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The next morning, before the female birds left their nests to forage for food could return to feed their babies, the gray-covered carriage set off in a certain direction. At this time when only the tips of sun hats are visible, everything on the earth seems to be particularly energetic except for the lack of people.
The breeze that occasionally passes by is filled with a hint of coolness, bringing along with it the crowing of chickens, barking of dogs, and the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers in the city. Occasionally, a few yellow leaves would blow into the gray canopy, and the sounds of several contemptuous men scolding each other would be heard.
Although these voices were only talking about how to carry goods, their enthusiasm made others think that they were about to fight each other at any time. Everyone wants to use their own methods and opinions, which will only lead to disagreements with each other in the end.
I don't know when it started, but everyone around me suddenly noticed that while the daughter of the Zhao family was reading books and articles, she also did not forget to pick up ink and extract sentences, write pictures, and silently record something. At first, everyone thought she was just acting on a whim and didn't ask any more questions. But now, she even wanted to know more about the quarrels between the men passing by, and she became more and more unobtrusive. She was extremely curious about other people's identity stories, so that others had to ask more questions. .
"Little sister, you stay in a corner all day long reading and writing, and you don't forget to ask about other people's experiences and deeds. But what are you planning?" Murong Yan glanced at the paper and pen in the other person's hand, and was about to take a look at it, but the little girl let her know. My sister stopped her quickly.
Seeing that someone finally had questions about her actions, Zhao Xiaomei finally stopped writing and smiled happily: "I just wanted to write down all the interesting things I experienced along the way. I don't know how long it will take for me to go out after returning home this time... …At that time, facing the obedient servants all day long will not be as interesting as listening to the scolding broker talking just now.”
"No wonder the little sister has been clamoring all day long to enjoy the 'golden eyes' in the slave's hands. It's a pity that the chrysalis given by Sister Mengdie won't be able to emerge until next spring." Ajuan looked at the young master driving the car. He glanced at it and said, "However, I'm not sure where the slave family will be at that time?"
Several girls sat side by side and chatted with each other. It seemed impossible that anyone could separate them. Compared to the other four people in front of them who were deserted and desolate, it was a completely different scene. It is in such a small space that two opposing emotions exist at the same time.
The beggar, Little Shitou, huddled in the corner with a sad look on his face, watching others' laughter and play coldly. Next to her, E Feiying's brows were slightly furrowed, and she sat leg-to-legged quite cautiously, as if she was afraid of letting others see the joke. The other two were Bai Feng and Tao Wuyong. They just sat quietly, each with their own thoughts.
This desolate place in the gray awning only changed slightly after the little sister accidentally blurted it out.
"Having said that, I never imagined that a person as cool and unrestrained as Mr. Su would end up like this..."
As soon as the younger sister finished speaking, Tao Wuyong suddenly spoke out. He twisted his throat, making a slight high-pitched voice intermittently, and scolded in a sarcastic tone: "Hehehe... little girl, if you want to pity others, why not think about yourself first?"
"Senior Tao?" The younger sister asked doubtfully: "This junior just spoke quickly and did not mean to offend Mr. Su..."
"Su Qing, at least he has not failed himself in this life..." Tao Wuyong said: "And how many rich ladies like you can survive in the world as they wish? Hahaha..."
After hearing this, the little girl was speechless for a long time. After a little while, I actually held my own handwriting and secretly wiped my tears and started sobbing. She may have thought of the lonely days in her boudoir, or of the friends who were destined to leave her, or of more various causes and conditions...
"I..." As if someone had manipulated her soul, the little girl fell silent in the words of others and could not extricate herself.
"You?" Tao Wuyong continued: "Why, the juniors nowadays don't want people to say more words?"
Bai Feng on the side saw this and tried to persuade her: "Senior Tao, she is just a little girl, why should she be like this..."
"Thankfully my son is so happy with you, but you are so vulnerable!"
After saying this, E Feiying, who was beside Bai Feng, couldn't help Tao Wuyong relying on his elders like this, and retorted: "Senior Tao Wuyong is a famous doctor, and today he is actually ridiculing an unknown person here. If this spreads out, won't it make people angry?" Is the world laughing at you?"
"Whatever you want, anyway, the old man's reputation is not very good..." Tao Wu used such a frivolous and rude attitude, which instantly angered E Feiying. Fortunately, Bai Feng's timely dissuasion allowed the conflict to end in time.
Lingcheng is located dozens of miles southwest of Cangzhou City and can be reached by car in less than half a day. During the break in the storm, Zhao Kuo galloped to his destination and found a post station to rest.
Due to the fatigue of running around for days and the excessive drinking of strong alcohol yesterday, the young swordsman's old wounds that had not fully healed suddenly recurred. Many wounds on his body cracked and oozed pus, especially the knife wound left by E Feiying. .
Everyone thought that as a doctor, Tao Wuyong's duty was to help the people and the world, so they should not care about the conflict that just happened and just continue to treat people. Unexpectedly, after seeing the scars on Bai Feng's body, the guy actually asked for five thousand taels.
The cost of such expensive treatment is beyond everyone’s imagination. However, this is the reason why Tao Wuyong is notorious: when he treats diseases and patients, he charges money, sometimes he does not take a penny, and sometimes he is very open-minded, very arbitrary, and has no medical ethics at all.
Everyone rummaged through their luggage pockets and found that they could only cover their travel expenses together. How could they still have enough money to treat Bai Feng's injuries? While looking for other doctors, they were afraid that the whereabouts of Bai Feng and Murong Yan would be exposed. Due to various factors, everyone can only rely on Tao Wuyong.
But even though Tao Wuyong saw this group of people in such distress, he did not sympathize with them. He only said that he came here because of Su Qing's request and not out of good intentions, so he continued to insist on the five thousand. Asking price of two.
Seeing Bai Feng's consciousness gradually blurring and her body getting weaker, everyone had no choice but to find some herbal bandages to stop the damage, plus Murong Yan's "special care" to survive the period when the injury worsened.
During this period of time, Bai Feng's body would sometimes become hot, and sometimes he would speak gibberish incoherently, shocking everyone into thinking that his end was approaching. E Feiying even went to see Tao Wuyong with a knife for this reason, forcing him to treat Baifeng and threatening to chop off his head. It's just that Tao Wuyong, as a veteran, knew that his juniors had nothing to worry about, and he even became more arrogant and threatened to commit suicide by hitting the wall. This frightened these juniors to a loss, and he almost had them in his palms.
Bai Feng was resting quietly in the post house. He was in a coma for two full days. After many people's efforts, he finally managed to survive and his physical condition gradually improved.
It was also when Bai Feng's health improved that they were willing to set out to look for Xiao Shitou's seriously ill family member and Yuan Fengzi.
