Chapter 12 Mystery in the Pharmacy (1)

Xiaoruo made some inquiries and found out that all the people in the village went to the medical clinic in the town for medical treatment, and the town was about fifteen kilometers away from Jingzhu Village.

There are no horses in the village, and mules are mostly used to drive the carts. It takes two or three hours from Jingzhu Village to the town.It is precisely because it takes half a day to go there, the villagers usually fight it out only when they have a headache and brain fever, and they go to the town to see a doctor if they can't stand it.

Liu Tiesheng happened to be going to the town to buy some things today, and when he heard Xiao Ruo asking how to get to the town medical center, he said heartily: "Girl from the Xiao family, uncle, I am going to the town, I can pick you up, but what are you doing today?" Are you going to the hospital? Is Niao Niao or Zhao Zhao sick?"

"Uncle Liu, it's not that you are sick. It's a distant relative of mine who came to see my parents. On the way, I met bandits and robbers. Not to mention his property was robbed and he was injured. I want to take him to the town to let the doctor Take a look."

"A relative? Why didn't I see it yesterday..." Liu Tiesheng was taken aback. He didn't see any familiar faces when the Xiao family had an accident yesterday. Why did a distant relative appear overnight?Don't be another lame Zhang, right?
"It was only after dark yesterday, so the big guys probably didn't notice." Xiaoruo fooled her with a reason that she had thought up a long time ago. "The four of us, will it take up too much space in your car? Why don't you help us see if anyone else is going to the town, and we can rent a car..."

"Hey, I'm going to the town to do some shopping. When I go, the car is empty, so I can take the four of you and take up space." Liu Tiesheng interrupted Xiaoruo's words with a wave of his hand. "Besides, your two children are so big, and you are so thin, how much space can be occupied, even if your relative is a cow, I can take it with her."

Hearing Liu Tiesheng say that Xiao Xun is like a cow, Xiao Ruo almost burst out laughing.The farmers are simple and straightforward, sincere and enthusiastic towards people, and although their words are not pleasant, they really think about you.

For example, Liu Tiesheng thanked her and made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the village in a quarter of an hour, and Xiaoruo went home and got ready.

The distance to the town is not short, plus you have to buy medicine for your injuries, so you will not be able to come back that day, so you have to stay in the town for one night.I don't know how much it costs to live abroad in this era, and how much it costs to see a doctor and buy medicine.

Xiao Ruo dug out the small cloth package under the bed board at home and counted it. It was all the savings of the Xiao family's parents. There were a few small pieces of broken silver, about one tael, and two strings of copper coins, totaling two hundred cash.

After much deliberation, Xiaoruo decides to bring them all. One is that she doesn’t know the current prices, and the other is that she doesn’t feel at ease because no one is hiding money at home.

Each of them packed up a change of clothes, and tied Xiaoxun's leg injury tightly with cloth strips. After asking Grandpa Liu and Grandma Wang to help take care of the chickens at home for a few days, Xiaoruo carefully locked the courtyard door. , handed over the key to Grandma Wang, and the four of them went to the village entrance to meet Liu Tiesheng.

Liu Tiesheng was quite surprised when he saw Xiao Xun. He thought that the distant relative of the Xiao family would be an old man or a man in his prime, but he never expected it to be a boy in his teens.

The four of them got into the mule cart, and Liu Tiesheng sat on the front shaft and drove the mule forward, chatting with them all the way.

Xiaoruo told Liu Tiesheng that Xiaoxun was a relative of her mother's three generations away. Originally, the whole family came to find Xiao's mother to visit her home, but they encountered bandits on the way and killed their family. Strong and vigorous, barely escaped from bandits.

He fumbled and fled according to the little news left by his mother before, and he didn't meet her until last night when he arrived at her house.Although he saved his life, Xiao Xun also suffered a lot of injuries, not to mention limping, his throat was also damaged and he couldn't make a sound.

When Liu Tiesheng heard Xiao Ruo's miserable words, he looked at Xiao Xun with sympathy and pity.Such a good boy lost his parents at the hands of the bandits, and he also became like this, the bandits are really hateful.

"What's wrong with the world! In the past few years, I also heard that bandits are getting more and more rampant, and the government's suppression of bandits every year has no effect. They only know that we should increase the amount of food handed in every year!" Liu Tiesheng cursed all the way. Dog official dog bandit.

Xiaoruo smiled and answered from time to time, and whispered in Xiaoxun's ear secretly: "Dog officials and bandits are not good dogs, we Xiaogou are good puppies, aren't we?"

It made Xiaoxun's ears red like boiled shrimps, he held the side of the car tightly with his hands, looked at the sky and the earth with his eyes, at Xiaoyou Xiaozhao who was eating candy, and Liu Tiesheng who was driving the car, but he didn't dare to look at him Xiao Ruo smiled.

It was past noon when he arrived in Shangxi Town, Liu Tiesheng stopped the mule cart beside the road near the pharmacy, pointed to the house with the plaque of Tzu Chi Hall not far away, and said: "That is the only pharmacy in the town, and there are clinics in it. the doctor."

