Chapter 7 Scholars, it’s best to lie
“Doctor Lao, save me! I will remember your kindness. When I win the election and become an official, I will definitely repay you well!” Li Chuan said, while making gestures of worship.
Lao Xiaokai quickly supported him and said, "I can't do it, I can't do it!"
Li Chuan then stretched out his hand and grabbed his sleeve, "Doctor Lao, save me!"
Lao Xiaokai felt that the time was almost up. He sighed and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I have traveled all over the world for this prescription over the years and experienced many disasters. Finally, last month, I found the last medicine. Look. It’s your destiny to get this medicine.”
As he said this, Lao smiled and turned solemn, and said: "Scholar, I think you have great fortune. Today I will save your life, but you will have to do ninety-nine and eighty-one good deeds in the future to live up to me." Thank you for the gift of medicine today!"
Li Chuan responded quickly: "Okay, doctor Lao, don't worry, I just do things with a clear conscience."
Lao smiled and nodded and said: "I gave you this medicine, but it hasn't been refined yet. This recipe is a fairy recipe. It requires a fire cauldron and gold and stone. These costs..."
Li Chuan immediately answered, "Of course Xiao Ke has paid for these expenses."
As he spoke, he touched his body, his face a little embarrassed, "I don't have any money with me, or Dr. Lao will come with me." Let me go back to Yunqiao Township to get money from my house?”
"Although I am a poor scholar, I have saved twenty or thirty taels of silver in the past few years. If it is not enough..." Li Chuan gritted his teeth, "I will write an IOU and wait for the future..."
" No, no,” Lao Xiaokai quickly interrupted Li Chuan and said, “Don’t I still believe in your character?”
After chatting for a while, Lao Xiaokai saw that Li Chuan’s face was tired, and he He said: "Scholar, please go back to your room and rest first. Later I will make you some medicine to suppress the Yin Qi. After you feel better, I will accompany you back to Yunqiao Township."
After Li Chuan thanked him profusely, he returned to the room.
Lying on the bed, thinking for a moment, Li Chuan suddenly laughed.
During the years when he skipped classes and got into fights and wandered the streets, he often watched people selling fake medicines on the side of the overpass.
Traveling into this strange world, the deception techniques are still the same.
Li Chuan closed his eyes.
The two little demons, Gong Er and Pang San, are quite innocent. They probably believed what he said when they saw this hard-boiled egg performing at the market.
I don’t know how many words he got me into.
Li Chuan doesn't care about this. What he cares about is that this world is too dangerous. This place is about 800 miles away from Yunqiao Township. What if he goes back alone and encounters monsters again?
It is absolutely impossible to rely on oneself, but it is different to follow a charlatan.
Sure enough, just as Li Chuan expected, with boiled eggs leading the way, the distance of more than 800 miles was safe and comfortable.
A few days later, Li Chuan and Lao Xiaokai arrived in Yunqiao Township.
After arriving at Yunqiao Township, Li Chuan deliberately took a detour to a crowded place. When he met someone he knew next to him on the road, he would slow down, say hello, and chat for a few words; when someone asked Lao Xiaokai's identity, he would say he was a friend he met while studying abroad.
It was around noon that I walked to his residence.
It was a three-room shabby house. There was a yard behind the house, and across the yard and across a slope was his ten acres of paddy field.
Li Chuan respectfully welcomed Lao Xiao into the house, washed the floor with water, wiped the tables and chairs, and went to boil water again.
Lao Xiaokai quickly stopped him and said, "No, no, just be casual."
Li Chuan said, "Whatever you want, sir, he is my savior!"
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So Lao Xiaokai could only watch Li Chuan boil water and make tea, busying himself. After finally finishing his work and drinking a cup of tea, Lao smiled and finally saw Li Chuan walking into the bedroom.
Lao Xiaokai knew that Li Chuan was going to get money.
When Pang San came to him with Li Chuan in his arms, he could tell at a glance that Pang San was transformed into a goblin, and that big cock was also a goblin. At first he thought the scholar had been kidnapped by goblins, and thought of sending them away with just two pills.
In the end, I chatted with the third party and learned that they were in a hurry to go to Xuanshui Mountain, but Li Chuan did not follow them, but wanted to go back to Yunqiao Township, and he was still a scholar.
He worked hard in the market every day, shouting and exerting his strength. At the end of the day, he only had dozens of copper coins. If he had to catch up with the temple fair, his income could be higher in those days. If he wanted to get rich, he could only Rely on a pair of eyes to discover wealth.
For example, this poor scholar whose clothes are in tatters has attracted monsters.
No matter how poor or shabby you are, if you can read, your family will still be better than others. What's more, as long as you pass the exam to be a scholar, you can receive one tael of silver and thirty liters of rice every month.
And he is young, looking like he is in his early twenties.
Many wealthy families like to make friends with these young scholars, and some are even willing to betroth their daughters to them.
If you win the exam and become an official in the future, the whole family will benefit from it; if you fail to pass the exam, as long as you are more flexible and become an accountant or a master, you can ensure that the family has enough food and clothing.
Lao Xiaokai thought as he looked at the furnishings in the room.
Although it is not a bare house, and there are not many valuable items, the books on the shelves, the ink and paper used, can be seen to be good.
Li Chuan said that he had twenty or thirty taels of silver, so he probably wasn’t deceiving him. If he asked him to use some more tricks, he might be able to squeeze out dozens more taels.
These two little demons threw themselves in front of him, it was destined that he should earn this money!
Moreover, he did not lie to this scholar.
Ordinary doctors really don’t know how to treat wind and cold that are stained with evil spirit. The medicines he uses are all genuine.
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the sound of rummaging through the cabinets in the bedroom, and then something fell to the floor.
Lao Xiaokai quickly got up and walked toward the bedroom. Through the half-open door, he saw Li Chuan sitting on the ground with a dejected look on his face.
The secret compartment at the head of the bed was open, but there was nothing inside.
Lao smiled and walked over quickly and asked: "Xiucai, what's wrong?"
Li Chuan reluctantly raised his head, his eyes were dull, and murmured: "It's gone, the money is gone. It must be someone The little thief took the money away while I was not at home."
As he said this, he stood up slowly, walked to the cage step by step, opened it, and took it out from the bottom. He walked back to Lao Xiaokai holding a few taels of broken silver and dozens of copper coins.
He said frustratedly: "Sir, put it away. Xiaoke can only take out these now. Just treat them as the medical expenses for the past few days. If it's not enough, what is there in this room, sir?" If you like it, just take it."
Lao Xiaokai understood the meaning of Li Chuan's words. He pushed Li Chuan's hand holding the money away and said, "I don't want your money. .”
Then he said: "Xiucai, how can you say such depressing words? You are still so young and can study. You just lost some money. You can make it back in the future. Why should a man be without money?"
“It’s gone, it’s all gone, the money is gone, and my body is infected with a serious disease. Instead of dragging others down, it’s better to go with a rope and have nothing to worry about...”
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