Chapter 9: The Mysterious Fortune Teller

Jiang Tianqi, who came out of Langzhong A's medicine shop, was holding Xiao Chaiyun at the moment, striding like a run, walking briskly. Suddenly, Jiang Tianqi felt a flash www.biquge.info of light in the sky above his head, and he unconsciously looked up, but he didn't see anything. Walking dozens of steps, just in doubt, I felt this again, looked at it violently, like a flash, only felt like a meteor in the daytime, rowing in the direction of the village.

At this time, the little chasing cloud in his arms trembled, Jiang Tianqi looked at the little chasing cloud in his arms, and saw that his face was wet with sweat, but his clothes were already wet. I didn't care about thinking about anything else, and I hurried away.

Qingshui Town is named after the river flowing down from the Wolongling Mountains, the town is built by the river, there are dozens of shops, and the nearby villagers usually come to the town to buy and exchange some daily necessities when they are gathered, and it is also regarded as a place where dozens of miles of goods circulate and gather nearby.

There is a medical hall in the center of the town, called Jishitang, which is run by a doctor surnamed Wang, who is a distant relative of Langzhong Asheng, because his medical skills are far better than Langzhong Asheng, and he is also famous in the town. Although today is not the case, and the day is almost thin, the door of Jishitang is the same as in the past, the door is open to welcome the patients who come to see the doctor.

Dr. Wang, a middle-aged doctor in his 50s, with a kind face, a slightly wrinkled face, and a white flannel coat, was standing at the counter, talking to a neighbor of a neighboring shop. Dr. Wang, who was talking, suddenly heard someone shouting to him outside the street, so he stopped talking and walked out of the counter as usual.

Suddenly, his heart suddenly, Jiang Tianqi in front of him is no longer familiar with him, because basically every five or seven days, Jiang Tianqi in front of him will come to the shop to grab two pairs of cough medicine for the lady, it seems to be four or five years long, and he reads that his ancestors are from the same village, and he often receives less silver taels. And a few days ago, the bizarre incident in the town seemed to be a victim of the Jiang family, and the only son of the Jiang family disappeared.

At this moment, seeing Jiang Tianqi coming with Xiao Chaiyun in his arms, he suddenly felt pity, he couldn't see joy or sorrow, and he didn't know what to say, he just stepped forward, and when he saw that Xiao Chaiyun couldn't move, his heart suddenly burst, and he stretched out his hand and dragged the bench next to him to him.

Usually it takes an hour to travel, but today Jiang Tianqi took more than half an hour to arrive, and before he reached his destination, Jiang Tianqi, who saw Jishitang from afar, shouted "Doctor Wang" in his mouth, and his eagerness was visible.

As soon as I stepped into the gate of Jishitang, I saw Dr. Wang dragging a bench next to him, putting it in front of him, taking a breath and saying: "Dr. Wang, take a look at Chasing Clouds, at noon today, I will find Chasing Clouds home, at first it was normal, and then suddenly shouted abdominal pain, and the more dramatic it became, and finally fell unconscious." Xu is running around for days, and when he saw the trusted Dr. Wang, he seemed to be on the verge of collapse, and he was about to cry, and then said: "My hard-working child, since his mother was sick, and he suffered this catastrophe, and he was finally recovered, but such a situation happened, I beg Dr. Wang to save him, I beg you." ”

Seeing that Jiang Tianqi was so abnormal, Dr. Wang knew what was wrong with him, and there was also a hint of urgency on his kind face, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to cross the bench in front of him, and said: "Tianqi, don't be anxious, you sit down and take a breath, and wait for me to see the clouds." Dr. Wang deserves to be a doctor who has read patients for a long time, and when he saw this situation, he did not lose his proportions, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand to support Jiang Tianqi and pulled him to the bench.

After Jiang Tianqi sat down, Dr. Wang immediately bent down to check, Jiang Tianqi stared at the little chasing cloud in his arms, that is, he looked at Dr. Wang, and never moved away for a moment, but saw that Dr. Wang's face was sometimes frowning, sometimes confused, sometimes suddenly realized, and sometimes thinking. I didn't dare to bother, but this moment was as long as a day.

