Yanjing Fuyao Ji

"Brother, you can ask... But everything I know is endless!" Chu Jiu put down his chopsticks and sat up straight.

Quickly ask, I have something to ask you after you finish asking!

"What's wrong with the birthmark on your body...that you were born with...?" Dong Cang's tongue was a little stiff when he spoke, and he didn't know whether it was because he drank too much or was nervous.

"My birthmark, it's alright..." Chu Jiu was slightly startled, not knowing why he suddenly asked this.He remembered that grandma said that in his life, only he had this kind of birthmark on his body.

"What about you, how is your health?" Dong Cang asked again.

"Me? I can eat and sleep, and I feel pretty good about myself..." Chu Jiu said.

"Then... has your birthmark ever hurt?"

"...No... right..." Chu Jiu hesitated a little. He remembered the pain when he met Chunsheng for the first time, but it got better after seeing him more...

Dong Cang frowned, and sighed heavily, as if there was an unbearable melancholy in his heart.

"..." Chu Jiu held a glass of wine to him as a sign of comfort.

After draining the wine in the glass, Dong Cang tremblingly raised his hand and pointed to Dong Ximing who was watching TV with his rice bowl on the bed in the back room.

"Your eldest nephew...you also have such a birthmark on your body..."

Chu Jiu paused for a moment, then turned to look into the room.Dong Ximing sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, watching cartoons while grilling rice.

"This child has never made people worry..." Dong Cang poured wine for everyone, with a melancholy expression: "I was born with that kind of birthmark on my chest. When I was one year old, I was found to have congenital heart disease, and my body was very weak. Love to be sick. It's not easy to drag me to the age of eight and a half. You don't know how your sister-in-law and I have been here in the past few years... He has always said that his heart hurts recently, and I'm afraid..."

Congenital heart disease?No wonder the child's lips were purple.

"Then did you go somewhere to see a doctor for him?" Chu Jiu asked.

"I've been there. I've been to big hospitals in Yanjing City and Shencheng. The doctors all suggested surgery before the age of ten." The corners of Dong Cang's mouth twitched as he spoke, his pain and knowledge palpable.

"Then when will we do it?" Chu Jiu asked.

Dong Cang sighed: "Of course, the sooner the better, but the operation fee is quite expensive, and I'm almost enough. When I save enough money, I'll take him to Yanjing City immediately."

"You are short of money, why don't you say anything? Let's see if we can help?" Chu Jiu said.No wonder this brother is also a second-rate dealer while being the factory manager. It turns out that he also has difficulties...

"Hey, I wonder who's money is not easy to earn. It's all hard-earned money. My own child is saved by myself. If I can't even get money for the operation on the child, then what kind of man is it?" ?” Dong Cang suddenly became impassioned.

"This matter can't be delayed. Brother, I can see if it's enough? I'm also working now, and I've saved up my salary for the past few months, as well as my previous savings... If it's really not enough, we will find you six Uncle Yao, no matter what, we can't delay the child's illness..." Chu Jiu said with concern.Although doubtful about Dong Cang's behavior, Chu Jiu's concern is not false.

"Thank you, brother," Dong Cang's eyes were already filled with tears when Chu Jiu said this, but the man didn't flick his tears easily, he blinked his eyes hard, not wanting to let the tears flow out.

"They're all concerned relatives, brother, you're welcome!"

"..."

"Brother, do you know what's going on with this birthmark?" Chu Jiu thought for a while and asked.

"...Second Master told us when he was basking in the sun on the big bluestone at the entrance of the alley. Our ancestors used to work for the emperor's family. At that time, people with this kind of birthmark, regardless of gender, entered the palace as long as they could talk and leave. ..."

"What job?"

Dong Cang shook his head: "Second Master can't tell. Besides, he's not in the right mind now. He knows that from the time when the Yellow Emperor fought against Chi You, until the King of Yan swept the north, the emperor was surrounded by our old Dong family."

"Should these things be recorded in our genealogy, but I looked through the few books in the ancestral hall yesterday, and there are only recent generations. Why didn't they exist before?" Chu Jiu looked at Dong Cang and thought I'm afraid you didn't sell it, did you?

"I heard it was burned when the house was ransacked back then..." Dong Cang shook his head, "I also want to find our family tree. Over the years, I have searched all the villages in the ancient Jizhou with a radius of hundreds of miles, but found nothing. Later I heard that Luojiayuan in Yanjing City is the largest ancient book trading center in the country, so I searched for it one after another. I made a lot of friends, but I still couldn’t find what I was looking for..."

"Is that how Lao Bao met?" Chu Jiu asked.

"Yes, don't look at Master Bao like this. He has a wide career path. Booksellers of all sizes in Luojiayuan have to call him Big Brother! He is the leader of the ancient books industry..." Dong Cang said.

"Then what about this person he brought? Did you know him before?" When Chu Jiu asked this question, he suddenly felt that his heartbeat in his chest was completely out of control.

