Seeing his true feelings, Lieutenant Pang was quite appreciative of his filial piety, and sighed with his palms: "Alas! Gao Tang's untimely death is ......, so what doubts does the gentleman have? ”

Du Wenhao sniffed and said: "I have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and I have saved some money by practicing medicine and frugality, and I want to find a place to buy a burrow to settle down, but I didn't expect that a few days ago, I met bandits on the road, and all the money was robbed, along with the Lingyi bag, fortunately, the shopkeeper Lin kindly invited me to be the master of concocted medicinal materials, and I also temporarily served as a doctor in the hall, so I had a place to live." ”

"Yes, sir, it's sympathetic. These thieves who robbed homes and houses, this official will definitely arrest them and bring them to justice! ”

Du Wenhao sighed: "Alas! So, ah......, sir, right now I'm like this, it's not good, it's under the fence! has no long things, and doesn't even have a simple thatched hut, so why talk about marrying a wife and starting a family? Even if I have the heart to marry Ling, I can't bear to let her suffer with me! ”

Lieutenant Pang suddenly realized, thinking that after making trouble for a long time, people were still a little ashamed of their daughter's good, and nodded again and again: "What Mr. said is very true!" So what is the gentleman going to do? ”

"I'm still young, just past the weak crown, I should make a career first."

"Of course, Mr.'s ambition is admirable, but the ancients said that 'starting a family and starting a business' is put in the first place, first having a family, and then starting a business. Therefore, Mr. should become a family before starting a business. Besides, if you want to create a famous hall and become a famous doctor, even if you have superb medical skills, I am afraid that you will have to stay up for ten years and eight years. The little girl is not young, and if she has to delay until her husband achieves a career, she is afraid of ......, alas! ”

"Even if you don't start a business, you have to have a family to start a family, I am now under the fence, I have no long things, and I have no foundation for starting a family."

"Hehe, money is easy to do, this time Mr. rescued Yu'er, I will give you one hundred taels of silver as a consultation fee, use this money to buy a small mansion, buy a few acres of thin land, plus you practice medicine to make money, this should be enough to support the family."

"No, no, my lord, I can't take it."

"Why?" Lieutenant Pang was stunned.

"According to the usual practice, sitting in the hall for consultation, each time five wen, each visit ten wen, the cost of medicine is calculated separately. If God opens his eyes and cures the second grandmother, this successive visit will not exceed 100 wen at most. How can I receive a hundred taels of silver? ”

"Hehe, Mr. is really a sincere person, however, I heard that the doctor practices medicine, there is no fixed rule for the consultation fee, according to the respective family wealth, the family is solid, several times dozens of times is not inappropriate, the average person, an old hen, a basket of eggs, or a bundle of firewood, offset the consultation fee, it is not impossible, as for the poor family, the benevolent doctor has always been not subject to the consultation fee, and even gave a decoction. I heard that Mr. also gave free medical treatment to a poor woman and child in the inn, which is admirable. My concubine Yu'er is the benefactor of my Pang family, and she is the meat of the old lady's heart, if Mr. really saved Yu'er's life, what does it matter if he gives a hundred taels of silver to the diagnosis gold? Why should the gentleman be pretentious? ”

Du Wenhao smiled faintly: "If it is someone else, don't say one hundred taels of consultation fees, he must be willing, and I will receive more than that, but, my lord, I can't ask for more of your consultation fees." ”

"Why is that?"

"It is the duty of a doctor to save lives and help the wounded, and what doctor has not encountered to save people's lives? For those who practice medicine, it is a normal thing to take it for granted, and if you ask for a lot of money, won't it become an opportunity to blackmail and take advantage of people's danger! Therefore, according to the usual practice, even if you save people's lives, you can generally send a consultation fee of three or four taels, and give a consultation fee of more than ten taels, which is already very rare, if the adult gives me a hundred taels of silver, this is probably an unheard of thing, but I am afraid that it will immediately become a hot topic of chatter in restaurants and tea shops on the streets. ”

"What's there, if they like to chew the root of their tongue, let them chew it!"

"That's not possible, now the old lady will let me be my wife has spread all over the city, people don't need to think about it to know, the adults are rewarding me heavily, obviously the adults are interested in helping me. My lord, what do you think, I want to rely on my father-in-law's funding to buy a house and land, marry a wife and have children, what is the difference between me and a son-in-law who is upside down? I won't be able to hold my head up in that life! I'm looked down upon, I'm afraid Ling Yan won't have a good life, right? ”

A son-in-law is to recruit a man into a woman's family as a son-in-law, which developed from the ancient service marriage. Because the son-in-law is contrary to the etiquette and religion of male superiority and inferiority, all dynasties have been discriminated against, and the Tang and Song dynasties despised the son-in-law, called "warts", which is despised by the world.

