Tea shop front hall.

The old woman who wanted Zuo Gui to see a doctor before was surnamed Dong, and the Dong family left with some interest when she saw that Zuo Gui's father and son were a little interested, and they were embarrassed to catch up and let the family see the doctor for free. She is a regular customer of the Qingxiang Tea Shop, and she comes almost every day. Her son was on an errand with the people, and he was very busy, and his daughter-in-law was still filial, giving him three cents every day to drink tea in the teahouse and chat about the day, and go back at noon. The pocket money on this day is only three pennies, and the tea is used for two pennies, and there is only one penny left, and Zuo Langzhong said just now that when you see a doctor in Guizhitang, you don't take medicine, and the medical fee is two pennies at a time. She didn't have enough money to go.

Dong drank tea slowly, said some short words to a few old women, and listened to the tea guests talk about the interesting stories of Guizhitang, she had never been to Guizhitang to see a doctor before, and heard that the medical skills were not very good, but recently it seems that several critical emergencies have been cured in a row, and there are others who can't be cured or unwilling to be treated, and it seems to be a little famous. For others, these are just after-dinner conversations, but for her, she listens very attentively. Because she is sick, and she has been taking a lot of medicine for a long time, but she has not been cured, so she always asks if there is a good Lang Zhong to take a look. This time I could have taken a look for free, but unfortunately the proprietress of the tea shop didn't seem to listen to what she said, and Zuo Langzhong didn't seem to be very happy and left with his son. This disease cannot be seen for free.

At noon, Dong got up and left the tea shop and slowly moved his steps home.

The snow melted, the weather was very cold, the snow on the road was swept away, piled on both sides of the street, tall and short, some were piled into snowmen by children, and some shops poured garbage and dirty soil on the snow-white snowdrifts, which looked particularly eye-catching and disgusting.

Dong walked home slowly, she felt that the pain in her calves and knee joints was worse than before, and the pain in the joints of her whole body had been worse for some years, but she had never been so bad before, so that her steps were a little difficult. A cold wind blew, and Dong couldn't help but shiver, feeling chills on his body, and his head began to hurt.

Finally moved to the door step by step, the little grandson ran out of it, holding half a wheat cake in his hand, and said, "Grandma, you're back!" ”

Dong Shi held on to the door frame and smiled reluctantly: "What are you running around?" There is ice on the ground! Beware of falling. ”

"No, it won't! Grandma, I'm going to play! The little grandson took a bite of the wheat cake, threw the remaining half of the cake into the corner, and ran away.

"Ouch, you kid, why are you throwing bread? This is to eat, and to spoil the grain will be struck by lightning! Alas! Dong muttered, walked to the wall with difficulty, supported his knees with his hands, and slowly bent down to pick up the small half of the wheat cake.

Suddenly, Dong Shi felt a sharp pain in his waist, and he couldn't help but scream, his knees weakened, and he fell to his knees with a bang, and collapsed on the ground.

"Ouch......, ouch......"

The daughter-in-law who was drying clothes in the yard heard a moaning sound outside the door, and heard the voice of the mother-in-law, and just now I heard my son scream like this, it is estimated that the mother-in-law had an accident, so panicked that she threw the wooden basin in her hand to the ground, ran to the door in a few steps, and saw Dong paralyzed on the ground, her body curled, her whole body trembled and moaned, and she hurriedly squatted down and hugged Dong: "Mother-in-law!" What's wrong with you? ”

"I'm ......, my waist is flashing, ouch ......, it hurts me to death......"

The daughter-in-law saw that Dong's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, her face was dark, her lips were dark, her lips were black, and her hands were cold to the touch, so she was so panicked that she ran out of ideas, reached out to support her armpits, and said in a trembling voice: "I'll help you up......"

"Ouch pain! Don't move! It hurts me to death! ”

Dong screamed. panicked, her daughter-in-law hurriedly let go of her hand again: "This, what should I do?" I'm going to find the aunt next door to come over and help! With that, the daughter-in-law ran to the next door and knocked on the door for a long time, only to call an old woman and a half-old child to help.

Dong's waist couldn't be straightened, curled up and lying on the kang, moaning all the time, screaming pain and cold, and the daughter-in-law hurriedly went inside to take out the quilt of herself and her husband and put it on Dong's body. Dong also said that it was cold, and he hurriedly found a few jackets and superimposed them on her, so that she felt that it was burning.

The young woman said, "Mother, shall I call my husband?" ”

The old woman shook her head: "No, he's on an errand, he's busy, he can't come back, don't bother him, just call a man and show me." ”

"Langzhong? Oh well, I'll call! The daughter-in-law ran a few steps and stopped again, and asked, "Where do I go to the pharmacy?" ”

"It's just Renjudo in front, where is it close."

"Oh, okay, don't move, I'll call Lang Zhong right away!"

The daughter-in-law hurriedly ran to the door, called her son who was playing at the corner of the street, told him that his grandmother was sick, and asked him to stay at home to guard his grandmother, and ran all the way to Renshoutang on the street in front, opened the thick curtain of the gate, and strode in: "Langzhong! Is Lang Zhong here? ”

"Are you seeing a doctor?" A guy greeted him, "There are a lot of people who see a doctor, you have trouble waiting on the bench here, and I will show you when I arrive." ”

"It's not me who sees it, it's my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law fell and twisted her waist, and she was lying on the bed in pain and hummed, can you trouble Lang Zhong to take a look."

