"Then what should we do? Zhantang, go find a doctor quickly." After hearing Lao Bai's confirmation, the shopkeeper immediately panicked, and his original anger turned into concern.
"no, I'm fine!"
When Xiao Guo heard what the shopkeeper said, she immediately grabbed the shopkeeper's hand like a flashback. She didn't dare to ask the shopkeeper to call a doctor.
"It's just a minor illness. I'll be fine if I take a rest. Cough! Cough! Cough!" Xiao Guo pretended to be dying, and she coughed a few times after she finished speaking.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's already burned like this. How can we do it without calling a doctor? Look at your face, it's all red."
"Don't worry, sister, the medical expenses are all covered, no matter how much you spend, there will be no ambiguity!" the shopkeeper said with concern.
"There's really no need. This is an old problem. I just need to rest." Xiao Guo said with a weak and stubborn look on his face.
The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo's stubborn appearance and didn't look like he was joking.
"you sure?"
"Absolutely and definitely!" Xiao Guo nodded intermittently.
"Okay, then you should rest all morning. If you still feel unwell, I will find a doctor for you immediately." The shopkeeper couldn't resist Xiao Guo, so he could only compromise.
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Xiao Guo tremblingly wanted to express his thanks with his hands and fists.
"Okay, no need for so many false gifts. It's better for you to have a good rest." The shopkeeper pressed down Xiao Guo's trembling hand and put it into the quilt, for fear that she would catch a cold again.
"Just lie down and tell them if you need anything and let them help you. If you want to eat anything, just tell me and I will ask them to buy it for you." Said caringly.
Seeing the shopkeeper's enthusiasm, Xiao Guo couldn't resist it and shook his head repeatedly. "No, no, no!"
"Okay, then you should rest first, and call if anything happens." The shopkeeper saw that Xiao Guo was a little impatient, and knew that he had said everything he needed to say. Next, Xiao Guo needed to rest, so he stood up and faced Lao Bai and Xiao Bay winked.
Lao Bai and Xiao Bei understood and followed the shopkeeper to walk out.
At this moment, Xiao Guo suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly. "Hey, if you have freshly baked melon seeds, can you buy me two kilograms?"
"Two pounds?" Lao Bai asked in disbelief after hearing Xiao Guo's words.
"You're already burned like this and you still eat so much. Aren't you afraid of getting angry?"
After hearing Lao Bai's question, Xiao Guo said without changing his expression. "This is called fighting fire with poison and putting out fire with fire!"
As he said that, seeing the questioning look in Lao Bai's eyes, Xiao Guo coughed twice again.
"Cough cough cough!"
Listening to Xiao Guo's cough, the shopkeeper pulled Lao Bai's sleeve, and Lao Bai had no choice but to turn around and buy melon seeds for Xiao Guo.
"Hey, hey, they must be thin-skinned melon seeds from Taiyuan. Remember to add more aniseed before frying. It is best to have cinnamon from Fuzhou and pepper from Chengdu!" Looking at Lao Bai's leaving figure, Xiao Guo did not forget to remind him loudly. arrive.
The shopkeeper was a little weird, watching Xiao Guo finish such a long speech.
"Cough cough cough!" Xiao Guo's acting skills are so amazing. She had noticed the look in the shopkeeper's eyes and immediately coughed violently again, almost coughing out her lungs.
The shopkeeper didn't doubt it when he saw it, and quickly supported Xiao Guo, patting her back gently to help her calm down.
At the same time, he did not forget to say to Xiaobei. "Go get the pot."
"Oh oh oh!" Xiao Bei nodded in confusion. She didn't expect Xiao Guo's acting skills to be so good. If she hadn't known in advance that it was a pretense, she would have been deceived.
In this way, Xiao Guo began her life of being treated as a patient. It was like being fed with food and handed water to drink. If something happened, just shout, and Da Zui and Lao Bai would rush over to help her. She just lay on this bed and slept all day long. That life was really unpleasant!
