CHAPTER XXIV
In Huayan City early the next morning, everyone was far away but they were all discussing one thing with great interest, they all had a dream last night, and they all had the same dream, they thought that it was really immortals who had mercy on sentient beings, so they came to their dream to warn them. The people who had been protesting against the cremation also quieted down and no longer objected.
Xie Shu'er was so angry when she heard this, she had a bad stomach last night, and spent the whole night in the thatched house, she didn't know it happened, she only knew that everyone had a dream, and then she was no longer willing to make trouble.
These damn ancients are too superstitious.
"Doctor Qi, you're here." An uncle who was taken care of by Qi Bing sat up and greeted her, and the patients in the nearby beds also got up to say hello.
"yes, what do you think today?" Qi Bing responded with a kind smile on his face.
"I feel much better today, Doctor Qi, I took the medicine you gave me last time to treat my cold legs, and I won't do it for a while." Uncle has no children and no daughters in his life, living alone in a small dilapidated room, this time he was infected with the plague and thought he was dead, but he didn't expect to meet Dr. Qi, and under her dedicated care, he could live with everyone until now, and there are signs of improvement. And while treating the disease, he can also talk to several clinicians, which he really thinks is very good.
"That's good." After examining the patients here for another week, and after finding that there were no other problems, Qi Bing was just about to go elsewhere to help, but the chatting between the uncle and other patients made her stop.
"Lao Han doesn't seem to see it this time, is he not infected?"
"I don't know, it should be fine, I just saw him in the ruined temple outside the city before the last time I entered the camp, and it seems that there should be no big problem."
"Then he's so lucky, we guess he'll be fine, but he's not staying at home, why are you going to break the temple, oh, by the way, I saw Wang Wu also carried in a while ago."
"He's so big and he's been brought in, and Lao Han is actually fine."
"People know how to heal, maybe they can prevent it early. But speaking of Lao Han, I haven't seen it recently that Tuesday. ”
"Tuesday was gone before the plague came, and I don't know where to gamble."
Qi Bing asked out loud: "Who is this old Han and Tuesday?" ”
"Lao Han and Tuesday, they also live in our area, and they live alone like me." The uncle replied and told Qi Bing about this old cold.
Lao Han is not from this city, he only came when he was in his fifties, no one knows what he did before, where he came from, only occasionally I can catch a sentence or two with him when I know that his surname is Han, when he first came blind, lame leg, he doesn't like to talk very much on weekdays, all day long, hiding in his room, occasionally going out of the city to pick herbs, his leaky house can often smell a stream of medicine.
Speaking of later, the uncle thought of something, very angry, it turned out that this old Han was very domineering, they had only two wells, one near Lao Han's house, so he circled the well, and also built a yard, not allowing others to use it.
Tuesday married a daughter-in-law in his early years, but unfortunately he was addicted to gambling and drinking, and when he was not satisfied, he beat and scolded his wife and children, and finally his wife couldn't stand him, and ran away with the child overnight while he was not paying attention. When I found out on Tuesday, everyone had been running for several days, so naturally they couldn't catch up. This old man seems to have a small amount of savings, and sometimes hires Tuesdays to run errands for him on weekdays.
After listening to it, Qi Bing asked where the piece was, thanked them and walked out, she planned to go and see their piece, she couldn't say why, she suddenly wanted to go and see, but before that she had to find someone.
"Doctor Yang, could you please do me a favor?" That's right, Qi Bing plans to find Yang Le to show her the way, she is very self-aware, and she has to find that place by herself, in one word, it is difficult.
This Yang Le is easy-going, and he is a young man, although Qi Bing is now disguised as a woman, she is just a young man, or a young man who doesn't know how to communicate with her elders, looking for the two doctors in Xianlin, for fear of embarrassment, it is just right to find Yang Le.
"Okay, what's the matter?" This is the first time Qi Bing has asked him for help.
"Come with me somewhere." Qi Bing was embarrassed to say that she was a road idiot, so she told him about Lao Han and Tuesday and her suspicions.
After listening, Yang Le frowned, "Okay, then let's pack up and leave." ”
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"Doctor Qi, you're leaving." Aunt Lin from the decoction pharmacy looked at Qi Bing, who had finished detoxifying and changed her clothes, and asked.
"Yes, it's been too tight for a while, and the prescription has not progressed, so I'll go for a walk, maybe I'll be inspired." Qi Bing replied with a smile, two dimples looming.
"Okay, wait a minute, the persimmon tree planted in my yard is bearing fruit, and this situation is not easy to sell this year, you can take a few to try it."
Aunt Lin was too enthusiastic, and it was difficult to resist the hospitality, Qi Bing could only accept it, and when Yang Le came out, a few persimmons were also stuffed, and the two glanced at each other helplessly, smiled, and walked out.
"This is it."
