The young couple was wary of the Yang family's next move, and the Yang family was also wary of the Chu family and Ding An's revenge. Instead, the days came to mid-March quietly.
During this period, the young couple made a lot of paper rice bowls. After the New Year, paper rice bowls seemed to be more accepted, and they could sell one or two every now and then. Burning paper and paper ingots with copper coins is still too cold.
The shop was not very busy that day. Taking advantage of the good weather in the afternoon, Shen Luzhu and Xiu Xiu bathed Zhengzheng and Lihua in the house.
After Chu Yi counted the inventory in the warehouse, he and Chu Li played chess in the shop. The two brothers were concentrating on the game when there was a sound of panicked footsteps and they ran into the shop. Then there was a muffled sound and the person who came knelt down. In front of Chu Yi.
"Boss Chu, please save my brother, please!"
The person who came was none other than Xue Changlin, the younger brother of the two brothers who had tipped off the young couple before.
Seeing this, Chu Yi hurriedly helped the man up from the ground, and then saw some bruises on his face, as if he had a fight with someone: "What's wrong with your brother? Get up and talk slowly."
Chu Li moved his chair over and asked Xue Changlin to sit down, while he stood aside and listened quietly.
Xue Changlin sobbed and said: "My brother, my brother is going to die. Shuanzi went out and robbed other people's things. They followed him to the alley where we live and beat everyone. Brother, in order to protect me I was beaten very badly. It has been two days. I have been having a fever. They ignored me even when I asked them. They all said that my brother is dying. I...I don’t have money to find a doctor, wuwuwu...Boss Chu, please You, please save my brother."
As he spoke, Xue Changlin knelt down again and knocked his head on the ground with a bang. He was pulled up again by Chu Yi and Chu Li: "Li, please look after the shop. Brother and he will go take a look. If your sister-in-law asks, Yes, tell her not to worry, I’ll be right back.”
"I understand, brother, be careful."
After Chu Yi finished speaking, he took out some money from the box under the counter, and then followed Xue Changlin out of the shop.
The Xue brothers live in a narrow alley in the east of the city. It is said to be an alley but is actually a dead end. There are random piles of debris everywhere along the way. In addition to the two brothers, there are also four or five beggars living in the alley. There were young and old, men and women, all nesting against the wall, begging for some charity when they saw someone passing by.
Chu Yi took the doctor he invited along the way and followed Xue Changlin all the way to the innermost part of the alley, where he saw Xue Changshan curled up in the corner with an abnormally bright red face and chapped lips.
When Xue Changlin saw his brother lying there, he hurriedly ran over to look around, and then asked an elderly beggar not far away: "Master Mao, where is Shuanzi? Didn't he promise to help me take care of my brother?"
The old beggar, who was called Grandpa Mao, half-opened his eyes and hummed: "That damn boy, you just left and you didn't know where you went after a while. You two brothers are the only ones who are honest and willing to talk to him. If you ask me, you should do it." Drive him out of our alley and cause trouble all day long, and we, old and young, will be killed by him sooner or later."
Xue Changlin didn't care to respond to Grandpa Mao's complaint. He hurriedly ran forward and knelt beside his brother, feeding him water from a broken bowl on the side. The doctor invited by Chu Yi was originally very disgusted and dissatisfied with this place. It can be seen that after seeing Xue Changshan, he didn't care much. He hurriedly lifted up the hem of his gown and knelt down to check on him.
Seeing that the doctor had checked Xue Changshan's injuries, checked his pulse and was about to get up, Chu Yi hurriedly stepped forward to give him a hand and asked, "Doctor, how is this child?"
The doctor frowned lightly and sighed: "This child has a weak spleen and stomach, insufficient liver and kidneys, and insufficient Qi and blood. To put it bluntly, he has been deprived of food and clothing for a long time. He has suffered a great loss. This time he was injured a little more seriously, so he couldn't sleep. I wake up with a high fever that won’t go away. If I can find a clean place for medical treatment and recuperation, I have to recover slowly. But in this situation, even if I take the medicine, I’m afraid..."
The doctor shook his head and did not finish what he said, but everyone understood the implication. If Xue Changshan continued to stay in such an environment, he would not be able to survive long even if he drank medicine and had no food. .
Xue Changlin naturally understood. He originally thought that by begging Chu Yi to find a doctor, his brother would be cured after drinking the medicine, but the reality was like this
Cruel, he immediately hugged his brother and burst into tears.
"Brother, brother, wake up, don't leave me alone, wuwuwu..."
Chu Yi looked at the two brothers in front of him and took a deep breath. He really couldn't help but watch a fresh life pass by like this.
"Doctor, please go back to the hospital to get some medicine. Please wait and help find someone to send to Chu Ji's funeral on Changqing Street. This is the money for the medicine and the consultation fee, thank you."
Chu Yi said, took some money and handed it to the doctor, then squatted down and carried Xue Changshan on his back, and told Xue Changlin: "Follow me, go to my place."
Xue Changlin said "Oh" in shock, then immediately reacted, picked up the brothers' meager belongings, and trotted to follow them.
"Thank you, Boss Chu, thank you, Boss Chu!"
"Come on, it's important to save your brother first."
After hearing Chu Li's explanation, Shen Luzhu took Zheng Zheng and stayed in the shop, waiting for Chu Yi to come back: "A Li, how long has your brother been out?"
"It's been almost an hour, sister-in-law, why don't I go out and look for you?"
Shen Luzhu smiled at Chu Li: "It's okay, I'm just asking casually. You don't know where your brother has gone, where can you find him?"
