On the way to Huicheng, the eldest lady was always tightly protected by the uncle, Xiaobai felt very moved, and couldn't help but think of the affectionate poems that Chen Heng said to himself in the past.

After experiencing that incident, Xiaobai has reason to believe that the relationship that can stay together for a lifetime will not be based on those empty love words, but will be paid with actions, just like Lin Wenjuan likes Chen Heng and will do anything to make Chen Heng happy.

But Xiaobai asked herself, for a man, she can't do everything, after all, compared to official positions and feelings, there are more things worth cherishing in this world.

Yu Ke didn't know what Xiaobai was thinking, but suddenly remembered what he heard from the merchants, Xiaobai had a favorite person before, and that person also liked her, but later, he became her brother-in-law. Will Xiaobai still be sad until now? Will she still not forget that person?

"Why do you keep peeking at me all this way?"

"Nope!" Yu Ke turned his face away and shook the horsewhip vigorously.

If it weren't for the guards guarding the city who knew Xiaobai, they wouldn't have been able to enter at all, but at this time, except for the watch, and the small vendors selling supper on the side of the road, all the shops were closed.

"What should I do?" Yu Ke asked worriedly, "Otherwise, let's go to our shop and stay in our shop first, and then look for a doctor when it is dawn." ”

"No, the doctor in the pharmacy in the east always treats the old lady of the Lin family, if I knock on the door, he will definitely open it, let's go." Xiaobai said.

Hearing this, the master in the carriage suddenly spoke, "Thank you, little white girl." ”

"No thanks, it will be the same if you were someone else." As he spoke, he showed Yu Ke the way, and the carriage quickly headed east. In this breezy night, there will be a few voices occasionally speaking, but someone got off work late and went to have supper, Xiaobai touched his stomach and said with a smile: "I'll invite you to eat fried noodles later." ”

Yu Ke nodded in response, and then crossed a street corner, which was a pharmacy, but at this time, several children suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, and in the fright, Yu Ke almost didn't control it well, and the carriage almost overturned.

Before a few people stabilized their minds, a scolding voice had already come out, it was the steamed bun shop that would be open all night, and the boss held a stick and scolded the fallen child: "Little rabbit cub!" Stealing buns from me for three days, look at me and talk well! "If this stick is going to be beaten, it will definitely hurt those children.

"Stop!" Xiaobai jumped out of the carriage and ran over, blocking in front of the children, "As for it?" What a big deal is it for you to lay such a heavy hand? ”

The boss was also angry, and when he opened his mouth, he scolded: "Stinky girl! Don't meddle in your business! But as soon as he finished speaking, even he was stunned, instantly changed his face, threw a stick and said with a smile: "Yo, look at my stinky mouth, isn't this the second miss of the Lin Mansion?" ”

Xiaobai frowned, and looked at the three eight or nine-year-old children behind him clinging to each other, not to mention how pitiful they were, "If they really steal something, you can just send them to the county government, what are you doing with them?" ”

"Sister, we didn't steal anything, it was all left over from those guests, and it was given to us."

These three children, one is thin like a bamboo pole, but his eyes are shining, one is very handsome, his eyes are old, and the other is lying on his back, with many wounds on his hands and feet, and he doesn't know how much he has suffered. For some reason, Xiaobai couldn't bear it, but she felt that this kid wasn't lying, and she said to the boss: "They didn't steal anything at all, right?" How can you wronged them? ”

The boss said helplessly: "I can't blame me, they have been here for several days, saying that as long as the guests are left, but they are standing here, staring at people with two eyes, who is in the mood to eat?" The people on this street are eager to kick them out! It's not easy for us to make money, so you have to be considerate of our difficulties. ”

Xiaobai naturally understood, but he admired the backbone of these children, thinking that he was in a hurry to go to the pharmacy now, so he threw the boss a piece of silver and said, "Let them eat here first!" I'll pick it up later! ”

"That's a good feeling!" The boss smiled with a wrinkled face, turned around and beckoned, "Hurry up!" Get these three boys some bowls of noodles! Put more meat in it! ”

Xiaobai turned to the three children and said, "I'm in a bit of a hurry now, I'll come to you later, you guys are here to eat and wait for me, okay?" But the three children didn't answer anything, and Xiaobai thought they were frightened, so they had to leave first.

Soon, several people arrived at the pharmacy, but unexpectedly, the door was open, the lights were bright, and the medicine boy was busy packing medicine, and he didn't notice anyone outside.

Xiaobai was a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, the doctor here has been taking care of Mrs. Lin's body, is Mrs. Lin sick? "Is Dr. Nan there?"