In the end, I saw that Dr. Wang finally stood up straight, so he asked eagerly: "Dr. Wang, how is it? What caused Chasing Yun to fall unconscious?" ”

Doctor Wang asked, thought for a while, and replied: "Feel the pulse of the chasing cloud, look at its face, there is no sign of illness." It's just that the abdominal pain does not stop, and the sweat is all over the body, and there should be bad things entering the abdomen, and it has not been removed. "Dr. Wang is worthy of being experienced, and after a few thoughts, he has inferences. I only heard Dr. Wang continue: "Chasing Yun should have passed out because he couldn't bear the intense pain. Alas, this is also inferred from the old man's many years of medical practice, and it is impossible to make a conclusion at present, if this is the case, it will be very tricky. ”

Jiang Tianqi heard Dr. Wang's words and asked anxiously, "How is it good to wait, how can I wake up?" ”

It can be seen that Dr. Wang is not very sure, and said: "If the old man's inference is really correct, I am afraid that it depends on the creation of the sky, and at present, let the old man prescribe a dose of chemicals and painkillers, and I don't know what is in the abdomen, and see if it has an effect." After Dr. Wang finished speaking, he walked to the counter and grabbed the medicine by himself.

Here, Jiang Tianqi responded: "That's all there is to it." ”

From time to time, Dr. Wang would fill a pair of potions and place them in a bamboo medicine basket. There is a place for patients to boil medicine in the cabinet wall of the middle hall, and I saw Dr. Wang come to the cabinet wall with a medicine basket, handle the Chinese herbs in the basket properly, put them on the stove in front of the wall, open the door, and the fire will be vigorous.

Because he was a familiar person, Jiang Tianqi in the front hall also responded to the shopkeeper next door from time to time while anxiously waiting. After a meal, I finally heard a voice from the middle hall, "Okay." He naturally stood up and walked towards the central hall. Jiang Tianqi, who came to the middle hall, found a short stool and sat firmly, and at this time, Dr. Wang had already put the decoction into the bowl and handed it to Jiang Tianqi. Jiang Tianqi took the medicine bowl and eagerly poured the decoction into Xiao Chaiyun's mouth.

A pillar of incense passed, but the unconscious little chasing cloud did not wake up, and Jiang Tianqi, who was anxious, or because of the fatigue of the past few days, saw that a straw that was hard to grasp at this moment did not work, as if he was about to collapse, and asked in a trembling voice: "Doctor Wang, why did you go down with a pair of medicines, but there was no movement, how much torture did my poor child have to suffer." ”

Doctor Wang didn't know the reason of Jiang Tianqi's emotions, and he was just comforting at the moment: "Tianqi, I know that you have been running around for days to find Chasing Clouds, I am afraid that you have not had a moment of rest, because Chasing Clouds is painful and unconscious, this decoction can temporarily stop part of the pain, but it is impossible for him to wake up immediately, you just have to wait with a relaxed heart, and when Chasing Cloud wakes up, I will ask him and make a conclusion." ”

"Then when will Chasing Cloud wake up?" Jiang Tianqi asked.

"I don't know about that. After speaking, he looked at the sky outside the window of the front hall, and continued: "In this way, you go to the back hall to rest with Chaiyun, it is getting dark today, your father and son will stay in my hospital for one night, and when Chaiyun wakes up, you can call me at any time." ”

Jiang Tianqi saw that Xiao Chaiyun did not make the slightest movement, and also knew that the doctor in front of him in the nearby villages and towns trusted him the most, and there was nothing else he could do, and he was really tired, so he said: "Then there is such a doctor Wang, I will disturb for a night." If you wake up chasing clouds, I will call you. ”

Doctor Wang said: "What did Tianqi say, the medical hall originally had a resting place in the back hall for the painful patients, and your father and son lived there tonight, and they never bothered." After speaking, he tore away the noise and shouted in the direction of the back hall: "Madam, come out." ”

