The little boy raised his head and glanced at her, then pursed his lips, looking aggrieved.

Seeing his tears dripping from his face, Luo Lan couldn't bear to touch his head and asked:

"What's wrong with you? Why are you crying? Is someone bullying you?"

The little boy lowered his head and shook his head, "No, the waiter said, my mother doesn't need to take medicine anymore, she can just wait until she dies, but I don't want her to die, I don't want to be without a mother, I don't want to be a child without a mother to call her."

."

His words shocked Luo Lan, and made her feel sour in her heart.

Motherless children are the most pitiful people in the world.

She patted the child on the shoulder and asked softly:

"What disease does your mother have?"

The little boy shook his head, "I don't know, my mother just has a stomachache sometimes, and the pain will go away after a while. The pain has become more and more serious in the past few days."

"Is there no one else at home? Where is your father?"

The little boy pursed his lips and shook his head, "I don't know where my father is. He is probably dead. My mother refuses to tell me. If my mother dies again, I will be the only one in the family."

Speaking of this, the little boy's tears fell, and Luo Lan felt sour in her heart. As a medical worker, she couldn't ignore such a thing.

She patted his shoulder and comforted him:

"Where is your mother? Take me to see her."

The little boy looked up at her and asked with wide eyes, "Does your sister know medical skills?"

Luo Lan pursed her lips and smiled, "I know something."

"Great, I have found several doctors, but I don't have money to pay for the consultation, and no one is willing to go. I said I could use the old hens at home, but they didn't agree. Sister, you can go, I can use the chickens.

Should it be treated as a medical fee?"

Using chickens as medical expenses?

Luo Lan suddenly felt that this little boy's thoughts were very clear. He knew how to exchange things for money at such a young age.

She nodded and chuckled, "Okay, I agree."

The little boy happily took her hand and prepared to run home.

Luo Lan turned around and said to Ah Cai and Ah Hong:

"You go back first and boil the chicken soup. I'll serve it to the prince when I get back. Save the pig's trotters for tomorrow."

Ah Cai looked at her worriedly, "I'll accompany you, Ah Hong can go back alone."

"Need not."

Luo Lan shook his head directly, "I'll be back in a moment, you go back and wait for me."

"But……"

Ah Cai was still a little worried, fearing that something might happen to the princess.

Seeing this girl's stubborn temper rising, she could only say to Ah Hong:

"Okay then, Ah Hong will go back to boil the medicine first, and Ah Cai will go with me."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Ah Cai's face. She put the black-bone chicken in Ah Hong's hand, gave her a few instructions, and then walked away quickly with Luo Lan and the little boy.

The little boy told Luo Lan on the way that his name was Xiao Zhi. He had never seen his father since he was a child. His mother earned some money by sewing for others to supplement the family income. The family raised three old hens and used the eggs they usually laid.

With the money from selling, the family could live well, but it was a big expense for his mother to buy him pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

He was mumbling all the way and seemed to be a very talkative child.

Luo Lan couldn't help but ask:

"Are you literate?"

"Know."

The little boy replied directly and confidently:

"My mother is literate, so she taught me to write since she was a child. My mother said that when I grow up, I will get a good name, bring glory to her, earn money for her, and let her live a good life. By the way, I will also memorize the Three Character Sutra.

The Analects of Confucius, the Book of Songs, and the surnames of hundreds of families."

Seeing his arrogant look, Luo Lan suddenly became very interested in his mother.

A woman with a child is actually literate.

In this era, there were not many literate women, and girls from ordinary people's families would not be sent to school. Those who were literate were either girls from official families or girls from wealthy families.

They walked a long way and passed through several alleys. Xiao Zhicai pointed to a dilapidated courtyard not far away and said:

"That's my home."

Looking at the crumbling house, Luo Lan had a little more admiration for the woman living there. She was really a great mother who still wanted her children to be literate in such an environment.

The door is open. I guess with the poverty here, thieves will not come. Besides, the door doesn't seem to make much difference whether it is closed or not.

As soon as Xiao Zhi entered the courtyard, he started shouting:

"Mom, I'm back, and I've brought the doctor here."

After a while, a voice came out from inside,

"You kid, didn't I tell you not to look for the doctor? If you do, what will you do if you run out of money for pens, ink, and paper next month?"

When she said this, the woman walked out of the room. When she saw Luo Lan, she was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously:

"Who is this?"

Xiaozhi hurriedly explained:

"Mom, this is the girl. She said that she can use our old hens to pay for the consultation fee. Just let her see it, otherwise Xiaozhi will be afraid."

The woman touched Xiaozhi's head, sighed softly, and then said to Luo Lan:

"Then it's Miss Lao."

She lowered her head again and said to Xiao Zhi:

"You go get another sister a glass of water. Mother and the doctor will go into the room to talk."

Xiaozhi nodded happily and ran to pour water.

Xiaozhi's mother gave Luo Lan a wry smile and welcomed her into the house.

Although this was a shabby-looking house, it was very neat. Luo Lan stood at the door and looked at it. The woman tucked away her broken hair in front of her forehead with some embarrassment and said softly:

"I'm sorry, my place is a bit messy. Girl, please sit wherever you like."

Luo Lan chuckled and shook his head, "No, it's very nice here. It's really clean."

The woman smiled bitterly, "It's a joke, girl. My family is poor and we don't have much decent things."

While talking, she sat at the table, poured a glass of water for Luo Lan and pushed it in front of her, "Girl, please drink water."

Luo Lan waved his hand and refused:

"I won't drink anymore. Let me check your pulse first!"

The woman shook her head directly. Her hands rubbed each other restlessly. After a long silence, she finally couldn't help but said:

"Girl, can I ask you something?"

Luo Lan looked at her in surprise, "Please speak."

The woman pursed her dry mouth, raised her head, looked at her with longing eyes, and begged in a low voice:

"I beg you, girl, to tell Xiaozhi directly that my illness is not serious."

"Why?" Luo Lan looked at her puzzled, "I haven't checked your pulse yet, how do I know what's wrong with you?"

The woman let out a long sigh, "You don't need to look at me to know that my disease can't be cured, but I don't want him to know. I want to make more money during this period. If I really leave in the future,

Nor will he be left without anything."

At this point, the woman's eyes turned red, tears kept falling down her cheeks, and she whispered:
Chapter completed!