Song Yi

Chapter 144 Disaster
Ah Da stretched out his hand to grab the package, opened it and took a look, there were a few broken pieces of silver, a few hanging strings and some scattered copper coins: "All here?"

"Yes." Feng Shi nodded, seeing that the two bowls on the table were empty, he asked in surprise, "Son, where are the dumplings?"

"fall down!"

"Dumped? My God, those are dumplings! Chinese New Year dumplings! Why did you fall down!"

"It's not ours, so we shouldn't touch it!"

"You! You child! Don't we want to pay them back? After paying back the money, this dumpling is ours!"

"I don't care, looking at Du Xin! That's why I fell down."

Seeing her son's stubbornness, Mrs. Feng was angry and anxious: "What's wrong with you?"

"There's a corner outside the courtyard gate."

"I'll check to see if it's still there!" Feng Shi ran out the door, but after searching for a long time, there was no sign of dumplings. It must have been picked up by beggars or stray dogs.Feng stood at the door with his hips on his hips and cursed fiercely before returning home.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw his son changed into a single piece of clothing that was full of patches, put the original padded jacket under his arm, and was holding the blue cloth package in his hand. He was about to go out, and asked hurriedly, "Son, what are you going to do?" Where are you going?"

"Give back the money and cotton jacket!"

"Oh, didn't you tell me, I'll leave after you recover from illness, mother agrees."

Ah Da ignored his mother, opened the door, and staggered out. The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew, and he couldn't help shivering. He was only wearing a single coat, but this single coat was the only one he had now. clothes.His mother sewed him a New Year's jacket, and when he went crazy in the morning, he took it off and threw it away.

Knowing that her son was stubborn, it was useless to say it, so she had no choice but to follow. When she arrived at the gate of Fuyun Hall, Feng finally felt embarrassed and stood in the corner far away, watching her son Ada enter Fuyun Hall.

Du Wenhao was sitting by the fire talking to Pang Yuqin.The dirt on the ground has been swept away and the floor has been washed with water.Worried that the Feng family would make trouble again, Hu Yanzhong couldn't handle it as a man, so Xin Jiuniang, the leader of the female guard, sat in the lobby to guard.Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin were a little surprised to see Ah Da come in.

Ah Da walked in front of them, knelt down and kowtowed.Du Wenhao hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, Ah Da put the padded jacket and the blue cloth bag in his hand on the table, opened the bag, revealed the broken silver and copper coins inside, and said:
"Sir, madam, thank you for saving my life. My mother didn't know the truth, so she didn't listen to the truth, so you were wronged. I apologize to you on my mother's behalf. This is the money that was embezzled earlier, and I will return it to you." You, and padded jackets. Thank you very much!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply again, turned around and walked out the door.

Seeing his thin body shivering from the cold, Pang Yuqin picked up the padded jacket and chased after him: "Wait! Little brother, we gave you this padded jacket, put it on."

"No no!" Ah Da declined.

Pang Yuqin couldn't help but put the cotton-padded jacket on him: "Our husband and wife gave you this, and it wasn't stolen or stolen. You don't want to give it to you?! Be obedient! Put it on quickly, don't freeze!"

Only then did Ah Da put on the cotton-padded jacket, bowed deeply again: "Thank you Ma'am!" and turned to leave.

Du Wenhao said: "Wait a minute, come back! I'll take your pulse and check your illness!"

Ah Dao: "Thank you sir, the doctor from Hui Ren Tang has shown me that there is nothing serious."

"Didn't you take the package of medicine your mother took away?"

"I didn't eat."

"That's good. Remember, you have to bring back the package of medicine and I will decoct it for you before taking it. Don't decoct it yourself. The aconite inside is highly poisonous and needs special treatment, otherwise you will be poisoned. Remember !"

"Well, thank you doctor."

Ah Da went out and returned home with his mother.

Although he still ate the hard bran-faced steamed buns on the first night of the new year, Ah Da ate very deliciously, and with this thick cotton jacket, he was also warm.Seeing that her son was in good spirits, Mrs. Feng let go of a stone in her heart.

On the second day, Ah Da's illness was still not healed. He was still sweating coldly, with aversion to cold, and his hands and feet were still a little cold.Feng took out the medicine he snatched from Fuyuntang and prepared to decoct it for his son.

Ah Da said: "Mother, the doctor of Fuyuntang said that this medicine can't be decocted by oneself, the aconite inside is very poisonous, you have to take it to them for decoction."

"Listen to him! He is trying to take this medicine back! Huh, isn't it just aconite? Your father was so sick back then, and your mother made medicine for your father every day. After your father passed away, you You are always sick, isn’t your mother boiling medicine for you every day? This aconite is not an uncommon medicine, it is often used in prescriptions, my mother knows it, and the doctor also said that it needs to be boiled for a longer time, three bowls of water are boiled into one bowl ,it's not a big deal!"

Ah Da saw that her mother was confident, so she didn't say much.

Mrs. Feng poured three bowls of water and boiled it over a high fire. It took half an hour until there was only one bowl of decoction left. Mrs. Feng blew and warmed the medicine and brought it to Ah Da.Ah Da took a sip, frowned and said, "It's so numb! It's so bitter!"

"The good medicine is bitter! You took this medicine yesterday, and today you feel much better. If you pay this dose, you should be fine. Drink it quickly and finish it in one gulp!"

