Lao Luo's home is simple and not dilapidated, the courtyard wall is smooth and flat, obviously often repaired, there is a big osmanthus tree planted in a corner of the yard, just when the golden autumn flowers bloom, the courtyard is full of fragrance, there are two stumps under the tree, smooth and shiny, obviously someone often sits here and talks.

A big civet cat lay under the tree squinting and enjoying the spring sun, heard the movement and raised its head, but it was listless, seeing that there was nothing abnormal, it lay down again and continued to nap.

Not far away is an old well, the mouth of the well is as high as a thigh, obviously worried that someone will accidentally fall down, Lao Luo slowly shook the wheel, and soon a bucket of clear well water was lifted, he rolled up his sleeves to clean the mud on his hands and face.

Ma Du looked in the courtyard, went around the house again, and sniffed the emerald green osmanthus branches in the black porcelain vase on the table of the Eight Immortals, "Well, I didn't see that Lao Luo is such a rigid person, but it's quite interesting!" ”

Lao Zhu pointed to the very simple style of furnishings in the house with a dark face, "It's really hard for you to see these and say the word funny!" ”

Ma Du said: "The little brother thinks that poverty is not terrible, but poverty in his heart is terrible!" ”

Lao Zhu pointed at Ma Du and said: "I thought that the poor were not terrible in their hearts, but the rich were terrible in their hearts, and it was thanks to Mr. Luo teaching in your academy, but you could watch him live here, and his conscience was eaten by dogs." ”

This is unreasonable, Ma Du's salary to Lao Luo Kai is almost five times that of Lao Zhu Kai, if you want to say that you have no conscience, it is also your Lao Zhu who has no conscience, but Ma Du can only slander him.

Soon Luo Furen had already washed his hands and face and came to the house, and waved to Lao Zhu, "Wait a minute, nobleman, wait for me to change my clothes!" ”

Seeing Lao Zhu nodding, Luo Furen went to the inner room, and after a while, he changed into his usual clothes and came out, "Wait a minute, nobleman, I'll go boil some boiling water." ”

Lao Zhu waved his hand, "Sit down, let Han Cheng boil the tea!" ”

Luo Furen sat down at this time, "The family is simple, and the nobles have been wronged!" ”

Lao Zhu asked straight to the point: "How could Mr. Luo be so stuck!" ”

Ma Du was also very puzzled, not counting Lao Luo's salary in the academy, even Lao Zhu's salary was not low, renting a two-entry courtyard and hiring two servants, even if it was to raise another concubine, it was not a problem.

Unless Lao Luo has a gambling habit or a sick person at home, he can vaguely smell the faint smell of decoction in the house, and Ma Du thinks it may be the latter.

There was a light cough in the room, only to hear a woman's voice inside, "It's all the old body's useless body that has dragged down my master, making you laugh." The old body is suffering from qi disease, and it is inconvenient to see the guests so as not to infect you, and please forgive the old body for being rude. ”

Luo Furen explained: "In fact, it is not dragged down by the clumsy disease, in the early years, studying at home was only possible to complete the study thanks to the help of the villagers, and now being an official in Beijing will inevitably have to pay a few points." ”

Lao Zhu pretended to be angry and said: "Mr. Luo has difficulties, why don't you say it earlier!" ”

"Actually, it's quite comfortable to live here, and there is nothing inconvenient, the noble man has all the opportunities, how can I trouble you with such a trivial matter!"

Lao Zhu said to Ma Du: "Go and treat Mrs. Luo." ”

Luo Furen confessed to Lao Zhu, and then took Ma Du to the inner room. Mrs. Luo is a thin and small old lady, about fifty years old, more than ten years younger than Lao Luo, and she can be regarded as an old husband and young wife, no wonder she is so pitiful, she doesn't even let the old wife carry the black pot of the poor family, she has to take it on herself.

Mrs. Luo looked no different from ordinary people, only coughing lightly occasionally. At first, I heard her say that she was afraid of infecting the guests, Ma Du thought it was tuberculosis, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible, if it was tuberculosis, Lao Luo would have been infected a long time ago. After asking about the symptoms, Ma Du judged that the qi disease she said was asthma.

