The Su family's old house was where the Su family lived during their rise to prosperity. It was not big, with a brick and wood structure, covered with green tiles, and was overgrown with weeds. There was a yard in the front, and then a front and back yard. The front yard was used as a medicine shop, and the back yard was used as a medicine shop.

The main house is a row of houses, with a total of three rooms, housing a family of nine.

The Su family that this young man stepped in on was a moderately wealthy family in the capital city before it fell into decline. There were several shops and many servants and maids. Mr. Su died early, but Mrs. Su was still alive. The old lady only had one son, and she married

There was one wife and two concubines. The first wife gave birth to an eldest daughter and a second daughter. The eldest daughter was Qiu Wuhen's wife. The two concubines each gave birth to a daughter, for a total of four daughters, all from the same father and mother.

Now there are eight women and Qiu Wuhen, a total of nine people, all crowded into three rooms in the backyard of the old house.

The middle room of the main house is occupied by the old lady and her wife, the left room is occupied by the two aunts, the right room is occupied by the second daughter, the third daughter and the fourth daughter are all crowded together. Qiu Wuhen

The couple lived with their eldest daughter in the pharmacy in the front yard. During the day when she was seeing a doctor, the wife hid in the inner courtyard with her family, and they slept in the pharmacy at night.

Qiu Wuhen came to the backyard. He knew that everyone was making sewing boxes in the old lady's house at the moment. In addition to this excitement, it was more about huddled together to keep warm in the cold winter months.

The steps in front of the main house in the backyard have been stained with moss, and the pillars on the porch, the door, and the windows have all been mottled and peeled off. Although it is dilapidated, the yard is neatly tidied and everything is wiped spotless.

The women in the Su family love to be clean, and can even be said to be mysophobic. Even though there is no decent furniture in the house, cleaning is still done every day. Except for the weeds on the roof, the women dare not climb the stairs.

Apart from removing the roof, there are no more weeds in the yard.

The moss on the steps was deliberately left by the old lady and cannot be wiped off, which makes it look more wild. The old lady is also the daughter of a scholar and is very knowledgeable. The old lady often said that if it were not for women, they would not be able to take the imperial examination.

As an official in court, the old lady might become the number one scholar in high school.

In the corner of the backyard, there is an old plum tree, curling like a dragon in the sky. It is already the middle of winter, and the red plum blossoms are blooming, filling the garden with a delicate fragrance. The remaining snow in the yard has long been cleared away, but the one under the tree has not been cleared away, leaving it for the plum blossoms.

The trees slowly soaked in the snow water.

He stepped up the steps, reached out and knocked on the door.

The voice of his wife Su Jinsong came from inside: "Is this your husband? Come in."

Qiu Wuhen opened the door and walked in. The room was very big, and there were even pillars on both sides. Unfortunately, almost all the furniture inside was sold out. In addition to a bed and a basic bench, the main room originally contained two rows of Taishi chairs.

In this place, the antique Taishi chair was sold and a fire shop was moved around.

This kind of fire shop is very popular in the local area and is used for keeping warm in winter. It has a zigzag wooden structure and is surrounded by square flat plates, which can be used as benches to sit on. There is a fire shop in the middle. Burn charcoal and light a fire to keep warm. Everyone can sit around and sit for eight people.

to twelve people.

At this moment, eight girls from the Su family were sitting around in the fire shop, with a quilt on their knees and a sewing basket for each person. They were talking and doing needlework.

Now there was no money to buy charcoal fire, so they sat around and covered themselves with a quilt, so that everyone could concentrate the heat together and keep each other warm.

Grandma Su was facing the door. When she saw him coming in, she smiled and nodded: "It's Mr. Xianggong."

Qiu Wuhen nodded, imitating the ancients' approach and said, "Hello, old lady, hello, madam, aunt, and sisters. I want to ask my wife to go out and have a word."

Grandma Su nodded kindly: "Go ahead and come back as soon as you're done. It's cold outside and she's not wearing enough clothes. - My husband, please be careful and don't catch a cold. It's even colder in the pharmacy outside."

The Su family pinned their hopes on him, a down-and-out scholar. The whole family believed what Zhang Banxian said in the capital and believed that he would be a high-ranking official, so the whole family kept calling him husband-in-law, even the old lady.

