Chapter 101: The Guan Family Brothers
Ling'er and their first stop is the first big cloth village in the capital - Jixiang Cloth Village, it is said that the boss of this cloth village is the nephew of which concubine in the palace, as for which concubine is unknown. This is still what Qiao'er heard when she was chatting with that Aunt Wang, Ling'er doesn't care about the boss behind the scenes, she cares about the dazzling variety of fabrics, although Baihua Town is an important border town, but there are really not many types of goods.
Ling'er has hardly gone shopping, she didn't dare to go shopping at all because of various emergencies before, and she has not been busy making money since she arrived in this Dafeng Dynasty, and she really didn't go shopping as freely as she does now, and suddenly she found that she actually liked this feeling very much.
"Girl, we've seen three or four of them, why didn't you buy anything?" Qiao'er really couldn't help it, she just took a fancy to a handkerchief, but the girl didn't buy them, how dare they buy it first? Although the others seemed to be looking at something they were interested in, their ears were actually stiff and they listened carefully to Ling'er's words.
"The greatest pleasure of shopping is shopping, how do you know which one you like the most after visiting all the shops? What if I find something I like more after I buy it? Ling'er said as a matter of course, and everyone nodded unconsciously when they said this, thinking that it was still Ling's brain.
"Girl, you see there are a lot of people gathered in front of you, let's go over and have a look, shall we?" Lan Xin noticed that there was a large group of people on the side of the road not far ahead, as if they were watching something.
"Zhao Kang, go see what's going on?" Ling'er raised her eyes and her curiosity was aroused.
Zhao Kang ran over quickly, and came back after a while, it seemed that he had asked what was going on.
"Girl, there are two children who sell themselves there to treat their grandfather's illness for fifty taels of silver, and some people say that they are liars." Zhao Kang also felt that these two children wanted too much, and these people were the least worth of money, and a young man like him was less than fifteen taels.
"Well, let's go and have a look." Ling'er thinks she should go and take a look, if it's really a liar, it's okay to say, if you really encounter difficulties, you should also help.
Before Ling'er came to the front, she heard everyone gossiping, and the language was not beautiful. Ling'er's brows couldn't help frowning, how could these people talk like this? In the modern day, you can see beggars who deceive people and sympathize everywhere, and don't they still make a fortune?
"Hurry up, don't lie here." An old lady kindly persuaded her, but the older boy glared at her angrily, gritted his teeth and said:
"We are not lying, what is written on this earth is true, but you do not believe it." At this time, Ling'er squeezed in from the crowd, if it weren't for Uncle Liu's man's help, it would be impossible for her to squeeze in.
"You wrote that?" Ling'er saw the words on the ground, and was very puzzled in his heart, there are not many people who can read in this era, let alone write, and then look at the handwriting, you can see that the person who writes must be a person who has practiced hard for many years.
"My brother wrote it, and I can write it, but it's not as good as him." The younger boy poked his head out from behind his brother and looked bravely at the young lady in front of him. He felt that this sister was a good person, because she did not say that they were liars or scolded them.
"Isn't your grandfather sick? Where is he? Ling'er only saw the two teenage boys, but she didn't see the sick grandfather, so she couldn't help asking.
"He's sick and sleeping in the back alley." The elder brother also felt Ling'er's kindness, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the alley behind him, and then Ling'er found that there was a very narrow and dark alley. It was a cul-de-sac less than a meter wide and about three or four meters long separated from the two shops, and there were a lot of miscellaneous items piled up there, but it looked quite neat. It is estimated that the three of them picked it up.
"Can you take me to see him? Maybe I can help. Ling'er's words made the two children stunned for a moment, and the people around them also boiled all of a sudden, some said that Ling'er was stupid, and some said that the two children deceived people into killing them...... In short, the scene is called a lively.
"He's in there, come in if you don't feel dirty, but you have to be quiet and don't make a noise about him." As if they hadn't heard what those people said, the two children lowered their heads and led Ling'er and the group into the depths of the alley. When I went in just now, a musty smell came out, and after a few steps, the light dimmed a lot, and Ling'er looked up to find that it was covered by the edges of the shops on both sides.
"How long have you been here?" When Ling'er saw such an environment, her heart was sour, let alone a person, even kittens and puppies would not live in such a dark and damp place.
"There are still three days and two months, and the shopkeeper of the rice shop said that we can only live for two months, and then he will drive us away." The younger brother whispered, and the elder brother walked to his grandfather and first carefully probed his forehead, and then said to Ling'er:
"Sister, we are really not liars, grandpa fell ill a few days ago, and we begged Dr. Qi in front of us to show it. He said that if he wanted to cure his grandfather's illness, he would need at least fifty taels of silver, so we thought about selling ourselves, but who would have thought that those people would insist that we were liars. Ling'er was very heartbroken when he saw him pretending to be strong.
