Chapter Twenty-Seven: Walk Home
Ning Xuan looked up at his white and tender little face, worried, "How much is a hundred?" ”
Mrs. Ning smiled and picked up the smallest piece of silver from Ning Xuan's pile of things and handed it to Doctor Sun.
"Dr. Sun has been busy for so long, so if you have more, you should buy wine and food for Dr. Sun."
"That's embarrassing." But the hand was not embarrassed, and took the silver as he spoke.
Rich is rich, then you have to have a silver tael.
Dr. Sun rubbed the silver, and his heart was yy, "Can Dr. Sun borrow pen and ink?" ”
Doctor Sun was in a good mood, looked at the little girl in front of him, and smiled kindly like never before: "You can use it as you like." ”
The table was swept a little messy by Sun Dai's sleeves, Xiao Man cleaned up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and then picked up the brush and brushed the paper to write quickly, Xiao Man wrote his name at the end of the payment, there was no red ink, Xiao Man dipped it with his thumb
Wipe the blood on your hands and press your handprints on the paper.
With all this done, Xiao Man removed the paperweight and gently blew the ink on the paper.
Xiao Man walked up to Ning Xuan with this piece of paper, "Little boy, this is an IOU, I will definitely return it one day." ”
"IOUs? What IOU.?" Ning Xuan raised his little face and looked towards his mother.
Hearing Xiaoman's words, Mrs. Ning was stunned for a moment, and then with a relieved expression of appreciation, she reached out to take the IOU, looking at the beautiful hairpin on the paper, Xiaokai couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, the font seemed to have never been seen, and she carefully folded it and put it into Ning Xuan's pink little purse.
"Xuan'er, don't you like to eat that red fruit? Shall we let the young lady take the red fruit to offset your silver? ”
As soon as he heard the red fruit, Ning Xuan's chick nodded violently as if pecking rice.
"Sister Gu, my son loves to eat the red fruits you sell, I don't know if you still want to buy some from you."
"There is no more at home, those are all picked and carried down by us on the mountain, if you want me to go up the mountain tomorrow to pick some for you to send home."
Mrs. Ning took out her purse, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the Gu family, "This is the fixed money, we will live in this town, you go to the east gate to inquire about Qingsong Academy, and then send it there." ”
"No, no, no, today our mother and son were both rescued by Mrs. and Xiao Gong, and the money for medical treatment was all from Xiao Gongzi, and we must not take this silver."
"Save you because my son likes to eat your family's red fruits, this silver Xiaoman has written an IOU, this silver is to buy red fruits with you, one yard is one yard, you must keep this." As he spoke, he forced the silver into Xiao Man's hand.
Xiao Man touched the silver and still had temperature, Xiao Man did not refuse, because the silver is very important to the family.
Thanked Mrs. Ning and Ning Xiaogongzi again and again, the two supported each other out of the medical officer, Mrs. Ning was originally going to send someone to hire a car to send Xiao Man and Gu home, Xiao Man didn't accept it this time anyway, it was enough to trouble people, Mrs. Ning saw that Xiao Man was very insistent and didn't force it, and took Ning Xuan away with the entourage and went home.
Gu insisted on going to the place where the vegetables were sold to see if Gu Dashan had come back, and Xiaoman had no choice but to help Gu.
Xiao Man looked at the sky now should be more than three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is the hottest time of the day, the two of them walked very slowly, the sun scorched the earth, and walked for nearly half an hour before the two returned to the place where they used to sell vegetables.
But without the shadow of Gu Dashan, Gu didn't give up, and limped to the nearby restaurant stall to ask if he had seen Gu Dashan who sold vegetables before, because they were quite impressed by Gu Dashan because of time.
Xiao Man helped Gu to run five or six houses in a row, and asked a circle of people, but the result was the same, and they didn't see Gu Dashan come back here again.
Gu stood silently under the sun, Xiao Man was quietly accompanying him, sweat dripping down his cheeks, and his hair was wet on his face.
After a long wait, Gu Shi spoke: "Xiaoman, let's go, let's go home, maybe your father has already gone home first." ”
Xiao Man nodded obediently, stepped forward to help Gu Shi to walk out of the city, the way home was very long, the weather was hot, except for eating a bun in the morning, eating raw fried at Li's shopkeeper, and even now I haven't even drunk a sip of water, and my legs are like lead.
It's hard to move a single step.
Xiao Man felt that the water in his body had been drained, thirsty, hungry and tired, the sun was still hanging in the sky, and he looked up to see that there were several suns in the sky.
Gu Shi looked at Xiao Man's pale little face, his lips were white, and his eyes could barely be opened, Gu squatted down, "Xiao Man Lai's mother was taken home by you." ”
"No, mother, I can walk by myself, mother, you ......"
Lying on Gu's back, with unprecedented peace of mind, Xiao Man fell asleep like this.
Xiao Man felt that he had a long, long dream, in which he fell into a bottomless pit, and his body kept falling without end.
Night falls in Peach Blossom Village, the cooking smoke curls and every household is cooking, the temperature finally drops, the cool breeze is blowing, the big man in front of the fence is tiptoeing and stretching his neck to look into the distance, from the sun going down until the moon rises, the cooked meal is hot over and over again, there is still no shadow of Xiaoman, the night is getting thicker and thicker, and nothing can be seen clearly in the distance.
Da Man anxiously wanted to heat the ants on the pot, his heart became more and more uneasy, and he always felt that something bad was going to happen, Da Bai lay at Daman's feet, his eyes looked into the distance.
A man and a dog waited quietly, Da Man touched the big white hairy head, and muttered in his heart: "Bodhisattva, you must bless my mother and Xiao Man safe and sound, and bless them to come back safely." ”、
"Wangwang......" Dabai shouted, got up and ran out, and disappeared into the darkness in a few moments.
Da Man heard Da Bai's cry with joy, "It must be that Niang and Xiao Man are back." ”
Da Man shouted and ran to follow Da Bai's cry, "Mother, is it you Xiao Man?" ”
In the dark, the road is big and deep, one foot is shallow, and the big man fell several feet when he ran too fast.
Da Bai's voice was getting closer and closer, and the cry was urgent, and it didn't sound quite right.
It was getting closer and closer, Daman could hear footsteps and breathing, but the sound was a little messy, getting closer and closer, Daman lit the fire, and then he saw that Gu was carrying Xiaoman crookedly, looking like he was about to fall to the ground at any time.
Gu Shi was obviously tired, "Mother, what's wrong with Xiaoman, why did you come back, my father." ”
"Go home,...... Home is talking. ”
Da Man stepped forward and carried Xiao Man, and also took out one hand to support Gu Shi and walked home.
When he arrived at home, Daman gently put Xiaoman on the bed, and saw that Xiaoman's head was wrapped in a white cloth, which was dark red, and there were dried blood stains on his face.