Looking at the past, there are some dilapidated wooden houses, which are mixed with some thatched houses, scattered garbage on the road, and now there is a faint smell here when you must always pay attention to hygiene, and you can vaguely hear some adults in the family beating and scolding children, and the sound of husband and wife quarreling.
It's hard to imagine that the famous flower capital still has such a place. But it seems to be very commonplace, even in modern times, no matter how prosperous the metropolis is, there are some places like this hidden.
"It's a lot better here now than it was before." Everyone still cherishes their lives, Yang Le arrived in Huayan City a period of time earlier than Qi Bing, he arrived before the plague, at that time he passed here, at a glance, the black smoke and miasma, walking over felt that there was no place to put his feet, the most uncomfortable thing was the look on their faces, some numb, some sad, some bitter, some obscene, so that people could not see a little positive vitality.
According to the location given by the uncle, they came to the courtyard of Lao Han, this piece of courtyard wall and door are incompatible with the surrounding buildings, the door is actually iron, which is rare in ancient times, and it is locked, although it is a little rusty, at a glance you know that it has been some years, but the big piece Qi Bing moved, and felt that this should not be opened by brute force. Qi Bing wanted to use the wire to open the lock, she thought it was fun before, she used the system to search for a possible search method, and made a few locks to practice, but she didn't learn at first, but then Qi Yuan learned first, and then taught her, she now has average skills, but it's enough to deal with the lock in front of her.
However, before Qi Bingxiu could show it, Yang Le had already violently unlocked the lock.
"Let's go inside." Yang Le walked in first without knowing anything.
“。。。。。。”
It's amazing to have a lot of strength, and it's amazing to know martial arts.
To be honest, I'm really a little envious, she also wants to be strong, she also wants to be able to do martial arts, woo woo.
The courtyard looked like it had been confiscated for a long time, and they saw at a glance the well that was occupied by Lao Han and encircled in the yard, but the well was covered with a large stone plate, sealing the entire well.
"What's 。。。。。。 back?" Before he could finish speaking, there was the sound of things falling from the wooden house.
Yang Le immediately broke into the door, and when he came out, he was carrying an eleven or twelve-year-old child in his hand.
Qi Bing watched his series of smooth movements, and instantly turned into a fat lemon.
The child is black and thin, wearing shabby clothes, but it is unexpectedly clean, and the most brilliant thing about the whole body is those eyes, which are different from Qi Bing's eyes, these eyes are clean and pure, as if no matter how dirty things in the world will be purified by these eyes. And although Qi Bing's eyes are also clean and pure, she reveals more tolerance, and is indifferent to everything in front of her.
This kid is very vigilant, but he is not a complicated person, Yang Le and Qi Bing sang and sang for a long time, and finally revealed his purpose and what he knew.
His name is Ning, fatherless and motherless, and his brother have been dependent on each other since childhood, they guarded that small field at home, barely making ends meet, and later, they met a person from Fanyu, who said that he could take them to seek a better life, and his brother felt that he was too young and did not agree with him to follow, so he followed that person alone.
But half a year later, his brother came back with a wound, saying that the person was actually a human trafficker, seeing that their brother was young and wanted to kidnap them, he didn't dare to do anything when he was in the city, and when he went out of the city, he began to abuse those who were deceived by them, and his brother spent several months, and finally took advantage of their drinking and misconduct, and the deceived children stoned them to death and escaped, but his brother's legs, feet and hands had fallen sick at that time, and one leg was even crippled. After coming back, his personality is uncertain, although he will take care of his younger brother, but he is also reluctant to go home to live, and follows those ruffians and hooligans all day long.
Before the plague came, his brother followed a few ruffians and hooligans to find trouble with Lao Han in the middle of the night. They used to mix in the east of the city, but the gangster leader had a godbrother, who came to the north of the city with a friend, and was bullied by the ruffians in this area, and was injured and fell at the door of Lao Han's house, so he asked Lao Han for help, Lao Han ignored him, so he let him drink saliva, and he didn't agree, his friend could only run to a farther well to fetch water, but when he came back, he was already dead.
Later, his brother found out about this, cleaned up the ruffians in this area, and came directly to Lao Han's trouble, didn't Lao Han want to let the family touch his well, so they deliberately went to the well to fetch water to drink, and also went to smash Lao Han's house, and that's it.
These things were told to him by his brother later, but a few days later, when he went to see his brother, he found that the group of people had all died of illness in a stronghold where they were staying, and his brother saw that they were sick one by one, and felt that he would not be able to stay with them any longer, so he ran out, but when he came out, he also found that he was sick, and then met his brother.
Seeing that his brother was dying day by day, and the plague in the city was getting worse and worse, Ning Si thought about it, and felt that the problem might be Lao Han, and his brother's lips were bruised, like poisoning, so he wanted to come to Lao Han to see if there was any medicine that could save his brother, and then he met Qi Bing and them.