Unconsciously walked to the Drunken Dream Pavilion, Gu Boqing saw the pomp of the Drunken Dream Pavilion for the first time, and couldn't help but light up, and exclaimed: "This Drunken Dream Pavilion is so angry. The maidservant who greeted the guests on the steps saw that he was looking at herself, so she smiled politely back, Gu Boqing was a little blinded by this smile, and the roots of his ears seemed to be gradually dyed with a layer of redness.

Dugu Zhishui recognized that the servant girl who returned the gift was the Xiangxiu girl who received him and Feng Wenyu not long ago. Seeing Gu Boqing's embarrassed appearance, Dugu Zhishui teased: "The roots of your ears are about to drip blood, you are a yellow flower girl who has not come out of the cabinet, and you will be ashamed of yourself when others look at you." ”

Gu Boqing glared angrily, but he couldn't refute it, and his face turned black for a while. Dugu Zhishui laughed, "You have painted so many portraits of beautiful women, and now that real people are smiling at you, you are embarrassed like this, how can you wander among the flowers in the future and be a great painter who is good at painting beauties?"

Saying this, Gu Boqing was stunned, he looked at the two welcoming girls standing on the stone steps again, and nodded slightly. This time it was Dugu Zhishui's turn to be confused, he saw Gu Boqing nodding solemnly, and couldn't help but be a little confused, he didn't know what Gu Boqing had in mind, but he had some bad premonitions.

Gu Boqing withdrew his gaze from the Drunken Dream Pavilion, his expression froze again, and then showed a puzzled look. Dugu Zhishui was not surprised at all, because he was the same when he first came. What can make people feel strange is naturally the hanging pot medical hall.

There was not much difference between the medical hall and the Dugu Zhishui when he came once, the white cloth signboard was still slumped softly on the rotten wood at the mouth of the bowl, the window grilles were still broken, the window paper was still leaking, and the door was still full of dust. Dugu Zhishui hesitated for a moment and walked into the store. Before Gu Boqing could ask him, he felt even more strange when he saw him walking towards the medical hall.

Walking into the hanging pot medical hall, the old man was still dozing off on the recliner. Gu Boqing thought it was an abandoned storefront, but when he came in, he found that there were still people, he looked at every corner of the room curiously, but he didn't find anything special, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, he thought that there might be a hole in such a strange shop, but now it seems that he thought too much. Dugu Zhishui didn't care about Gu Boqing, he walked straight to the old man's side, and said respectfully, "Sir, do you remember me?"

"Which one are you?, why should I remember you?" said the old man lightly.

Dugu Zhishui was extremely embarrassed, he smiled bitterly, and explained: "Not long ago, I asked you a question, and you said that if I am willing to be a handyman with you, you can give me a few words when you have time. ”

"Oh, what, figured it out?"

"I'm no longer a hunter, I've been idle lately, and I want to learn something from you. ”

"Two taels of silver a month, no room and board, if you want to do it, go and clean the façade now." ”

Dugu Zhishui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say much, he nodded slightly, and then walked straight out of the store.

Two taels of silver a month does not include room and board, Gu Boqing only felt a little crying and laughing, this little salary is probably not enough to send a flower child, in this prosperous and rich Guangyuan Street, I am afraid that there is only one family that can take out two taels of silver. Although Gu Boqing didn't know why Dugu Zhishui respected this old man so much, he obviously didn't think that Dugu Zhishui was a person who would be a coolie for nothing, thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the old man's eyes, "Could it be that this is still a hidden master?" However, he looked carefully for a long time and found that he didn't see where the old man was tall except that the shelf was high enough. Gu Boqing felt a little distracted, he shook his head, came out of the store, and saw Dugu Zhishui out of nowhere a rag, carefully wiping the dust on the door.

"What kind of character is that inside?" asked Gu Boqing in a low voice.

Dugu Zhishui was silent for a while, and replied, "I don't know." ”

"And why are you staying here for?"

Dugu Zhishui pointed to the white cloth signboard not far away. Gu Boqing was stunned for a moment, "You want to study medicine?"

"Less nonsense, work. ”

Dugu Zhishui suddenly threw over a wooden bucket, Gu Boqing hurriedly caught it, and then said angrily: "What does this have to do with me!"

"Ten taels of silver a month. Dugu Zhishui stretched out a finger and said.

Gu Boqing said with a dark face: "You should be called Huazi! Two taels a day, not one less!"

"One or two. ”

"No, I can't. ”

"Forty taels a month. ”

"No talk!"

Dugu Zhishui waved his hand impatiently, "Fifty taels a month, if you don't do it, don't do it, there are many people who are willing to do it." ”

"Deal!"

"Go and bring a bucket of water. ”

Gu Boqing was about to leave, but suddenly stopped, "Where to carry water?"

Dugu Zhishui smiled playfully, "If I knew what else I needed you to do." ”

"You!" Gu Boqing suddenly felt like he had been deceived, but the agreement had been reached, and he could only admit it if he adhered to the style of a gentleman who was difficult to follow. He lifted the barrel, looked at the old man on the recliner, hesitated slightly, he walked up to the old man, and asked respectfully, "Old man, is there any place near here where I can draw water?"

