"Hello Grandpa Cao, do you still remember me?" Gu Qingjiu saluted respectfully: "I am Gu Qingjiu, the daughter of Gu Qingcheng."
"You...ah! Are you Gu Yatou's girl?" Mr. Cao turned sideways: "Come in."
As soon as you enter the door, you will be greeted by the aroma of medicinal herbs.
There are strings of dried medicinal herbs hanging on the wall. The aromas are mixed together but not messy, but intertwined to create a unique fragrance.
"I'll grab some medicine." Gu Qingjiu handed over the medicine list written in advance.
Mr. Cao took a look through his reading glasses and went to get ready.
Gu Qing was standing there for nine seconds when a young man's voice suddenly sounded from behind him:
"Old man! Come out and pay the rent!"
Gu Qingjiu was a little strange. She remembered the conversation between her mother and Mr. Cao when she first came here. Mr. Cao said happily that he finally bought this house.
Why is there an extra rent collector?
"Excuse me, have you found the wrong person?" Gu Qingjiu was slightly confused: "Isn't this room rented out?"
"Who are you?" The young man looked at Gu Qingjiu with a puzzled expression.
"I'm a customer here to buy medicine."
"Oh, guest, you must not come here often," the young man suddenly realized, and explained to her, "This old man bought the house more than ten years ago."
He murmured and shook his head: "Why don't you practice Chinese medicine? Who is going to see Chinese medicine now... Sooner or later, you will become yellow."
Mr. Cao hurried out of the house in a hurry. He hadn't put down the medicinal materials in his hand. He was holding a simple money bag in his other hand. He begged the young man: "Brother, this is half of the rent. Please don't bother me anymore."
After two days, my son hasn’t come back yet..."
The young man pursed his lips, knowing that it was normal for the old man to owe money, but fortunately, he could only delay it for half a month at a time, and he would be able to pay it off when his son came back.
"Okay, okay, you still have guests here, go ahead and remember to call your son and ask him to come back early."
Mr. Cao nodded in agreement and returned to the house.
If Mr. Cao hadn't had a reputation all over the place and often treated people for free, he would have been kicked out long ago because he didn't have enough rent.
"Mr. Cao's son?" Gu Qingjiu looked into the room.
"Yes, he has a son." The young man also looked into the room: "Don't you know? His son is much smarter than him. He knew that studying Chinese medicine was useless, so he went to study Western medicine instead. He is now in a family in the city.
I work as a doctor in a hospital, and sometimes I send this old man some money. I give him quite a lot at first, but unexpectedly, this old man changes hands and uses it to buy medicinal materials. He is very discerning and refuses to use inferior raw materials to buy his own medicine.
There were only a few people there, so when he stocked up on the medicines, when he had free time, he took the expensive medicines to provide free clinics to nearby people. He didn't make any money, but he also helped a lot. Later, his son found out about it, so he stopped giving it.
He has so many..."
"..." Gu Qingjiu had mixed feelings in her heart.
It was a good deed, but why did it end up like this?
"Okay, it seems that we won't be able to get the full payment today anyway. I'm going to leave first. You... take care of his business more. I can't say anything else." The young man sighed and shook the keys.
With clasped hands, he bid farewell to Gu Qingjiu.
Gu Qingjiu nodded. Although this young man's words were a bit venomous, his heart was quite kind.
However, she couldn't agree with the statement "TCM is useless".
