After finishing his work with Xia Huai, Jia Langzhong asked Xixin to move a chair and sit in front of the thatched cottage, squinting in the sun.
Later, Lu Jing woke up Xia Huai, fed her some medicine, and after seeing her fall asleep again, she also walked out of the hall and came to Jia Langzhong.
"I thought that with your personality, you would first ask us to collect money before you would see a doctor."
Jia Langzhong didn't open his eyes, but simply said, "Can you afford the medicine and consultation fees?
"I can't afford it." Lu Jingzheng said. The money he earned from carrying goods has been spent in these days. Now he only has three coppers left. He originally planned to study his internal strength today. I have to go to the city to find work tomorrow at the latest.
Xia Huai on the other side was even worse off than him. All the silver, healing medicine and other items he brought with him were all confiscated.
So the two of them are now poorer than the other.
"Then it's over," Jia Langzhong sighed, "Anyway, everyone will be saved. You will definitely give it to me when you have money. If I don't have money, I asked in advance. What's the use besides feeling uncomfortable already?"
Lu Jing was surprised when he heard this, "These words don't sound like they would come out of your mouth."
Considering this guy's previous bad habits, he had already planned to take out the gold bellyband he was wearing as a mortgage if it didn't work out. Unexpectedly, Jia Langzhong would rarely be able to live up to his reclusive appearance this time. A person’s appearance.
"Fart! In your eyes, do I think I'm the kind of person who refuses to save him?" Jia Langzhong was also angry and opened his eyes from the chair.
Lu Jing was very innocent, "But isn't your rule of collecting medical fees first and then seeing a doctor known to all the people in the country? I visited the village a few days ago, and I heard the children making up songs about you, what kind of doctor, what kind of doctor?" Among doctors, the only one who has money is the real doctor."
"What do you know, kid?" Jia Langzhong was still angry. "The country people are vulgar. They themselves suffer from money, rice, oil and salt, so they have developed the habit of taking advantage of others."
At this point, he sighed again, "It's no wonder they are careful. Budgeting is their way of survival. If I don't set up the rule of collecting money first and then seeing a doctor, and show a careless attitude, then I will always After seeing a doctor, some people cried to me and complained to me that their families were poor. Even if they had money, they were unwilling to pay me. If every family is like this, should I and Xixin go drink the northwest wind?
"Although I have set this rule, I am not a person who doesn't know how to adapt. If it really happened that my family really couldn't afford the money and it was a critical moment of life and death, wouldn't I make an exception and just watch the patient die like this? In front of me?"
Lu Jing was startled when he heard this, but then he put away the frivolous look on his face, cupped his hands and said, "I've learned a lesson. I've met a few villains who talk about justice today, but I never thought that I would meet a careless person." Gentleman...Hey, wait, no, this still doesn’t explain why you charged me twice as much before?”
Jia Langzhong coughed, "You are a fool if you don't make money... I don't think you were familiar with the place at that time, and you didn't have many friends."
"…………"
"Forget it, it's all in the past." Lu Jing didn't care about it anymore. Having lived in two lives, he naturally knew that people are very complicated. Most people in the world have both bright spots and bad habits. of contradictions.
But then Lu Jing thought of another thing, "Speaking of making money, with your medical skills, you should be able to open a medical clinic in the city. Isn't it more profitable than you being a country doctor here?"
"Hmph, you are quite discerning, but it's better not to inquire about things you shouldn't inquire about." Jia Langzhong looked enigmatic.
But after a while, he couldn't hold it in anymore, "Well, let me tell you, my ancestor once served as a royal doctor. Later, it was said that a nobleman was killed because of a monster in the palace, and he was wanted to be arrested. My ancestor was unfortunately selected for the top tank. Although he was lucky enough to save his life in the end, his family was also ruined.
"He left the sad place of the capital alone, and went all the way south to choose a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to retreat to the mountains and forests. Later he married a wife and had children. His medical skills were passed down, but in order to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy that happened to him before, He made an agreement with his descendants that we are not allowed to have any contact or entanglement with those dignitaries, but he did not say that we cannot live in the city, but compared to the prosperity of the city, I do prefer the rustic countryside." Jia Langzhong stroked his words. Beard said angrily.
Lu Jing laughed it off, thinking to himself, Lao Jia, you are really good at bragging. Forget about being an imperial doctor. Monsters have come out to cause trouble. Could it be that the world he is wearing is not a martial arts world, but a fairy world? ?
However, the level of science and technology in this era was not high, and many things could not be explained. It was human nature to blame ghosts and gods. Lu Jing didn't take it to heart. Anyway, he had been here for more than nine months. Apart from the picture novel, there were also I haven't seen any swordsmen, demons, demons, or monsters, so I naturally won't change my world view just because of the ancestral stories of a village doctor.
But Lu Jing didn't expose Jia Langzhong's lies. It was just a story. It was good for the old man to feel happy and inflated occasionally. After all, he had just saved someone.
Xia Huai woke up in the afternoon, and the acupuncture points had been naturally unlocked. The old fisherman was only a third-rate master after all, and it was impossible for him to click on the acupuncture points for more than half a day. However, Xia Huai complained of hunger as soon as he woke up.
As Jia Langzhong was in a good mood today, he asked Xixin to cook two bowls of porridge and steam four cakes for Xia Huai and Lu Jing.
As a result, Xia Nuxia was not polite and finished her two cooking cakes and a bowl of porridge. While licking the bowl, she tried her best to control her eyes not to look at the remaining cooking cake in Lu Jing's hand.
"Not full?" Lu Jing asked tentatively.
Xia Huai nodded sheepishly, "I ran too far, didn't get much rest in between, and had several fights. I was hungry for a long time."
So Lu Jing handed her the remaining pancake, "Then you can eat it."
Xia Huai quickly waved his hand, "No, no, no, Master said that a gentleman should not take what others like."
"But I don't like eating this much." Lu Jing put the cooking cake into Xia Huai's hand, "You eat first, I'm not as hungry as you, and there is still food in the residence."
Xia Huai then took the cake, but after thinking about it, he broke it apart and took half of it with Lu Jing.
"It's okay." Lu Jing didn't refuse, and shared the cake with Xia Huai.
After eating, Xia Huai lowered his voice again and asked Lu Jing quietly, "Did the old man tell you how much the medical fee was? Why don't you stop talking later and let me tell him what happened in the pavilion before?" Although everyone here doesn't take my words very seriously, almost everyone can bear to refuse my request. As long as I can ask this old man for four or five days' credit, I will go to Wujiang City to borrow money from my senior brother. You can pay him double.”
Lu Jing was a little surprised, "Is your senior brother also in Wujiang City?"
"Well, if I remember correctly, it seems to be called the Qingzhu Gang. Everyone is going to it."
