Luo Laohu laughed loudly and said: "Blissful, I like happy people. I will definitely have a good drink with Brother Fang today."
Song Qian said from the side: "Didn't Mr. Li say that you won't be allowed to drink recently?"
Luo Laohu said: "Even if I lose this arm because of drinking this drink, I will definitely drink this drink today." He turned back to look at the door and said: "My sister went to get me a drink. Well, maybe she won’t come back so soon, forget it, don’t wait for her, let’s go out to have a drink.”
Fang Jinshi said hurriedly: "We already had a drink at noon. Since the doctor won't let Brother Luo drink, I think it's better to forget it. Let's have a good drink next time."
"Just listen to what the doctor says, what does it matter if you have a drink..." Luo Laohu was talking when he heard someone knocking softly at the door. He stood up and walked to the door, opened the door and opened it to the outside. When the people were talking, Luo Laohu said: "There are no vegetarian food in my house today, so it is not convenient. If the master wants to beg for alms, please go to another house."
The man outside said: "I don't want to beg for alms. Is Luo Dachong here?"
Luo Laohu rarely heard people call him by his official name, so he replied: "I am, Master, are you looking for me?"
The person outside said: "The medicine with a small prescription that Dr. Li gave you last time is now available. I just happened to send it over on the way. He asked me to take a look at your injuries."
"It turns out that the master can also treat people, so please come in." Luo Laohu asked the man outside to come into the courtyard. Fang Jinshi looked up and saw a lean young monk wearing a gray monk's robe. This The monk carries a gray cloth baggage and wears monk's mango shoes. He is a bit tall and thin, like a wooden pole. He has thick eyebrows and a red rosacea. To be honest, he looks a bit ugly. Yes, when looking at someone with a pair of eyes, the person being looked at will always feel that he is flickering and evasive, and he does not dare to look directly at the person.
It is really rare for a monk to treat people. The young monk walked to the courtyard, found a place to untie the baggage on his back, took out a small piece of medicinal material wrapped in paper and cut it from a branch, and handed it to Luo Laohu and said: "Add this medicine and boil it with water."
Luo Laohu took it, looked at it carefully and said, "This seems to be a mountain breeze."
The monk said: "It's the mountain wind."
Luo Laohu said: "Last time Dr. Li said it was not this medicinal material. Could the master have made a mistake?"
The monk said: "It's not wrong. The missing medicine can be replaced by this one and it will be the same."
Luo Laohu put down the mountain wind and said to the monk: "Master, since you understand medical science, let me tell you when my arm can be used for work." The monk walked up to Luo Laohu and looked at it casually and said: "If you fry it on time, Take the medicine for as little as three to five days, or as much as ten days."
Song Qian said on the side: "I wonder what the relationship is between Master and Mr. Li?"
The monk said without turning his head: "Master-disciple relationship."
Song Qian said: "Li Lang has excellent Chinese medicine skills. If you study hard, you will not only be able to save sentient beings in the future, but also be able to hang a pot to help the world. All these are good fortunes."
The monk turned around and said, "It was Mr. Li who came to learn from me, not him who taught me."
Song Qian was surprised for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Master is really good at joking. How can Mr. Li learn from you at such an old age?"
The monk said casually: "Believe it or not, Mr. Li took three hundred needles to learn my acupuncture technique. If I know someone who wants to learn this skill, introduce him to me and give him a tap. If any of your relatives or friends encounter misfortune, chant sutras." I can also help you with Chaodu, and the price is absolutely fair and fair."
This monk does know how to do business, but the last words were extremely unpleasant. Song Qian himself had a good temper. Seeing that he was a monk, he decided not to argue with him. He suppressed his anger and said, "No need, little monk. Can talk." He was angry and changed the name of the master to the little monk.
As soon as the door opened, Luo Laohu's sister, Aunt Luo, came over from outside carrying a bamboo basket. Her bamboo basket contained a chicken and other food and wine. The monk had been staring at her since she came in. Aunt Luo felt it. , feeling a little disgusted in his heart, he lowered his head and ignored the people in the courtyard, and quickly prepared to walk into the house.
Luo Laohu said from behind her: "This master is here specifically to treat my illness. You said that you have been vomiting because you have not been able to sleep well in the past two days, so you just want this master to give you a prescription."
Aunt Luo whispered: "I'm not sick, you are sick." As she said that, she quickly crossed the threshold, and the monk stood under the eaves and muttered: "She is not sick, but she looks like she is pregnant."
His voice was not loud, but Luo Huhu heard it clearly, and he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Monk, please stop talking nonsense, I won't be polite if you talk nonsense again."
