Chapter 48 Peace and Nothing (Two in One)
After arguing for a long time, Pei Ning finally gained the upper hand.
Firstly, she was the daughter of a national master, so she had a high status and was the person with the highest martial arts skills. Secondly, Qin Ruzhong and others were also at fault. After all, the master could not be found, and she was indeed suspected of stealing the body.
After resting for another night, the next morning there was mist in the forest and heavy dew.
"Senior Brother Qin, I am returning to the Qingyang Sect this time. Do I have anything to say to your sister?"
Before setting off, Peining smiled at Qin Ruzhong.
Qin Ruzhong did not answer, only snorted coldly, and stared at Lin Bai with an unkind look.
"Who did I provoke?" Lin Bai whispered.
"You return to Huaxi County this time and take good care of Mr. Bai and Xiuxiu." Pei Ning looked at Lin Bai.
According to Pei Ning's plan, she took the three people back to Qingyangpai Mountain, while Lin Bai returned to Huaxi County.
This was decided yesterday, and Lin Bai immediately agreed.
"If I know that you seduced a widow and tarnished a good family, I won't spare you." Peining said with a smile.
Everyone laughed in low voices.
"I don't dare..." Lin Bai held his hand.
Pei Ning said no more and stepped forward, followed by Lin Bai and three disciples in gray.
After walking two miles, Lin Bai went down the mountain to the west, while Pei Ning took the other three Qingyang Sect disciples to the east.
At noon, the forest wind blew up in the mountains and the fog dissipated.
Lin Bai no longer hid his clumsiness, activated his Green Bat Kung Fu, and just kept flying on the tall trees in the mountains.
Follow the path you came from and head to the Taoist Tomb Village.
After another hurried night, in the afternoon, Lin Bai finally came out of the mountain.
Arriving at Muramasa's house, Lin Bai threw out his silver and asked him to boil water for cooking.
After spending these days wandering around in the mountains, Lin Bai really wanted to drink hot soup.
After eating and drinking, I took a hot bath and rested at Muramasa's house in the evening.
When I got up at dawn, Muramasa's daughter-in-law had prepared a meal and brought two horses over.
After a full meal, Lin Bai thought about bringing some local products back, so he bought some persimmons and walnuts in the village.
Lin Bai rode a horse, and the other horse carried a sack, and they embarked on the return journey together.
Encountering a village on the way, Lin Bai bought another set of ready-made clothes. He relies on his clothes and rides a big horse, which attracts everyone's attention.
I did some shopping along the way, but it was much faster in the end.
Lin Bai and Pei Ning had traveled for five days before, but this time they only traveled for two days before they saw the North City Gate of Huaxi County.
The victims of the disaster have dispersed, and the market is open again, bustling with people.
Lin Bai was riding a horse, with a sword on his waist, a bow on his back, and a horse in his hand. He was returning home in fine clothes.
Most people in the market knew Lin Bai, so they all paid attention.
"Lin Zhuanlun!" Someone suddenly shouted.
Lin Bai followed the sound and saw a young man carrying a basket covered with linen. It was Brother Yun who was selling crisp pears.
"Brother Yun, the crispy pears are out of season. What are you selling now?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.
"Alas, I can only make a living by selling some sweet persimmons." Brother Yun sighed and opened the linen cloth on the basket, revealing the red persimmons. "I can only make a small amount of money, but unlike you, I can sell myself."
"..." Lin Bai didn't know how to answer the question for a moment.
"You are incredible. Who in Huaxi County today doesn't know your name Lin Zhuanlun?" Brother Yun said with emotion, "From a man with mud legs who weaves mats and sells shoes, he suddenly became a nobleman..." he said He seemed to have forgotten his words. He scratched his head and thought for a moment, then patted his forehead and said: "The guest of honor! Yes! The guest of honor!"
Is my reputation so bad? Selling yourself for glory? A guest?
Lin Bai sighed, feeling that life was difficult.
"Lin Zhuanlun, the storyteller Ke Xiazi said that you have been practicing since you were a child, swinging a stone hammer around every day, and then you developed your skills. Is it true or false?" Brother Yun asked curiously.
"What stone hammer?" Lin Bai was puzzled.
