Forty-five, the beginning
"The medicine has been bought, and the next thing is to go back and boil it, and then start practicing."
Under the gradually darkening sky.
While Chen Qing was walking on the way home, he looked at the medicine in his hand from time to time, and there was some expectation in his heart.
In anticipation, he walked a lot faster.
After a while, he returned to the dilapidated three-story cement building where the Chen family lived.
However, before he went upstairs, just standing downstairs, he found the door of his house on the second floor, and there was one more figure in and out than usual.
Chen yang.
The elder brother of his life.
"It's another month......
Chen Qing calculated in his mind and found that it had indeed been another month since Chen Yang came back last time.
When he discovered Chen Yang, Chen Yang also discovered him.
Looking at Chen Qing, who was standing downstairs, carrying a medicine bag in one hand and a wooden box in the other, Chen Yang, who was standing in the corridor on the second floor, laughed and said, "Yo, Brother Bing, what's wrong, why did you bring the medicine bag back?" ”
"For boxing."
Chen Qing glanced at him, replied casually, and then skillfully went upstairs with the medicine bag.
Chen Yang's arrival did not stop him from practicing the "Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound" limit-breaking method.
Soon, Chen Qing walked through the corridor, greeted his neighbors all the way, and came to the door of his house.
Then, for the first time, he looked at the small stove in front of his house, and found that it was extinguished.
Usually, this small stove is actually always extinguished, and when Chen Zhengzhong comes back every day after being busy, he borrows the small stoves on both sides of the neighborhood or upstairs to cook and stir-fry, and the reward is to help add a new layer of coal after cooking.
Chen Qing hadn't paid much attention to it before, but it was only when it was going to be used to boil medicinal herbs tonight, so he paid attention to it.
"Wow, Brother Bing, you are strong again, it seems that this month's boxing practice has been very strong?"
As Chen Qing approached, Chen Yang said with a look of surprise after facing Chen Qing again.
It is difficult to perceive the growth and change of a person by the people you see every day around you, but it is easy to find the kind of people who see you every once in a while.
When Chen Yang came last month, although Chen Qing had also become strong and strong, he was still just an ordinary person, and he was the kind of sturdy figure that is very common for porters and coolies.
But after a month, Chen Qing's figure has been trained to be similar to Yang Ming and Ren Yan, and his muscles appear to be very large, very tough, and full of strength.
Therefore, Chen Yang was inevitably surprised when he saw it.
After being surprised, Chen Yang looked at the medicine bag in Chen Qing's hand and said, "What kind of boxing are you practicing, you still need to drink medicine." Show me, you can't drink this kind of thing, it's easy to drink the dead. ”
After speaking, he snatched the medicine bag and wooden box from Chen Qing's hand.
Chen Qing didn't stop it, after all, when he boiled the medicinal herbs, Chen Yang would also see it.
"Holy!"
When Chen Yang opened the wooden box and saw the two ginseng sticks inside, his eyes instantly widened, and he looked at Chen Qing with a face full of disbelief, "Brother Bing, you ......"
"Be quiet, you want the whole building to hear it?"
Chen Qing glanced at him and said in a voice with a normal volume: "To practice boxing to a certain extent, you need this kind of medicine to replenish qi and nourish blood. You're in college, and the people you meet must be more high-end than me, haven't you heard of this? ”
Hearing this, Chen Yang frowned.
Truly.
He came into contact with many high-level people in the university and gained a lot of knowledge.
There are indeed examples of this.
However, what he heard seemed to be some martial arts master-level characters who needed this, but his younger brother should have only been practicing for two months, right?!
Also, ginseng is not an ordinary expensive, where did this kid get the money to buy it?!
Chen Yang immediately asked solemnly: "Chen Qing, where did you get the money to buy this thing?!" ”
"Of course it's earned."
Chen Qing glanced at Chen Yang, knew what the other party was thinking, and said: "Okay, don't look like you want to educate people, help me get some coal, I'll tell you slowly, it must be earned in the right way." ”
With that, he reached out and retrieved the box containing the ginseng and the medicine bag, walked into the house, and put the things on his bed first.
Then he turned and walked out again, and began to chop wood for the fire of the little stove.
Chen Yang frowned, but in the end he chose to believe Chen Qing and turned around to get coal for Chen Qing.
The poor workers in Nanba burn a large piece of coal, which is usually placed in the corridor, and only when it is used will a hammer be hammered down a small piece, and then loaded back with a dustpan.
In this way, Chen Qing used firewood to make a fire here, and Chen Yang went to knock coal.
Both of them are children from poor families, and they are very skilled in doing it.
Soon, the small stove on Chen Qing's side ignited a vigorous flame, and Chen Yang also came back with a dustpan of coals - as for the father of the two, he was now borrowing a fire upstairs to cook and cook.
"Tell me, what is the right way for you to earn money to buy ginseng."
After Chen Yang came back from knocking on coal, he asked Chen Qing with a frown.
And Chen Qing, who was igniting the fire, started to boil the medicine while using the casserole at home to catch water, and at the same time told Chen Yang about the process of making money from his "black private education".
He even admitted this matter to Yang Ming and Ren Yan, and the students of the Tiger Shape Gate also knew about it, so there was no need to hide it from his family.
Of course, in his narration, he omitted the detailed teaching process and only gave a general idea.
When he finished telling Chen Yang about the process of making money, the medicine on the stove was also boiled over high heat for more than ten minutes, and the strong smell of Chinese medicine began to diffuse.
"Wait a minute, I'll lift the pot and you pour the coals into it."
Chen Qing said to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang was still immersed in Chen Qing's money-making process, and his face was full of surprise.
It was only when Chen Qing said it for the third time that he came back to his senses, and then began to do as he was told.
When the coal was poured into the small furnace, white smoke suddenly rose, and the fire turned into a small fire.
"Okay, just wait another twenty minutes, if you have anything you want to ask, you can ask now."
After Chen Qing put the casserole for boiling medicinal herbs on the stove, he looked at Chen Yang and said.
Chen Yang first looked Chen Qing up and down, and then a smile appeared on his face, and he said in a stammering tone: "Brother Bing, since you are rich now, can you support the little brother's life in school in the future?" One hundred and two a month is really hard work! ”
After that, he lowered his figure and looked at Chen Qing with a pitiful and helpless face in a posture of looking up.
Chen Qing glanced at him lightly, without saying a word, he reached into his pocket and took out a handful of ten yuan of paper money, and sprinkled it at Chen Yang one by one.
While sprinkling, he asked, "Is it enough?" Is it enough! Is it enough! ”
Chen Yang kept saying with a look of enjoyment: "Let's do it again!" One more! One more! ”
While the two were playing, time passed imperceptibly.
Soon, the Chinese medicine on the fire was finally boiled.