XVIII. Venture out to explore Swallow Lake
In the courtyard of the hospital, AndrΓ© was pestering Pasteur about the expansion of the Rose Hill.
"Dean, you have agreed, repair the water system, and expand Rose Mountain." Andrei said with his arms beating to the beat.
"It's winter, it's cold. It's not a good idea to build a lot of work, that's what you said, Dr. Andrew. Besides, you've just finished repairing the water system, so it's better to take a break. When spring warms up next year, it's not too late. Pasteur said with a smile.
Andrei spread his hands, shook his head, and said, "I want to have a new place for everyone this Christmas, and it will be lively." β
Pasteur pointed in the direction of the church and said, "Then decorate the chapel and you can toss it as you like." β
Andrei shrugged: "Looks like you really don't plan to get it." β
Pasteur couldn't let out the news that he was about to leave office, so he had to say: "Sir, I don't want Dongjiaomin Lane to feel that we won't build a sanatorium alive or dead." If you build your Rose Mountain, then Dongjiaomin Lane will naturally think of the Sanatorium on the top of the mountain. Let's repair the water system, there are already a lot of whispers in Dongjiaomin Lane. β
Andrei understood what the dean meant, and said: "The sanatorium is really unnecessary, in the capital and around Hebei, there are few old and frail foreigners who need to recuperate. Besides, it is so lofty, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled can't go up and down. Dongjiaomin Lane also wants to come out of it. β
Pasteur said that this is a truth that anyone with a discerning eye can understand. But he interrupted Andrei and said, "Okay, let's not criticize anything." β
The third master came over and interjected: "Criticize what?" β
Pasteur smiled: "Criticize the plans of that damn sanatorium." β
As he was talking, the third master's car arrived at the foot of the mountain. He thanked Agui and invited Agui to the hospital for lunch before leaving. Ah Gui said a few words of greetings and drove back directly, but in his heart he thought of a hundred good sons of the third master, this future aunt is really considerate.
When Andre saw the third master coming, he took the initiative to leave.
The third master heard them talking about "sanatoriums" from afar.
"Why did you mention nursing homes again? Want to start construction? The third master asked Pasteur.
"Don't worry, third master, I'm in one day, and the start of the sanatorium will be delayed by one day." Pasteur took the third master to the infirmary.
The third master smiled and said, "Dean Shengming! It would be better if you would tell me where the dragon's head is. β
Pasteur tilted his head and said, "I'm afraid that if you find the dragon's head, your head will not be guaranteed, so why bother?" β
The third master raised his eyebrows and said, "Uncle is here." I'll go back to the house and rest. You're busy first. β
Uncle drove to the third master, and he had something to say to the third master. But the third master avoided him, and he had to talk to Pasteur for a few words.
"Why is he avoiding me?" Uncle looked at the back of the third master and asked.
"You robbed him of his sweetheart, you still need to ask." Pasteur rolled his eyes.
"It's not like him," he said. He never took me seriously. β
Pasteur said, "But you won." He was convinced. β
Bo Jia smiled and said, "What wins or loses, Meiyu is happy." β
Pasteur said: "You are also a rich kid in the United States, how can you be so sympathetic?" β
"When I was in the United States, I was about the same virtue as him. It's not like you've crossed the ocean to come here alone, and you've been on the continent," he laughed.
Pasteur said: "Run by us? β
Bo Jia said, "No, no, the dean still treats me very well. β
Pasteur said, "If the run taught you how to behave, that's not bad." Isn't it? β
Bo Jia said: "Very correct! That's why I won him. Bo Jia said and laughed smugly.
Pasteur then said: "In a few days, I will leave, and you will cooperate with Aikman." β
Bo Jia said: "Of course, I will leave next summer, and I will fully support him during this time." But Dean, I'm going to be very uncomfortable with you leaving. β
Pasteur said: "We will have a date later. I will go back to Paris to visit my family, and you can also take the time to visit me in North Korea. Isn't it? β
"Of course," said Bo Jia, "I will write to you, and you will always recognize me as a student." β
Pasteur said: "You will be a medical scientist in the annals of history, remember to leave me a chapter in your autobiography." I've thought of the name of the chapter, it's called: My mentor Pasteur. β
Bo and Pasteur laughed together.
