Chapter 132: Stubborn Child
For half a month, Liu Xiu's clinic was a waste of time. Not to mention that the patients came to the door, there were almost no one who visited the door. The only one who had ever communicated was an aunt who could barely be considered a neighbor a hundred meters away found that he had opened a clinic here, and he specially sent a basket of eggs in a neighborhood relationship...
Liu Xiu had expected this and was not panicked at all. Anyway, he was not opening a clinic to make money. Besides, he was not famous. The clinic was located in a remote place, so it was reasonable that there was no patient coming to the door.
Without the patient, he lived his life as usual. He was not like a doctor, but rather like an office worker who checked in from nine to five every day.
"I don't live here at night, why don't I even have a thief? It's better to find something for me..."
In the clinic lobby, Liu Xiu looked at the empty courtyard and said speechlessly.
Of course, he also knew that this was not that the people were so simple that they would not close their doors at night, but that ordinary robbers and thieves would not be able to visit places like clinics. After all, they are also humans, and people will suffer injuries. Once they are injured, they have to rely on doctors to help their lives. Therefore, under normal circumstances, people like thieves will not go to places like clinics to cause trouble.
The world is very lucky.
It was a good thing that no patients came to the door. The bored Liu Xiu put down a medical book and got up and went to the backyard.
There was a utility room there, which he slightly cleaned and transformed into a small workshop.
At this time, a small stove in the small utility room was burning vigorously, and a medicine jar above was gurgling with heat, and the smell of medicine was everywhere.
Liu Xiu opened the lid of the medicine jar and found that dozens of strictly proportioned medicinal materials were almost cooked after half a day. He cleaned up the residue and the remaining little medicine soup turned into a paste.
After the medicine soup cooled down, the medicine soup became a brown and semi-dry paste. Then, Liu Xiu thought about it. Under his mental power, these paste became peanut-sized pills, and beeswax flew over the side to wrap it. Then these twenty pills flew into the bottle next to it.
There was no guest coming to the door during this period. Liu Xiu was bored and simply used the medicinal materials in his clinic to prepare medicine. The medicine was not just for treating diseases and saving lives, but for some poisons.
The various antidote formulas left by Venerable Baiyun were too advanced. Liu Xiu was not experienced enough and many of the medicinal materials were incomplete. He did not try it rashly. He first used the antidote prescriptions in the book "Du Niang". Not to mention, he actually made more than ten antidotes.
What he is fiddling with now is an antidote called the heart-piercing poison. The antidote was made, but he is unknown how effective it is, and he has no idea to make the poison out and experiment.
The reason for getting these antidotes was that he was too bored. Maybe when these antidotes could be used, he also had the formula for poison, but those things were all things that were harmful to the world, and he had no interest in fiddling them out.
"There are all the medicinal materials in your hands, and the antidotes that can be tinkered with, but the others lack medicinal materials. That's it. If you find medicinal materials in the future, you can try it."
After throwing a bottle of pills in the corner, Liu Xiu clapped his hands and turned off the heat and went outside.
There were more than a dozen bottles and jars piled up in the corner, all of which were antidotes to various poisons, not things that harmed people. Liu Xiu was not afraid of being eaten by someone by mistake. It was just a diarrhea, so it didn't matter.
When I came outside, the clinic was empty. I looked at the sky and it was still early. The bored Liu Xiujing was very moved and decided to close the door and go out for a walk.
"By the way, see if there are any flavors of snacks. Take some back to Mo Ling at that time." Liu Xiu murmured in his heart when the door was closed, and he smiled knowingly when he thought of this.
Speaking of which, some time ago, Liu Xiu actually saw something like candied haws in the town. When he saw that the old man who sold candied haws was very pitiful, he sold them all for him. As a result, he took back a hundred candied haws. Liu Xiucai ate a bunch of them, but they all disappeared the next day.
"It's also a greedy person!"
At that time, Liu Xiu deeply understood Mo Ling's foodie attributes, and such a person is easy to coax!
After leaving the clinic, Liu Xiu was wandering around the town. When he accidentally passed by other clinics, he would stop and wait and see. He was not envious of the scene where people were busy and unstuck.
As he walked, when he passed by an alley, Liu Xiu was attracted by the noise of children. When he looked up, he saw that there were five or six children in his teens bullying a little beggar.
The little beggar seemed to be a dull gourd, letting a group of children throw stones and spit without saying a word, holding their heads in the corner and huddling them.
This situation is very common in Qingliu Town. Although Liu Xiu did not have the noble sentiment of saving the people from water and fire, since he had met it, he still shouted: "That group of children, your adults have called you back to have a meal."
When the children heard this, they turned around and looked at Liu Xiu. Although they were a little dissatisfied, they seemed to be well-off in their clothes and did not lose any harsh words. Then they ran away.