"Zhao Kang, you go and invite a doctor, Zhao Ji, you go find a carriage, Lan Xin, you and Qiao'er go to the cloth village just now to buy two cotton cloths and come back." A few people obeyed the order and left, but Ling'er didn't know what the old man's illness was, so he didn't dare to step forward. But he looked a little embarrassed when he stood up, so he had to ask the little brothers.
"What's your name?" The two of them are not stupid, and when they saw Ling'er sending out their subordinates, they knew that she was helping themselves, so they are very grateful to Ling'er now. But after all, children are not as polite as adults, which makes Ling'er very comfortable, and sometimes it is too polite and disgusting.
"My name is Guan Jishan, I am ten years old this year, and he is my younger brother's name is Guan Jiliang, who is nine years old this year." Guan Jishan is in a very good mood now, and his grandfather is finally saved, so he has a smile on his face.
"I'm Zhao Ling'er, you can call me Sister Ling in the future." Ling'er didn't want to buy them as her subordinates, she just wanted to help them, not to mention anything else, just by looking at their ability to write, and their conversation could see that their background must be good.
"Sister Ling, are you going to buy us? Are we your subordinates in the future? Guan Jiliang asked.
"Do you want to be a human being?" Ling'er just wanted to tease him.
"I don't want to. Uh, think. After he finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately changed his words, and Ling'er smiled.
"I don't like kids who don't tell the truth." Ling'er deliberately analyzed his face, and now Guan Jishan was also anxious, he glared at his younger brother and blamed him for saying the wrong thing. What if Sister Ling gets angry and doesn't see a doctor for grandpa?
"Sister Ling, I really like to be your subordinate, I said the wrong thing just now." Guan Jiliang was also so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, which made Ling'er feel very guilty, but he didn't expect a joke to make them so nervous.
"Don't be afraid, I just teased you, you are not my subordinates. I'm just going to help you get through it, even if it's to lend you money, and then I'll pay it back when you're out of the way. Ling'er was afraid that they would think about it, so she hurriedly told her plan. I thought that the two children would be happy, but who would have thought that when they heard this, they would kneel in front of Ling'er all of a sudden, and the two of them cried silently, and Ling'er didn't hear a word clearly in their mouths.
"Hurry up, what's going on?" Ling'er now feels a pain in her temples, what's the situation?
"You get up first, if you have something to say slowly, otherwise how can my girl understand what you are talking about?" Liu Er saw Ling'er's embarrassing appearance and hurriedly helped the two children up. The two children nodded violently, and after getting up, they began to calm down, and it took a while for Guan Jishan to explain.
"Sister Ling, we originally thought that we would be the descendants of others in this life, but we didn't expect us to meet such a kind you." Obviously, he was still very excited, and Ling'er still hadn't found what made them so excited.
"Sister Ling, if my brother becomes a subordinate, he will not be able to go to the imperial examination, and he will have to be a lowly in the future, in which case our family will be extinct." The subordinate who sells himself does not have a surname, and he will still be a subordinate even if he gives birth to a child in the future. Guan Jiliang saw that Ling'er still didn't seem to understand, so he had to continue:
"My brother has been studying with my husband since he was three years old, and he said that my brother is very smart, and he wanted him to try it in two years."
"Gigi, what are you talking about? Let's go and see if grandpa is awake? Guan Jishan's mood recovered, and he stopped it when he watched his younger brother say this. Still want the imperial examination? It's a problem to live now, how can there be someone who has the leisure to think about what is not the subject of the examination. Ling'er was overjoyed when she heard this, she especially liked people who could read, and when she wanted to speak, she heard footsteps behind her, and just turned her head and heard Zhao Kang say:
"Girl, the doctor is here." After Ling'er gave the doctor a half-salute, she stepped aside to make way for the doctor. The doctor's clothes were not prominent, and they were all cotton like Ling'er, but Ling'er wore the best fine cotton, and he wore medium and high-grade fine cotton.
I saw that the doctor did not show any displeasure because of the environment, but calmly and seriously diagnosed Grandpa Guan's pulse, and Ling'er was very respectful of this point. After a long time, the doctor stood up, walked up to Ling'er, and said:
"Girl, this patient's condition is very urgent, and if you want to be treated, you can't do it here."
"What does the doctor mean?" Ling'er also knew that this was not a place for healing.
"The old man's clinic is too small to accommodate patients, if the girl wants to be treated in the clinic, she can go to another doctor's center." He is the only one in his family's hospital, how can it be possible to accept patients for treatment at home?