"What else could it be?" Brother Yun chuckled.
Lin Bai understood immediately, his face darkened, and he said seriously: "Brother Yun, I am appreciated by the nobles because of my excellent medical skills, good at treating gynecology, and good conduct! It is not for other reasons!"
"Now that you are in the limelight, you naturally get whatever you say." Brother Yun held the basket with a look of envy on his face.
"..." Lin Bai couldn't tell him much, so he asked: "What big things happened in the city recently?"
"It's nothing serious." Brother Yun tilted his head and thought for a while, "The county gentleman came out to serve as a director, and I heard that he even beat the county gentleman's wife; the owner of the martial arts gym in Nancheng arranged a fight with someone, but was attacked by someone unexpectedly. .”
"What's going on at Baicao Hall?" Lin Bai was most concerned about this.
"What can happen then?" Brother Yun looked at Lin Bai up and down again and said, "The police will visit you seven or eight times a day. No one dares to bully you!"
"I understand." Lin Bai nodded, lifted the reins, and said, "Then I'll leave first. I'll treat you to a drink another day."
"Don't worry!" Brother Yun quickly stopped him, took out a bright red persimmon from the basket, and said, "Take it and eat it, this thing can nourish the kidneys!"
Lin Bai reluctantly took it, thanked him, and rode into the city.
After passing two streets, acquaintances greeted him from time to time, but Lin Bai always faintly heard someone saying: Lin Zhuanlun is back from sowing.
When he came to the outside of Baicao Hall, he got off his horse.
Xiuxiu had heard the sound of horse hooves a long time ago. She held on to the door frame, stepped on the threshold with one foot, and raised the other foot in the room, revealing half of her body, with pigtails hanging down by her ears, and she kept looking out. Look.
Lin Bai smiled at her, puffed his lips, and kept looking at the sack on the horse's back.
"Doctor Lin! You are back!" A patient came out of the hospital with an anxious face and ran to Lin Bai, "Come and show me!"
"Don't be anxious." Lin Bai said helplessly while tying the reins.
"How can we not be in a hurry? It's not easy to come here, and my mother-in-law will have menopause!" The patient's tone was aggrieved.
So exaggerated?
"..." Lin Bai felt a headache and waved to Xiuxiu, "Come and move things."
Xiuxiu hesitated for a moment before running over and asked in a low voice: "What are they all about?"
"Eat." Lin Bai smiled.
Xiuxiu also laughed, her face flushed.
After carrying the sack into the hospital, Lin Bai saluted Mr. Bai.
Doctor Bai smiled and nodded, but said nothing.
Lin Bai went to the back hall to wash his hands, and then came back to examine the patient's infertility symptoms.
Xiuxiu brought hot tea and placed it in front of Lin Bai, then tilted her head and stared at Lin Bai.
After more than half an hour, Lin Bai finished handling the infertile patients and had time to talk to Dr. Bai.
"How is Mr. Bai's health lately?" Lin Bai asked with concern.
"The appetite is a bit small, but nothing else." Xiu Xiu rushed back.
"I'm fine." Mr. Bai waved his hand, "On the other hand, you've been away for nearly a month, but have you finished cooking?"
"It's over." Lin Bai nodded. He knew that Mr. Bai had guessed that he was not going to show people any infertility problems, but was related to weapons.
"That's good," Doctor Bai stroked his beard and smiled, "Xiuxiu misses you so much. She wonders when you will come back every day. If you have nothing to do, just go to the door and see."
"Are you going to leave again?" Xiuxiu tilted her head and stared at Lin Bai, "People on the street say you are going to enjoy your life and stop associating with our poor family."
"It's natural to enjoy happiness." Lin Bai stretched out his hand and pinched her little face, and said with a smile: "But to enjoy happiness, you have to take Xiu Xiu with you. It's boring for me to enjoy happiness alone." Xiu Xiu was immediately overjoyed when she heard this. Jin, pulled Doctor Bai's sleeve and jumped, saying: "Grandpa, look! I have long said that he will not abandon us!"
Doctor Bai shook his head with a smile and said, "Then who keeps nagging in front of me all day long that Xiaolin wants to be popular and drink spicy food and stop going to collect medicine with you?"