But the monk said with an arrogant expression: "No matter how polite you are, I always say this. What is false cannot be true, and what is true cannot be false. Please ask your sister to come out and I will take a pulse and I will know."
Luo Laohu was furious and stepped forward and said: "The thief monk ruined my sister's reputation by talking nonsense. How could my sister be pregnant?"
Seeing him rushing up to her and glaring at her, the monk kept saying, "She is in her youth, and she is not in her seventies or eighty, so why can't she be pregnant?"
Luo Laohu couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed the monk's collar with his good hand, pulled the monk close and cursed: "You thief, bald donkey, you are still talking nonsense, you really deserve a beating." He said that he was going to fight regardless of the injury on his arm. After punching the monk twice to vent his anger, Song Qian and Fang Jinshi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. The monk looked directly at Luo Huhu's angry eyes without any intention of being discouraged and begging for mercy.
Luo Laohu was not an overbearing and unreasonable person, and with Song and Qian's persuasion, the monk's words were irritating, but this was his own home, and hitting the monk would be considered bullying. Luo Laohu suppressed his anger and gave him a blow. Pushing the monk away, he said, "Forget it, I won't argue with you today. Just take your things and leave."
Fang Jinshi took the monk's baggage and handed it back to him and said, "Master, it's better to leave first. Don't try to be quick with your words."
The monk angrily shouldered the burden, then stretched out his hand in front of Luo Huhu: "Bring me the medicine money."
Luo Laohu threw the paper bag containing Zhuanshanfeng medicinal herbs to him, and then said: "Take these medicines, I don't want them any more." The monk still didn't give up after taking the medicine, and still stretched out his hand and said: "I'll pay for your medical treatment." Well, we have to pay for the round trip fare."
Luo Laohu laughed angrily: "How much do you want? What disease are you looking for for me? Did I invite you to come?"
But the monk said: "You need to pay at least one or two coins to do it. Didn't I show it to you just now?"
Luo Laohu finally couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to hit the monk again. Song Qian quickly stopped him. Fang Jinshi took a bunch of money and handed it to the monk's hand and said, "Master, it's better to leave quickly."
Seeing this, Luo Laohu shouted: "Brother, don't give him money." Fang Jinshi used his body to separate Luo Laohu and the monk. The monk took Fang Jinshi's money and walked out, still chanting: "I'm here to see you." If you don't give money, do you really think that Buddha is showing mercy?"
When Luo Laohu saw the monk leaving, he said angrily to the monk: "Brother, you shouldn't have given him money. This kind of person is so hateful. How can you further encourage this thief and bald donkey's arrogance?"
Fang Jinshi said: "It's just a small amount of money. Brother Luo can't kill him. If he's injured, he can blackmail him. He might even have to alert the officials. It's really not cost-effective to cause a stench all over him in one breath."
Song Qian continued: "I'm afraid this thief is a fake monk. He smells like lard, and there are lard stains on his clothes and shoes."
When Luo Laohu heard this, he immediately said, "I'll go after this monk and come back to ask him clearly."
Song Qian and Fang Jinshi hurriedly stopped him. After listening to the advice, Luo Laohu sat down and still said: "Okay, it was a happy thing, but this thief monk has made it disappointing."
Fang Jinshi said: "Don't worry about such trivial matters, it will pass after you endure it." As he said this, he looked at Liu Rumei and winked at her. Liu Rumei was confused for a moment and stood blankly. Without moving, Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say: "Miss Liu, please go and see the Luo family girl. I'm a little thirsty and asked her if she has tea."
Liu Rumei suddenly realized it and agreed to go into the house to see Aunt Luo. The monk was talking loudly outside, but Aunt Luo was hiding in the house silently. Fang Jinshi naturally couldn't go to inquire. As a woman, Liu Rumei would be much easier to talk to.
Luo Laohu went to take out the wine that Aunt Luo brought back, and said: "What does tea taste like? It's better to drink wine."
As he was about to find wine glasses and bowls, Fang Jinshi hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's better to have tea. Brother Luo, please tell us about your Fire Lotus Club. Since I want to donate, I can't just know everything."
Luo Laohu then sat in the courtyard, chatting with Song Qian and the others while telling Fang Jinshi about the situation of the Fire Lotus Society. Song Qian was very pleased to see Fang Jinshi listening and nodding, and asking questions from time to time.
At the end, Luo Laohu said solemnly: "Since Mr. Fang has given us money to help us prosper the Fire Lotus Society, we can't use your money in vain. If Mr. Fang has anything for us to handle in the future, we will definitely do it for you." It was done properly, even though most of the brothers from the Fire Lotus Society have not read any books, they still know the words "Zhifa Tu Bao"."
