" He ge’er , why did you come back so late?"

    "On a rainy day, I made the meal earlier."

    "I injured my leg when I went up the mountain to collect firewood. It was a bit chilly in the rain. I need to wash and clean up.”

    The person who came back with a half-empty basket on his back was soaked by the rain. After going out for a long time, he finally came back. She didn't say anything, but her eyes swept back and forth on the basket, which meant more obvious to open your mouth directly.

    "Who doesn't have three disasters and six pains? It's easy to get wind and cold in winter. Doesn't your second sister have some coughs before? It's normal. Don't worry about it."

    "Seeing that you are such a big child, you still can't chop the firewood, you fell on your knee and poked a big hole in your trousers. Our family is not a wealthy family, so we need to take care of our clothes. The clothes of the whole family, the fastest to be damaged is yours. Your father is not as good as you."

    Xu He listened to every sentence of loving mother's concern, but she didn't care about himself at all, thinking that the second sister's oily skin was broken, she was like an ant in a hot pot, but how she treated himself with a calm attitude, he really didn't want to say much, so he dragged his injured leg back to the room to deal with it.

    Dinner was late at night, and all three of the family of four were complaining and blaming.

    Over the years, he thought that he had settled his position in that family long ago, and his heart was as hard and cold as iron, but iron would also burn when it was heated.

    Sitting on the stool, recalling the whole story of his injury, he lowered his head slightly, unable to restrain the tears in his eyes.

    "Is it so uncomfortable? The doctor will come soon."

    Zhang Fangyuan looked at the little ge’er who was hugging his knees and was about to tangle up. His thin back was trembling slightly. He knew that people were in a bad mood. He rarely said any soft words, not good at coaxing people, so he could only urge the medical boy to arrange it quickly.

    The medical boy saw that he lowered his head and talked softly to the little ge’er, but when he raised his head, he looked ferocious. He sighed that the speed of changing his face was hindered by the fact that the man gave money and was strong, so the medical boy had to go again to see if the doctor had finished treating the previous one.

    "The doctor is finished, this gentleman, you can take the patient to see the doctor."


    Zhang Fangyuan leaned over to help Xu He: "Can you still stand up?"


    Xu He quickly wiped his eyes and held on the stool, Zhang Fangyuan still helped with his wrist. An old doctor in the consultation room was writing a prescription, and watched the two came in and greeted them to sit down.

    The doctor glanced at the patient, and then at the tall and burly Zhang Fangyuan. He looked familiar, as if he often saw him coming to the clinic to get medicine for bruises and bones for a while.

    But he didn't specialize in muscles and bones, and he didn't know the name of this person: "Who are you to the patient?"

    He asked Zhang Fangyuan, and Zhang Fangyuan glanced at He ge’er .

    "I'm his brother. A while ago, my younger brother went up the mountain to cut firewood and injured his leg and got caught in the rain. It's windy and cold. Please take a look, doctor." 

The doctor looked at the wound on the knee. "Yeah, the wound has been there for several days. you haven't bandaged it and applied the medicine, and you haven't paid attention to rest? It's all inflamed, and I blame you for typhoid fever. It's one end in the rain, and the wound infection will also cause fever."

The old doctor looked at the little boy. The little ge’er was pitiful, he knew the sufferings of people in the countryside, even if he had never had any sufferings in his life of practicing medicine, so he turned his head and blamed the tall and strong guy behind him: "There are so many people in the family who can't finish their jobs, but they shouldn't let the injured do it, if you don’t take good care of your body, the loss outweighs the gain, can you still work hard if the root of disease has fallen?”

    Zhang Fangyuan nodded: “The doctor said so.”

    Xu He frowned, unexpectedly Zhang Fangyuan would be so cooperative.

    The old doctor saw that Zhang Fangyuan was quite sincere, so he stopped chattering, and said: "Now the old man will prescribe some wound medicine. Your wound needs to be treated again now. Medicine should be taken immediately. You can't be sloppy anymore. I will prescribe another medicine for typhoid fever, twice a day when you go home, and you will be healthy in a short time.

After the prescription was written, the doctor gave it to Zhang Fangyuan, and asked him to go out to get the medicine.

    Xu He watched the person went out, and then he said what he was worried in his heart, he asked the doctor about the cost of the consultation in a low voice.

The old doctor stretched his eyes and said, "Our Shencaotang is a century-old pharmacy in Siyang City. It’s not a small pharmacy that like to cheat. The price is very fair and we will not charge you randomly. Besides, don't worry, isn't there your elder brother, so you don't need to pay. "

    This way, it was even more embarrassing for Xu He to talk, and it was hard to say that Zhang Fangyuan was not his brother. It would only increase misunderstandings at that time.


    Zhang Fangyuan moved fast, or Yaotong was afraid of him so that he could handle things quickly. The medicine was brought back within a quarter of an hour. There were not only plasters for external application, but also typhoid medicine for internal use. Several large packages were carried on hemp rope.

    The doctor disinfected He Geer's wound and scraped away the rotten meat that hadn’t been treated these days , and then applied the medicine to the wound. He Ge’er could bear the pain very well, but the doctor was old, and his movements were a bit slow, and the rotten meat was scraped by him intermittently, so painful that he couldn't help but gasped. Fortunately, after being tortured, it stopped. Fortunately, after the medicine was applied, the hot legs became cool, which relieved some pain

    “As long as the medicine is used properly, the wound will heal within a few days."

    "Yes.” Xu He honestly agreed: "Thank you doctor." 

After the wound was bandaged for a stick of incense, Xu He didn't hear Zhang Fangyuan's words halfway, and thought he had already left. When he got up and turned around after bandaging, he saw the butcher standing quietly at the door, beside him was the New Year stickers, made him the same like a door god.

    When he walked over, the door god suddenly pulled out a bunch of candied haws from his arms as if by magic.

    Xu He was stunned, staring blankly at the bunch of sugar-coated hawthorns, which were red in color and  with crystal clear sugar coating.

    The old doctor smiled: "The child is clamoring to be coaxed by adults after seeing the doctor, and your brother want to coax you all the time."

    Xu He blushed, ashamed to pick the coaxing things for the child, but the butcher stuffed it into the palm of his hand: "Thanks doctor, let's go."

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