"Uh--!"

Liu San'er let out a painful groan and pulled his arm out of the box, but it was too late. Blood flowed down his arm and immediately spilled onto the stone table, staining a large area red.
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Yunxiang didn't care about anything at this time and hurriedly supported him: "Third brother!"

I looked at him nervously, and saw that Liu San'er's face was pale with pain, and large beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead. The people around him were in an uproar, and they all rushed up and stretched out their hands to protect him:

"San'er!"

"Liu San'er, are you okay?"

"How is your hand?"

"..."

He didn't speak. In fact, he gritted his teeth to endure the worst period of pain. Standing next to him, I could almost hear the rattling of his teeth. After a while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his head and shook his head slightly at the people around him.

Then, he struggled to lift the bloody arm and let go.

Bang bang, several blood-stained copper coins fell on the stone table.

I counted carefully - five!

He caught five copper coins!

No, that's not right. He caught seven, but at the last moment, he put back two.

The villagers were all stunned for a moment, as if they couldn't tell whether they were happy or angry. When the officials saw this scene, they were also dumbfounded.

After a long while, a government official sneered: "Hmph, you are very generous. Those who give birth to children will pay 20% more for Lujia Village."

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding atmosphere immediately became a little subtle.

An old woman muttered in a low voice: "You can obviously get 20% off, so why are you throwing away 20%?"

At this time, the villagers immediately started making irresponsible complaints——

"That's right, seven of them were obviously arrested."

"Liu San'er, what are you doing?"

"If you pay an extra 20% of tax, do you dare to pay it alone?"

"Do you know how hard it is for us?"

Listening to these people's complaints, Liu San'er turned pale in pain. He could only hold his elbow and grit his teeth without saying a word. I stretched out my hand to support him and turned around and said coldly.

: "You have worked hard, are others not human beings, and others will not work hard? To put it another way, if we all farm the same amount of land, and you are asked to pay 70% of the tax, Lujia Village only pays 30%, do you think this is fair?"<

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Everyone looked at each other, even though they still looked a little dissatisfied, but they all shut up.

Those government officials originally seemed to have succeeded in sowing discord, but they were suppressed by my words, and they suddenly became a little dissatisfied. One of them came over, looked up and down, and said: "Who are you? Why not?

Saw you here?"

Too bad!

Just now, I was only focused on helping Liu Saner to stand out, and I forgot about myself. What if someone recognizes me?

Seeing my expression change and lowering my head timidly, Liu Saner hurriedly said: "She is my cousin. There is no one at home anymore, so she came here to seek refuge with me."

"Cousin?"

The official circled around me again, with a frivolous look in his eyes, and said, "I can't believe that you have such beautiful relatives."

By this time, I had calmed down and didn't look at him. I just supported Liu San'er and said, "Your injury needs to be treated immediately. Let's go home quickly." After saying that, I pinched him carefully, and Liu San'er followed suit.

, nodded and said: "I understand. By the way, cousin, don't tell my mother when you get home."

"Don't worry, if aunt finds out, she will be heartbroken to death."

The two of us sang together like this, Yunxiang watched from the side without saying a word, and finally managed to scare the official away. I supported Liu Saner and was about to walk back, when he looked back at the few dyes on the table.

The bloody copper coin said in a slightly low voice: "Fellow folks, I still think this is fairer to everyone."

After saying that, he nodded and left with me.

His arm was bleeding when he returned home. Although I was still very weak, I gritted my teeth and helped him clean the wound. Fortunately, he only suffered skin injuries and no injuries to his muscles and bones. I took out a clean

The bandage was carefully wrapped, and after the wound was treated, I felt that my strength was almost exhausted.

He held the injured hand and moved his fingers carefully.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with his finger, but just moving it affected the wound, which made his face turn pale in pain.

I hurriedly said: "You still have to heal your injury. Don't get wet these days."

"Yeah, I know."

While I was putting away the remaining white cloth, I looked at his pale face and said softly: "Why are you doing this?"

He looked up at me and said: "What you told them is what I think. It's just that I can't say that you are so good. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to bear unfair consequences. So, this is the fairest

of."

After saying that, he smiled at me.

Looking at his child-like smile, I remembered the time when he resolutely put his hand into the knife box, his perseverance and courage, and his choice, which seemed to make me see another him.
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Maybe, he is not as poor as I saw.

There are indeed wonderful things in the world.

When I was dying of illness, Liu Saner took care of me everywhere; now that he is injured, fortunately I can walk and move. Although I am still sweating and out of breath after standing for a long time, I grit my teeth when I think that I am helping my benefactor.

I can persevere.

I opened the lid of the pot, and the milky white fish soup in the big wood pot was boiling, exuding a rich aroma.

As soon as Liu Saner walked to the kitchen door and smelled the fragrance, he immediately said: "It smells so good."

I smiled and poured out the fish soup.

After cleaning the pot, brush some oil on the bottom of the pot. When the oil is hot, wash and cut the vegetables into pieces, put them down and fry them quickly, and a plate of green fried vegetables will be out of the pot.

It was a hot summer day, and it was too hot to sit on the stove. I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my sleeves and took out all the food. Liu Saner was already placing the dishes and chopsticks, so I hurriedly said: "Be careful with your food."

Hurt."

"It's okay, it's just a skin injury. The doctor also said that if you don't carry anything too heavy, it won't be a problem." He said, then raised his head and looked at me apologetically, and said, "Qingqing, you are in such bad health, you still need to

I'm really sorry to ask you to do these housework."

I smiled and said, "Don't say that. You saved my life. I don't know how to repay such a great favor."

He waved his hands hastily, indicating not to mention it.

Before eating, I followed his example and brought the rice, vegetables, and a bowl of soup into the back room.

As soon as the floral curtain was lifted, a faint medicinal smell came into the room. An old woman with silver hair and wrinkles on her face was lying there quietly. She was Liu San'er's mother.

"Aunt Liu." I walked to the bed carefully: "It's time to eat."

She opened her eyes and glanced at me, with a smile in her cloudy eyes: "Okay."

I helped her sit up. After being sick for a long time, the body is weak. I recalled that I had been seriously ill like this before. However, after all, I was still young and recovered quickly. As long as I got over it, it didn’t matter.

It’s nothing, but it’s really different for older people.

Aunt Liu panted slightly, sat on the bedside, looked at the food in the bowl, and looked at my sweaty face, and said softly: "Miss Qingqing, you have cooked all the meals these days.

?"

"Hmm."

"Let me tell you, no wonder it smells so good."

"The food cooked by Liu San'er is not bad."

"He's already mature enough."

I laughed, carefully fed her the soup, and then put the food into her mouth one spoon at a time. While feeding her, I said: "Brother Liu is filial to you. He is just a man. It is natural that he cannot cook well."

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"Yes," she nodded and looked at me: "There should be a woman who is in charge."

When I heard these words, the spoon in my hand trembled, but without saying anything, I still put the food into her mouth with a smile.

After I finished feeding her, I helped her lie down slowly. I cleared away the dishes and went out to eat with Liu Saner. He took big mouthfuls of rice and said while eating, "Qingqing, the food you cooked."

It tastes really good, even better than what my mother makes."

"Eat more if you like it. I'll make other dishes tomorrow."

"You'd better have a good rest and let me do it."
To be continued...