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Patriarch Chang couldn't believe it, but couldn't help but want to argue: "How is it possible!? How could he not be full!? What are the conditions of my family, no matter what, he wouldn't intentionally starve him, right? Doctor, look again and don't have any misunderstandings! "

"Misunderstanding? Master Chang doesn't trust my medical skills?"

"...No, no, no dare, I'll ask someone to ask..."

Mrs. Chang's life was still in the hands of the genius doctor, so Patriarch Chang turned his head and said angrily to the servants: "Call me the person who is serving the thirteenth young master!"

After finishing speaking, he said flatteringly: "The genius doctor must be the work of a servant. I will ask you clearly today, and I will definitely punish you severely!"

The genius doctor ignored him, took Chang Mi's hand and asked in a low voice: "Why are your hands so cold, is your body cold?"

Although it was summer, there was a difference in temperature between day and night. Chang Mi only wore a thin singlet.

He nodded, and was led back to the room by the miracle doctor.

Patriarch Chang was afraid of scandal and embarrassment, so he waved away most of the onlookers, leaving only the third and fifth young masters and the little follower Chang Ji who refused to leave.

Chang Mi's eyes are the most direct evidence that he has Hu people's blood. The genius doctor looked at him carefully and was delighted, so he asked him about his daily necessities.

"In the evening, I ate steamed eggplant, shredded radish balls, roasted pork with dried bamboo shoots, and cabbage tofu soup."

Patriarch Chang hurriedly interjected: "Look, I said he ate well, why would he be hungry..."

As if the genius doctor didn't hear, he continued to ask: "Did you eat these recently? How about before?"

Chang Mi glanced at Patriarch Chang, who was terrified, and wanted to get a needle to sew Chang Mi's mouth shut.

"Before I moved here, I ate out every day."

"move?"

"I didn't live here before."

The miracle doctor nodded: "Then what are you going out to eat?"

"Go out to eat steamed buns. I count the money for the proprietress, and the proprietress gives me steamed buns. Ah, the proprietress is the proprietress who sells steamed buns."

"Apart from steamed buns, do you eat anything else?"

"The proprietress sometimes buys me steamed stuffed buns. Sometimes I eat pickles and pickled radishes."

"Why not eat at home?"

Hearing this, Patriarch Chang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Little bastard, you are talking nonsense! You will lie at a young age!? You are so old, you have never even left the house, and you still go out to eat steamed buns!?"

The genius doctor gave Patriarch Chang a cold look, which made him feel cold, and said in a low voice: "...One, he must be lying..."

The genius doctor already had the answer in his heart, after all Patriarch Chang's acting skills were really bad.It's just that he wants to know more from this kid.

Seeing that Patriarch Chang no longer stopped him, Chang Mi said honestly: "Because the family often has no food."

Now that the crime was confirmed, Patriarch Chang almost fainted.

"What the hell are you talking about!? When will I be shorter than you!?"

"...Just, a lot of time."

At first glance, Chang Mi is not a particularly clever child, and often even a little silly.This also makes his words convincing.

"A long time ago, the elder sister who delivered food in the courtyard forgot to come. I had no food to eat and was very hungry. Later, she often didn't come. Once I had no food for two days. I was really hungry, so I ran away out."

Chang Patriarch felt cold all over his body.He suddenly remembered the sentence Chang Mi asked him when he first moved in a few days ago - "Father, have you ever tried not to eat for three days?"

It turns out...it turns out that the kid actually tried it.

"I have food when I go out. There are a lot of steamed buns, which are delicious. The proprietress who sells steamed buns often gives them to me, and I count the money for them."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help showing off to the kind genius doctor: "I count money quickly and well."

Immediately, he shyly remembered that he already had a second skill worth boasting about.

"I'm good at cutting watermelon, too. I'm good at cutting watermelon."

The miracle doctor couldn't help touching Chang Mi's little head, it was fluffy and felt good.

Such a beautiful little Shuang'er has such a father.

He has seen a lot of scenery, a thousand kinds of helplessness, all kinds of feelings, which are all kinds of states in the world.It still hurts.

Patriarch Chang couldn't hold it anymore, and shouted to the outside: "Where are people!? Why don't you find those scumbags!"

As soon as the words fell, the butler ran in with a pale face, and knelt down without saying a word: "Master, I was wrong, master! When changing the yard a few days ago, the servants were changed together, and many of them were assigned to other places... I can't find it for a while..."

The butler first missed the matter of changing the yard, and then he didn't even remember the servants who served Chang Mi.Patriarch Chang almost fainted, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you useless thing...does no one remember who served in Thirteen Young Masters' Court!?"

A silence.

No one really remembers.

The genius doctor stood up and said calmly, "Okay, there's nothing more to say. Madam Chang, I will continue to treat you. I want to live here until I'm cured, is that okay?"

