Xiao Guoliang led Sun to squeeze in from the crowd in front, and saw a woman with gray hair, a withered face, and ragged clothes sitting on the ground in the small courtyard of the inn.

"Our mother and son, begging all the way from Shandong (referring to the east of Taihang Mountain), originally expected that my son would be able to go to high school this time, who would have thought that he felt a cold on the road, and he couldn't afford to be sick when he came to the city."

The woman was crying and talking, and the people next to her were also talking.

"When did these two move in?"

Xiao Yiran heard someone ask the innkeeper in the crowd.

"Three days ago, the room rate was two dollars of silver per night, but I saw that their mother was pitiful, and the child was sick again, so they were only charged one dollar of silver for the room fee."

"Didn't you invite someone to take a look?"

"Where did they have the money to ask Langzhong, seeing that the child's condition is getting worse and worse, they really shouldn't have let them live in the first place."

"Shopkeeper, if someone dies of illness in your inn, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, you can't get out of it. It's better to be like this, although the people who live in the inn are not wealthy people, everyone still scrapes together some money to help the mother and son, and you also have a share of the shopkeeper. ”

Xiao Yiran saw Xiao Guoliang walk to the shopkeeper and said loudly. The people around were nodding and silent. The shopkeeper sighed and said:

"It's not that I haven't thought about it this way, but as you have seen, I can only maintain the food and clothing of my family when I open such a small inn. Since this gentleman (the general name for Xiucai) said so, I will give two taels of silver, and everyone will reach out to help their mother and son for the sake of not being easy to go out. ”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom, and saw that the scene had already been prepared. Walk over and put it in front of the woman sitting on the ground. The people next to him also took out a little loose silver, and some counted a few, or a dozen copper coins, and of course some turned to leave. Xiao Guoliang looked at Sun, and Sun took out the small cloth bag handed over by the village chief at that time, wrapped in five taels of silver, from his arms, and handed it to Xiao Guoliang. Xiao Guoliang took it, but did not open it, took it in his hand, and put it in his arms. Xiao Yiran saw that Sun only glanced at Xiao Guoliang and did not ask.

Xiao Guoliang turned to the shopkeeper beside him and asked:

"Shopkeeper, is there Lang Zhong nearby?"

"Go out and turn left, cross two street corners, there is a Baicaotang, the owner of Baicaotang, Zhou Daifu's medical skills are more famous in the area."

"Okay, I'll go ask Zhou Daifu."

Xiao Guoliang said, came to the woman sitting on the ground, lowered his head and said to her:

"Sister-in-law, you go back to the room and clean up, I'll invite Lang Zhong to Ling Lang immediately."

The woman saw everything in front of her, hurriedly put away the silver money on the ground, grabbed a handful, and handed it to Xiao Guoliang. Xiao Guoliang did not answer, but persuaded:

"You keep the money first, and wait for the doctor to come to pay the consultation fee and grab the medicine. Don't worry about the rest, I still have a little bit of silver here. ”

Xiao Guoliang came to Sun's side again, handed the snack he was holding to Sun, and whispered to Sun:

"After walking for most of the day, the good wife must be tired, so she still hugged Yiran back to the room to rest, and came when she went for her husband."

After watching Xiao Guoliang's back disappear at the door of the inn, Sun came to the room with Xiao Yiran in his arms. Put Xiao Yiran on the bed and asked softly:

"Is my daughter hungry? Mother gives you a muffin to eat. ”

opened the paper bag of dim sum, pinched a small piece of muffin cake with his fingers, and stuffed it into Xiao Yiran's mouth. Xiao Yiran ate the fluffy muffin cake, and saw that Sun's expression did not change in the slightest because Xiao Guoliang took away all the five taels of silver, and began to like his parents a little in his heart.

About an hour later, I heard someone shouting in the courtyard:

"The doctor is here."

Sun, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with Xiao Yiran, just stood up and walked to the door of the room to look out, and then came back. It seems that the outside things have nothing to do with him, and he seems to be very relieved of his husband.

"Yiran, Daddy is back, Daddy invited Lang Zhong to come back."

Sun kept teasing Xiao Yiran, and kept talking softly in his mouth.

When Xiao Guoliang returned to the room, it was already time for lunch.

"Husband, how is the patient?"

"Fortunately, Zhou Daifu diagnosed the pulse, gave a silver needle, and prescribed a prescription, and he will have to grab medicine for his husband in a while."

The husband and wife ate the boiling water they had brought from the shopkeeper and the dry food they had brought from home. Soon, Xiao Guoliang went out again. This time, Xiao Guoliang did not return to his room until night fell and a full moon rose. The husband and wife were still eating the dry food they had brought from home.

"Taken the medicine?"

"After eating, it seems that it has been stabilized, and it is no longer burned, and people are a little more energetic. It's just that tomorrow won't be able to end anyway. ”

Xiao Guoliang said, took out a small cloth bag that was more than half smaller from his arms and handed it to Sun.

"Zhou Daifu's visit fee was five taels of silver, and seeing that the mother and son were poor, they only received two taels. It was used for one or two or seven coins to catch the medicine, which was given for the husband, and five or six coins were left for the mother and son to scatter the silver. ”

Sun took the small cloth bag, didn't open it to take a look, and put it in his arms.

"Husband, it is said that the moon is sixteen round on the fifteenth, and the moonlight is so good tonight."

"Yes, if you are at home, you can take your daughter to the yard to admire the moon."

"Husband, tomorrow, I didn't prepare any food for my husband, so I can only grieve my husband to eat the dry food brought by the family."

"There is nothing wronged about being a husband, the real grievances are the good wife and Yiran. It's all because of the incompetence of the husband. ”

"The husband shall not say such things again, whether it is glory or wealth, or eating chaff and vegetables, as long as the husband and daughter are healthy and healthy, and no more prayers for his wife."

Xiao Yiran, who had been looking at the husband and wife, couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart anymore, and subconsciously shouted:

"Daddy."

The husband and wife who were talking did not react for a while. You look at me, I look at you, and finally I couldn't help the huge surprise in my heart, and looked at Xiao Yiran on the bed together:

"Yiran, Yiran, are you calling Daddy?"

For the first time, Xiao Yiran saw Sun's face revealed, which was different from the usual gentleness and gentleness, but became a little incoherent because of surprise. Xiao Guoliang also excitedly wanted to reach out and hug Xiao Yiran on the bed. I don't want to, but Sun's hand is half a beat faster.

"Mother."

"Yiran, mother's good daughter."

Sun, who held Xiao Yiran tightly in his arms, was already in tears at this time.

Xiao Guoliang leaned over and hugged the mother and daughter into his arms together, with a pair of eyes, looking at his wife and then at his daughter. For a while, I couldn't find the right words to express my mood at this time.