Chapter 160 Chapter 160 Cooperation Achieved

Xu Yunfan drank several cups in a row, and his dry throat finally felt moistened. "I came here today because I want to cooperate with you."

"How do we cooperate?" Zhang Jing was really curious.

"I'll give you another way to make money."

"Conditions?" Zhang Jing firmly believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Xu Yunfan smiled brightly. As expected, communicating with smart people saves words.

"My husband is going to do business in the county town. When that happens, you just need to protect him from being bullied."

These days, it's rare to see someone doting on their husband so much.

Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry.

Xiao Hengzhi really only has a good face, why doesn't he learn from his fellow enthusiasts how to love his husband?

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing looked up and saw a pair of smiling eyes. It was just a brief pause for breath, and the speed of his heart beat exceeded the controllable range.

Zhang Jing's eyelids twitched.

Are even young men this good-looking these days? How can these thirty-year-olds, who are still single and have no competition, find a partner?

It was so frustrating that he actually found a young man's smile so charming and bright. Zhang Jing felt the urge to hold his forehead. "This is easy, but the prerequisite is that you have to show me whether your gameplay is worth the price."

A businessman does not do business at a loss.

Perhaps Xu Yunfan had no other meaning behind this smile, it was just an emotional expression that simply expressed his inner thoughts, but his face, smiling like this, was really quite attractive.

Unable to bear it any longer, Zhou Laoer kicked Xu Yunfan and told him to be more restrained. They were all men present, so they could just laugh if they wanted to. Why did he have to smile so sweetly?

Who are you seducing?

They are all men.

Xu Yunfan retracted his foot and ignored Zhou Laoer.

"They say cooperation is mutually beneficial. I won't cheat my partners. I've inquired, and you guys are basically playing the same few tricks in your gambling house. I can teach you another way, but you can't use it to cheat others. I don't want anyone to go down a different path because of it."

Xu Yunfan knew that there was no mahjong in the gambling house. In modern times, playing mahjong is not necessarily gambling, it can also be an entertainment activity to relax the body and mind.

This entertainment can be enjoyed in moderation, but it should not be addictive.

In Jin Man Lou, you can set a "prize," which is an upper limit on the amount of money you can bet on. Although, because of this restriction, Jin Man Lou may make less money, in the long run, it can actually make a lot of money, not to mention that they also sell tea here. Because new entertainment drives sales of other products, it is impossible to make less money.

"What is mahjong you are talking about?" Zhang Jing agreed to Xu Yunfan's request without thinking.

Although his Jin Man Lou is a gambling house, he never cheats or defrauds people, so many people are willing to come and play.

To be shameless, because he competes with other gambling houses for business and indirectly prevents other gamblers from getting into debt, the owners of other gambling houses have disliked him for a long time.

Some gambling houses do not make money from customers, but from compounding profits.

Xu Yunfan and Zhang Jing borrowed pen and paper, drew the mahjong, and wrote down the rules of playing. As for how the mahjong was made, whether it was made of wood or bone pieces, it had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Jing has been running a gambling house for several years. He only needs to take a glance to know the benefits that mahjong that Xu Yunfan mentioned can bring to him.

As for Xu Yunfan's request, Zhang Jing agreed immediately under the temptation of benefits and promised to send someone to contact Qin Run.

Xu Yunfan nodded in satisfaction, drank a few more cups of tea, and then left.

It can be seen that Xu Yunfan is indeed as capable as Zhou Laoer said. It seems that there are many strange things overseas. Since Xu Yunfan knows mahjong, he may know other things as well.

Zhang Jing's attitude towards Xu Yunfan became a little warmer, and he even personally escorted him out.

When he came back, Zhang Jing stood by the window, his eyes fixed on Xu Yunfan who was leaving with his horse and looking around, and said to Zhou Laoer, "Xu Yunfan gives me the same feeling as Jiang Hengzhi." Equally handsome, equally confident, and giving people the same feeling of being sloppy and unreliable. However, once they start doing things, they give people a sense of extreme conviction, as if there is nothing in the world that they can't do.

Zhou Laoer looked up at the sky, racking his brains to think of Xiao Hengzhi's appearance, but was disappointed to find that he still couldn't remember. He only remembered that Xiao Hengzhi was known as the face of the Dayan Dynasty.

He had a bad memory and had not been back to Beijing for several years. Not only had he forgotten what Xiao Hengzhi looked like, but even the appearance of his master had become vague.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have calmly looked away when he saw Qin Run.

Seeing Zhou Laoer staring at the sky with a blank look, Zhang Jing knew that he had probably forgotten about it again. "Forget it, just have someone make the mahjong first."

When Xu Yunfan rode his horse back to Dali Village, he was sweating profusely and had lost too much water, feeling a little dizzy.

This autumn's heat is quite severe, making people dizzy and swollen.

Xu Yunfan drank half a bucket of water and felt much better.

The weather today was unusually hot and humid. Xu Yunfan looked up at the sky, thought for a while, then went back to the thatched shed next to the kitchen and took out the shovel and hoe.

It looks like it’s going to rain heavily in this weather, so I need to clean the gutters on both sides of the room quickly.

After dinner in the evening, just as Xu Yunfan had expected, there were thunder and lightning in the sky, strong winds, and heavy rain began to fall half an hour later.

Before the heavy rain, some flying ants and other light-chasing insects kept flying towards the house. Qin Run asked Qin An to put out the candle. Now that it was raining, there were fewer flying insects. Qin An and Qin Mu said happily that they would pick up these insects and feed them to the chickens.

Flying ants are actually the termites that "a thousand-mile dike is breached by ants' blood". They come out in groups on rainy days and fly towards bright places. Xu Yunfan was hit by several flying ants and fell into his clothes. The feeling made his scalp tingle, and he couldn't control his expression at all.

