The thin apprentice is called Chen Ziqiang, and he is a little distant relative of the Chen family, so he can go in as an apprentice.

Chen Ziqiang's house is also in the town, but it is not a bustling street, but a little suburb into the town.

Lin Miao and the others sat in an ox cart, and there was still a medicine on the ox cart that they had forgotten to sell, and the group came to Chen Ziqiang's house.

I got out of the ox cart and heard a cough as soon as I approached the door.

"Have you been coughing for a long time?" Lin Miao asked.

She wants to confirm the general symptoms, and sometimes the patients themselves can't tell.

"It's been half a month, and my aunt said that she was just cold, so I shouldn't worry, but she obviously coughed more and more."

Chen Ziqiang's eyes began to turn red again, and he opened the door as he spoke.

Lin Miao turned to Lin Xi and said, "You stay outside and wait, the house is not big, it's too crowded to go in."

Even colds are contagious, so she doesn't want them in.

Entering through the door is a small courtyard with several wooden basins in the courtyard, which are full of clothes.

How is it possible for two people to live in so many clothes?

So Lin Miao guessed that Chen Ziqiang's mother should wash people's clothes in exchange for living expenses.

Chen Ziqiang led Lin Miao to the room next to the kitchen, which was also the room where the coughing sound kept coming out.

knocked on the door and asked, "Auntie, I'm back, are you better?"

"Alright, alright, you kid, aren't you going to work? How did you get back? The people in the room coughed again.

Chen Ziqiang pushed the door: "Auntie, I brought a doctor to see you."

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'll be fine in a few days, I don't need to see a doctor."

Chen Lin got up with her hands on the bed, and what caught her eyes was her son and a handsome little girl.

The little girl was dressed in a blue cotton dress, with a slender figure and a very delicate little face.

Is this a doctor?

With doubts in his heart, Chen Lin forgot to continue to sit up for a while, and just held on to it.

Chen Ziqiang hurriedly went over to help Chen Lin up and sat against the bed frame.

Lin Miao spontaneously moved a wooden bench and sat on the side of the bed, then checked the lower pulse, checked the tonsils for inflammation, listened to the sound of lung gongs, and then touched the lymph nodes to see if there was any enlargement.

After doing these examinations, she said: "Your aunt is indeed cold, but it dragged on for a long time and developed into pneumonia..."

"What is pneumonia? Isn't it serious? Chen Qiang asked anxiously.

Lin Miao glanced at Chen Lin's and weighed it in her heart, if she said that it was not serious, this woman would definitely want to wait for it to get better, if she said it was serious, the patient was under pressure in her heart, and she would get better slowly.

After thinking about it, she said: "It's not serious, it's serious, depending on the patient's cooperation, if the cooperation is good, a few doses of medicine will go down, and you can gradually recover, if you don't cooperate with the medicine, or if the illness is not well and you re-contract the cold, then death is possible."

Chen Ziqiang was trembling when he was said, and promised again and again: "I will definitely look at my aunt and let her drink medicine."

After saying that, he remembered that he had already sold himself to the girl in front of him, and said that he was going to collect medicine...

What to do?

After thinking about it, he asked tentatively: "Can I wait for my aunt to get better before going to Linjia Village?"

Yes?

Lin Miao was a little dazed at first, then remembered it instantly, and said with a smile: "Yes, relatives are important."

"What are you going to do in Linjia Village? Don't have to go to work? Chen Lin grabbed Chen Ziqiang with his hand and asked.

Lin Miao stood up and said, "I'll go out and prepare, and I'll give her acupuncture later."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went out, and Chen Ziqiang watched Lin Miao go out before turning around and explaining today's events in detail.

When Chen Lin heard the end, he sighed and said: "Son, you haven't been in good health since you were a child, and you can't do heavy work, it's because of this that A-Niang brought you to join Master Chen, and you finally entered the wine shop as an apprentice, you..."

Because he was in a hurry, Chen Lin coughed sharply and coughed up all his tears.

Chen Ziqiang hurriedly patted her on the back and said, "Auntie, I've grown up, I don't want you to wash people's clothes in the winter."

"The proprietor said that if she followed her up the mountain to collect medicine, she would be divided into three percent of silver when she sold the medicine, and I heard Zhang Fu say that the medicine that his father and mother picked up in half a day could be sold for one or two silver."

"I just can't compare to them, I take my time, and the monthly money for a month will not be less than being an apprentice."

"You stupid boy, it's very dangerous in the mountains, there is a liquor store where it is comfortable, and where is the medicine said to be picked? You..."

"Ah Niang..."Chen Ziqiang interrupted Chen Lin's words with a shout, and when she stopped, he continued: "A little girl from the owner family can go up the mountain to collect medicine, am I not as good as her?" You can rest assured. ”

"But, but..."

Chen Ziqiang patted her comfortingly, and said: "Auntie, the owner didn't let me collect medicine all the time, her brother used to be an apprentice in the wine shop, she took his brother home to build a wine shop, and when the time comes, it will be mainly wine-making, I won't work hard."

"It's not hard for you and her brother..."

"There are more than two people and Zhang Fu, who is also an apprentice and a person from their village."

"If they bully you..."

"Auntie..."

Chen Ziqiang interrupted his mother's words again and said, "We have known each other for several years, and I know their temperament, if I hadn't weighed it, I wouldn't have made a decision without asking you."

Chen Lin was silent, Chen Ziqiang thought she agreed, and hurriedly turned around to call Lin Miao in.

Lin Miao had just gone to the kitchen to put the silver needles through the fire, and now when she came in, she hurriedly ordered, "Can you raise the brazier at home?" It was a bit cold and she had to take off some clothes. ”

Chen Ziqiang nodded again and again and went out, and came back with a brazier after a while.

Putting down the brazier, he asked, "Is there anything else you want to command?"

Lin Miao shook her head: "You go out first, I'll call you later."

After Chen Ziqiang went out, Lin Miao reached out to help Chen Lin undress, but she took Lin Miao's hand and cried.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Miao asked.

Chen Lin raised his head and said sadly: "Little girl, since you are kind, please let go of my family Ah Qiang, he can't do coolies, he is not in good health..."

Lin Miao was stunned, is this the result of discussion?

Let his wife cry?

It's too irresponsible!

withdrew his hand, turned around directly and called Chen Ziqiang in, and said, "Chen Ziqiang, I think you misunderstood."

"I was going to help redeem myself just now, but I was actually thinking about ransoming all the apprentices and leaving no one to work in the liquor store."

"It failed, and then I had already made other plans, and I didn't care if you made wine with my brother or not."

"Ten taels of silver, including the one or two pieces of silver promised to you, for me, it's nothing, if you don't want to, forget it, there's really no need for your mother to cry, I'm annoying..."

Chen Ziqiang was shocked and shook his head again and again: "No, no, I'm willing..."

"Son, the doctor said you..."

Lin Miao looked at Chen Ziqiang, he did look weak, and thought for a while, "Sit down and give you a pulse."

If she had a heart attack or something, she didn't want to trouble her family.