The old man slowly spat out two words, "North." ”

Gu Boqing nodded, bowed slightly, and then walked north with the bucket. Dugu Zhishui glanced at the old man suspiciously, although he had been to this Guangyuan Street many times, he had not noticed where there was a well. He cleaned up the dust on the window, and bought wood paint and window paper, at this time, Gu Boqing had been gone for an hour but was still missing. Dugu Zhishui frowned, thinking, "Did you meet those people again?"

Another hour passed, and it was almost dusk at this time, and just as Dugu Zhishui was about to go out to find someone, he happened to see Gu Boqing carrying a bucket of water and coming back from the south slowly. When Gu Boqing returned to the medical hall, before Dugu stopped the water attack, he first threw a bucket of water over with a black face. Dugu Zhishui hurriedly took the bucket, but saw Gu Boqing staring at the old man on the recliner with unkind eyes, he hurriedly blocked in front of Gu Boqing and asked, "Why did you come back from the south?"

As soon as these words came out, I only heard Gu Boqing snort coldly, and said angrily: "Where is there a well on this Guangyuan Street, in order to find a well, Lao Tzu went around the periphery of this Guangyuan Street, and later inquired with people to find out that there is no well on this Guangyuan Street at all, and there is a foothold on this street, which is not a strong party, there are private wells in people's yards, where can I use to go outside to draw water!"

Dugu Zhishui glanced back at the old man, and could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The sun sets, the pedestrians on the street gradually increase, the lights reflected in the pavilions everywhere illuminate the whole Guangyuan Street brightly, like day, no, this light is more dazzling than the day, more gorgeous, more vibrant, Guangyuan Street under the light seems to really wake up. A big red lantern hung under the eaves of the Drunken Dream Pavilion, and the fine candle dragon oil burned steadily and fiercely in the lampstand, and only a small cup was needed to leave it alone all night. The clouds in the sky were stained with a faint red glow by the candlelight of the red veil, and the moonlight and the starlight seemed too small and cold in this glorious spectacle.

However, the dazzling medical hall during the day seems to be more unusual at night, and in the cramped storefront, Dugu Zhishui only finds a dim oil lamp, and the faint light is not even enough to walk out of the store. The light of the Drunken Dream Pavilion on the opposite side did not hesitate to shine with its own light, and that light entered the façade of the medical hall, dispelling the darkness, and also dispelling the faint light emitted by the oil lamp, illuminating a large area in front of the door. The light shone on the old man's face, and he seemed to have finally rested enough, and slowly got up from the chaise longue and stretched.

When Dugu Zhishui saw that he was awake, he asked, "Sir, when will we close?"

"If you want to go and close the door, the old man will go out and beg for water. With that, the old man walked out of the infirmary and walked straight to the place where the light shone.

Dugu Zhishui's eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth twitched. His gaze followed the old man's back until Xiangxiu saluted the old man and watched him disappear into the red light of the Drunken Dream Pavilion hall. Gu Boqing was enjoying the night scene on this street, but he happened to see the girl who was smiling at him during the day saluting an old man, he took a sip and scolded: "Damn, it's not serious." ”

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Recently, the Hanging Pot Medical Center seems to have become a little different. The medical hall is already conspicuous, so its subtle changes can't escape the eyes of passers-by. Most of the people who are familiar with Guangyuan Street look suspicious when they pass by the medical hall, and they have to stop and watch. The white cloth signboard at the entrance of the hospital hall has not changed much, but the original rotten wood has been lost somewhere, and instead is a straight wooden stick, the material of the wooden stick does not look special, but the surface is extremely fine and smooth, and it is coated with a layer of transparent wood paint. The front of the hospital hall was also cleaned, the doors and windows were repaired, the window paper was replaced, and the red wood paint was painted. Looking out of the door, you can see that the shelves and medicine cabinets inside are all in order, although they are still simple, but the appearance is much stronger than in the past.

Two young men had recently come to the infirmary, one sitting on the threshold all day with a board in front of him and a pile of paint beside it, and the other pacing slowly between the medicine cabinets with a book in his hand, opening some drawers from time to time to take a closer look, and occasionally walking to the shopkeeper's chaise longue to pay respect. The hospital was open late every day, and every night, the shopkeeper had to go out, and then two young men sat on the threshold, one leaning against the door frame, as if in a daze, and seemed to enjoy the good night view around him.

Miss Xiangxiu has been feeling a little strange lately. Two young people suddenly came to the opposite hospital, these two people were busy all day long, without interfering with each other, one of them, Xiangxiu also had a relationship with him, because he came with Feng Wenyu last time, so Xiangxiu still remembered his name - Dugu Zhishui, at that time she also appreciated the word "Zhishui" in her heart.

However, although Xiangxiu remembers Dugu Zhishui, she doesn't care too much, that Feng Wenyu often brings some family servants over for recreation in order to catch a certain lady, and Xiangxiu has long been surprised by this. As for why Dugu Zhishui came to the Hanging Pot Medical Hall as a handyman, Xiangxiu was not interested. What really made her feel a little strange was that lately she had been feeling like she was being spied on, and when she looked closely, she couldn't find anything. She vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the young man at the entrance of the medical hall, but every time she looked over, she saw the young man hiding behind the board, not knowing what he was drawing. Xiangxiu was a little annoyed, but she had no evidence, and it was difficult to go to him to theorize.