Chapter 86: Back Alley on a Snowy Night

ps:

In the chapter of "Warm Brand Vest", a book friend proposed that the relationship with Sang Xiaomei was too abrupt, and there was a suspicion, so Lao Mu made a new revision. Interested book lovers are welcome to re-read it. Thank you for the reminder.

This novel involves emotional content, and Lao Mu's original intention is to go with the flow, never be pretentious, and not feel for the sake of feelings. However, if there is any inappropriateness, please correct. Thank you!

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"Hey, yes, don't go! See how I puff you off! Ni Er strode in with a big thorn behind his back, and didn't look at Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang, as if they didn't exist, or the fish and meat on the board, there was no need to discuss with him, just squinted at Shi Langzhong: "The surname is Shi, you just bid 3,500 Wen, so you thought you paid a high price, right?" Hehe, Lao Tzu bid 5,000 Wen! 1,500 Wen higher than you! If you have the ability, add it! But to tell you the truth, 5,000 wen is my top number, if you bid more than one penny, this party will be yours. I don't want it. ”

Shi Langzhong was so angry that his face turned green, in fact, when he came, the highest price given to him by his master Xue Langzhong was 3,000 Wen, he had already exceeded the highest number, and the extra part was originally to save face, and it was a big deal to post the money himself, but now the price of Huimin Hall is almost twice as high as the highest price of 3,000 Wen given by the master, and he is already very painful to let him post 500 Wen, and if he wants to post 2,000 Wen, he has to vomit blood, and his finger Ni Er said angrily: "Are you deliberately making trouble?" ”

"I don't have time to mess with you." Ni Er took out the money bag from his arms, took out a silver ingot of white flowers, and threw it on the long strip in front of Zuo Gui with a snap, "Zuo Langzhong, see clearly, five taels of snowflake silver, even if you Guizhitang work for five years, you can't earn five taels of silver, right?" ”

Zuo Gui didn't say a word, and he didn't look at the silver.

Shi Langzhong looked at Ni Er's real character, and suddenly looked like a deflated ball: "Okay, good you Huimin Hall, you have a kind." ”

"Of course I have!" Ni Er smiled coldly, turned to Zuo Gui and said, "Zuo Langzhong, I didn't want to come. My brother forced me to buy your recipe, I said it, my brother is kind-hearted and helps the poor, if it weren't for the fact that you are poor like this, going around the villages to practice medicine, and earn a few small bucks to make ends meet, it is really pitiful, I would not have paid such a high price. Five taels of silver! It's enough to buy two maids. But you better use it to pay off the debt, I know you owe a lot of money, in addition to Zhao Sanniang's debt, there are still many people waiting to collect debts from you, my ingot of silver, isn't it a charcoal in the snow, hehe, - don't give me the formula? Then go to the offering table to burn high incense for my brother, and ask the ancestors of your left family to bless my brother with good fortune and longevity, and good people have good rewards! Hey, hey, hey."

Zuo Gui raised his head and glanced at him coldly: "Are you finished?" ”

"That's it, -- what do you mean?" Ni Er said angrily.

"When you're done, take your money and go out!" Zuo Gui got up, took the banner and the bell, walked to the door, and turned to look at them.

Shi Langzhong and Feng Langzhong heard that Zuo Gui's words were not good, and quickly slipped out of the door with interest. Ni Er was still standing in the lobby and shouted: "Zuo Langzhong, you can figure it out, last time I published 900 wen, you don't sell it too much, this time I came out with 5,000 wen, you are still too little?" How much do you have to relent? Be kind, don't go too far. Don't forget, you still owe a lot of debts, so many creditors are waiting, you don't sell your son to make money to pay off your debts, what are you doing with me...... ”

Zuo Shaoyang, who was standing next to him, suddenly shouted: "Hey! Are you deaf? Didn't you hear my dad tell you to go out? You're not leaving, are you? - Sister, come quickly, Huimin Tang Ni Er came to the door to find the ballast! Zuo Shaoyang turned around and shouted at the kitchen.

Ni Er was startled, the last time he waited with a fennel broom, he lost a big face in front of everyone, afraid of killing this spicy woman, he hurriedly grabbed the silver ingots on a few cases and ran away, stepped out of the gate in three or two steps, and ran several feet away, standing across the street, only then did he dare to turn back.

Zuo Shaoyang laughed, carried the medicine cabinet on his back, said to his mother Liang, closed the door, and followed his father Zuo Gui out of the city to patrol the doctor.

Shi Langzhong and Feng Langzhong saw Ni Er's embarrassed appearance, and secretly snickered and left.

Ni Er returned to Huimin Hall stupidly, and told Dr. Ni what he had done, and Dr. Ni's white thick eyebrows wrinkled together: "Five taels of silver are not sold, how much does he want?" ”

"It's not exact, it's just a high price! Brother, don't accommodate them, without this method, our Huimin Hall is still not the leading pharmacy, and it doesn't affect anything. ”

"You know a!" Doctor Ni said coldly, "This prescription is only a dozen yuan, but it can cure diseases worth four taels of silver, if we master it, how much money can we make?" Do you understand? ”

Hearing Dr. Ni's little bit, Ni Er's eyes immediately lit up: "I understand, hehe, brother, if we can get this prescription and treat a rich person, we only say that it is a prescription of four taels of silver, and the actual cost is only a dozen yuan, then we will make a lot of money." ”

"That's right! So, you go to Guizhi Hall again tonight, discuss with them well, and get the recipe at any cost!" ”

"Okay, how much should we pay for the maximum?"

