Zuo Shaoyang saw his admiration, and was happy with him, and hurriedly said: "Dad, otherwise, we will buy her firewood, and we can help her, she has been waiting here for more than an hour, and she hasn't sold it." It's freezing on this day. ”

Zuo Gui glanced at the firewood and said, "Such a large handful of firewood, we bought it back, in case we understand that we can't continue to rent a house, where do we want so much firewood?" ”

"Daddy! We can't rent her Zhao Sanniang's house, can't we rent another house? Even if we can't open Guizhi Hall, we have to live the day as a bell doctor, and if we want to pass the day, this firewood is indispensable. We don't have much firewood at home, so we have to buy it in the morning and evening. Besides, they saved me, when I fell and died on the rocks in the middle of the mountain, and my sister couldn't climb the cliff, so I was so anxious that I cried. If it weren't for her, maybe I would have froze to death on it, or I would have struggled to turn over in a dazed state and fell to my death. Speaking of which, it's still my savior! Just help her buy a handful of firewood, and don't give her money for nothing, people have backbone, and they won't ask for our money. Buying her firewood can't be considered a help, at most two pennies. ”

Zuo Gui nodded frequently: "Well, it makes sense." So ......, how much does it cost? ”

"I didn't ask, but her firewood is the most here, and everyone else's is eight yuan, I think she has more firewood than others, at least nine yuan."

"That's good." Zuo Gui took out his money bag and counted nine coins. "Well, let her pick a family."

"Okay!" Zuo Shaoyang put the money in his hand, "Thank you, Dad!" ”

"What are you thanking me for?"

"I'll thank you for helping!"

"Thank you!"

Zuo Shaoyang didn't care about it anymore, and ran to Miao Peilan with the money: "Miss Peilan, how much is your firewood?" ”

Miao Peilan looked at him a little strangely: "Bawen." ”

"So a big one? Yours has more than others, Jiuwen is good, oh, my father let me buy it, help me pick a home, I really can't pick such a big one. With that, Zuo Shaoyang handed over the nine coins in his hand.

Miao Peilan smiled gratefully, took the copper coin, counted it, took out a piece and handed it to Zuo Shaoyang.

"What for?" Zuo Shaoyang pushed the money back, "I said nine dollars." ”

Miao Peilan grabbed his hand and slapped the money in his palm. Dig under the firewood pick, pick up the firewood, look at him, and wait for him to lead the way.

Zuo Shaoyang knew that this girl was very stubborn, and she didn't want to pay her last time, and it could be seen that she was not a person who liked to take advantage of small advantages, so he sighed: "Okay, let's go this way." ”

Miao Peilan followed him through the streets and alleys to Guizhitang, on the way, Zuo Shaoyang asked her where she lived, who else was in the family, had she ever studied, and what she usually did. Miao Peilan just smiled at him, or nodded or shook her head, but did not answer.

When he came to the door of Guizhi Hall, Zuo Shaoyang stepped forward, stood at the door and said loudly: "Mother! Dad asked me to buy a handful of firewood and come back, where can I put it? ”

It was the voice of fennel that came from inside: "It's my brother who is back, my mother is busy, and she will bring the firewood to the kitchen." Is it chopped? - Hey, it's you? Girl! Fennel came out as she spoke, and saw at a glance that it was the girl who saved her brother last time, and she was surprised and delighted, "Quick! Come in and take a seat! - Brother, you don't help people unload the firewood, really! ”

"Yes, yes!" Zuo Shaoyang was busy to help, but the girl deftly carried the firewood into the lobby and went straight to the kitchen, where she unloaded the firewood. Pull off the firewood pole in the middle, put the two bundles of firewood on the ground, step on them with your feet, pull out a firewood knife from the back waist, make two slashes, split the rattan tied to the two bundles of firewood, pick up a piece of firewood, prop it on the ground, raise the knife in your hand, click twice, a firewood should be broken into three sections in response, lift another one, and then cut.

Fennel stood at the door of the kitchen and said busily: "Girl, don't worry, let's just come by ourselves, you can rest in the hall and drink some water." ”

Miao Peilan smiled sideways, shook her head, and did not pause in her hand.