Xiuxiu laughed innocently and snuggled next to Mr. Bai, as if she was embarrassed.
"Xiuxiu, I brought you something good." Lin Bai stood up and untied the sack.
"What good thing?" Xiuxiu immediately became energetic and her eyes were filled with light.
"You love copying medical books the most. I bought you a good pen and ink. It will be much easier to copy books in the future." Lin Bai took out the paper box and handed it to Xiuxiu with a caring face, "Do you like it? Open it and take a look. This ink smells good when rubbed out.”
Xiuxiu took it dumbfounded. After being stunned for a while, she looked at Lin Bai in disbelief, then curled her lips and gritted her teeth.
Lin Bai just didn't see him, chatted some more with Dr. Bai, and then took Xiu Xiu to go out together.
The two men took the horse and sent it back to the county government office. The bows, arrows and swords remained.
The county magistrate came out to greet him in person and wanted to invite Lin Bai to have a drink at night, but Lin Bai refused because he was not feeling well.
On the way back, Lin Bai bought another two kilograms of mutton, two kilograms of tofu, and a braised pig's trotters for Xiu Xiu.
"Did you get a lot of money for this medical visit?" Xiuxiu asked with concern when she saw Lin Bai's generosity.
"That's natural." Lin Bai responded seriously.
Xiuxiu tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "I will also visit the doctor frequently in the future." She was serious about it, clenching her fists.
Seeing how dumb she was, Lin Bai took out a small silver ingot from his purse and handed it to Xiu Xiu.
"You earned this, why should you give it to me?" Xiu Xiu tilted her head and asked, then handed the money back and seriously warned: "You have to save it well. It will cost money to marry and have children in the future."
"You save it for me first." Lin Bai said.
"Okay."
Xiuxiu immediately agreed, and she carefully put the silver ingot into her purse. She kept talking, acting like a master, and continued: "You have to marry a virtuous and capable wife, otherwise no amount of money will be enough. The man named Xue in front of our medical center married a tough woman who beat and scolded people every day. His beautiful family was broken up at the first glance, and his sister was almost furious. "
"Who is virtuous? You?" Lin Bai asked.
"Of course." Xiuxiu straightened her back immediately, with a smile on her face, and clasped her fingers, "Be filial to your parents, don't argue with your neighbors, can cook, clean, and sew. If I'm not virtuous, who will be virtuous? She became more and more confident, "The matchmaker on the street said that after two years, the person you want to marry will have to cross the threshold of my house."
"Then you are really amazing." Lin Bai laughed and asked as he walked: "What kind of husband are you going to find?"
Xiuxiu grabbed the corner of Lin Bai's clothes with one hand and walked with her. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "Grandpa said you can't judge a character by wealth or poverty. It's okay to be poor. You have to be able to live a good life. If you are willing to let me take care of the money, if you are willing Listen to my chatter every day..." At this point, she tilted her head and looked at Lin Bai.
When they arrived at the hospital, they cooked mutton and tofu, and Xiu Xiu made two more side dishes.
By the time the food was served, it was already dark.
Doctor Bai instructed Lin Bai to get the medicinal wine, pour it into a small wine glass, and start drinking by the candlelight.
"Xiuxiu is greedy, I'm afraid she will become a fat girl in the future." Doctor Bai shook his head helplessly when he saw that Xiuxiu only ate meat.
"It's better to be fatter and show wealth." Lin Bai said with a smile.
"Where have I gained weight? I've been like this for many years." Xiuxiu muttered in a low voice while picking up food for Doctor Bai.
Doctor Bai also smiled. He looked at Xiuxiu with kindness on his face.
"Her mother has been fat since she was a child, and only lost weight when she was thirteen or fourteen years old. At that time, people who wanted to propose marriage broke through the door, and she didn't want any of them." Doctor Bai took another sip and recalled the past, "She was very high-spirited. I know. Xiuxiu is the opposite of her mother. She talks a lot and has no ambition. She just wants to be a doctor, get married and have children.”
"Isn't this how everyone lives?" Xiu Xiu looked at Dr. Bai in confusion, as if she was dissatisfied with the "no spirit" comment.
