Ming Zhiyuan returned to the inn. Although shopkeeper Lan agreed to let him set off with the convoy, he still needed certification documents. Where could he find them?
He thought gloomily for a long time, but couldn't think of a solution. He felt extremely depressed, so he walked out of the inn again and walked aimlessly.
He was thinking about things in his mind and did not look at his surroundings. As he walked, he found that there was no way.
Looking left and right, he found that he had entered a small alley. A little girl not far to his left was looking at him.
The girl was in ragged clothes, holding a wrist in one hand and a small spoon in the other. Behind her was a shaky wooden shed.
At this time, there was a sound of things overturning inside the wooden shed. The little girl hurried in, and immediately there were screams of "Mom, mother, what's wrong with you? You speak, what's wrong with you?"
Ming Zhiyuan wanted to turn around and leave, but when he heard the little girl yelling miserably and it seemed that there was no one else in the wooden shed, he hesitated and entered the wooden shed.
In the wooden shed, I saw the little girl sitting on the ground, holding a woman's shoulders and crying, her face panicked and tears streaming down her face. She saw Ming Zhiyuan come in and cried and begged, "Please save my mother, sir, please help me."
"Save my mother"
Ming Zhiyuan saw from a distance that the woman's eyes were closed, she made no sound, and her chest did not rise and fall. He walked forward and felt the woman's pulse, but could not feel the pulse beating. The woman was probably dead.
He shook his head and was about to leave. The little girl rushed over to hug his legs and begged, "My mother is not dead, please save him. My mother is not dead. Please save her, please save my mother."
I am willing to be your slave and your maidservant."
Ming Zhiyuan cried miserably and couldn't bear to let her go, so she could only say in a gentle voice, "Let me go and I'll take another look."
After hearing this, the little girl let go of her hands. Ming Zhiyuan stepped forward to check the woman's pulse. After a long time, he felt a slight jump and he stood up suddenly.
He asked the little girl, "Where is the nearest hospital? Your mother can still be saved." After that, he leaned over and carried the woman on his back and shouted, "Please lead the way, I will carry your mother. It's too late for the doctor to come."
The little girl hurriedly turned around and went out, saying "Follow me"
The little girl took Ming Zhiyuan all the way. Fortunately, the woman had been ill for a long time and was so thin that she weighed almost nothing. Otherwise, Ming Zhiyuan would not have been able to keep up with the little girl.
Not long after, he arrived at the door of a medical clinic. Ming Zhiyuan rushed in with the woman on his back and shouted, "Doctor, help me, come quickly, the patient has fainted."
Several apprentices immediately ran out of the hospital to help carry the woman into a small courtyard behind the hospital.
A man who looked like a doctor hurriedly came out with silver needles and inserted them into the woman's chest, head and hands.
Then someone brought a small bottle of black liquid to the woman and forced her to drink it.
In less than half an hour, the woman woke up. But her breath was still weak.
Ming Zhiyuan saw that the woman woke up and stood up to leave. Unexpectedly, an apprentice stopped her and said, "Your honor, please pay the consultation fee."
Ming Zhiyuan glanced at the little girl. The little girl did not dare to look at Ming Zhiyuan, but knelt down and kowtowed to Ming Zhiyuan.
Instead, the doctor asked, "Whose family does the young master belong to?" Ming Zhiyuan said, "I don't know you. I just walked to the door of her house when I had nothing to do. I heard the little girl crying miserably, so I helped to send this woman to the emergency room."
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The little girl was speechless, crying softly and kowtowing until blood came out of her forehead.
Ming Zhiyuan sighed and pulled her up, "You don't have to do this. I see that your family situation is really difficult, so I'll help you." After saying that, he took out the banknote from his sleeve and asked the doctor, "I wonder how much the consultation fee is?"
The doctor glanced at him and said: "A bottle of rejuvenating liquid costs five taels of silver. There is no charge for acupuncture."
Several apprentices nearby were stunned when they heard what the doctor said, and they all looked at the doctor.
When Ming Zhiyuan looked at the situation, he knew that the doctor was out of compassion and had undercharged the consultation fee.
