At this time, in addition to the old leaves of the previous year, the grapefruit leaves were only new shoots. Zhou Lizhong had recently learned a little more about Luojiang County, so he quickly found the grapefruit tree.
When the owner of the tree heard that Zhou Lizhong was taking grapefruit leaves to get rid of evil spirits, he pointed directly at the leaves on the tree and said, "Pick it yourself."
Zhou Lizhong didn't bring any tools, so he had to take off his shoes and socks, hugged the tree and climbed up the tree. After a while, he broke off two branches, thanked the owner of the tree, and went back happily carrying the leaves.
When I returned to the street, I saw some noise at the entrance of an inn, and many people gathered together to watch the excitement.
Zhou Lizhong was passing by. He didn't want to look, but he subconsciously stood on tiptoes, craned his neck and took a look inside. Just as he was thinking about turning into the alley and going home, he saw the young man who had been pushed out by the innkeeper and fell to the ground.
The middle-aged man hugged the boy and sat down on the ground.
Zhou Lizhong paused, stretched out his hand to push aside the person in front of him, and looked inside. He saw the shopkeeper throwing their luggage out with an ugly look on his face. A sallow-faced woman holding the luggage in her hands was also pushed away by the clerk.
came out.
The shopkeeper stood on the steps and said with a sneer on his face: "Uncle Shi, it's not that I don't want to let you stay. You are a guest. Although you are unlucky and have bad luck, as long as you can pay the room fee, our inn
I will give you what I have to give, and I will serve you comfortably, but since you can’t come up with the money and you’re unwilling to leave, it’s going to be too difficult for me.”
The onlookers pointed at Uncle Shi, "Don't you still have a small house? Did you lose the bet again?"
"I heard that Shi Xiaolang was ill and sold his house to buy medicine to treat his illness."
"Oh, a house is not cheap, right? It's all spent now?"
The woman stepped forward with a numb face, reached out and helped her son up with Uncle Shi. As a result, the boy collapsed completely and had no strength at all. The couple did not help him up together...
Zhou Lizhong put the grapefruit branches and leaves into his belt at the back of his waist, and stepped forward to help the boy up. He found that he was very light, so he simply picked him up. He was about to ask where he was sent, but he thought that he had just been kicked out of the inn.
When he came out, he had nowhere to go, so he simply said: "Let's go."
Uncle Shi and Mrs. Shi looked at him blankly. Neither of them recognized Zhou Lichong, but they just thought he looked familiar.
Zhou Lizhong had already carried the person and left first. After taking two steps, he found that the person had not followed, so he turned back to look at them and said, "Come quickly."
The two of them hurriedly picked up the luggage on the ground and wanted to follow. The shopkeeper saw Wei Wei, and immediately rushed forward and grabbed Zhou Lizhong's arm, "Wait a minute, Lang Jun is their relative? That's just right. I'll pay back the rent they owe me."
Bar."
Uncle Shi's face changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "I will pay back the room fee I owe you."
"Repay? What do you want to pay back?" The shopkeeper said rudely: "Originally, I didn't care about the dozens of pennies since you had no relatives or friends. Now that you have relatives and friends, why don't you pay me back?"
Although Uncle Shi hadn't thought of Zhou Lizhong yet, he didn't want him to suffer a loss, so he said with a cold face: "Who said I have no relatives or friends? Aren't you just my old friend?"
He looked at the inn behind him and said with a strange smile: "Speaking of which, you rented this inn from my family's house. In the past years, you always complained that Luojiang County was poor and there were few people, so the inn could not make ends meet, so every year you charged
I always wiped off the fractional 50 taels for the rent, and I wiped it off for seven or eight years. We were good friends at that time..."
When Uncle Shi said this, the onlookers also remembered it and said to the shopkeeper: "Yes, although Uncle Shi can't keep the family business and loves gambling and has no ability, he was indeed generous to others and helped many people in the past.
In the past, people gave you a few taels of silver for free, so what’s wrong with you now giving someone dozens of coins for free?”
The shopkeeper's face changed and he looked very ugly.
Zhou Lizhong glanced at him, put down the boy in his hand, supported him with one hand, and fumbled in his sleeve pocket with the other hand, took out a bunch of money and asked, "How much is it?"
The shopkeeper said nothing.
Uncle Shi stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Lizhong and said: "No, I will pay for it myself."
Zhou Li pressed Uncle Shi's hand hard and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi, don't you remember me? When I was a child, I often ate the roosters you gave away for free. My grandmother used to be in poor health because she often got some from you.
meat, so the body slowly recovers."
Uncle Shi narrowed his eyes slightly. He had never sold chickens before. A few times, he sold fighting chickens that had been pecked badly.
But there is only one person who will buy a fighting cock with him and stew it for dinner...
His expression suddenly dawned, "You are a child of the Zhou family."
He looked the person up and down, sighed, and asked: "Are you the one called Big Head, or the one called Ertou?"
Zhou Lizhong: "...I am Da Tou, and I have a famous name. My name is Zhou Lizhong!"
Uncle Shi nodded slightly and still wanted to speak. Zhou Lizhong had already thrown the money bag to the shopkeeper, then picked up the young man and said, "Except for the room fee, the remaining money will be sent to Guanzhai in the alley."
After saying that, they strode away. Uncle Shi and Mrs. Shi quickly followed, and then returned to the door of the house they had just sold at the end of the alley.
Two people:......
Zhou Lizhong kicked the door open with a light kick of his foot. Zhou Erlang, who was doing some simple cleaning inside, turned around and said, "You're back? But what...is this?"
Zhou Erlang's eyes widened.
Zhou Lizhong smiled innocently and said, "Second uncle, are everything in the house still complete?"
Zhou Zuorang nodded blankly.
Zhou Lizhong reported the boy to his original room and asked him to lie on the bed.
Uncle Shi and Mrs. Shi looked embarrassed. They had just sold their house and moved out two days ago, but now they are back...
Zhou Lizhong came out and said to Zhou Zuilang: "Let them live here first. I will go to Jishi Hall to ask for the doctor."
Uncle Shi hurriedly stopped him and said: "The doctors at Jishitang have already seen it. We have the prescription here. There is no need to go to another clinic. We can just go back and grab the prescription with the prescription."
Zhou Lizhong was curious, "Do you have money to buy medicine?"
Uncle Shi's expression didn't change much, but his body stiffened slightly and he didn't speak.
Although Zhou Lizhong was curious about where the money from selling the house went, he still didn't ask and insisted: "Let's ask the doctor to come and take a look."
After that, he went out.
Zhou Lizhong has grown up, and he is the eldest grandson of the eldest son, so Zhou Lizhong did not object to his decision. When he saw him going to ask for a doctor, he raised a smile and greeted Uncle Shi and Mrs. Shi, "You two, please put down your luggage first. By the way."
, your room has not been touched yet, but my mother-in-law has tidied it up a little, I will call her over right now, you will still live in that room."
After saying that, he quickly went to the backyard to find Feng and Zhou Lang.
The three of them were cleaning the backyard. When they heard that the Shi family was brought back by Zhou Lizhong again, they couldn't help but stare, "Whose house does this belong to?"
"Of course it's still ours, but we're not in a hurry to live there, we're just letting them live temporarily." Zhou Zuorang said: "It's also a good thing that the children repay their kindness. Uncle Shi also helped Man Bao and several children back then.