Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Jinghan went to the county town with her father and Uncle Lin. Fortunately, there was a bus back to the county town in the afternoon. In this era, there were special bicycles that would wait in the county seat at fixed times every day. Sometimes there will be many people coming to this town, and some people will go back in the afternoon. In this way, they can make some money while going back and forth.

Jinghan sat in the car, which was a flat carriage with many people sitting on it. Zhixin was afraid that Jinghan would fall, so he hugged Jinghan tightly, "Jinghan, you have to be careful, there are a lot of people today, don't squeeze under the car."

Jinghan nestled in her father's arms, feeling particularly at ease. The weather at the end of February was still quite cold, and I didn't feel cold at all in my father's arms. Big eyes looked around. At this time, the mountain was still bare and there was nothing.

It took more than two hours on the road to reach the county seat. Zhixin had been here before and knew Zhiming's house. He got off the carriage and gave the driver the fare, and then the three of them walked to Zhiming's house. When he arrived at Zhiming's house, he took out the key and opened the door. The house was very clean. Zhixin hurriedly brought some firewood in, burned the kang, and then went out with Lin Xing's family. They are going to Lin Zixuan's aunt's house. At this time, Zixuan's uncle should be at home. Before leaving, he told Jinghan to cook the food. Fortunately, Mr. Zhu is also a man who makes a living. There is a lot of firewood at home, and there is no shortage of rice, noodles or anything else. Zhixin wasn't worried at all. He locked the door when he went out so that he wouldn't be afraid of anyone coming.

Jinghan saw that her father had lit the fire and started cooking. In fact, Jinghan knew how to cook in her previous life. After all, she now lives on her own. Mrs. Xue has also taught Jinghan a lot these days, so it's no problem to cook or something.

Zhu's family also has some corn crumbs and cornmeal, and there is also some rice, but not much. Jinghan scooped out some rice dumplings and cornmeal, planning to cook some rice dumpling porridge and some pancakes at night. I also found a pickle jar and fished out two pickles from it. I can only make do with it tonight.

Jinghan first boiled the cornmeal and put pancakes on the edge of the pot. Then she added water to another pot, put in the washed crumbs, and started cooking porridge. After working for more than half an hour, the pancakes are ready and the porridge here is almost ready. Jinghan shoveled the pancakes one by one into the basin, then found another basin and filled the porridge out.

When Jinghan put all the food on the table, Zhixin came back from outside. Lin Xing's family did not follow him back, and they should have stayed at his sister's house. Zhixin entered the room and took a look, "Hey, my girl is quite capable. She made the meal so quickly. Come on, let's eat something. Originally, Zixuan's aunt said she wanted to keep me there to eat. Yes, I said you are still at home, don’t worry, they just asked me to come back. Tomorrow we have to treat Zixuan’s uncle to a meal, as well as the people from the yamen,” Zhixin sat down. Jinghan served porridge and pancakes to her father, and the father and daughter began to eat.

"Dad, have you asked Brother Zixuan's uncle? What's going on?" Jinghan asked while eating.

Zhixin nodded, "I asked, Zixuan's uncle knows a lot about this. There are some things that you, a girl, don't want to know, so my father won't tell you. It's not easy to handle. We have to wait until tomorrow." Say it again.”

It turns out that just now Zhixin and Xingjia went to Aunt Zixuan's place together, and Zhixin specially bought some snacks, tea and other things and carried them there. It happened that Zixuan's uncle was at home and knew very well about the matter, so he talked to them about it. Zhiming was treating Master Qin's third concubine. There was nothing wrong with this concubine, she was just pregnant. Mr. Qin is in his forties and has been having a hard time and has no sons. The concubine was pregnant and had been vomiting all day, so Mr. Qin called Zhiming over to see if he could prescribe some medicine to relieve her pain. Zhiming read it, prescribed the medicine and went home. Unexpectedly, the concubine drank the medicine and suffered from unbearable abdominal pain in the middle of the night, and she actually miscarried. At this time, Mr. Qin was very angry and wanted Zhiming to pay with his life, so he reported the matter to the official. Whenever people from the county government dared to offend Mr. Qin, they arrested Zhiming and almost sealed him off.

Zixuan's uncle said that he would invite some people in charge of the county government to have a meal tomorrow and ask them to help communicate with Mr. Qin to see if there is any way to save Zhiming. The key to this matter still lies in the Qin Mansion. If the Qin Mansion insists that Zhiming prescribed wrong medicine and intended to harm people, it will be really difficult to handle. Because they found ingredients in the residue of the medicine that could cause abortion, and this medicine was also on the prescription.

After dinner, the father and daughter tidied up and went to bed.

