Chapter Seventy-Three: Dying
The tables, chairs, beds, furnishings, etc. in the room are very exquisite, and it is obvious that there are people living in them every day.
Sister-in-law Zhang went out and fetched a basin of warm water, moistened the handkerchief, Ruixue carefully wiped Zhao Fengnian's mouth and nose, and then kept holding his hand, but forgot that there were still blood stains on his face.
Sister-in-law Zhang felt sour in her heart, and carefully wiped it for her, Da Zhuang's tears were in her eyes, and she was dragging Wu Yu's clothes, and Wu Yu also had a heavy face.
Soon, an old doctor with a gray beard rushed over with the young man, Rui Xue hurriedly got out of the way and asked the doctor to call the pulse, but unfortunately the old doctor held his beard with one hand for a long time, his brows gradually wrinkled into a pimple, and he shook his head and said, "Difficult, difficult." The patient's blood and qi are close to exhaustion, and his pulse is heavy and slow, so I am afraid that he will not be saved, so it is better to prepare for the future as soon as possible. ”
In just a few words, like a thunderbolt from the sky, Rui Xue's eyes were full of stars, she pulled the old doctor's sleeve and begged, "Doctor, he was still reading and practicing calligraphy at home yesterday, why didn't he save him, doctor, I beg you, take a closer look..."
There were still unwiped blood stains on her face, her face was pale, her hair was messy and hanging down, so sad and pleading, Ren is doctor saw a lot of such a scene, and also gave birth to a trace of sympathy, sighed and persuaded, "Maybe the old man's medical skills are not good, you better go to another hospital to ask." ”
Rui Xue let go of her hand and sat down on the ground, her despair was even worse, her mind flashed like a movie, many miscellaneous things after the two got married, those days of reading and settling accounts under the lamp, those nights when she held hands and slept peacefully, this person who depended on her for her life, was she really going to go, what should she do?
With tears in her eyes, Sister-in-law Zhang paid the old doctor 50 fees, and was about to ask which hospital had a good doctor, but the shopkeeper of the restaurant stepped forward and asked, "Doctor, did you just say that this patient is a recurrence of an old disease, not because of eating unclean food?" ”
The old doctor nodded, "If you eat uncleanly, you will have abdominal pain and vomiting, but this patient is depleted of qi and blood, and there is no connection between the two." ”
The shopkeeper's heart fell to the ground, and he motioned to the young man to send the old doctor out, and then said to everyone, "Since this matter has nothing to do with our restaurant, I don't want to keep you for a long time, after all, we are here to sell food, and if we are contaminated, the guests will not like it." ”
"What do you mean, it's freezing outside, and our husband is sick, how can you move at will?" Hearing that the shopkeeper wanted to drive everyone out, Wu Yu's eyes widened, and his gaze pierced him like a knife, and he hated it in his heart.
The shopkeeper was a little weak-hearted, but he still insisted, "We are not a medical hall and an inn here, how can there be any reason to keep you for a long time, in case this person..."
He wanted to say, in case Zhao Fengnian died in this room, how would he stay overnight in the future, but he was afraid of everyone's resentful eyes, so he reluctantly swallowed his words back, and waved his hand impatiently, "Needless to say, today's meal money, a total of two or four dollars of silver, I will be the master to save you, count our restaurant unlucky, put it into a group..."
"No need..."The cold female voice sounded behind everyone, Rui Xue reached out to wipe away her tears, got up and patted the dust on her skirt, took out a piece of broken silver of about three taels from her purse, and threw it on the ground with a snap, "This is three taels, the extra one, it was my aunt and grandmother who rewarded you to buy medicine and eat, your conscience is rotten, heal it early." ”
The shopkeeper was scolded so much that he choked on his chest, his face was bruised, Rui Xue ignored him, called Wu Yu, stepped forward and carried Zhao Fengnian to push the door away. When she was about to go out, she finally looked back at the shopkeeper carefully, and her eyes were cold and sharp, which made the shopkeeper feel a chill in her heart.
It wasn't until the group turned out of the back door that the shopkeeper reluctantly came back to his senses and said angrily, "Who greeted the guests in front of the door today, why did you let such a shrew in!" ”
The young man behind him pouted secretly, and he was very dissatisfied with the snobbery of the shopkeeper, but when he ate under others, he was not easy to speak out, so he had to deal with two sentences, and the shopkeeper was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and left.
Rui Xue and his party stood on the bustling street, not knowing where to go for a while, Sister-in-law Zhang said anxiously, "It's better to go to the bolt's house, how can I say that Lao Wang is also familiar with us..."
Ruixue shook her head, it was the last moon festival, stay in the restaurant for a while, everyone is unlucky, and it may not be appropriate to go to Wang's house, "Find an inn and charter a small courtyard." ”
Sister-in-law Zhang immediately pointed to an inn not far away with two Eight Treasure Palace lamps hanging on it, and said, "That place looks big, let's go there and ask first." ”
The group trotted through the crowd and entered the inn.
Chu Gehuan invited a few fox friends who were familiar with each other on weekdays, and took three or five Hualou top cards, and was sitting in another restaurant next to him drinking and having fun, a pot of osmanthus wine was in his stomach, and his chest was hot, so he pushed the woman in his arms and leaned against the window to blow the wind.