"It's not bad to live a peaceful life like this." Lin Bai smiled and poured wine for Mr. Bai.
"Yeah, it's not bad to live like this for a lifetime."
Doctor Bai sighed, looked at Lin Bai, and asked, "What do you want to do in the future?"
What does this mean? Lin Bai didn't understand the deeper meaning. Mr. Bai had offered to support the orphan before, and Lin Bai also made it clear that he would take over the pharmacy to protect Xiu Xiu's peace.
"Of course I want to be a doctor." Lin Bai touched Xiu Xiu's head and said, "I will help Xiu Xiu."
"I see that when you come back this time, although you have a look of vicissitudes of life, you are also working hard." Mr. Bai poured a glass of wine for Lin Bai and said with a smile: "You must have done well in things, and you also like to do those things."
Lin Bai was silent for a while and nodded.
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you want to be a doctor or not. Although I have the heart to hang the pot, I can't force you." Doctor Bai's face looked even older under the candlelight. "The world is not in good shape now, and there may be another turmoil. It doesn't matter if the doctor is not a doctor."
"Mr. Bai." Lin Bai raised his hand, wanting to feel his pulse.
Mr. Bai took his hand back, shook his head and said with a smile: "I just drank some wine and had feelings for the moment. You don't need to worry about it."
Lin Bai nodded and said: "Mr. Bai, just don't worry, Xiuxiu is my biological sister, I will protect her well."
"I don't want to be a sister..." Xiuxiu was picking up vegetables to eat. When she heard this, she immediately whispered and turned to Lin Bai. She stared at him for a while and then picked up some vegetables for Lin Bai.
After chatting for a long time, Lin Bai helped Mr. Bai go back to his room to rest.
After clearing the table and bowls with Xiu Xiu, I returned home at night.
When I got home, the leaves of the jujube tree fell all over the ground.
Lin Bai didn't care. He went into the house, swept the dust, washed his face, and sat cross-legged in silence.
The Wuji Kung Fu has reached the seventh level. Although it has only passed not long ago, it has entered the realm again.
Firstly, it was the power of Sister Zhen’s pills; secondly, it was some insights gained during a desperate fight.
The seventh to eighth levels are even slower, and they need to be accumulated slowly before there is a chance to break through.
Lin Bai estimated that it might take more time.
After practicing hard in the stone plate for a month, Lin Bai opened his eyes and saw that it was already dawn.
Fetch water to wash up, sweep the fallen leaves in the yard to the corner, and then go out.
When she arrived at the hospital, Xiuxiu had already prepared breakfast, but she held her stomach and refused to eat, looking uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?" Lin Bai stepped forward and asked.
Xiu Xiu glanced at Doctor Bai without daring to say a word.
Doctor Bai sighed and said: "She got greedy when she woke up in the morning on an empty stomach. She ate a lot of persimmons while the porridge was cooking."
"I heard that you won't grow taller if you eat too many persimmons." Lin Bai smiled and flicked Xiuxiu's forehead.
"Don't lie to me. If you eat too many persimmons, you will become obese, have a heavy stomach, and develop tooth decay." Xiuxiu copied too many medical books and really opened her mouth.
Lin Bai ignored her and just sat down to eat.
After finishing the meal, Lin Bai packed up the dishes and went to the back hall to wash up, and Xiu Xiu followed.
"Are you feeling better?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.
"I'm still a little uncomfortable." Xiuxiu pressed her belly, shook her head, and whispered, "Crack a walnut for me."
"Still eating? Your stomach doesn't hurt anymore?" Lin Bai asked.
"Persimmons are cold, and walnuts are warm. If you balance the yin and yang, it might be fine." Xiuxiu really makes sense.
"Are you just greedy?" Lin Bai laughed.
Xiuxiu smiled brightly and whispered: "Don't tell grandpa."
Lin Bai recalled what Doctor Bai said last night and nodded slightly.
For the next half month, Lin Bai spent time in the clinic during the day and diligently practiced internal energy at night. When he had free time, he would take Xiuxiu into the mountains to pick jujubes and find some medicinal herbs, ignoring other things.
Another month passed like this, and it was getting colder in late autumn, but Pei Ning never came back.
(End of chapter)