There is also a half-moon to celebrate the New Year, this juncture is talking about bad luck such as saying that no one is gone, who doesn't make a fire, plus Xiao Shunzi's family is doing a half-closed meat business, everyone looks down on them on weekdays, and even the guests with their family are not waiting to see them.

A strong boy like a calf stood up and asked angrily, "Who are you, who are you better than a doctor?" Be careful to talk nonsense, I'll beat you! He wore an old black cotton jacket, and his muscles held it up as if it were one size smaller.

Chen Zikun looked the strong boy up and down, took a step forward, and the strong boy was not to be outdone, and also took a step forward, and the two looked at each other viciously like cockfights.

The strong boy rolled up his sleeves, and a pair of bowl-sized fists squeezed and crackled. Xiao Shunzi heard the movement and came out of the back room and shouted, "Baoqing, what are you doing here?" ”

"It's none of your business, I just want to ask him, what are you talking about here for the New Year!" Baoqing was still aggressive, but his eyes glanced at Xing'er.

Chen Zikun looked into Baoqing's eyes and said slowly: "I have a friend who died of the disease of colic, a well-known man was in pain to death, after his death, I cut open his abdomen, and his intestines were rotten and pus, if you want to practice my companionship, but not now, human life is at stake, and it can't be delayed." ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of broken porcelain in the inner room, and several neighbors hurriedly opened the curtain and went in, and suddenly exclaimed: "Xing'er Niang, don't think about it!" ”

On the kang in the house, Xing'er Niang's face was like white paper, beads of sweat the size of beans were rolling down, and she was trembling and trying to pick up the sharp bowl stubble on the ground.

"Mother!" A pair of children pounced, but the mother didn't even have the strength to speak, she just shook her head slightly, her expression was painful, everyone understood what she meant.

The neighbors suddenly woke up to the fact that Xing'er Niang, a person who can endure hardships and suffer so much on weekdays, actually wants to die, which shows how sick this is.

A gray-haired middle-aged man in the neighborhood said: "I think what Hou Sheng said is reasonable, his aunt's pain is really unbearable, otherwise let's find a Western doctor to take a look?" ”

The old man with a loud voice also nodded: "It takes at least a few hours to grab the medicine and boil the medicine, and it may not be easy to eat it, so please ask the Western doctor to take care of it." ”

"Where to find Western medicine in the middle of the night, foreigners' doctors all live in Dongjiaomin Lane, and they can't get in, besides, Western medicine is much more expensive than traditional Chinese medicine, and those who see a minor illness and a small disaster have to pay more than a dozen big silver, who can stand it." There was such a faint sentence in the crowd, and everyone was silent again.

Indeed, the outpatient fees and medicine fees of Western medicine are more expensive than those of traditional Chinese medicine, and the foreigner hospital is a place where dignitaries and nobles see diseases, and the small people under the root of the imperial city can't even eat enough, and the minor illnesses and disasters are usually hard, and there is really no way to find a doctor.

Suddenly, Xing'er fell to her knees with a thud, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "Uncle and aunt, uncle and aunt, please save my mother!" ”

Guo'er also knelt down, twisting her neck and not speaking, her eyes were red.

The neighbors all sighed and were silent, only Baoqing stared at the round and rubbed his hands urgently, and was embarrassed to help Xing'er.

"Human life is at stake, so much dry hair! How many count as mine! Chen Zikun roared, and all the little selfishness in the hearts of the neighbors disappeared.

"You can't let Xing'er Niang die of pain like this, go to the doctor!" The loud old man also shouted, and the neighbors agreed with each other, without further ado, act immediately, it is a big deal to ask for Western medicine, and there must be an adult to come forward, everyone publicly recommended the gray-haired middle-aged man just now, he is a patrol officer, the ground is familiar, and he knows where the foreign doctor lives.

"Inspector Xue, it's all up to you." Everybody said.

Inspector Xue said: "Baoqing, go home and bring my coat and lantern, it's slippery." ”

"Okay, Daddy." Baoqing quickly went back to the house and brought his father's patrol coat and a kerosene lantern.

"Baoqing, Xiaoshunzi, you two go with me." Inspector Xue arranged.

Guo'er said, "I'm going too!" ”

Inspector Xue said, "Don't go, take care of your mother at home." ”

Chen Zikun went back to Xiao Shunzi's house and took out his own bag, and said loudly: "Go together!" ”

"Let's go!" Inspector Xue beckoned, took the three of them out of the miscellaneous courtyard, and went straight to the Xuanwu Gate, the cold winter wax moon, dripping water into ice, the ruts on the road were frozen and solid, extremely hard, the four people were walking hurriedly on the empty road, and someone in the patrol pavilion in front shouted: "What are you doing!" ”

"Lao Zhang, it's me, my neighbor is sick, go and ask for a doctor." Inspector Xue replied calmly.

"Oh, it's Lao Xue, go over." The patrol waved their hand to let them pass, but Chen Zikun stopped, stood quietly for a few seconds, turned around and took a few steps to pull out the fruit hiding in the corner.

"Well, let's go together." Inspector Xue saw Guo'er's stubborn eyes, and his heart softened.

Dongjiaomin Lane is the ground of foreigners, and in the middle of the night, three more people broke in, maybe let the foreign soldiers collapse, never go, fortunately, Inspector Xue knew that there was an American-run clinic in Xuanwumen, and on weekdays, American doctors went out in a four-wheeled carriage to see a doctor, to see foreigners, but also to Chinese, if you want to find Western medicine, find him the best choice.