"Yes, yes!" Patriarch Chang was ecstatic.The reason why he flattered Chang Mi was to let the genius doctor treat Mrs. Chang's illness. Now that the goal has been achieved, and the genius doctor didn't leave without shaking hands, is there any problem?no problem!

The genius doctor looked at his smiling face in disgust, as if the guilt of questioning just now disappeared with his promise.

The genius doctor sighed to himself, and knew that the child's life was far from perfect.

It's good to be able to protect him for a while, let's take care of him first.

***

After the banquet, Song Xu and Xiaochun walked home with heavy hearts.

The distance is relatively short, and they didn't take a car when they came. Now the night wind blows, and the restlessness is blown away.

"Yingxia, I want to ask your opinion on something."

Xiaochun thought he was going to talk about the miracle doctor, and replied with a sleepy expression, but Song Xu's words were a topic he hadn't thought of.

"It has been drought in the north for almost two months today. The situation in many places north of the capital is not optimistic. The spring wheat planted is generally not growing well. Just now, Master Lin and the others said that many big businessmen are already stockpiling grain, and they said that this year there will be more If it doesn't rain, something will happen."

Xiaochun recalled the recent weather in a trance: "That's right... the water level in the well has dropped a lot since we came here. I thought it was just a few days..."

"Drought is not a trivial matter. If the food harvest is really bad, I'm afraid famine will come. It doesn't matter if we stay here for a while, but I'm worried that Brother Mo and the others will be in danger when they come over, and secondly..."

Song Xu hesitated for a moment, wondering if his worries were unfounded.

"I'm worried about whether the nomads outside the pass will take action? Although I don't know the foreigners in this world... After all, droughts are everywhere. In our history, many nomads' conquests began with extreme weather. Drought killed off their livestock so much they had to engage in aggression to survive."

Xiaochun was frightened: "Then... will there be a fight here in Yongcheng!? Isn't it also safe!?"

Seeing that he was really nervous, Song Xu quickly waved his hands: "I'm just guessing, it's not yet Xia Harvest, and there are only faint signs of something bad... I haven't heard that there is really a famine anywhere!"

Xiaochun breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then looked at the full moon in the sky worriedly: "What to do, there are still no clouds in the sky, if it really doesn't rain in the future, won't it be true..."

If it weren't for the discussions of these businessmen at the dinner table, Song Xu himself would not have thought of it.

Life in Yongcheng has always been normal. Even when they bought a watermelon every two days, they didn't find anything bad except that it was a bit expensive.

However, he is not a serious businessman after all, and he doesn't have such a keen sense of smell.

Some people are already stockpiling food, and even several people at the dinner table said that they are also preparing, and they also said that they will do a big job, and a big business opportunity is coming...

Song Xu felt furious.

"I don't think I'm worthy of being a businessman." Song Xu said with a wry smile, "Seeing self-made businessmen like them, I feel like I'm just a poor imitator standing on the shoulders of giants. Knowing a little about economic principles, I can draw from gourds." Scoop up some marketing methods—it seems to be called talent in the short term, but it will be revealed after a long time. When I heard about the drought, my first reaction was fear..."

"...You are already very good!" Xiaochun interrupted him stammeringly: "How can you say that about yourself?"

He thought for a while, and then choked out a powerful fact: "We didn't even have enough to eat half a year ago!"

It's true...

"Besides," Xiaochun said again, "you can't say that they are good businessmen just because they think there is going to be a famine and want to stockpile food. The common people hate such businessmen the most... people are going to starve to death, and they still want to bully them." Prices are not good businessmen. I, I listened to what the book said."

There is no shortage of rain in Shouzhou, and there has never been a severe flood.Xiaochun has never experienced a real famine in which children are sold and children are exchanged for food.

But in his imagination and other people's descriptions, it was a very terrifying scene, and the big villains in it were usually bad businessmen who took the opportunity to hoard grain and sell it at a high price, and bad ministers who embezzled the court's disaster relief food.

He is less conscious of "getting rich" than Song Xu, and money other than food and clothing is unnecessary.

Song Xu laughed, and thought Xiaochun like this was cute.

After pinching his face, Song Xu changed the subject again: "All right, let's be good businessmen. Do you have any thoughts about the miracle doctor?"

"...Ah..." Xiaochun frowned again: "I, I don't know either."

He had obviously given up hope earlier, and recently even had the idea of ​​adoption, but he suddenly heard the news.To be honest, while Xiaochun was moved, he also resisted.

It is not the resistance to regain, but the disappointment after the resistance to hope.

Song Xu guessed some tricks, and said softly: "As long as you still want a child, I will invite someone to take a look. It's just a look. If it doesn't work, you don't lose anything, but wouldn't it be better if it can be cured? You Knowing that I have always been indifferent, as long as you are happy, you can do anything."

