Chapter 36: Farewell Negotiations
The two of them walked silently on the path of the hillside, and suddenly the old man said: "It's not that there is anything on my mind, it's just that I feel a little reluctant to leave." ”
"......" Wang Yi glanced at the old man with some confusion and scratched his head. Puzzled, he asked, "Aren't we going back?" Why be reluctant? ”
"No, we're not going back this time."
The old man replied lightly, but Wang Yi was slightly stunned, he glanced at the old man in some surprise, and found that there was no emotional change on the old man's face, and the old man was serious.
Wang Yi stopped making a sound, lowered his head and continued to follow the old man.
Not long after leaving, Wang Yi suddenly let out an "oops". The old man turned his head to look at Wang Yi with some curiosity, his face full of inquiry.
"Wang Yi, what's wrong with you?"
"I suddenly remembered that the herbs in the herb store have not been properly met! And we didn't have anything to bring with us when we were on the long journey. Wang Yi touched his head awkwardly and said a little embarrassed.
"Oh, I'm going to distribute those medicinal herbs to the people down the mountain, and when we get down the mountain, let's tell the head of the village at the foot of the mountain and let him lead the villagers to the mountain to divide them." The old man surnamed Hua (hereinafter referred to as Hua Lao) said.
"Oh." Wang Yi nodded in response and said no more.
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At the foot of the mountain, Hua Lao and Wang Yi passed through the village together and walked straight to the village chief's house.
On the way, when I met many villagers who saw Hua Lao and Wang Yi, they would greet them cordially: "The divine doctor is good, the little divine doctor is good!" ”
"Where are the divine doctors and the little divine doctors going? Come and sit at my house. ”
"Divine doctor, thank you very much last time, Xiao Lao'er is that son, and you cured his smallpox. If you have time, you must come to my house, I want to thank you very much! ”
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Such words, Hua Lao and Wang Yi don't know how much they have heard in this short distance, so it can be seen that Hua Lao's prestige in the hearts of the people is at the level of worship.
Wang Yi listened to everyone's heartfelt thanks and their undisguised smiles, and felt very happy in his heart, and a sense of accomplishment arose.
The smiles of these people also have their own part of the credit.
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They finally came to the door of the village chief's house, saying that it was the village chief's house, but in fact it was no different from the homes of ordinary villagers, the same as a few ordinary thatched huts, surrounded by a thorn fence.
In this day and age, people who are related by blood form groups that live together to form villages, and the head of the village is usually the most respected elder of the family.
When they came to the door of the village chief's house, Wang Yi and Hua Lao saw an old man sitting in the small courtyard and carefully weaving a bamboo basket, and he didn't notice the two people standing outside the door.
"Village Chief." Wang Yi whispered to the old man in the small courtyard.
Hearing someone calling him, the old man raised his head, and then saw Hua Lao and Wang Yi standing at the door.
"Yo!" The old man screamed in surprise, hurriedly put down the work in his hand, and hurriedly got up from the stool and walked to the door.
At the same time, the old man also greeted the house: "Old woman, Doctor Hua is here!" ”
"Huh! Doctor Hua is here? The voice of an old woman came from the house.
When the old man opened the fence door, he was about to welcome Hua Lao and Wang Yi in, and he invited him with a courteous invitation: "Doctor Hua, Doctor Wang, come in and sit down and drink saliva." Let's eat at our house at noon today, it's all some home-cooked food in the countryside, don't dislike it. ”
"You're welcome, village chief." Hua Lao opened his mouth and said, "I'm about to leave, so I'm here to tell you something." ”
"Oh! Do you have something to do and are you going to the doctor again? When will you be back? I'll send someone to look after your home. The village chief nodded, and at the same time said that he would help take care of Hua Lao's home.
"Village Chief, I have some things to go back to deal with, and I may not come back, so I came to say goodbye to you today, and by the way, I left a lot of medicinal materials in the thatched hut on the mountain, and I will distribute them to you." Hua Lao said.
"(⊙o⊙) What?" The old village chief's face changed color, and he was a little surprised and flustered. "Divine doctor, are you going to leave and won't come back!? If you don't come back, what if the villagers get sick? Can you not go! I'm old, I beg you. ”
As he spoke, the old village chief bowed to Hua Lao and pleaded bitterly.
"This ......" For the old village chief like this, Hua Lao was also a little overwhelmed. But thinking of the news he received a few days ago, Hua Lao had to explain hard: "Village chief, I really have something at home, and I have to go back to deal with it." There may really not be time to come back in the future. ”
"This ......" Hearing Hua Lao say this, the old village chief was also very embarrassed. He also knew that it was not good to keep Hua Lao like this, but when he thought of any illness among the people in the vicinity, he could only come to this kind Hua Shen Doctor. If the miracle doctor is gone now, what will everyone do when they are sick?
Although there are cultivators in this world, the cultivation method is indeed in the hands of a few people, and most of the people are just ordinary people. Although the physical fitness of people in this world is generally a little stronger than that of the common people in the Warring States Period in reality, it is also limited.
In this kind of era, the social productivity is low, people have little medical knowledge, and the concept of hygiene is weak.
So, for the sake of the big guy's life, let me be this wicked person. The old village chief thought.
"Doctor Hua, you really can't go! You're gone, what will happen to the people in the nearby villages if they get sick? You must know that we are from ten miles and eight towns, and you are the only one. The old village chief wept with a sad face, and cried with the wailing voice of those who heard it and those who heard it were sad.
The old woman who had just come out of the house on the side didn't understand what her wife was doing, and when she heard the old village chief's cry, she also begged.
"This ......" For a while, Hua Lao seemed very embarrassed. The doctor's parents are concerned, and he can't rest assured that he can't leave the villagers who have no medical protection and whose lives are threatened by the disease, but he really has an emergency.
Hua Lao is very entangled now.
When the nearby villagers heard the voice of the village chief, they were all a little curious, and they had the intention of watching.
Looking at the scene that seemed to be a little out of control, Wang Yi, who was watching silently, frowned, such a scene reminded him of some bad behaviors in the real world, the old village chief and this kind of behavior can already be called moral kidnapping in the real world.
He interjected loudly, "Stop! Interrupted the pleading voices of the village chief and his wife.
The three people on the side all looked at Wang Yi with surprised expressions.
"Wang Yi, what's wrong with you?" Hua Lao asked with a bad face.
"Old village chief, is it really good for you to coerce Hua Lao like this?" Wang Yi ignored Hua Lao's inquiry, and he questioned the village chief and his wife in a deep voice.