The next day, Zixuan's uncle made an appointment with a clerk in the yamen and another head catcher, and had a meal at a relatively large restaurant in the county town. At the banquet, the head catcher said that he could help and see the Qin Mansion's attitude. In addition, he also said that he would find a way to let Zhixin go in and see Zhiming, "In this way, eldest brother of the Xu family, you can wait for me outside the prison in the afternoon, and I will take you in to see your younger brother. Let's talk about this matter. It's not big. We also asked someone. A small amount of that kind of medicine would be fine at all. Who knows why Mr. Qin's concubine had problems after just taking it? It was your brother's bad luck that caused this. However, eldest brother of the Xu family, you have to prepare the money. I guess even if you can rescue your brother this time, you will still have to spend some money. "

After hearing this, Zhixin quickly said, "No matter how much it costs, as long as I can save my brother. All the old people in this family are very sick. If something happens to my brother again, it will cost the old man's life."

"Okay, then you can go and see your brother in the afternoon. I will talk to the prison chief in the prison." The catcher was a happy listener.

After the banquet, they were about to leave. Zhixin took advantage of seeing them off and gave each of them twelve taels of silver. The two men weighed the money in their hands and left with a smile.

In the afternoon, Jia Xing accompanied Zhi Xin to the prison. After some planning, he finally saw Zhi Ming. Zhiming hasn't been tortured yet, but this prison is not a place for good people. Zhiming has only been there for two days, and he is already in a different state. When the two brothers met, Zhiming said that there would be no problem with the medicine he prescribed.

Zhixin sighed, "Third brother, we can't just say it's okay now. After all, I have no children, and you still have this medicine in your prescription. What can you say to others? Just accept it." It’s bad luck, we will find a way to rescue you, let’s talk about it later.”

Zhiming also knew that after what happened this time, even if he could go out, the doctor would not be able to do it in the future. "Brother, this time the family is involved. I'm afraid this matter can't be solved with just a little money. What should I do?"

"What should I do? Even if I try to sell the pot, I still have to rescue you. Can I still let you stay here? Just keep your body like this. If it doesn't take too long, it will collapse in a month. How can this be a place for good people to stay? Someone is here, let’s talk about the money later,” Zhixin advised Zhiming.

At this time, the jailer from the prison came over and said, "Okay, okay, the time is up. Get out quickly. It'll be nice if I can let you in for a look. Hurry up and leave."

Zhixin and Jiaxing came out of prison and returned to Zhiming's house. As soon as Jinghan saw that her father and uncle were back, she quickly asked, "Dad, how is it? Can my third uncle be saved?"

Zhixin sighed and said, "Let's wait for the letter, there is no need to rush this matter."

Lin Xing's family naturally wants to go back to his sister's place, "Brother, you and Jinghan are waiting here. If there is any news, I will come over and tell you. It is estimated that this matter will take a few days, so just wait patiently. Come on, don't be anxious, there's no point in being anxious."

Zhixin sent Jiaxing out, "Jiaxing, this happened thanks to your brother-in-law. When Zhiming is rescued, I will thank you and your brother-in-law properly."

"Brother, what are you talking about? Do we brothers still have to be such outsiders? Okay, I'm leaving." Lin Jiaxing waved his hand and left.

Zhixin and his daughter waited here for three days before Xingjia and his brother-in-law came to see him. "Brother Xu family, Capt. Liu asked me to tell you that the Qin family has said that as long as you come up with five hundred taels of silver, the Qin family will no longer pursue the case. You have to think about it. One hundred taels is not a small amount. Most people can't save five hundred taels of silver in their lifetime. This Qin family is a bit bullying. Alas, there is no way. Their family is very powerful in the county. I heard that their relatives are very powerful. Some of them are officials in the capital, and some are officials in the prefecture. Our county magistrates don’t dare to mess with them, so just accept your bad luck.”

When Zhixin heard it, it was five hundred taels. Where could he get it? "This amount is too big. We are just farmers. Where can we get such a lot of silver? Forget it, let's go back and find a solution. In this way, we can go home quickly and ask the Li family's brother-in-law to help us. If you're kind, please wait for me for a few days. Besides, don't let Zhiming suffer in it. I'll find a way to raise money as soon as possible."

Zixuan's uncle nodded, "Brother Xu, don't worry, you and my brother get along well. We are all a family, and I will naturally do my best." After saying this, Zixuan's uncle left first.

Jia Xing looked at Zhi Xin and said, "Brother, let's pack up and go home quickly. These five hundred taels are not a small amount. We have to go back and find a solution quickly."

"Hey, wait for me, I'll clean it up right now." Zhixin quickly cleaned up with Jinghan, and then they all went to find a car to go back to the village.

It happened that the car hadn't left yet, and there were still seats on the car, so the three of them quickly got on the car. After walking for another two and a half hours, we finally got home. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Mr. Zhu came out, "Brother, you are back. How are things going? Can Zhiming be saved?"