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According to the old woman's instructions, Yang Tashan carried Xing'er and went straight to the "Jishitang" pharmacy, and it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and the door was indeed closed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Tashan stepped forward and slapped the door with one hand and shouted, "Sir, please open the door, see a doctor in the emergency!" After four or five taps, a corner door opened, and a medicine boy poked his head out with sleepy eyes: "Here, come in!" ”

Yang Tashan carried the apricot into the corner gate, and smelled a strong herbal fragrance. After a glance around, I saw that this medicine shop was not big, and the two rows of tall cabinets were full of drawers with the names of various herbs written on them.

An old man came out of the back room, dressed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Fever! Afraid of cold and heat, the whole body is hot! ”

Lao Langzhong pointed to a small bed next to him: "Put her down, I'll take a look." ”

Yang Tashan carefully put Xing'er on the ground first, Xing'er was a little unsteady, Yang Tashan kept pulling her with one hand, turned around and hugged her horizontally in his arms, and slowly put her on the small bed.

Lao Lang sat down on the edge of the bed, stretched out two fingers, gave Xing'er a pulse, and then asked Xing'er to open her mouth and check the tongue coating. said: "She is the evil offender of wind and heat, and the lung qi is out of harmony. The old man prescribed a dose of spicy and cool antidote, picked up the medicine and took it back to decoction, and it was fine. ”

After Xing'er's mother died, she sold herself to bury her mother and kept her mother's body, endured the ridicule and abuse of others, and drank and scolded to drive away, until today, exhausted, the body has been extremely weak, and after burying her mother, she hurried down the mountain to the river, under fatigue, sweat and cold bath, the body heat can not be dissipated. That's when I got a bad cold.

Lao Langzhong's judgment is consistent with Yang Tashan's judgment. Yang Tashan asked, "Thank you, sir, how much does this medicine cost?" ”

"Thirty Wen!"

When Yang Tashan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly paid. said: "Sir, I ...... I don't have a medicine sand pot at home, can I ...... it?"

In ancient times, all medical treatments were taken herbal medicines, and the sand pots for decoction of medicine were indispensable in every household, Lao Langzhong glanced at Yang Tashan, a little strange, and thought to himself why this person didn't even have a sand pot. He didn't know that Yang Tashan didn't even have a home, where did the sand pot come from.

The old gentleman nodded: "It's okay to boil medicine here, but you have to pay ten more cents." ”

Yang Tashan didn't say a word, and found out another ten cents to pay. The medicine boy immediately grabbed the medicine and ran to the backyard to decoct the medicine.

Lao Langzhong looked at Xing'er again: "This is ......"

"It's my maid."

Lao Langzhong was even more surprised: "Maid? Hehe, you a young master came to see a doctor with a maid on his back? It's really interesting. He stood up, shook his head, and said, "This girl is too weak, and you young master is also ...... Alas...... after taking the medicine, you can go, and come back tomorrow morning and afternoon to drink the remaining two medicines, and you will be almost fine. By the way, she has a terrible fever, and you can use a cool wet towel to reduce her fever before the medicine is ready. There is a cool well in the backyard. He looked at them, shook his head again, and turned into the back room with his hands behind his back.

An eldest young master knocked on the door of the pharmacy late at night with a little maid on his back to see if he was sick, and it sounded really sick. Yang Tashan smiled bitterly, this old man said that a cool wet towel is a good way to reduce fever.

Yang Tashan ran to the backyard first, came back with a bucket of well water from the well, took one of the several towels on the counter, soaked it in the bucket, wrung it half-dry, folded it, and carefully placed it on the hot forehead of the apricot.

Xing'er suddenly felt a lot refreshed, slowly opened her eyes, looked at Yang Tashan, and called weakly: "Young Master~!" ”

"Shhhh Don't talk, lie down obediently, the medicine will be fried immediately, and it will be fine after taking the medicine. Don't worry, the young master is by your side, it'll be fine. ”

Xing'er nodded slightly, closed her eyes, and a crystal teardrop slowly rolled down from the corner of her eye.

Yang Tashan wiped away her tears and said with a smile: "Look at you, why are you crying again, no wonder people say that women are made of water." ”

"Young Master...... What do you think of Apricot...... Great......"

Yang Tashan gently stroked her emaciated cheeks: "What's good, just now Lang Zhong said that I abused you and made you little girl hungry and thin like this." Hey. In the future, we will have money, young master, I will give you more supplements. ”

"Thank you, young master......" Xing'er said with tears in her eyes.

It was already a hot day, and with the hot forehead of the apricot, the cold towel soon became a hot towel.

Yang Tashan had no choice but to keep soaking the towel again and putting it on her forehead to reduce her fever.

When it was finally boiled, the little medicine boy came out with a bowl, and Yang Tashan helped Xing'er up with one hand and leaned on his arms, took the medicine bowl, and carefully fed her to drink.

The medicine was a little bitter, and Xing'er frowned after drinking the medicine and blinked her mouth. Yang Tashan slowly put her down and put a wet towel on her to reduce her fever. Xing'er said: "Xing'er is fine, young master, don't be busy, I can get up, let's go back......"

