Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 153 Later

Thinking of Pan Di's father's character, Luo Yanxing felt that his proposal was hasty, so he frowned and said, "Let me think about it again. Who might have some waste wood boards?"

"Okay, I'm so small, I can sleep on a half-meter long wooden board, and it doesn't cost much to buy one, so don't worry about me. What about you, can you find a way to keep some of the money you earn in the future?"

Song Ying felt that his affairs had been settled, and even the future had a general direction, so there was nothing to worry about. On the contrary, as for Luo Yanxing and the others, being beaten was just a punishment for "hiding their secrets", and their future was completely uncertain.

When talking about this, Luo Yanxing became angry and worried: "My parents went straight to my room to look for the money and asked me to take it out. They didn't give me any chance to withhold it. Not only did they lose all my savings, but even the 4 taels of reward money were gone.

Now it’s not a question of whether to intercept or not. What if my parents let me earn so much money every year and give it to them? Where can I get the extra 4 taels for them? "

Song Ying felt so distressed just thinking about it, including the 4 taels of reward silver, Luo Yanxing had nearly 6 taels of money, and it was all gone just like that!

They worked hard for more than a year, and they saved up the money with great difficulty! If they had known this, they would have eaten it all, at least it would have nourished their bodies.

She suddenly felt very fortunate that she insisted on dividing the money, otherwise she would have been heartbroken to hand over her more than 7 taels of silver.

“The matter of the bounty cannot be concealed, and it cannot be concealed. Later on, your parents will definitely ask each other how much money was seized. You and Xiaoxiang obviously got much more than the others.

When we get the chance tomorrow, let's get together and discuss how much money each of us has paid. Then we can agree on a suitable number and you can report a higher reward.

Anyway, I just told them that we collect ground tigers, and this medicine is cheap, so I am not afraid of them asking at the clinic!"

"This is the only way." Luo Yanxing looked pained.

Song Ying patted her shoulder comfortingly: "Don't think too much about the money that's already gone. The key is the future.

First, you have to find a way to get the adults to stop interfering with us in collecting herbs, so that you can intercept them and continue to save money;

Secondly, since the money has been handed over, I have to find time to collect herbs and put some of the farm work aside.”

Of course, Luo Yanxing also wanted to have an easy life and continue to save money, but this was difficult to think about, especially the first one. The adults in the family went out to do odd jobs and could only earn twenty or thirty cents a day at most, and that was not enough every day.

Even if they can only earn an extra penny a day, the adults will not miss it. Besides, this work is easy and does not require much strength. Both adults and children can do it. If there is one more person to dig, they can earn one more penny. How can they not learn to collect herbs?

Song Ying said, "It's not that we don't want to teach them. At this point, we have to teach them to identify the ground tiger. But as long as you have time to act alone every day, you can hide the other herbs and sell them separately as before."

Luo Yanxing thought about it carefully and decided that it was still possible for them to act alone. Perhaps their families did not trust them recently and would follow them more closely, but it was impossible for them not to act alone for a long time.

She finally felt that there was hope for the future, and nodded, "Okay, just be patient for now, and we'll talk about it in ten days or half a month. As for farm work, I'll try to save only the firewood collection in the afternoon, and leave out the other work of fetching water, herding ducks, and mowing grass."

Speaking of herbs, Song Ying said, "Our herbs are still in the cave. If someone asks us to go and see them early tomorrow morning, won't we be exposed?"

Although dried herbs are difficult to identify, many of them cannot be the same species at first glance, especially some branches, bark, and rhizomes.

Luo Yanxing cried out and jumped down from the tree: "Quick, we have to move the other herbs to another location!"

"Go to my place and get the sheets and the backpack first." Song Ying said immediately.

In order to pack as many herbs as possible, the only thing she could think of was the bed sheet given by Yang.

Fortunately, the moon was high in the sky tonight, and its bright moonlight was as clear as water. We got the herbs out of the cave, and with the help of the moonlight, we were able to roughly separate the ground tigers.

Then, the two of them poured the remaining herbs on the bed sheets and in a backpack. One of them carried it on his back while the other carried it on his shoulders. They made three trips back and forth before they brought all the herbs back to Song Ying's new home.

After doing all this, it was already late at night. Luo Yanxing waved to Song Ying and said, "Okay, that's it for now. Go to bed early. I'm going back."

"Why don't you stay and sleep with me?" Song Ying suggested.

"No, no, if I oversleep and fail to get back in time, my parents will beat me to death tomorrow morning when they wake up and find that I'm not home."

"Then you're going to continue kneeling when you go back? It's going to get colder and colder. Can you bear it?"

Luo Yanxing thought for a moment and said, "What you said before is very right. Health is the most important thing. I will go back to my bedroom to sleep. If I can wake up early tomorrow morning, I will get up and kneel. If I can't wake up, I will have to take another beating, which is better than catching a cold."

"Then don't lock the door. If I wake up early, I'll go call you."

Luo Yanxing agreed.

Watching her leave, Song Ying sighed softly, and then thought of Xiaoxiang who was still kneeling, and his heart became even heavier.

At the middle of the morning hour, Song Ying opened her eyes in a daze, only to feel aches all over her body. She rubbed her neck and prepared to get up. When she was picking up her clothes, she saw a somewhat unfamiliar environment. She was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she had already left her second uncle's house and no longer had to get up early to send Song Yuan to school.

She smiled, pulled the clothes over her head, and prepared to take a nap, but soon she thought of what happened last night.

"Forget it, let's just say today is the last day to get up early."

Muttering softly, she lifted the clothes that were covering her head, sat up, quickly put on her clothes, and trotted to Luo Yanxing's house.

The yard was empty and Luo Yanxing had not woken up yet.

Song Ying climbed in, tiptoed and pushed open the door of Luo Yanxing's bedroom. After waking her up, he climbed out of her house and went to Xiaoxiang's house to check on her.

Seeing that Xiaoxiang had really knelt all night and was now sleeping uneasily in a half-kneeling and half-lying position, she felt angry and worried. How could she be so timid and not know how to adapt at all?

Her parents don't care about her health, and she doesn't care about it either!

By now, Song Ying had long since woken up from his sleepiness. Looking at the dim sky, he simply went back to his new home, packed some herbs, and left the county town carrying them on his back.

Meanwhile, at the Song family, after breakfast, Song Yuan looked at Li and asked, "Grandma, who will take me to school today?"

Li frowned, looked at everyone, and then her eyes moved around Song Tian and Yang twice, and said, "Second wife, you can send him there later. Tianwa, wash the dishes."

Upon hearing this, Song Tian said without thinking, "I still have to herd cattle."

Li glared at him and said, "It only takes a few minutes to wash a few bowls. How much time can it take? There's no need to rush to herd cattle."