Lucky not to forget

Chapter 3 Mr. Pei in the City
Wuwang and Depei drove back to Mantou Village in an ox cart. On the cart were rice noodles, two hens and two big bundles. Depei pinched a sugar figurine with his left hand and whipped a whip with his right.Don't expect to sit in the car with your knees tucked up, and look at the embroidery thread from time to time, full of joy.Just now, I passed by an embroidery shop and bought all kinds of flower threads and two stretchers. Speaking of which, her aunt brought her embroidery skills. Mrs. Zhang was originally an expert at female reds. I lost my hand because of the ups and downs of the past few years, but now I have picked it up again, and I hope I can find out if the embroidered things can be sold for money. That embroidery workshop also accepts embroidery from customers. If the embroidery is good, I will sign a contract. Next time you don't need money for the embroidery material, just take it, as long as the embroidery work is delivered, the price will be discounted and the cost of the work will be deducted, it will be a no-cost business, wouldn't it be a hundred times better than no income!
As for the cow, I don't think I'd feel a little pain when I think about it. It cost me five taels of money. The doctors in the county are very fond of Joe. The wave is like a drum, there is nothing to do, don’t expect to start entangled in whether to buy a cow or a mule. Mules are cheap and cows are expensive, mules run fast and cows run slowly, mules can pull the grinder and plow the fields... mules are cheap and beef is more valuable Thinking of the wasteland behind the house again, Guwang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to buy the cow. It was a new cow that had just turned two years old, and it wasn't too bad a loss.

Depei was very happy to have a cow. He touched the cow's head, patted the cow's buttocks, and said with a smile, "It's considered that I have my own cow. I don't know how much energy I will save now!" Cao's errands were all taken over, and then he set up a car to help Wu Wang up, and hurried home in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The village can be seen from a distance, with the smoke curling up from the kitchen and the sound of dogs barking, it is a comfortable pastoral poetry.

After waiting outside the house for a long time, Mrs. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her brother and sister driving back in an ox cart, and wondered, "Where did you get the ox?"

Depei said loudly, "Of course I bought it!" Excitedly unloaded the car, pulled the cows under the arbor and led them, and took the reed stalks to corral the two chickens, fed them, and They smoked hay and made a nest, just waiting for the eggs to be picked up in the morning.

Wuwang gave the remaining 14 taels of silver to Mrs. Zhang, took the burden from Zheng Liansheng, went to his uncle to answer, and told all about the process of making the beads, so Mrs. Zhang gasped, "It's still Miss Chun." I'm very knowledgeable, but fortunately I got the price elsewhere, if I went to Zheng Liansheng in a hurry, wouldn't it be a waste of 12 taels!"

Wuwang Fushen said, "Auntie is very right, but I can't blame Mr. Zheng, he is not the shopkeeper, he can't be the master, it's the pawnbroker who is abominable."

Mrs. Zhang replied, "It's really heartbreaking to cheat so many!"

Liu Hongdao, "Have you ever been to Mr. Zheng for me? His family is not well-off, and he still wants to help me." He sighed again, "When you were rich and honored, the world was full of guests and friends, and you don't know that the poor and the humble are the ones who treat you sincerely! "

Wuwang nodded and said yes, seeing that Liu Hong was still in a state of depression, he was very worried, and said softly, "Uncle, let's go to the city tomorrow, it's serious if he healed his leg earlier, it's only going to be a long time if he drags on like this." head!"

Liu Hong said in a muffled voice, "If you don't see what else is there, why don't you take an ax to do it yourself, and save some consultation fees."

Seeing that he was bored, he quickly comforted him, "Today I found out about a doctor who worked in the imperial hospital before removing his armor. He has a very high medical plan, or he has other ways to treat his uncle. No matter what, he must try it. "

Liu Hong still shook his head, Zhang Shi said helplessly to Wu Wang, "You should be exhausted from all the hard work this day, go back and rest, and I'll talk to him again."

Unexpectedly, he backed out, only to see Depay spread the straw mat in front of the arbor, sitting on it and staring at the cow eagerly.Wu Wang said, "What's wrong with it?"

Depei raised his eyes and said with a grin, "I'll sleep here tonight, for fear that someone will steal the cattle! Tomorrow I'll ask Brother Zhang's family to build a good cowshed for me. The door must be locked, so that I can rest assured."

The child was very thoughtful, she didn't expect to guard against thieves, so she praised, "My brother Pei has really grown up! There is only one, it's cold outside, so carefully freeze it."

Depei said, "I can save it. By the way, the elder brother of the Wen family asked you the other day, but he agreed with him. The next day, I heard mother Wen and mother Qi quarreled because the dog of the Qi family bit the chicken of the Wen family. Mother Wen scolded with a gun and a stick, and then I vaguely heard what Mother Qi said about Brother Jun, the toad wants to eat swan meat..."

