In the county yamen.

When Ni's mother was talking to the Liang family, the slaves of the Ni family were busy everywhere, borrowed a soft couch, carried the unconscious Ni Er to the soft couch and lay on his stomach, and carried him home.

Doctor Ni was about to leave, but the shopkeeper of Sui stopped him: "I will accept it after three days in the house, don't overdue!" Furniture is also carried out with the house, and it is not allowed to be sold indiscriminately. I'll send someone to keep an eye on it, you still know each other, so as not to make everyone ugly! ”

Dr. Ni smiled and bowed his hand: "Okay, please rest assured, I will give it to you as it is." Out of the lobby, he gave Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang a deep salute: "Thank you two, after these two days, the old man will come to the door to thank you." ”

Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang both returned the salute.

Dr. Ni's family carried Ni Er to the pharmacy in a panic, and Ni's mother and others followed home in a sedan chair.

Back at Huimin Hall, Dr. Ni personally treated the wound. The skin trauma on the buttocks and thighs was easy to do, but the two knees were crushed and fractured, and Dr. Ni had no choice but to apply bone grafting and then fix it with a splint. Of course, it is impossible to cure the broken fracture of the knee.

Dealing with the severe pain of the wound and the broken knee, Ni Er finally woke up, and screamed like a pig again. The family looked at him, happy and sad.

In the afternoon, Dr. Ni sent someone to visit his son in Guizhi Hall, and learned that his son was able to sit up, which made him feel a little more comforted. Ni's mother was reluctant to ask her little grandson, so she asked someone to ask Zuo Shaoyang, and learned that she could take the child back to recuperate at home, just take medicine regularly, and quickly sent someone to take the little grandson home. The medicine to be taken Zuo Shaoyang has already been decocted, poured the decoction into a tea can and brought it back, enough to drink for a day, and said that he would send the child to the follow-up clinic in the afternoon of the next day.

That night, Ni's mother gathered the whole family together to discuss what to do in the future.

The old mansion has been given to the Sui family, and they can only move to the pharmacy to live. The family wealth has been tossed almost, and they can't afford to raise so many slaves and maids, except for a few personal maids and women, the rest of the servants were originally going to be sold, but now the streets are full of children and daughters, and they really can't sell them for any price, and these servants have been in the Ni family for many years, and they can't bear to sell their teeth to suffer, so Ni's mother returned their deeds of sale to them and dismissed them one by one.

Ni's mother had a good heart, and took the remaining cloth and silk at home, even the carriage and the sedan chair, and everything that was worth a little money to turn it into money, and wrapped it up for these servants.

The dismissed servants wept and kowtowed in thanksgiving, and then left one by one with tears in their eyes. The huge old house of the Ni family was suddenly empty and very desolate.

Ni's mother burst into tears, called Dr. Ni and other family members together, and asked Dr. Ni, "How are you going to repay Xiaolangzhong in Guizhitang?" ”

Dr. Ni hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Mother, there is nothing of value at home......

Ni Er had already heard his wife tell him what had happened, lay on the soft couch, raised his face and said: "Mother, I'm fine, Zhi'er is also half of the sick, I think, there is no need to thank them, anyway, we may not be able to ask them in the future......"

"Fart!" Ni Mu said angrily, and the ebony cane slammed into the ground, "You useless waste, it's you, tossing a good home like this!" Regardless of the past suspicions, not only saved your nephew's life, but also tried his best to help you, you don't know how to repay it, and you said such unconscionable words, I knew it was so, and I didn't dare to save you in the first place! Let you be beheaded! …… Ahem"

Mother Ni said in a hurry, causing a cough, and Mrs. Ni hurriedly beat her back.

Second Mrs. Ni sat next to Ni Er's soft couch, and when she saw this, she hurriedly pushed her husband and said in a low voice: "Don't talk, see that you are in a hurry for the old lady!" ”

This one pushed in a hurry, causing Ni Er's wound to hurt, and he screamed miserably and lay on the soft couch.

Although Ni's mother said with a hard mouth, when she heard her son's screams, she was concerned, stopped coughing, looked at it intently, and complained to Second Mrs. Ni: "His wound hurts, you be careful!" ”

"Yes," Second Lady Ni hurriedly got up and agreed.

Ni Er screamed a few times, and said with a bitter face: "Mother, I was wrong, I should repay others." However, I heard that he didn't want to repay him, even if we tried to find a way to pool money for him, he wouldn't want it. It's not a white heart. ”

"Bastard! If he doesn't want it, won't he give it? If nothing else, just by saving Zhi'er, you should be thankful for others! ”

Doctor Ni was puzzled: "Mother, in Guizhitang before, we have tried our best to persuade them to accept the gift, but Zuo Langzhong is very stubborn, and is only willing to charge according to the price, and is unwilling to accept an extra penny. ”

"I know, didn't you negotiate with him about the buyer? Just use this excuse, give more money, and the buyer's return will be counted together, isn't it a double win. ”

