"You can't be in a hurry. If you ask me, you might as well close the restaurant for a while and see how the situation is in the future. It's still not good to save too much. If you lose too much, you will lose all your wealth." Mrs. Wang Advise your husband.
"Is it so easy to close down the business? Even if it is closed for a long time, even if it is reopened later, all the old customers will be gone!" Mr. Wang glared at Mrs. Wang and said angrily.
Mrs. Wang was also angry: "Then what do you want to do? Are you willing to continue driving and lose all your family's property?"
The couple quarreled, but it did not affect Doctor Li's prescription at all. Li Shichu pretended not to hear the quarrel between the two and helped Doctor Li prepare the herbs one by one according to the prescription.
Finally, the couple finished arguing, and Li Shichu and his apprentice prepared the medicine. Doctor Li said: "Take the medicine three times a day, boil three bowls of water into one bowl, and drink it for three days."
Mrs. Wang quickly said: "Thank you, doctor."
After coming out of Wang's house, Li Shichu looked at the street and found that there were indeed fewer people. It was not as lively as before. There were almost no people setting up stalls, and even the few people passing by were walking in a hurry.
When he turned to an alley, Li Shichu suddenly heard the sound of a group of children playing: "Hit her! Bai Xiaoya knows how to steal money. If she is a thief, she should be beaten!"
"I...I didn't steal the money..." A frightened and weak little girl struggled to explain.
"It's you, you stole your aunt's money, and I heard your aunt scold you, you bad luck!"
"Hit her quickly. If she doesn't beat her, that crazy dog brother will come soon..."
"Hit her eyes. She is most afraid that she will go blind and become like her dead blind mother."
After Dr. Li walked in, he heard the vicious words of these children without knowing it. He was so angry that his beard stood up. He quickly walked to where the children gathered and scolded: "What are you doing? Human eyes." Can you beat me randomly? Whose children are you from? You are so vicious..."
When several children saw that adults were coming, they were still a little dissatisfied: "I'll beat her. What can you do, old man? She is a thief and everyone should shout for her to be beaten! Old man, if you don't leave, be careful we'll beat you too." !”
Doctor Li's face turned red with anger: "You, you evil boys!"
Li Shichu looked around and saw a wooden stick as thick as his arm not far away, so he picked it up, walked up to the villains who were still attacking the little girl, and actually pulled Dr. Li away, and hit him hard. The nearest arrogant evil boy was beaten in front of him, and a gust of wind whistled out. The wooden stick was slapped against his clothes. If Li Shichu turned just a little bit further, he would be the one who got beaten, and this gust of wind whistled. The sound can prove how hard she used and how painful it was to hit someone.
The evil boy was immediately frightened by her and peed. He was so frightened that his pants were all wet.
Li Shichu glanced at him with disgust and asked him coldly: "Who do you want to beat?"
When the other members of the group saw how arrogant she was, they immediately stopped being arrogant. These bullies already knew who could be bullied and who couldn't be bullied. When they saw Li Shichu's fierce look, they immediately became afraid.
Li Shichu pointed a stick at several evil boys one by one: "You, you, you... whoever is not afraid of death, come out and fight me!"
"No, no, I won't fight..." Several people turned pale with fright, and finally turned around and ran away in a hurry, as if they were being chased by ghosts.
The bully ran away, and there was still one bullied one. The little girl who had been beaten by a group of children with a bruised nose and face was huddled in the corner. She secretly raised her black and white eyes and glanced at Li Shichu. When she saw her looking over, she hurriedly lowered her head. head to go.
She was skinny and skinny, and her clothes were dirty and torn, with no color visible. She looked like a little beggar.
Doctor Li sighed, took out the snacks that the Wang family had just given him, handed them to the little girl, and said, "These are for you."
When the little girl saw the package of fragrant snacks, her eyes were filled with longing. She couldn't help but swallow, but she didn't dare to reach out and take it.
"Take it, it's for you, it's free." Doctor Li is always very soft-hearted and can't help but help the poor people when he sees them.
After several urgings from Dr. Li, the little girl finally plucked up the courage to take the snack and said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "Thank you, thank you..."
Just when Dr. Li was about to leave, a voice called from the distance: "Xiaoya, Xiaoya, where are you?"
The sound got closer and closer. When the little girl heard the call, she immediately got up from the ground. Her eyes lit up and she responded in a low voice: "Brother, brother, I'm here..."
After a while, a young man of twelve or thirteen years old appeared at the corner of the alley. He was also sallow and thin, and his clothes were ragged. When he saw the little girl, he rushed forward and pulled her up and down, and when he saw her face Those wounds, he immediately gritted his teeth and asked: "Are those coming to hit you again? I won't let them go..."
"Brother, I don't feel hurt. Don't go to them. Auntie will be even more angry." The little girl pulled the boy's sleeve and persuaded him.
When Dr. Li saw that the little girl's eldest brother had arrived, he took Li Shichu and left quietly.
After walking far away, he said to Li Shichu: "Did you see the tragic situation of the brother and sister? This is the consequence of having no parents and no one to rely on."
Li Shichu said nonchalantly: "Didn't that little girl say she has an aunt?"
Doctor Li sneered and said, "It would be better not to have such an aunt. The brother and sister's father disappeared after he went to war. Their mother died of illness a year ago, and their property and land were all occupied by the uncle's family." They took it, they took it, but they still abused two children, which is really inhumane. Those children said that the little girl stole money, and it was probably the aunt who slandered it."
Li Shichu thought to himself, that boy looked to be a teenager, couldn't he still be the master of his own family? If you want to resist, there is nothing you can do, right?
But Li Shichu thought about the little girl named Bai Xiaoya again. Maybe the boy couldn't resist because of his sister? After all, his sister is his weakness. It is possible that he does not dare to be careless. If it were just him, he might be able to risk it. After all, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
Li Shichu didn't take the matter of the brothers and sisters seriously. She studied medicine with Dr. Li every day, or she would secretly nurse him back to health. Of course, although it was said to be "quietly", Dr. Li's medical skills were so good that he didn't know what he was doing. Are there some medicinal foods and medicinal teas in what you eat and drink? But he knew that Li Shichu didn't mean to harm him, so he pretended not to know, but in his heart he was happy that his disciple had such thoughts.
A few months passed in the blink of an eye. Doctor Li's body seemed to have reached the end of his life and he suddenly failed. Even though Li Shichu was mentally prepared, he still felt a little sad and reluctant.
