"These two kids are really good..."
Pei Xueyan asked with a smile: "I heard what you meant just now, are you trying to make a living for these brothers and sisters?"
"yes."
Liu Shen nodded and said, "That boy Yuan Xiaofei is not bad in nature and he is also quite clever. I promised to help him make a living."
"Introduce him to the dock?"
"good."
"Then have you ever thought about..."
Pei Xueyan pondered for a while and asked: "With his small body, can he endure the hardships you have endured? Is a place like the dock suitable for the two of them to live together?"
"..."
Liu Shen responded silently, because what Pei Xueyan said was exactly what he was thinking about.
Seeing this, Pei Xueyan took a sip of tea and joked with a smile: "It seems you should have thought about these issues."
"I thought about it..."
Liu Shen sighed, cupped his hands and said, "But I can't think of any good solution for a while. I wonder what my young lady has to say?"
"It's not a high opinion..."
Pei Xueyan put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Aren't you going to make a living for them? How about this Tongda Hall?"
"..."
Liu Shen was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't understand what she meant, or maybe he did, but he couldn't believe it.
"As you just saw."
Pei Xueyan looked around and said, "This Tongda Hall doesn't have enough manpower when it gets busy. I'm planning to ask the shopkeeper here to find a few more apprentices."
She paused as she spoke, then added with a narrow smile on her face: "It seems that Yuan Xiaofei and Xiao Yuhong are not stupid people. When they become apprentices in Tongda Hall, they not only have food, accommodation and monthly money, but You can also learn some crafts, so it shouldn’t be considered as burying the two brothers and sisters, right?”
"Is this...appropriate..."
Liu Shen was surprised by this sudden kindness.
Being an apprentice at Tongdatang is a job that most people can get only through connections and gifts. It is much better than working as a coolie at the dock...
"What's inappropriate?"
Pei Xueyan took a sip of tea with her thin lips and said, "Tongdatang is one of the properties of the Song family. I am the eldest young lady of the Song family. It's just a matter of words."
"..."
Liu Shen's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he saw a dazzling light called 'rich woman' in her body...
He took a long, relieved breath, stood up, cupped his hands, and said seriously: "Then I will thank the young mistress for the two brothers and sisters first!"
"You are welcome."
Seeing his appreciation, Pei Xueyan raised the corners of her lips slightly, but pretended to be ignorant and asked: "By the way, among the people who went to the Song family ancestral hall to carry the Bodhisattva statue last time, was there anyone who knew arithmetic? "
"arithmetic?"
Liu Shen was slightly startled when he heard this and asked, "I don't know why the young mistress would ask this?"
"Just curious."
Pei Xueyan explained: "After the Bodhisattva statue in the ancestral hall was carried away, I accidentally saw a very profound arithmetic on the ground, so I was a little curious about who wrote that profound arithmetic."
"..."
Liu Shen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard her talking about the arithmetic on the floor of the Song family ancestral hall, and said sarcastically: "The arithmetic is not advanced at all."
"Isn't that profound?"
Pei Xueyan pretended to be surprised and said: "I know some arithmetic, and I can check the accounts of the Song family's properties, but I can't understand the arithmetic, so I am very curious."
"Ashamed to say it."
Liu Shengong cupped his hands and explained: "The arithmetic was actually written by me to calculate the weight of the stone statues. I just used some symbols that only I can understand. In fact, it is not very advanced."
"Did you write the arithmetic?"
Pei Xueyan covered her mouth in surprise when she heard this, and asked excitedly: "Then can you teach me arithmetic?"
"this……"
When Liu Shen saw that the dignified and generous young lady of the Song family in front of him actually asked his little dock porter to teach her arithmetic, he felt a little proud and a little funny at the same time.
He said with a smile on his face: "I am just a laborer at the dock. My young lady is ten times more intelligent than me. How can I teach my young lady arithmetic?"
Pei Xueyan curled her lips when she heard this, and mumbled with a somewhat amused look on her face: "A dock worker who knows arithmetic and poetry?"
"..."
Liu Shen saw her showing a feminine attitude that was completely opposite to the dignified and generous attitude just now, and inexplicably felt that there was something cute about this young lady of the Song family...
so cute.
At this moment, a servant knocked on the door and came in to announce: "Young lady, Doctor Zhang wants to see this guest."
When Liu Shen heard this, he also knew that the doctor had decided on a diagnosis and treatment plan, and he wanted to meet his 'parent', so he stood up and resigned.
"Thank you for the hospitality, young lady. Yu Hong is still young. I have to go and see what's going on."
"Everything is fine, I'll go take a look too."
"It's time for you, young lady."
When Pei Xueyan saw Liu Shen following the boy out of the door, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and also got up and followed them out.
In the outer clinic.
Xiao Yuhong took off her shoes and stockings and sat aside, exposing her sloping legs, while Doctor Zhang gently pressed his fingers on the raised part of her calf, his brows furrowed and speechless.
Yuan Xiaofei on the side nervously grasped the corner of his clothes. When he saw Liu Shen coming in, he called out with a relieved breath: "Brother Shen."
"do not worry."
Liu Shen comforted him, and felt a sudden shock when he saw the old doctor's attitude. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Doctor Zhang, can my sister's leg disease be diagnosed and treated?"
"Can it be possible..."
Doctor Zhang hesitated and hesitated for a while before sighing and saying: "My sister's leg was fractured in the early years. It grew naturally without treatment. The bones have grown out of place. Now I want to diagnose and treat it. The dislocated bones in the leg need to be broken, reattached and then regrown. This process is extremely painful and the recovery time is also relatively long.”
"..."
Everyone present gasped when they heard this. After all, the bones that had grown out of place were broken and rejoined. This process made one's scalp numb just by listening to it.
Liu Shen looked at Xiao Yuhong, who was only ten years old, and couldn't bear it. He asked, "Doctor Zhang, is there any other way to diagnose and treat this disease?"
"This is the only way to do it."
Doctor Zhang shook his head and said seriously: "It is not child's play to have bones grow out of position. My sister is young and her bones are not fully developed yet. She can be diagnosed and cured with this method. If an adult is like her, she will have to break the bones and reattach them." To no avail.”
"..."
Liu Shen's breath was stagnant. He looked at Yuan Xiaofei, who was lowering his head and clenching the corners of his clothes, and at Xiao Yuhong, who was sitting uneasily on the couch, and his heart felt inexplicably heavy.
He sat next to Xiao Yuhong, rubbed her head and asked, "Mei Hong, are you afraid of pain?"
"I'm not afraid of pain."
The little girl shook her head, biting the corners of her lips and said timidly: "But the doctor said the recovery time will be long. Brother Shen, either... or forget it."
She was only six years old when she was abandoned by her relatives, but she could already remember things at the age of six, so she was extremely sensitive inside.
She is not afraid of pain, but she is afraid of causing trouble to others, and is afraid of burdening others by spending too much money. She is even more afraid of being abandoned as a burden again... very afraid...
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Liu Shen looked at the sensible and distressed little girl and said seriously: "I told you when I came here. Since I brought you here, you are not allowed to think about money. Do you understand?"
"..."
Xiao Yuhong looked at him and nodded obediently.
Liu Shen was also looking at her and asked, "Tell Brother Shen, do you want to make this leg better?"
"think…"
The little girl nodded timidly.
"Just think about it!"
Liu Shen grinned and asked: "The doctor said that your leg can be cured! But if you break the bone, it may be very painful! Tell Brother Shen, are you afraid of pain!?"
The little girl gritted her teeth and replied seriously: "Don't be afraid!"
"Then treat it!"
