The food tasted good and Liu Yaoyu ate it with relish. Yu Jiao didn't like to have food accumulated at night, so she ate a few pieces of glutinous rice cakes, put down her chopsticks and just sipped the tea.

Gu Yun's attention was on Yu Jiao. Seeing that she was only drinking tea, he waved to the waiter and asked him to bring another pot of good tea.

Yu Jiao drank too much tea and felt a little restless, so she took Jianjia to the backyard of the restaurant to use the toilet.

When I came out of the bathroom, I heard voices in the yard.

First, a young man spoke, "Auntie Fatty, the shopkeeper has told you to kick the man out. If he dies in our building, it will affect our business if the news gets out."

Then a middle-aged woman spoke up: "The mute has no children, and the doctors in the city can't cure him. If we drive him out, won't we just let him die? His heartache attacks whenever he wants, and we don't need a bed in our backyard. Brother Zhang, you are close to the shopkeeper, please help put in a few good words. The mute has been delivering firewood to our building for so many years, and he looks so pitiful now. We are all acquaintances, so ask the shopkeeper to be more flexible."

The man called Brother Zhang sighed, "The shopkeeper is not unkind, he also has his own difficulties. Uncle Dumb lives here, if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to explain to the boss. Otherwise, we should ask Uncle Dumb to go back to South Lane. Aunt Guihua, you should go over there often during the day. After all, this is a place for business."

The woman named Guihua begged, "Little Zhang, please ask the shopkeeper to let the mute stay until the end of this month. He said that he would go to the capital to look for someone after he got better in a few days. At least let him move in until the end of this month. His house in South Lane has been occupied by someone else. You know that. If he has a place to go, I won't be able to make things difficult for the shopkeeper."

The clerk named Brother Zhang shook his head helplessly and agreed reluctantly, "Then I'll go and speak to the shopkeeper to help you. No one can stay here by the end of the month at the latest. We are a place for work, not for keeping idle people. It's just that our shopkeeper is kind-hearted."

"Brother Zhang is right. I will let the mute move out at the end of the month. I will never make things difficult for the shopkeeper and Brother Zhang then." Feng Guihua said with a smile as he looked at Brother Zhang's departing back.

After Xiao Zhang walked away, Feng Guihua sighed heavily with a sad face, "A hemp rope will break only at the thinnest part, and misfortune will only find the unfortunate. Why is my life so miserable?"

She touched the food hidden in her sleeve and turned to walk to the back room. Yu Jiao called her from behind, "Where is the patient you mentioned? I'm the doctor."

Feng Guihua was startled when she heard the voice. She turned around and saw two little girls. Judging from their clothes, they must be the guests who had dinner earlier. She was afraid of causing trouble for the restaurant, but she was also worried about the mute's illness.

She looked around the front yard for a few times before lowering her voice and asking, "Are you really a doctor?"

Yu Jiao nodded.

Feng Guihua hesitated for a moment and said, "Come with me."

Yu Jiao and Jianjia followed Feng Guihua and went to the back room together.

The back house in the backyard of the restaurant was occupied by the waiters and kitchen staff who worked there. At this moment, they were all busy in the front building. Yu Jiao and Feng Guihua came over but didn't run into anyone.

Feng Guihua pushed open a door and found it was pitch black inside. She could faintly hear muffled breathing. Feng Guihua lit an oil lamp on the table in the dark, and the room became brighter, illuminating the man on the wooden bed who sat up after hearing the noise.

The man was about 40 or 50 years old. When he saw Yu Jiao and the other person behind Feng Guihua, he seemed a little frightened and flustered. He wanted to get up, but also wanted to dodge. He raised his hand and gestured quickly towards Feng Guihua several times.

Feng Guihua said to the man, "This female guest is a kind doctor who is here to see you."

After that, he explained to Yu Jiao, "He is a mute, please don't mind."