The boy who was waiting at the door came in and said to me with regret: "Dr. Liu wants to treat a patient, and he has delayed the time, and he asked me to apologize to you on his behalf." ”

"It's really a last resort, I hope you will forgive me."

I was stunned for a moment, a little unsure of how to respond.

Looking at the boy's eyes, there was clearly a regret that could not be hidden.

I was suspicious, but I couldn't remember that much for a while.

After calming down for a moment, I said slowly: "Since this is the case, then I will finish drinking this pot of tea before saying goodbye, please don't let people disturb me." ”

With that, I gently pushed the door shut.

I turned back to the desk in the center of the room and sat down cross-legged on the brocade cushion on the floor.

Unexpectedly, I need to calm down before going back.

The tea in the purple clay pot was already a little cold, so I poured a cup, looked at the tea in my hand but didn't drink it, and thought back to the whole process of making an appointment with Dr. Liu.

According to his old man's meaning, he asked me about my symptoms, and with his rank, he understood that he was already very good, and there was no need to meet except to drink the medicine he prescribed.

However, I told the steward because I had heard that Dr. Liu was a skilled doctor, and I had some reasons to consult with him on some matters, and I had to meet him.

Of course, the stewards are doing their best to promote this matter, because they are my senior brother Tianfang's subordinates, and as a distinguished guest who stays in the garden, my request is really not very excessive.

Although Dr. Liu's reaction was a little unsympathetic at the beginning, since I asked him, I think it is understandable that he put on a show and delayed the time.

As a doctor, it is our mission to treat patients. But to answer the question of such a little girl who doesn't know anything about medicine in his opinion, it's really not what he has to do.

But judging from Dr. Liu's reaction, although he was a little arrogant, he didn't take this appointment very lightly.

The fact that this teahouse needs to be booked to drink tea with this place is enough to prove that he still has this meeting in mind.

Again, that's the same sentence. Plans can't keep up with change.

What I didn't expect the most was that I arrived early, but I waited for most of the day in vain, and finally I was told that Dr. Liu himself could not come.

For many people, I am afraid that they will walk away angrily.

I thought about it. I didn't think he was deliberately playing tricks on me.

One, I think he wants to refuse, he can refuse as soon as he learns that I want to meet him, he doesn't need to go around such a big circle at all.

Second, since he was willing to go to the clinic at the request of the steward that day, he should have known that this side of the garden was not an ordinary person, and if the other party targeted by this deliberate trick was in such a situation, wouldn't it leave a hidden danger for himself.

Thinking of this, the depression of waiting for most of the day has decreased a little. I thought about how it would be more appropriate for the boy to speak for me.

I got back up. I tidied up my clothes. It's like sorting out my anxious mood because of waiting, and when I push open the sliding door, my mind is already very calm.

I said softly to the boy outside the door, "Please help me inform Dr. Liu." Since he has something to do, I'll go back first. If he is free to see me another day, he can ask someone to come into the garden to spread a message, and I will come again as promised. ”

I thought about it, and added: "If he wants to change the location, it's okay, there are many teahouses in the city, so choose as he chooses." ”

"Please help me bring this sentence."

The boy nodded in understanding, and still politely returned the salute to me.

On the return carriage, I lifted the curtain and looked at the teahouse that was gradually moving away.

It is a rare quiet place in the whole of Qibei.

"Miss Xiaoling, did you just see Dr. Liu?" Steward Feng asked me out loud while driving the car.

"No, I've been waiting for so long, and his old man hasn't shown up." I replied.

"He, he's the best doctor in Qibei, and he always has a temper, but since he has made an appointment with you, he won't see you, even if he is delayed by the consultation this time, he should make an appointment for the next time, so you can rest assured to go back and wait for the letter." Steward Feng comforted me a few words.

…… At the beginning of the lanterns, the carriage arrived outside the garden, and Cui'er was already anxiously waiting at the door.

Seeing me getting out of the car, Cui'er quickly ran over and said, "Girl, you're finally back." ”

I smiled and turned my head to look at her, and deliberately raised my voice: "Is the jujube cake still hot?" ”

"It's hot, it's hot," Cui'er winked at me, "The slave thought you'd been there for so long that you had almost forgotten the cake made by the slave." ”

"How so?"

Cui'er observed my expression and asked curiously, "Have you seen Dr. Liu?" “

I shook my head and said, "From the time I went to the present, I drank two pots of tea in the private room of the teahouse, and that Dr. Liu still didn't show up." “

Cui'er pulled my arm unhappily and said, "The slave said it right, the old man's temper is very weird, the old man who is a doctor has an even more eccentric temper, and the old man who is a famous doctor, that temper!" “

I laughed, and the frustration of waiting for most of the day without seeing anyone was completely eliminated by Cui'er in a few words.

