This turmoil in Taifu Siqing, Lu Tong does not know for the time being.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the branches of the plum tree in front of the window in the courtyard are gradually budding, and it will not be long before the plum tree will bloom.

There was a snowfall, and the West Street was full of frost and snow, and Ah Cheng swept the snow at the entrance of the hospital hall together and built a snow lion.

The snow lion was rough, with limbs and a big head, stuffed with two black dates as eyeballs, and lay at the door of the medical hall with teeth and claws.

Hu Yuanwai's eyes are not good, and he didn't see clearly when he entered the door, and he fell on his stomach with a big horse. bluffed Du Changqing hurriedly helped him to sit down in the medical hall, lest the old man fall out.

Yinzheng took the fruit plate out of it, handed Hu Yuanwai a frozen pear, and asked with a smile: "Why is Mr. Hu here?" ”

Frozen pears are fresh. The silver kite puts the pears in the ice bucket in the yard at night and freezes, and the next morning it can form a layer of ice shell, and then take it out and put it for four or five hours, freeze it again, repeat it for a few days, and wait until the pear skin turns jet black and can be eaten.

The frozen pears taste cold and sweet, and the juice is abundant, and Ah Cheng can eat several at a time.

Hu Yuanwai took out a handkerchief, wiped the skin of the frozen pear, sucked it, shivered with coldness, and said after a while: "It's not a big deal, I just came to see you." ”

Renxin Medical Center is now very different from before, the monthly income is not low, and he, an old customer, does not have to take care of his old friend's bereaved son business every once in a while as before, although there is a faint loss, but more is gratifying.

Du Changqing can be regarded as self-reliant.

Hu Yuanwai ate a few bites of pears, remembered something, and said to Du Changqing: "By the way, Youcai is not on West Street now, but lives in the master's house outside the city." The room in the fresh fish store asked me to sublet it to others. You're close to the fish, so you can take a look when you're free, and don't let people make a mess of the talented house. ”

Wu Youcai has not appeared on West Street since the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lu Tong came out with the medicine jar, and just happened to hear this Hu Yuanwai instructing Du Changqing, so he asked, "Is he okay now?" ”

The beard man wiped the pear juice on his beard: "It's very good." Invite him to be the Xixi family's generosity, give a lot of silver, and treat him kindly. I met him once last month, and I saw him in good spirits. ”

Lu Tong nodded: "That's good." ”

It sounds like Wu Xiucai is doing well.

As he spoke, the sound of a carriage was heard outside.

The West Street is narrow, mostly ordinary people's shops, except for Hu Yuan, who has inconvenient legs and feet and have to take a carriage, there are few carriages to come on weekdays.

The carriage stopped in front of the plum tree, and a few women got out of the carriage and walked towards the hospital.

The mother-in-law at the head was dressed in a bright cotton silk long jacket, combed a woman's head, her hands and feet were neat, and her appearance looked a little powerful.

Lu Tong raised his eyes and looked: "Mother Wang?" ”

The person who came was Wang's mother on the Taifu Temple.

The previous few times I went to Dong's Mansion, Mrs. Dong asked Wang's mother to send Lu Tong back to West Street. Mother Wang is shrewd and capable, she is Mrs. Dong's right-hand man, Lu Tong has dealt with her several times, and Mother Wang is polite every time.

Today, however, there seems to be something different.

Mother Wang stood at the door, followed by several mothers-in-law with big shoulders and round waists, looking like a teacher asking for guilt, this battle was not small, and the carriage of Taifu Siqing was too conspicuous, for a while, the stall owners near West Street who were listless because of the morning were all in good spirits, and their eyes were burning towards this end.

Lu Tong walked up to Mother Wang and said softly, "Why is Mother Wang here?" ”

Mrs. Wang looked at the person in front of her.

After the heavy snowfall, the long street is like jade, Lu Tong stands under the crimson vermilion eaves, wearing a dark blue plain jacket, a milky white velvet skirt, a frost-white silk flower on the sideburns, and the pink delicacy is not applied, and the black hair is more and more lined like clouds, and the eyebrows and eyes are beautiful. In this icy and snowy land, it is like a cold plum blossom that blooms alone, which is particularly moving.

Mrs. Wang secretly wondered in her heart, no wonder she was able to enter Pei Yunyi's eyes before, and later she was fascinated by her young master, and she was beautiful in a single word, Lu Tong really stood out among the nobles in Shengjing.

It's a pity that the heart is higher than the sky and the life is thinner than the paper, a doctor who sits in the hall also wants to fly on the branches to be a phoenix.

