By the time they had finished decoction, the room was cleaned up. Tugen's leg was remedicated and wrapped in a clean cloth. Shen Ziyi's face was pale, and he stood aside silently.

Lin Xiaozhu handed the medicine to Yuan Tianye, and then pushed Shen Ziyi out of the door: "Go out and breathe." ”

Shen Ziyi went outside, breathed in the fresh air, looked at the gray rubble in front of him, and said, "Lin Xiaozhu, am I useless?" ”

"Not really!" Lin Xiaozhu comforted, "The environment you live in is different, so you are naturally not used to these things. Besides, it's not these things that you're good at, you see, by far you've made the most money. ”

"Half of the money for that painting is yours, and you're the one who makes the most. If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have eaten by now. Shen Ziyi shook his head, "Besides, although Yuan Tianye makes the least money, what he does is the most meaningful, look at those people, how grateful they are to him!" ”

Lin Xiaozhu knew that Shen Ziyi had drilled the tip of the horns, and it was useless to persuade him. However, she felt that drilling such a bull's horn tip was a great thing for him. The original Shen Ziyi, although he was pure-hearted, mild-mannered, and quite talented, always made people feel that something was missing, just a carefree big child. And now, after being exposed to folk life and having such an experience, he may transform into a man with a sense of responsibility to the country and the people.

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Shen Ziyi straightened up, turned around and entered the room.

Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyes to look at the sky with a smile, and followed into the house.

As soon as I entered, I heard Yuan Tianye patiently confessing to Tugen Niang: "...... Don't get raw water on the wound, and change the dressing and take medicine on time. We live in a small courtyard in the west of Boss Zhao's town, and if there is anything to do at night, you can go there to find me. I'll come back tomorrow. You can rest assured. ”

"Thank you Dr. Yuan, thank you for your trouble." Tugenniang heard that her son would be fine, and her mood had stabilized. "This, I don't know how much is the medical fee?" After speaking. She reached out and pulled a cloth bag out of her bosom. However, the cloth bag was taken out, but she was embarrassed. The eyes staring at the cloth bag were also a little dark.

Yuan Tianye glanced at the cloth bag and said, "Ten cents." ”

"Huh?" Tugen Niang raised her head and looked at Yuan Tianye, her face full of disbelief, but she quickly came back to her senses, opened the cloth bag with relief, and counted the copper plates inside. Set aside two and hand the remaining ten to Yuan Tianye, "Thank you, Doctor Yuan." His eyes were full of brightness.

Yuan Tianye put the ten copper coins in his palm, arched his hand and said, "You don't have to worry too much, Tugen will be fine." And so, we took our leave. ”

Shen Ziyi looked at Yuan Tianye, then at Tugen Niang, opened his mouth, and finally didn't speak. It wasn't until he walked out of the courtyard of Tugen's house that he said, "We made so much money just now." You obviously see that the Tugen family lives in such a place, and the family is poor like that, and the orphans and widows still take their money? Again. If you want to collect money, you shouldn't just charge ten cents. The medicines you prescribe are all expensive medicines, and you can't catch them without a tael of silver. ”

Yuan Tianye patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Then you say we should collect money?" Or should it not be collected? ”

"Of course it shouldn't be." Shen Ziyi said without thinking. But as soon as these words came out, he glanced at Lin Xiaozhu again.

Lin Xiaozhu laughed angrily at him: "What do you mean by looking at me like this?" Do you think I'm hard-hearted? Hmph, let me tell you, the old man who sold paintings just now was a businessman. The main reason he offered that price was to get the most out of it. Selling one's own things cheaply to make others profitable is called a fool, not compassion. We sold him five hundred taels, and he sold them for one thousand taels or fifteen hundred taels, earning more than us. Do such people and things deserve your sympathy? She glared at Shen Ziyi, "Okay, let's talk about the Tugen family again." It stands to reason that it is not too much to charge her three taels or five taels of silver. It's normal for us to take her money, and if we don't take her money, that's called compassion. ”

"Then why do you charge ten cents? If it's true compassion, it's better not to accept it. Shen Ziyi retorted.

Lin Xiaozhu shook his head: "No matter how poor a person is, he also has self-esteem. If you don't take her money, that's called charity, that's mercy. Whoever is given alms and pitied by others does not feel good in their hearts. The most difficult thing in this world is human affection. Let's charge her ten cents, which is not only within her tolerance, but also makes her feel at ease, thinking that if you help me see a doctor, I will pay you money, and the money and goods will be cleared, and they will not owe each other. This is one of them. ”

"And the other two?"

"The second is to indirectly tell the people of Yanglin Town that we are not helping people to see a doctor for nothing and giving away medicinal materials for free. There are many people in this world who like to take advantage of small advantages, if you really want to spread such words, let's not sleep tonight, the gate of the Zhao family's courtyard will definitely be full of people, whether you are sick or not, you will be treated. Healed, you can't take money yet. If you accept it, you have no conscience, and you just favor one over the other. In this way, those who really have difficult and serious diseases will not be able to see a doctor. If we do this, it is called doing bad things with good intentions! ”

Shen Ziyi looked at Lin Xiaozhu and was speechless for a long time. Unexpectedly, it was just a matter of ten pennies, which could make Lin Xiaozhu say so many ways, this girl's head, I don't know how it grows.