After Xiaoruo nodded, she asked again: "When do you plan to go back in the afternoon? I'll pick you up then, and save you from looking for another car when you go back. Horse-drawn carriages in this town are very expensive!"

Xiaoruo supported Xiaoxun, who had difficulty moving, and let him lean half on her shoulder.Xiaoyou Xiaozhao had never been to the town before, and she was a little apprehensive looking at the people coming and going on the road, and she stood close to her eldest sister, like two restless little quails.

"Uncle Liu, Ah Xun's leg is seriously injured, I'm afraid we will spend the night in the town tonight." Xiaoruo thanked Liu Tiesheng for his kindness. "Go and do your work."

Looking at Xiaoruo's calm appearance, he must have his own calculations in his mind, Liu Tiesheng didn't say anything more, he just told Xiaoyou Xiaozhao to listen to his sister, there are so many people in the town, don't run around, and follow her sister closely.Seeing the two little Doudings nodding obediently, he turned around and went about his own business.

After parting from Liu Tiesheng, Xiao Ruo and his party walked towards the Tzu Chi Hall.

Xiaoxun's legs dragged his feet for cooking in the morning, and he huddled on the wooden boards of the mule cart for three hours. His energy and blood were blocked. Every time he landed, he felt as if thousands of needles were pierced from the soles of his feet, or someone Hitting his leg bones with a wooden stick caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on his forehead.

He bit the flesh inside his lips tightly, not making a painful gasp.

The puppy has to be brave, the puppy doesn't want Xiaoruo to worry.

When I arrived at the entrance of the Charity Hall, I found that the entrance of the pharmacy was surrounded by layers of people, and the crowd were whispering and discussing something.

Looking through the crowd like a pharmacy, I saw a middle-aged man in silk sitting in the center, with four tall servants behind him.

The middle-aged man furrowed his brows tightly, scolding the white-bearded old man next to the medicine cabinet.

"Old man Cen, I didn't go to the county government to ask a doctor for my son because I believed in your medical skills. You said a few days ago that my son was just a malignant sore and swollen poison, and he could be cured with a few doses of medicine." The middle-aged man was furious. The four servants also took a step closer to the white bearded old man with dark faces, and the threat was very strong.

"My son has indeed improved after taking the three patches of medicine you prescribed. Why did he suddenly cry out for pain after drinking the last patch today, with a fever all over his body, and now he is unconscious!" The more he said, the more angry, middle-aged The man pointed at the old man with a finger wearing a jade wrench and shouted angrily. "Tell me, do you think that after my son recovers, you will no longer be able to earn consultation fees, poison my son and murder my son!"

Following the angry questioning of the middle-aged man, the servants rolled up their sleeves, intending to do something to the old man.

There were even more discussions among the crowd.

One said that Dr. Cen had been practicing medicine in Shangxi Town for so many years and no one had ever had an accident on his hands. Dr. Cen was a doctor with a benevolent heart to save lives and heal the wounded, so how could he go back and kill the son of a middle-aged man.

Another person went on to ask, what if Dr. Cen missed this time?Or maybe people become greedy when they get older, and they may not be sure if they want to collect more money for their own retirement. That's why they took the last prescription of the Zhang family's son in order to earn more consultation fees.

It turned out that this middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and covered in gold and silver was Zhang Fengling, the largest rich man in Shangxi Town, and he had only one son named Zhang Dingge under his knees.Zhang Dingge suffered from a strange disease a few days ago. His mouth and tongue were sore and he couldn't eat. His knees were swollen like steamed buns. He became thinner day by day, but his limbs became more and more swollen.

It's not that Zhang Fengling didn't go to the county government to find a doctor for treatment as he himself said, but he went to more than a dozen county doctors, but they couldn't find out the cause and left angrily. Cen old man.

Although people in the town respect old man Cen as Doctor Cen, he has always insisted that he is just a pharmacist, far from being a doctor.

The patient came to the door to ask for medicine, and paid enough for the consultation fee, and old man Cen didn't have any reason to turn people away.After seeing Zhang Dingge's symptoms, he told Zhang Fengling that it was just a kind of malignant sore and swelling, but it was relatively rare.The prescriptions he gave were also some common herbs, which can be bought in ordinary pharmacies.

Zhang Fengling was dubious at first, so he sent someone to decoct the medicine according to the prescription and let Zhang Dingge take it.

Sure enough, as soon as the medicine was applied, Zhang Dinge woke up slowly.Zhang Fengling was overjoyed, and followed the old man's doctor's order to decoct the medicine and deliver it on time for three consecutive days.

Originally, Zhang Dingge was able to get out of bed and walk around, and his swollen knees had subsided a lot. Seeing that his son was about to recover, the maid who served his son came to report in a panic early this morning, saying that the young master made the last post in the morning. After drinking the medicine, he complained of pain, saying that his body seemed to be on fire, and he fell into a coma not long after howling and rolling.

(End of this chapter)

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