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Su Yunuo held up her hands to ward off the leaves swirling in the wind. She squinted and glanced at the house, visible in the distance, with a weary expression. With strained arms, she struggled to lift the increasingly heavy basket on her back.,Su Yunuo is the eldest child and now that her father, the scholar, is seriously ill in bed as the head of the family, there is a big problem. The town doctor has diagnosed him with tuberculosis, a terrible illness that people talk about. It's unclear whether he will survive. Otherwise, even if her stepmother, Xiao Yangshi, cried and made a fuss, it is unlikely that her grandfather would be so cruel as to drive her scholarly son out of the house.,She tucked what was in her hands into her sleeve and looked back up at the hillside. Su Yunduo was still there, hiding things. Later, she would try to persuade Ningshi to go to the county town tomorrow. The things hidden on that hillside could bring some much-needed supplies to their impoverished home. A glimmer of hope flashed in Su Yunduo's heart.。