After Zhou Lang had eaten and drank enough, he went to wash up and change into new clothes. Then he told Zhou Man about Uncle Shi's family, "They live in the courtyard we rent. Tomorrow I will ask them to go to the medical department to see you for treatment?"
"
Zhou Man nodded in agreement and asked, "Are they going to live here permanently?"
"Yes, the disease must be cured," Zhou Lang said: "They have sold all their properties in Luojiang County. If you ask me, it would be good to live directly in Qingzhou. There is no land or house in Luojiang County. Going back is just...
Just causing trouble."
Bai Shan asked: "Uncle Shi still gambles now?"
Zhou Lang thought for a while and then shook his head, "Don't gamble anymore. He has been very honest along the way. It has been a month since we met and I have never seen him gamble again."
He always heard people say that gambling is addictive, but before he could become addicted, his dreams were shattered and his butt was spanked. From then on, he never had a good impression of gambling. He felt that if he stopped doing it for a month, he would quit.
But Bai Shan knows that people who are addicted to this thing will relapse as soon as they are exposed to it, let alone a month, a year, or even ten years, and then get out of control.
However, Uncle Shi is an outsider after all, and he cannot care too much. He only said: "He can stay here if he wants. I will handle everything impartially. I have cleaned up the casinos in Beihai County. If he gets involved and attracts gambling,
I'm not merciful."
Zhou Lang was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "I want to take him with me."
Zhou Man was surprised, "Going to sea?"
Zhou Lang nodded and said to the two of them: "Uncle Shi is well-educated and has a good eye. To be honest, apart from being a loser and a gambler, he has no other problems."
Zhou Lang and Uncle Shi were traveling together this time. He felt that as long as he didn't think about gambling, his mind was still very normal. Moreover, he was much smarter than him, had good vision, and could even lower the price better than him.
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Zhou Man and said, "Fourth brother just makes up his mind."
Zhou Lang then smiled and said: "Then you can give his son tomorrow to see if it can be cured. If it can be cured, there is still hope. Then I will ask him to go out and make money together."
Uncle Shi's family was very worried. If even Zhou Man said it couldn't be cured, then no one would be able to cure the disease.
Zhou Man asked them to wait in the corridor first, and after seeing the patients queuing up, he brought Zheng Gu over and said, "Uncle Shi."
Uncle Shi looked at the grown-up Zhou Man and could hardly tell that she was the little girl back then. He quickly saluted, then pulled his son up and said: "This is my boy, Zhou... Mr. Zhou, you
Show him."
Zhou Man nodded, took them into the consulting room, took his pulse carefully, looked at his tongue coating, and asked about the process and manifestations of the disease.
Seeing her frowning and not speaking, Uncle Shi swallowed nervously and asked, "Mr. Zhou, can it be cured?"
Zhou Man thought for a while and then said: "I'm afraid it's not easy to completely cure him. But I can alleviate the symptoms so that he can live like a normal person. In the end, he probably won't need to take medicine, but he needs to not be overly sad or happy.
Don’t be too tired, so you can live a peaceful life.”
Uncle Shi's heart dropped from his high thoughts, and he said excitedly: "This is enough, this is enough."
Mrs. Shi also nodded repeatedly, thinking that this was enough.
The two of them looked at each other and breathed a long sigh of relief, and the corners of their eyes became wet.
Shi Xiaolang was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. What this meant was, could he be cured?
In his opinion, this is almost like a cure.
With Zhou Man's assurance, Uncle Shi planned to live in Beihai County.
After leaving Zhou Man's relationship, he visited Beihai County and finally bought a small courtyard with one entrance for sixty taels in the east of the city.
The five rooms are enough for their family of three, and the yard is not small. There is a piece of land at the back, about three-thirds, where they can grow some fruits and vegetables.
He left the remaining forty taels to his wife and children, and said to them: "I made an agreement with Zhou Lang. I will go to sea with him and go back and forth to get wages. If I am lucky enough to encounter good goods, I can also return them.
You can earn a little more. If you take the money, including the money needed, it should be enough for a year."
The medicine Zhou Man prescribed was not very expensive, and acupuncture was free. He only spent about 600 yuan on medicine every month. Including food and drink, because Shi Xiaolang needed nutrition, he had to eat meat and eggs, but a
One or two months is enough.
Forty taels was actually enough for two years of living expenses, but things always happened, so he calculated the extra.
Uncle Shi said to Shi Xiaolang: "You take the money. Your mother will ask you for money when she needs it. I'm not at home, so you take care of yourself and your mother."
Shi Xiaolang raised his head and glanced at his father, seeing that he was in much better spirits than before. The most important thing was that his eyes were clear, not as cloudy as when he was addicted to gambling before.
He paused slightly and nodded.
Uncle Shi continued to warn: "If you encounter something that cannot be solved, you can go to the county government or the medical office to ask Mrs. Zhou. We are from the same hometown, and our two families have some friendship. She will help you."
Shi Xiaolang agreed.
Uncle Shi was now relieved to go to Longchi with Zhou Lang.
Longchi has changed a lot. Houses are rising one after another. The streets are spacious and clean. The shops on the two main streets have basically been built, and many are still under construction today.
At this time, there were many business travelers in Longchi, and some shops on the street had opened, but most of them were stalls, especially those selling food, which were basically stalls.
Liu Gui, who led them, took Zhou Lang directly to one of the shops, opened the door and said: "Fourth uncle, this is the shop that my wife has ordered for the Zhou family. It has been built, with two floors, and a small warehouse at the back.
There is still a place to stay, but..."
Zhou Lang looked at the empty shop and said, "I know, there are not enough rooms. Is there an inn nearby?"
"Yes, but there are a lot of business travelers coming now, and all the inns that are open are full of people. But it doesn't matter, Master Tang has his own courtyard here. My family has said hello to Master Tang, and I can stay there first." Liu Gui.
Mainly to bring Zhou Lang over to look at the shop.
Then he turned around and went up the mountain to the other courtyard.
There is a courtyard at the side entrance, which is convenient for entry and exit, and is enough for them to live. Standing on the hillside, Zhou Lang saw the sea in the distance and listened to the sound of the waves. He was surprised and said: "The sea is so big.
ah?"
"Yes, I heard my wife and my husband say that the sea in the world is bigger than all the land combined."
Zhou Lang: "You're lying, right? How can the sea be bigger than the land?"
Liu Gui also felt that his wife and master were deceived by the book. After all, what was written in the book was not necessarily true, but they were the master, so he did not dare to say anything and could only smile naively at Zhou Lang.