But it's a pity that Xiao Guo was so complacent that she forgot the most important thing about committing a crime in partnership, which is to appease her teammates and never kill them.
No, Xiao Guo not only completely forgot about his promise to Xiao Bei, but he also took advantage of Xiao Bei and behaved well, causing Xiao Bei to be scolded by the shopkeeper.
Seeing Xiao Guo like this, Xiao Bei was so angry that he rebelled on the spot and wanted to report Xiao Guo immediately.
But Xiao Guo is not an ordinary person. When she saw that Xiao Bei was going to report her, she immediately took the initiative and told the shopkeeper that her illness was cured.
The shopkeeper didn't believe it at first, but after touching Xiao Guo's forehead, he found that the fever had indeed gone away.
Moreover, Xiao Guo can sing, walk, and dance now, and does not look sick at all. The shopkeeper can only believe it no matter how hard he thinks about it.
But what Xiao Guo didn't expect was that as soon as he heard that his illness was cured, the shopkeeper seemed to have changed into a different person. The previous greetings were gone, and he immediately turned into the black-hearted boss who exploited his employees.
She grabbed a large pot of Taiyuan thin-skinned melon seeds that Xiao Guo was happily eating, and said happily.
"Okay, now that everything is better, let's stop taking it. Don't get angry again, which will be bad. You can rest first, and I'll talk to them and ask them to stop working. , leave all the work to you."
"Ah?" Xiao Guo was dumbfounded after hearing what the shopkeeper said. She was a patient. Shouldn't she take a good rest first after she recovered?
However, the shopkeeper ignored her at all and walked out directly with Xiaobei and melon seeds.
"Stop!" Xiaobei looked at Xiao Guo's depressed look and couldn't help but turn around and make a face at her with a smile.
But this is just the beginning. Xiao Guo, who has already enjoyed the wonderful life of a patient, will give up so easily.
In fact, if Xiao Guo had just given up and gone back to work, she wouldn't have suffered so much in the future.
But at this time, Xiao Guo, who had already enjoyed the benefits of pretending to be ill, was out of control.
And she thought that since she was going to pretend to be sick, she might as well just pretend to be a big one. It would be best if she didn't have to work for the rest of her life.
Thinking of this, Xiao Guo's mouth showed a trace of a sinister smile. This time she didn't even plan to tell Xiao Bei, after all, she had already suffered a loss once.
In the living room, everyone in the shop waited for a long time, but when they saw that Xiao Guo still hadn't come out, they couldn't help but feel a little strange, so they asked the most idle scholar to rush him.
However, when Xiucai came back, he brought them even more shocking news.
That's Xiao Guo coughing up blood!
In order to pretend to be sick, Xiao Guo first put the silver embroidery needle on a candle to bake and sterilize it, then pricked his finger with the silver needle, and then smeared the blood on the handkerchief.
When the scholar came in to talk to her, she coughed on the spot again, pretending to have accidentally coughed up blood on her handkerchief.
Xiao Guo's acting skills were so real that the scholar was frightened by her on the spot. After returning, Xiucai told the shopkeeper and others that they were also frightened.
Fortunately, there were no customers in the store at this time. The shopkeeper immediately asked Lao Bai to close the store door, and a group of people hurriedly ran outside Xiao Guo's house.
At this time, Xiao Guo's cough was heartbreaking, and the continuous coughing sound made people's scalp numb.
"Oh, this kid is so pitiful, he's even coughing up his lungs." Lao Bai said unbearably.
Big Mouth said immediately after hearing the words. "You guys wait, I'll go find the doctor right now!"
With that said, he turned and left.
The shopkeeper stopped quickly. "Stop, Xiao Guo's illness is probably tuberculosis."
"What's going on? Then we need to see a doctor." Dazui asked in confusion. After saying that, he turned around again and went to see a doctor.
"Wait a minute, Big Mouth. That's tuberculosis and it's contagious. If word of this gets out, our store won't be able to open." Lao Bai was obviously thinking a lot and quickly stopped.
