"What do you want to buy, young man?" An old man in his sixties asked after putting on his reading glasses.

"I want to buy a set of silver needles, Chen Xianhe Chen Lao said that you may sell them here, so I'll ask." Lin Fan said bluntly.

"Chen Xianhe? He hadn't been up in a while. The old man smiled, then looked at Lin Fan and asked, "Do you want to learn silver needles?" ”

"Well, I'm learning, but I lack a set of silver needles." Lin Fan nodded.

"Needles are not so easy to learn, I advise you to dispel this idea."

"This ...... There doesn't seem to be much connection between being difficult to learn and not going to learn. ”

"You're pretty tough." The old man laughed, "To be honest, I really have a set of silver needles here, but you can't afford it." ”

These words were a bit contemptuous, but Lin Fan was not annoyed, but insisted: "This, I just want to buy what I can buy." ”

The old man took off his reading glasses, put them on the counter, and asked slowly, "What is the relationship between you and Old Man Chen?" ”

"He is my colleague in the town hospital, my senior."

"That is, it doesn't matter?"

"Not really!" Lin Fan shook his head.

The old man continued to look at Lin Fan, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you really want to learn to prick needles?" ”

"Yes." Lin Fan nodded affirmatively.

"Then wait a minute!" The old man put down these words and walked into the inner room of the pharmacy.

Lin Fan stood in front of the counter and waited, five minutes passed, the old man did not come back, Lin Fan rolled his eyes helplessly, but he was still waiting, ten minutes passed......

A guest who was buying medicinal herbs came in and said to Lin Fan: "Boss, I want two taels of dragon yellow and three taels of coptis ......."

"The boss is not here for the time being, you can wait a minute." Lin Fan politely explained to the guests.

The guest didn't say much, sat on the chair on the side, waited for a few minutes, the boss still didn't come out, he suddenly had no patience to continue waiting, walked out of the pharmacy, anyway, now the boss is not there, then go shopping again, it's really boring to sit and wait.

Half an hour has passed, and it still hasn't come out, so where is this waiting?

It's just that since it was Old Chen who recommended himself to come here, there must be a way to get the silver needle, and for the silver needle, Lin Fan continued to wait, although he had some anger in his heart that talking to the old man didn't count, but he didn't show it, and waited patiently.

After another two minutes, the old man finally came out with a smile, holding a wooden box in his hand, placing it in front of Lin Fan, looking cautious, and said, "Take it, study hard, don't bury this silver needle." ”

Lin Fan was directly stunned, this old man seemed to mean that he just gave it to himself, didn't he collect the money?

"Don't? This set of silver needles was handed over to me by a poor old guy before he died, he had no children and no daughters, and even an apprentice was confiscated, and he was lonely when he died, and the only one left this set of silver needles was left, which is some years, it is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, his master bought it in the hands of the imperial doctor in the capital and passed it to him, but who else in this world learned the silver needle? The old man sighed, "I said just now that you can't afford it, it's not to hit you, I just don't want to exchange the things that the old guy gave me for money, otherwise I won't feel comfortable spending this money, so I'll lend it to you now." ”

It's no wonder that the old man just said that Lin Fan couldn't afford this silver needle, if it was really that big, Lin Fan really couldn't afford it, and he couldn't buy it if he was treated. And sometimes the relic is not something that can be measured in money, and the value of the commemoration is greater.

"Yes, of course, thank you shopkeeper." Where does Lin Fan have no reason not to? He was stunned just now, but he didn't expect the old man to really give it to him.

"I have to write an IOU!" The old man didn't forget to advise, "The silver needle is only lent to you for the time being, you can't go and sell him, and if you don't deserve to use this set of silver needles, I will take it back." ”

"Well, then write an IOU." Lin Fan agreed without hesitation, and when he got the silver needle, he would never sell it.

Soon, the old man wrote an IOU in his own hand, which was basically a temporary loan, and he had the right to withdraw the silver needle at any time. Lin Fan signed his name and pressed a handprint, and this set of silver needles was finally in hand.

"Go ahead, say hello to Old Man Chen on my behalf, so that he has time to come up and sit." The old man gave up and didn't keep Lin Fan.

"By all means." Lin Fan carefully held the wooden box in his arms and walked out of the pharmacy.

"This kid!" The old man looked at Lin Fan's back and smiled with relief.

In fact, when he entered it just now, he had already taken out the silver needle, but he deliberately didn't come out, just to test Lin Fan's patience, but he kept staring at Lin Fan's every move from the side, and seeing that this guy had been waiting patiently, he would naturally come out.

And he really planned to lend out the silver needle, this was because Lin Fan was recommended by Chen Xianhe, he and Chen Xianhe were old friends, and he knew very well that this old friend was a person, and under normal circumstances, he would not recommend a young man to him lightly.

Another aspect is that the silver needle is a dead thing, it can't be stored all the time, and someone has to use it to reflect its value, and this is also the wish of the old guy who died.

Lin Fan is lucky, otherwise he will definitely not get the silver needle, if there is no recommendation from Chen Xianhe, he will only spend money to buy a set of ordinary silver needles.

Last time junior high school classmate Wu Dandan said that when he arrived in the county seat, he called her, and Lin Fan, who got the silver needle at this time, did not plan to go to Wu Dandan, but went straight to the bus station and returned to the town by car, of course he couldn't wait to practice needle pricking.

Because he came back too quickly, Lin Fan didn't go back to the hospital, and there happened to be a bus back to the village, so he got in the car.

The car arrived at the commissary at the entrance of the village, and after Lin Fan paid the money and got out of the car, he saw a brand-new sedan parked at the entrance of the commissary, a white Toyota, and the commissary was very lively.

Could it be that Liu Gang is back?

Liu Qing said that his son bought a car in the county, and now it is so lively, it should be Liu Qing's son Liu Gang is back, after all, no one in the village can afford this car, although it is not expensive, it is estimated that it looks like hundreds of thousands, but the villagers do not have so much spare money.

Of course, Liu Gang can mix well, that is Liu Gang's business, and Lin Fan will not envy it, let alone go to the commissary to join in the fun.

"Yo, isn't this a Lin student?"

Just as Lin Fan was about to raise his feet and leave, Liu Gang walked out of the commissary, his face was red at this time, and he seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and when he saw Lin Fan, he immediately stopped him and continued: "I heard that you are interning in the town hospital, not bad, although you graduated from a famous university and only interned in the town hospital, but you also have an iron rice bowl, which is stronger than my junior high school graduate, just right, I rarely go back to the village, how about a few drinks at my place at night?" ”

"This ......" Lin Fan listened to these ironic words, and wanted to refuse.

Aunt Liu also walked out of the commissary and also invited: "Yes, Lin Fan, they are all young people, let's go over and have a few drinks together in the evening." ”

But seeing that Aunt Liu also opened her mouth to invite, Lin Fan directly agreed, "Okay." ”

"Haha, that's just to save face." Liu Gang laughed, looking very proud.

Lin Fan turned around and walked towards home, only he knew that the night was not to give Liu Gang face, but to Aunt Liu's face, not to eat, but to eat people!