After dinner, Bo Jia still found the third master. The third master was blocked at the door of the dormitory by Bo Jia, and he was embarrassed to resist strongly, so he invited Bo Jia into the house to sit.
"I want to clarify with you. According to the chivalry of the European aristocracy, my challenge to you should be just and bright. Bo said.
The third master took a breath and said, "I'm sorry for you, I don't understand what you mean." The third master deliberately shook the Beijing accent and said.
Bo Jia, who appeared as a victor, was full of confidence, and he said: "I, like you, like Meiyu very much. β
The third master was a little angry: "You are not qualified to tell me this, Meiyu is my person." Even if she leaves with you, she's still mine. It was before, and it will be. I'm going to France to see her, and when she graduates, I'll marry her back to Beijing. β
"Good idea," he said. If you are so confident, why don't you marry now? β
The words that hit the nail on the head made the third master angry. He scolded Uncle Jia in his heart, and he also wanted to blurt it out, but he still held back.
Seeing that the third master had nothing to say, Uncle Jia didn't want to force people too much. He wasn't here to quarrel in the first place.
Bo Jia said: "I just came to explain to you why I recommended Meiyu to study. She is indeed malleable. I don't deny my love for her. But I'm a gentleman, and everything depends on her own will. If, in the future, she decides to accept me, I hope you can understand. β
The third master breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can really do it, and say the dirty things so openly." β
"What do you mean by filthy?" Bo Jia really didn't understand.
The third master sneered and said, "You have to bring your own translator to talk to you foreigners, but you are of bad quality, impure in thought, and narrow-minded." β
Bo Jia also sneered: "If I am dirty to Meiyu, then what are you to Meiyu?" β
The third master closed his mouth.
Bo Jia continued: "Third master, you still have enough time, before next summer, you marry Meiyu, and I will go to France alone." With that, Bo Jia turned and left.
The third master was not capable of properly resolving the matter before the summer, and he didn't know who to blame, so he stayed alone in his long thoughts. The north wind was whistling outside the window, the third master couldn't sleep, he was hot, he couldn't understand how things could have developed into this uncultivated land, so he put on his coat and walked into the wind outside the house, sober and sober.
After going around the yard twice, the heat on my body dried up, and I began to feel the coolness, thinking that I was circling around here like a family dog guarding the yard. He smiled wryly a few times and walked to the dormitory. Raising his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the Rose Mountain in the distance, and he remembered that Andre had repeatedly expanded the Rose Mountain, so he wandered over to take a good look. Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, but you can see the outline clearly.
The third master stood in front of the Rose Mountain for a long time, looking left and right, thinking that this was just a pile of raised stones. It is not difficult to say that the expansion will be completed in a few days. Why didn't Dean Pasteur go along with AndrΓ©'s wishes? Just thinking about it, the guy from Swallow Lake, who was patrolling at night, came over with a lantern.
"Who?" The guy asked.
"I, the third child of the Lin family." The third master said.
The guy hurriedly stepped forward and nodded in greeting: "Yo, third master, you haven't slept so late?" β
The third master said: "I can't sleep, it's hot, come out and cool down." β
The man smiled and said, "You are really young and strong, and how cool it is at night." However, the black light is blinding, what do you do when you look at this stone mountain? β
The third master asked: "You are the old man here, let me ask you, what is this stone mountain for?" β
The Yanzihu guy said: "Foreigners like to sing and read poems here, and there is a lively place for the New Year's Festival." β
The third master said: "I think this stone mountain is not small, why do you need to expand it." β
The Swallow Lake guy said, "Oh, I don't know about that. Andrei likes to build a lot of buildings, and he may also be idle. He doesn't go to the clinic on weekdays, so he studies the autopsy by himself. Maybe you just want to find something to do and pass the time. β
The third master laughed: "I guess the dean thinks so too, otherwise he won't agree to live or die." β
The Yanzihu guy said, "Come on, third master, how cold it is." I'll shine a light on you, so hurry back. β
The third master followed the Yanzihu guys back, and asked as he walked, "When will they all come over to sing?" β
The guy said, "It's the fifteenth day of the new year, hey, I haven't noticed it either." I'm just doing a lot of miscellaneous things, and I'll do whatever the dean tells me to do. You say no. β
The third master said without a match: "Listen to the accent, are you a local?" β
The guy said: "I can't compare with you, you are a rich and noble family in Dashilar, and I farmed the land in the Swallow Lake of the Ming Tombs in Changping." A few years ago, I came to see a doctor, but I was admitted to Pasteur, and I didn't have money to pay for the consultation, so I stayed with the dean to do chores. β
"Swallow Lake" reminded the third master, and he remembered that the couple was in Swallow Lake. The third master inquired: "Then how long do you have to go home on weekdays?" β
The man said, "It will take a whole day for the carriage to wander around." β
The third master said, "That's really far enough." The third master was thinking about finding the couple.
