Chapter 2 Consultation Fees
Although the morning was quite cool, it was not long after the beginning of autumn, and the people in the east wing were a little stuffy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are three rooms in the east wing, of which the north side, that is, the room next to the upper room, is the Zhang family and the second child of the Xu family live, this room is divided into two rooms, the inner room is a bedroom, the outer room is a guest hall, and the middle is partitioned with a wall of adobe bricks. In the middle is the room of Gorou and Xiao Jiu, and in the far south is the room of the two sisters, Xu Qiuyi and Xu Xiangwan.
At this point, Zhang was carried back to the north room.
Xu Qiuyi squeezed aside to watch the lively Xu Erlang and others, and came to Zhang's bed with a brisk walk.
"Irrelevant people go out, and it doesn't taste good if there are too many people." Xu Xiangwan grabbed a handful of hair ash from the shirt Xu Qiuyi was carrying and quickly sprinkled it on Zhang's forehead, which was still bleeding, and said without raising his head.
Xu Furong, the third girl of the Xu family, pursed her lips lightly, and said in a weird manner: "What a noble person, what do you think is who wants to stand here and send people to the end?" ”
Old man Xu didn't want to talk about his granddaughter directly, so he glared at Xu Zhili, the boss of the Xu family: "What is Du Pestle doing here?" Why don't you hurry up and see Lang Zhong? One day, you know that you open your mouth to tell nonsense, what do you teach your children to be? The eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law stayed to take care of it, and the others went out. ”
Xu Zhili was inexplicably scolded by Old Man Xu, and his heart was uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to reply, so he had to shout angrily at his daughter-in-law Zheng: "You mean mother-in-law, what do you think you have taught your children to be?" The big girl's family doesn't have a door on her mouth, and she dares to pour out any good words! ”
Zheng is also a hot person, and he was scolded inexplicably, and he was so angry that his eyebrows stood up.
"Get out." Xu Xiangwan's voice was not loud, but it came into everyone's ears very clearly.
Zheng, who was about to have a seizure, immediately turned his gun towards Xu Xiangwan: "Are there any ......elders in this eye?"
Before she finished speaking, she saw Xu Xiangwan raise her head and glare at her coldly.
Zheng Shi suddenly felt a chill in his neck, and unconsciously swallowed the words in his stomach, and secretly said in his heart, the eyes of these seven girls are really scary!
Xu Furong was also stunned by Xu Xiangwan's sudden momentum, and unconsciously followed Old Man Xu and the others out of the room.
Ignoring the people in the room with different thoughts, Xu Xiangwan's gaze was glued to Zhang's forehead.
The blood was still bubbling out, rushing away a layer of ash, and Xu Xiangwan smeared another layer.
"Mother, you must hold on!" Xu Xiangwan and Xu Qiuyi prayed silently in their hearts at the same time.
Eventually, the crimson blood mixed with the ashes began to solidify into lumps.
Jiulang Xu Chengjin, who was less than four years old, was also woken up at this time, and came to Zheng's bed with a coarse cloth coat that had patched layer after layer, and looked around with big eyes in confusion: "Big uncle, third aunt morning!" Sister Furong, Sister Yi'er, and Sister Wan'er are early! ”
Liang saw that the thin and small Xu Chengjin was staring at a pair of big purple grape-like eyes, and he felt a little unbearable: "Xiao Jiu, the third aunt will take you to eat." ”
Xu Chengjin shook her head like a rattle, pouted and looked directly at Xu Qiuyi and Xu Xiangwan on the bed without saying a word, and seemed to be aware of the strange atmosphere in the room.
At this moment, there was a sound of messy footsteps in the courtyard.
"Dr. Li, hurry, hurry, hurry!" Gorou pulled Li Langzhong in the village and rushed into the east wing.
Li Langzhong is a barefoot man in his sixties, and anyone in the village who has a headache, brain fever, and bruises will look for him.