The middle hall and the back hall are separated by a door, and a gray cloth curtain is hung. From time to time, a middle-aged noble and beautiful woman stretched out her hand to open the door curtain and walked out, but before she could answer, Dr. Wang saw Jiang Tianqi sitting in the room with Xiao Chaiyun in her arms, as if taken aback, and said enthusiastically: "Alas, Brother Tianqi is here." Tomorrow, you see that I have been in the backyard all day to sort out what I need, and I don't know when you will come? Seeing you chasing the clouds, I guess the hardships of the previous days have not been in vain, and I have finally found it. ”

The middle-aged noblewoman Mrs. Wang was still about to ask about the future, but was interrupted by Dr. Wang, who had already cleaned and put the medicine bowl away: "Okay, madam, Brother Tianqi is very tired, and I will arrange for his father and son to stay in the back hall for one night today, so as to observe Chaiyun's condition." You go and clean up, and let Tianqi rest early. After speaking, he said to Jiang Tianqi: "You also know that she is a hot-hearted person, and she is straightforward and fast-hearted, so please don't go to your heart." ”

At this time, Mrs. Wang glanced at Dr. Wang, and walked to the back hall with a few words in her mouth. On the other side, Jiang Tianqi responded: "Doctor Wang is serious. And he did not speak.

At the moment of half a pillar of incense, I heard Mrs. Wang's voice sounding at the door curtain: "Okay, Brother Tianqi, but please come in and rest, I have already packed up." ”

Jiang Tianqi, who had already closed his eyes at this moment, suddenly opened his eyes, hugged Xiao Chaiyun, and walked to the back hall.

There was a blur in front of him, and Xiao Chaiyun felt that he was behind the big stone squat in the village where he often played at this time, and he was doing his favorite game with Erya, Pumpkin, and Ling Feng. It's just that the things in front of me are not as real as usual, and my mother has recovered at the moment, doing farm work with my father in the field in the distance, and from time to time she looks at herself, and smiles deeply at herself, and when she sees her mother smiling at herself, she also laughs out loud, and feels that she is the happiest child.

Suddenly, when he looked at his mother again, he didn't see his mother, but his father stood there in a daze, his heart of loss suddenly rose, and when he turned back to play again, he even ran away from Erya, Pumpkin, and Ling Feng.

In a daze, Xiao Chaiyun felt a familiar voice calling to him in his ears, and there was a long-lost stroke on his head. With the shouting, Xiao Chaiyun finally opened his eyes at this time, and a familiar big face came into view. Only then did he realize that he had just had a dream, and he opened his mouth and shouted, "Father." Then she couldn't stop crying.

It was late at night, and soon after Xiao Chaiyun woke up, Dr. Wang came to the bed and asked a lot of questions, some of which even Xiao Chaiyun himself couldn't answer. Because Jiang Tianqi occasionally comes to Jishitang to grab medicine, he will also take Xiao Chaiyun with him, so Xiao Chaiyun is also more familiar with Dr. Wang and his wife.

After Dr. Wang finished asking, Xiao Chaiyun said to Xiao Chaiyun: "Chaiyun, you rest obediently, Uncle Wang and your father go to the front hall to discuss some things." If you're good, Uncle Wang will buy you rock sugar gourd tomorrow, okay?"

Xiao Chaiyun rarely ate rock sugar gourd last time, and when he saw Dr. Wang say this, he just remembered his mother's instructions, so he looked at his father, Jiang Tianqi saw Xiao Chaiyun looking at him, and his heart was touched, so he just nodded.

Seeing his father nodding, Xiao Chaiyun happily replied, "Okay." ”

Jiang Tianqi and Dr. Wang, who swept away the gloomy clouds, saw that Xiao Chaiyun was so well-behaved, so they glanced at each other and walked towards the front hall.

