Chapter 82 Promise
This huge spring rain gradually became lighter as noon approached.
Yuan Xing held Hong Qingyao in his arms, supported himself with one hand and leaned against the mountain wall. After resting for a while, he gradually gained some strength and moved his stiff and sore legs. He carried the little girl behind him, regardless of the north and south. He used all his skills and flew in one direction.
Maybe the bad luck has really passed, and as the evening approaches, I finally saw a village.
Yuan Xing first asked the doctor. The village was remote and he didn't know how to do medical skills. He learned that this place was southwest of Lanzhou City and not far away. He didn't dare to delay it now. The girl was still sick. After asking about the road, she ran towards Lanzhou overnight along the official road.
The journey of Yuan was very fast. Before the middle of the night, he walked around the periphery for a while and found an uninhabited corner and quietly climbed into the city wall.
He sneaked into the pharmacy with a hidden track and the doctor who had been treating Hong Qingyao before was ready to fall asleep. Before he closed the door, he was scared by the extra person in the hospital. He thought he had encountered another thief who had robbed the house again.
"Doctor Chen, please help me see what's wrong with this child? I've been sleeping all the time. Has the condition worsened?" Yuan Xing also knew that his behavior was Menglang, but it was related to human life, so he didn't care about anything else.
I heard that I was seeking medical treatment, and Dr. Chen, who was still trembling, immediately felt relieved and led the person into the room before reaching out to take the pulse.
While taking the pulse, he always felt that the child looked familiar. When he took his hand back, he looked at the face of Rong Yuanxing in the candlelight. He suddenly became angry and scolded him: "Why don't you come to get medicine in the past two days? The child's condition has worsened. How did you take care of the child?" After cursing here, he suddenly exclaimed again and glanced at the top of Yuanxing's head.
It turned out that because he was anxious to walk, Yuanxing did not wear a wig. The shiny bald head was particularly conspicuous under the reflection of the candlelight.
Yuan Xing bowed his head and regretted, and did not pay attention to the strange look at the doctor, but said, "I acted carelessly, and the child was sick and took her to run around outside. It's a sin..."
Dr. Chen snorted and asked his wife beside him to boil some hot water before saying to Yuanxing: "Let me stay here for my child to take care of me, you go."
"Uh..." Yuan Xing was stunned when he heard this, glanced at the sleepy little girl on the bed, and said, "Doctor Chen, can I stay here too?" He took out the silver from his arms and handed it over. He really dared not leave Hong Qingyao now, for fear of revealing his whereabouts and losing the child.
Dr. Chen stared at him for a long time before nodding and taking over the money.
After waiting for a while, the Chen family's wife brought a basin of hot water in. Dr. Chen asked her to clean the girl's body and led Yuan Xing out of the door.
Unexpectedly, Dr. Chen did not bring Yuanxing to the wing room where guests usually live, but turned into the backyard. Although Dr. Chen's medicine shop was just a small storefront and did not enter the backyard, Yuanxing never thought that there was a unique world inside, and even a pond that occupied a considerable area.
Taking a lantern, he walked around the pond along the winding path. Dr. Chen finally stopped in a corner, and a small courtyard hidden among the trees in front of him showed shape in the hazy halo of the lanterns.
"You can live here." Dr. Chen pushed the door and lit a candle. The structure inside was simple and the space was not large. All the furnishings were clear at a glance, with only two beds, a desk and several chairs without backrests.
"Thank you, Dr. Chen." Yuan Xing said thank you politely, put his backpack on the desk, and ran all the way, and he was really tired.
At this time, Dr. Chen said again: "When the condition is stable tomorrow, I will bring the child. You can stay in the backyard honestly. Don't walk out of this yard if you have nothing to do, and don't go to the shop in front."
Yuanxing heard something wrong and wanted to ask again, but saw the other party pointing to his head, and he didn't say anything, so he turned around and left.
Yuan Xing was stunned at his back for a while before subconsciously touching his head, and then he understood.