Five people soon came to the door of the clinic, the sound of beating the watch came unhurriedly, it was already three watches, it was the time when people slept most soundly, Baoqing looked at the big sign of "Citi Clinic" hanging on the door, went up and slammed the door, the north wind was blowing, the dogs of every household were shrunk and silent, and there was no life in the clinic at all.

"It's not going back to Citi's hometown for the New Year." Baoqing knocked for a long time without responding, and wondered.

"Westerners don't celebrate the Spring Festival, only Christmas, maybe they are too drunk to hear it." Xiao Shunzi said.

Everyone turned their attention to Inspector Xue, although he was only a small patrolman, but he was a mixed person in the world, and it was up to him to be well-informed and make up his minds.

But at this moment, Inspector Xue was also blind, if it was a clinic opened by Chinese, he might have a way, but he would be afraid of things related to foreigners, and if this was not done well, it would be a matter of losing his job.

"Slam the door!" Guo'er bent down and picked up a broken brick from the side of the road and was about to beckon inside.

Chen Zikun stretched out his hand to stop Guo'er, took a few steps back to look at the surrounding situation, suddenly ran forward two steps, and stepped on the wall to go up, he was tall, with long arms, grabbed the wall, and then turned over and passed.

The head of the wall is not high, compared to the wall that was turned over when smashing the kiln outside the gate, he took three steps and two steps to latch the door, and the people outside rushed in.

Citi Clinic rents a Chinese-style courtyard house, three into three rooms, the consultation room is located in the inverted room, the owner lives in the main room inside the hanging flower door, the house is hung with cotton curtains in winter, and it is possible not to hear the sound.

Chen Zikun pointed at Baoqing: "You, trust me." ”

Baoqing was not ambiguous, stepped forward and squatted on the ground, let Chen Zikun step on his shoulder on the wall of the second gate, the hanging flower door opened, and Inspector Xue was frightened: "Isn't this the same as being a thief?" ”

Human life is at stake, no one can care so much, under the leadership of Chen Zikun, he came to the door of the main room and knocked on the door and shouted: "Doctors save people, save people." ”

The lights were lit up in the room, and then a series of fast-paced foreign words sounded, and although everyone could not understand the meaning of the words, they could hear the anger in their tones.

A dazzling flashlight shot out, followed by a "snap", only Inspector Xue and Chen Zikun heard it, it was the sound of a six-wheel pistol pulling the hammer.

"Gentlemen, put your hands up and be slow." There was a voice at the door of the wing, very authentic Chinese, but there was always a strange smell that could not be described.

Chen Zikun raised his hand first, and everyone looked at him and slowly raised his hand.

The door of the main room opened, and a Westerner in cotton pajamas walked out, and when he saw five Chinese standing in the courtyard, he was suddenly shocked and asked in Chinese: "You thieves are really lawless!" ”

"Doctor, we are not thieves, I am Xue Pingshun from the front gate patrol station of the Jingshi Police Department, the child's mother is suffering from a disease, we are here to ask you to go to the doctor, no one answered after calling the door outside for a long time, the children climbed in when they were in a hurry, how to punish us when we turn back, you have a lot of adults, it is important to save your life." At the critical moment, Inspector Xue's eloquence was not bad, and as soon as he made a look, Guo'er knelt down, and kowtowed violently despite the fact that the ground was freezing hard.

"Get out, you Boxer thugs!" The foreigner with the revolver at the door of the wing room roared angrily, Chen Zikun squinted his eyes, the man had a rough beard, was in his forties, very tall, like an angry lion, it seemed that if the uninvited guests did not go out immediately, he would not hesitate to pull the trigger of the Colt revolver.

Xiaoshunzi and they were all scared silly, foreigners are not good men and women, they launched a temper so that even the Queen Mother Lafayette couldn't control it, and they really wanted to shoot these people who trespassed on people's houses, and they didn't die in vain.

Chen Zikun walked over to the muzzle of the gun, and walked straight to the foreigner, the two were about the same size, so they looked at each other, the tip of the nose was against the tip of the nose, and the muzzle of the gun was against the chest.

"Treating the sick and saving people, the doctor's vocation, now the patient is dying, I want a word, are you going or not going!" Chen Zikun's loud words made Inspector Xue and Xiao Shunzi secretly complain, foreigners have a big temper, and they can only do it by smoothing their hair, so that the top cow will only mess things up.

But the foreigner was not angry, but closed the pistol hammer and asked, "The cost of my visit is very high, can you pay for it?" ”

Chen Zikun patted the blanket bag on his shoulder: "Give as much as you want!" ”

"Very well, I have another question, why do you think I'm the doctor and not the gentleman Sven." The foreigner asked.

"Although you live in a wing, the phone line is pulled into this room, so you are the owner of the clinic." Chan said.

Another well-mannered foreigner at the door of the main room listened to their conversation with interest, shrugged his shoulders and said in English: "Sean, don't you think this thing is very interesting, enough to relieve the boredom of a long winter night." ”

The foreigner, known as Sean, smiled, "Reginald, if you're bored, you can come with me." ”

"Willing to accompany." Reginald bowed gracefully and went back to his room to change his clothes.