Wu Wang was taken aback, and suddenly remembered Wen Jun's simple but not too simple, gentle but not too gentle face, and suddenly his mind was buzzing.She stroked her chest and reprimanded, "You boy, what are you talking about in the family! Keep an eye on your cows, buy a pair of geese and come back in two days, if there are strangers, they will call!"

Depei blushed, and his muffled voice should be yes.

Wuwang went back to the room and fell on the bed, staring at the stone-blue tent in a daze. When she was sent to this place with her uncle's family when she was eight years old, the first person she met was Wen Jun. Wen Jun's father was the local Lizheng. If you want to settle down, you must find him. At that time, Wen Jun was 11 years old. After school, he sat in the yard and recited poems. ", a pair of eyes always looked out of the door, and suddenly saw Wuwang, immediately threw the sage book and ran to talk to her, at that time, Wuwang had just lost his parents and home, so how could he listen to his nonsense, I only felt the noise in my ears, so I said bluntly, "Do you know how to make things convenient for others, save people in danger, and stop being rich and bullying the poor? You go to study yourself, we are not here to find you, so don't ask the bottom line! Unexpectedly, with just this one sentence, Wen Jun pestered her for four years. Every day when he came back from school, he just chased after her. What's more, he didn't know the source of the sentence she said, and he was actually smarter than him. His father and teacher taught him to make friends with good teachers and helpful friends, so he even sent him to his door to hate him, until he He hadn't passed the children's test, his father grounded him in a fit of rage, and the world of Wuwang had only been clean for a year or two, when he suddenly heard Depei mention him, it really surprised her, why did the King of Hades inquire again? Thinking of her, isn't it kind of uneasy? ... After being depressed for a while, my eyelids started to fight, and I turned over and fell asleep hugging the quilt.

When I woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun, so I hoped to get up and wash up, pack up and go out, Depei had already led the cattle out, and my aunt held a bowl of egg custard with a smile on her face, and said when she saw her, "Those two chickens are very cute." Be brave, I picked up two eggs this morning, I steamed one for your uncle, and the other one is on the stove, you go and eat it."

Wu Wang hurriedly said, "I won't eat it, I'll leave it to Brother Pei to eat."

Mrs. Zhang smiled, lifted the curtain and went into the house.

Wu Wang took advantage of the fresh air and moved the stretcher frame he bought yesterday to the shade of the trees in the yard, tightened the satin embroidery base, adjusted his breathing, and started to draw the base of the embroidery.

When Mrs. Qi brought Mr. Pei over, she happened to see Mrs. Chun drawing a picture of plum blossoms announcing the spring. Mrs. Qi turned her head and said softly, "That is Mr. Chun."

Mr. Pei nodded, and took a closer look, and saw that she was wearing a light green long-sleeved jacket with cross-neck neck, her head was lowered, revealing her neck like a lotus root, a palace sash hung from the moonlight skirt and hung down on the ground, her bare hands were slender, The red plums in the pen are dotted, in this beautiful spring, it is as beautiful as a painting, Pei Zhen can't help but be a little crazy.Such a wonderful person has never been seen before. If there is a marriage, wouldn't it be a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes!I am overjoyed at the moment.

Seeing him like that, Mrs. Qi understood a little bit, raised her legs and entered the yard, and said loudly, "Sister Chun is embroidering!"

Don't expect to get up quickly when she heard the words, and said, "Aunt Qi is here!" But she saw two people behind her, one dressed as a servant, with a medicine box on his shoulder, the other personable, with clear eyes, only said that it was Qi. Among the Langs invited by Mrs. Qi, she was shocked by a sentence thrown by Mrs. Qi - "This is the husband of the Pei family, named Pei Zhen. I mentioned it to your aunt earlier. Mr. Pei is a doctor. I heard that your uncle The injury is not serious, so I came to treat him, and quickly call your aunt out."

Wuwang was ashamed and annoyed, and his face was not easy to explode, so he responded and went into the house to look for Mrs. Zhang. After hearing this, Liu Hong gave Mrs. Zhang a hard look, and said in a low voice, "Look at your good deed! Now someone else is looking for you Here it comes! Get rid of him and say I don't want him to watch!"

Mrs. Zhang was also sweating anxiously, and said bluntly, "I didn't have such a reason. I just talked about the matchmaker and came running. I want to ask Mrs. Qi, she is degrading our family, Ann What kind of heart do you have!" He was about to go out to coax people.