"Yes, my son thinks the same way, but they said that his method of concocting aconitum is not for sale, and the method of treating stroke knows that it is worth a fortune, according to his son's estimate, without more than 100,000 Wen, it is impossible for them to let go, this recipe itself is so valuable, we have to add the money to repay the favor, at least 150,000 Wen, before we dare to speak. According to our current family background, the old house is gone, only the pharmacy remains, which cannot be moved, and the valuable jewelry and belongings have been spent. Even your mother's dowry has been pasted in, where can you raise this money? ”

Ni Er lay on the soft couch, rolled his eyes, and said, "Mother, don't we still have fifty acres of fertile land, let's take this field and change the prescription with them!" ”

Ni's mother said angrily: "If you think about it, even if you don't care about the money, I don't know that this field has been maintained by a subsidy deficit over the years, you should have heard the accounts calculated by the Sui shopkeeper in the lobby!" These 50 acres of fertile land will lose tens of thousands of dollars a year, isn't it harmful to give it to him? ”

"That's because you can't find tenants to rent seeds, and if you find them, you can still make money."

"Nonsense, who doesn't know, but where are you going to find such tenants to rent these fields?"

Doctor Ni said: "Mother is right, these fields are now hot potatoes, and they can't be eaten or taken, and giving them will hurt them." ”

Although Guizhitang helped him, Ni Er was not grateful, he was a very grudgeful person, and the several humiliations he suffered in Guizhitang were something he couldn't forget, and he thought about how to fix Guizhitang once in order to save face, he proposed to buy a prescription for Tian Zuo, the purpose was to throw this hot potato to Guizhitang, but this purpose naturally couldn't be said. A wry smile appeared on his face, pretending to be worried: "Mother, we only have this little land worth a little money, apart from this, what else can we use to repay others?" Going to buy a child? ”

Ni Er's wife always spoke along with her husband, and also helped: "Yes, mother, anyway, now that the family has no money, they can't afford the land tax of this fifty acres of land, and sooner or later they have to sell it, so it's better to take it to them for a prescription, in the end, this is also fifty acres of fertile land, he is not afraid of the land tax, he can sell it, how can fifty acres be sold for seventy or eighty thousand yuan, right?" ”

Dr. Ni and Mother Ni glanced at each other, and they both sighed secretly, and Dr. Ni said, "Yes, he can't sell it cheaply." Then we can't count it according to 100,000 Wen, at most 80,000 Wen. In this way, you can't buy the prescription for the stroke. Buying it cannot be regarded as borrowing the buyer to repay the kindness of others. What should I do......"

Mrs. Ni said on the side: "Yesterday morning in Guizhitang, I heard that Xiaolangzhong said that the prescription he gave to Zhi'er for treatment could be sold, and said that the prescription was not worth anything, or we would exchange this fifty acres of fertile land for his prescription, how about it?" ”

Dr. Ni's eyes lit up: "Yes, this is a good method, that prescription is for the treatment of Shaoyin syndrome, and it is also a commonly used prescription, and it will definitely be used in the future." And Xiao Langzhong also said that this recipe is not worth anything, if this is the case, the extra head can be regarded as a reward for them. Mother's thoughts? ”

Mother Ni sighed: "In addition to the fact that these fifty acres of land are worth a little money, and there is no decent reward, so it can only be so, son, you will go tomorrow to thank the people, to tell the truth, I suggest that they sell the field." Alas, even if seventy or eighty thousand yuan is thanked for the life-saving grace of Zhi'er and the salvation of the second child, it is indeed a bit shabby, but our family is like this now, and it can only be like this. Just wait for the family to get better in the future, and then report to them. ”

Dr. Ni agreed, and the family went back to their rooms to rest in sadness.

Dr. Ni checked his son's pulse and tongue again, and after inspecting it, he found that his son's condition had further improved, so he was slightly relieved, and gave his son another medicine, and then fell asleep.

―――――――――――――― Ni's family had an unquiet day, and Zuo Shaoyang's day was even more unpeaceful.

After seeing the Ni family carry Ni Er away, Zuo Shaoyang came out of the yamen and was about to go home, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Brother Zuo!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked back, a girl stood not far away and looked at herself, with a short-sleeved skirt of kudzu linen, a smooth black braid hanging from the back of her head, slightly dark skin, a few faint freckles on the side of her nose, and a bright smile on her face, it was Miao Peilan, a girl who was fighting firewood!

Zuo Shaoyang was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly ran over: "Peilan! Did you leave relatives and come back? ”

"Yes, we came back yesterday, I went to pick herbs in the morning, got to the tile market, and sold it for fifteen yuan, I heard that the county master went to your Guizhi Hall, so I also ran to see it, there are too many people, and it is not easy to greet you when I see you." I came here again, and I heard someone say, you repay your grievances with virtue, the second shopkeeper of Huimin Hall is so good at you, and you also helped him testify in court, so he escaped with a surname. Brother Zuo, you have such a good heart! ”

Zuo Gui and Fennel saw them talking, said hello and left first.

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that his father had to force himself to testify, saying that it was better to settle the grievances than to settle them, he would not have bothered to care about this matter. However, by the way, Guizhitang was also promoted, which is not a bad thing. Diverted the topic and said, "Is this trip to see relatives still smooth?" ”

Miao Peilan shook her head and said: "It's not going well, when I encounter the rebels burning the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers, fortunately I hid quickly, or it would be dangerous." ”

(To be continued)