Chapter Twenty-Nine: Anger in the Crowd
"Is there any silver needle for sale here?"
When the pharmacy guy heard the sound, he stopped moving his abacus hand and looked up, only to see a fair-skinned and handsome young man in a green shirt standing in front of him, with a shallow smile on his face, like a spring breeze, which made people feel good.
"Silver needle?" The guy frowned, most people go to the pharmacy to buy medicinal herbs, and few people come to buy silver needles. "I'm sorry, but we don't sell silver needles. This kind of thing is usually specially customized by the doctor, and if the son really needs it, he can go to the blacksmith shop on South Street to order it. He pointed in the direction and apologized slightly.
Xiao Yiran was disappointed in her heart, she had already run a lot of pharmacies in the past half a day, and almost everyone said so. She didn't know this reason herself, but it took time to go to the blacksmith shop to order, so it was not as convenient as buying it.
"Isn't there a place to sell what has already been made?" Xiao Yiran asked without giving up.
The guy shook his head: "I don't know." ”
Xiao Yiran turned around helplessly, and was about to step out of the door, but was stopped by a hoarse old voice: "Little boy, please slow down!" ”
She looked back suspiciously, and slowly sat up behind the counter, about seventy, with white eyebrows and beards, and her face was covered with deep wrinkles after the vicissitudes of life, "Xiaohai, go and bring my set of silver needles." The old man said unhurriedly to the fellow.
"Shopkeeper!" Hearing this, Xiao Hai was anxious, he wanted to say something but was interrupted by the old man: "Go!" That didn't work for me either. ”
Xiao Hai lowered his head, his lips twitched twice, and finally he didn't say anything, so he had to go to get the needle in frustration.
Listening to Xiao Hai's footsteps in the distance, Xiao Yiran carefully observed the old man for a moment, and found that his eyelids were unfocused, just staring in one direction.
It's a blind man!
She instantly understood, no wonder this pharmacy was so crowded, it turned out that the eyes of the doctor couldn't see! The doctor could not see and could not heal, and the patient did not dare to let him heal himself.
After a while, Xiao Hai hurriedly came back, stuffed an acupuncture bag into her hand, puffed out her mouth and said sullenly, "Here you go." ”
Xiao Yiran looked down at the brand-new bag, slightly stunned, and then she took out her bulging money bag, and without asking the price, she directly handed the money bag to Xiao Hai.
He was shocked: "That's a lot! It doesn't take so much money. ”
"No, I still want to talk to you about a deal." Xiao Yiran smiled slightly, and took out four or five small medicine bottles from his sleeve: "This is my homemade healing medicine, called Yu Yuansan, which has the effect of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, I don't know if I can put it here for you to sell." If we sell it, we will receive a bonus of six or four cents. The money is used as a deposit. ”
"This ......" Xiao Hai had never encountered this kind of thing, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the old man.
"It's better to think twice. You can also see that there are not many patients in our store, and there are only a few people who usually come to grab the medicine. The old man sighed.
He didn't refuse directly, but asked her to think about it from Xiao Yiran's perspective everywhere, which made Xiao Yiran's heart warm: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, I'll come back in half a month, and if it can't be sold by then, forget it." ”
The old man hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head slightly: "In this case, the boy will put the medicine here." ”
Xiao Hai took the medicine and money bag from Xiao Yiran's hand, bypassed the counter and placed the medicine in the medicine cabinet, and then carefully put away the silver. It was the largest amount of money he had received in years, enough to sustain their store for a month.
Xiao Yiran smiled, said hello to them and stepped out of the store.
The pharmacy is located on the side of the street, and as soon as you go out, you can see the bustling street market, where people come and go, and the shouts of vendors and passers-by are constantly heard. Xiao Yiran took a deep breath, and the whole person relaxed, this is the fireworks in the world!
"Get out of the way!" Suddenly, a scream of exclamation sounded on the long street, and pedestrians rushed to the side of the road with their heads in their hands.
"Drive!" The deafening sound of horses' hooves pierced the sky, Xiao Yiran raised his eyes and saw several young men in Chinese costumes sitting on horses, who rushed here wildly with horsewhips in their hands regardless of the pedestrians around them, kicking up dust all the way.
"Front! That old man! Get out of the way! One of them shouted loudly, waving his left arm vigorously to get an old beggar in tattered clothes who stood not far from him to go away.
The old beggar was slow, and he struggled to move towards the side of the road, but he could not go fast, and could only watch the hooves of the horses in front of him step towards him.
"Ahh Passers-by exclaimed anxiously, and some even covered their eyes and did not dare to look again.
Worst! Xiao Yiran screamed in his heart, and his body had already reacted to the old beggar one step ahead of his brain.
There was only an afterimage, followed by the hurried call of the rider, and when he calmed down, the horse had already raised its front hooves and stopped, and the old beggar stood on the side of the street with a frightened face, and a boy in a green shirt stood beside him.
"Old man, are you alright?" Xiao Yiran hurriedly asked.
Stirred by this spring-like voice, the old beggar suddenly came back to his senses, he gratefully held Xiao Yiran's hand, bowed again and again, and said, "Thank you, Childe!" Thank you for saving your life! ”
Xiao Yiran patted his dusty clothes for him soothingly: "You're welcome, it's just a gesture." Looking downward, she staggered, and the old beggar's dark and rough arm had a large piece of skin broken, and bright red blood beads were seeping out bit by bit.
"Old man, your arm hurts."
After being reminded by her, the old beggar looked at his dusty arm with hindsight, and he wiped it with his hand without care, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin, and it will be fine in a few days." ”
Xiao Yiran frowned slightly, she raised her head to look at the group of teenagers, and finally set her eyes on the leader of the group: "Should the son apologize to this old man and the other people who were bumped into by you on the road?" ”
The young man with a jade crown and gorgeous clothes, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, all over his body exuded a sense of arrogance, and he knew that he was from a good background at a glance.
Seeing Xiao Yiran move so quickly, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes at first, but after hearing what she said, he turned his face away, looking like he didn't want to say more to her.
Seeing this, a fat young man with a round face and thick lips next to him took two steps forward, and his eyebrows were full of disdain: "Apologize? To you? It's just a bunch of untouchables! ”
Hearing this, the faces of the onlookers couldn't help but show anger. They are all serious and serious people of the country, why should they be called untouchables? The world is declining, and these children of the family are too arrogant!
Xiao Yiran sneered: "Untouchables? Dare to ask Childe, what kind of rice you eat every day, and the silk you wear every day, is not the result of the hard work of us untouchables? ”