The medicine boy stopped what he was doing, looked up and saw the person who came, wiped his sweat, and said with a smile: "It's you, it's a coincidence that you came, Dr. Nan just came back, eating in it, is it uncomfortable?" Get on in. ”

"I'm not feeling sick, but I want to ask you, is there anyone in the Lin family who is sick?"

"It was your sister who was uncomfortable that Miss Ah Chun came to invite Dr. Nan over."

Xiaobai was relieved at this time, and let Yu Ke take the uncle inside, and explained to the medicine boy with a smile: "The guest in my store was drenched in the rain yesterday and had a fever. ”

The medicine boy began to pack the medicine again, "There are a lot of people who have caught a cold these days, you have to be more careful, your sister is also cold, these are all medicines prescribed for her, I have to send them later, I don't have time to greet you, you can find a place to rest for a while." ”

"I'll go." Xiaobai also began to help, "Just so I'm going to see her." ”

"That's great, I'm going to die of exhaustion after a long day." The medicine boy smiled and put the wrapped medicine bag into the box, but it was just a cold, there were dozens of packets, but Xiaobai was not surprised, "In the past, when you had a cold, it would be good to drink a bowl of ginger soup, but she was different, and she had to be prescribed such medicine by Dr. Nan every time." It's really a noble person, it's not as good as us, we're used to it, and it's easier for our bodies to recover. Alright, I'm going to find something to eat, and I'll leave it to you. Before the words fell, the medicine boy had disappeared.

No one knows, in fact, Xiaobai has never been sick, and those ginger soups are all made by others who are afraid that she will be sick, and she doesn't understand why, although she is very thin, her body is indeed very good, so good that she is hundreds of times healthier than a strong man.

"Auntie is fine, she has already slept." Yu Ke walked out.

Xiao Bai came back to his senses, nodded, and asked again, "What about Doctor Nan?" ”

"It's like writing a pulse."

"Tea?" Xiaobai walked to the stove next to him, took out a spoonful of tea leaves, and when the boiling water washed the tea leaves, the dim candle flame was surrounded by mist, and in a hazy way, Yu Ke seemed to see a shadow, which was when he was a child, when his mother was still there. Xiao Bai arrived at four cups of tea, put twice as many of them on the plate, turned around and said, "You can send it to Dr. Nan and Uncle." ”

Yu Ke hurriedly came back to his senses and went inside without saying a word. When he came out again, Xiaobai was resting against the door frame, there was a drizzle outside, there was no light around him, and it was black like a huge whirlpool. He sat down next to her and asked softly, "Are you really going to bring them back?" ”

"I'm short of people there anyway, so it's no problem to feed the three of them." Xiaobai replied casually.

Yu Ke thought for a while and said: "It's not a matter of three full meals a day, so let's do it, you hand them over to me, and I will let Yu Li arrange for them to go to work in the sauce factory, and then support themselves first, in the future, they want to go to Taixue to study, people are in Huicheng, and there are my people watching, so they won't suffer." ”

Xiaobai glanced at Yu Ke deeply, thinking that he hadn't thought so far, if it was Lin Wenhai, it was estimated that it would be the same choice as himself, if it was Lin Wenjuan, hey, he should be able to sprinkle some silver, "You think about it thoughtfully, I want to be simple, thank you." ”

"What is there to thank, it's just a gesture."

"That's the future of the three children, it's not a matter of effort, I didn't even ask you, where are you going this time?"

Yu Ke pursed his lips tightly and said after a while: "My best friend is missing, I'm looking for him." ”

Xiaobai smiled lightly, not daring to think about what Yu Ke's good friend was, whether he would be the same as him, just angry with his family, so where to play, "When he also understands the difficulties of this world, he will go home." ”

"He knows better than I what it means to be difficult." Yu Ke sighed.

When it was almost dawn, the medicine boy yawned and walked out, and when he saw that the box containing the medicine bag was still there, he knew that Xiaobai had not gone, so he rubbed his sleepy eyes helplessly and picked up the box.

I didn't want Xiaobai to come back from outside with hot fritters and pancakes, stuffed them into his hand, and gave him a grain of broken silver to make medicine money, and said: "I boiled porridge, go and have breakfast with Dr. Nan, don't worry, Wen Juan would rather take a hot bath all night than drink these bitter medicinal soups, your medicine is taken away by me every time, I will go to Chen's house, remember to help me take care of my guests." ”

The medicine boy smiled: "Xiaobai, don't open your restaurant, how about coming to Baohetang to be a medicine boy?" ”

"Kill you, you can be lazy when I come, right?" Xiaobai rolled his eyes and ran out, the rain had stopped, and the morning breeze carried the smell of earth and grass, which was exceptionally fresh.