Mrs. Qi has always been a big talker. If he offended him, he was afraid of causing trouble, so he thought for a while and said, "Why don't you ask him to take a look, and the doctor will give you the money. Uncle's legs will always be healed. Aunt Qi is also easy to explain and treat others. After leaving, my aunt told her that our small family can't climb high, and told him to find another mate."

After weighing the matter, Liu Hong agreed, and Mrs. Zhang went out to attract people, but followed her step by step. After crossing the threshold, she turned back to her room and did not show her face again.

When Pei Zhen saw Liu Hong, he gave a deep bow first, and said, "Mr. Forgive me for taking the liberty. I came here for no other reason. One of them fell ill in the same year. I went there to visit and passed by here to give my aunt something. My aunt said that my husband was seriously injured, and the junior happened to have a little understanding of medical theory, so I tried my best to improve my medical skills, and secondly, I am a parent of the doctor, even if I don’t know each other, I still want to help." Hearing this, Mrs. Liu Hong and Mrs. Zhang had a smile on his face, so he just regarded him as an ordinary doctor, and told him all the symptoms of the past month, and Pei Zhen felt the pulse , Lifted the quilt again and took a closer look, Liu Hong's sick leg was swollen like a bucket, and the flesh in the damaged part was a little festered.

Pei Zhen's face remained normal, and she asked, "Sir, is it hurting?"

Liu Hong smiled wryly, "Now I'm used to the pain, so what are you afraid of?"

Pei Zhen signaled the boy to open the medicine box, then ordered Mrs. Zhang to light the oil lamp, took out a silver needle and roasted it on the fire, and said, "Let's treat one leg first today, I'm afraid the pain will be unbearable. I'll start with The three-edged needle pierced the hematoma to the degree of the periosteum. As time went by, cupping was needed. After the blood flowed out, the manipulative restoration was performed, fixed with a splint, and waited for a few days. If it improved, the other leg was treated. "

Zhang said happily, "Don't you need to saw the legs?"

Pei Zhen smiled slightly, showing a row of neat teeth, and said firmly, "Amputation is the worst solution. I have encountered the same disease before, and I relied on this method."

That Xiang Wuwang was sitting in the room, worried about her uncle's injury, and because the person who was treating the disease was too special to wait in front of him, she was upset, when suddenly she heard Liu Hong's cry of pain, which scared her out of her wits Flying outside, like a headless fly circling around in the house.Liu Hong called out the time to touch a stick of incense, but after hearing nothing, Wu Wang sat down and touched his face, his head was sweating profusely.

Pei Zhen took the pen and paper, wrote a prescription for bone broth, and said the things that need to be paid attention to in the past few days, and then said goodbye. Mrs. Zhang had to pay the consultation fee when she was sent outside the hospital, so Pei Zhen refused and called The boy took it, got on his horse again, and left in the dust.

Mrs. Zhang originally thought that he would accept it but not expect it, and the consultation fee would definitely not be collected, but she never thought that he would be so straightforward, so she secretly let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt relieved.After thinking about it again, could it be that I didn't like it?How come there is no half-hearted nostalgia?My niece looks so good-looking, but that kid is so blind, it makes her angry!

Mrs. Qi on the side elbowed Mrs. Zhang, and said with a smile, "How about my husband's nephew? You don't have to be picky about appearance and character?"

Mrs. Zhang said perfunctorily, "Sure enough, Mr. Pianpianzhuo Shijia, my sister Chun is a wild girl from the countryside, I'm afraid she won't be worthy of this noble son-in-law."

Mrs. Qi smiled and said, "Don't be self-effacing. Sister Chun's appearance is good. I'm afraid the rich family's daughter can't keep up with it. You didn't see my nephew's eyes straightened!" , and said again, "Are you not happy about the consultation money? Pei Zhen is a crystal-hearted man, and he doesn't want to overwhelm you with favors, but he taught you to be wrong. You thought that people would not get you for the three coins!"

Saying that, instantly turned Mrs. Zhang's anger into panic, and now she is really in a dilemma, so she could only murmur, "I'm afraid it won't work, I'm not the one in charge."

Mrs. Qi was not in a hurry, and said, "The future will be long, and it's not that we want to get engaged today. We'll talk about it after the leg is cured." Shi Shiran went.

Pei Zhen's servant looked at his master's happy face, and thought of the girl he met at Liu's house just now, thinking that the son's good news was about to come, flatteringly said, "Miss Liu is really a celestial being, she is three points better than our grandma." go."

Pei Zhen smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that your grandma will tear your mouth off now?"

The young man shrank his neck and dared not speak, but he heard Pei Zhen murmuring in a low voice: "It's like snow when it blooms, and it's like snow when it's thankful. The flowers are amazing. The fragrance doesn't lie in the pistil, the fragrance doesn't lie in the calyx, the fragrance in the bones thorough……"

(End of this chapter)