Chapter 131: Donkey Cart
"The girl's words are wronged. The small shop clearly marked the price, and the child was not deceived, how could it be blackmail? The guy had already thought that Ran Qiunian would say this, and replied unhurriedly.
"Well, in that case, if you give me a pen in person, I want to see how this money is calculated."
If they just raised some prices and wanted to take advantage of it, Ran Qiunian didn't bother to care about it so much, but this silver just happened to empty her money bag, if it wasn't intentional, no one would believe it.
The appearance of eating is so ugly, it is clear that he is taking advantage of the fire to rob. How could Ran Qiunian not be angry?
The guy was prepared, and when he heard this, he immediately took out an abacus from behind his back, and in Ran Qiunian's sarcastic gaze, he dialed and dialed, and without counting a penny, he reported to Ran Qiunian: "A basin of hot water, a tael of silver; a bowl of porridge, three taels of silver; Placing the carriage, twenty taels of silver......"
"Why, a basin of hot water costs a tael of silver? Is your hot water here boiled in gold? Ran Qiunian understood it, this was a clear intention to yin her, and wanted her to swallow this dumb loss.
"And fifty taels?" In the end, Lin Lin was still fifty taels of silver, Ran Qiunian sneered, she wanted to see what else she could make up.
But he saw that the guy's eyes were rolling, and he suddenly pointed to the herbs in his hand and said: "The herbs on this mountain also belong to the post station, and your herbs are rare, and there are always fifty taels of silver." ”
Ran Qiunian's fingers clenched the herbs tightly, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart. This guy is quite right about one thing, Ran Qiunian will never risk a conflict with them at this time.
Brother Yin's serious injuries have not healed, and he can't be reckless at this time. Ran Qiunian took a deep breath, looked at the guy coldly, untied the money bag on his belt, and threw it heavily on the table.
"There is no need to renew the lease, all the money is here, I will boil this medicine well, and leave immediately, and never stay more." Ran Qiu raised the herbs in his hand and gritted his teeth and said.
"This can't be done, the crockpot and firewood used for boiling medicine all cost silver, and you still have something of value on you?" The guy completely exposed that greedy face.
"You have taken all my money." Ran Qiu's anger became extremely calm, and she said coldly.
"Don't you still have a good horse?"
The guy had just gotten up, and was directly interrupted by Ran Qiunian: "The carriage is going to be used to drive, don't think about the idea of beating the horse." ”
Ran Qiunian noticed the change in the guy's expression, and suddenly had a bad guess, and hurriedly rushed outside to check the situation of the carriage, and sure enough, where the carriage was originally parked, only a lonely carriage remained, and the horses in the sleeve were gone.
"Where's my horse? What's the difference between you and a robber? Ran Qiunian couldn't help but kick the stable, turned around and became angry.
"Girl, don't worry, we're also afraid that you won't run away if you don't give the money, our shopkeeper said, you can use the stove at will, and the money for boiling the medicine will be deducted from the horse."
That's a nice thing to say, but how can they travel without horses? Xu noticed Ran Qiunian's terrifying gaze, and the guy hurriedly said:
"Your horse is worth more than you need to boil the medicine. So the shopkeeper said that he could use the donkey raised at the post house to deduct the rest of the silver. ”
Although he was very dissatisfied with the conversion of the carriage into a donkey cart, Xiao Yin's injury could not be delayed any longer, so Ran Qiunian had to swallow this evil breath unwillingly, and went to boil the medicine without saying a word.
Ran Qiunian boiled the medicine and fed it to Xiao Yin, and the remaining herbs were not wasted, and the sky-high herbs exchanged for "fifty taels" of silver were put into the carriage, and Xiao Yin was carefully sent to the carriage.
Turning to look at the old and thin donkey, he was silent for a long time, and without saying a word, he urged the donkey to slowly leave the black shop.
The donkey cart is really much worse than the horse-drawn cart, and the speed of this forward is even more procrastinating, dragging the distance that could have been reached in half a day to one day.
Halfway through, Ran Qiunian checked the wound on Xiao Yin's shoulder, the herb was really effective, the shoulder injury had not worsened again, and it had already healed.
It's a pity that the gold sore medicine has been exhausted, and what Ran Qiunian needs most now is to go to a place where there is a pharmacy and a doctor, and re-prescribe some medicine for Xiao Yin to heal his wounds.
But the black shop had already emptied all the silver on Ran Qiunian's body. Where will the money come from for the next doctor and medicine in the town? Ran Qiunian was worried.
If it really doesn't work, she took out the white jade plate from her neck that she has been wearing closely, but if it can't work, she can only pawn this piece of jade and make up some silver for emergencies.
Ran Qiunian glanced at Xiao Yin, who was unconscious, and remembered the words he had told him, this jade seemed to be very important to him, it was an heirloom, and it was easy not to lose.
But things are dead, people are alive, and at this stall, I can't care about so much, Ran Qiunian completely made up his mind and carefully hid the white jade card.
In a hurry, I finally arrived at the nearest town in the early morning of the second day. The donkey was too tired to walk, so Ran Qiunian finally drove it into the town before he stopped at a restaurant, unwilling to continue walking.
