Chapter 1267: Xiaoyu's Promise
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the newly renovated house with satisfaction, bowed to the large group of people around him and said, "Thank you brothers. If I hadn't helped me, I would be at a loss. I'm walking around and having a banquet in the house. I wouldn't be drunk today."
A group of men led by Wang Zunzhi gathered the tools in their hands, walked into the gate and entered the inner courtyard, where the aroma of the food was already coming.
This is Sanyuanli Lane, Liu Kui's home. When Cheng Xiaoyu found Liu Kui's widow, he found that things were far from as simple as he thought. Liu Kui's official position was quite good, and his wife was naturally not from a poor family. Originally, Cheng Xiaoyu planned to take Mrs. Liu to Huangnishan Village for resettlement and get a good piece of land, at least he could be self-sufficient. But as soon as he met, the thought was beaten without a trace.
Mrs. Liu saw that she was not the kind of person who could control the fields. Her thin and weak body seemed to fall down when the wind blew. In addition, she was extremely weak after being hungry for a while. The key was that when Cheng Xiaoyu looked at her face, figure, and delicate skin, she knew that she was not a person who could do farm work?
After asking carefully, I realized that Mrs. Liu's family was originally a medical family in Yongdu City. The family was from a very good family. There were two brothers. Mrs. Liu was the youngest son and a woman. She was loved since childhood. She never suffered any hardships. Later, she married Liu Kui. Liu Kui was an officer of the Thunder Army and a general. Her status was naturally not low. Whether in her father's house or husband's house, Mrs. Liu was used to being generous to her. She was truly a woman who could not pick up her shoulders and her hands could not be held.
However, her life was very hard. As the war broke out, her father and brothers were recruited to the front line. After the battle of Huzhu, the Qin army suffered numerous casualties and wounded, and her father and brothers never came back. The war had been over for a long time, but there was still no news, so I was afraid that she would have died long ago. At this moment, even her husband was gone.
After Yongdu was surrounded, all the original servants in the family were conscripted and used as soldiers, and the servant was immediately dismissed. In the end, only the mother and son were left to depend on each other. Finally, it was because of Liu Kui that he barely survived.
After the city was broken, just as the mother and son were wandering and helpless, Cheng Xiaoyu happened to come to the door.
When her husband died, she was naturally heartbroken, but she was more desperate about the future. At this time, she really felt that there was no way out to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and she felt that there was no way out to live in the eyes.
Cheng Xiaoyu, who was blind, had no idea. His original plan was completely bankrupt, but the promise was still fulfilled. After the woman's grief passed, the two finally sat down and began to discuss how to live in the future.
Cheng Xiaoyu was disabled and realized that he could not go to the battlefield and could not kill the enemy in the future. He would definitely retire, so he would naturally lose the silver and reward silver. Although the Ming Dynasty had good pensions for disabled soldiers, he was sure to have a clear idea. He always used one to lose one. Looking at the weak woman and child, Cheng Xiaoyu felt a rumbling sound in his mind.
In despair, the woman suddenly came like Cheng Xiaoyu, a big savior, so she naturally had to hold on to it. This made Cheng Xiaoyu very frightened. She had been preparing to put the money in her arms here many times and then fled in panic. But when she saw the woman's lonely and helpless eyes and pitiful appearance, she immediately softened her heart again.
I only have more than one hundred taels of silver in total. Even if I give it all to them, how long can I last?
Both of them were undecided. The woman was in the inner house for many years. Cheng Xiaoyu was just a soldier who could not read many big words. What good idea could he come up with?
When the two were worried about each other, Wang Zunzhi came to the door again, and finally gave them the backbone.
Since she cannot make a living, she can only do small business. This woman is a literate person. She is not only literate, but also has a lot of knowledge. She has read the most since childhood, but she is naturally not good at being a doctor. She is a nerd with a lot of real theories and zero practice. But one advantage is that this woman is quite familiar with medicinal materials.
Wang Zunzhi gave the two people an idea and opened a medicinal store.
The house is ready-made. Liu Kui’s original home is not small, and it is renovated, and it is a shop in the front and a home in the back. As long as it is well managed, it is always easy to make a fortune, not to mention getting rich. Yongdu is such a big place and so many people, and people will always get sick and take medicine when they get sick. Mrs. Liu’s former father and brothers were well-known in Yongdu City. With this sign, they can still attract some business.
The idea was to have it, but the origin of the medicinal materials was another problem. Although Mrs. Liu was familiar with medicinal materials, she was completely disgusted with where the medicinal materials came from. Finally, Cheng Xiaoyu took the courage to find Ma Hou.
