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At this moment, I heard a man's voice behind me: "Colleagues, it's good, give me something to eat?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang and the others turned their heads to look, only to see an old man behind them, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and carrying a white banner in one hand, which said that he was specially cured of various incurable diseases. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info holds a bell in the other hand. He was looking at them pitifully.

Zuo Shaoyang was a little strange, thinking that a bell doctor walked in the rivers and lakes, originally walking the rivers and lakes relied on the ability to eat and drink, no matter how he would never be hungry, looking at this old man's age, his face was full of vicissitudes, he must have been mixing in the rivers and lakes for a lot of time, how did he get mixed to the point of begging along the street? And what is eye-popping is that this man is still begging for food with a whole body, which is even more strange.

Zhen Lingzi frowned and said, "You person, who is your colleague?" Didn't you see that the young master was a Taoist leader? ”

The bell doctor was stunned for a moment: "I happened to follow you just now, and I heard you say that you want to open a pharmacy here, isn't that a peer?" ”

Qing Lingzi's eyes widened: "Opening a pharmacy is a peer?" Even if we open a pharmacy, we are also sitting doctors, how can we compare with you? ”

"I'm sorry ......, I'm sorry...... old doctor blushed and lowered his head, turned around and left, this old doctor should have been hungry for a long time, his legs were weak, and he walked with difficulty step by step.

Qing Miaozi next to him gently nudged him: "You are really, if you don't give it, you won't give it, what are you still saying these words?" Who doesn't have a problem! ”

As he spoke, Qing Miaozi chased after him, and Qing Miaozi took out a string of copper coins from his arms, handed them to the old bell doctor, and said, "Old man, I'm sorry, my senior brother doesn't mean anything else, you can keep this money for food and accommodation." ”

The old doctor was very grateful, and said again and again: "Thank you, thank you." This ......,"

Qing Meizi also chased after him, and was going to give him a string of copper coins, but when he heard what he said, he said unhappily: "You are really, a string of copper coins, you are too little to give you a string?" Ten texts! You can buy a drawer of meat buns! ”

The old bell doctor said with a bitter face: "However, the steamed buns here cost twenty wen each!" ”

"What?" Qing Miaozi exclaimed, "Twenty Wen? Impossible, right? ”

"It's true, a couple just came from outside, right?"

Zuo Shaoyang was standing in the distance waiting for Qing Miaozi and them to come back, but when he heard the words of the old bell doctor, his heart moved, and he walked over quickly: "This old gentleman, you just said, a steamed bun here costs twenty wen?" ”

"yes."

After they arrived in Quzhou, there were people in charge of food and housing, and they didn't have to pay out of their own pockets, and now they listened to the price, only to know that it was ridiculously expensive, if the prices were generally so high, then they bid three times to buy a house, and people naturally would not sell it, because in the capital, one penny can buy two steamed buns, and here, twenty wen can buy one steamed bun. It would have to be at least forty times more before someone would be willing to sell the house. Forty times, that's nearly two thousand! A shop costs 2,000 yuan, which is simply a frightening sky-high price.

Zuo Shaoyang naturally wouldn't believe it, thought about it, and reached out to find the money bag.

"I'm coming!" Without waiting for Qing Meizi next to her, she handed over the string of money in her hand, "Oh, here you go, plus what my senior sister gave me just now, a total of twenty wen, is this enough?" ”

"Thank you, thank you two Dao Masters!" The old bell doctor trembled with excitement, and carefully took the string of money.

After thanking them repeatedly, the old doctor slowly walked to the door of a snack shop, where steamed buns were steaming at the door.

The old bell doctor took two strings of money and said, "Shopkeeper, excuse me, buy a bun." ”

The guy at the snack shop was originally full of smiles, but when he saw him, he immediately lost his smile, faster than the sun turned into snow, and his voice was as cold as a knife: "Twenty wen one!" ”

"Oh, twenty wen."

The shopkeeper snorted disdainfully, grabbed the two strings of money, and then directly reached out, took out a steamed bun from the cage drawer, and threw it to the old bell doctor.

The old bell doctor held the bell in one hand and the banner in the other, and before he could pick it up, the steamed bun had already been thrown over, so he hurriedly went to pick it up, and he didn't catch it in a hurry, and the white steamed bun rolled off his hand and fell to the ground.

The old bell doctor hurriedly threw the banner and bell in his hand on the ground, squatted down and grabbed the dusty steamed bun, and didn't care about the heat, so he stuffed it into his mouth, but the steamed bun just came out of the cage drawer, and it was hot and sticky in his mouth, so hot that he was busy and spit it out, and quickly held it with his hand, blew it twice, and stuffed it into his mouth again. He grinned and chewed, swallowing hard, so hot that he touched his throat and rolled his eyes.

The old bell doctor's embarrassment made the guy laugh, and the people in the shop next to him and the diners in the snack shop laughed like watching the monkey ride the sheep. The guy in the shop laughed so much that tears came out, and he pointed to the old doctor and said, "You deserve it!" Burn you old thing! ”

Zhen Lingzi was furious, strode forward, grabbed the guy by the collar, and lifted him up with one hand: "You kid, you deceive people too much!" "Hit the ground hard, and screamed at the guy who was stunned.