Putting away the disdain in her heart, Mrs. Wang looked at Lu Tong, and said with a smile: "The old slave is on the order of his wife today, and he came to bring a message to Dr. Lu. ”

"Mother Wang, please speak."

Mrs. Wang paused, and deliberately raised her voice: "Dr. Lu asked my young master to recommend this year's spring examination to the medical firm, but I'm afraid it won't happen." ”

Lu Tong was stunned.

Du Changqing was confused: "Spring test? What a spring exam. ”

Nearby shopkeepers also craned their necks.

Mrs. Wang smiled, as if she was afraid that the people around her would not understand, and explained slowly.

"Dr. Lu asked my young master to ask the medical firm for a favor and allowed him to participate in the spring exam this year. My young master is simple-minded, and he is the most kind, so he should inherit it. ”

"When my wife found out, she said that it was not appropriate. The young master doesn't understand this, the medical practice elects its own candidates every year, and our Taifu Siqing rashly intervenes, if it is spread outside, it will not be said that we abuse our official power. ”

"Doctor Lu," Mrs. Wang sighed, her tone was very embarrassed, "You also know what happened in this year's tribute ceremony, at this juncture, who would dare to help others in private?" So Madame asked the old slave to come over and explain to Dr. Lu, so that Dr. Lu would not look forward to it in vain. ”

She spoke sincerely and carefully, and the people around her gradually understood.

Hu Yuanwai looked at Lu Tong suspiciously: "Doctor Lu, you want to participate in the spring examination of the Taiyi Bureau?" ”

Every year, the students of the Taiyi Bureau take the spring examination, and there are only a few old doctors elected by ordinary medical firms who can pass the spring examination to become medical officers.

Lu Tong stood at the door of the medical hall, his eyes swept over the mess in front of the medical hall.

This group of mothers-in-law came violently, trampling the already sloppy snow lions into a mess, leaving only two swarthy dates stuck in the snow, unable to distinguish the original shape.

Lu Tong raised his eyes and said lightly: "I see, I understand." ”

The reason why she didn't ask Mrs. Dong to help at the beginning, but found Dong Lin, was because Mrs. Dong was shrewd, and she inexplicably proposed that she wanted to go to the spring exam.

But I never thought that Dong Lin was discovered by Mrs. Dong.

Lu Tong didn't think about Mrs. Dong's displeasure after Mrs. Dong learned about it. But she didn't expect Mrs. Dong to be so spicy, and she would instruct Wang's mother to make trouble in front of the hospital.

Even for Pei Yunyao's sake, it shouldn't be ......

After all, Mrs. Dong always thought that there was already a secret relationship between her and Pei Yunyao.

Now tearing his face like this, I don't know why.

Lu Tong pondered to himself, and this cold look fell in the eyes of Mother Wang, and it became a senseless provocation.

Mother Wang's face was a little unpleasant.

You must know that after the quarrel between Mrs. Dong and Dong Lin yesterday, she was so angry that she almost fainted because of the rebellious behavior of this always obedient son, and then she was bedridden. Lu Tong can still be so calm, doesn't he think that his young master will definitely fall out with his family for her?

Mother Wang pulled the corners of her mouth, and her tone was a little sarcastic.

Speaking of which, it's a good thing that Dr. Lu has high ambitions, but people, sometimes you don't have to look up at the sky, you have to look down at your feet. The people who could pass the spring exam were all students from the Taiyi Bureau, so why did Dr. Lu bother to join in the fun. ”

Before Lu Tong could speak, Du Changqing on the side frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "I mean, whoever does what kind of thing has to recognize his identity." ”

Du Changqing had endured it for a long time, but when he heard the words at this moment, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and he immediately rushed forward and scolded: "Who do you let recognize your identity?" He was stopped by the silver kite.

Mrs. Wang ignored Du Changqing, who was jumping to her feet in anger, only looked at Lu Tong, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, don't blame the old woman for talking too much, Miss Lu had better not talk to my young master in private in the future." Miss Lu's parents died early, and some rules are still shorter. There is a difference between men and women, and this is not good for the girl's reputation. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yin Zheng's face changed.

The meaning of these words is clearly that Lu Tong has no parental upbringing, and he shamelessly threw himself on Dong Lin. You must know that there are so many people in front of the hospital today, the world is already strict with women, and Lu Tong is practicing medicine outside, this basin of dirty water is splashed on it, what will the neighbors and outsiders of West Street think of Lu Tong in the future?

Mrs. Wang is deliberately ruining her reputation!

Lu Tong looked coldly at the person in front of him.