Dr. Ni stroked his beard and groaned for a moment, and said slowly: "One hundred thousand Wen!" ”

"Huh?" Ni Er's eyes widened like copper bells, "Brother, this ......, this is too high, right?" ”

"I can't bear the child's trap on the wolf!"

Ni Er's eyes rolled, and he laughed in a low voice: "Brother, I have an idea, for only seven or eight thousand Wen, I can let them obediently send Fang Zi over!" ”

"Oh, what can I say?"

Ni Er leaned his head over and muttered a few words in Dr. Ni's ear.

Dr. Ni nodded slowly: "Well, this method should be effective." Although it is a bit of a yin damage, there is no way to do it. Just do it. ”

"Good!"

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In the past two days, Zuo Shaoyang either followed his father Zuo Gui to the village to practice medicine, or sat in the store to ask for a doctor, and when he was diagnosing, Zuo Shaoyang helped his father Zuo Gui to see a doctor, and when he was fine, Zuo Shaoyang trained the little squirrel to play. Including going up the mountain for a round, he took the little squirrel in his arms. When I was tired on the way, I took out the little pine tree to play.

At first, he was worried that the little squirrel would run away, but then he found that even if he put the little squirrel aside, it wouldn't run, so he asked for it to put it on the tree, and it would climb on the snow-covered branches to play, and find the fallen leaves below the covered pine cones from the snow-covered ground, but its teeth had just grown, and it was difficult to gnaw on the pine cones, so it was so anxious that it squeaked, Zuo Shaoyang helped him knock it open with a stone, and the little squirrel would take out the nuts inside and eat it.

The little squirrel's little claws are very sharp, and it can easily climb up and down trees, and it can jump up and down at will on the vertical trunk, as if walking on the ground, and it is easy to climb Zuo Shaoyang's body, and lightning can generally reach his shoulder.

This little squirrel is very obedient, as long as Zuo Shaoyang calls him by name, or whistles, pats his shoulder, whether it is on the ground or on the tree, in the blink of an eye, it will run over, swish twice and then swoop to Zuo Shaoyang, until he climbs on his shoulder and squats.

Zuo Shaoyang trained it to hold things again, and after a few days, the little squirrel was able to follow his instructions to bring the brush from the pen holder to him, and when it was used up, he could put the pen on the pen holder according to his instructions.

Last time, Zuo Shaoyang made an appointment with the medicine cabinet for five days, and the time was about to be full. On the night of the fourth day, snow fell heavily and the white wind howled. Zuo Shaoyang woke up in the middle of the night, and he couldn't sleep when he was lying cold, so he sat up and slept with the quilt on his back. When they were in a daze, they heard a heavy rustle of snow outside the window, and then they heard a soft bang, as if someone was leaning against the wall of their drugstore, because the wall was wooden, relatively thin, and it was quite real. I could hear the man groaning in pain.

Zuo Shaoyang was excited, he woke up from sleep, and those who studied medicine were very sensitive to this kind of moaning, could it be that someone was sick late at night and wanted to come to seek medical treatment, but he couldn't walk when he got closer? Listening to the sound of sticks beating the watch in the distance, it has been four watches, and it is still a curfew, if this person is not very sick, he will definitely not risk the curfew to be arrested to seek medical treatment. Gotta check it out.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly climbed down the stairs, came to the kitchen, opened the back door, and when he looked at it, the snowflakes fell all over the sky, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.

He poked his head out and looked over there, and saw a dark figure in the snowdrift under the wall, curled up there, groaning in low pain. Under the heavy snowfall, the body was already covered with a thin layer of snow.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly shrunk his neck and ran over, squatted down to take a closer look, under the heavy snow, the light was dim, and he only saw that this person was thin, with thin cheeks, and a goat mustache, he was an old man. He said, "Hey! Old man, I'm Xiao Langzhong from Guizhitang Pharmacy, what's wrong with you? Sick? ”

"Well......, it hurts, save me!" The man groaned under his breath. The voice is a little hoarse.

"That place hurts?"

"Waist ......, and leg ......, ouch, save my ......, please!"

"Okay, I'll help you into the house." Zuo Shaoyang pulled his hand up and put it around his neck, grabbed it with one hand, wrapped the other hand around his waist, and helped him up, feeling that this person's waist was very slender and his body was very light, so he didn't have much effort to help him up, but the ground was very slippery, he staggered into the back door, and closed the door casually.

As soon as the door was closed, the kitchen window was very small, so the room was dark and invisible, Zuo Shaoyang said: "You lean against the wall first, and I'll light the lamp." ”

"Don't!"

The old man grabbed his hand with a bang, and his strength was surprisingly great, so painful that Zuo Shaoyang frowned and almost screamed. He said bitterly: "How can I treat you if I don't light the lamp?" ”

"Wait ......, wait a minute, don't move! Listen to me! ”