Qiao Jinyong, the boss of the Qiao family, quickly apologized to Zhu Xiangyi and said, "Doctor Zhu, my father didn't mean that - just wait a moment."
Zhu Xiangyi had a good temper. He nodded and took care of his medicine box.
Qiao Jinyong pulled his father aside and lowered his voice and said urgently: "Dad, are you crazy? On the way to escape from the desert, there may be some three diseases and two disasters. Then won't you have to rely on Zhu Langzhong? You have offended him.
What are you doing? Isn’t it just thirty coins?”
Old man Qiao thought so, but he always had a good reputation, and when his son said it so bluntly, his old face was a little embarrassed. He said with a sullen face and some displeasure: "You are not a householder and don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. What do you mean, it's only thirty cents?"
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As soon as Qiao Jinyong heard his father's words, he knew what his father meant.
I just can't help but feel ashamed.
He rolled his eyes: "What dad said is true, but my son has a way."
Old man Qiao glanced at Qiao Jinyong suspiciously.
Qiao Jinyong gave Old Man Qiao a "look at me" look.
He walked towards Zhu Xiangyi, laughed with him, and called "Doctor Zhu".
Zhu Xiangyi nodded politely and repeated: "The consultation fee is thirty cents."
Qiao Jinyong rubbed his hands with a flattering smile on his face: "Doctor Zhu, our Qiao family is a kind family, so we won't refuse to give these thirty coins. But..."
He changed his voice and said, "My third sister is from your village. You should also know her. She is the widow Qiao from the Mei family with four little devils... You can go to her for these thirty coins."
Zhu Xiangyi frowned again.
He was busy on weekdays sorting out medicinal materials, treating sick elderly people in the village and dispensing medicines, and he only had a general idea of what was going on in the village.
Now Qiao Jinyong asked him to ask Qiao Huaping for the 30 yuan medical fee, but he didn't react for a moment.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Jinyong came over and hugged his shoulders carelessly, half pushing and half leading Zhu Xiangyi out: "...Don't worry, Dr. Zhu, just ask my third sister for it. My third sister will definitely give it to me."
By the time Zhu Xiangyi realized what he was doing, he was already far away from the Qiao family.
Qiao Jinyong ran away.
Zhu Xiangyi sighed and shook his head, and had no choice but to return to Liujin Village's resting place.
Coincidentally, the sun was setting a little now and the sun was not shining so much. The village chief asked people to beat the gong to remind the villagers to pack their bags and prepare to set off.
Zhu Xiangyi didn't go to Qiao Huaping immediately.
The long escape team meandered through most of the mountain road.
Since most of the villagers had taken a bath in the creek and were quite refreshed, their journey in the afternoon was faster than usual.
This is really hard on the Qiao family.
Qiao Jinhui was whipped ten times and it was difficult for him to travel, so he had to sit on a cart, pushed by the eldest brother Qiao Jinyong and the second child Qiao Jinren respectively.
After all, Qiao Jinhui is a young man in his teens, and he is not light in weight. This is equivalent to adding an extra heavy workload to Qiao Jinyong and Qiao Jinren, which makes them very tired.
Not to mention Qiao Jinyong and Qiao Jinren themselves, their daughters-in-law, the Yu family and the Qin family, all complained quite a bit.
It's hard for the two of them to talk about their brother-in-law, otherwise their mother-in-law Qiao Lian, who is now red-eyed, will definitely tear them apart!
Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Qin could only blame Qiao Huaping for all their grievances.
If Qiao Huaping had helped him say a few words at that time, how could he have been beaten like this?
They had grievances in their hearts, so naturally they kept talking in Qiao Lianshi's ears. Qiao Lianshi's anger never got down this afternoon. Her two daughters-in-law said something to each other, and they wanted to use a big stick to kill her directly.
That rebellious girl Qiao Sanya was given a good beating.
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When the sun set in the west and it was almost difficult to see the road ahead, the long fleeing team stopped and began to repair.
Zhu Xiangyi then went to find Qiao Huaping.
Several children from the Mei family were building a stove and lighting a fire under the leadership of Mei Qingyao, while Qiao Huaping was cutting up some bacon left over from earlier.
Seeing Zhu Xiangyi coming, Qiao Huaping was a little surprised: "Dr. Zhu is here?"
Zhu Xiangyi was still embarrassed, and with a bit of stumble, he told him that the Qiao family had asked him to come to Zhu Xiangyi to ask for medical treatment money.
When Qiao Huaping heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said to Zhu Xiangyi: "Doctor Zhu, my mother-in-law's family took me thirty taels of silver before, but they haven't paid it back yet. They only took a small half bag of grain to pay the bill. This means they still owe me."
Yes. I will never give them any more money."
Zhu Xiangyi's face flushed slightly, obviously a little embarrassed.
"This is a private matter of mine. I'm sorry to involve Dr. Zhu." Qiao Huaping said quickly, "Doctor Zhu, please go back first and wait for me for a while. When I cook for the children, I will go and find them."
You, let's go there together. I will help you get the 30 yuan medical fee."
Zhu Xiangyi hesitated: "I'll just go talk to them later..."
"It's okay, I'll go with you." Qiao Huaping lowered his head again and started to cut the small piece of bacon, "The Qiao family did this a bit too much. We don't want to make trouble with him, and everyone will know it, and I'm afraid that
They will use this to do something big in the future... Doctor Zhu will do me a favor."
Zhu Xiangyi seemed to understand and agreed.
Before leaving, he hesitated and said to Qiao Hua: "...I see that the birthmark on your face seems to be getting lighter and lighter. How about I check your pulse?"
He had read a lot of medical skills, but this kind of situation had never been recorded in medical books. He was worried that there was something wrong with Qiao Huaping's body.
Qiao Huaping knew why.
These days, Qiao Huaping has been taking the spiritual water flowing from the stalactites in that space one after another. It is probably because the spiritual water has strengthened her physical fitness and made the birthmark on her face lighter and lighter.
Qiao Huaping stretched out his hand generously.
Zhu Xiangyi couldn't help but glance at Qiao Huaping's wrist.
Despite being exposed to the sun for days, the woman's wrists are still as white as jade, as bright as snow, and the whiteness is a bit dazzling.
Zhu Xiangyi panicked and quickly looked away.
His face felt a little warm for no reason, he lowered his eyes and put his fingers on Qiao Huaping's wrist.
After a few breaths, his hand felt hot and he hurriedly took it back.
"Very, very good, no problem." Zhu Xiangyi said this and left in a hurry.
The base of his ears felt slightly warm.
Qiao Huaping didn't think much about it. She actually knew some medical skills and knew that her body was as strong as a cow.
She speeded up her hands, cut the marinated meat into dices, and mixed it with the wild vegetables. It was just right. Next to it was the mixed noodles, which were almost fermented. She quickly started to wrap up the big meat buns with wild vegetables.
After wrapping, let it ferment a little, then put it in water and steam it.
Qiao Huaping counted the time, borrowed a needle and thread from Aunt Du, and patiently sewed a few stitches on the torn areas of Mei Qingyao's clothes.