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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.,Once again, she hoisted the basket on her back. Su Yunduo put away the ache in her heart, shook her head and pursed her lips. Facing the cold wind, she bowed slightly, quickening her pace a little as she walked, somewhat unsteadily, along the country path.。