He turned his head and asked Yuan Tianye: "You just collected those ten cents, have you thought of so much?" ”

Yuan Tianye smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Almost." ”

Shen Ziyi was very shocked, looked at the two of them, and sighed: "You crooked intestines, there are so many." ”

"The insight of the world is all knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article. Boy, learn hard. Lin Xiaozhu also patted him on the shoulder, and said in an old-fashioned manner.

"The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article?" Hearing this poem, Shen Ziyi muttered again, his eyes lit up, "Good verse, good verse." ”

"Ugh." Lin Xiaozhu looked at the sky speechlessly. Are these words often quoted by later generations? She said it casually, completely forgetting that it was Cao Xueqin in "Dream of Red Mansions".

"What does this poem, the whole poem look like? You can write it down and send it to me. The more Shen Ziyi thought about it, the more he felt that this sentence was wonderful, and his eyes stared at Lin Xiaozhu with bright eyes.

"No, that's all. Casual talk, don't care, don't care. Lin Xiaozhu waved his hand and stuck out his tongue.

Occasionally get good sentences, but can't make a complete poem, this is something that talented people often encounter, Shen Ziyi saw Lin Xiaozhu say this, and no longer pursued the whole poem, and said: "These two sentences have to be written out." Anyway, we finally got acquainted, and you haven't given me Mobao yet. ”

"Lin Xiaozhu ......" Yuan Tianye raised his voice and called her to show his existence. He has been Lin Xiaozhu's master for three or four years, how can he pass him to send Mobao to Shen Ziyi? If you want to send it, you have to give it to him first!

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Shen Ziyi, and then at Yuan Tianye, the corners of his mouth slowly hooked, and said, "But what are you going to send to me?" Your Highnesses can't just ask me for a gift and not return it, right? ”

She thought to herself, it would be better to give her two thousand taels of silver each, and it would be cool. Her calligraphy has been greatly praised by Chen Fuma, and this poem is a swan song for the ages, and there is one less one to write one, a non-renewable rare resource! Two thousand taels of silver per word, isn't it too much? In this way, she can pay off her debts and have the remaining capital to use.

How did she know that the two Highnesses in front of her didn't take her debt seriously at all. Long before leaving Yanjing, Yuan Tianye returned the silver she owed to Shen Ziyi. He could not tolerate that the woman he loved owed money to another man, and he would owe him what he wanted. As for Shen Ziyi, he didn't want the silver at that time. He felt that it was a matter between him and Lin Xiaozhu, what did it matter to Yuan Tianye? Yuan Tianye, who thinks of himself as Lin Xiaozhu? So in the end, the two argued, and casually scattered the silver to the beggar who was squatting on the root of the imperial city to beg, which was regarded as helping Lin Xiaozhu do a good deed.

Therefore, His Royal Highness Shen Ziyi thought at this time, this matter between calligraphy and painting, it is an elegant thing in the world, how can he insult Lin Xiaozhu with the smell of copper? Thinking about it, he finally decided to return the favor, Lin Xiaozhu sent him a poem, he gave Lin Xiaozhu a painting, of course, he had to mention the most proud poem on it, and then stamped his best seal.

And Yuan Tianye was thinking about how to get the best jade pendant in the world and give it to Lin Xiaozhu. This can be regarded as a gift of love between them. Or simply as a dowry, and later become a parent, or as a family heirloom, to be passed on to future generations.

But there is no shadow of this poem and painting, what if you can't paint the most satisfactory painting, and can't write a poem comparable to Lin Xiaozhu's poem "A Thousand Mountains and Birds Fly", what can I do? Yu Pei still doesn't know where to look for it. If you want to send it, you must send the best jade in the world. But good jade is not easy to find, if you have to find it for a year or two, wouldn't it disappoint Lin Xiaozhu?

So the two looked at each other very tacitly, and said, "There will definitely be a gift, but what kind of gift it is, keep it secret for the time being." ”

Lin Xiaozhu glanced at the two of them and raised his eyebrows: "Okay." "Writing a word is just a gesture. But how cost-effective it is to let the two highnesses owe her a gift or a favor, why not?

The delay at the Togen house was too long, and the sun was already in the west. Lin Xiaozhu was shocked that it was not early, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, I wonder if the ready-to-wear shop is still open at this time?" We'll have to buy two changes of clothes. ”

Lin Xiaozhu didn't say anything, the two big men who had never worried about food, clothing, housing and transportation didn't think about this stubble at all. As soon as she mentioned it, the two of them felt uncomfortable. Ming'er lived in a farmhouse at night, and everyone couldn't take a bath, seeing that the coat was too dirty, Lin Xiaozhu brushed the dirty place and put it on again early this morning. It's time to take a good shower today anyway. (To be continued)