Ah Da drank two more sips and felt very numb. Remembering Du Wenhao's advice, he felt uneasy, so he lied to Feng Shi:

"The medicine is too bitter, mother, go to the door to see if there is maltose for sale, don't we still have a penny, buy one and give it to me, okay?"

"Okay, mother, let's go and have a look."

As soon as Feng Shi went out, Ah Da poured half a bowl of decoction into the woodpile in the corner.

After a while, Feng came back: "I didn't see any seller of maltose."

"No, I've finished drinking while pinching my nose."

"Oh, then you lie down at home, and mother will go to the street to see what you can pick up."

"Mom, I'll accompany you! I'm fine!"

Feng looked her son up and down, nodded: "That's fine, mother doesn't worry about you being alone in the room."

With two baskets on their backs and an iron hook for picking up waste in their hands, Mrs. Feng took her son to the street to pick up waste.

As soon as he left the courtyard, Ah Dao stopped, threw away the iron hook, put his hands on his knees, lowered his head in pain and breathed rapidly.

Feng panicked: "Ada, what's wrong with you? What's wrong?"

"I...I can't breathe, my mouth, tongue, and hands and feet are numb." Ada stretched out his hand to take a look, and then covered his heart with a very painful expression, "I...my stomach feels like it's on fire."

"Ah, come! Mother helps you go back to the house and rest."

Feng threw away the basket, helped her son back home, lay down on the kang, covered her with a quilt, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at her son anxiously: "The doctor from Hui Ren Tang said that you have abdominal pain and intestinal knots, will you be sick again?" What happened last time?"

Ah Da moaned in pain, dressed roughly like a bellows: "I..., I don't know..., it's so numb! My hands, feet and whole body are completely numb!"

Mrs. Feng hurriedly rubbed his son's hands and feet, and said: "Mother gave you hot water to drink, maybe it will be all right."

Ah Da nodded.Mrs. Feng rushed to fetch firewood to light the fire, heated up half a pot of water, put it in an earthen bowl, and brought it to Ah Da to drink.

Ah Da waved his hands irritably, threw the bowl of water on the ground, smashed it to pieces, and hurriedly grabbed his heart with both hands: "Mom! I'm flustered..., I can't breathe..."

Seeing her son's face was pale and the corners of his mouth were drooling, Feng panicked and ran back and forth a few steps: "What should I do? Wait, mother will call the uncle and aunt next door to help, and carry you to Hui Ren Tang to see a doctor." !——They said, even if you have no money, you won’t die!”

Mrs. Feng hastily called a few neighbors, and hurriedly ran to Huiren Hall with her son on her back.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the pharmacy officially opened for business, but no patients came to the door. Du Wenhao, Pang Yuqin, and Xue Feier were sitting in the hall talking.

Feng Shi and the others passed by the entrance of Fuyun Hall, without further ado, Feng Shi bent down to pick up a stone and was about to throw it at Du Wenhao.

Xin Jiuniang, the leader of the female guards sitting next to her, had her right hand resting on the armrest of the chair. Seeing this, she pulled hard with her right hand, snapped off a piece of wood abruptly, and flew out, hitting Feng's raised elbow.

Feng let out a scream, and the arm that was raised to hit the stone was hit by a wooden block, almost breaking it, and the stone fell from her hand, hitting her instep in a flash, causing her to hug her ankle in pain. Legs jump around in place.

The two strikes were at a disadvantage, Feng didn't dare to act recklessly, and he had no time to play tricks at the moment, so he yelled and cursed a few times, then limped and ran away.

Du Wenhao walked to the door, looked at their backs, and wondered:
"Didn't Ah Da come to apologize yesterday? Why did this woman go crazy again and come to trouble her?"

Xue Fei'er has already heard about this incident, and saw this woman's shrew appearance with her own eyes. His father opened an inn, and this kind of thing has happened many times, so she snorted: "This kind of naughty skin, if you don't get some benefits, I'm afraid it won't be good." It would be so easy to let it go."

Du Wenhao shook his head and said: "It doesn't seem to be the case. The child carried by the few people just now seems to be the Ada who came yesterday. I am worried that they still decocted the medicine without authorization. The child may be poisoned."

Both girls were taken aback.

At this time, the guard Hu Yanzhong also came out when he heard the movement, Du Wenhao turned to him and said:

"You immediately send two people to follow up to see the situation, and report back in time!"

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In Huiren Hall, two shop assistants were rushing to irrigate Ah Da with a basin of dung water.A large basin of excrement had already been filled, and Ah Da vomited loudly, propping his hands on his knees and moaning non-stop.Feng shi was crying again, cursing the doctor of Fuyuntang non-stop.

Dr. Zhuang couldn't listen anymore, the doctor always frowned towards the doctor and said:
"You always say that Dr. Fuyuntang poisoned your son in medicine. Do you have evidence?"

"Evidence? What more evidence do you need? My son just took the medicine from Fuyuntang earlier and was immediately poisoned. If this is not evidence, what is it?"

Ah Da felt better after vomiting, so he drank a few more mouthfuls of feces and retched, hearing what his mother said, he couldn't help it, and said in a weak voice:

"Mother! You can't blame Fuyuntang. You snatched the medicine by force, and they all said that the medicine is poisonous and must be given to them to suffer. You can't decoct it without authorization. But you insisted on decocting it yourself, and forced it I drank it, luckily I poured out half of the bowl secretly..., wow~!" Bending down and throwing up again.

(End of this chapter)