Ronin: Start with the cotton

Chapter 43 The Pure He Anxia
To Qiao Shan's surprise,

The tonics prepared by Zhao Xinchuan were not expensive herbs, but ordinary ones.

The most expensive of these,

It's just a 20-year-old half-section wild ginseng root, and the whole tonic does not exceed an ocean.

In Zhao Xinchuan's words:

"It's just that I've been depressed recently, and I've practiced too much, which has caused some deficiency of Qi and blood, which has caused some unhealed unhealed diseases. I don't need a big tonic, just a pair of ordinary tonics can be boiled and recuperated."

Qiao Shan offered ten yuan of ocean tuition,
The time for teaching Taijiquan was fixed, and it was still in the bamboo forest every morning.Qiao Shan struck while the iron was hot, and in order to get closer to Zhao Xinchuan, he invited him to go to a high-end restaurant in West Lake at night.

……

Maybe it's because of his frustration recently, Zhao Xinchuan doesn't seem to have the hostility of a martial arts practitioner.

Elegant and easy-going, not overbearing,
At first glance, he looks more like a student than a martial artist!

Qiao Shan sent Zhao Xinchuan to the gate of the clinic, smiled and clasped his fists and said:
"Brother Zhao, you must come to the Cuiyun Tower at night!"

"Haha, good! Be sure to come!"

Qiao Shan knows how to match what he likes, and Zhao Xinchuan also appreciates Qiao Shan very much. After such a long time, the two have become acquainted with each other.

……

"Brother! I finally found you!"

A surprised voice suddenly came from the side.

"Hey, this little brother..."

Zhao Xinchuan was startled at first, thinking it was a disciple of the Peng family who came!Looking back, I found that I didn't recognize him. It was a dirty little Taoist priest in tattered Taoist robes.

He looked at Qiao Shan. Is this little Taoist calling Brother Qiao?
"Are you... He Anxia?"

Qiao Shan looked the little Taoist with dirty eyes up and down, and after careful identification, he recognized who it was.

"Hey! Where have you been, and how did you make it look like this?"

The last time I met He Anxia, ​​he had just come down the mountain. Although the Taoist robe was also tattered, at least he looked clean and tidy!

Only ten days have passed,
Why does this kid look like a beggar fleeing for refuge!
……

Qiao Shan bid farewell to Zhao Xinchuan:

"Brother Zhao, I have something to do, let's talk tonight."

After Zhao Xinchuan left,
Qiao Shan led He An down into the courtyard.

"What's the matter with you? Where's your cage?"

As soon as He An entered the courtyard, he was shocked by the grandeur of the courtyard. He looked around 360 degrees, and finally locked his eyes on the breakfast that Qiao Shan was stuffing in the pot in the courtyard.

Swallowing saliva, watching the heat and fragrance coming out of the pot,

He An said in a dry voice:

"Master...brother, do you have steamed buns?"

"Yes, I'll get it for you."

Qiao Shan took out his stewed breakfast from the pot, brought him steamed buns, put it on the table with a bowl of porridge.

"No hurry, eat first, and then talk after eating."

Just like ten days ago, the two sat face to face again at the dinner table.

Only this time, the lotus leaf chicken has become steamed bun millet porridge,
He An looked down,

It is also much more embarrassing than ten days ago!

……

He Anxia was very good at eating, and he ate five or six steamed buns in one sitting.

The feeling of hunger disappeared in his stomach, so He Anxia excitedly told about his experience in the past few days...

It turned out that after separating from Qiao Shan,
He slept in the bridge hole for one night, and after relying on Qiao Shan's sponsorship for a day the next day, he was lucky enough to find a job -- unloading goods at the river pier.

He Anxia was very excited, because according to the introducer, the salary of this job is enough for him to live on, and he can save enough money to eat lotus leaf chicken.

It's just that after He An worked hard for a few days,

Not only did I find myself hungry, but when I left, the foreman didn't even pay me my wages!
"Obviously the introducer agreed in advance! One day's work will be paid for one day! I worked for three days, and they not only didn't pay me, they didn't even let me eat enough!"

He Anxia was very wronged and said:

"I went to the leader's theory, and they said that my money was taken away by the introducer. They also came up with some pledge contract, saying that I would have to work for two months before I could leave..."

After hearing this, Qiao Shan only found it extremely novel,
I call it a good guy in my heart!
I thought capitalists were rampant only in modern times,

Unexpectedly, the capitalists in the period of the Republic of China were even more lawless when they were black-hearted!

……

He Anxia was a little confused, but Qiao Shan could hear it very clearly!

Most likely, the foreman saw that He Anxia was a little Taoist priest who didn't know much about the world. He looked innocent and honest, but also had strength in his arms, so he wanted to cheat a free coolie.

There is no labor protection law in this era,

You signed and drew a deposit. If there is no backstage, it will be useless to find the police station!

Obviously, He Anxia is the kind of person who has no background...

However, they probably wouldn't have thought that He An would be able to work hard.A few days ago, He An went down to make a big noise at the pier, turned a group of people who blocked him and beat them up, and finally fled away in a hurry.

……

"It turns out that you were the one who made a scene at the pier three days ago..."

Qiao Shan suddenly realized.

He had heard about it, but he didn't expect He Anxia to do it.

He An smiled and gave Rao his head,

After finishing the third bowl of porridge in the bowl, he wiped his mouth and said:

"After I escaped, I wanted to go to my brother, but my luggage and address were left at the pier. When I went back, I saw the police coming to the pier, so I didn't dare to go there. I remember that my brother's address is nearby, so I found it here. After three days, I finally found you, Senior Brother!"

After this encounter,

Only then did He An know how sinister people are at the bottom of the mountain!

In contrast, He Anxia felt that the brother who invited him to eat lotus leaf chicken and entangled him when he first came down the mountain was a good person.

……

"In that case, you can stay with me."

Pointing to the medical clinic outside the yard, Qiao Shan smiled lightly and said, "I just happen to be short of people in this medical clinic recently. If you don't come, I plan to close it. From now on, you will be an apprentice here, and I will introduce you to it." Medicinal materials, how about you being responsible for picking up the medicines in the future?"

"Okay!"

He Anxia's eyes lit up, and he said hastily:
"In the mountains before, master and senior brother often took me to collect medicines. I also know some medicinal materials and have memorized medical books."

"That would be even better..."

Qiao Shan didn't expect He Anxia to be able to distinguish medicinal materials.

He took He An down to the dispensing office, explained the work he was going to do, then took him to the opposite door, and gave He An the yard of Cui Daorong to live in.

"This is my brother's yard. There was a fire in the yard ten days ago, and my brother couldn't run out. The yard has been cleaned up by me. If you don't mind, you can live here so that the house will not be empty for a long time." People live in it and it's completely deserted."

"Don't mind, don't mind!"

He An made a calculation in his mind, ten days ago, wasn't that the day when he went down the mountain and met his senior brother?
It turned out that after we separated that day, the younger brother of the senior brother had an accident...

He An lowered his head and whispered:

"Brother, condolences!"

……

"Ugh……"

Qiao Shan sighed and waved his hands, indicating that he was fine.

Turning around and leading the way to the yard, carrying He An behind his back, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve, his body trembling.

I almost couldn't help laughing out loud...

(End of this chapter)