The horse monkey wrapped everything up in one go.
Ma Hou felt guilty about Cheng Xiaoyu. It was precisely because of his mistake in decision-making that more than 600 people were killed. Cheng Xiaoyu could have escaped at that time, but he resolutely led his troops to pounce. Without Cheng Xiaoyu's decision, the Ming army would have suffered greater casualties, and the entire baggage battalion would not be able to be saved.
So he feels guilty and grateful to Cheng Xiaoyu and Mahou. Now Cheng Xiaoyu needs his help, so he naturally has no choice but to do so.
The identity of Mahou is naturally not comparable to Cheng Xiaoyu. With him coming forward, who would not sell his face? Several merchants who provided medicinal materials to the Ming army immediately agreed to provide Cheng Xiaoyu with the lowest price.
In addition to these medicinal materials, Ma Hou also went to the Imperial Medical Office and found a way for Cheng Xiaoyu to get the medicine made by the Imperial Medical Office, which is not something that ordinary people can get.
It can be said that even if you only sell these patent medicines made by the Imperial Medical Office, it would be enough to make Mrs. Liu's family live a very good life in Yongdu City.
After solving the problem of medicinal materials, Cheng Xiaoyu began to transform the house. Without saying a word, Wang Zunzhi directly brought the Huangnishan engineering team to renovate the house for free. Cheng Xiaoyu went to the military camp and found a few soldiers who were good at building. With the help of these people, everything was ready in a short time.
Mrs. Liu hugged her son and sat in the inner room, listening to the sound of drinking and rock-scissors coming from outside, with a smile on her face, but tears in her eyes.
In a war, he lost all his relatives, and the one who brought her all this disaster was the wise man, but she didn't know whether she should hate her. She suddenly fell from the peak of her life to the bottom of the valley. Those days were spent incredible fear. Not only did she end up starving every day, but there were always idle men and scoundrels wandering outside her house. A weak woman who lost the protection of a man would never end up in such a world. She wanted to die, but how could she be cruel when she looked at her son who was still young?
She was originally desperate, but inexplicably brought a great savior from the sky. The man was disabled, but he was an officer from the Ming Dynasty. From the day when he stood at his door, all the idle men and rogues disappeared without a trace.
From his mouth, he heard the true news of his husband's death and also knew why he appeared here. For a promise on the battlefield, he actually found himself, and as soon as he met, he took out all the money he had on him.
The appearance of this person made her feel a glimmer of light in her dark future. Judging from the contacts during this period, this person is an extremely simple man. Maybe if someone changes, he will give himself the money he has. Even if he has done his best, he is considering things for himself and his children for a long time.
A medicinal materials shop is the only thing he can do. And he solved all the troubles in a short time, which also shows that he is a very capable and responsible person.
She felt that she had to hold on to him.
Thinking of this, she became sad again and felt that she was sorry for her husband, but her husband was dead and she still had to live with her son. That was the incense of the Liu family!
Wang Zun had known her husband before, and his meaning was also implied that this man named Cheng Xiaoyu had a great man behind him. As long as he caught Cheng Xiaoyu, no one would dare to bully the mother and son in Yongdu City in his entire life.
Mrs. Liu wants to survive with her son, and she wants her son to have a bright future.
The child had already fallen asleep. She was sitting quietly thinking about her thoughts. She didn't even know when the noise outside disappeared. She knew that there was a gentle knock on the door, which woke her up from her thoughts.
"Sister-in-law Liu, can I come in?" It was Cheng Xiaoyu's voice.
"Brother Xiaoyu, come in!" Mrs. Liu stood up, gently placed the child on the bed, covered the bedding, tidied her clothes, and tied her hair. This time, the moon was about to raise her, and her body had almost recovered.
Cheng Xiaoyu walked in with a crutch. His face was red, and he obviously drank a lot. He had put in a lot of effort to get the wine today. Wang Zunzhi and the others had done such a few days of work for free, and it would be unreasonable not to be well served. He got all these wines from the army and could not be bought outside. Fortunately, the war is over now, and the control over wine has been looser. If it were the past, don't even think about it.
"The house has been renovated. I will bring a few brothers who are good at carpenter skills to make medicine cabinets tomorrow. We don't know much about these. Sister-in-law, you will make a list tonight, and tomorrow I will get all the wood and other things to put it on." Cheng Xiaoyu stood in the middle of the house and said.
Chapter completed!