things, don't you understand the value of true friendship in times of adversity? Instead of torturing each other and suffering, why not open your hearts, encourage and support each other, take good care of your health, and welcome the future.
Life is short, and once you miss something, it’s useless to regret it for the rest of your life.”
Having said all, Xia Qingyue turned and left under Chen Youmao's astonished gaze.
Chen Youmao was the only one left in the room. He recalled what Xia Qingyue had just said and fell into deep thought for a long time.
On the third day of staying in the mountain village, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai prepared to say goodbye and go back. They got up early in the morning and went to look for the Li family.
When they walked into the village, they saw Chen Dawei and his sister walking while laughing and crying from afar, which they found strange.
Xia Qingyue asked: "Uncle, aunt, what's wrong with you?"
When Chen Yuzhen saw her, she hugged her excitedly, "Qingyue, oh, Qingyue!"
"Qingyue, thanks to you, Youmao finally got over it!" Chen Dawei smiled while crying.
The Chen brothers and sisters expressed their gratitude to Xia Qingyue, which made her feel a little embarrassed, and she looked to Han Zhibai for help.
Han Zhibai said: "Uncle, aunt, we have been away from home for a few days and there are some things at home, so we plan to go back."
Hearing this, the Chen brothers and sisters told them to be careful on their way back and said goodbye to them reluctantly.
Looking at Xia Qingyue, Han Zhibai, Heihei and Xiaobai leaving together, Chen Yuzhen smiled and wiped away her tears, "Look how well-matched these two children are. Brother, we should make preparations early. Although the house at the foot of the mountain has not been built yet, we should find more mountain products while we are in the mountains. We can exchange them for money in the future to give Qingyue more dowry."
In fact, Chen Dawei already knew what was going on without his sister telling him, and he nodded heavily.