Chapter 39: The Merchant
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This inn is said to be the most luxurious inn in Weizhou City, and it is also the most comfortable inn.
Just as the carriage and horses had stopped, a thin, skinny shopkeeper trotted out with a smile on his face. When you are about to come to the carriage, slow down, take a deep breath, put on a more kind smile, and hunch yourself and wait for the carriage to come to a complete stop.
The shopkeeper had already seen Li Muqi's carriage, such a luxurious carriage, as long as he was not blind, he could definitely see it, even a blind man could smell itβthe carriage full of flowers, he would definitely smell the fragrance of the carriage, and he could also imagine the dragon expansion of the carriage. Perhaps in his imagination, the carriage must be more gorgeous and more comfortable. This is the result that Li Muqi wants. At this moment, someone must have passed Li Muqi's carriage into every deep house compound. The person Li Muqi hoped for would definitely hear the news, and maybe their description would be even more gorgeous.
The horse let out a long roar and stopped steadily. Li Antong put down the long whip in his hand and was about to take the stepping wood. The shopkeeper had already taken the lead and put it on the side of the car, full of enthusiastic smiles, not noticing Li Antong's suddenly cold gaze, let alone Li Antong's clenched fists and the strength of his body. There is only greed in his eyes, only naked desire.
The sound of the horse's long roar woke up another guy in the store who was about to fall asleep. Startled by the sound of a horse, he almost fell off the table. If he hadn't grabbed the corner of the table in time, his man would have fallen to the ground. It was this surprise that made his head sober up instantly, and he was just about to scold, when he suddenly saw Li Muqi's carriage and hurriedly stopped. Just as he was about to get up, he saw the figure of the guy again, and instantly filled his chest with anger, looking coldly at the emaciated back, hating again and again, almost scolding all the foul language he could think of, and only then did he feel comfortable and enjoyable. Then, with a satisfied smile on his face, he fell back on the table, and soon let out a low snoring.
People always blame others, but never think about themselves: whose fault is this?
The shopkeeper with a kind smile on his face was not disappointed, and he got a piece of broken silver that Mu He threw at him. When he saw the broken silver in his hand, his eyes were almost bent into a crescent, and the corners of his mouth were almost above his nostrils. Holding the ingot of broken silver in his hand, he couldn't stop nodding his head in thanks. Say the words of appreciation you heard over and over again. I thought in my heart: I can finally let the whole family have a full meal today. Thinking of this scene, the smile on his face was less contrived and more sincere. It is precisely because he has concerns in his heart and an inescapable responsibility in his heart that he can be treated like this.
If there is less worry and responsibility in the heart, you will lose a lot of motivation, and you will not do your best in promotion, but only perfunctory. I don't know if I'm perfunctory to myself or others. Perfunctory to others, isn't it perfunctory to yourself?
Booked three upper rooms: one room for Li Muqi and Mu He, one room for Luo Qiuhe and Li Antong, and one room for Du Rukang himself.
Du Rukang saw the dissatisfaction on Li Antong's face, held back a smile, just walked into his room, and finally couldn't help it, laughed out loud, and forgot that his smile Li Antong would definitely hear it. Luo Qiuhe looked at Li Antong's face and said, "Actually, the old man doesn't want to be in the same room with you, so he can only stay in one room." β
Li Antong listened to Luo Qiuhe's sigh, and said politely, "Wouldn't it be better if you squeezed Du Rukang." β
"Why don't you go?" Luo Qiuhe squinted at Li Antong and said.
"I have to obey my master's orders. Li Antong said righteously.
"The old man didn't dare to do that," Luo Qiuhe said helplessly. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "There is another way." β
"What's the solution?"
"You don't have to go outside and find a comfortable place. "Luoqiu River Road," it is difficult to make a trip. Why not relax? As for his comfort, Du Rukang and I are enough. β
"Fortunately, there are two beds here," Li Antong Buddha didn't hear Luo Qiuhe's words, lazily lying on the most comfortable and spacious big bed, looking at the roof, and said, "Actually, it's enough for me to have it." β
"Can you bear to let an old man sleep on a bed like that?" Luo Qiuhe looked at the soft and comfortable big bed where Li Antong was lying, and pointed to one that looked very hard. And the very narrow bed said, "Young man, it's better to sleep on a hard bed like that." Old man, it's better to sleep in a comfortable bed. Otherwise, the old man will definitely lose sleep. β
Li Antong was about to speak, when there was a slight knock on the door, as well as Mu He's weak voice.
Luo Qiuhe slowly walked through the streets and alleys of Weizhou, where there were injured people and hungry people, that was where he stopped. Holding the big black characters of the big book "Healing and Administering Medicine" in his hand, he carried an extremely huge medicine box on his shoulder, and there were few herbs left in the box at this time. Although his steps were still steady, the fine sweat on his forehead was like a drizzle, rolling down his cheeks and falling on the hem of his sweaty clothes.