Hearing what Lao Bai said, the scholar beside him couldn't sit still.
"Hey, is it more important to open a store or human life? Zi once said."
"go!!"
However, before his elegant words could be spoken, Lao Bai and Dazui drank them back.
"Listen to me, I didn't say not to see a doctor." Seeing that everyone misunderstood what he meant, the shopkeeper hurriedly explained.
"Okay, then I'll go find the doctor right now. Don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me." Big Mouth didn't wait for the shopkeeper to finish speaking, and immediately patted his chest and said.
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to go find the doctor.
"Stop!" the shopkeeper shouted quickly.
Dazui turned around in confusion. Seeing the shopkeeper's behavior, he really said anxiously. "What are you doing? Everyone is already like this."
When Lao Bai saw everyone acting like this, saying something to each other, there was nothing he could do if they continued to argue. He just pointed his finger and stopped the big mouth.
The shopkeeper, who was about to explain to Dazui, saw Lao Bai click on Dazui and asked with some confusion.
"Why did you order him?"
Xiucai and Xiaobei on the side also looked at Lao Bai with puzzled expressions.
Lao Bai saw that he had the right to speak and said quickly.
"I have something to say, can't you just listen to what the shopkeeper has to say? The shopkeeper means that this disease must be treated, but it cannot be made public."
"We secretly sent Xiao Guo to the doctor. If it looks good, look! If it doesn't look good, we will put Xiao Guo there and take a look at it slowly. This way we can treat the disease without affecting us. The business in the store, and when we are free in the future, we can also visit her and bring supplements and so on."
After listening to Lao Bai's suggestion, everyone nodded. This is indeed a good way to get the best of both worlds.
"Zhantang knows my heart well!" The shopkeeper held Lao Bai's hand affectionately.
Lao Bai got out with an embarrassed look on his face.
The shopkeeper who was freed also knew that now was not the time. Her face straightened and she said to everyone.
"Do you understand? That's it."
Everyone nodded.
"Lao Bai, untie him and take action!"
As he spoke, the shopkeeper led everyone to the lobby to get equipment.
Xiao Guo, who was eavesdropping on their conversation in the room at this time, frowned. The development of the situation was beyond her expectation. If this was sent to the doctor, the examination would not reveal the truth.
Xiao Guo rolled her eyes, and suddenly she thought of a good idea, and she quickly ran back to bed.
Not long after, everyone outside the house prepared everything and planned to go in and kidnap Xiao Guo directly.
But when they pushed the door open and entered, they were stunned for a moment.
I saw Xiao Guo sitting motionless on the bed meditating, and he didn't even cough.
Suddenly, a bad idea flashed in everyone's mind.
Big Mouth bravely went up to touch Xiao Guo, but saw that Xiao Guo fell down immediately.
Seeing this, Lao Bai quickly stretched out his hand to feel Xiao Guo's breathing, but suddenly retracted his hand in panic.
"What's wrong?" Everyone looked at Lao Bai in panic.
"I'm out of breath." Lao Bai said in disbelief.
At this moment, everyone was silent.
And just when everyone didn't know what to do, suddenly, Xiao Guo, who was lying on the bed, sat up like a corpse.
"Ahhh!" When everyone saw this scene, they were so frightened that they screamed loudly and almost ran away from the door.
"Hahahaha!" Seeing everyone being frightened like this, Xiao Guo laughed loudly.
Everyone asked with some fear after hearing Xiao Guo's loud laughter.
"You...are you a human or a ghost?"
Xiao Guo said with a laugh.
"What did you say?"
Everyone looked at the bright smile on Xiao Guo's face and her tone, and knew that this was a false alarm.
Everyone quickly gathered around.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Guo asked, looking at everyone knowingly.
"Aren't we here to see you?" Everyone explained with a smile.
"By the way, what happened to you just now? And your illness?" Everyone looked at Xiao Guo in confusion.