What kind of reputation and reputation, she doesn't really care.

But when it comes to her parents......

She took a step forward and was about to fight back, when she suddenly heard a voice from the crowd: "Young Master Dong? Who's that? Have I seen it? ”

Widow Sun held a handful of melon seeds and squeezed into the crowd watching the excitement.

Sister-in-law Song replied enthusiastically: "The son of the Taifu Siqing Mansion, I pointed out to you when I came back to the medical hall, the one who is not tall, a little fat, and has a good temper." ”

Widow Sun thought about it, and her eyes lit up: "It turned out to be the one!" He looked at Lu Tong suspiciously, "That one is not handsome, what is Dr. Lu looking for him?" ”

The pretty orphan widow was dressed in a bright green dress, with gorgeous gold ornaments, and spoke softly, and many people looked at her for a while.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Widow Sun swallowed melon seeds and said innocently, "What's wrong?" What did I say wrong, Dr. Lu has never seen any beautiful man in the medical hall, so Young Master Dong is not as handsome as my San Lang, not to mention the handsome little Master Pei, no matter how bad it is, the shopkeeper Du is not bad. ”

Du Changqing: "......"

"Doctor Lu is beautiful and has good medical skills, how can he look down on that Young Master Dong? Lie. ”

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "You! ”

Widow Sun stroked her sideburns as if nothing happened, pretending not to look at the cannibalistic gaze of her mother-in-law before meeting.

She has always looked at people's faces, that Young Master Dong is far worse than Xiao Pei, she can't even look down on a widow, let alone the young Doctor Lu?

Moreover, although her husband died early, she was not a fool, and she was not ignorant of the twists and turns in the house. This mother-in-law ran to the door of the hospital early in the morning and sang such a play, clearly wanting to ruin Lu Tong's reputation.

is also a neighbor, Lu Tong used to blindly "slender" to help Dai Sanlang become a "pork Pan An", and then there is a handsome young friend like Pei Yunyi, even if it is for her own eyes, she has to help Lu Tong, right?

Widow Sun sighed: "What's so great about being precious, a woman chooses a husband, of course, she still has to choose a handsome first, and she will give birth to a son and a half daughter who are also handsome in the future, and she will feel comfortable when she looks at it." ”

"If you give birth to an ugly one, ouch, it's a bad life for future generations!"

"Yes, yes, yes," Sister-in-law Song took over at the right time, "It's not good to be a man...... you're not tall."

Listening to the gossip and insinuations of the group of women in front of her, Mrs. Wang's face turned pale.

Originally, she just wanted to save face in front of the medical hall, so that she could vent for her wife, but who knew that a group of people on West Street were so inadequate.

What is the identity of his own young master, and he has become the disliked party in the mouths of this group of crazy women. She wanted to say a few more words, but she was worried that arguing with these long-tongued women would lose her identity as the Taifu Siqing Mansion if it was spread out.

If these words are known by Mrs. today, I am afraid that I will be angry and sick.

Mrs. Wang glared at the group of speakers viciously, suppressed the anger in her heart, and looked at Lu Tong.

"Miss Lu is popular, and there are many people who speak for you, but the old slave can't fight. The words that should have been brought have already been brought, and Miss Lu is so self-conscious. She didn't forget to taunt, "As for the spring exam, Miss Lu also asked Gao Ming, and it is only a matter of time before she passes the spring exam." ”

"Old slave, just congratulate the girl in advance."

After that, he turned around coldly and beckoned a godwife behind him to get into the carriage: "Go!" ”

Du Changqing scolded behind his back: "These bastards ......"

The carriage rolled through the snow and left the infirmary, leaving a long rut mark on the snow.

The crowd outside the door has not completely dispersed.

Widow Sun and Sister-in-law Song squeezed forward, and Sister-in-law Song patted Lu Tong on the shoulder: "Isn't it just a Taifu Siqing, why do dogs look down on people, Miss Lu is not afraid, your young girl is thin-skinned and difficult to speak, my old woman is easy to speak." ”

"Yes," Widow Sun also said with relief: "I have seen a lot of this kind of person, relying on some family background, I think that my son is rushing to ask for it all over the world, and I don't look at whether our West Street is short of handsome men or what." What about the young master of Taifu Siqing, who was pressed like this by his mother, he was abolished at first glance, and he was not as good as San Lang Yingwu! ”

Du Changqing stood at the door angrily and pushed the person out: "Have you said enough?" This is a medical hall, not a teahouse, let's go, don't delay our business! ”

Hu Yuanwai looked at the crowd at the door and asked Lu Tong: "Doctor Lu really wants to take the spring test?" ”

Lu Tong nodded.

