Although he was wearing a locomotive cotton hat on his head, a tweed coat on his body, and cotton gloves on his hands, when he returned to the courtyard, Xu Qiang was still frozen like a red-fart G monkey.

When he entered the house, he quickly lit the stove and the stove, and when there was heat in the house, he took off his hat and coat, and went to the table of the Eight Immortals to pour himself a cup of hot water with a thermos, and by the way, he turned on the radio, which sounded a little loud.

He himself went to the single bedside, first took out a blanket from the low cabinet to cover his feet, and the whole person leaned on the cushion and picked up the book of Three Kingdoms and flipped through it casually, it was okay at first, the more he looked at it, the more confused he became, and finally his eyelids began to fight again.

When he opened his eyes again, he was woken up by the sound of the door opening, and it was Xu Damao who came in, obviously just getting off work, and as soon as the door opened, a cold air poured in, and Xu Qiang subconsciously shrank back.

"Qiangzi, what are you going to eat today?"

Xu Damao was still carrying two cloth pockets in his hands, and his face was impatient, obviously wanting to hurry up and go to Old Man Xia's house after eating.

Xu Qiang sat up lazily, stretched his waist and said listlessly: "You look at it, I don't want to move today." ”

"Why don't we deal with it outside." Xu Damao's mind is now full of the fact that he can't have children, and he doesn't have the heart to cook at all.

Xu Qiang glanced up at him, and said angrily: "If you don't eat, don't Old Man Xia eat either?" ”

Xu Damao calmed down and realized that they had gone too early, and they hadn't finished their meal yet, so it wouldn't look good at that time, so he could only put down the cloth pocket in his hand and go to cook first.

Xu Qiang leaned on the single bed and waited, mainly because he had ridden a bicycle for a day today, and he felt that he had no strength up and down.

Soon, a pot of hot noodles was placed on the table of the Eight Immortals, the vegetables were fried with potatoes and cabbage vermicelli, and the two brothers sat on the official hat chair and snorted and ate noodles, Xu Qiang felt that he finally had the strength in his body, and he cleaned up the pot stove, and then followed the anxious Xu Damao out of the door.

Old man Xia lived in the third courtyard on their right, four children joined the army in the early years, and finally only one old man came back, the son inherited his father's business, and also worked in the traditional Chinese medicine hospital, although he lived in the same courtyard with Old Man Xia, but it has always been separated.

Old man Xia divided two rooms, when they went to the house in addition to the old man, there was a kind old lady and two three or four-year-old dolls, the little doll is very polite, when someone is coming, he smiled and called "Uncle, uncle", Xu Damao smiled and touched the heads of the two children, and took out two white rabbit toffee from his trouser pocket and gave them to the two children.

The two also politely greeted the old man and the old lady, the old lady went out with two little dolls, and the old man asked Xu Qiang and Xu Damao to sit on the kang, and the two of them put the things they brought over on the kang.

The old man was a straight man, so he didn't talk to the two of them, and said straight to the point: "I know the intention of the two of you, but I'll tell you the truth, I can't cure this disease." ”

When Xu Damao heard this, his face suddenly became ugly, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Xu Qiang, and his lips began to tremble.

Although Xu Qiang was a little surprised, he was prepared for a long time, and immediately smiled: "Grandpa Xia, you have practiced medicine and saved people all your life, and you must know many people, do you know who in this Sijiu City can cure this disease?" ”

Old Man Xia glanced at Xu Qiang with some surprise, but he didn't expect this kid to be very flexible, so he immediately chuckled: "You kid is a clever kid, I do know who is good at treating this disease, but I don't dare to pack a ticket for what the result is." ”

As soon as Xu Damao heard that there was a door to this, his pale face finally looked a little better, and Xu Qiang kept having a smile on his face, waiting for Old Man Xia's next words.

"His name is Ouyang Lun, and he lives in the first miscellaneous courtyard in the Chunyu Hutong on the side of the Fire God Temple, and the ingredients are not good, and his life is not good."

When Old Man Xia said this, he couldn't help but sigh, and looked at Xu Qiang with a little more expectation in his eyes: "Xu Qiang, I know that you are a capable child, Ouyang Lun has practiced medicine and saved people like me all his life, and he shouldn't fall into this fate." ”

"Hey, I know Grandpa Xia, don't worry, no matter whether my brother's disease can be cured or not, just say these two words to you, I will definitely help if I can help."

Xu Qiang immediately nodded and agreed, he is a smart person, he can understand a little, presumably Old Man Xia has been secretly helping Ouyang Lun all these years.

After coming out of Old Man Xia's house, Xu Damao's whole person came back to life, thinking about going to the Fire Temple again while it was still dark, anyway, Xu Qiang had a bicycle, but Xu Qiang refused:

"The person is there, he will definitely not be able to escape, I will go to touch the situation first and then come to the door tomorrow."

Xu Damao thought about it, felt that what Xu Qiang said was reasonable, and no longer insisted, the two brothers went back to the courtyard, and greeted the three masters with a smile when they met them in the front yard, no one dared to say anything to Xu Damao, and no one dared to aim at him with chaotic eyes, and the second uncle was a lesson from the past.

Let's just talk about the importance of a good brother!

Because he had to go to work the next day, Xu Damao didn't stay in Xu Qiang's house for too long and went back to his house, Xu Qiang also boiled hot water to wash and soak his feet, feeling a lot lighter, and turned on the radio and watched the Three Kingdoms on the single bed at the door.

After watching for a while, there was a chaotic shout in the next room, and the sound of "squeak" opening the door, followed by the cries of Guangfu and Guangdang, two unlucky brothers:

"Mom, Mom, shoes, shoes thrown out."

"It's another day of filial piety for fathers and sons!" Xu Qiang couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, raised his wrist and looked at the watch, it was already past eight o'clock, and everyone fell asleep at this point.

He also sat up from the single bed, put the blanket in the low cabinet next to him, turned off the radio, got dressed, opened the door and went out to the public toilet in the alley, solved the major events in his life and prepared for bed.

As a result, when I came back, I saw Guangfu and Guangdang, the two boys shivering from the cold, and they were squatting in the veranda of the weeping flower gate to wipe their noses.

Xu Qiang's eyes rolled, and he greeted the two with a smile: "Hey, Guangfu, Guangtian, it's strange cold outside, go, follow me back to the house cat for a while." ”

When the two brothers heard Xu Qiang call them, they hesitated a little at first, turned their heads to look at the house, and saw that the lights in the house were turned off, and obviously did not leave the door for them, so they could only stand up and follow Xu Qiang into the house.

As soon as they entered the house, the two brothers who were warm and shivering hurriedly stood by the stove to roast the fire, Xu Qiang poured two cups of hot water for the two, and when they drank it and their bodies were warm, they asked:

"I said, what is it because of something, you have been beaten at both ends for the past three days, and you are all so adults."

Of course, Xu Qiang was not so kind to take in the two brothers, he was mainly for the second uncle.

The two brothers felt warm, their hearts were warm, and when they heard Xu Qiang ask, they immediately pulled down their faces again, and in the end, the young light couldn't hide things, and his eyes were red at first:

"During dinner this afternoon, my mother scrambled two eggs for my dad to drink, and Guangfu and I secretly sandwiched two chopsticks and were seen by the eldest brother, and the eldest brother sued my dad in the evening, and my dad beat us."