Chapter 47: The Old Man
"Is that you?" The old man also looked frightened, jumped away a few steps, turned his head and ran.
This old man was the one who sold fake medicines at the big medicine meeting that day, Gu Bainiang watched him squeeze into the crowd, but his movements were very flexible at such an age, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.
"Eldest sister, where are we going?" The young man who came in the car asked.
Gu Banniang sighed, threw the medicine basket into the car, looked back at Master Dong's door plaque, and got into the car, "Go back." ”
The young man answered, and led the donkey forward.
The weather has gradually cooled, the breeze is blowing, pinching her fingers, and it has been more than five months since she "woke up" unconsciously.
Gu Bainiang couldn't help but raise her hand and bit her finger lightly.
"Little girl, does it hurt?" Someone asked from the sidelines.
Gu Bainiang was startled, and saw that it was the old man who sold fake medicine again, he dragged his broken sack and walked on the right side of the donkey cart with small steps.
As he spoke, his small eyes blinked at Gu Bainiang's fingers, as if he was really curious about whether it hurt.
"You bite it and try it." Gu Bainiang pursed her lips and smiled.
"Go, go, go, don't blame me for bumping into you." The boy banged him.
The old man didn't pay any attention to the young man, but instead put his hand on it and got into the car.
"You old man! Go down! The young man was frightened and angry, and hurried over to him.
Gu Bainiang raised her hand to stop, "We'll give him a ride when he's older." ”
The young man glared at the old man, muttered that there were no rules, and then ignored him.
"It's still a little girl, you have a good heart." The old man said with a smile.
Gu Bainiang smiled and said nothing.
"Little girl, why don't you call for someone to arrest me?" The old man couldn't help but ask.
"Catch you? Why? Gu Bainiang turned her face and asked him curiously, "Uncle, what bad things have you done?" ”
The old man looked depressed and glared at the little girl.
"You didn't steal or rob, but you were selling some wheat dongsu walnut bark at the medicine fair, why did I call someone to arrest you?" Gu Bainiang also glared at him.
The old man looked at her face with a look of surprise, and was a little surprised, more like the depression of a child's little trick being exposed.
"You know? You know what that is? The old man said in surprise, with a little disbelief, "Then why didn't you tell the government that it wasn't a fake medicine .....?" ”
This old man was bold enough to not run away, and stayed here to inquire about the lawsuit.
That's right, the fake Qin peel bought by Shopkeeper Zhou is walnut catalpa bark, and if you put it carefully, it is also a medicine, just like the wheat winter whisker root that is used as a vision.
Of course, Gu Bainiang didn't tell anyone about this.
"What about walnut crust? Although walnut catalpa peel is also a medicine, but people sell it as Qin peel, so it is naturally fake, so what's the matter? Gu Banniang smiled faintly.
Heaven and earth can be learned, the wheat dong root that she Gu Baniang bought back was not sold as Yuanzhi, and the difference between the two is big.
The old man laughed and said you were right.
"Besides, old man, I never said what I was selling from beginning to end, whether it was Yuanzhi or Qin Pi, but you said it yourself, even if you sue me, you are not afraid....." He blinked his little eyes and flashed with a sly light.
Gu Bainiang thought about it for a while, and sure enough, she couldn't help but smile, what kind of person is this old man? Where did Shopkeeper Zhou find it from?
"So, the little lady saw it at the medicine stall at the time?" The old man continued, his eyes lit up, but then he looked depressed, "People only did it, how come they were recognized the first time they appeared.....
Gu Bainiang just didn't hear it, shaking the small fan in her hand, occasionally blocking the sunny sun in September.
"Am I being stupid?" The little old man was still muttering, he shook his head, "Impossible, impossible, how can I be stupid..... but the little girl is smarter than me!" ”
When he said this, he finally felt that everything could be explained, and slapped his face with a smile, "Yes, yes, little girl, you are too smart...."
"No, I'm not smart, I've seen it." Gu Banniang said.
The old man laughed, and shook his head quickly.
"Impossible." He said, with a hint of confidence on his face, "It's the only one in the world, the baby I only took out this time, and there will never be anything else."
Seven or eight years later, there were ...... everywhere The sales of the harmful Qin skin were greatly affected, Gu Bainiang said in her heart, could this old man be the origin of the fake Qin skin?
Gu Bainiang couldn't help but look at the old man twice, the old man was still slumping his mouth, looking depressed.
"It's definitely not that I'm stupid, it's that you're too smart!" He continued to mumble.
Gu Bainiang couldn't help laughing, what she just said was true, he didn't believe it, it was really not that she was too smart, but that she had seen it, in fact, she was a stupid person, otherwise she would not have ended up like that.
Thinking like this, the smile on her face disappeared in a flash.
"Little girl, I praise you for being smart, why are you upset?" The old man saw her emotions and asked curiously.
Gu Bainiang said lightly, nothing.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk more, the old man didn't ask again, but pulled the broken sack beside him and opened the treasure to show her.
"Little girl, look, I have other medicine here, do you want it?" He said, frowning, "It's cheap." ”
This man is really... Gu Banniang glanced at him a little helplessly, knowing that this person was selling fake medicine, who would buy it?
"You can't eat the dead..."The old man saw her expression, and hurriedly added with a smile.
Gu Bainiang couldn't help but roll her eyes, and said in her heart that maybe he should be sent to the yamen, wouldn't it be a disaster to the world if he kept it.
"Where are you going to get off?" She asked.
"When I get to the point, I will go down naturally...", but the old man did not say directly, glared and said, "Young man, you can live a long life by doing more good deeds, what about pulling my old man for a while?" ”
Did he teach himself a lesson? Do more good deeds? Gu Banniang tugged at the corners of her mouth.
When the old man saw that she didn't rush down, he was busy shaking his sack, coaxing a child and continued, "If you don't buy it, you can see it... Look at the lack of money...."
Gu Bainiang was amused by him again, looked at him and said meaningfully: "Uncle, you can live a long life by doing more good deeds." ”
"What kind of longevity, I'm tired of living old man... Just waiting to go to have a glass of wine with Lord Yama...."The old man sneered, and after finishing speaking, he hurriedly added, "However, the young man still avoids Lord Yama's invitation." ”
Without waiting for Gu Banniang to speak, she shook the broken sack in front of her, "Little girl, look at what kind of medicine this is, see what kind of medicine it is, see it....."
"How's it going?" Gu Banniang asked lazily.
"Look, old man," thought the old man, tilting his head, as he rubbed his hand around his body, shook his sleeves, and dropped out a heavy money bag and a yellow, curly book.
Gu Bainiang's eyes swept away, fell on the title of the book, and couldn't help but light up her eyes.
"Liu Gongcannon's seventeen laws!" She couldn't help but read it, and suddenly her heart jumped.