Small places have their own advantages. For example, the smaller the place, the more rules it attaches to.

In a small place, each line has its own rules, and they are fixed rules. They don’t need to be written down on paper or carved into monuments. They only need to be passed down orally from the older generation. People in small places will generally abide by them. Just like

It's the drug store here in Luoxian Town that sells medicine.

In Luoxian Town, anyone who sells medicine needs to deliver it through the back door. After weighing the weight and agreeing on the price, they go to the front door to get the money. Before the price is agreed upon, the drug store can deceive and deceive in any way, but as long as

After the negotiation was concluded, both parties had no objections. It was as much as it was worth, and the drug store would never pay half a penny less. After the drug seller took the money, whether he was happy or angry, he had to shout "" before leaving.

"May the business of your drugstore be bleak, and may all the people in the world be free from illness." The stingy shopkeeper was not angry at this time, and would send the person out politely, and replied with the sentence "With your good words, I wish you all the best."

"Everyone in the world will live without disaster." The reason for this is because this is the rule set by the three earliest owners of the drug store. Although these two sentences are not gentle and extremely ridiculous, these are the last words of the three owners.

For hundreds of years, no one has dared to violate it. Of course, it is said that there is a last word that tells the drugstore to "never bully customers and never increase prices." But after all, it is hearsay, and the drugstore's words should not be taken seriously.

However, rules are rules, and you cannot stick to them without adapting to them, because there are always exceptions in everything, such as Lu Yangsheng.

Due to Lu Yangsheng's special status, he is generally not allowed to enter the front door of the drug store, so Lu Yangsheng pays for his medicine at the back door. However, whenever the price is negotiated, the drug store will not miss a penny from Lu Yangsheng. What Lu Yangsheng should shout

The words were shouted out word for word, and Li Aniu answered the question at the drug store. There was no shortage of procedures, so it was not a violation of the rules.

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It was late today, Lu Yangsheng left without saying that, and Li Aniu didn't care either. But when Li Aniu packed up the medicinal materials on the ground, he suddenly remembered that Lu Yangsheng hadn't paid for the medicine today, and he couldn't help but curse.

A word of "mother" means "bad luck" secretly.

If you were an ordinary person, you would go to the front desk to settle the bill and have the shopkeeper take care of it himself, so there would be no mistakes. But for Lu Yangsheng's medicine money, he, Li Aniu, usually helped settle the bill.

Li Aniu sighed. If it was other money, he, Li Aniu, could touch two of them, so he happily accepted it. But for the medicine money, Li Aniu really didn't dare. The last one touched it secretly.

The guy who paid this money had his hands broken and was thrown out of the drug store. I heard that he was thrown into a mass grave within a few days and became a lonely ghost. Li Aniu didn't want to be the next one. And there are people in the drug store.

The rule is no credit or debt, because there is a saying that money for medicinal materials is used to buy and sell medicine on the pretext of the Lord of Hell. Whether it is selling medicine or buying medicine, it must be settled on the spot, otherwise it will be unlucky.

The shopkeeper believed this very much, so Li Aniu and the shopkeeper took the money and could only squat at the back door of the medicine shop, wondering whether to wait for Lu Yangsheng any longer.

Li Aniu saw that it was getting late and late, and he couldn't stop complaining in his heart. If Sangmenxing thought that he didn't get the money today, so he came back and made trouble with the shopkeeper, he would be doomed. The shopkeeper didn't want to touch Sangmenxing's money.

, he gave the money to himself without asking, and he couldn’t deliver it to Sangmenxing, so it would be bad luck. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. There was nothing he could do, so just wait.

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When Lu Yangsheng heard that something happened to Master Jiu, he felt something was wrong.

Regardless of his age, Master Jiu is in very good health. He doesn’t go out usually, and the people in Gongsun Lane respect Master Jiu very much. They will bring some to Master Jiu when they buy food. Master Jiu is also generous.

Every time, he would give a small amount of money as a tip, so if anything happened to Master Jiu, someone would usually rush to do it. It stands to reason that Master Jiu would only walk around Gongsun Lane, so how could something happen?