He had also heard of the God-Reviving Liquid, which cost at least ten or eighty taels of silver.
At that moment, without saying anything, he took out a fifty-tael silver note and gave it to the doctor:
"I was passing through your area and my ability is limited. I asked the doctor to help treat this woman. It is not easy for the little girl to be alone. Everyone should help."
But the doctor shook his head and said, "If you can't find it, give it to the little girl. I'll prescribe some medicine. Let the girl take it back and boil it for the woman to drink. Then come back after drinking it."
Ming Zhiyuan put the banknote into the little girl's hand and said, "Take it."
The little girl knelt down again and said, "Thank you, my benefactor. Thank you, my benefactor, for saving my mother."
Ming Zhiyuan waved his hand again, turned around and left the hospital.
Just after walking out for a while, I found that the girl was panting and chasing after her. "I haven't asked my benefactor Gao's name yet. Where does he live? Where is his home? When Yi Ruo has money, he will return it to his benefactor."
Ming Zhiyuan looked at her and smiled, "No need to pay it back, just take good care of your mother."
Yiruo refused, insisting that Ming Zhiyuan leave his name. He said that he would go to work in the future and help people with laundry and mending to earn money to pay back to Ming Zhiyuan.
Ming Zhiyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How many years will it take you to do laundry and mending for fifty taels of silver? It's good to be able to support yourself with that little money. Don't you want to live on your own?"
After hearing this, Yiruo hesitated again and lowered her head and said:
"My mother is suffering from tuberculosis. The doctor said that we can only delay it with all our strength. I don't know how long I can delay it, but I will take care of my mother until she can't delay it anymore. When I fulfill my filial piety, I will repay the favor by being a slave to the young master.
"Master"
Ming Zhiyuan replied: "Then wait until you have fulfilled your filial piety and I will come find you again."
Yi Ruo raised her head and said, "Okay, pull the hook. Yi Ruo means what she said." Ming Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and pulled her fingers, watching her turn and run back. The hair pinned with a wooden hairpin was a little scattered. It was floating in the wind, and was smart.
vitality.
When Yiruo returned to the hospital, the doctor said, "Your mother can't move now. I'll ask my apprentice to put her on a stretcher and send her back." Yiruo bent down and bowed: "Thank you, doctor, uncle."
Taking out the banknote again, the doctor said, "No need. Let's settle it after we finish the medicine."
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When Ming Zhiyuan returned to the inn, he remembered that the little girl named Yiruo lived in a wooden shed like that, which would probably collapse in the wind. But her eyes were very smart. She could not see the confusion and confusion in that difficult environment at all.
dull.
After this incident, Ming Zhiyuan went to shopkeeper Lan every day or two to have a drink and chat.
Unconsciously, it was almost half a month later. On this day, the two of them were drinking again at Zailaiju. Shopkeeper Lan told Ming Zhiyuan that he must be ready. He would leave for Chongzhou in the Qianyuan Kingdom the day after tomorrow. Ming Zhiyuan frowned unknowingly.
brow.
Shopkeeper Lan looked at his appearance and asked: What's wrong with the young master? What's the problem?
Ming Zhiyuan said with a perplexed expression and some embarrassment: "Tell the truth to Shopkeeper Lan, I really want to go to Chongzhou with your convoy, but I don't have the customs clearance documents with me."
Shopkeeper Lan was stunned when he heard what Ming Zhiyuan said, "How did the young master come to Gaoyue from the Yuhuo Kingdom?"
Ming Zhiyuan could only tell him with a wry smile how he met Brother Chou from the Rouyun border, how he smuggled across the border, how he was coveted by Brother Chou's associates, but Brother Chou helped him escape.
After listening to this, shopkeeper Lan thought for a while, "I don't want to ask why the young master doesn't have an identity plate or customs clearance document. I guess it's the young master's unspeakable secret."
Ming Zhiyuan nodded and said nothing.
Shopkeeper Lan glanced at him and continued: "It's just that the Qianyuan border is completely different from the strict patrols at the Gaoyue border. It's very difficult for the young master to sneak across from Qianyuan."
When Ming Zhiyuan heard this, he felt something was going on. He hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to Shopkeeper Lan.