At this time, he ran with Gorou for most of the day, and he was so tired and out of breath that he was pulled to the bed made of wooden planks before he even had time to take a sip of water.
The girls and daughters-in-law in the village all have to go out to do farm work, unlike the girls in the city, so the defense of men and women is much lighter. What's more, now that it is an urgent matter, Li Langzhong has no scruples, and stepped forward to lift the curtain that was patched but cleanly washed.
"This ...... This is ......" Li Langzhong's breath was uneven, and he was still panting when he spoke.
Seeing this, Xu Xiangwan immediately jumped off the footstool and quickly brought a bowl of water.
"You drink first." Xu Xiangwan handed the water to Li Langzhong, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, Li Langzhong's expression was very solemn, and he didn't know if his mother could get better.
"Good boy." Li Langzhong was not polite, and drank several sips in a row before saying, "Fortunately, this wound has undergone preliminary treatment and the bleeding has stopped." Just ......"
Li Langzhong shook his head again as he spoke, and sighed, this Zhang family is really a miserable person, but every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and it is inconvenient for him to talk about other people's family affairs.
After seeing the injury, Li Langzhong further treated and bandaged Zhang's wound.
"The body is too weak, and the injury this time is really not light, if there is no good medicine, I'm afraid it will ......" Li Langzhong shook his head again and did not continue.
But everyone understands what Li Langzhong means, if there is no good medicine, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Zhang to wake up.
The Xu family was not separated, and the money in each room was handed over to the public middle school, and the Zhang family had to pay for it if they wanted to buy good medicine, but the Zheng family and the Liang family were naturally unwilling, so they stood next to them like wooden people.
"Doctor Li, although you prescribe medicine, my grandma is a kind-hearted person, and she can't look at my mother badly." Xu Xiangwan held her breath in her heart, but she also had to save face for the Cui family in front of outsiders, after all, the Cui family's reputation was not good, and it was the face of the old Xu family that was lost, and their second room and family couldn't please it.
Liang glanced at Xu Xiangwan in surprise, these seven girls have really changed, I am afraid that I would have been scared and crying before I changed them, where could I still say such a thing.
If you want to write a prescription, you need pen and ink, Li Langzhong glanced at the second room of the Xu family, which was almost like a family with four walls, and had to sigh again and take out the pen and ink from the medicine box he was carrying.
Xu Xiangwan hurriedly took the inkstone and ink strips, took the water to grind it and handed it to Li Langzhong.
Li Langzhong saw that Xu Xiangwan was clever, and his expression eased a little.
After the prescription was written, Li Langzhong packed the medicine box and prepared to leave.
Li Langzhong's consultation fee is generally fixed, 5 yuan for visiting a doctor, and 4 yuan for patients to visit their own patients. Ordinary people will pay the prepared consultation fee at this time, but there are only three children and two adults in the east wing of the Xu family, and the two adults who can be the masters have no expression.
The reputation of the Xu family is still good in the village, and it is said that the ancestor is also a scholar, and even a big official of the five grades.
Xu Wenhong, the old man of the Xu family, and Xu Wenshan, Lizheng, are cousins, and they have always had a good reputation in the village, but these days, somehow, the family is always restless.
In just a few days, Li Langzhong has come to the door for the second time.
"Doctor Li, sit down for a while, and I'll pour you a bowl of water." Xu Xiangwan saw that Li Langzhong had already lifted the medicine box and was about to go out, but no one asked about the medical fee, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.
Seeing the opportunity, Xu Wulang hurriedly brought the only Taishi chair in the east wing and invited Li Langzhong to sit outside and rest for a while.
Seeing that the children of Xu's second family behaved modestly and understood the rules, Li Langzhong also had a smile on his face: "Brother Xu is good, you children are not bad." ”
Xu Xiangwan took the opportunity to pour water and came to the upper room.
When the bamboo curtain was lifted, I saw that Mr. Xu was smoking dry tobacco with his long pipe, and the smoke in the room was so thick that Xu Xiangwan coughed.