As Lu Yangsheng thought about it, his heart couldn't help but twitch. Could it be that Ganoderma lucidum? Or...?

The more Lu Yangsheng thought about it, the more frightened he became. If something happened to Master Jiu because of himself, Lu Yangsheng would regret it to death.

Feeling anxious, Lu Yangsheng involuntarily quickened his pace and used all his strength. Fuzzy afterimages appeared on the street. Fortunately, it was late now and there was no one on the street. Otherwise, Lu Yangsheng would have been scared to death.

The drug store on North Street is located in Shuangxi Lane, across Zhucui Street, and then past the Immortal Temple, which is Gongsun Lane where Jiuye lives. When Lu Yangsheng ran to Gongsun Lane and looked at Jiuye's house without any light, he felt even more sad in his heart.

Afraid, I knocked on the door, but no one answered. I pushed lightly and the door opened.

Lu Yangsheng walked in cautiously and immediately saw Master Jiu lying at the door. Lu Yangsheng hurried forward to hug Master Jiu and touched his nostrils. Fortunately, he just fainted. Lu Yangsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

After confirming that Master Jiu was just unconscious, Lu Yangsheng quickly carried Master Jiu into the house and put him on the bed.

After settling down Master Jiu, and confirming that Master Jiu's life was not in danger for the time being, Lu Yangsheng ran back to the drug store without stopping. The whole journey was very fast, and he did not dare to hold anything back. However, this time Lu Yangsheng was a little more careful, and when he encountered a place where there might be a lot of people, he

, Lu Yangsheng still spared himself a little bit, so no one saw him.

When they were almost at the drug store, Lu Yangsheng saw that the front door was closed. Without saying a word, he turned around and went to the back door. He just wanted to try his luck, but he didn't expect to see someone squatting at the door from a distance.

Lu Yangsheng took a rest and forced some sweat off his head, then ran over panting.

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Li Aniu was almost furious. It was already a bit cold at night in autumn. He was still wearing the same thin linen clothes from summer. He didn't feel much during the day, but he couldn't stand it at night. He was cold and hungry in the middle of the night.

Let's wait for a lost star. When will he, Li Aniu, suffer this injustice?

It must have been quite a while since sunset. Li Aniu gritted his teeth and refused to wait. Anyway, he had something to say when the shopkeeper asked.

After packing his things, Li Aniu locked the back door and went home. The drug store only took care of lunch, and Li Aniu had to eat breakfast and dinner at home.

Just when Li Aniu stood up, he saw a person running from a distance. He was not running very slowly. He took a closer look under the moonlight. Who else could it be if he wasn't the Sangmenxing? Oh, I'm going home. Come and ask for money.

Are you here? If I don’t make things difficult for you, I won’t even call you Li Aniu.

Lu Yangsheng had already seen that it was Li Aniu squatting at the back door of the drug store. Seeing him getting up to lock the door, Lu Yangsheng quickly shouted to stop.

"Brother Aniu, wait, there's something urgent."

Li Aniu acted as if he hadn't heard anything. He was about to lock the door when his hand was suddenly grabbed by someone. This startled Li Aniu. When he turned around, he saw it was Lu Yangsheng. Is this kid running so fast?

Li Aniu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook off Lu Yangsheng's hand as if he had been burned by fire.

"Get away, Sangmenxing, you want to kill me!" Li Aniu rubbed the place where Lu Yangsheng had just grabbed him and backed away, leaving bloody marks on his hand.

Lu Yangsheng didn't care about Li Aniu's attitude and didn't dare to waste time. Without saying anything, he directly stated the purpose of coming here.

"Brother A Niu, is the shopkeeper asleep?"

When Li Aniu heard that Lu Yangsheng was looking for the shopkeeper, he thought he was here to ask for money. He proudly took out a rag from his arms. When he spread it out, it happened to be twenty-five copper coins. He picked up one and played with it.

Then he said in an arrogant tone: "What are you looking for from the shopkeeper? Want money? That's not possible. The shopkeeper doesn't owe you money. Do you see? Your money is here."

Only then did Lu Yangsheng remember that he had left too hastily and lost control of himself. He didn't even take the money for the medicine, so he reached out and took it.