Lao Ru thought for a while: "I do know someone who is practicing medicine......

Lu Tong's expression moved: "Old Mr. Hu has a way?" ”

Hu Yuanwai waved his hand and said, "I don't dare to say anything, but if Dr. Lu really wants to participate, the old man can try his best to help, but ......" He glanced behind Lu Tong and coughed lightly, "Let's talk about it when Dr. Lu thinks about it." It's not early, Humble Jing is still waiting for me at home, and the old man should go back. ”

After speaking, he arched his hand to Lu Tong and left the medical hall as if he were fleeing.

Hu Yuanwai left, Lu Tong stood at the door, and when he turned around, he was met by Du Changqing's questioning gaze.

Yinzheng and Ah Cheng stood in the corner, and they didn't dare to come out.

After a pause, Lu Tong bypassed Du Changqing and walked to the back bunk. Du Changqing followed behind her and did not relent: "Anyway, when did you go behind my back to find Dong Lin?" ”

The anger in his eyes and the resentment in his tone are like a resentful husband who has suddenly been cuckolded.

Seeing that Lu Tong didn't answer, he raised his voice again and asked loudly: "Why are you secretly looking for someone to participate in this year's spring exam?" ”

"Because I want to go to the Hanlin Hospital." Lu Tong said.

Du Changqing was stunned.

Lu Tong turned around and said calmly to him: "Didn't you say it, the pattern is bigger, go earn the money of those rich people." I thought about it, and I have been sitting in the West Street restaurant, and it is difficult to get ahead. When I entered the Hanlin Medical Hospital, I became a medical officer, and I served all high-ranking officials and nobles, if I could save one or two, maybe I would be able to soar. ”

This is said with a bit of affection and coldness.

"You're bluffing." Du Changqing smiled contemptuously, "In order to get ahead and enter the Hanlin Medical Academy, you and I will believe it?" ”

He stared at Lu Tong tightly, and his always lazy eyes showed a bit sharpness.

"Tell me, why do you have to go to the Hanlin Medical Academy?"

Lu Tong was silent.

Yinzheng smiled and came over to play the round, "Shopkeeper Du also knows that my girl is coming to Beijing to find her fiancé." She made up a few sentences, "My girl's fiancé is on an errand in the palace." You only have a chance when you enter the palace! ”

Du Changqing ignored her, still staring at Lu Tong, Lu Tong looked at him calmly, and after a while, she said, "I ......"

"Forget it!" Du Changqing suddenly spoke, interrupting her words, his eyebrows and eyes were full of irritability, "You and I are the relationship between the shopkeeper and the doctor sitting in the hall, do you want to find a fiancé or Feihuang Tengda and this young master, I don't want to hear it!" ”

He flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out, "It's very bad luck early in the morning, let's go!" ”

Ah Cheng saw him out of the door of the medical hall, hurriedly glanced at Lu Tong and Yinzheng, chased after him, and shouted: "The owner is waiting for me-"

Yinzheng walked to Lu Tong's side, looked at the backs of the two of them in the distance, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, "Girl, Shopkeeper Du is angry." ”

Lu Tong half-lowered his eyes and was silent.

She came to Shengjing in the spring at the beginning of the year, and she met Du Changqing when she first arrived in Shengjing, and has been sitting in the Renxin Medical Center on West Street since then. I saw with my own eyes that Renxin Medical Center has grown from a dilapidated small medical center to now being able to maintain various expenses.

People always have a bit of friendship with those who share suffering.

What's more, Du Changqing has always treated her, and she always has a bit of a fledgling complex.

If she really passed the spring exam, there would be no doctor in the Renxin Medical Center, and for Du Changqing, there would be no place for a while. Even if she finds a new doctor to take her place, in Du Changqing's eyes, her move is no different from betrayal.

So he got angry.

Yinzheng asked: "Is the girl determined to participate in the spring exam?" ”

After a long time, Lu Tong let out a soft "um".

The Taishi's Mansion was inaccessible, as dense as an iron bucket, and the small medical hall on West Street was not enough to provide a staircase that would allow her to get close to those powerful people.

Hallym Medical Hospital is different.

Those medical officers treated the families of the officials of the DPRK and China, the household department, the military department, and the Privy Council...... There was always a time when it was her turn to approach the other person. As long as she can get close to the other person, she can find an opportunity to do it.

This is the most straightforward way to do it.

Lu Tong raised his hand, and his fingertips slowly brushed his heart, and there, there seemed to be a faint pain gradually spreading from it.