Luo Qiuhe had forgotten how many streets he had walked, how long he had walked, and how many patients he had seen. I also learned from their mouths how many people who died because they had no money for treatment, and also learned a lot of pain and regret from their mouths, and got a lot of gratitude. Those eyes full of tears of gratitude made Luo Qiuhe's eyes misty. Hearing their detailed explanations, I couldn't help but feel sad and painful again, complaining for a long time, and regretting for a long time.
Luo Qiuhe is like this, it is deliberately arranged by Li Muqi, and it is also what Luo Qiuhe thinks. How could a man like him be willing to let that lovely group of toiling masses endure such suffering? Originally, they should not have suffered like this, but there will always be such a group of people in the world who have to suffer like this. At the thought of this, Luo Qiuhe's eyes were full of anger and hatred, and then he remembered those children who were a little emaciated by hunger, and whose faces were sad and sickly, and there was almost a very thin whip in his heart, which was beating fiercely. This kind of indescribable pain, Luo Qiuhe could only sigh.
Luo Qiuhe is just a healer, and all he can heal is the wounds of flesh and skin, not the wounds and pain in people's hearts. He is just a healer, a healer with a benevolent heart, the rapid blood flowing in Luo Qiuhe's heart, washing away the anger in his heart, but also surging the kindness in his heart, Luo Qiuhe has only one belief in his heart, the belief that a healer should have. If the healer does not have this belief in his heart, then he is just a gorgeous butcher, not a healer who saves the wounded.
Greed and cruelty are the difference between a healer and a butcher.
The sun slanted westward, pulling the figure slender, looking like a demon with teeth and claws. Isn't there two sides to man, one good and the other evil, the good side is under the sun, and the evil side is hidden in the darkness? If there is no sunlight, the evil side will be revealed at any time, and a mask of hypocrisy will be put on that side.
Li Muqi's carriage circled around Weizhou City and stopped next to a grain store called "Wang Ji Grain Store". In the entire Weizhou, only this one store has the most food, but the price is also the highest. In such a season, how can the food not be high? The so-called "scarce is expensive" may come from this.
There were seven or eight men standing in the shop, and their faces were also full of hunger, and looking at the hungry faces, Li Muqi was shocked: They were originally grain sellers, so why did they do this? Thinking about it, the owner of this shop must be an extremely stingy person. Such a stingy person will be very simple to deal with him, he only cares about the immediate interests, and cannot think of long-term plans. If he had a brain, how could he do this to a man who had created wealth for himself?
Although Du Rukang is a housekeeper, he is an extremely suffering identity, no matter what, almost all of it is done by him. With a layer of fine sweat on his head and a constant pant in his mouth, he had to walk into this grain store. This is the eighteenth grain store. He didn't know if this was the last one, and he kept praying in his heart, hoping that this would be the last one. Du Rukang squinted at Li Antong, who was standing leisurely beside the carriage, and wondered if he was a housekeeper or a follower?
Wang Jingju. On top of a chubby round face, there were a pair of mouse eyes, slender eyes, flashing a somewhat obscene gaze. The kind of person who was scanning Li Muqi and the others, and when he saw Mu He standing beside Li Muqi, there was lust in the obscenity, naked and disgusting desire. The huge nose, slightly raised to the sky, revealing thick black nose hair, a wide mouth, raised upward, a trace of disgusting saliva hanging from the corner of the mouth, and a gap was opened, and the yellow teeth inside were vaguely visible. With a huge belly, he sat in a chair that could barely fit his body. If he hadn't leaned back hard, he was afraid that he would have fallen to the ground at this time.
"You said you want to open a grain store in this city?" Wang Jingju withdrew his eyes from looking at Mu He, narrowed his mouse eyes into a slit, and looked at Li Muqi carefully, "Don't you know that there is a famine here." Food has become sky-high?"
"Yes. Li Muqi smiled, "If I don't know, how can I open a grain store here." It's the perfect time to make money. β
"Hehe, that makes sense. Wang Jingju said with an appreciative smile on his face, "You are here to tell me about this matter, and you plan to cooperate with me?"
"It's not. β
"Isn't it?" Wang Jingju's face floated with a layer of anger that was not easy to see, "Are you here to show off?"
"That's not the case," Li Muqi shook his head and smiled, "I'm here to talk to you about business?"
"Talking about business?"
"Exactly. β
"You want to buy food from me,"
"Exactly. β
"Don't you know that my food here is the most expensive in the city?"
"I know," Li Muqi said with a smile, "I also know that your food here is also the best." β
Wang Jingju laughed and said, "You are not a madman, but an extremely smart person. β
"Do I look like a madman?" Li Muqi laughed.
"Not really. β
"Then I'm not an extremely smart person?" Li Muqi also laughed loudly.
"You are indeed a smart man," Wang Jingju's eyes flashed, "he is the smartest man I have ever met, and the most treacherous and cunning businessman." β