Xiaochun's eye sockets turned red all of a sudden.

"...Brother Xu, what's the use of being happy, I'm not alone." He muttered, and then asked, "If it can be cured... what about Xiao Mi?"

"Like him so much? Then grab it together."

Xiaochun sniffed, finally feeling the belated joy.Even if he told himself countless times in his heart that the miracle doctor might not be able to cure him, just a glimmer of hope can make people have infinite longing.

"What kind of grab...Xiao Mi might not be happy, right? His biological father is still here, and he hasn't come over for so many days. Maybe he doesn't want us at all?"

"Do you think that's possible?"

Xiaochun was stunned for a moment: "What is impossible? Could it be that he... You mean that it's not that he doesn't want to come, but that he can't come?"

"Maybe." Song Xu squeezed his chin: "Xiao Mi used to hang out every day, can you take some time to come and see the 'old fathers'? If you don't come now, maybe you will be locked up."

Xiaochun also said: "Moreover, many things have happened to the Chang family recently, they are sick and they are looking for a miracle doctor..."

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became, Xiaochun pursed her lips: "Brother Xu, shall we visit Chang's house tomorrow? By the way, ask the doctor..."

"Okay, I'll deliver the greeting card early in the morning."

***

Although Patriarch Chang focused all his attention on the genius doctor and didn't even attend Master Lin's banquet, he didn't know anything about "Song Xu".

It’s just that he’s used to being the boss in Yongcheng, so it’s impossible for him to let go of his dignity and take the initiative to visit others, but since Song Xu handed over the greeting card, he naturally pretended to be ecstatic and attached great importance to it, and invited them to come at noon home as a guest.

So Song Xu and Xiaochun dressed up for each other, and came to the door glamorously.

Song Xu and Xiaochun looked down on Patriarch Chang.But he looks good in real life, he is very kind at first glance, some merchants are philistines, but he is not too blatant, and his words and deeds are relatively mellow, like a businessman should be.

Helpless, Song Xu and the others don't like this. Thinking of his attitude towards Chang Mi's free-ranging attitude, his teeth itch with hatred. The scumbag father has already stamped it, and it can't be washed off.

At the beginning of the meal, Song Xu pretended to casually mention during the conversation: "Master Chang, do you have a son with green eyes?"

Patriarch Chang: "..."

what happened! ?He was severely mocked by the genius doctor last night, why did someone mention it again today! ?

Did he murder that little bastard?

I was angry in my heart, but my mouth never dared to be negligent: "Ah, there is indeed... Do you know what wrong things Gouzi did? This must not be what I meant, Boss Song forgive me, but..."

Patriarch Chang has hated Chang Mi for many years, and he naturally thought that Chang Mi had gone out to cause trouble when he didn't know, and scolded the child over and over again in his heart, admitting his mistake first no matter what.

Unexpectedly, the young and handsome Boss Song's expression darkened: "What a mistake? What a mistake."

"We picked him up on the road. He was obviously a child of your Dachang family, but he was dying of hunger. After asking, it was his father who didn't allow him to eat, so he had to go to the street to look for food..."

Song Xu slammed his chopsticks on the table: "What a mistake!"

Patriarch Chang broke out in a cold sweat, feeling extremely confused.

So before Chang Mi was fined, he ate smooth and smooth, did he go to Song's house for dinner? ?

What kind of fate is this!Why was he so obsessed with not asking the matter clearly before!It was a waste of an opportunity to get close, and it also made Huitong Commercial Bank disgusted!

If Boss Song is not happy and tells the firm that he refuses to supply goods in the future, then he can...

Thinking of this, Patriarch Chang tremblingly tried to save his image: "No, no, no... the kid made a mistake, but I didn't starve him on purpose, I was giving him a little punishment, but the kid took it seriously and ran away by himself Go out, I have been looking for it at home for a long time..."

In fact, he did not cooperate directly with Huitong Commercial Bank, but he couldn't stand the firm's momentum.A word from them could make him a laughing stock in the entire business circle.Although Patriarch Chang didn't think Song Xu had such ability, it didn't stop him from being afraid and vigilant.

At this moment, he really regretted it.

If the third child hadn't fought with him that day, he wouldn't have punished that little thing to starve for three days.He will not punish, and the little things will not go to the streets to meet nobles...

Seeing that Patriarch Chang finally showed a worried expression, Song Xu eased his expression and said, "How can you raise your child well if you are so careless? Even if there is something wrong at home, you should do your best..."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..."

"Is Madam Chang okay?"

"It's much better, we have invited a genius doctor in our house, it can be said to be rejuvenated..."

"Oh?" Song Xu thought in his heart, coming to the point. "May I have the honor to meet you?"