The scalper heard that his old man had an emergency, and he could still eat, so he followed Kong Yun in a panic and grabbed it, but the senior brother Gongsun Zheng ate the rice in the bowl in a hurry, and then turned back to his residence and took out a few small porcelain bottles from the poster bag and went to the old man's room.

At this time, Huang Laoqi was lying on the bed with a painful face, but Erniang and the scalper were so anxious that there was nothing to do in front of the bed, and Gongsun Zheng saw the scalper as soon as he entered the door, and hurriedly said: "Senior brother is here." ”

"It's coming!" Gongsun Zheng stepped forward to take a look at the old man, saw the empty medicine bowl in front of the bed, sniffed again, and sniffed: "What did the doctor say?" ”

The scalper hurriedly said: "There is no doubt that it is an intestinal carbuncle, and I have used a decoction, but my father is in a terrible pain...... Can my brother give my father two stitches? ”

Gongsun Zheng shook his head and said: "The disease of intestinal carbuncle and diseased organs, although it is possible to apply needles to make Uncle Shi fall asleep and forget the pain, but it is still necessary to see Uncle Shi's reaction after taking the decoction, but it is easy to apply needles." ”

Saying that, Gongsun Zheng picked up the empty bowl and sniffed it carefully, tasted a little residual medicinal liquid, and then nodded and said to Yao Erniang: "This Seven Sages soup is also symptomatic, wait for the little nephew to see." ”

After listening to Gongsun Zheng's words, Erniang hurriedly brought a stool and put it in front of the bed, Gongsun Zheng first carefully checked the pulse of the old man, and then looked at the old man's complexion, and finally took off the old man's shirt and pressed his abdomen, and then said: "Fortunately, although it is an emergency, it is not serious, and the needle stone can be solved." ”

After speaking, he took out the silver needle, and was about to prick the needle for the old man, but the scalper looked at it and said strangely: "Senior brother, your needle is not sterilized?" ”

Gongsun was stunned for a moment while holding the needle, and asked rhetorically: "Disinfection?" What poison to eliminate? ”

After speaking, he glanced at the silver needle in his hand, and saw that the needle body was bright, and it was not black and dark, but the scalper was busy asking Fushou to light a lamp, and after thinking about it, he said: "My master said that silver needles need to be disinfected by fire, and said that silver needles can only detect the poison of arsenic." ”

Gongsun Zheng smiled and said: "I just stabbed my junior brother, but I was poisoned?" That's it! ”

After speaking, the silver needle was roasted, and it was pricked on the old man's body, and soon the old man seemed to have reduced the pain, and soon he hummed and fell asleep.

Yao Erniang abnormally didn't talk about the old man, and after everyone dispersed, she first thanked Gongsun Zheng, and then said to the scalper: "My son, now your father is in an emergency, but the repair of the old store still needs to be watched, you go to the store to guard, and your father will go when your mother cleans up." ”

The scalper agreed, thanked his senior brother, and ran out quickly, but he quickly turned back, went back to the house, and got a ten-yuan ticket before going out.

Out of the house, the plan in the heart of the scalper turned fast, the old man had an emergency, it was not good to say that it was not good, so he immediately went to his uncle's money shop to redeem the flying money, and the ten flying money was exchanged for seven taels of broken silver and a few hundred copper coins. It's not that the money shop dares to cheat him, but the ten flying money tickets can only be exchanged for so much, and if the flying money ticket with ten taels of silver written on it can be exchanged for ten taels of pure silver.

I loaded the money with the blanket sent by the money shop, and went to a foot shop on the main street that was familiar with the old Huang family to order food and drink, and then hurriedly ran to the old store, only to see that my old shop had not stopped working due to the old man's illness, and several invited craftsmen were busy making tables and chairs in the north room, and two bricklayers who looked like father and son were picking new tiles on the edge of the south house.

The scalper looked left and right, but did not see a little beggar around, so he walked into the shop quickly, and an old carpenter with a beard saw it, and asked, "Little cow, how is your old man?" ”

The scalper replied with a smile: "I'm tired of Uncle Chen's worries, my father has already taken the decoction prescribed by Dr. Zhou, and I have to get the needle from my senior brother, and I have already improved a lot." ”

"Good!" Uncle Chen nodded, and then buried himself in the work, but the scalper gave a few craftsmen and said: "Uncle and uncle, my father asked people to prepare some wine and food as a thank you, now I look at the time I'm afraid it's coming, please pick it up and use it." ”

The craftsmen laughed when they heard it, and some people said: "It's still Huang Lao'er who is kind, even if he is sick, he still remembers us, look at this Huangzhou city, which owner still entertains lunch?" Little cow, you want to help us, thank you for your old man. ”

The scalper replied with a smile: "Yes!" My old store also owes a lot of help to my uncles, and my father often tells me that without my uncles all these years, my old Huang family is long gone. ”

"Hmmm! The baby is sensible, and the old man is blessed! Several craftsmen praised in their mouths, but they kept in their hands, but Uncle Chen said: "It's easy to say!" Niu Er went to say goodbye to the Feng family brother and his father! ”

Immediately the oxen went out and told the father and son who were picking tiles, and then came back to look at the pot and stove, and saw that there was not much tea left in the pot, so they made a fire and boiled some of it.

When I was busy, the ordered wine and food were also delivered, but it was a formal table of eight large bowls and eight small bowls with two jars of clay roast, and there were two tables. The craftsmen on the side were surprised when they saw it, and a young lacquer craftsman came to Uncle Chen's side and whispered, "Dad, I'm afraid this banquet will require consistent money, right?" ”

Third Uncle Chen shook his head and said, "More than that, this muddy water and soil will cost 200 wen to burn an altar!" ”

After the scalper sent the little girl who delivered the wine and food away, he turned around and said, "Uncles, let's eat and drink at the table!" ”

Third Uncle Chen was not polite, so he became the chief, and when the craftsmen all sat down, he said: "There are only eight people waiting for me, but there are two seats, but there are still people coming." ”

When the scalper heard this, he turned his head to look out, and then smiled: "It's some people, I am calculating to come, and I don't know if they will come." I don't have to wait, I'll sift the wine and eat it for my uncles. ”

Saying that the scalper took the initiative to take the wine utensils and opened a jar of soil burning, a bowl of wine for the craftsmen to sift wine, Uncle Chen San also smiled and introduced the scalper, this time to help the old shop repair his Chen San and son Chen Gouer, as well as carpenter Liu Neng, Wang Si'er, Xiong Qi and lacquer craftsman He Er, as well as mason Feng Shan and son Feng Jiulang, the scalper served the wine and thanked, but attracted everyone's praise.

The scalper, who didn't eat much for breakfast, was hungry himself, and although his hands still hurt now, he didn't shake anymore, so he followed everyone to eat.

Although there is a banquet with wine, the craftsmen also know how to measure themselves, and after a few sips of wine, they will eat a table of dishes cleanly.

Nowadays, the craftsmen work for the owner, and they have always only managed two full meals in the morning and evening, and it is already a good owner to give a few pieces of meat to taste.

After eating, the craftsmen did not rest, turned around and started to work again, and the scalper took away the leftover table by himself, and put the untouched table of wine and food into the pot in the stove, and borrowed the stove to warm it.