Chapter 23: Gratitude and Visitation
This time it was not a person on the door panel, but an adult colorful tiger, but the tiger had already been killed, and I saw that the man saw Mr. Li's master and apprentice, and then bowed his head and said: "Two graces, after the two of you saved your son last time, the child is now fully recovered, and he is alive and kicking all day long, just like other children." Thank you, little one, for saving the child's life, my family is still in a single line. After we took the child back, we learned that the child's grandfather and mother were ready to hang themselves, and if the child couldn't survive to come back, the remaining two people would go to hang, and you two not only saved the villain's son, but also saved the villain's whole family. The villain has nothing of value, your two great kindness villain can not be repaid, these days led a few brothers have been wandering around the Qinling Mountains for more than a month, fortunately last night only met a tiger, a few of us killed it, now quickly carried over to the old gentleman you send a tiger skin, this tiger meat and tiger bones also for your two gentlemen to try."
Xiao Zheng was a little stunned when he heard this man's words, he cured others in his previous life, some patients kowtowed with gratitude, some sent things, some sent money, and some sent pennants and plaques, but after this cure, it was the first time to send the tiger over! Thinking that these men even gave up their lives in order to repay their kindness, my heart was also very moved.
Li Wenbo approached and looked at the dead tiger, then at the man kneeling on the ground, raised his foot with an angry face and wanted to kick the man a few times, but after thinking about it, he put his foot down again. I saw the gentleman scolding angrily at this man: "You fool, the old man is a doctor, it is natural to save people and cure diseases, and it is also his blessing that your baby's illness can be cured, and it is also his fate. The man smiled at the master and said: "Engong, the villain and a few brothers will also have a little fist and foot kung fu, and the ordinary beast brothers can also deal with it, you don't have to worry about this aspect", after speaking, he was a little embarrassed and continued: "It's just that when killing the tiger, two arrows missed and shot at the tiger's body, and when the tiger skin was picked, a few holes were broken, sir, don't dislike it."
The gentleman pointed at the man again and said to him, "You stand up and take off your shirt." The man hesitated for a moment, but took off his shirt under the majesty of the old gentleman, and saw three scratches on the man's chest. Although the scratch is not very deep, it is oozing blood outward, and at first glance, it looks like it was injured when killing the tiger. Let Jin'er go to the room and take out the medicine bag, and while rebandaging the man, he said to the remaining men: "You fools, this tiger is going to fight for your life, if there is a mistake, how can the old man settle down, wouldn't it make the old man feel ......guilty."
A few men raised their heads and the tiger entered the yard, and the people in the small village of Shenhe Bay were all sensational, everyone flocked into the yard and pointed to the tiger to look east and west, and the small yard was crowded, and the babies couldn't read the books and put down the books to come over to see, and some of the bold ones touched one or two on the tiger. Everyone gave a thumbs up to these men, and when these men saw so many people praising them, they all had very high chests and a look of smugness on their faces. Mr. saw that these men also sent the tiger, and there was no way not to accept it, so he let people find a vacant land on the riverside tidal flat to build a wooden shelf, the strength of the people is great, about half an hour after touching the tiger's skin peeled down and nailed to the wall to dry, and so the cold weather to Mr. to make a tiger skin mattress, the tiger bones are kept for medicine, Mr. Tiger meat did not want, Mr. himself left a few pieces to the elders in the village and a few familiar village old men, the rest of the meat let a few men take home, everyone saw that the tiger has been slaughtered, After enough eye addiction, they all chatted and went home one by one.
