Chapter 12: Poor Old Man
Xie Sanqi already admired Su Banxia so much, and he was still wondering in his heart, could he jump into the river once to be reborn, or else he would also jump into the river and give it a try?
This kind of thought flashed in his mind, and he was so frightened that he quickly shook his head, this kind of thought is unacceptable! Su Banxia became like this, he was completely forced, empathy If he met Su Banxia so many things, it is estimated that he would have no expectations for life for a long time, looking at Su Banxia's eyes more and more gentle, as an elder brother, he must take care of his sister!
Walking out of the vegetable market, Aunt Osmanthus and the Jiang family went to the silk village to embroider work, Su Banxia definitely couldn't be idle, explained to Xie Sanqi, and went to the medical hall.
The name of this medical hall in the town is called Jishitang, it is the only medical hall in the town, no one knows who the boss is, only that the person in charge is a middle-aged man named Li shopkeeper, Li shopkeeper is kind and kind, and he is also very good to people, and he is deeply loved by everyone.
The last time I came, I didn't see Shopkeeper Li, but I just asked the medicine boy in the medical hall, and this time she wanted to carefully ask Shopkeeper Li what herbs he needed, so that he could go back and pick them.
The first thing I saw when I entered the hospital was still the medicine boy from last time, and the medicine boy greeted me and said, "What happened to the girl?" “
Su Banxia looked around and found that Shopkeeper Li was standing behind the counter to settle accounts, pointed at Shopkeeper Li and said to the medicine boy: "I have something to do with your Shopkeeper Li." ”
Seeing this, the medicine boy didn't say anything, and went to do something else.
Su Banxia was a little weak-hearted, patted his chest and walked to Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li, who was looking at the account book at the counter, felt that someone was approaching, raised his head, and smiled enthusiastically: "Is there anything wrong with the girl?" ”
Su Banxia nodded nervously, worried that Shopkeeper Li would not buy the herbs.
"That's the case, Shopkeeper Li, I came to ask the medicine boy in the last market, I heard that you bought the herbs you have concocted here, right?"
Shopkeeper Li looked at Su Banxia curiously: "Did your family ask you to ask?" ”
Su Banxia hurriedly admitted: "It was my mother who asked me to ask, I don't know if the shopkeeper can buy the concocted herbs here?" ”
She really wanted a definite answer, and the medicine boy's answer didn't make her feel at ease.
Shopkeeper Li is very frank: "We don't buy the herbs that are just harvested, after all, the back hall is so big, there is no way to dry too many herbs, we buy herbs through the firm on weekdays, but they are all neighbors, as long as there are concocted herbs to send, we will also buy, if you have concocted herbs can be sent, according to the market price purchase, I am curious, your family will concoct herbs?" I've never heard of anyone in the neighborhood who knows how to concoct medicinal herbs. He was very puzzled, he had opened a medical clinic in the town for decades, and there was a barefoot doctor who sent concocted herbs to sell before, and after the death of the barefoot doctor, there was no one left, but he didn't expect to encounter a strange thing today.
Su Banxia had already thought of a countermeasure, and said half-truthfully: "I was forced to learn medicinal herbs in desperation, a distant relative of my family understands pharmacology, my father and brother went to the border gate, my mother and I only thought of this method for our livelihood, and we were relieved to know that the shopkeeper had purchased the concocted herbs." “
She smiled awkwardly at the shopkeeper, her eyes full of bitterness.
She didn't pretend at this point, and she was really helpless when she thought of everything she encountered.
Shopkeeper Li's eyes softened a lot, and he said, "As long as the herbs you concoct are of good quality, just send them, and our medical hall will accept any herbs." ”
Su Banxia hurriedly thanked him, left the hospital very satisfied, and met the three Jiang family at the door of the rice shop.
Jiang had already bought the grain, and his face was full of smiles.
"I discussed with your Aunt Osmanthus in Banxia, I bought half a catty of meat today, we will make leek dumplings in the evening, and when you go back, you and your Sanqi brother will go to the mountains to cut some more wild leeks and come back." She was in a good mood, and the owner of the embroidered handkerchief satin village was very satisfied, and gave an extra two cents.
Coupled with the silver money from the sale of yams, I pondered left and right, and went to the market to buy half a catty of meat, although it was not much, but it was chopped and wrapped in dumplings to taste a little meat.
Hearing that he could eat meat, Su Banxia swallowed his saliva, his eyes full of anticipation.
The four of them walked out of the town while talking, and when they reached the entrance of the town, they saw a group of people forming a circle, which seemed to be lively.
Su Banxia was carried by Xie Sanqi with a basket on his back, rushed to the front and squeezed into the crowd, eating melons and the masses was the most interesting.
As a result, as soon as I squeezed into the crowd, I saw an old man in ragged clothes sitting on the ground, and in front of the old man, a plainly dressed woman pointed at the old man and scolded: "Dead beggar, you don't open your mouth when I ask you!" Snatched away the steamed buns I bought, what do I eat at noon! ”
Only then did Su Banxia see that the residue of steamed buns remained at the corner of the old man's mouth, and turned a deaf ear to the woman's scolding.
The woman seemed to be angry at the old man's half-dead attitude, and was about to kick the old man with her waist in her hand.
Seeing this, he hurriedly stepped forward to block the front, and looked at the woman with a smile: "Auntie, why do you have to be as knowledgeable as this old man, he robbed you of steamed buns, he is probably hungry, you really want to kick and beat him, something is really going to happen at such an old age, you will still attract a life lawsuit, why don't you just do good deeds and accumulate virtues?" ”
It is said that gossip is not to be careful, but this old man has gray hair, even his beard is white, I don't know how old he is, if he doesn't make a move, something really happens, and he is afraid to regret it.
There were also people next to him playing a round game: "Just take it as a good deed, he probably snatched your steamed bun because he was hungry, so he robbed you of a steamed bun, I'll give you a penny, you can buy another one." ”
The person who spoke didn't seem to be very rich, but he was willing to pay money for a stranger, and Su Banxia glanced at the other party with appreciation.
In front of so many people, the woman was embarrassed to accept this penny, shook her sleeves and said angrily: "Forget it, count me unlucky." With that, he squeezed out of the crowd and left.
There was no excitement to see, the people around quickly dispersed, Su Banxia saw that the old man did not speak and lowered his head, sighed, walked to Xie Sanqi and took out the cloth bag in the back basket, this is the multigrain bun to eat on the road, took out two and put it in the old man's hand and said: "I can only help you so much, you better go to your family." ”
The old man finally raised his head, looked at Su Banxia with cloudy eyes for a while, his mouth moved slightly, and the word thank you was said very softly.
Su Banxia helped the old man to the side and said, "Don't sit in the middle of the road, it's very dangerous for a carriage to pass by, I'm leaving, you take care of yourself." ”
Seeing this scene, Jiang thought about it and took out the cloth bag in the back basket, and even gave the cloth bag and steamed bun to the old man.
The old man raised his head in surprise and looked at Jiang and Su Banxia a few more times, as if he was trying to remember the appearance of the two, but this time he didn't thank him.
It seemed to be just a small episode, and the four of them left the town, ate a little of Aunt Osmanthus's steamed buns on the way, drank a lot of mountain spring water, and returned to the village.