The guy nodded vigorously: "No, the money for the carriage and horses is not old or young, I only go back once in half a year, and I will come back in two days." I'm also afraid that I'll be gone for a long time, so I'll find someone else here to take on this errand. This errand is good, the master is polite, and Dean Pasteur is really polite. For this comfort, I have to be here all the time, don't you say? β
The third master looked at him sideways and said, "The dean is really polite, I have to study hard at this." By the way, I'm just going to go to Swallow Lake, so I'm sorry you can show me the way in a few days. β
The guy laughed and said, "Well, then I'll rub your car." I took a leave of absence from the dean, and I really missed my wife and children. β
A few days later, the third master said hello to Meiyu, and then went to Swallow Lake with his fellow Yanzi Lake. The mountain road is rugged and tactful, not in one day, but in one day and one night. The third master, who was tired of traveling, said to the man: "No wonder you woke me up before dawn, it's really a whole day." β
The guy said, "The third master is affected," the guy said as he invited the third master to the small courtyard, "We have poor conditions here, and you will be settled." I asked my daughter-in-law to get something to eat. β
The third master hurriedly answered: "Where I am affected, you are affected." It's too late, don't alarm my sister-in-law, let's have breakfast together early tomorrow morning. I'll be in your utility room for one night. The third master pointed to the utility room at the door and said.
The guy smiled and said, "The third master has not experienced the cold of the countryside winter. You wait, I'll ask my daughter-in-law to clean up the back room. β
The third master didn't stop the guy, so he had to wait in the small courtyard. After a while, the man and his daughter-in-law greeted him and said, "Third master, please come in." It's a little warmer in the house. β
Even with a fire, it wasn't warm in the house. The children were already jumping on the ground, and the husband and wife dragged the third master to live on the kang, but the third master refused to live or die. After a stalemate for a long time, the Yanzihu guys let the children return to the kang and leave the floor to the third master. The third master curled up and laid out, trembling for a night.
Early the next morning, the man's daughter-in-law prepared hot millet porridge, pickles and wotou. The man's two children looked around the third master. Although the house is cold, the space is small, and there are many people, and everyone is crowded together, and it is lively and prosperous.
The third master took the hot porridge and thanked him repeatedly. The daughter-in-law rarely saw such a suave young man in the city, and showed an aunt-like smile and said, "This young master of a rich and noble family is really different." β
The third master drank porridge and ate the nest, and said, "There is sugar in your nest?" β
The guy said: "The third master didn't eat well or sleep well yesterday, where is there any sugar." β
The children shouted around the third master: "Third master, third master, we want to eat candy." β
The third master laughed: "Well, let's go buy candy later." β
The man said, "Go, go, don't fool around." So saying, he drove the child away.
The third master put down the dishes and chopsticks, leaned over and asked the guy: "I have to ask you for me, is your Yanzihu Village a new couple, a young couple." The men are tall, and the women are pretty too. β
"Is there one? What the hell? The Yanzihu guy turned his head and asked his daughter-in-law.
The man's daughter-in-law helped the third master fill another bowl of porridge and said: "At the entrance of the village, the grocery store, the candy seller, is a new couple, the man is tall, and the woman is beautiful!" β
When the children heard their mother say that they were selling sugar, they ran over and shouted for candy.