So these words made Lieutenant Pang also nod frequently: "Sir's concerns are reasonable." Or ......, how much more dowry will I dowry? - No, others will talk nonsense. What can I do about this ......? ”

Du Wenhao said: "This is still a trivial matter, mainly because Du doesn't know much about Ling Yan, and I don't know if it's suitable. Besides, Du has decided to start a business first and then start a family. I don't want my wife to suffer with me, and I don't want to be dragged down by my family and delay my career. ”

The smile on Lieutenant Pang's face disappeared, and he asked coldly, "How long does Mr. plan to make the little girl wait?" ”

"It's all fate!"

"What a phrase 'everything is fate'! - Sir, is this a polite refusal to marry? ”

"I don't dare, it's just that Du is still sending people under the fence, and he really doesn't dare to consider marrying a wife and starting a family, so as not to mislead others and himself."

Lieutenant Pang County stared at Du Wenhao deeply, and after a moment, he said slowly: "Mr. is neither arrogant nor humble, self-reliant and self-reliant, which is admirable." If that's the case, then let it be! With that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and strode out the door.

Du Wenhao looked at his back and disappeared, shook his head, waited for a while, and then slowly came to the front hall, and saw that Xue Fei'er was still talking to Lin Qingdai in the lobby, so he walked over.

When Xue Fei'er saw Du Wenhao, she greeted her and said with a smile: "Doctor Du, I'll go to your room to see the little dog, okay?" ”

"Okay!" Du Wenhao knew that what she wanted to see was actually the tiger cub that was brought back. took her back to the room, and sure enough, Xue Fei'er latched the door after entering the door, and asked urgently, "Where is the tiger cub?" Still alive? ”

"I don't know, maybe I'm still alive."

Du Wenhao walked quickly to the bed, lifted the quilt, and saw the tiger cub lying in the quilt, his eyes closed, curled up in a ball, trembling there.

Xue Fei'er looked pitiful, and wanted to reach out to hug it, but she didn't dare, so she poked Du Wenhao: "Hurry up and hold it to eat!" ”

"Do you still need to say it?" Du Wenhao carefully held the tiger cub in both hands, walked to the kennel, and put the tiger cub in the paparazzi.

The noticed something was wrong, turned around, and sniffed the tiger cub with her nose.

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Hurry up and calm it, let it smell that the tiger cub is not a paparazzi, and it will not feed the tiger cub!" ”

Xue Fei'er hurriedly squatted down and gently stroked the's head and neck with her hands, and the retracted her head and rested her chin on the edge of the wooden box, looking very enjoyed.

The tiger cub was lying in the paparazzi pile, its body full of golden patterns trembling like chaff, and its little head twisted around with its eyes closed, as if it smelled milk, but it couldn't find it*, and it was so anxious that it screamed, and it struggled to arch its little head into the paparazzi pile. And the little paparazzi, although they haven't opened their eyes yet, are brave and energetic, and seem to know that the tiger cubs are not their family, so they all scrape around, and kick the tiger cubs out in three or two strokes, and the poor baba is lying there trembling.

Xue Fei'er scolded: "You are so domineering! Stretched out his hand and grabbed a few puppies that had eaten round and put them beside him, vacated a piece of land, and said to Du Wenhao: "Quickly bring the tiger cubs over to feed!" Do you want to see it die? ”

Du Wenhao smiled and said in a low voice: "Hey, didn't you say that raising tigers is a problem?" Why are you more anxious than me at this time? ”

"Humph! They all came back, what are you talking about? Hurry up. ”

Du Wenhao grabbed the tiger cub with one hand and put it under one of the female dogs. The tiger cub arched a few times, its little mouth opened and fumbled around, and finally it stopped* and sucked greedily.

Du Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! As long as the tiger cub drinks the dog's milk and has the taste of the dog's milk, the dog will not refuse to feed it in the future. ”

"yes? That's good! However, when this tiger cub grows up, will it bite these puppies? ”

"No, they all grew up eating the milk of a mother, and they can be regarded as siblings, how can they fight in the nest. Besides, the tiger cub was sent back to the mountain at about the same time. ”

"Well, that's right."

Xue Fei'er stroked the dog's head, and the dog didn't care about the tiger cub that was sucking fiercely, just lying there napping. The two watched the little tiger cub milk with interest, Xue Fei'er tried to take the paparazzi back one by one to feed, and at this time the tiger cub drank milk, had strength, and held on to it, and the paparazzi couldn't cut it, and after a while, they slowly got used to this new food fighter.

After a while, the little tiger cub was full of food, curled up in the puppy pile and fell asleep, and Xue Fei'er left with peace of mind.