Because in ancient times, when the husband was an official, the wife usually called her husband an official. If he was a high official, he would be called Xianggong. It is called the general and the prime minister.

Su Jinsong followed Qiu Wuhen out. He closed the door first to prevent the cold wind from getting in. Then he followed her husband to the patio and said nervously, "What's the matter?"

It's already the middle of winter, and it snowed a few days ago. Qiu Wuhen was so cold that his nose was runny, not to mention his wife, whose face was so cold that she turned red. Qiu Wuhen pointed in front: "Let's

Go to the drug store and say it’s too cold outside.”

The two of them went to the drug store in front and lowered the curtain. Qiu Wuhen pointed at a hanging pig intestine hanging on the wall: "Look!"

Su Jinsong was filled with surprises: "This...where did this come from?"

"The cow butcher asked his son to bring him a cow-water tank to become his apprentice. His father asked him to become my apprentice and study medicine as well as some culture. In fact, learning culture is the most important thing."

When Su Jinsong heard the previous sentence about studying medicine, he felt nervous. Her husband's medical skills were really not very good, and he had people killed. In order to make money, the family really sold everything that was worth money in the old house, and even almost sold it.

The old house was sold. If the old grandmother hadn't been protecting it to the death, it might have been sold.

Now her husband actually wants to accept a disciple, and if the disciple also treats people and kills people, then the family will be completely destroyed. Fortunately, her husband immediately explained that it was mainly to learn how to read and write, so she felt relieved that her husband was a scholar and taught people to read and read.

Isn't that a piece of cake?

Su Jinsong smiled and said: "Then my husband should teach him how to read and write. It's rare for a butcher to understand the importance of reading and learning, so let his son come to worship him."

Qiu Wuhen took out the cooking cake from his sleeve and handed it over: "Take it and eat it quickly."

Su Jinsong was surprised and happy. He took the cake and looked at it. He put it in front of his nose and smelled it. The smell of meat filled his nose, which was really comfortable. He said happily: "Where did this thing come from?"

"Someone came to see a doctor and had no money, so they used cooking cakes to pay for the medicine."

"Then you can eat it yourself, sir. You are so weak and have to work hard to see a doctor. You are not in good health after what happened last time. You should replenish your body."

Qiu Wuhen knew what she was talking about, and of course she was referring to the young doctor whose corpse he had brought back to life. He couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide by hanging himself. He then patted his belly and said, "Madam, to tell you the truth, I can carry it."

You have already eaten one, this is for you, you can eat it."

Su Jinsong came forward and took a closer look at Qiu Wuhen's mouth. He carefully reached out and took out a sesame seed from the corner of his mouth, stuffed it into his own mouth, tasted it, nodded and said, "Well, it's cooking."

Since you've eaten the cake, well, I'll take it and share it with the old lady and the others."

"If you share one shortbread with everyone, what's left?"

"I'll boil it into paste, and everyone will have a bowl, right?"

Qiu Wuhen was always shameless and would not feel ashamed just because he ate a piece of cake first. However, he felt the need to explain and immediately said: "Actually, what I ate just now was only a small piece, and others had already eaten more than half.

, there’s only a crescent moon left, I didn’t eat more, you can eat the rest.”

"Then I'll give you my share. I'm not hungry. I'll eat later. I feel good eating steamed buns."

"You still don't eat the food I specially gave you? If you don't obey me, don't you take my husband-in-law seriously?"

Qiu Wuhen deliberately scolded him with a straight face.

Su Jinsong chuckled: "Ms. sir, you have never spoken to me like this before. By the way, this is what a man is like. I have told you many times. Although you are the son-in-law, you are not the son-in-law.

If you can live your life with your head down, you have to hold your chest high and act like a man. Our whole family is counting on you. Now that I see you like this, I feel relieved. I will be more domineering in the future. You are the whole family.

If you are not domineering, we will have no confidence."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red.

Qiu Wuhen nodded and said: "Go back quickly, I will open the door here to treat everyone."

"Are there many patients?"

"Yeah, not bad."

"Okay, then you get busy first."
Chapter completed!