The Chinese New Year will be held in five days. Fang Jiang will not plan to raise pigs next year. As the end of the year approaches, she directly asked Butcher Zhang to come to her house.

Fang Jiang took the money for selling pigs himself.

On this day, Fang Erlang also came back in turmoil.

After not seeing each other for several months, Fang Erlang lost weight again, but he looked quite energetic, so he kowtowed to Fang Jiang first when he came back.

He was not at home all day, and his wife was too lazy. Fang Erlang knew that Fang Jiang had to help take care of the children. After kowtow, he took out a veil from his arms and opened it layer by layer, and smiled and said, "There are more work in the past few months. When the owner saw that we were doing a good job, he gave him a reward. Mom, he is here."

A total of three taels of silver was packed in the veil, and more than one hundred copper plates were also packed.

"You have already given the money you came back from before. You can take the money yourself and buy some food and clothing for yourself and your wife and children." Fang Jiang felt even more distressed when the child was filial.

"Mom, I'll make money next year. Shufen and I have clothes to wear. This year, I'll make some clothes for Wen Yan." Fang Erlang insisted on giving the money to Fang Jiang.

He didn't accept his son's intentions at all. He was afraid that he would always be thinking about it. Fang Jiang took the 100 copper coins and said, "That's enough. Mom sold the pig today, and the money was enough."

"Please keep the remaining silver yourself, don't ruin it for your wife." Qin Shufen was looking at the silver in Fang Erlang's hands with bright eyes. She had already decided what to buy with the silver.

Qin Shufen is also a person who has suffered, but unlike Fang Jiang, who has suffered, he thinks that the money is not his own in his hands. Only by eating it into his stomach and passing it to him is his own. Therefore, Qin Shufen never had the intention to save money.

If he had known the virtues of his second daughter-in-law, Fang Jiang told Fang Erlang.

Fang Erlang looked back at his wife, and he squeezed his eyes at Qin Shufen.

Qin Shufen immediately understood his hint. She wanted to speak, but when she saw this, she closed her mouth, buried her face in Wen Yan's chest, and smiled secretly.

Fang Jiang could not see the little movements of these two people. She snorted, took the silver directly from Fang Erlang, and then took out one or two taels and handed it to Fang Erlang, "I will save the remaining two taels for you."

"Mom, why don't you save it for your husband?" Qin Shufen looked at the silver in Fang Jiang's hand and said with pain.

Fang Jiang stood up quickly and left a sentence, "These two taels of silver are not enough for my medicine. Why? Are you really going to let Saburo's wife treat me alone and buy medicine?"

Anyway, she would not die, so Fang Jiang did not hide the illness. She wanted Dalang and Erlang to know that her life was saved by Feng Qing.

"What disease? Mom, are you sick?" Fang Erlang asked anxiously.

Fang Jiang ignored it.

It was Qin Shufen who told Fang Erlang everything that happened in the county town. At the end, Qin Shufen sighed, "The third brother and sister are such a good person. I have never obeyed anyone in my life, except for the third brother and sister."

Fang Erlang suddenly became anxious, got up and ran into Fang Jiang's room.

The person mentioned by Qin Shufen is sitting in Dr. Tao's clinic with Fang Zheng.

She rubbed her nose and sneeze.

My husband looked down and took Feng Qing's hand, and touched her pulse.

There is nothing wrong with it, so I feel relieved.

Fang Zheng and Feng Qing came to deliver New Year’s goods to Mr. Tao.

"After the Chinese New Year, my clinic will be closed." After seeing off a patient, Mr. Tao took a break for a while before he spoke slowly, "I am old, my eyes are dizzy, I have no energy, and I am afraid that I will see someone wrong. This clinic will be closed."

Fang Zheng stepped forward and supported Mr. Tao, "You should have had a rest, and now you are too tired."

Mr. Tao has been running a clinic in the town for so many years, and his reputation has long been spread. Many people come here to see it. There are too many patients every day, so Mr. Tao's body is already unable to bear it.

"We are acquaintance. My sons have no research on medical skills. It is useless to keep the medical books here. Now that you are interested in medical skills, you can take these medical books back. I have them at home. Come here again the next day. If you don't understand anything in the future, come and ask me."

Mr. Tao felt that although his medical skills were not considered as the flesh and bones of a living dead, he had decades of experience and could still give Fang Zheng some help.

"Old Tao, this is too expensive and I can't accept it. If Old Tao is willing, I will lend me a few books." Fang Zheng refused. He originally came over and planned to borrow a few more books from Old Tao.

"These books are valuable to you, but to others, they are just a pile of waste paper. If you give them to you, you will cherish them. If you put them here, you will only get moldy insects. That would be a pity." Mr. Tao was an open-minded person and had no intention of passing this medical book to his descendants.

Old Tao was determined, Fang Zheng took two steps back and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Mr. Tao."

Mr. Tao looked at Fang Zheng with some regret, "Your child is the first person I have ever seen in my life. I originally thought that if you don't study, you can still be an apprentice for me. Now you are in a good health, but I can't delay you. The imperial examination is the way you should go."

Fang Zheng told Mr. Tao about the recent situation. Mr. Tao knew that he didn't see him again many times. He looked at Fang Zheng carefully and said earnestly, "You still have a long way to go in the future, and you will definitely encounter obstacles and bumps. When you and I meet each other, I will rely on your old age to give you a message, "This meal must be eaten bite by bite, this road must be taken step by step, but the road ahead is in your heart. You are a smart child and you should know how to walk."

This road is naturally the road of life.