Zuo Shaoyang couldn't help standing there, plus the kitchen was very narrow, Miao Peilan was chopping wood inside, and there was no empty space to even go up to help pick firewood, so he could only stand at the door with Fennel and watch Miao Peilan busy.

Zuo Shaoyang asked Fennel in a low voice: "Sister, didn't we say in the morning that you should go to Huimin Hall to see if there is any disease they can't cure, and then tell us?" Why didn't you go? ”

"Who says I didn't go? Haven't I been squatting there and watching, coming back at noon for dinner, and then going again. You can't let your sister go hungry for a day, can you? ”

"Hehe, did you find a disease they can't cure?"

"After keeping watch all morning, he saw one. The family sent an old woman to see a doctor, and she went in crying, and came out crying, and when she inquired, she said that there was no cure. ”

Zuo Shaoyang perked up: "Then why don't you come and call us?" ”

"Don't scream!"

"Why?"

"That family is so poor that it can't get any money if it's cured!"

"Huh? Is it a poor family? ”

"Yes, our purpose is to make money to pay the rent, so as not to be swept away, and although this poor man is pitiful, his illness can't even be cured by Huimin Tang, can my father be sure to cure it? Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you are cured, you won't be able to receive money. Of course, this is a bit lacking in morality, but people didn't come to us for treatment, and we don't necessarily have the ability to treat it, so I didn't ask you to take care of it. ”

Zuo Shaoyang was a little gloomy, my sister was telling the truth, this time I called Fennel to squat, the purpose was also to find a rich family, if the rich man's illness Huimin Hall could not be cured, and he and his father were cured, they would be able to ask for a little money, not much, enough to pay the rent without being swept away, but now that the family is poor, this purpose cannot be realized, as for the problem of treating the disease and saving people, Zuo Shaoyang is really not sure that the disease that the famous doctors of Huimin Hall cannot cure can be cured.

Although he excused himself like this in his heart, he was not happy in his heart, as if he had done something very embarrassing. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Sister, where is the patient from and where does he live?" ”

"What?" Fennel glared.

"I'm ......, I want to go and see, if I can help cure the disease, it would be a good thing."

"You? Just at you? People can't cure the disease that Huimin Hall can't cure, can you cure it? Don't be cured when the time comes, people will take your back, lie to you, say that you are killed, and ask you to pay money, then trouble will come! ”

"I'll just go and see, it's best if it can be cured, and if I can't be cured, I won't be reluctant, and I won't put myself in it."

"Forget it, don't mess with this kind of thing!"

"Sister, just tell me, I'll take a look and then say, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level ......"

"That's it! Come on! I don't know where they live or where they went! When they heard that they couldn't be cured, they cried and carried people out of the house, and I didn't come forward to ask, and I didn't hear them say who they were, where they came from, and where they were going. I don't know any of that. Fennel pouted.

"Why don't you know? Didn't you watch from the sidelines? ”

"You don't necessarily know it, people treat patients, just say a name, can you tell you the address of your home and your birthday?"

"I didn't ask him for his birthday, just know the address."

Fennel turned her head and said to Zuo Shaoyang with a straight face: "Brother, I really don't know, even if I know, I won't tell you!" We've got enough trouble in our house, don't make any more trouble! With your little ability, you can't cure other people's diseases! ”

While his sister and brother were talking, Miao Peilan had already split the two large bundles of firewood into a foot-long fire, just in time to light the fire. The firewood was also stacked neatly and piled aside, and then the firewood knife was inserted back into the back of the knife.

Fennel hurriedly brought a glass of warm water: "Thank you, girl, drink a glass of water!" ”

Miao Peilan hurriedly took it, looked at the fennel and smiled, drank the water in one gulp, and walked out the door with her head down. Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly said: "Miss Peilan, it's not too late to sit and rest for a while before leaving." ”

Miao Peilan glanced back at him, smiled again, and strode out the door.

At this moment, I heard the chaotic footsteps, and a group of people rushed into Guizhi Hall in a panic, one of them was a man in rags, carrying an old woman on his back, this old woman was tall, and relatively fat, lying on the man's back, it seemed that the whole thing was going to crush him, and the two hands drooped down from the man's shoulders, shaking softly, as if bidding farewell to this world of flowers.

First, a man shouted in a panic: "Lang Zhong! Is Lang Zhong here? Help, help! ”