Chapter Seven: Lin Zhi Tang (II)

Zhang Huan's master is called Lin Delong, he has a wide purple face, leopard eyes and lion nose, a large beard, he is burly, walks vigorously like flying, and acts neatly, if it were not for the reputation of Lin Shenyi, people who saw him for the first time would definitely think that he was a general in the army, in fact, he was originally a military doctor, fifteen years ago his army was defeated by the Hui Jing cavalry, he broke away from the army, moved his family to Taiyuan, and created the well-known brand of Linzhitang.

He and Zhang Huan got acquainted with the rout of the capital on the road, it was a period of unbearable years, the Hui cavalry from the southeast of the river, crossed the Yellow River in Lingbao, and then defeated the Tang army, broke through the Tong Pass, Guanzhong panicked, the new emperor who had just ascended the throne fled to Hanzhong first, nearly a million people of Beijing flocked out of the city, running west without a goal, when Lin Delong rushed back to the capital, Hu Bing had been killed from behind, he found a pair of noble mother and son on the side of the road, the child was shot through the shoulder blade by a stray arrow, and the mother lay on him and cried bitterly, And their guards were desperately resisting the frantic attack of a group of Hui cavalry, and most of them were killed and wounded, and the situation was critical.

Lin Delong killed the Hui cavalry, saved their mother and son, they claimed to be the Taiyuan Zhang family, because of the fall of Taiyuan and fled to Chang'an, although Lin Delong saved the child's life, but he was too seriously injured, Lin Delong took them to their hometown - Jiannan Shu County, by their father slowly adjusted the child's internal injuries, after the chaos, Lin Delong escorted their mother and son to Taiyuan, in order to treat the child's internal injuries for a long time, their Lin family also simply moved to Taiyuan, naturally, he became the child's master.

And this child is Zhang Huan.

At this moment, Lin Delong just finished a diagnosis and treatment, wiped the desk with a clean rag, from morning to now he has seen more than 20 patients, really a little tired, it is nearly noon, the sun outside the store is dazzling, he suddenly saw a familiar figure appear at the door, then nodded, turned back to the medicine boy and said: "Say sorry to the next patient, please wait for me for a quarter of an hour." ”

The person who came was Zhang Huan, Lin Pingping didn't dare to see his father, he had slipped home from the back door first, and he had to come to see the master alone.

The door of Linzhitang is narrow, but the inside is very spacious, the air is filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, a long screen divides the lobby into two halves, on the left is a semicircular counter, the counter is installed with a row of wooden fences, there are more than a dozen rows of tall medicine cabinets in the counter, straight roof beams, the medicine cabinets are covered with dense small medicine drawers, and several medicine children are standing on the ladder to take medicine according to the prescription.

"Next!" The black and chubby shopkeeper called, and immediately walked up an old man, tremblingly handed the prescription into the wooden fence, the shopkeeper saw at a glance that it was a red prescription, and the originally bright smiling face immediately became cloudy, "It's another free!" ”

He muttered in a low voice, and impatiently stuffed the prescription to a medicine boy, ordering him to grab the medicine, but he said to himself hatefully: "Half of it is free today, if it goes on like this, everyone will drink the northwest wind!" ”

"Second Uncle Lin, are you worried about money again?" Zhang Huan saw that his face was full of sorrow, so he arched his hand to him and smiled: "I heard that saving ten lives can get a treasury of gold in the underworld, although Second Uncle Lin has no money now, when he arrives in the underworld, it is a mountain of gold and silver, but he is worried about too much money." ”

The shopkeeper of the medicine cabinet is Lin Pingping's second uncle, named Lin Deli, so the name suggests, everything is based on profit, the eldest brother Lin Delong only sees a doctor and does not care about things, and the third brother Lin Deqi is idle, so he is responsible for the actual operation of Lin Zhitang.

Although Linzhitang is famous far and wide, there is a long queue in front of the door every day, but it is a loss-making business, and the poor people are basically free of charge for diagnosis and treatment, and the really poor people even give free medicine, thanks to the Zhang family who exempted their rent, they barely maintained Linzhitang not to close the door and close down.

When Lin Deli saw Zhang Huan coming, he immediately smiled, he hurriedly pulled Zhang Huan aside, and begged softly: "Eighteen Lang, I have something to ask you for help." ”

Zhang Huan was taken aback, "Second Uncle Lin, look at what you said, what do you mean by begging me?" If you have something, tell it. ”

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, that's why I beg you." Lin Deli laughed dryly, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he whispered: "I have a friend who has a vacant single courtyard in Qianyunfang and intends to sell it, so he is close to your Zhang Mansion and wants to ask you if you want Zhang Mansion, and he will not charge a penny." ”

'Don't take a penny! Lin Deli bit these four words very hard, he secretly looked at Zhang Huan's face, but Zhang Huan smiled and did not speak, waiting for his follow-up words.