Fang Zheng bowed again, "Thank you Mr. Tao for your teachings, Fang Zhengmin remembers them in his heart."

Old Tao laughed and waved his hand, "The teachings are not worthy of. It's just that you have a few decades more than you. I have some experience, but everyone has their own fate. If you encounter difficult problems, you should adapt to the situation."

"Fang Zheng understands."

"Just understand."

Mr. Tao no longer had the energy to say more, so he asked Fang Zheng to clean up the medical books by himself.

Here are some of the Tao family’s past generations, some are bought by Mr. Tao himself, and his experience summary over the years.

Each book is extremely precious.

Fang Zheng sorted out the books, and Old Tao's son rushed over. He was worried that Old Tao would come to pick him up in person every day. Old Tao's son did not seem to be surprised that Fang Zheng was here and did not care about the whereabouts of these medical books.

He even helped Fang Zheng move the book to the ox cart of Uncle Lu Er’s house.

On the way back, Feng Qing leaned his head against Fang Zheng's shoulder, and she felt a little depressed, "Old Tao's family is all good people."

"Um."

"We often go and see him in the future." After a while, Feng Qing spoke again, his voice a little low this time.

Mr. Tao is now slow to move, and his ears and vision are not as good as before. Feng Qing doesn't know how long Mr. Tao can live when his medical conditions are now behind.

She was in a low mood.

"Okay, let's have a walk in the future." Fang Zheng knew the wife's thoughts, and he held the person, held her hand and responded.

When Fang Zheng and Feng Qing arrived home, they saw Fang Erlang sitting in the yard with red eyes.

"Second brother is back?" Fang Zheng was not surprised to see Fang Erlang come back in the past few days.

Fang Erlang rubbed the corners of his eyes, stood up and smiled, "Yeah, I just came back."

He stepped forward and helped Fang Zheng move books, "Where are so many books coming from? Which book shop is about to close?"

Fang Erlang only knew a few words, but he didn't know that these were medical books. He moved the books directly to the door of the east house and did not go directly into the east house.

There are hundreds of medical books, and Fang Erlang made three trips before he moved them.

Fang Jiang also heard the movement, and her eyes were also a little red. It was obvious that she had spoken to Fang Erlang. She rushed forward, afraid that Fang Erlang would tear the books apart again. "Put it slowly, I read these books a little old and the easiest to break them."

"I understand, mom." Fang Erlang took a light move.

"Sanlang, why are these books so old? It seems that they have been read." Even if Mr. Tao loves to protect the books, he is still a little damaged after reading them for so many years.

"Old Tao planned to close the clinic, and he gave all these medical books to his son." Fang Zheng explained.

Old Tao is older than Old Man Fang. When he is older, he will inevitably suffer from various illnesses. Fang Jiang sighed, "Old Tao has helped our family too much, and now he has given you all such important books. You cannot forget his goodness. If you have a future, take care of his descendants."

"The son knows."

When Fang Erlang came back, Fang Jiang couldn't help but have another good meal.

When he was at home, even if Zhou Xiaohua was in front of him from time to time, Fang Jiang was still in a good mood. Once he was in a good mood, his body would be lighter.

Feng Qing did not interfere with the three meals this day, but Qin Shufen was not let go of every meal.

With threats and temptations, Qin Shufen's cooking skills have improved rapidly.

Although I am still lazy, I can help cook every meal.

It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Fang Zheng and his three brothers went to Xiaoxi Village.

Although she didn't want to, Fang Jiang could not let the villagers scold her son, so she asked her three sons to take Old Man Fang home for a meal first.

Fang Erlang came to see Old Man Fang the next day after he came back, and he came every day these days. Old Man Fang didn't expect that the three brothers would come on New Year's Eve. He opened his eyes wide and let out a humble voice of unknown significance in his mouth.

Although he was lying in bed every day, Old Man Pan came to him from time to time and said that he also knew that today was New Year's Eve. Every festival, Old Man Fang thought of his dead girl, his son and grandson, and even thought of Fang Jiang's family. But the Fang family had already broken up. He knew that his three sons would no longer treat him as their father, and it would not be possible to spend New Year's Eve with him today.

Just now, Old Man Pan came to him and said sarcastically that he had a son and had no son, and he also mocked him as a father, who was really cruel.

Even if you are selfish, Old Man Pan cannot do anything that harms his son.

But this old man Fang, who looked honest and dull, was able to drag his son down again and again, and even wished his son would die.

Old Man Fang couldn't tell what he felt. He just waited for Old Man Pan to leave, his pillow was mostly wet.

"Dad, mom, let's take you back to celebrate the New Year." Fang Dalang couldn't wait to inform Old Man Fang of the news.

Old Man Fang's eyes were as bright as a copper bell. He struggled but could not make any noise.

"Dad, don't worry, son will change your clothes now, and let's go." Fang Dalang thought Old Man Fang was happy, and he smiled.

Only the fingers could move, so Old Man Fang could only ask Fang Dalang and Fang Erlang to scrub him, change his clothes, and then carry the ox cart outside.

From beginning to end, Fang Zheng never said a word.

Is Old Man Fang happy?

He himself didn't know.

"Sanlang, your father is leaving now? Are you still coming back? Look at my family's only three grandparents and grandchildren, and the family can't be blamed. You just want to go to celebrate the New Year with your father and your aunt, right? I promise that after dinner, I will follow Bao back with Facai." Old Man Pan was anxious. Without Old Man Fang, he and his two grandsons would have to starve.

Fang Zheng, who was walking at the end, paused. He turned around and glanced at the west room of the Pan family, where Aunt Fang was placed.
To be continued...