The next day, just in time for the first master Xiu Mu, Mr. said to Jin'er: "Go and prepare some gifts, apprentice and your mother, Jin'er, the four of us go to Li Zhuang, that man is so affectionate, in order to repay the kindness, he did not hesitate to send such a valuable thing to us, at first glance is a person of affection, we can't despise others, it just so happens that this village is not far from us, let's go over and have a look." You two haven't been out for a long time with Jin'er, so let's go out for a walk." Jin'er responded and then went back to the house to pack the gifts, and after a while, he took two pieces of cloth and a few catties of jerky, filled a bag full of rice, and the four of them walked out of the village and walked towards Li Zhuang in the east, Jin'er may have deliberately embarrassed Xiao Zheng, a pocket that can hold twenty or thirty catties of rice stuffed with rice for Xiao Zheng to carry, as the saying goes, there is no light burden for a thousand miles, the three people in front of them walked, Xiao Zheng carried a bag of rice and walked with a sore back and sweaty, and saw Jin'er smiling slyly at himself but also willingly.
The four of them walked three miles, to the entrance of the village of Li Zhuang, there are 200 families in the village, but it is far from the wealth of the small village of Shenhe Bay, many yards are made of branches sandwiched together to make a fence, a few old people in the village sit on the street and bask in the sun and chat, there are two old men who have been seen by Mr. recognized the gentleman who entered the village, and quickly got up to say hello, after chatting a few words, Mr. said goodbye and walked to a thatched hut in the east of the village. If you are cautious, you will be few. If you see more and die, if you are cautious, you will regret it. Words are scarce, deeds are regretful, and Lu is in it. The four of them did not enter the door across the courtyard, Mr. put his hands together and closed his eyes and smiled and listened to the sound of Lou Shide reading, Xiao Zheng also stood silently behind Mr., the sound of reading passed through the yellowed autumn leaves on the branches, a gust of autumn wind blew, the leaves fluttered in the air, and the sound of books spread far away.
In the sound of reading, I saw a woman about thirty years old coming out of the room, with a blue curly kerchief tied on her head, dressed in a white-washed homespun dress, facing the sky, and her hair neatly combed. The woman took a sewing basket in her hand, and wanted to go to the stone pier under the tree in the courtyard to sew clothes, when he saw the four masters and apprentices outside the fence wall, he happily put down the needlework in his hand, walked out of the courtyard and welcomed the four people in, Lou Shide heard his mother's cry, and also came out of the house to see the joy on the faces of the husband's family. The gentleman was not polite and sat directly on the stone pier, and asked Lou's mother: "This time is that you have been fine for most of the year?" Lou's mother said to Mr. gratefully: "The poor woman thank you Mr. for your concern, you can get by, in ordinary days, you can weave cloth and sell it in the city for copper money, and when you are not busy, it is to sew and mend, but fortunately, there is a distant relative in Zhuangzi who takes care of our mother and son from time to time, although the life is harder, but life is still passable, but this baby is tired of studying." Mr. said: "It's okay, today we are visiting the flooded baby's house, by the way, take a look at your mother and son, last time they sent a tiger skin to the old man, the old man couldn't get past it, and wanted to go to his house to repay the affection."
After Lou Shi saw Xiao Zheng, his face showed a grateful look and said to Xiao Zheng: "Thank you Mr. Xiao Xiao for enlightening my son, the child who has been wronged over the years, during this time, he often mentions you to me every time he comes back from school, don't look at this child's low background, but he has a high spirit, he still doesn't care about ordinary people, he is still the first time to go home and mention his classmates in the past few years, the little woman is grateful to you, and you are bothered to teach this baby well for Mr., the little woman is grateful!" As he spoke, his eyes were a little red, and Xiao Zheng was a little embarrassed, and he didn't dare to say to Lou Mulian.
Xiao's mother was a little sad when she saw Lou's mother, so she took her hand and said: "Their baby's affairs, let them solve it, we as mothers should take care of our health, and wait for the babies to work hard, and we will enjoy their blessings in the future." I asked my sister where the baby who was flooded last time lived. Lou's mother heard Xiao's mother ask like this and said: "Sister, I have forgotten a little bit if you don't talk about this, his house is not far from our house, and it is two streets to the northeast of the door, and the northeast of the village is it." ”