Li Aniu felt that the money in his hand was gone as soon as his eyes were spent. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the money had already been in Lu Yangsheng's hand. How could this be done?

"Sangmen Xing, you are a piece of shit who got a thousand blows. I stayed cold and hungry for half the night for your little money, and you just took the money back? Tell me..."

Before Li Aniu could finish cursing, Lu Yangsheng took out five cents from his hand and handed it directly to Li Aniu.

"Brother Aniu, it's an urgent matter that affects people's lives. I'll give you these five cents. If you're worried, you can call the shopkeeper. Ask the doctor who's attending the clinic to come with me."

Seeing that he had money to take, Li Aniu stuffed the curse words back into his stomach and put his hands on the corners of his clothes. Then he took the five cents from Lu Yangsheng's hand, not forgetting to rub it vigorously with his clothes.

"Tell me what's going on."

After taking the money, Li Aniu could talk easily.

"Master Jiu fell down and is unconscious now. Can you tell the shopkeeper and ask Mr. Zhao to accompany me?"

When Li Aniu heard that it was about Master Jiu, his hands rubbing the money paused for a moment, his tone of voice was obviously guilty, and his expression was also a bit off.

"Master Jiu? Your kid has nothing to do with Master Jiu, right? He's not someone else's son or grandson. Why are you pretending to be a filial son and a virtuous grandson?"

Lu Yangsheng felt the change in Li Aniu, but his expression remained unchanged and he just listened to his cold words.

"Of course we knew something happened to Mr. Jiu. Mr. Zhao was the one who went to see him at that time. But Mr. Jiu himself said that when a person gets old, his fall is considered to have broken his roots, and there is no way to save him. He even drove Mr. Zhao away.

You came out, why are you here to invite people again now?"

"Brother Aniu, the money is given to you. Don't worry about it. Just say whether to hire anyone or not. If you don't want to help, just give me back the money."

Lu Yangsheng was more or less unable to suppress his anger.

"Please, of course please, you're a bastard if you don't have money."

After Li Aniu finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the yard. After a while, the drug store owner followed him out.

When Lu Yangsheng saw the shopkeeper, he shouted from a distance through the door: "Shopkeeper, please..."

Before Lu Yangsheng could finish speaking, the shopkeeper cut off Lu Yangsheng's words: "Brother, Aniu has already told me about the situation, but there are some things you don't know. At that time, Jiuye was thrown, and our pharmacy was number one.

The time has come and the old man kicked us out in a fit of rage. It’s not appropriate to go back now!”

"Shopkeeper, I'll give you the money, no matter how much you want, just let Mr. Zhao go."

Lu Yangsheng was crying as he held the twenty copper coins in his hand.

"It's not about money, little brother, go back, go back." The shopkeeper glanced at the copper coins in Lu Yangsheng's hand with disdain, and the disgust in his eyes was undisguised.

When Lu Yangsheng wanted to say something else, the shopkeeper closed the door, and he could hear the shopkeeper cursing through the courtyard wall.

"Li Aniu, don't you want to do it anymore? I can see any cat or dog that wants to see me in the middle of the night? Are you a pig? You can just scream when others ask you to? This is what I raised you to do?"

Useless things......"

Then came Li Aniu's flattering apology and curses at Lu Yangsheng.

Lu Yangsheng glanced at the back door of the pharmacy. It was locked tightly, and the shopkeeper's curses were getting farther and farther away. Looking at the twenty copper coins in his hand, tears accidentally fell on them, and Lu Yangsheng quickly wiped them away.

After wrapping it up and carrying it in my arms, I turned around and ran to Master Jiu's house.

I wonder if Master Jiu has woken up? Does he still have the energy to scold himself?

Master Jiu, hold on, I'll kill a rabbit for you, let's make some soup, I'll feed it to you, let's take good supplements. You are so old, you haven't survived any storms, how can something happen if you fall? No

If you can, Master Jiu, be good. Even if you can't stand up in the future, I can still support you. I still have many things to ask you. Don't let anything happen to you.

Under the dim moonlight, the twelve-year-old boy wiped away his tears and ran towards Master Jiu's house like flying.


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