While the two were talking, they saw Chu Yi coming in with someone on his back, followed by Xue Changlin trotting behind him. Shen Luzhu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why is it so serious? Have you seen the doctor?"
"Look, the doctor said we need to find a clean place to recover slowly, so I brought him back. A-Zhu let the two brothers stay in the west courtyard first."
Shen Luzhu hurriedly handed Zhengzheng to Chu Li: "Ali, please look at Zhengzheng and the shop first. Chu Yi, please take people to the west courtyard first. Fortunately, the room over there is always being cleaned. I'll get the bed and bedding. Soon Just come here."
After taking clean bedding and clothes, the young couple settled the Xue brothers in the west courtyard of their house. Chu Yi was about to talk to his family about the situation when he heard Chu Li calling him in the shop. It turned out that it was an apprentice from the medical center who had taken the medicine. Sent over.
The doctor was very attentive. Not only did he prepare nine doses of medicine for three days, but he also boiled the first dose directly and asked the apprentice to bring it to him. He also included a piece of paper with the instructions for how to prepare the medicine. Cooking methods, and taboos such as medication and diet.
"Master said that if Boss Chu doesn't understand anything, you can go to the medical clinic and ask him. After taking these nine pills, he will come back to consult the patient."
"Thank you for your work."
After watching Xue Changshan take the medicine, Shen Luzhu prepared some food and hot porridge for the two brothers, leaving Xue Changlin to take care of his brother. The young couple returned to the east courtyard and told their family about the situation of the two Xue brothers.
"The situation was a bit urgent at the time, and I didn't want to think too much, so I took the decision on my own to bring the person back. However, I didn't know the details and was afraid of causing trouble for my family."
Chu Yi naturally had concerns about casually picking up people and placing them at home. He stood in the alley in silence for a moment, weighing the issue, but in the end he still couldn't bear to just let it go. This was also a help to the little brothers. Those who live their own lives are not bad in nature.
Uncle Chu sighed and said: "Ayi, you did the right thing. These two children are really pitiful. Since we have encountered each other, please help if you can. After all, it is a human life." Kanshu La
Shen Luzhu also said: "My husband, there is no need to be burdened. We have met these two children twice before. They don't seem to be bad in nature. It's just a matter of adding two pairs of bowls and chopsticks and buying some medicine, just like the third uncle." After all, it’s a human life, so you did the right thing.”
In this way, the Xue Changlin brothers lived in the west courtyard of the Chu family.
Xue Changshan recovered from his fever in the middle of the night the next day and woke up. He opened his eyes drowsily and saw his younger brother sleeping soundly next to him. He looked around and found that he was completely unfamiliar. He hurriedly raised his hand to support himself. Pushed Xue Changlin awake: "Chang Lin, Chang Lin... wake up quickly, where is this?"
"Um...Brother? You're awake! We are at Boss Chu's house. Let me tell you..."
The young couple only found out that Xue Changshan woke up last night the next morning. Chu Yi hurriedly went to the hospital to call the doctor that day. He had originally planned to finish the medicine today and go and have a look tomorrow. When the doctor saw Chu Yi coming early in the morning, he thought it was
Xue Changshan was not well. He was relieved when he learned that he had woken up. He took the medicine box and went to the west courtyard of the Chu family with Chu Yi.
The doctor gave Xue Changshan another look, and then went to the outer room with Chu Yi to make a prescription. Shen Luzhu came in with breakfast and told Xue Changlin to eat while it was hot. He sat by the kang and planned to feed Xue Changshan some hot porridge: "You I just woke up and haven’t eaten well for several days. The doctor said that your spleen and stomach are weak, so drink some white porridge first. I added some chopped green vegetables and beaten egg drops. It should taste good. My fat son loves it. 」
Xue Changshan struggled to sit up, but he was so weak that he fell down again. He said weakly: "Thank you boss lady and boss Chu, thank you and your family. Chang Lin told me, if it weren't for your family, I might have been gone long ago. "
Shen Luzhu smiled nonchalantly: "Didn't you two brothers help us before? We help each other."
"How can this be the same? The two of us just saw it and told us, but nothing helped. Moreover, it was Boss Chu who helped us first..."
"Okay, you are young and you know what to do. The most important thing now is to recover from your injuries. We can do the rest after you recover."
Speaking of recuperating, Xue Changshan remembered something and called Xue Changlin over, helped him up, and then said to Shen Luzhu: "Madam boss, I'm already well, so don't waste any more money on hiring a doctor for me. We brothers will go back and cause you trouble in the past few days."
"You are still very weak right now. Just stay here and take care of yourself. Why don't you take it back?"
Xue Changshan shook his head: "I know my own body. It's fine. I just need to go back and lie down for a few days. I made an agreement with Chang Lin last night not to cause any more trouble to Boss Chu and his family."
"You are causing trouble by making a fuss about going back now." The one who spoke was Chu Yi, who had sent the doctor off and returned.
"The doctor just told me that although you are awake and your fever has gone away, your body is still very weak. If you go back to that alley now, you may have a fever again tonight, even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated this time. Even if we can’t save you, then we will not only save you once in vain, but what will your brother do in the future?”
Thinking that his brother Xue Changshan was silent, Xue Changlin heard that his brother was still in danger and did not want to ask him to take risks: "Brother, let's wait a little longer until you are in better health, okay? I beg you."
Seeing that the two brothers seemed to be persuaded by Chu Yi, Shen Luzhu motioned to Xue Changlin to help his own Xue Changshan lie down: "Okay, our west courtyard is empty on weekdays, so you two brothers can help us look after the yard. Just live here peacefully."