"You said this young man who was born..." Dong Cang shook his head, "I don't know him, and I haven't seen him before. I think he might be a relative of Lao Bao. He is going to bring him into the industry..."

"..." Chu Jiu was extremely disappointed. He thought that he could get some personal information about the surname Mu by accident.

"What? You knew this person before?" Dong Cang glanced at Chu Jiu, remembering that he and Chun Sheng had said his last name as soon as they met.

"I don't know him too well..." When Chu Jiu was speaking, he quickly moved his eyes to the plate of Mushu meat in front of him, "Sister-in-law's cooking is really delicious..."

Dong Cang: "..." This kid is not normal...

"By the way, brother, there is one more thing." Chu Jiu calmed down for a while, then raised his head again, "I heard from Xiao Ming that he was the one who cleaned my grandpa's old house?"

Dong Ximing in the back room heard Chu Jiu mention his name, turned his head and glanced this way.

"Ah... yes, it was originally your sister-in-law who went to tidy up on a regular basis, and Xiao Ming went with her once. She was very happy to see the old man had so many books. This kid loves to read, and then he kept clamoring to read it all day long. My heart skipped a beat. I was soft, so I gave him the key. He went there every three to five times, and your sister-in-law asked him to clean the house. I went to see it twice later, and the cleaning was okay. Don't think this kid is young. It's neat..."

"Then... my grandfather's books..."

"Brother, don't worry, I told that kid, if you want to read a book, you can read it in Grandpa Wu's yard, don't take it out, the old man's books are all good books, it's a pity to lose them." Dong Cang said with a sincere face.

"It seems... there are some ancient books in my grandfather's collection. I don't know if they are still valuable now?" Chu Jiu thought for a long time and couldn't express his meaning more vaguely.

Dong Cang understood in seconds: "Brother, don't worry, brother, although I am dumping ancient books now, no matter how short of money I am, I won't take the old man's idea of ​​those books..."

Chu Jiu could only nod vigorously: "Brother, I'll just ask casually, don't think too much..."

Just when both of them were in a momentary embarrassment, a voice descended from the sky: "I finished my meal, can I go out and play for a while?"

The two redeemed looked up at the same time, and saw an extremely cute "angel", holding an empty bowl in his hand, with two grains of rice sticking to the corner of his right mouth...

"My son is obedient. Let's not go out today on Ching Ming Festival..." Dong Cang turned sideways and wiped the rice grains from the corner of Dong Ximing's mouth with his hand, his eyes were full of love.

"Why can't we go out on Qingming Festival? Gu Yu and I have made an agreement..." Dong Ximing pouted.

Hearing that name, Dong Cang's face changed, and then he said softly: "You, go and sleep well first, can I take you to the carnival in the city tomorrow, okay? Don't you always want to go? "

"..." Dong Ximing thought for a moment, and he was sure that his father would not let go. He didn't argue or cry, but turned around resentfully, walked back to the back room, and closed the door behind him.

"This kid is so good! If my dad wouldn't let me go out when I was a child, I would have blown up..." Chu Jiu looked at the door closed by Xiao Ming and sighed.

Dong Cang seemed to be relieved: "We really hold this child in our mouths and are afraid of melting. The doctor said try not to make him excited. His mother and I dare not beat him or scold him. Fortunately, he also knows I am not in good health, and I have never been noisy..."

"...Who is Gu Yu?" Chu Jiu asked suddenly.

Dong Cang's expression became serious: "There is no such child in the village..."

"Oh, from the next village?" Chu Jiu understood.

"There's nothing next door either... I've inquired about it..." Dong Cang whispered.

"?" There is a situation here!As an excellent monster catcher, Chu Jiu cheered up all of a sudden.

"Have you ever seen this child?" Chu Jiu asked.

Dong Cang shook his head slowly: "Never, I checked it on the Internet, I think it might have been imagined by him, what is that word called... what split... split personality..."

Chujiu: "..."

"It is said that it seems to be a kind of mental illness. I didn't dare to say it, not even your sister-in-law. I plan to go to the psychiatry department for him next time I go to Yanjing for a review..."

"How long has this...name been out of his mouth?" Chu Jiu asked.

"..." Dong Cang patted his forehead and looked at the ceiling, hesitatingly said, "It's been a while, since last year... the end of the year?"

"Aside from mentioning the name, did he change later?"

"Changes?" Dong Cang's fat palm was still pressed on his forehead, "It seems that since then, he has been complaining that the birthmark is uncomfortable..."

Seeing Dong Cang looking at him suspiciously, Chu Jiu quickly explained: "It's okay, I can ask casually, I remember when I was a child, I always fantasized about a kid playing with me..."

Suddenly, a miserable meow came from the yard. It sounded like the cat was being plucked alive.

"It's cat trouble!" Dong Cang glanced at the window, disapproving.

Chu Jiu felt the buzzing of the private plane in his pocket, he immediately stood up and walked towards the yard.