When Xiaoxun returned home, Old Cen was sitting on the examination stool made of old elm stumps, grabbing a handful of pumpkin seeds and chewing them.
He has been running out of things to do lately.
Xiao Zhao went to Zheng Dongyang's house to study every day, and Xiao Niao also followed his brother every now and then. The little girl was smart and cute, had a sweet mouth and was good at coquettishness, so she coaxed Zheng Dongyang to willingly teach him more than ever before.
It is not his turn to do things in the medical clinic. Xiaoruo is like a sponge, constantly absorbing knowledge from medical books and his words and deeds. Most of the patients trust her, and some of the prescriptions she prescribes can ensure the effectiveness of the medicine. Under the circumstances, medication is cheaper. She also changed the layout of the front hall of Tzu Chi Hall, dividing the prescribing, filling, collecting, and decoction areas into four areas. When there are many patients, they can also see the patients in order, without crowding into one area. The group was in a hurry, and old man Cen had to admit that Xiao Ruo was already a prodigy in medicine.
He tried to be brave and tied his waist up before, and he lay in bed for a while and couldn't get up. From then on, Xiaoruo simply let him sit in the front hall to rest every day, flipping through medical books and looking at the scenery, and even gave him a hand if he was afraid that he would be bored. He fried melon seeds, peanuts and almonds.
"A Xun is back?" Old man Cen kept peeling melon seeds and had already saved a small plate of melon seeds in his hand. He left this for Xiaoxiao Xiaozhao to eat after school.
Xiaoxun nodded in response.
"Tsk, you'll get old quickly if you keep such a straight face." Old man Cen muttered, mouthing towards the medicine area: "It's just that your family, Ruo Ruo, doesn't dislike your ice cube face."
At this time, Xiao Ruo was grabbing the last Polygonatum odorifera, neatly tied up the medicine package, handed it to the patient who was getting the medicine, and said: "Make three bowls of water into one bowl, take it once in the morning and evening, and check back in three days."
The patient thanked her profusely, paid the consultation fee, and left.
This was the last patient she received in the morning. Xiao Ruo rubbed her sore wrist and glanced at old man Cen: "Old man, don't leave these for Niao Niao Zhao Zhao. They will get angry if they continue to eat like this!"
Old man Cen calmly stopped peeling the melon seeds and quietly took the plate of melon seeds into his arms, trying to block Xiao Ruo's sight with his sleeves and save the two little ones from having snacks after school.
Walking to Xiao Ruo, Xiao Xun took out the cloth bag and handed it to Xiao Ruo.
The cloth bag that looked like yesterday is still the same today, and the cotton rope used to tie the cloth bag is still the same bow that Xiaoruo tied yesterday.
"Why did you bring it back again? Didn't you say you would give it back to someone else? Didn't you see anyone?" Xiaoruo was a little confused. She took the cloth bag and pulled out the cotton string. There was still the amount of silver she counted yesterday.
Xiao Xun put the dagger on the counter, took Xiao Ruo's hand and kneaded her wrist. Her wrist was so slender, he thought he could trap her in it as long as his thumb and index finger formed a circle.
After thinking about it in his mind, he didn't do that. He just pressed her Shenmen, Taiyuan and other acupuncture points with moderate force to relieve her pain.
"I saw them. They asked me to do something, so I gave them the money."
"What's going on? Nearly two taels of silver, so much?"
"Let me go escort with them."
"Dart boy?!" an old man and a young man shouted in a duet.
It was Xiao Ruo who held down his hand to prevent him from moving.
"Have you promised me?" Xiaoruo's brows knitted together, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.
She had only seen the profession of bodyguard in novels and TV before, and in her understanding, bodyguard was a job that involved licking blood on the edge of a knife.
They often have strong martial arts skills and broad connections. She still remembers watching "The Swordsman", in which Lin Zhennan from the Fuwei Escort Agency said: "In the affairs of the martial arts, fame accounts for 20%, and kung fu accounts for 20%."
He made 20%, and the remaining 60% had to be rewarded by his black and white friends." Although Xiaoxun was good at martial arts, he couldn't even remember his name before, so where did he get the connections? What happened to him?
