Take your childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality

Qingxi Town is a little bigger than Qingxi Village, but not much. However, at least it has a street where the villagers sell their own vegetables, fruits and melons. There are also small shops selling buns, steamed buns and noodles, but most of them have marked out a piece of land and sell their own things. Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze didn't have a penny, so they were embarrassed to get close to other people. Although they were wearing coarse clothes, they were a pair of handsome boys and girls with red lips and white teeth. They stood out among the group of pale and skinny villagers. Seeing that everyone was looking at them, they hurriedly leaned towards Aunt Liu. The villagers looked at the old woman next to the two children and gradually withdrew their gaze. Some of them knew Aunt He and asked loudly.

"Ermei, these two children are so good-looking. Where did they come from?" asked a slightly shrewd old woman with wrinkles on her face.

"These two children are pitiful. Their parents are the son of my distant cousin. They passed away when they were fleeing. I heard that the family used to be a minor official. There was a war in the north, and the only old servant in the family sent them here to avoid the disaster. But he also died of illness. Before he left, he said that my uncles and aunts would come to pick them up in a while, and they would stay at my house for a while first." Old Liu said this, his heart beating fast as he looked at everyone. For fear that everyone would notice, he quickly pulled one of them away.

When everyone heard this, they felt sorry. No wonder they were so handsome. It turned out they were the children of officials. They never saw them in other days. They thought to themselves and said to the two of them warmly, "Brothers and sisters, don't be sad or afraid. Just wait for your uncles to come. Live here peacefully. Everyone is easy to talk to." An old woman said with a flattering smile, touching the heads of the two children.

After hearing this, Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze quickly put on sad faces and said "Thank you, Auntie" and turned their heads away deliberately to avoid the dirty hands. In fact, Liu Wenwen could not understand most of what the old woman said. After all, what the old lady said was too different from Mandarin, so she could only understand the general meaning. But fortunately, after yesterday and today, after talking with Auntie Liu, she could barely speak it. Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze had the souls of almost adults in their bodies and had strong imitation skills. However, they could not say too much to avoid being exposed, so they pretended to be sad and hurriedly followed Auntie Liu away.

Arriving at the door of a clinic that seemed to have the name Baohetang written on it, Aunt Liu hurried in. Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze also wanted to go in, but then they thought, there are mountains all around and they don’t know if there are any herbs that they can dig up. Selling them to the clinic would also be a profit.

Looking at the medicine boy dozing off at the door, Shen Runze walked over and slapped the table. The medicine boy thought the shopkeeper had come and was frightened half to death. When he saw it was a child, he angrily waved his hand and said, "Go away, go play somewhere else and don't bother me."

"Hello, young man. I would like to ask if your store accepts medicinal herbs." The young man frowned after hearing the awkward words and looked Shen Runze up and down. He saw the boy wearing a gray coarse cloth shirt and the girl dressed the same way. Although they both had good looks and temperament, they did not look like rich people based on their clothes. They were probably in trouble and had no money at home, so they could barely make ends meet. Hey, helping them out would be considered a good deed.

"I collected it," the guy said impatiently looking at Shen Runze.

"I wonder what kind of medicinal herbs your store sells, are they raw or dried?" Shen Runze asked quickly.

"We accept raw, dried and processed herbs. The prices are different. Since you are young and don't know how to process herbs, just send us the raw ones," the waiter said impatiently.

"I don't know what medicinal herbs your store needs. My brother and I don't know what medicinal herbs they are. I hope you can give me some advice. If we make some profit in the future, we can give it to you as a filial piety." Shen Runze said with a humble bow.

Seeing this, Liu Wenwen was also very understanding and said, "Yes, brother, can you show us what kind of medicinal herbs your store needs? We can find them and sell them to your store so that my brother and I can have a job to make a living. When we have money in the future, we can go to the temple and pray to the Buddha to bless you with promotion and wealth." Liu Wenwen bowed his hands in an unseemly manner and said flatteringly.

The clerk was usually lazy and slept, and was used to being scolded by the shopkeeper. Suddenly he was flattered, and he was still a little flattered. Since the two children came to him, he should be a good person to the end. Maybe the two children would be able to give him some gifts when they made some money. It was a good idea to think about it. Thinking of this, he said

"Okay, here's a book with pictures of medicinal herbs. Take a look. How much you can remember depends on your luck," the clerk said as he took out a book from the bottom of the cabinet and threw it in front of the two of them. Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze hurriedly bowed and said sweetly.

"Thank you, brother."

Old Liu's family went in, regardless of the crowd, knelt down in front of the doctor, wiped his tears and said

"Doctor, please save my wife."

The doctor looked at the old woman kneeling on the ground, stood up and said, "It's not that I don't want to treat you, it's just that the cost of treatment is very high, and you don't have money. This is not a charity, it's a pharmacy, and we are open for business. I also hope that you can understand our difficulties and stop kneeling here. Hey~"

"Well, how much money does the doctor need? Just tell me the amount so that I can give up. I can't afford too much," said Old Liu, shaking his head awkwardly.

"At least forty taels, and it needs a ginseng root to sustain it. Otherwise, once the treatment starts, the patient may not be able to bear it, and it will be a waste of effort and money. However, I have to say it in advance, the possibility of my cure is only about 50%. After all, people's physiques are different, and their tolerance to medicine is also different. I cannot completely guarantee that I can cure it, and the sooner the treatment, the better. It cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the lower the possibility of cure. Today I can guarantee a 50% cure, but tomorrow I only have a 40% chance. Time waits for no one." The doctor shook his head and left helplessly.

Old Liu's wife was shocked when she heard about forty taels. She couldn't even come up with four taels, let alone forty taels. Wouldn't this mean she would die? Is it really impossible to save the old man? Thinking about it, she felt sad and knelt on the ground with her face covered, crying...