Mrs. Luo sighed and said: "The old body has had qi diseases since he was a child, but in recent years, the number of attacks has increased, and it is useless to find many famous doctors and eat countless decoctions. Later, I met a You Fang Langzhong who prescribed a prescription that was very good, but the medicinal materials were more valuable, and they had to be taken all year round, which dragged down my master. ”

Ma Du nodded and called Lao Luo out of the room, and Lao Luo immediately asked Ma Du: "Can the disease of the clumsy Jing be eradicated?" ”

"Can't!" Ma Du replied very simply, asthma is not a matter of congenital inheritance or physique, and Ma Du believes that he has no ability to change genes or physique.

Lao Zhu glared at him, "It's really useless, you can't even cure your qi disease!" ”

Luo Furen smiled and said: "You don't have to blame Lord Ma, the old man has seen a lot of famous doctors with his clumsy thorns, and none of them said that they can be eradicated!" ”

Ma Du said to Lao Zhu: "Don't worry, I didn't say that it can't be relieved, no medicine and no money!" ”

Luo Furen immediately came to his senses, "How to alleviate it?" ”

Ma Du stretched out his hand and pointed to the inside of the yard, "It's very simple, pull out the osmanthus tree outside, and kill the cat too!" ”

Obviously having congenital asthma, and daring to raise a cat to plant osmanthus trees at home, it is a miracle that this Mrs. Luo can live to be fifty years old.

It is not terrible for superstition to be mistaken for science, but it is sad for science to be misunderstood as superstition.

Lao Zhu said angrily: "You are a doctor to treat diseases, not to let you show the Luo family feng shui, how can you get older and more unreliable." ”

Luo Furen also said: "It doesn't matter if this osmanthus tree is uprooted, it's just that this civet cat has been clumsy for many years, and the old man relies on it to accompany him when he is not at home. ”

"You don't have to kill it, you can let it go, anyway, don't let it stay at home anymore!"

On the contrary, Mrs. Luo was very happy, and she was only heard saying inside: "If you can really slow down the old man's condition, you don't have to drag the old man down, just let this cat go." Well, in the future, the master will come back with a dog! ”

Madu: "......"

It was really a last resort, Ma Du still explained to Lao Zhu and Luo Furen with a bit of nonsense.

Luo Furen stroked his beard and said, "Are you saying that as long as the hairy beasts can't be raised, the clumsy Qi disease is aggravated because of raising cats?" He took a sudden breath, "Hearing you say that, it seems that after getting a cat, the number of seizures has increased." ”

Lao Zhu smiled and said to Luo Furen: "You can let your wife learn from him to raise some hairless livestock!" ”

Luo Furen was confused, "There are still hairless livestock?" ”

"Yes! Fish! Haha......"

When they heard this, they all laughed.

Han Cheng, who had been guarding outside, suddenly walked into the house and handed a secret letter to Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu opened the secret letter and walked to the corner of the room to look at it, and after reading it, he put the superstition into his sleeve, and beckoned to Ma Du: "Xuanzhong, come here!" ”

Ma Du thought that there was something important, so he immediately leaned over and said in a low voice: "What does the emperor command!" ”

"Turn your back!"

Ma Du suddenly had a bad premonition, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you don't want to kick my ass, right?" ”

Lao Zhu shook his head and said, "Don't kick, you have no jokes!" ”

"Oh, that's good!" Ma Du just twisted half of his body, only to see Lao Zhu wave his arm fiercely, and use his dragon claw hand to slap his ass hard.

There was a crisp snap, Ma Du only felt that half of his buttocks were numb, not much worse than the military stick that Chang Yuchun beats, he grinned and smoked cold air, "Didn't you say that you wouldn't beat people?" ”

"I just said I won't kick you!" Lao Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "My courtiers are all living in dilapidated thatched houses, but you want to build a house with glass for a hairless animal, and it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart if I don't beat you!" ”