In Dongli Town, there are about a hundred households, and a main street paved with bluestones runs through the entire town.
At noon that day, a man in green clothes came to the entrance of the town carrying a red sandalwood sword box. The man in green clothes was none other than Li Taiping, who left the Cui family in Guangling more than a month ago.
As soon as Li Taiping entered the town, he felt that this town was very different. The streets were very clean, and all the passers-by had red faces and well-dressed clothes. Moreover, there was not even a beggar in sight along the way, which shows that the small town is very special. The people in the town are living a very comfortable life.
It can be said that the small town of Dongli is rare in these ten miles and eight villages, and even in the entire Daqian Dynasty. Li Taiping, who has traveled far and wide, cannot imagine that there is such a prosperous town in Daqian Dynasty. .
"The freshly cooked local chicken stew is not only delicious, but also nourishes and strengthens the body. Sir, please have a bowl. If it's not delicious, you won't get a penny!" The old woman opened the big iron pot, and a delicious aroma filled the pot. Got out...
Li Taiping was looking into the big pot with his legs raised and his head stretched out. When his grandma said it wasn't delicious, he didn't need any money, so he grabbed a handbag and sat in front of the stall.
"How did you sell it?"
When grandma saw that her husband was sitting down, she smiled and filled a big bowl: "My native chicken is not worth a few cents. If your husband likes it, just give him ten cents. If he doesn't like it, just give him ten cents." It doesn’t matter, grandma won’t take any money.”
There was a big bowl full of chicken. The chicken fell into pieces when touched lightly with chopsticks. The aroma was so fragrant that Li Taiping's mouth watered with greed.
"Mr. Lang, you're in for a treat. Grandma Liu's local chicken stew is famous far and wide. If you had arrived a little later, you wouldn't even be able to get the soup!" A woman carrying a jar arrived. Li Taiping smiled beside him.
Li Taiping was too busy to answer, so he nodded vigorously, saying that his grandma's local chickens were indeed well-deserved.
I saw that the woman was very familiar with her. She sat down on the bed next to her and said with a smile: "It turns out that your husband is a foreigner. The locals eat local chicken with young eggs. It is so satisfying to eat." "
Li Taiping swallowed the food in his mouth, glanced at the jar the woman was carrying, and said with a smile: "Isn't this lady selling baby eggs?"
The woman was talking and laughing just now, but now she was unhappy. She rolled her eyes at Li Taiping, covered the jar, stood up and said, "Mr. Lang, please don't think that I can't sell a child like me! If I hadn't looked at Lang You are a foreigner, so you are too lazy to tell me!"
Li Taiping smiled nonchalantly.
"My mistress is not yet weaned, and her urine is so hard-boiled that even the good people at Houde Villa have to fight to buy it!"
The woman was so proud that she said nothing, turned around and left with the jar in hand...
At this time, I saw grandma waving to the woman and shouting: "From Tiezhu's family, pick up two baby eggs for grandma."
Grandma paid three cents and took the two boys' eggs, then smiled at the woman and said, "Here's my old man's health too!"
When grandma saw the woman walking away, she put one of the baby eggs into Li Taiping's hand: "The third child in Tiezhu's family hasn't even passed a hundred days yet. These baby eggs are genuine. After all, the ones sold by other families are a little less conscious!" Try it, sir, grandma gave it to you!"
Li Taiping took the boy's egg and looked left and right, turned it over, and took it to the tip of his nose to smell it. In the end, he didn't understand why this boy's egg was so valuable. You know, the braised eggs on the market can cost as much as three cents. I bought ten of them, but I could only buy three of these baby eggs.
"Ren Zhong Bai, have you heard that eggs boiled in child's urine have similar effects to that? It can nourish yin and reduce fire, stop bleeding and treat blood clots. Look, in less than two hundred steps, the child's eggs from Tiezhu's family will be snatched away.
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Grandma saw Lang Jun looking at the boy with a confused look on his face, so she couldn't help but explain with a smile.
Li Taiping dared to take a bite, but he didn't taste the smell of urine. Instead, it tasted almost like braised eggs, so he didn't worry about it. After two mouthfuls, the eggs went into his stomach.
Not long after, before Li Taiping finished eating the local chicken in his bowl, the woman from Tiezhu's family came back with an empty jar, and stopped specifically next to Li Taiping, showing off her power.
When the woman saw her husband lowering his head like a defeated rooster, she walked home with a proud step...
Li Taiping turned around and saw the woman walking away, so he took out twelve cents and put it on the table. At the same time, he asked: "Grandma, why don't we even have a place to stay in this town?"
I saw grandma pick up two pennies, put them into Li Taiping's hand, and then said with a smile: "A bowl of local chicken pot is ten cents, and the baby eggs are given to you by grandma, so grandma only charges you ten cents! As for what you said about the town?
Why is there no inn in the city? It’s all because opening an inn in Dongli Town is a loss-making business!”
"Why is this?" Li Taiping asked doubtfully.
Grandma smiled and said: "Go west and leave the town. When you see the fork in the road, go north. Walk for an hour and you will see Houde Villa. The owner of the village is called Le Shanren. The people in Dongyang County call him a good person."
Grandma took a new bowl, filled another pot with a bowl of clear soup and handed it to Li Taiping. Then she took the bed and sat down to talk slowly.