"I was practicing just now. I just practiced a set of Jade Girl Heart Sutra and it cured my cough. If you don't believe me, listen."
Xiao Guo explained with a smile, and she sang loudly after speaking.
"Descendants of the mountains..."
Xiao Guo's singing voice was high and loud, and he knew his voice was fine as soon as he heard it.
However, Lao Bai was still a little suspicious. He had never heard of any magical power that could cure tuberculosis.
"Do you still have this ability?"
Listening to Lao Bai's unbelieving tone, Xiao Guo laughed. "What do you think? This Jade Girl's Heart Sutra was passed down by my mother."
As Xiao Guo said this, he was about to get up, but at this moment Xiao Guo fell down from the bed.
No one understood what happened, and they rushed to help Xiao Guo.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Guo hurriedly refused everyone's help in a panic.
"Don't move, don't move, don't move, let me do it by myself, I will do it by myself." Xiao Guo's tone was a little panicked and unbelievable.
Xiao Guo tried several times but failed to stand up. Now everyone knew something was wrong.
I saw Xiao Guo patting his leg in panic.
"Where are my legs? Where are my legs!"
Seeing Xiao Guo's panic and fear, everyone was a little confused, but they quickly comforted him.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, aren't the legs, legs here?"
"I can't feel it anymore. I can't feel it in my legs. I can't feel anything below my waist!" Xiao Guo said in horror, with tears streaming down his face.
When Lao Bai saw Xiao Guo like this, he couldn't help but remember that Xiao Guo said that he had practiced Kung Fu before, and there were many cases of paralysis caused by careless practice in the world.
"Are you going crazy?" Lao Bai quickly asked in surprise.
Xiao Guo was thinking about how to say this excuse, but she didn't expect that Lao Bai would say it for her first.
She hurriedly patted her legs in fear and responded loudly with enlightenment.
"It must be, it must be!"
Seeing Xiao Guo like this, everyone didn't know what to do. The shopkeeper could only look at Lao Bai, the most experienced person here.
"Old Bai, is there anything you can do?"
Hearing this, Lao Bai shook his head helplessly. What could he do if he became obsessed with practicing martial arts? He was not the kind of master with excellent internal skills.
Everyone was a little desperate when they saw that even Lao Bai had no choice.
There was something wrong with the practice. Even if they called the doctors in town, it was of no use. Even Doctor Xue from Shibalipu couldn't cure this obsession.
Everyone hurriedly comforted Xiao Guo, but Xiao Guo kept crying.
"Dad! Mom! I want to go home!"
Xiao Guo's eyes were filled with tears. She couldn't listen to anyone's words and just wailed to go home.
Xiao Guo originally wanted to just pretend to be sick and be lazy for a few days.
But she didn't expect that the pretense would get bigger and bigger. What she hoped most now was that if she could make a bigger fuss, then she could just ask the shopkeeper to send her home.
And after getting home, if I take some more money to compensate the shopkeepers, then it won't be considered as betraying their sincerity.
However, Xiao Guo thought it was quite beautiful, but the shopkeepers and others did not dare to send her home like this.
If we just send her back like this, she will be slapped to death by her parents. This beautiful daughter has been made like this by you.
The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo who kept crying and knew that it was useless and inconvenient for Lao Bai and the others to stay here. He sent Lao Bai and the others back to work, while he and Xiao Bei stayed here to accompany Xiao Guo.
The three Lao Bai who were sent out also had no intention of doing business, and the three of them did not open the door.
Lao Bai was sitting in the lobby, thinking about the solution; Xiucai went back to his room and looked through the books to see if there were any cases in the book; Da Zui went to the kitchen, planning to cook something delicious for Xiao Guo.
It can be said that everyone in Tongfu Inn is really thinking of a way for Xiao Guo at this moment.
At this time, where is our other protagonist Xiao Liu?
At this time, our Captain Yan was walking out of a painting shop, which was the only painting shop in Qixia Town.