"Evening, how is your mother? What did Li Langzhong say? Old Man Xu put the dry tobacco pipe on the table and looked at Xu Xiangwan.
Cui Shi was sitting on the couch in front of the wooden window doing needlework, his face was sinking like water, and he didn't even raise his eyelids when he saw Xu Xiangwan coming in.
"Grandpa, the doctor said that my mother's body is too weak, and she has to prescribe some good medicine to make up for it." Xu Xiangwan glanced at Cui Shi as he spoke, and sure enough, he saw that his thin lips sank again.
Old Man Xu couldn't help sighing: "I don't know if our family is guilty of Tai Sui, these days are getting more and more difficult, and it is not easy for the family to have a full meal." If it weren't for the hard time of our family, your mother wouldn't have burned down. ”
Old Man Xu glanced at Cui's who was sitting on the couch like a wood carving, paused, and then said: "Later, you also know your grandmother's temper, she is just a smooth donkey, there is nothing bad about it, don't take it to heart." Your mother's illness costs money, and I'll ask your grandma to get it for you. As he spoke, Old Man Xu said to Cui's family: "Old woman, you give her mother a string of money to see a doctor and sell medicine." ”
When Cui Shi heard this, he immediately stood up from the couch, and pointed at Old Man Xu with a blue face: "Are you crazy old man?" Do you think our family is a money bank, where did you get a string of money? Are you planning to let my wife steal or rob it? The second child's family was originally sick, and he spent a lot of money all year round? If I hadn't been lucky enough to lie down today, I would have been lying down, and you still want me to pay for her medical treatment? She's my ancestor, huh? I'm not afraid that Lei Gong will split her! ”
Cui's reversing words made Xu Xiangwan angry enough, but there were still outsiders at home, and in front of Old Man Xu, Xu Xiangwan had to endure it secretly.
"Grandpa, Li Langzhong prescribed medicine to my mother, and now she is still sitting in the outhouse, I poured a bowl of water for Li Langzhong, I just came in a hurry, this weather is big, I see that the sweat on people's heads has not dried yet!" Xu Xiangwan said and turned around and opened the bamboo curtain to go out, as if inadvertently said casually, "Grandpa, this Li Langzhong is really willing to help, and he didn't even ask us for a consultation fee." ”
After speaking, Xu Xiangwan got out of the curtain and went out of the upper room.
Cui Shi saw that Xu Xiangwan didn't have a stubble at all, his face suddenly became even more gloomy, and he wanted to open his mouth to scold, but he saw that Old Man Xu's face was very ugly, so he had to lower his eyelids and sit back on the couch, pick up the needle and thread and start doing it again.
"I'm talking about you!" Old Man Xu shook his head, picked up the dry tobacco pipe on the table and knocked it, "Can't you stop it?" It's just a little late these days, and the second family was tossed and injured by you. The second child went to serve, it's been three years, and I don't know when I'll be back. Let's not talk about parents to take care of a few people in the second family, it's good for you, you know how to toss all day long. Usually I don't bother to talk about you, but today's matter is life-threatening, if there is really a human life, our family will have to face it if you say it? This Zhongda Lang and Erlang have all reached the age of saying kiss, if our family really makes a fuss, who else dares to tell the girl to our family? ”
Old man Xu is the head of the Xu family, and he is also a person who pays attention to rules and etiquette, and he says everything at home. Although Cui's temperament is not good, Old Man Xu's words can still be listened to a few points, knowing that he is at a loss today, so he had to take out a crockpot from the place where he usually hides money on his back with Old Man Xu on his back, uncover the lid, take out a hanging of money, and reluctantly count a hundred and hand it to Old Man Xu.
"Evening, did you steal Grandma's sugar in this water?" In the courtyard, Xu Furong grabbed Xu Xiangwan's sleeve and looked at the thick bowl in Xu Xiangwan's hand with a smug expression.