Houde Villa is "Benevolent and Benevolent". As the name suggests, the people are kind and charitable, and are very famous in Dongyang County. The people of Dongli Town rely on the light of "Le Shanren" to live a life of food and clothing without worries.
Make friends, and have a regular guest room at home to entertain passers-by for free. Since Houde Villa is only an hour away from Dongli Town, the inn in Dongli Town has become a decoration and no one cares about it.
Houde Villa came into existence from scratch. It was built brick by brick by Le Shanren. It was only in his generation that the Le family became prosperous. To say that Le Shanren's half life was legendary, the Le family were poor at that time.
It was impossible to open the pot, and the young man Le Shanren was about to starve to death, but suddenly an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard came to the Le family.
The old Taoist priest also fell in love with Le Shanren for some reason. He lived in Le Shanren for more than half a month and taught Le Shanren the methods of medical treatment.
He went around the streets with a medicine box to treat people. From then on, Lejia began to prosper, and today's Houde Villa was established.
Le Shanren is thirty-three this year and has two children. There are more than twenty people in his family, which can be considered a full house of children and grandchildren.
Grandma put away the bowls and chopsticks, stood up and said, "The story is over."
Before Li Taiping left, he quietly stuffed two cents into his grandmother's arms before saying goodbye and leaving.
After eating and drinking enough, he had to find a place to spend the night, and Li Taiping really wanted to meet this kind man. After all, it was rare for a good person to do this.
There is a small river less than two feet wide outside Houde Villa. At this time, a middle-aged man in coarse linen clothes is sitting by the river fishing. I saw a man in Chinese clothes coming out of the Villa and trotting all the way.
Then I came to the middle-aged man...
"Dad, it's getting cold! It's hard to catch fish here. Let's go back to Zhuangzi." The man said with concern.
The middle-aged man stared at the river and said without looking back: "This fish is interesting only if it is difficult to catch. If you just bite the bait, there will be no fun at all!" - You don't understand why I am telling you this. !”
The young man still stood respectfully behind his father and said: "My father will be traveling for more than a month. A few days ago, the old man of the Huo family in Dingyang County came to seek medical advice. He is still living in Zhuangzi. Father, please take some time to see me." look?"
"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Huo Liandong is not a good person. Those children and grandchildren of the Huo family are not good birds. They have a bad reputation in Dingyang County! I want to see a doctor for this old boy! Let him wait. Let's go." Le Shanren looked at the river without moving at all.
The young man continued: "Old man Liu from the next village got cold. His son just carried him to Zhuangzi yesterday..."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier! How can you drag the old man away from the cold? It will kill him!" Le Shanren threw down the fishing rod, turned around and returned to Zhuangzi after a few ups and downs.
The young man looked at his father's leaving figure and shook his head. He knelt down and packed up the fishing rods and baskets before trotting back to Zhuangzi.
The guest rooms in Houde Villa are of different grades. Whether it is the wealthy Huo Liandong or the old man Liu who has been farming all his life, they all live in the same guest rooms. In Le Shanren's eyes, human life does not distinguish between high and low, rich or poor. They all only have one life.
The door of Old Man Liu's guest room was pushed open. When Old Man Liu's eldest son saw the person who came in, he couldn't help but bow his head. At the same time, he begged in the middle of his mouth: "Good Person Le, please save my father! He can cure illnesses and save lives." Money, I will return it to you even if I treat you like a cow or a horse."
The poor people in the Daqian Dynasty got sick, and if they had no money, they would have to wait for death. But Dongyang County was different, because there was a kind person here who was willing to treat the people's illnesses and get medicine for free.
Every year, the kindhearted people would take the medicine box on a carriage and go around Dongyang County to visit the homes of the poor. If they were sick, they would treat them. If they were not sick, they would also give some money to help them tide over the difficulties. .
I saw Le Shanren helping up Old Man Liu's son and saying, "Treating diseases and saving people is the most important thing. We will talk about other things later."
After checking his pulse and asking for a diagnosis, Le Shanren wrote a prescription and handed it to Old Man Liu's eldest son. He said, "Just give the prescription to the housekeeper. Someone will bring the medicine when it's ready. You can live here with peace of mind until your father gets sick." Okay, you and your son can leave now. As for the money, don’t mention it again, otherwise I will kick you and your son out."
"Thank you to the great good man Le for saving your life. As long as I have a word from him in my lifetime, I will not frown even if I go up mountains of swords and seas of fire!"
With tears in his eyes, Old Man Liu's eldest son knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Le Shanren...
Le Shanren came out of the guest room and saw Huo Liandong standing aside respectfully. He couldn't help but look up and down and said, "Aren't you so nice?"
Seeing that Huo Liandong's face turned red and he hesitated for a long time without explaining the reason, Le Shanren was so anxious that he said: "I don't have time to play riddles with you. I have to see a doctor or talk about something, so don't waste your time!"
Huo Liandong looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he came forward and whispered a few words...
"What? Another wife! - Let's go, go quickly! I don't have the kind of medicine you mentioned!"
Hearing that the old man Huo Liandong had married another concubine, Le Shanren almost swore at her. What was even more disgusting was that he was over 60 years old and still wanted to have sex every night, so he went to him to buy aphrodisiacs.
Already.
How could Huo Liandong give up like that? He followed Le Shanren all the way, laughing and telling small stories, regardless of his identity. It seems that men's things are much more important than face...