Xiao Yezi took the money Shen Zhuo gave her to the pharmacy to grab medicine, and after half a day, Shen Zhuo took the pulse pillow to the West Chamber, in order to avoid suspicion, he deliberately brought Yu Ge'er with him, although he didn't walk around the alley on weekdays, he vaguely heard some gossip between him and Gu Sanniang, fortunately Gu Sanniang was sick and couldn't go out, otherwise he would have a waste of idleness.

He and Gu Sanniang, a widower and a widow, and the two families live in the same courtyard, these days in order to see Gu Sanniang, Shen Zhuo often goes in and out of the West Chamber, and it is inevitable that he will be seen by the neighbors outside.

When he arrived at the door of the West Chamber, Shen Zhuo knocked on the door first, and shouted out of his mouth: "Gu Niangzi, are you awake?" If I'm awake, I'll come in. ”

Gu Sanniang's response came from inside, Shen Zhuo pushed the door open and entered the house, the room was a little dim, when he opened the curtain and entered the room, Gu Sanniang on the kang was looking up towards the door, she was wearing a cyan jacket, her hair was pulled into a bun, and after seeing Shen Zhuo, she said loudly: "Shen Juren is here." ”

Shen Zhuo saw that her expression seemed to be a little flustered, and at a glance, he saw a colored veil under the bed, and suddenly understood a little bit in his heart, Gu Sanniang and their mother and daughter were already poor, and a serious illness almost hollowed out the family.

Brother Yu hadn't seen Gu Sanniang for a few days, he saw Gu Sanniang, greeted her affectionately, and said in a milky voice: "Aunt Gu, is your body better?" ”

Gu Sanniang looked at Brother Yu with pity, and replied, "You care, it's much better." ”

After that, she stretched her neck and looked out the window again, muttering: "This little leaf, tell her to go out and pour a medicine residue, why hasn't she come back yet?" ”

Shen Zhuo sat down, and he said, "She won't come back for a while, so I asked her to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine." ”

Gu Sanniang's expression froze and asked, "Where did she get the silver?" ”

Shen Zhuo took out the pulse pillow, motioned for Gu Sanniang to put her wrist up, and said, "I gave her the silver." ”

Gu Sanniang frowned suddenly, she knew that the Shen family's life was not easy, Shen Zhuo was a man with his little brother to live, and he didn't care about spending money, two days ago, I heard Xiao Yezi say that two students in the school hall had dropped out, so that his family had one less income, how could they collect his family's money.

"What are you doing to be such a good man for no reason? You are all nervous about your own life, and you still have the heart to care about others? Gu Sanniang had an angry look on her face, thinking that her daughter took Shen Zhuo's silver money silently, she was a little angry in her heart, and said: "Wait for that dead girl to come back, see that I don't kill her, dare to accept people's money without saying a word, and I will go to heaven more and more in the future!" ”

Seeing that Gu Sanniang was trembling with anger, Shen Zhuo looked at her quietly and said, "Don't be angry, put your hand up, I'll show you the pulse." ”

Gu Sanniang glared at Shen Zhuo, based on what she said, this person was smiling, it was like punching cotton on it, which made people even more angry for no reason.

Shen Zhuo saw that she was sitting upright and standing still, so he turned his head and said to Brother Yu'er: "Brother Yu'er, hurry up and coax your Aunt Gu, please take care of her body, don't let people worry about her." ”

Shen Yu obediently took Gu Sanniang's hand, and he said softly: "Aunt Gu, you just let my father check the pulse for you, if your body is not well-maintained, you will have to eat the soup of those bitter dead people every day." ”

Gu Sanniang's face was flushed, and she asked a child to coax her, but it seemed that she was unreasonable, she was about to make a cold face to Shen Zhuo, but she was stared at by this big and small directly, Gu Sanniang was a little embarrassed, so she had to stretch out her hand, Shen Zhuo diagnosed for most of the day, withdrew her hand and said to Gu Sanniang: "The symptoms of your qi deficiency are much better than those of the previous days, remember to take the medicine on time, don't fish for three days and dry the nets for two days." ”

Gu Sanniang glanced at him and said, "You just blindly coax me with these good words, a few baskets of medicine residue have been poured, why are you still tired and out of breath after walking two steps on the kang, and I don't know when you will be a leader these days." ”

There was no money at home, and she had to take medicine again, Gu Sanniang hated this uncompetitive body very much, not to mention that she was guilty, and even the little girl also suffered hardship.

Seeing Gu Sanniang's sad face, Shen Zhuo comforted: "Don't you hear that the illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread, the more you have to follow the doctor's instructions, if you don't perfunctory this body, this body will not perfunctory you." ”

Gu Sanniang sighed secretly, she looked at Shen Zhuo's father and son, her tone softened, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that your family doesn't have thousands of dollars and thousands of silver, as the old saying goes, you don't know when you can get better from this illness, and how much can you help with the few taels of silver you teach." ”

Shen Zhuo put away the pulse pillow without saying a word, and he secretly said in his heart, he didn't know how much he could help the mother and daughter of the Gu family, so he just did his best.

