Zuo Shaoyang couldn't think through it for a while, so he didn't bother to think about it, and began to clean.

After cleaning up the pharmacy, he made an exception and did not fetch water. Because this day is the fifth day that he promised to wait for the news to the medicine cabinet. said that if Zhu Yao's condition improved after taking medicine for five days, Zhu Yao's medicine cabinet would come to him to say something, Zuo Shaoyang estimated that this matter might be related to the preparation of medicinal materials.

He opened the door, and there were no pedestrians on the street, so he sat behind the long table where Daddy Zuogui often sits, fed the little squirrel with nuts, and then waited at the door.

The little squirrel squatted on his shoulder, and the cold wind blew the little squirrel's yellow fur trembling. Zuo Shaoyang put the little squirrel back in its nest behind the counter. But the little squirrel soon crawled out of the nest again, jumped and ran over, jumped up a few long cases, jumped along his arm and on his shoulder, and still squatted there, his little eyes dripping out of the door of the pharmacy. Zuo Shaoyang had no choice but to let him squat there.

Every footstep outside the pharmacy passed by, which made Zuo Shaoyang's heart beat violently for a while. But after waiting for a long time, no one came to him. Remembering that the medicine cabinet is an old tea guest who is used to drinking morning tea, he reported to the Qingxiang tea shop just after dawn, and now the sky is bright, but no one has come, but I am afraid that the medicine has no effect, and the medicine cabinet is not interested in looking for him.

Zuo Shaoyang lay on the table in frustration, and at this time, a girl's voice sounded at the door: "Hey! Where are you doing? - Ouch, what's on your shoulder? Little squirrel? ”

Zuo Shaoyang raised his eyes and looked, but it was Sang Xiaomei. With a pair of buckets on his shoulders, he was staring at the little squirrel on his shoulder with novelty. Zuo Shaoyang smiled reluctantly: "It's a squirrel." ”

"Where? Bought it? ”

"No, someone gave it to me."

"It's fun, can I take a look?"

"Okay."

Sang Xiaomei put down the bucket and reached over to hug the little squirrel, but she didn't dare. Zuo Shaoyang pointed to Sang Xiaomei's shoulder, turned his face to the little squirrel and said, "Yellow ball, go, go to my sister's shoulder!" ”

The two were very close, and the little squirrel jumped vertically, and with the big fluffy tail like a parachute floating in the air, it jumped lightly from Zuo Shaoyang's shoulder to Sang Xiaomei's shoulder. turned around and squatted there and looked at Zuo Shaoyang.

Sang Xiaomei giggled happily: "Can I touch it?" She won't bite me, will she? ”

"No, it won't!" Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said, "Huangqiu, this is my sister, don't move!" ”

Sang Xiaomei was bold and slowly reached out to her shoulder to stroke the little squirrel, and the little squirrel really squatted there motionless, but her little eyes kept looking at Zuo Shaoyang.

Sang Xiaomei happily stroked the smooth back of the little squirrel, and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "Hey! Why don't you come to fetch water today? ”

"Well, I had something to do, so I didn't fetch water today."

"Really? Then I'll go back and tell Mr. Zhu that you're not free now. Sang Xiaomei said.

"What?" Zuo Shaoyang was pleasantly surprised: "I wish the old man to call me?" ”

"yes. He came early in the morning, and when he saw me coming out to fetch water, he asked me to bring you a message and let you go immediately, and he was waiting for you at the tea shop. ”

"Huh? Why didn't you say it earlier! ”

Sang Xiaomei pursed her mouth aggrievedly and said: "You come to fetch water every day, who knows that you won't come today, so I can only run over and tell you that you are still strange!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang closed the door and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, I didn't go to fetch water just to wait for Uncle Zhu to pass the word, I have something important to say with him, I didn't expect you to pass the word, I knew that I was waiting for you by the well early in the morning." ”

"Then go quickly, I wish the old man is in a hurry."

Zuo Shaoyang agreed, patted his shoulder, and said to the little squirrel: "Yellow ball, come here!" ”

The little squirrel immediately swished, jumped up from Sang Xiaomei's shoulder, and landed lightly on Zuo Shaoyang's shoulder. Zuo Shaoyang put the little squirrel back in the nest: "Obediently at home, I have something to go out!" ”

The little squirrel crouched in the nest, tilting its head to look at him, his eyes rolling.

Sang Xiaomei left first with the bucket, Zuo Shaoyang closed the door, and wanted to run, but he still held back, thinking that this time he might involve business negotiations on concoction issues, and he ran away in a hurry, and people could touch their hole cards at once, and this business could not be discussed. suppressed the anxiety in his heart, paced unhurriedly, and slowly came to the Qingxiang Tea Shop.

