Chapter 5: The Silver Returns
Zhou Heng raised his eyes, looked at the brocade-clothed man with a puzzled face, showed a far-fetched smile, shook his head and said:
"Yesterday, I watched the old man carry a sword into the temple, Zhou was a little scared, that is a self-preservation statement, this Brother Xue lives in Lingshan Village, and my family is a neighbor, yesterday I was attacked by gangsters and fell into the lake, it was Brother Xue who saved me."
The people in brocade looked at Zhou Heng up and down, yesterday was a helpless move, I didn't expect this person's medical skills to be good, seeing Zhou Heng explain so frankly, the vigilance in his heart was a little less.
"The old man's surname is Pang Mingxiao, just call the old man Xiaobo! I don't know who else is in Zhou Xiaolangzhong's family, whether they are all medical practitioners? ”
Zhou Heng guessed that this product would definitely ask this, after all, he looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, although he was very tall, his face was still a little immature, and he had already calculated in his heart.
sighed, showed a wry smile, and said:
"I suffered a head wound after the attack, and I forgot everything but my medical skills, even the name of the country and the town. I heard Brother Xue say that only one grandfather in my family died last month, and it took more than a month to get into trouble and burn down the fields in Lingshan Village, so I wanted to practice medicine as soon as possible and earn money to return to the people in the village, so I asked for the consultation fee so much last night. ”
Zhou Heng said very sincerely, after all, this Xiao Bo and that young man are not ordinary people at first glance, if you can know the reason if you ask, it is better to say it yourself.
The mixture of true and false will not arouse suspicion.
After all, I don't know if there is an identity card or a yellow book in this world, but each village and county will definitely have a statistical household registration, which is related to the tax on agricultural and military service, which is the national capital.
And amnesia is the best reason, as for the original owner's grandfather, it is estimated that it is also to hide his identity, otherwise he would not have found such a hidden mountain village to avoid trouble.
Pang Xiao raised his eyes to look at Zhou Heng, his honesty was a little unexpected, these words made his heart relax again, if Zhou Heng said that Boss Xue was his own subordinate, he would have to suspect this person's intentions.
Broken temple in the wilderness, how could a person with superb medical skills rest here so coincidentally?
The young man tugged at Pang Xiao's sleeve and said:
"Xiao Boxiu is going to ask again, this Zhou Xiaolang has good medical skills, but having this experience is also embarrassing, and when he goes to Qingping County to recuperate, he can rest assured that he will accompany him."
Pang Xiao clenched his fists and said respectfully.
"Yes."
As soon as the words fell, there was a shouting sound at the entrance of the temple.
"Phew!"
Pang Xiao hurriedly stepped out of the broken temple, and Zhou Heng also walked out.
As soon as I left the temple gate, I saw a coachman with a donkey cart parked in front of the door.
Behind the donkey cart, followed by Boss Xue supporting an old man, and a few middle-aged people dressed in coarse cloth, seeing Zhou Heng come out, the old man hurriedly walked a few steps forward, trembling to give a salute.
Zhou Heng was startled, looking at the old man's eyebrows and his crutches, not eighty but also seventy years old, it seemed a little too much to let him give himself a gift, so he hurriedly walked to the old man and held his arm.
"Old man, why is that?"
The old man smiled, looked at Zhou Heng, and patted his arm.
"It seems that it is indeed as Xue Tai said, you don't recognize the old man, you can still think of losing your memory and losing your silver is an honest person, you have your grandfather's demeanor, you take this."
As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of silver into Zhou Heng's hand, looking at the lost and recovered silver, Zhou Heng was a little entangled in his heart, isn't it...... You're welcome?
"I don't know what the old man is called?"
Boss Xue respectfully introduced: "This is the Xue family patriarch of Lingshan Village. ”
Zhou Heng hurriedly bowed to the ground, the crying child has milk to eat, his face is a fart, and he paid back half of the silver taels to you, what do you want?
It's a pit, saying that the house needs the remaining silver to be repaired, and there is nothing to say.
"Uncle Xue is polite, Zhou Heng was rescued by Brother Xue, and he knew what happened, and he was confused for a long time, causing trouble to the villagers, and Brother Zhang's house needs to be repaired, this silver ......"
The Xue family patriarch waved his sleeves and looked at the smile on Zhou Heng's face.