Fang Jinshi smiled and said: "Didn't you agree to call me Xiao Fang? You still call me Mr. Fang and you're out of town. I don't have anything that needs Brother Luo's help for the time being, but I have a small idea and suggestion, which is the Fire Lotus Club There is no need to recruit too many people. The key to an army is quality, not numbers. Those who can be used at critical moments are better than a ragtag group of people."
Luo Laohu said: "Looking at my memory, my brother has the same idea as me. There are not many people at the beginning, so we don't need too much silver. Brother Fang will give me two thousand coins, and I will be satisfied."
Fang Jinshi stopped smiling and said seriously: "Then I won't give you a single copper coin. Either I won't give it and just pretend that I don't know Brother Luo, or I will accept the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety coins. With the money, brothers Only when you have the strength and energy to do things can you retain people with certain abilities. Either you don't do it or you do it well. This is how I always do things."
Luo Laohu hesitated for a moment, but Song Qian couldn't stand it anymore and continued: "Luo Laohu, are there still people in this world who are afraid of too much money?"
Luo Laohu said: "I'm not afraid of having too much money, but I'm afraid that things won't go well and I'll live up to brother Fang's expectations."
Fang Jinshi smiled and said: "I don't have any expectations. Although I contributed the money, how it operates and how it is spent is all decided by Brother Luo and I have no involvement."
After hearing what Fang Jinshi said, Luo Laohu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "If I refuse again, it would seem that I am too ignorant."
Fang Jinshi said, "That's what it should be." He was just about to pick up the half-empty tea bowl, but he saw someone beside him had taken the teapot and refilled it for him. Fang Jinshi looked up and didn't know when, Luo Laohu's sister, Aunt Luo, had already come out of the house. Seeing that his tea was empty, she refilled it for him.
Fang Jinshi raised his eyes to see Aunt Luo's expression was dull, then looked back to see Liu Rumei standing not far away. Knowing that Liu Rumei's conversation with her had some effect, Aunt Luo filled his tea bowl and said, "Mr. Fang, please have some tea."
Luo Laohu entered the stone and said: "This is my sister Aunt Luo. Although she is already twenty-two years old and has not yet been married, she will never allow that thief to talk nonsense and throw dirty water on her. The monk wants to It makes people angry just thinking about it.”
Fang Jinshi said: "That monk's words and actions are incomprehensible to ordinary people. He can offend everyone he can offend in a short period of time. However, he has a bad temper and is verbose. If I work with this person, , I will be so angry that I would rather do it alone."
Song Qian said: "People like him have their own problems that make him suffer a lot, so you don't need to pay attention to him anymore."
Luo Laohu turned to the other side and said to the stone: "Brother Fang, please don't misunderstand me. This girl of mine has not left the court even though she is so old. It is not because she has bad conduct or other reasons that no one wants her. In fact, it is because many years ago, the family suffered a change. Fortunately, we were able to overcome the difficulties with the help of a special Master Yuqing Miaojing. At that time, Master Yuqing Miaojing was also having a hard time. My parents wanted to express their gratitude and asked my sister to have the surgery in front of Master Yuqing Miaojing. She is a female Taoist priest. Master Yuqing Miaojing is a very good person. She often allows my sister to go home, and she also urged me to arrange marriage arrangements for her many times, but she was very stubborn. Once I told her, she would not come back for several months."
Aunt Luo hit her brother on the back with her hand and said, "You can't stop exposing my shortcomings, can't you?"
Luo Laohu laughed and said, "Young Master Fang is not an outsider. Maybe a suitable friend will take a fancy to you."
When Fang Jinshi watched his brother and sister talking, he felt a bit like the Feng brothers who worried so much about their sister's marriage when Feng Wan was not married to Shi Quan some time ago.
Aunt Luo turned her head and said to the other person: "I have met Young Master Fang before."
Luo Laohu said: "Nonsense, I only met him today, how could you have met him before?"
Aunt Luo said: "If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Fang. On the mountain behind Chengyun Temple in the north of the city, it rained heavily that day. Mr. Fang and I took shelter in the same pavilion, but we didn't talk."
Fang Jinshi suddenly remembered that that day he took Qiao Ling'er to Chengyun Temple to find old nun Shanshuang but failed. He also swam in the river. It rained heavily behind him and took shelter in a pavilion. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old and a The Taoist nuns also came to the pavilion hand in hand. After a long time, they forgot the appearance of the Taoist nun at that time, but it turned out that the Taoist nun was Luo Laohu's sister, Aunt Luo.
Luo Laohu obviously didn't know about his sister and the boy. Fang Jinshi looked up and saw Aunt Luo winking at him while others were not paying attention. The meaning was very obvious, that is, she wanted Fang Jinshi to keep it a secret for her.
