ROTCGIS, Chapter Nine

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Separate Him

 They have never been considered sinners before. The men of the family have always served in the army and protected the frontier, while the women worked with the locals to farm military fields.

But, because Murong Zhe is considered a sinner, he naturally does not have any form of income. The government only provides two meals a day. The traveling expenses back are paid by A’Ran’s father and brother who took the time to collect medicinal herbs and sell them. They also financially supported their grandma and uncle's family from time to time. Where could they obtain that much money? One hundred and fifty taels of silver were needed for medicine to cure A’Ran.

Her father also wanted to borrow money from his former colleagues, but as soon as they recognized him, they all avoided him like he was a snake or a scorpion.

When the family was at their lowest point, the eldest brother and the second brother happened to see an escort agency recruiting escorts. As long as they were selected, each person could get paid fifty taels of silver in advance. The two signed up without hesitation.

 Fortunately, God was kind and they had not given up practicing martial arts in the frontier. They were successfully selected and received one hundred taels of silver as they had hoped.

As for the remaining fifty taels, it was Mother who mustered up the courage to recommend herself to Ruyi Embroidery Village. She had been studying female embroidery since she was a child, and she was the most confident in her embroidery skills. This was indeed the case. She volunteered to work for the embroidery village. Her contract was for three years, but Xiuzhuang gave her an advance of fifty taels of silver to her.

The shopkeeper of Xiuzhuang thought she was crazy at first and wanted to drive her away. However, after Mother knelt down and kowtowed, breaking her head, he saw her unconscious daughter and knew that they were really in trouble, so he gave her a try. The shopkeeper thought of testing their mother with embroidering a handkerchief.

This trial really made the shopkeeper's eyes light up. He signed an agreement on the spot and paid them fifty taels of silver in advance.

This way, one hundred and fifty taels for the ginseng was earned.

But when they got the money, they hadn't separated yet. Her grandma, Mrs. Liu, felt that they had just returned to the capital, yet needed money from everywhere, and yet they didn't even have a place to stay. How could they spend so much money to save a dying person? Losing money? If you are unlucky, you may lose both your life and money.

So after collecting the money, Mrs. Liu suddenly asked her father to give up rescuing her and asked him to use the money to find a good place to stay. The most important thing was to let her live a good life and enjoy happiness.

Of course Murong Zhe didn't listen, so he took the money and went to the drug store to get the medicine without hesitation.

Although Ms. Liu wanted to get angry, she was on the street after all, and there were many patrolling soldiers around. She was worried about her face[1], so she temporarily stopped making a scene.

After getting the medicine and worrying about where to stay, they met Li Zhuang from Lihua Village. Seeing how pitiful they were, he asked them to come to Lihua Village.

Li Zhuang thought about getting that the money they had exchanged for medicine, but he gave up the idea.

Unexpectedly, Ms. Liu used the dilapidated house as an excuse to make a fuss again and asked her father to return the medicine and find her a better place to live. She was old and living in such a house, it would be a disaster!

The father naturally refused, and a fierce quarrel broke out between the mother and son, saying that he was unfilial and threatening to separate him from the family.

Murong Qi, her father's younger brother, was very evil and told Mrs. Liu that he secretly overheard the conversation between his eldest brother and sister-in-law, saying that his eldest brother's hand was injured and he might never be able to practice medicine again.

Moreover, the eldest brother will definitely have to spend a lot of money to find his three missing sons in the future. Murong Lingran’s illness, they did not know when she could be cured. Even if he is cured, given their level of attention, they may still have to spend a lot more money to nurse her back to health. The health of the eldest brother and his family may become a burden to them.

After listening to what her youngest son said, Mrs. Liu also felt that this was the truth.

 She has always disliked her eldest son. Now that he would disobey her for the sake of his daughter, he would not give her the money he earns in the future.

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[1] She was worried about her face: “face” refers to a persons dignity

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