Seeing that he was silent, Lin Deli had to continue in a hurry: "Of course, this friend of mine has a small condition, he is in the grain business in Nanshi, and the throughput is too large, so he wants to build a warehouse on the vacant land on the side of the river in the city, and pay according to the market price, I hope your Zhang family can give priority to him." ”

Zhang Huan sneered slightly, "Second Uncle Lin is talking about the proprietor Qiu of the rich rice shop!" The vacant land on the side of the river in the city is at least 20 acres, how many people are red-eyed, and he can get that piece of land by giving him an old house to the Zhang family, and his wishful thinking is very good! ”

Lin Deli blushed and said, "If the virtuous nephew refuses, forget it." ”

Of course, Lin Deli never does anything unprofitable, if he can do this, he can get at least 200 commissions, 200 yuan! In Shu County, you can buy dozens of acres of farmland.

Zhang Huan saw the disappointment on his face, so he patted the back of his hand and said apologetically: "It's not that I don't want to, Second Uncle Lin also knows that although I am a member of the Zhang family, my words are useless, and I really can't help." ”

"Might as well be! Might as well! Seeing that he agreed, Lin Deli suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly said: "Yesterday afternoon, the head of your Zhang family actually came to visit my eldest brother, just for you, it can be seen that he values you very much, you go to ask the head of the family, and the matter is decided." ”

"The head of the house came to visit the master?"

Zhang Huan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, no wonder as soon as he mentioned the matter of the Lin family's land this morning, the head of the family did not hesitate to make a conclusion, it turned out that he had already come yesterday afternoon.

"Second Uncle Lin, don't worry, I will definitely help, but I have to find an opportunity in this matter, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it right away."

Lindley was overjoyed, his hand shook like a fan, "No hurry! No hurry! As long as it is done before your head returns to Beijing. ”

At this time, a little medicine boy ran over, pulled Zhang Huan's shirt and said, "Eighteen Lang, the big proprietor has been waiting for you for a long time, and he will be angry if you don't go again." ”

Zhang Huan raised his eyes to look at the other side of the store, only to see the master frowning and looking at him, he hurriedly arched his hand to Lin Deli, "Second Uncle Lin, then I'll go first!" ”

"There you go! You go! Lin Deli couldn't close his mouth with a smile, he thought that Huang Cancan's two hundred yuan was going into his pocket, and before he knew it, his eyes had become square.

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Zhang Huan walked quickly to the master and bowed respectfully, "Master, are you looking for me?" ”

"Originally, I came to you today to ask about your current situation, it was just a trivial matter, but yesterday your uncle came, and it became a big deal for me to find you."

With that, Lindron let out a long sigh and beckoned to him, "Come with me!" ”

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"What! The master wants to leave Taiyuan and return to Shu? Rao is Zhang Huan calm, but still stunned by the news, for more than ten years, he has seen his father very little, but the master has taught him carefully, unconsciously he has regarded the master as a father, never thought that one day he would be separated from them.

Zhang Huan was born in a famous family, he has been fighting with his internal injuries for more than ten years, every day he thinks about how to challenge the limits of his physical fitness, after passing the weak crown ceremony, his body gradually recovered, and became stronger and stronger, coupled with the fact that he has studied and understood things since he was a child, he also has the same pursuit of the future as other children of the Zhang family, and then enters the Qing to worship the prime minister for one of his parents, and realizes the political ambition of 'being poor and helping the world'.

But he is a concubine, because of his mother's sake, he has no status in the family, since he was a child, he was everywhere by people, when he was a teenager, he talked to the people in the school about the ambition of the world, but he was ridiculed by everyone, in this era of paying attention to the status of birth, a concubine said words that did not match his identity, either ignorant or did not understand self-love, but only his master encouraged him from time to time, and the man did not do great things in vain to come to the world, so that he was full of confidence in himself, but now the master is leaving.

"Master, what the hell is going on?"

Zhang Huan has calmed down, and the master suddenly proposed to leave, which is very likely related to the head of the family who came yesterday, and the matter will not be so simple, and he will not guess at will.

"Go sick, do you know why I moved to Taiyuan? Although it is said to treat you as a patient, it is not actually so. Lin Delong walked slowly to the window, his eyes were full of memories of the past, and he said slowly: "I came to Taiyuan incognito to avoid trouble." ”

He glanced back at Zhang Huan, and smiled helplessly: "Your uncle is my old colleague, although my face has changed greatly, I can see that he is still suspicious, it's just that!" Don't talk about the past. ”

Zhang Huan looked at the master silently and was silent.