"Stupid words! You are a patient now, obedient, lie down and don't move, just sleep here, and we'll go again tomorrow morning. He turned around and looked at the little medicine boy: "Little brother, I'm worried that my maid's condition will worsen at night, can I stay with you this night?" ”

The little medicine boy smiled: "Okay, anyway, there is a bowl to drink tomorrow morning, so let her sleep here." But there's no bed for you to sleep in. ”

"If it's out of the way, I'll just sit down. Thank you, little brother! ”

The little medicine boy went into the room and slept. The shop fell silent. Yang Tashan said to Xing'er: "Okay, be obedient, close your eyes and sleep for a while, I'll guard you, it's okay." ”

Xing'er shook her head and struggled to get up: "This ...... How can this work......

Yang Tashan pressed her shoulder with one hand: "Why not, since you call me young master, of course you have to listen to the young master, otherwise, the young master will spank you!" ”

Xing'er was held down by Yang Tashan with one hand, unable to move, listening to his last words, her cheeks were slightly red, she looked at Yang Tashan gratefully, closed her eyes according to her eyes, and fell asleep unconsciously.

After Xing'er took the medicine, coupled with Yang Tashan's wet towel to physically reduce the fever, the high fever finally slowly subsided. Yang Tashan was relieved. After a tiring night, my eyelids fought, and finally I couldn't hold on, and I fell asleep on the edge of the bed.

When Yang Tashan woke up, the sky was already dark, and the apricots were still asleep. Immediately, the little medicine boy walked out of the room, stretched his waist, and said, "This uncle, the little one will bring you the medicine." ”

"There's Brother Lao!" Yang Tashan clenched his fists and said softly.

Although her voice was soft, Xing'er still woke up, opened her eyes, looked around, got up, rubbed her eyes, and smiled apologetically at Yang Tashan: "Young master...... Apricot damn it, why did you fall asleep......"

Yang Tashan deliberately teased her: "Nonsense! You are sick and can't sleep well, how will you serve Young Master Ben in the future? ”

Xing'er smiled and said, "I feel better." It's okay, let's go, we have to chop firewood! "I got out of bed and got up, and shook twice, after all, I was recovering from a serious illness, and I was in a hurry again, and I was a little unsteady on my feet.

Yang Tashan held her and forcibly made her sit on the edge of the bed: "What can you do!" Sit down first, take the medicine and let's go. ”

The medicine boy came out with the medicine, Xing'er took it herself, drank it in one go, wiped her mouth, and said, "Young master, Xing'er is really well." ”

In fact, Xing'er had just had a fever, and she was still very weak due to long-term malnutrition, so she was afraid that Yang Tashan was worried, and she said that it was okay.

Yang Tashan probed her forehead, although there was still sweat on her forehead, but it didn't feel very hot, she felt slightly relieved, and said, "Okay, it's almost time, let's go." ”

After thanking the little medicine boy, Yang Tashan took Xing'er out of the "Jishitang" pharmacy. At this moment, the sky is already bright, and the number of pedestrians on the street is gradually increasing.

The two came to the "Weixiang Restaurant", the door of the store was already open, and the fat shopkeeper instructed the guys to serve the food for the two to eat, and then took them to the backyard firewood room.

Xing'er originally said that she was going to rent a house, but Yang Tashan said that she was not in a hurry, let Xing'er rest first, and the two of them went together at noon. Yang Tashan took a stool for Xing'er to sit aside, took off his shirt, and began to chop firewood bare-chested, first sawing the firewood into sections with a big saw, and then splitting it.

Xing'er didn't sit down, she helped on the side, although Xing'er couldn't help with the strength of chopping wood, but she helped to pile the chopped firewood neatly on the side.

Yang Tashan said that she asked her to rest first several times, and she could finish it by herself, but Xing'er didn't listen, saying that there was no reason for the young master to work and the maid watched. Yang Tashan smiled and let her help pile firewood.

Yang Tashan's internal strength already had a certain amount of heat, and he continued to split all morning without stopping, and at noon, he had already finished half of the split. There are apricots on the side to help stack the chopped firewood neatly, which saves Yang Tashan's time. At this rate, it will be completed early in the afternoon before the sun sets.

The meal is straight for two meals, so the two of them can only drink cold water and eat steamed buns at noon. This kung fu Yang Tashan asked the fat shopkeeper where there was a cheap house for rent. After the fat shopkeeper gave him instructions, Yang Tashan took Xing'er there and rented a house very smoothly.

This place is a slum in the city, the houses are very dilapidated and shabby, and there are leaks everywhere, and the monthly rent of a room is 100 yuan. The room was small, with a crunching bed and two low benches. That's more than half of it.

After renting the house, the two were very happy and found some dry straw to spread on the bed.

I paid 40 wen for medicine last night, and now I have paid another 100 wen in rent, and there are only 90 wen left. You can't just sleep on the straw, Yang Tashan was ruthless and spent twenty yuan to buy a sheet. Fortunately, it's summer, and it's very hot in this room, so you don't need to cover the quilt at all. So I won't buy the quilt for the time being, and as for the mattress, I can only wait until I have money later.

After the two settled their accommodations, they returned to Weixiang Restaurant and continued to chop firewood until the sun set, and finally finished chopping the hill-like pile of firewood, the yard was neat, and the backyard was cleaned.

The fat shopkeeper was very satisfied, not only promised to pay Yang Tashan thirty wenties, but also said that he would give an extra five wens as a reward, and instructed the men to give them two dinners first, and pay the wages after dinner.

This dinner is included in this short-term job. One meat and one vegetable, rice tube is enough to eat. The two of them were tired for a day, and they were able to earn thirty-five Wen, at least with income, they were still very happy.

While I was eating, I heard someone in the backyard shouting: "It's amazing! The tent was stolen~! ”

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(To be continued)