Without caring about them, Liu Xiu walked to the little beggar and squatted down to ask him with a bruised nose and swollen face: "Is it okay?"
The little beggar stood up, leaned against the wall and shook his head without saying a word.
This little beggar is very thin and looks malnourished for a long time. At the age of twelve or thirteen, his clothes are torn, but his face and hands are much cleaner than other beggars.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Liu Xiu was bored. He thought for a while, took out a dozen copper plates and put them on him and stood up and left.
"I'm not a beggar"
After walking for a few steps, the child's voice came from behind Liu Xiu, and the little stubbornness with a little self-esteem hit in his tone.
After a pause, Liu Xiu turned around and looked at him and said, "I didn't say you are a beggar."
"Then... take your money back, I don't need to give alms." The child said stubbornly.
Shrugged, Liu Xiu said: "That's not a gift, just lend it to you, and return that kind indefinitely."
"I will give you back." Hearing this, the little beggar put away the copper plate expression and nodded seriously.
Liu Xiu didn't care and nodded and turned around.
"Who are you? Where are you living? How do I pay you back?" The child's voice came from behind.
Do children nowadays have such personality? Liu Xiu was speechless and too lazy to answer, so he left quickly.
The child's stubborn temper came up and he quickly followed, as if he would never give up if you didn't leave your name.
The two of them walked about half a street, and Liu Xiu was speechless, turned around and looked at him and said, "What's your name?"
"The nickname is Shi Tou, the name is Li Changan." The child looked at Liu Xiu and pursed his lips.
Oh, there is also Daming, Liu Xiu became interested and asked: "Have you ever read a book?"
"Readed" Li Changan nodded.
Liu Xiu believed it. After all, he said that he was not a beggar. Although he didn't know why he was so down and out, Liu Xiu didn't have the idea of digging in the bottom of the question and nodded and said, "Okay, since you insist on paying me back the money, what about this? I opened a clinic and needed to clean it. What about the money being used as wages?"
Li Changan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay!"
"Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad guy?" Liu Xiu was curious now.
Li Changan said: "You don't look like a bad person."
What the hell is this? Shrugged, Liu Xiu said, let's go, and then walked towards the clinic. Anyway, he had been walking around.
The two of them arrived at the clinic one by one. When they stood at the door, Li Changan was extremely embarrassed and did not dare to enter.
"What are you doing when you stand?" Liu Xiu turned around and said speechlessly.
After a moment of entanglement, Li Changan said, "You are so clean and spotless here. I'm afraid you will get dirty. Moreover, you don't need to clean it at all."
"Come in, just clean it if you have a tab. Who said you don't need to clean it? You can wipe it for me inside and out. Places like a clinic will never be cleaned," Liu Xiu curled his lips.
When Li Changan thought about it, he walked into the courtyard and asked Liu Xiu for a piece of linen and a poke. Then he went to the back of the building to fetch water, rolled up his sleeves and started to dry.
Liu Xiu ignored him and made a cup of tea for himself, picked up the medical book and read it leisurely.
Although it is a bit suspicious of using child labor, Li Changan doesn't want anything to owe him, and Liu Xiu doesn't want anything else to owe him. It's good for anyone to give him something to do.
Li Changan is also a personality who does it at will, without any unnecessary nonsense. He rubs the inside and out of the inside and out, and even does not let go of the fence outside the yard. Liu Xiu couldn't help but pay attention to the seriousness and persistence.
Two hours later, Li Changan carefully wiped all the places in the clinic twice, and then he found Liu Xiu and said, "I've finished wiping them all, are there anything else?"
"It's gone, we two Qing dynasties." Liu Xiu looked away from the medical book and said to him.
Li Changan smiled, nodded heavily and said, subconsciously touching the copper plate in his arms, as if he was at this time he was at ease.
"If it's okay, I'll leave first," Li Changan said with a smile.
Looking at him, Liu Xiu said: "Wait."
"Is there anything else?" Li Changan said in confusion.
After thinking a little, Liu Xiu said bluntly: "I don't have a long-term work here, with three silver coins a month. I can live upstairs, not for food, and there is a living allowance. Are you interested?"
Anyway, there is only one who can help. What is commendable is that this child is serious about his work and his character needs to be verified. However, judging from his unwillingness to owe people, it should be a big problem, so Liu Xiu asked by the way.
Hearing Liu Xiu's words, Li Changan was very moved, but did not agree rashly. Instead, he thought seriously and asked: "Do you want to sign a contract for selling your body?"
Liu Xiu almost sprayed out a mouthful of tea and shook his head and said, "I don't like this here. I'm free. I don't want to do it any day and you can leave at any time."
This is also an independent person, Liu Xiu said in his heart.
"Okay, I'll stay, so what should I do next?" Li Changan agreed with a heavy emphasis.
Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "Don't you need to say hello to anyone?"
Li Changan fell silent.
Chapter completed!