All relying on one's own fists and feet?
In her mind, escorting is also a very hard job. Sleeping in the open, traveling day and night is the norm, and the risk is very high. The most important thing is that in the TV novels she watched before, the escorts were cannon fodder, a team of escorts.
More than half of them were killed or injured at every turn, or even completely wiped out.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Xiao Ruo's eyes were sharp, and she slapped the back of Xiao Xun's hand and said, "Don't go! You went back to their house, and you don't go with them! Give them back the money, no, I'll go with you."
Go! Let me tell you!"
This slap was slapped on the back of his hand. Xiaoxun felt that it was a scratch from a kitten, or it was scratched with the pads of its claws. It didn't hurt at all. It was just a slight numbness and itchiness, which made him want to scratch it.
It's impossible to really catch it. The kitten's fur is blowing.
He swallowed to ease the urge to scratch the kitten's paws.
"Yes, Ah Xun, I have often heard that it takes a long time for escorts to leave. You listen to Ruo Ruo and it's better not to go." Old man Cen interjected from the side. Xiao Ruo is almost the head of their family now, and he also
I think Xiao Ruo’s ideas are all right.
"They said the escort for this trip would be at least fifty taels."
"Fifty taels!" Old Cen's eyes widened when he heard the price. "Is that much for you? Do escorts make so much money?"
"Then you can't go!" Xiao Ruo knew that the greater the reward, the greater the risk. If there was no danger in escorting, how could she be willing to give so much money? Although she loved money, the thought of fifty taels might be the exchange for Xiao Xun's injury or even death.
When she came, she felt that the white money was not so cute anymore.
After all, she can make more money, but the puppy only has one life.
"It's only fifty taels. We made it back by selling tea and ice for two months. You are not allowed to follow those people as escorts, do you hear me!" Xiao Ruo put on what she thought was the most ferocious expression, glaring and looking down at her.
puppy.
Xiao Xun still couldn't restrain himself, and took out his right hand to dig at the back of his left hand, which had been slapped by Xiao Ruo.
Her left hand was held by Xiao Ruo, so if she picked the back of her hand, she would inevitably touch Xiao Ruo's hand. Her hands were soft and white, and she often took medicine, which caused her hands to exude a faint medicinal fragrance.
"It's the end of August now, and we can only sell ice for another month at most." He stated the facts.
The income from ice cubes is seasonal. In another month, Tzu Chi Hall's income will be greatly reduced, but the monthly expenses will not decrease. This is the main reason why he agreed to Jiang Ping to take this escort trip.
Xiao Ruo became a little angry when Xiao Xun bluntly pointed it out. She naturally knew that the ice cube business would only have one month left at most. She just didn't want the puppy to take risks because she was worried about money.
After slapping Xiao Xun away and picking at her, it turned into a dog's paw digging at her palm. She snorted and turned her head and entered the backyard, ignoring the old and the young standing behind her.
Xiaoruo's angry state lasted until the evening. When eating, she only picked up the food in front of her, and didn't even look at Xiaoxun who was looking at her eagerly.
"Did brother Xun make a mistake? Why is sister so angry?" Xiaoxiao raised a tall bowl to cover her face and asked old man Cen in a low voice.
"Shhh... eat quickly, kids, don't ask so many questions." Old man Cen followed her example and hid his face behind the raised bowl, biting her ears from a distance.
"Oh... Zhaozhao, did you say that my sister found out that brother A Xun secretly gave us candy last night? That's why she was angry with brother A Xun?" She turned her face hidden behind the bowl towards Xiao Zhao again, trying to
Discuss with my brother the reason for the unusual atmosphere at the dinner table tonight.
She thought she had lowered her voice and spoke quietly, but in fact everyone heard her clearly.
Xiao Ruo cleared her throat and glanced around everyone with round almond-shaped eyes. The head of the family still had a very capable attitude. Suddenly the two Zai Zai and old man Cen shrank their necks. They did not dare to talk nonsense anymore and only sped up.