You can't just wait passively.

She doesn't have much time to waste.

……

Du Changqing did not return to the hospital all day.

The news brought back by Taifu Siqing seemed to make him really angry this time, and even Ah Cheng didn't let him go back to the hospital to talk.

Lu Tong and Yinzheng finished a busy day, and after the hospital closed, it began to snow at night.

The snow in the small courtyard was getting thicker, and the shoes were rustling on the ground. The lanterns hanging under the eaves illuminated the snow reddish, and the silver kite placed the orange lanterns that Ah Cheng had entrusted her with on the eaves of the windows.

The orange lamps are arranged in a row, the orange peel is round, the shell is added to the anointing oil point, in the snowy night, the jade lotus spits flames, and the gold grains contain crystals, which finally adds a bit of vividness to the cold and lonely winter night.

Lu Tong stood in front of the window and looked into the distance.

The snow in the courtyard was continuous, the wind was sharp, and the white catkins swirled and fell from the air, and one or two pieces floated into the house, and before they could reach their fingertips, they turned into a clump of dew and disappeared.

Lu Tong withdrew his palm.

Yin Zheng came in from outside the door, shook the snow particles on his body, and said with a smile: "The snow in the capital is really big, and it is rare for us to see the next snow in southern Jiangsu all year round." I remember the last time it snowed in southern Jiangsu, it was many years ago. ”

Lu Tong also smiled.

Sunan is located in the south, and it really doesn't snow much. However, it is different on Luomei Peak. The terrain on the mountain is high, a winter, the mountain is white, the night passes, the door is pushed in the morning, only to see the white expanse.

"I don't know if Shopkeeper Du will come to the hospital early tomorrow morning." Yin Zheng sighed, "I hope he won't be angry for too long, and in two days it will be the day of the moon silver." ”

Lu Tong's smile faded.

In fact, when she first found the Renxin Medical Center to sit in the museum, she didn't think about staying here for a long time. It's just a bridge on the road to revenge, it can be the Renxin Medical Hall or the Xinglin Hall, as long as you can reach the destination, it doesn't make a difference which bridge.

But I didn't expect that unconsciously, she had been on West Street for too long, and now that she left suddenly, Du Changqing would be angry, and Ah Cheng would be sorry.

The fate between people is always wonderful, but sometimes, bonds are a burden.

And she doesn't need to be cumbersome.

Yinzheng closed the window, Lu Tong picked up the oil lamp on the table, and was about to go to the couch, when he moved, and suddenly heard a voice outside.

Bang bang!

Someone is knocking on the door of the medical hall.

Yin Zheng was stunned for a moment, glanced at Lu Tong, and his expression gradually became nervous: "It's so late, who will come over suddenly?" ”

Since the last time Meng Xiyan sent someone to assassinate Lu Tong, Yinzheng has always had palpitations. After all, the two women live alone, although there are shop soldiers patrolling the market, they are weak in the end.

"Could it be the shopkeeper Du?" Silver Kite speculated.

Du Changqing ran away in a fit of rage, didn't he figure it out at this moment, or he couldn't figure it out, so he went crazy to the medical hall in the middle of the night?

Lu Tong stretched out his hand, picked up a hairpin flower on the dresser, and walked towards the door.

"I'll take a look."

Yinzheng subconsciously grabbed the corner of her clothes, and Lu Tong shook his head at her: "It's okay." ”

The two of them cautiously walked to the door of the medical hall, and the knocking on the door stopped abruptly. Yinzheng raised his voice and asked outside the door, "Who?" ”

No one answered.

Lu Tong paused, clenched the hairpin in his palm with one hand, and opened the door with the other hand.

In an instant, the cold wind rushed in with snow particles.

The wind is flying, and the snow is full of snow. The row of red lanterns under the vermilion eaves was blown by the wind and snow, and the faint warm color was almost frozen.

There was no one outside the door, only the soft sound of the north wind breaking the branches.

Yinzheng glanced out and wondered, "Well, why is there no one?" ”

Lu Tong frowned, and closed the door again with his backhand.

There was no one outside, but the knock on the door was not an illusion......

She was thinking about it, when she suddenly felt that she was patted on the shoulder, and the silver kite on her side screamed, Lu Tong's heart sank, and she didn't think about it, and the hairpin in her hand stabbed behind her without hesitation!

"Hiss-" sound.

The next moment, someone grabbed her hand, and someone pressed her arm from behind, making her unable to move.

"Shhhh

A familiar voice rang in my ears.

"Don't move, it's me."