"Ten taels of silver is enough to make up for the shortfall of wheat, as for your eldest brother Zhang's house, the old man will find someone to help build it for him later. Yesterday, Xue Tai sent the lotus root you dug up, we ate it very delicious, and we can also take it out for money if you want to, which is a great favor to Lingshan Village, how can you take the silver tael again? ”
Zhou Heng realized that he thought that the lotus root tasted good.
Indeed, this thing grows by the lake, and it can be picked and exchanged for silver, and when the farm is not working, ordinary women and children can work, which can be regarded as bringing a foreign fortune to the village.
However, this kind of consumption is a bit bland, not conducive to sales, if it is improved, it can be sold several times the price of a delicious snack, and the recipe seems to be able to exchange for some silver taels.
Zhou Heng rolled his eyes, smiled at Boss Xue, and said:
"Brother Xue, I still bother you to carry the son in the temple to the car, and remember to wrap the quilt."
"Hug? Why? ”
Zhou Heng covered his mouth with his hand and said in a low voice: "That boy has an injury on his leg, and I cut the trouser leg of one leg when I was healing, so I ......"
This time, without waiting for Zhou Heng to finish speaking, Boss Xue nodded, turned around and entered the broken temple.
Zhou Heng took the hand of the Xue family patriarch and said in a low voice:
"Uncle Xue, if this lotus root is cooked and eaten like this, the taste is a little bland, and it is not conducive to selling, you can find someone to make several kinds of food, and the lotus root itself has a therapeutic effect, and it can be sold at a high price if you take it out, lest someone come over and dig with you just after you take it out for sale."
When the Xue family patriarch heard this, his eyes lit up instantly.
"That's great, but how?"
Zhou Heng was a little difficult for a while, cooking is not something that can be learned, this has to be taught by hand, and he is going to Qingping County, he doesn't want to go back here for the time being, how to arrange it?
Glancing at the donkey cart, Zhou Heng instantly laughed.
"Uncle Xue, why don't you find someone who knows how to cook and drive us, follow us to Qingping County, I will treat that son, teach him a few snacks, and then he will come back to teach everyone and go out to sell, what do you think?"
The patriarch of the Xue family turned around and looked at everyone, all of them shook their heads, revealing a look of embarrassment.
"My family cooks, but how can she drive?"
"So is my family."
"That's right!"
......
Just when a few people were arguing, Boss Xue was already wrapped in a quilt, and he came out of the broken temple with the boy in his arms, and he was not stupid, and he walked to the door knowing that he would turn sideways first, and then walked out to the donkey cart.
Pang Xiao had already jumped into the car, and the long sword was gone, so he stretched out his right hand to catch the boy and put him on the car.
The donkey cart in the village is not as luxurious, but it is also covered with a thick quilt, after all, the owner is still very careful to transport the injured.
Zhou Heng glanced at Pang Xiao, he didn't care about it yesterday, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that he hasn't stretched out his left hand.
Holding a sword, digging silver, and fetching water, all the movements were done with his right hand, could it be that his left arm was injured?
Zhou Heng blinked, if this was the case, wouldn't it be business again?
At this moment, the Xue family patriarch shouted at Elder Xue.
"Xue Tai, come here!"
Boss Xue hurriedly ran over and bent down to stand in front of the old man.
"Just now the Zhou family's Xiaolangjun said that this lotus root can be made into some special food for sale, I want to send someone to learn it, but these people are not good at cooking.
Since you were a child, you dragged Mingyu to grow up, and laundry and cooking are not a problem, so you can drive this noble son and Xiaolangjun of the Zhou family to Qingping County. In his spare time, he followed Xiao Langjun to learn, and then came back to teach everyone, just along the way to protect Xiao Langjun, after all, he was recovering from a serious illness, what do you think? ”
Boss Xue glanced sideways at Zhou Heng and paused slightly.
"The second brother in the family doesn't know how to cook, and he asks the patriarch to take care of it, and the kid will drive away."
"Okay, then be careful along the way."
Saying that he got out of the way, Boss Xue didn't talk nonsense, and he was about to pick his head by holding the reins of the donkey.
Zhou Heng suddenly remembered that his first aid kit was still hidden in the main hall, and he turned around and rushed back to the temple again.
Got behind the Buddha statue and opened the wheat straw in that hidden position, the box was still inside, Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the box was still there, how could he drop the box in a daze.
Pulling the strap on the box and pulling it out of the gap, Zhou Heng picked the spring lock and opened the box, which was really a subconscious action, after all, after the emergency doctor took over the spare parts, the first priority was to count.
At the moment when the box opened, Zhou Heng was stunned!
"What's going on?"