Xiao Chaiyun is lying on the couch at the moment, but where can he sleep, his mind is full of rock sugar gourds, and the experience of the past few days. After a long time, when he finally saw his father returning, he cried out, "Father." ”

Jiang Tianqi saw Xiao Chaiyun shouting to himself, but he didn't answer, he walked straight to the couch, fell asleep, hugged Xiao Chaiyun sideways, and said, "Yun'er, sleep, let's go home tomorrow." ”

When the rooster chirped and the bird cried, the sky had just dawned, Jishitang opened the shop door early as in the past, and soon after the door opened, I saw Dr. Wang leading a six- or seven-year-old child out of Jishitang.

Walk a few hundred steps, cross a bridge, under an old locust tree, every time there is an old woman who sells rock sugar gourds to set up a stall here, Dr. Wang took the hand of the little chasing cloud, and soon came to the old locust tree, opened his mouth to ask for a string of rock sugar gourds, stretched out his hand to pay the silver taels, and handed the rock sugar gourd to the small chasing clouds.

Xiao Chaiyun, who rarely comes to the town on weekdays, has long had his eyes straightened, and he was curious about the coming and going on the street and selling all kinds of goods. At this time, Xiao Chaiyun, who was standing in front of the rock sugar gourd, swallowed his saliva a few times, and when he saw Dr. Wang handing over a string of rock sugar gourds, he couldn't wait to reach out and take the rock sugar gourd and lick it.

Over there, Jiang Tianqi was saying thank you to Dr. Wang, and at this time, he only heard a voice full of vicissitudes behind him: "Fortune telling, fortune telling, don't need money for death, and twice as much as if you live." ?”

The voice startled Jiang Tianqi and Dr. Wang, who were talking, and Xiao Chaiyun also looked up and turned around. But I saw a white-haired old woman in front of me holding a little girl to the front of the stall, the old woman did not see a black hair on her head, half faced, wearing a yin and yang clothes, with a Pisces pattern on her chest, holding a cane, on which a banner was erected, the banner was high above her head, and the word "life" was written on it. The other hand was holding a little girl, the little girl was slightly younger than Xiao Chaiyun, she was very dirty, her emaciated face was still black, but a pair of eyes kept staring at the rock sugar gourd in Xiao Chaiyun's hand without blinking. At this time, the white-haired old woman's unfinished shouting sounded: "You can count this life and the next generation, you can be lucky and lucky, you can see the future, and you can see the world." Two, can you think of a hexagram?"

Doctor Wang saw that it was a warlock in the rivers and lakes, and saw that the little girl had been staring at the rock sugar gourd in Xiao Chaiyun's hand, so he replied casually: "My fate has long been doomed, what can I calculate?" After speaking, he pointed to Jiang Tianqi beside him and said: "He is a woodcutter in the mountains, and there is nothing to count, so you can go." ”

The white-haired old woman said: "The principle of my fortune-telling is that you don't need money to count your death, and you will receive twice as much as your life, so you won't suffer a loss. ”

Doctor Wang seems to have been accustomed to this kind of cheeky warlock, but the person in front of him is an old woman, and he didn't say anything serious: "Don't spend time on us, I am a healer, and I never believe in the theory of fate, so let's go." ”

The white-haired old woman didn't seem to give up, and she didn't pay attention to Dr. Wang, and said to Jiang Tianqi: "I see that your face is dark, I'm afraid that there will be drastic changes, but I have ever wanted to make a divination, and I can also seek good fortune and avoid evil." ”

Jiang Tianqi didn't talk much, and when he saw that his ancestors and grandsons in front of him seemed to be pitiful, he couldn't help but touch them in his arms. But he was held down by Doctor Wang next to him, only to hear Doctor Wang say helplessly: "My Tianqi Brother, your heart is too kind, like this..." glanced at the two people in front of him, but said, "Alas, forget it, I'll buy a string of rock sugar gourds." Doctor Wang saw that the little girl had been staring at the rock sugar gourd in Chaiyun's hand, thinking that the two of them had come to buy the rock sugar gourd without money.

After Dr. Wang finished speaking, he bought another string of rock sugar gourds and handed them to the little girl in front of him. Then he stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Chaiyun forward, and Jiang Tianqi followed closely. The fortune-telling white-haired old woman didn't stop her, she moved sideways, and just watched the three of them leave with a pair of deep eyes.