There was no way, Ran Qiunian had to get out of the car here, and the little second in the restaurant saw the guests coming, and hurriedly greeted them: "Guest officer, please, what do you want to eat?" ”
Ran Qiunian pursed her lips, she was in a hurry to leave the post station, she had not eaten for a day and a night, not to mention that the donkey smelled the fragrance of the food in the restaurant and couldn't walk, even Ran Qiunian herself was about to be unable to support it.
"I'm tired of opening a private room, helping my husband in for me, and serving some porridge soup that is easy to reduce." Since Ran Qiunian had already saved his mind about pawning the white jade card, he didn't plan to hesitate any longer.
Xiao Er was stunned for a moment when he heard Ran Qiu Nian's request, only to find that there was an unconscious man in the carriage, and he immediately looked at the two of them suspiciously.
"My husband met a mountain bandit on the road and was injured, and his injuries have improved in the past few days, if it weren't for the donkey cart really couldn't catch the road, he wouldn't stop at the door of the restaurant. Don't worry, you won't lose your money, just help people in. I'm going to get a doctor. ”
Ran Qiunian's tone was sincere, Xiao Er was persuaded by her, and when she saw that her eyes were upright, and she didn't see a trace of sneakiness in her gestures, she nodded in response.
After watching Xiao Yin being helped into the private room, Ran Qiunian made an excuse to ask for a doctor, but in fact, he inquired about the location of the largest pawn shop in the town, and went to pawn the white jade plate on his body.
"Shopkeeper, I have a piece of fine mutton fat white jade, I don't know if you can accept it here?"
Ran Qiunian knocked on the table, called up the shopkeeper who was sitting and dozing in the back, and said in a deep voice.
After lowering the price of the white jade card and pawning it quickly, Ran Qiunian took the silver he got and turned around and went to the medical hall on the opposite street and invited an old doctor to go back.
"This little friend's injury is recovering well, the girl doesn't have to worry, his wound has not healed for a long time, it is indeed because of erysipelas, the medicine that the girl used before is excellent, continue to use it, and drink it for another three days, and the remaining poison will be pulled out."
The old doctor was very kind, and did not deliberately exaggerate Xiao Yin's injury in exchange for more medical fees, but talked about the facts. In the end, he only took out two bottles of gold sore medicine from the medicine box and gave them to Ran Qiunian, and did not prescribe other medicines.
"Thank you, doctor." Ran Qiunian put away the two bottles of gold sore medicine, paid the consultation fee, sent the old doctor away, and after eating briefly, he hired someone to help send Xiao Yin to the inn next to him.
Ran Qiunian used the silver from the pawn white jade plate to settle the accounts one by one, and there was still a lot left in his hand. She put it all away carefully, there is still a section of the road to Beijing, and there are many places with silver on the road, and I don't know if these are enough to last to the capital.
She sighed, hoping that Brother Yin would get better soon.
If it was before, when did Ran Qiunian worry about the silver? But now she is in trouble, Xiao Yin is in a coma, and she herself has lost her memory, and she feels a little depressed for a while.
Later, Ran Qiunian boiled the herb for Xiao Yin again, and with the gold sore medicine given by the doctor, Xiao Yin really recovered very quickly, earlier than the doctor expected, and woke up early the next morning.
Ran Qiunian was so tired after giving Xiao Yin the medicine last night, so she lay on the edge of the bed and fell asleep.
In the early morning, Xiao Yin's hand moved, waking up the sleeping Ran Qiunian, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Xiao Yin, who had just woken up.
Ran Qiunian's mind was empty for a moment, and she knew that she heard Xiao Yin calling her name, so she was like waking up from a dream, holding Xiao Yin's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Yin, you finally woke up." ”
As she spoke, Ran Qiunian felt a sour nose.
Originally, he could still force himself to arrange everything in an orderly manner, and swallow all those hardships and tiredness into his stomach, but with such a look, a word, the embankment built by Ran Qiunian's heart collapsed in an instant, and the grievances in his stomach were almost overflowing.
Xiao Yin looked at Ran Qiunian at a loss and suddenly cried, and the tears fell silently, but she still restrained herself from making a sound, and the hidden sobbing was even more distressing.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone." Xiao Yin wiped the tears on Ran Qiunian's face with pity in his eyes and apologized in a low voice.
But after this sentence, Ran Qiunian couldn't hold back her tears, and threw herself into Xiao Yin's arms, remembering to avoid the wound on her shoulder, she hugged Xiao Yin and gradually relaxed her tense spirit for several days.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's not your fault."
Ran Qiu thought about the urn and dropped such a sentence angrily, allowing himself to release the grievances and uneasiness accumulated in these days in Xiao Yin's arms.
Xiao Yin just hugged her distressedly and gently soothed the wounds in her heart.
When Ran Qiunian vented and calmed down, she suddenly felt a little blushing, she hurriedly withdrew from Xiao Yin's arms, snorted, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Didn't you press your wound?" ”
"It's okay, I'm fine." Xiao Yin raised her hand and rubbed Ran Qiunian's hair, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes for her, and spoke softly.
"You fell down silently, but it scared the hell out of me." Ran Qiunian couldn't help but confide, "In the past, I didn't think much of it with your protection, but in the past few days, I have completely seen humanity and sinisterity, and people's hearts are not ancient." You don't know how hateful those robberies are while the fire is burning! ”
When Ran Qiunian said this, he suddenly realized something, didn't say any more, and secretly glanced at Xiao Yin with some weakness.