Lanzhou City is very prosperous, with complex ethnic compositions of residents and diverse living habits. But after careful calculation, Han people do not account for the majority. Recently, there are people from the Central Plains who entered the city. Others may not know what their purpose is, but as a prestigious doctor among the Han people, these news cannot be hidden from him.
Yuan Xing couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, so, is this asking me to hide it?
The next day, Dr. Chen indeed carried Hong Qingyao to the courtyard. At this time, Yuan Xing had already changed the wrinkled scribe uniform to a gray monk's robe. When he saw the other party, he clasped his hands together and bowed: "I am Yuan Xing, thank you for taking in by donor Chen."
Dr. Chen gently put the little girl on the bed, covered her with a quilt, then turned around and waved her hand, "You don't have to be polite, I just saw that this child is pitiful, but it has nothing to do with you." Although he still didn't look very smiling, he didn't have the same gloomy face as last night.
"Sir, the doctor is kind, and I admire him."
After hearing his praise, Dr. Chen raised his eyebrows and his expression calmed down a little.
In this way, Yuanxing took Hong Qingyao to live in seclusion in this remote courtyard.
Dr. Chen only has one daughter. She married Lincheng in her early years and rarely came back a few times. In such a large house, there are only three people, Dr. Chen and his wife and an old housekeeper. Now there are two more. Although they only stay in the corner during the day, it is somewhat lively.
Mrs. Chen likes little girl Hong Qingyao very much. Seeing that she can't speak, her motherhood is even more abundant. She will come to this small courtyard whenever she has time. At this time, Yuan Xing can only sit by the pond alone, either meditating or staring at the fish swimming in the pond in a daze.
Women have natural advantages in taking care of children. At least some privacy matters are more convenient than monk Yuanxing. Mrs. Chen is also a meticulous person. Gradually, Hong Qingyao has been better day by day. After five days, she can walk normally, and her face is much rosy.
There is no task on your head, and there is no need to hide your identity and rush on the road. You stay alone every day, either recite scriptures silently or meditate and practice. These five days are the most comfortable time in Yuanxing's time travel.
"It's time to leave." Yuan Xing sipped the fragrant tea and looked at the little girl in the yard who seemed more lively than ever before, and spoke slowly.
"The towns in the northwest are no longer safe, so why bother to take risks?" Dr. Chen frowned and advised. Every evening when the pharmacy closed, he would come to this small yard. The lady teased the little girl, so he would drink tea and chat with Yuanxing to pass the time.
At first, I just chatted casually, but I didn't expect that Yuanxing looked like a young monk, but no matter what topic he said, he could talk to him a few words. Naturally, he didn't know that in the past or present life, Yuanxing was a regular visitor to the online forum. The mixed experiences of what he saw and heard were not comparable to those of an ancient man. Later, the two became friends of age.
Now that I heard that Yuanxing was about to leave, I was reluctant to leave, and I was more worried. In the past few days, because there were people in my family, I was particularly concerned about the news on the market. Although I didn’t know the exact destination of Yuanxing, several towns in the northwest must have not been gone. Now, people are stationed in various towns, and even some local governments have participated. At this time, a person with children appeared, which was too conspicuous.
Seeing Yuanxing just smiled and didn't answer, he advised again: "You can't go? If you return to the south, you will be nice to you and her."
"As the promises that people have been entrusted by others, they should be followed." Yuan Xing shook his head and sighed, "What's more, I have to go there without help." They were obviously using him as bait to fish. Now he has been put on the hook, so how can he come and go casually? Of course, Yuan Xing doesn't mind poking him and pointing blood when the fisherman picks fish.
"I know that your monks don't speak nonsense and believe in cause and effect." Dr. Chen snorted: "Do you still have to go even if you die? Can you protect the little girl?"
"You can disguise it." Yuan Xing smiled.
"How was someone discovered before?" Dr. Chen glanced at the side before whispering: "No matter how you disguise, this girl is always a child, and it is too obvious that she can't speak."
"I have a solution." Yuan Xing turned to the little girl who was being pulled by Mrs. Chen to appreciate the fish, and added in his heart: "Maybe a little hurt..."
Chapter completed!