The lights on the street are connected, it is very gorgeous, provoking him to improvise a sour poem, but the corner of his eye suddenly caught the figure of a woman, green cloth dress, blue head bandana, eyebrows and eyes are delicate and insufficient, but more than three points of heroism, this is not the dock proprietress, who else can there be, he was afraid of admitting his mistake, so he called Wangcai over, Wangcai looked at it and looked at it, nodded and flattered, "The son has good eyesight, it is indeed the boss lady, and the aunt next to her also helps in the shop on weekdays." ”
"Didn't your cousin say that the shop will open tomorrow, why do they have time to visit the light market today... Hey, no, why did they carry someone? ”
Wangcai also saw it, and was also shocked, and said, "It looks like he is seriously ill, my cousin said that his master is not in good health and often gets sick, so it can't be this person." ”
Chu Gehuan Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyebrows raised, "Go, inquire, come back and report to me." ”
"Yes, Childe." Wangcai responded and ran downstairs.
A few people in the room drank and laughed at the beauty in their arms, and when they didn't see him coming over for a long time, they called, "Brother Chu, why do you blow the wind in front of the window, is the wind more gentle than the beauty?" ”
The rest of the people laughed, rubbing the beauty in their arms @ even more coquettishly, Chu Gehuan sat back in the banquet, and re-picked up the beauty to laugh with them, but his heart gradually became impatient, and he looked at the door from time to time.
There are few people who go out in the first month, and the inn business is also deserted, when I see a business coming to the door, although I don't like the patient, but I don't pick too much, I only ask for an extra hundred study room money every day, so I let them into a small courtyard behind, but three rooms, two people, a hospitality, bedding, tables and chairs, everything is complete.
Ruixue settled Zhao Fengnian and lay down, remembering that he had a bad illness last time, he was extremely cold, although he was unconscious and couldn't speak at this time, it must be the case, so he asked for an extra quilt and added it.
Only then did Xiao Er'er ask the location of the various medical centers in the city, and divided half of the money in the purse to Wu Yu and Sister-in-law Zhang, "Go and invite these doctors, don't be afraid to spend money, be fast!" ”
Sister-in-law Zhang and Wu Yu took the silver and ran out of the inn, and Da Zhuang was also sent to prepare a soup pot (similar to a hot water bottle) to warm up Zhao Fengnian, and the room was quiet for a while.
Rui Xue leaned in front of the bed, slowly rubbing Zhao Feng's blue and white cheeks, and felt distressed in her heart, "Shopkeeper, as soon as I came to this world, I was already married to you, no relatives, no friends, only you by your side, although you always speak coldly, but I know that you are a good person, I don't ask you to be rich, I just ask you to live, let's live quietly, okay?" ”
Tears fell down and smashed on Zhao Fengnian's eyebrows, but unfortunately he was still silent, if it weren't for the occasional slight tremor at the end of his nose, he would almost be a lifeless person, Rui Xue was extremely sad, reached out and broke his lips, and breathed in, "If you don't gasp, I'll help you!" I won't let you die! ”
Da Zhuang, who was standing outside the door with Tang Pozi in his arms, was already crying silently, and even the young man behind him was full of sympathy. As the old saying goes, love is not long, and this couple looks like they get along very well on weekdays, why did they give birth to this?
Wangcai turned around twice outside the inn door, and saw Sister-in-law Zhang and Wu Yu running away in a hurry, so he slipped into the backyard of the inn, wanting to go into the backyard to see, but was sighed and sighed, and the young man who came out touched it, he hurriedly touched more than a dozen money and stuffed it, and the young man said everything he knew, "The husband of this family seems to be eating in the restaurant, the old disease recurred, and the doctor of Chunhetang said to prepare for the future, but the woman of this family did not believe it, and had to invite the doctors of the whole city to come to diagnose the pulse." ”
"And do you know what the illness is?"
"I don't know this, I just know that I vomited blood in the restaurant, which seems to be very serious."
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Wangcai asked him not to tell Rui Xue and the others, so he ran back to the restaurant, Chu Gehuan had been waiting anxiously, and when he saw him come in, he immediately pretended to be overwhelmed by the strength of the wine, and said, "I drank too much wine today, I really have an unbearable headache, I will go back to the house to rest first, find a good place to go another day, and then have a small gathering with all the brothers." ”
Everyone was also a little drunk and couldn't find the north and south, and when they heard him say this, they all made a few jokes and responded.
Only the delicate woman sitting next to him, coquettish and stupid, pulled his sleeve and refused to let go, Chu Gehuan was anxious, took out a silver ticket and threw it on her, sure enough, the woman immediately went to grab the silver ticket, and he took the opportunity to get out.
The master and servant went downstairs to find a secluded place, Wangcai said what the guy said just now, Chu Gehuan was silent for a long time, and said, "Let's go, go and see." ”
Wangcai couldn't figure out what idea the master had in his heart, so he would help him out righteously, or take advantage of the fire to rob? Bowing his head, he cautiously led him into the inn.
The consultation fee for the doctor in Lingfeng City was fifty wen, and Sister-in-law Zhang and Wu Yu were anxious, and they came out with two hundred wen, so even on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, there were seven or eight doctors rushing over, but after each of them checked the pulse, they shook their heads, and one of them even blamed Sister-in-law Zhang, who was obviously a dying person, and tossed him in the middle of the night for something, so angry that Wu Yu clenched his fists and took him out of the door, and the rest of the doctors dispersed.
Sister-in-law Zhang wiped her tears with Da Zhuang in her arms, "It's just to go into the city to enjoy the lights, why is Mr. going to die?" ”