After sitting in the West Chamber for a long time, Shen Zhuo didn't want to stay for a long time, when he stood up, he picked up the silk thread on the ground and handed it to Gu Sanniang, saying: "Don't do this job, Xiao Yezi knows, I don't know how sad I should be." ”

Gu Sanniang was stunned for a moment, pinching the silk thread and not making a sound.

As soon as the father and son of the Shen family walked out of the West Chamber, they saw Aunt Qin coming back from outside with her little grandson in her arms, and saw her face full of anger, showing where she was angry.

"Aunt Qin, what's wrong with you?" Shen Zhuo asked.

Seeing Shen Zhuo, the expression on Aunt Qin's face softened a little, she snorted lightly in her mouth, and said: "It's not that Zhao Cuihua, the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, and the east family raises ashes in the Han and West families, and the good alley is stirred up by her." ”

Aunt Qin's mouth said that this Zhao Cuihua is a family living in the alley, her man has no serious work, a family of five all rely on renting a yard to live, the family has three sons, the eldest is almost twenty, so far I have not been able to say a daughter-in-law, this Zhao Cuihua is lazy, and loves to be careful, a few days ago, the gossip of Gu Sanniang and Shen Zhuo came out of her mouth. Today, Aunt Qin took her grandson out for a stroll, and heard her gossip behind her back, so she couldn't help but argue with her.

Shen Zhuo smiled, and he said, "Aunt Qin, it's not worth being angry for such a foolish person, if you are angry, it won't be worth it." ”

Aunt Qin spat on the ground and said indignantly: "You don't know how cheap that little hoof and mouth are, where is Sanniang hindering her?" The poor can't open the pot, and they are embarrassed to laugh at the fact that they can't eat! I am not afraid of being plucked out of my tongue by Lord Yama after death. ”

Shen Zhuo glanced at the West Chamber, and he said, "Aunt Qin, you can be quiet, Gu Niangzi is a hot temper, if you hear these gossips, you should be angry again." ”

Aunt Qin also seemed to remember that there was a sick Gu Sanniang in the house, she lowered her voice and said: "These bad things, let's not talk about them in front of Sanniang, it's just that you are a good man, she ruined your and Sanniang's reputation like this, you should also take out the name of the master to press her, otherwise she will be bullied more and more on your head." ”

Shen Zhuo couldn't help but shake his head, this Zhao Cuihua is just an illiterate woman, and he is not guilty of any serious crime, if he takes her seriously, people will suspect that he and Gu Sanniang are not clear, but let her go around to ruin his reputation, and the people in the back alley will only treat him as soft-natured.

"Hey, you and Sanniang have no relatives locally, people just dare to bully you because you are an outsider, change to another home, and see that she still dares to talk nonsense!"

Shen Zhuo thought about it, and had a plan in his heart, not long ago, the county town patrol camp recruitment, to find more than a dozen young men in the county to guard the city gate, this errand is not much oil and water, but how much can get some melons and two dates, Zhao Cuihua's eldest son wants to be the city gate official, so he begged to sponsor him to go to the camp, just because of Shen Zhuo's identity as a scholar, the ground security on the street often comes to talk to him, two days ago when the two chatted, the land security also mentioned this matter, when Shen Zhuo said a few words in front of the local security, not to mention the errand of Zhao Cuihua's son, At least let this Zhao Cuihua learn a long lesson.

"That's a great idea!" Aunt Qin laughed, she said: "Actually, Di Bao also knows the character of Zhao Cuihua's family, pity her eldest son, he hasn't read a few days, and he has grown a lot of strength in vain, even if he goes to work as a coolie, he can't earn a few dollars. ”

Although Aunt Qin said that she was tired of Zhao Cuihua, she couldn't do the thing of smashing people's jobs, so let Zhao Cuihua learn some lessons, if she really did it too much, it would make people say that Shen Cuihua had no stomach.

"Aunt Qin, I can save it." Shen Zhuo said to Aunt Qin, and Aunt Qin waved her hand at her and went to the main house.

Not long after Shen Zhuo returned to the house, Xiao Yezi's house came, Shen Zhuo saw that she was carrying a few pairs of medicines, opened them first and looked at them, and saw that the medicines were all good, so he asked Xiao Yezi: "Have you paid back the money from the pharmacy?" ”

"It's back." Xiao Yezi nodded, she remembered her mother who was still waiting for her to go home, and asked cautiously: "Uncle Shen, did you tell my mother?" ”

"Got it." Shen Zhuo nodded, and he said, "Don't worry, your mother won't beat you." ”

Xiao Yezi was relieved, she said hello to Shen Zhuo, and went back to the house to decoct medicine for her mother.