I patted Cui'er on the shoulder and said, "That makes sense, the old man is really a weird. “

"Then don't go to see him, and say you're in good health." Cui'er said with a grin.

"No, as long as he wants to see me, I'm going to see him next time." I said in the affirmative.

"Why is that?" Cui'er's expression was a little puzzled.

"Just rush him, this golden sign of the famous doctor in Qibei." I broke free of Cui'er's arm and walked straight to the attic on the island in the lake.

"Where's the pharmacopoeia I read in the morning?" My eyes swept over the bookshelves and desk, and Cui'er had already cleaned the room.

"The slave is on the shelf, and the fourth book from the left in the second row." Cui'er replied to me while making tea for me.

"It's a good thing you still have a memory, otherwise, I'll have to look for it again." I ran my fingers across the books in the second row on the shelf, and pulled out the pharmacopoeia that I hadn't finished reading in the morning.

"Girl, the slave has a question, can you solve the slave's doubts." Cui'er looked at me intently reading and hesitated for a few seconds before asking.

I put down the pharmacopoeia in my hand and looked up at Cui'er standing at the table: "You say, there is no third person here, so you can say anything directly." “

"Girl, you came to the north, it is said that when you passed through the capital on the way, the famous doctor, is there no root in the imperial city? Why do you insist on seeing Dr. Liu in Qibei? Cui'er voiced the question in her heart.

I looked at Cui'er and smiled slightly, "Of course I have my reasons. “

"The slave wants to hear your reasoning."

There's nothing else to do, I'd like to talk to Cui'er.

Since that night when I was drunk and fell ill with wind and cold, Cui'er has taken care of me unclothed, and I have confided in her a lot of secrets.

Today's Cui'er and I have added a layer of tacit understanding and intimacy to the already weakened master-servant relationship.

It's not so much that she's my maid, it's better to say that our relationship is slowly developing in the direction of best friends.

Don't mention the people who used to be in the Snow Country Palace, even Xiaoru, who has been with me for a long time, has not been able to achieve such a journey.

If Xiaoru is a little friend, then Cui'er is undoubtedly one step closer to me than her.

Everyone else says that this is called fate!

Treier and I are examples of this, so I'd love to talk to her.

"Cui'er, in fact, when it comes to this reason, you have to talk about the terrain here." The corners of my mouth twitched slightly, looking at Cui'er who listened to me carefully.

"You should know the terrain of Qibei, it is a fortress on the southwestern border of the Lake Country." I'm in the right way.

"Compared to other places, such as the capital you just mentioned, its topography is different in that there are many mountains in the southwest."

Cui'er widened her eyes and said with some confusion: "This mountain, with the doctor?" The slaves and maids are about to be confused by the girl, what does the two have to do with each other? “

I laughed and said, "Cui'er, you once told me that your needlework is not the best in the garden, is it?" “

Cui'er scratched her scalp a little embarrassed and replied, "Yes, the slave's needlework in the garden can only be said to be average. “

"And what about your dim sum craft?" I asked.

"The craft of making dim sum is one of the best in the garden." As soon as these words came out, Cui'er's face flushed a little, but it could be seen that her expression was still very confident when she said this!

"That's it," I said with a slight smile, "that you do needlework, and you make dim sum with you, just like the doctor." “

"Girl, these are two different things, how can they be the same?" Cui'er's expression was stunned.

"Of course, it's not all the same, but everything has the same, and the doctor's treatment is like the craft you are good at, and every doctor has a specialty."

"For example, some doctors are best at seeing injuries from falls, some doctors are best at seeing women's diseases, and some doctors are best at treating typhoid fever and dampness and so on."

"As the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art industry."

"Medicine is such a vast and vast discipline, how can all the aspects involved be summed up in a few words."

"The life span of a person is so limited, the white horse is only a hundred years, and a doctor will live his whole life, if he can improve in one of the aspects he is good at, it is already a great thing."

"Let's go back to the question I asked you just now, Cui'er, you know the terrain of Qibei very well, then you should know what Dr. Liu in Qibei is famous for."

Cui'er pondered for a moment before replying: "I heard that this Dr. Liu is best at treating all kinds of external injuries, especially those mountain people in Qishan, who will come all the way to let him see a doctor, and I have heard several times that he rescued dying mountain people who were bitten by poisonous insects, snakes and ants. ”

"Looks like you kind of understand what I mean." I looked at Cui'er and nodded approvingly.