The guy hurriedly turned his face to look at Lang Zhong, who was diagnosing the patient: "Shi Langzhong, look, this ......"

This Lang Zhong who is diagnosing is Yan Langzhong, the apprentice of Xue Langzhong, the treasurer of Renshoutang. He was bowing his head to write the prescription, and he didn't raise his head and said, "Master is not here, I don't have time to go to the clinic." Let him do it himself! ”

The daughter-in-law was anxious: "My mother-in-law has a terrible back pain, she can't straighten up, and she can't walk." ”

"Then find someone to carry it! The waist is twisted, and it won't die immediately, what are you afraid of, find two people to carry it with the door panel. Shi Langzhong still didn't look up.

"But my man is not at home...... there is only an old woman and a child in the neighborhood, there is no man at home, the three of us can't lift it, our house is just a street in front, and her back hurts so badly......"

"Then buy the plaster for bruises from the counter and go back and apply it. I'm not available! ”

The daughter-in-law reluctantly smiled and said: "Brother Langzhong, please, my mother-in-law is really in a lot of pain, I'm worried that the plaster alone won't work, you better go and have a look......"

"You woman, didn't you hear me and see that I was busy?" Shi Langzhong finally raised his head, and threw the brush on the table with an angry face, "Master has gone to the clinic, the patients in this room are waiting, and I am alone in the pharmacy, I am leaving, you help them see a doctor?" ”

The daughter-in-law shuddered with fright and glanced at the patients who were waiting to see her, and they looked at her with different eyes, some sneering, some contemptuous, some gloating, and some sympathetic. But they didn't say a word.

When the daughter-in-law saw that Shi Langzhong was angry, how dare she say it again, she withdrew with tears in her eyes, and stood at the door, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, a carriage came to stop at the door, and a little medicine boy next to the handlebar in front of him turned around and lifted the curtain of the big red car: "Master, it's here." ”

Jump out of the car in handlebar style, take a footstool from the back, trot over, and place it on the side of the wheel. Immediately, a silver-gray bearded old man leaned out of the car, supported the medicine boy with the front of his robe with one hand, and held the handlebar standing with his waist below with the other, carefully stepped on the pedal stool, and got out of the carriage, which was a sigh of relief.

The little medicine boy ran up the stairs in a few steps, opened the curtain and said, "The master is back!" ”

Shi Langzhong hurriedly got up and ran to the door, opened the curtain, nodded with a smile and said, "Master, you're back!" ”

"Hmm!" The one who got out of the car was Xue Langzhong, the shopkeeper of Renshoutang and the doctor who sat in the hall.

Xue Langzhong was about to step into the house with his robe, when suddenly, a woman standing by the door knelt on the ground with a grunt: "Langzhong! Please save my mother-in-law! ”

Xue Langzhong encountered a lot of such a situation, but he didn't care, stood still, and said, "What's wrong with your mother-in-law?" You get up and speak! ”

The woman knelt up, wiped her tears, and said, "My mother-in-law was twisting her waist at the door of the house just now, and she can't move at this moment, and she is lying on the bed in pain. Just now I told this big brother Langzhong, begging him to take a look, he said he couldn't leave, let me go back and carry my mother-in-law, but my man is not at home, and the neighbor only has an elderly aunt and a half-old child, the three of us can't lift the mother-in-law, can you drive to see, just a street in front, a few steps. ”

Xue Langzhong nodded and said to Shi Langzhong: "You go and take a look." ”

Shi Langzhong said with a smile: "Master, isn't it just that I twisted my waist, there should be no problem, otherwise, I should wait for her man to come back......

Xue Langzhong's white and thick eyebrows twitched, and he said in a deep voice: "The old man fell and sprained, you can't take it lightly!" What if she waited until her man came back and delayed her condition? Just go! ”

"Yes!" Shi Langzhong agreed, took the medicine box from the little medicine boy, and said to the woman, "Let's go!" ”

The woman thanked her one after another, and took the lead and hurried forward.

Shi Langzhong muttered after walking: "On such a cold day, I still have to go to the doctor, and it's not an emergency, just twist my waist, isn't it amazing?" It's so far away that it hasn't arrived yet, and it's still said that it's close, where is it close? It's almost to the castle! ”

The woman listened to her complaining, and did not dare to say anything, but walked briskly with the smiling face. Walk through the street, enter the alley, and finally come to the door.

Shi Langzhong came to the door with a straight face, and heard the moaning of an old woman in the house, and when he stepped in, he saw an old woman lying on the earthen kang, curled up like a person, a quilt half drooped on his body, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down one by one. A child sat on the edge of the kang and wiped the sweat beads from the old woman's forehead with his sleeve.

The young woman said, "Mother! Lang Zhong is here! ”

Dong slowly turned his head with difficulty and glanced at it, and said with a trembling mouth: "Quick! Hurry up and give Lang Zhong a seat. ”

The young woman hurried to fetch a round stool and placed it beside the bed. Lieutenant Shi Lang put the outpatient box at the end of the bed, didn't sit down, and asked coldly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Waist ......, low back pain...... severe back pain, and cold on the body, bursts of chills, hands and feet are so numb.

(To be continued)