The third master got up and said, "Let's go, buy candy and cut it." β
The late autumn sun is warm and shining, and the people who shine on the ground can't open their eyes. After the third master approached, it happened that someone in the store came out and was about to open for business.
The third master said to the man, "Boss, buy candy." β
The boss raised his eyes and said, "Oops". He recognized the two children beside him, who were from the village, and quickly gave them candy and coaxed them to hurry home.
After the children jumped and left, the third master went to the back room with the boss.
The boss said, "Daughter-in-law, who do you see coming?" β
The proprietress walked out with a twist, saw the third master, and opened the long voice with a smile: "Oh, the third master!" β
The third master hurriedly gave the husband and wife a look, "Brother and sister-in-law, it's been okay lately." β
The proprietress said, "Okay." Get on your seats. I'm going to pour tea. β
The boss said: "The third master saved my life, I haven't thanked you properly." β
The third master said: "Big brother's words are out of sight. Let's be brothers. β
The proprietress came over with tea and said, "The third master cut his hand with scissors in order to help us get medicine." β
The third master shook his head and said, "I have no shame and enjoy leisure alone." Anyway, I haven't come to see you for half a year, so I shouldn't. β
The boss said, "I also want to ask, why are you here?" I'm afraid we'll be targeted again. β
The third master said: "Big brother, in the past six months, I have also walked around the city, and there is no movement. I came to you to inquire about Grandpa Li. Who was the one who harmed him? β
The boss interjected: "Third master, in fact, we don't understand. If it's a hostile person, then why haven't our own people come to us for a long time, the dragon head hasn't been found yet! If it's our own, it's weird. Is it possible that the chest of gold and silver will be extinguished? β
The third master asked: "Confirm that the gold and silver went to buy a warship?" β
The boss said: "Where can I confirm it, it won't matter to us if I hand it over to Grandpa Li." β
The third master sighed and said, "I can't see anything now." So what do you two plan to do in the future? β
The boss glanced at the proprietress and said, "The master left us enough silver." Swallow Lake is also good. Let's stay here for now. β
The third master said, "It's okay." I'm either in the Baiwangshan Medical Hall, or in the Dahoucang Medicinal Material Warehouse. You two can come to me at any time. β
Hearing the medical hall, the proprietress remembered Meiyu and asked, "How is Miss Meiyu?" β
"Well, it's okay, it's good." The third master said with a low face.
"What's the matter? Why is it that when you mention your sweetheart, you are depressed and quarrel? The proprietress saw that something was wrong and asked with concern.
The third master shook his head and said, "Alas! No more play. She was going to France to study abroad. β
When the boss and the proprietress heard the words "studying in France", they ignored the sadness on the third master's face, and said in unison: "Good thing!" β
The proprietress clapped her hands and smiled and said, "I just like that girl, beautiful, smart, capable, and nice." It's really God's favor, so that our daughter's family can be so promising. β
The boss gave the proprietress a look, and the proprietress turned her head to see that the third master's face was green there, and quickly pulled back her pocket: "Yo, the third master is reluctant, don't be afraid, then let's wait for her to come back from studying abroad." Besides, you haven't really taken her seriously, have you? β
The third master was anxious and said, "Sister-in-law, what do you think, I don't take her seriously?" I'm quite interested. β
The proprietress seemed to be upset about herself, and said, "Shangxin took it early." It's so inked. Sticky every day, and doesn't care about her reputation. You must have mistakenly thought you were taking her seriously, but it wasn't. I can't see it anyway. β
The third master got up and said, "It's because the family doesn't agree." β
The proprietress retorted: "Yes, the opinion of the family is the best shield." β
The third master said: "Hey, it's a mess, don't talk about it." After having lunch with my brother and sister-in-law, I went back to the city. β
The third master was in a hurry to return to the city, because the boss woke him up because of the boss's speculation about the perpetrator. He knew that he couldn't be careless, and even if he found the dragon's head right now, he couldn't act rashly. Today, a few of them got together, and if they didn't say well, they would be targeted. The third master knew that Yanzi Lake should not stay for a long time, so after lunch, he walked to the market and called a car. Before leaving, the third master left a lot of sugar for the children, and also told the Yanzihu guys that he was in a hurry to go home, and he would see him at the hospital.