When Sang Mu saw him coming, she said happily: "Oh, Xiaolangzhong, you just came, I wish the old man has been waiting for you for a long time." In the back, let's go. ”

Zuo Shaoyang nodded and slowly stepped into the tea shop. There was a person sitting in the corner of the lobby who looked a little familiar, and he fixed his eyes to see that it was the old tea customers who used to sit by the river in the backyard with the medicine cabinet, including the fat tea guest from the outrageous Jinyu Restaurant. When he saw Zuo Shaoyang, he pretended not to see it and twisted his face to the side. The other old men smiled kindly at Zuo Shaoyang. Zuo Shaoyang also smiled, arched his hand, and stepped into the backyard.

In the backyard, there is still only the bamboo table, and the few bamboo chairs around it are empty, only the bamboo chair by the river that the medicine cabinet is used to sit on, leisurely sipping tea.

Zuo Shaoyang bowed his hand: "I wish the old man!" ”

Zhu saw him in the medicine cabinet and smiled: "The old man asked the little sister of the Sang family to call you for a long time before you came, hehe, you kid is steady, you are a material for doing big things." ”

Zuo Shaoyang secretly screamed ashamed in his heart, if it weren't for the mistake of not going to fetch water in the morning, he missed it, and Sang Xiaomei insisted that she would definitely go to the well to fetch water, so she went to the pharmacy to find herself.

Zuo Shaoyang naturally didn't tell the story, he only smiled faintly, and sat down on the bamboo chair next to him.

I wish the medicine cabinet helped Zuo Shaoyang ask for a cup of Mengding mountain tea. Until the tea was delivered, Zuo Shaoyang was still as steady as Mount Tai, and he didn't ask how the medicine cabinet was doing, obviously sure that his condition would improve. Zhu medicine cabinet saw that this little man was confident, and he couldn't help but secretly surprise himself. Said: "I called you here to tell you that your old man has been taking medicine for five days in a row, and it is really good, there are no symptoms of vomiting and nausea in the past, and the pain around the body has also been significantly reduced, and it is not so difficult to stand up and sit down." Hey hey, nice! You do have two hits in the middle. ”

Zuo Shaoyang's face looked unexpected, smiled faintly, and said, "That feeling is good." ”

Zhu the medicine cabinet is even more novel, thinking that this Xiao Langzhong is sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and said: "Since it is effective, you can continue to help me concoct it." How long will it take? ”

"I'll give you a pulse first to see the situation."

After Zuo Shaoyang gave the medicine cabinet a wrist check and looked at the pulse, he said: "The old man's disease has improved significantly, but rheumatism, a chronic disease, must be taken for a long time. Even if you are fully cured, you should continue to take the medication for a period of time to consolidate the effect. Let's take 10 days as a degree, and I will have a follow-up consultation with the old man after 10 days to determine whether to adjust the prescription in the next step. ”

"Okay."

After saying this, Zuo Shaoyang slowly took the teacup and tasted it, and he didn't look at the medicine cabinet, as if he didn't care much about the things that the medicine cabinet discussed with him.

Zhu Medicine Cabinet had no choice but to speak first: "Xiao Langzhong, the old man asked you to call you today, in addition to asking you to continue to help me concoct this medicine, there is one more thing to discuss with you." To be honest, if this matter is done well, it will be good for both of us! ”

As expected! Zuo Shaoyang secretly thought in his heart, when it came to making money, when he needed money most to tide over the difficulties, he couldn't help but start beating violently, but he didn't show it, and still looked at the medicine cabinet with a smile.

Zhu saw that Zuo Shaoyang still didn't open his mouth, so he had to sing a one-man show by himself: "Do you know why the old man changed his mind that day and decided to take your medicine?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head.

"At the beginning, I was with the shopkeeper Zhu, the fat man who talked to you that day, what he said was indeed what I thought at the time, after you went in to see the little sister of the Sang family, I was thinking about what you said, and carefully pondering the reason why I felt sick to my stomach after taking the medicine, this prescription Dr. Ni prescribed is similar to yours, but the dosage of aconitum is much smaller than yours, he uses three taels, and you use five taels. Since both of you have similar prescriptions, it means that my vomiting should not be the problem of the prescription itself. And it is likely to be related to the method of preparing medicinal herbs you mentioned. So I decided to try your medicine. ”

Zuo Shaoyang finally spoke, arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your trust." ――The dosage of aconitum in our country is so large, do you dare to take it? ”

"Hehe, the old man supported the boat back then, and he died and lived a few times on the cusp of the wind and waves, what is this medicine? You Xiaolang Zhong dare to open it, if I don't dare to use it, then I won't be a medicine cabinet! Hahaha. Of course, in addition to this, the old man is still thinking about another thing, do you know what it is? ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked at the medicine cabinet, he knew that the old shopkeeper would say it himself.

Zhu medicine cabinet glanced at the door, leaned his head over, lowered his voice and said: "To tell the truth, after taking your medicine without vomiting, and the effect is very good, the old man is very interested in your concoction of poisonous medicinal materials such as aconitum and Aracea, as well as myrrh, ** These medicinal materials that are easy to make people sick to stomach and vomit are very interested. If you know that these medicines I have here can cure diseases but are not poisonous, and they will not vomit and regurgitate, who will not come to me to buy them? Hey, hey, hey."