"Doctor Xiao, you are here." Jinyan greeted Xiao Ming respectfully, with a very respectful tone.
For him, Doctor Min and Xiao Ming were the noble people in his life. One took him in as an apprentice, the other taught him medicine, supported him, and now takes him to the capital.
Thinking of the capital, Jinyan's heart became hot again.
Yes, Xiao Ming is going to bring the pharmacy to the capital. There is Senior Brother Min in the capital, and she will leave it to him to take care of it, so that her burden will be lightened.
whee! Wishful thinking is ringing. Min Fangji, who was far away in the capital, had no idea that he had been arranged.
"How are the arrangements going? Tomorrow is the day of delivery. Don't make any mistakes." Xiao Ming said while putting on special white gloves to inspect the batch of medicines.
"Doctor Xiao, don't worry, this batch of medicine has been carefully selected and there is no problem." Jinyan replied, Dr. Xiao once told him that every bottle of medicine is related to the life and death of a soldier, so every time he Use extreme caution.
"Well, well done." Xiao Ming checked all the medicines, nodded with satisfaction, and gave a rare compliment.
"How many people are going to the capital?" Xiao Ming asked again. The pharmacy is moving to the capital. Naturally, it is best to employ familiar old employees. However, most of these people have families and homes, and not everyone is willing. Leave homeland.
"I have sent the notice, and now sixteen people are willing to follow." Jinyan is a little regretful. Only sixteen of the thirty-eight workers are willing to go to the capital, less than half of them. Most of these people are orphans without relatives like him. , and there is the unmarried youngest son who wants to go to Beijing to make a living while he is young.
"It doesn't matter, it's hard to leave our homeland. Those who are willing to go will get an extra 10% of their monthly wages. Those who are unwilling to go, let them continue to work in Guangji Hall."
In the afternoon, a caravan of more than ten people entered through the back door of Guangji Hall in a dusty manner. The leader was Xia Qi. In order not to attract attention, the group waited outside the city with all the troops escorting the medicinal materials.
Xia Qi met Xiao Ming first, took out a thick package from her arms and handed it to Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming took it and put it away with a smile. Shi Tingyu always misses every opportunity to send a message.
In the process of loading the medicine into the car, Xia Xiaoba led Xia Qi to the corner. The two communicated in a low voice.
Not long after, the medicine was loaded into the car, and Xia Qi led the people away. They had to rush back to the northwest overnight to transport the medicine back.
Xiao Ming returned home. In the evening, she dug out the letter sent by Shi Tingyu. In the letter, Shi Tingyu knew that she was going to Beijing and told her to be careful and not to forget about anything. There were also several pictures in the letter. The land deed, dozens of banknotes, Xiao Ming counted a house in the city, a shop, and a farm in the suburbs, and the banknotes totaled more than 30,000 taels.
hehe! It's a thoughtful thought.
This is the time to raise her up.
"Girl." Yi's mother called outside the door.
"Come in." Xiao Ming calmly put away the banknotes and land deeds, and Yi's mother opened the door and came in.
"Brother Tiesheng from the Liu family is here. Miss, would you like to meet him?"
"Okay, call Li'er and let's go take a look together." Xiao Ming nodded, then got up and went to the front yard.
In the front yard, Liu Tiesheng stood there, looking a little embarrassed, rubbing his hands from time to time, and his dark skin looked inexplicably black and red under the candlelight.
He changed into a set of clothes. The clothes looked new, but the wrinkles on them were obvious. They were obviously the kind that were usually kept at the bottom of the suitcase and only taken out to wear when going out.
When he saw Xiao Ming, he was so nervous that he stuttered.
"I've seen..., I've seen the girl." He was not as nervous as he was today when meeting his boss on weekdays, but it was different today.
The difference is the person standing behind the boss.
"Brother Liu, you're welcome. We're not in the store, so there's no need to be so formal. Please sit down."
"Alas! Alas!" Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li'er behind Xiao Ming. Her face turned redder, her head lowered, her heart beating fast, and she couldn't even utter a complete sentence. If the eldest Wang was here Now, she should be anxious.
"Brother Liu, is there something wrong?" Xiao Ming also sat down and asked.
"I..., I..." Liu Tiesheng couldn't say anything. He stared at Li'er with his eyes uneasily, and the black skin on his face was about to burn.
Mother Yi is so shameless, girl, just be a human being! You said Li'er is standing here, how can this shy young man speak. I finally plucked up the courage to propose marriage to myself. Being teased like this by you, girl, is a huge psychological shadow for Brother Tiesheng.
"Li'er, go and get Brother Liu a cup of tea." Xiao Ming finally became a human being.
"Yes, girl." Li'er, who was simple-minded, went out. At this time, she didn't know that this person was the person she would spend her whole life with in the future.
Li'er went out, and Liu Tiesheng was finally able to say a complete sentence. He carefully placed a simple wooden box on the table with both hands: "Girl, I am willing to marry Miss Li'er. Don't worry, girl, I will definitely do it." If you are good to Miss Li'er, you will be good to her for the rest of your life, and you will be loyal to her for the rest of your life. Please agree to this."
Liu Tiesheng's mind went blank and he completely forgot what his mother repeatedly taught him to say before coming here. Fortunately, he still remembered the purpose of coming here, but the words he said were not very pleasant.
After speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone, and anxiously waited for Xiao Ming's sentencing. He was very frustrated. He felt that his mouth was too stupid and he could not say nice words to please people like Liu Xiaoming. When he was in the shop, he would only use his strength to move and carry. Most of the people who came in to buy seeds liked to pick up seeds. A eloquent guy like Liu Xiaoming.
This time, I don’t know if I messed things up.
Liu Tiesheng had met Miss Li'er several times, and he always stayed with her. She had a round face, white and tender skin, whiter than the meat buns bought in Pingcheng, and her clothes were always clean, unlike those of others. He looked nothing like the country girls with dark and oily skin who had done farm work. He never thought that he could marry such a person. This must be God's favor for him.
Xiao Ming opened the wooden box, and Mother Yi who was standing aside could clearly see that there was a silver hairpin and two silver bracelets inside. I thought this was the betrothal gift. If it were an ordinary home, such a betrothal gift would be reasonable, but It was too shabby for the Xiao family.
But when she thought about her in-laws, Yi's mother was relieved. In the past two years, whatever savings the Liu family had had were used to pay off debts, and they were very frugal on food and clothing. To be able to give such a betrothal gift, I think her in-laws had spent all the money on the whole family. I spent all my family's last savings.
Speaking of which, this creditor is still their girl.
The eldest Wang family didn't come to propose marriage, so she asked her son to come and let her son show the sincerity of the Liu family. Mother Yi looked at the silver hairpin and bracelet that were not very good in quality and said nothing, nor did she mean to help her in-laws make peace. She has always remained neutral and impartial, and besides, the girl is her master.
However, Xiao Ming was still satisfied. It didn't matter whether it was money or not. The most important thing was sincerity.