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran out, and when he saw Zhen Lingzi wearing a Taoist robe, he glared angrily, and hurriedly said with a smile: "This Taoist master is angry, the guy is not sensible, he has provoked you, please calm his anger." ”

There is the Tang generation, and the status of Taoist priests is very high, so when the shopkeeper saw that the Taoist chief was angry, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and he was busy apologizing.

Zhen Lingzi snorted and said angrily: "Shopkeeper, you said, a steamed bun sells for twenty wen, and with this attitude, are you deliberately bullying outsiders?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, how dare we do this, it's just that Langzhong is like this, and nothing else will be like this." ”

"What?" Zhen Yuanzi quit, he studied medicine, and took two steps forward and said angrily: "Why do you discriminate like this against us studying medicine?" Are we inferior? ”

The shopkeeper didn't know the relationship between Zhen Yuanzi and this person for a while, and when he said this, he was with Zhen Lingzi and them all the way, maybe they were in a group, and hurriedly said: "No, no, don't dare, this, we, we don't want to......"

The shopkeeper wanted to help the shopkeeper speak, and interjected: "Yes, yes, open the door to do business, who wants to, there is no way to do it, it is forced." ”

"Forced? Who forced you? ”

"It's ......, ouch!" The shopkeeper was stomped on by the shopkeeper next to him, and he grinned and jumped around in pain.

The shopkeeper glared and said, "Why don't you hurry in and greet the guests, what are you doing here?" ”

"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper limped into the store.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "No one forced us, it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding." ”

"Misunderstanding? You sell a steamed bun in 20 Wen in a foreigner, why is it a misunderstanding? Zhen Lingzi is not easy to fool, and then said with angry eyes: "If you can't say clearly, we have to go to the Yamen Theory!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang now knows that the original 20 yuan of a steamed bun is only a special discrimination that only exists among the foreigners, and the store should not sell it should have nothing to do with it, there is still hope to buy it, and he wanted to figure out this matter, so he stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "You must be pointed out by others, who instructed you to deal with the foreigners like this?" ”

"There really is no one to instruct, it's just a misunderstanding, I apologize, I apologize."

"Lang Zhong is to cure diseases and save people, but you sell high-priced steamed buns to others, people practice medicine in all directions, they eat hard food, earn hard money, and the money they earn is enough to make a living, you do this, how can people make a living? Do you still have a conscience? ”

The old bell doctor who had already eaten up a steamed bun next to him and was swallowing the last bite listened to Zuo Shaoyang's words, and stayed in a daze, his eyes were red, and two lines of turbid tears rolled down. Clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Thank you!" Thank you for this master. ”

Zuo Shaoyang was wearing an ordinary robe, not wearing a robe like Sun Simiao, but they were together, although I heard Zuo Shaoyang talk about the medical hall just now, it should be a Langzhong, especially the people here discriminate against Langzhong so much, where does he dare to call the other party a peer. Dao Ye is much more popular than Lang Zhong.

Although the shopkeeper was reprimanded, he didn't seem to be angry at all, and apologized: "It's really a misunderstanding." ”

"Then you received twenty wen from others, why did you only give one steamed bun?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's our fault, twenty wen, forty steamed buns, we will make up for it, all of them." ”

After that, the shopkeeper instructed the shopkeeper to take forty steamed buns, wrap two large bags in two large blue cloths, and hand them to the old bell doctor.

The old doctor was very frightened, looked at the shopkeeper, then looked at Zuo Shaoyang, and then looked at the two big bags of steamed buns, I didn't know what to do.

Zuo Shaoyang took the two big bags of steamed buns and handed them to the old bell doctor: "Take it!" This Quzhou is not suitable for traveling doctors, you take these steamed buns, leave here quickly, and go to a place that does not discriminate against our Langzhong. ”

The old bell doctor was full of tears, whimpered and took the two big bags of steamed buns, looked at the flags and bells on the ground, put down the steamed buns, put the bells and flags into the basket on his back, carried the two big bags of steamed buns, and bowed deeply to Zuo Shaoyang: "Everyone, the old man is unforgettable!" Farewell! ”

With that, he staggered out of the city with a steamed bun.

Zuo Shaoyang: They also slowly continued to look for shops. In the evening, there was still no gain, and everyone finally gave up, and decided to return to the rich man's house, leave here the next day, and find another place to open a medicine shop.

A group of people were walking on the street, and suddenly, a person came out of the alley, it was the previous Fang Langzhong, who arched his hand and said, "A few Taoist masters are invited." ”

Zuo Shaoyang was very strange, and returned the salute: "You haven't left yet?" ”

"The old man felt deeply virtuous, and when he walked halfway, he felt that he still wanted to remind a few Taoist masters, which could be regarded as repaying the Taoist masters for saving their lives."

"The old gentleman is serious, please have something to say."

"I followed behind, and I heard several Taoist masters asking around if there were houses for rent or sale, and I learned that several of them were preparing to open a medical center in Quzhou. But you can't rent a house, can you? ”

"yes."

"The old man knows why."

"Oh? What's with? ”

(To be continued)