Xu Yunfan, who was afraid of ghosts and insects, screamed and jumped almost three feet high, while reaching into his clothes.

It's so scary.

Xu Yunfan couldn't stand this feeling the most.

He was so scared that he almost collapsed. Seeing how timid he was, his two brothers-in-law didn't even bother to pick up the flying ants and just looked at Xu Yunfan and laughed.

People say that daughters and boys are like little cotton-padded jackets. Xu Yunfan seriously suspected that his two cotton-padded jackets were leaking.

Qin Run was amused and pulled Xu Yunfan back to the room to undress him and look for flying ants. Knowing that Xu Yunfan was afraid of insects, he couldn't help but comfort him: "Okay, don't be afraid, Yunfan, flying ants are actually not scary. They are just ants with wings, not soft insects."

Speaking of which, Qin Run also found it very funny.

A grown man is actually afraid of soft bugs.

But he would not think that Xu Yunfan was a coward because everyone in the world was afraid of different things. If he was not afraid of something but others were afraid of it, how could he be a coward?

This shouldn't happen.

Qin Run never looked down on Xu Yunfan because of this. After finding a few flying ants, he shook the clothes several times and said, "You can wear it now. There are no more bugs."

"It's so scary. With so many flying insects, won't the ground be covered with them tomorrow?" Xu Yunfan got goosebumps just thinking about it.

Qin Run: "No, it's raining so hard, it will stop soon. I'll go get you some water to take a bath. If you're worried about flying ants coming in, don't open the window."

Xu Yunfan put on his clothes and said in a muffled voice, "I understand."

He didn't dislike rainy days before, but he didn't like it very much here.

The muddy road and inconvenient transportation all gave him a headache.

The rain finally stopped in the middle of the night.

The next day, it was just dawn and Xu Yunfan was still dreaming when Qin Run got up. If he didn't get up early, he would have no time to prepare breakfast for Xu Yunfan because he had to go to the county town today.

Without the warm embrace, Xu Yunfan turned over and muttered something, then reached out to touch the place where Qin Run was lying in a daze. Qin Run was so scared that he quickly stuffed the pillow into Xu Yunfan's arms.

After breakfast was ready, Qin Run called Xu Yunfan for the third time before he finally woke him up.

A family of four was eating noodles in the main room. There was a bowl of leftover chicken soup from last night on the table. Xu Yunfan had a good appetite, and he only felt about 60% full after eating a large bowl of hot and sour noodles.

Qin Run wanted to give him some more powder, but someone slammed the gate of the courtyard.

"Run'er, are you at home?" Sun Mu's crying voice came from outside the yard.

Hearing that the voice was not right, Qin Run responded, "Yes," and ran towards the gate.

Outside the courtyard, Sun Mu's eyes were red, and Li Hui was holding the child, crying out of breath. If she hadn't been holding the child in her arms, she would have fainted from crying.

"What's wrong?" Xu Yunfan, who also heard the crying and shouting, came out.

Seeing Xu Yunfan, Sun Mu's last breath suddenly relaxed, his legs softened, and without a word, he knelt before Xu Yunfan. He walked a few steps to Xu Yunfan, grabbed Xu Yunfan's clothes with one hand, and pleaded in a pitiful voice, "Yunfan, please save my son's life, I beg you."

Hearing this, Qin Run hurried forward to check on the child in Li Hui's arms. He saw that the child was sleeping soundly, but when Qin Run touched his forehead, he was startled. "The child has a fever."

"Yes, he had a fever in the middle of the night last night and fainted at dawn. My father went to call a doctor, but the doctor couldn't do anything and asked me to take the child to town immediately." Sun Mu cried with tears and snot.

The doctor also said that the child would be fine within half an hour. If the fever continued, even if the child was saved, he would be burned to death or become stupid.

But even if you take an ox cart from Dali Village to the town, it would take at least half an hour at the fastest. Because the college was on vacation today, Aunt Qin and the others didn't have to go to work, so Sun Wu didn't have to drive the ox cart. He went up the mountain with his father early in the morning to chop firewood for Xu Yunfan.

If they ran up the mountain to call for help and then asked Sun Wu to drive the car to the town, half an hour would not be enough.

Hearing that Xu Yunfan brought back a horse, Sun Mu had no choice but to give it a try.

Hearing this, Xu Yunfan hurriedly took the child from Li Hui's arms, casually asked Qin Run to bring the horse back, and hurried into the room to put the child on the bed.

After taking all the emergency measures and doing what needed to be done, Xu Yunfan had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

At one point, the child stopped breathing and Xu Yunfan was terrified. His hands trembled slightly as he forced himself to calm down. He must not panic or lose his composure. He searched through his memory and found a solution. After giving the child artificial respiration, he finally brought the child back to life.

Li Hui's family and Sun Mu's mother rushed over and saw that the child had stopped breathing and fainted. Sun Mu's father had no time to help him and his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Sun Mu was already dumbfounded.

The extreme sadness did not make Sun Mu cry out loud. Instead, he looked like an idiot, his eyes fixed on the child.

Everything was fine last night, but they felt too hot and the child was making a fuss. Li Hui even stripped the child naked and laughed at his chubby belly. The breeze was blowing in the middle of the night, and the child was sleeping soundly. Seeing the child sleeping so sweetly, Sun Mu and his wife were very happy. Look, how well they raised their child.

But the child developed a fever in the middle of the night.

The whole family felt as if all the strength had been drained from their bodies, but only Xu Yunfan was still working hard.

Until a sharp pain came from his face, and Xu Yunfan's dissatisfied voice came to his ears, "What are you standing there for? Hurry and get me a basin of water."

Sun Mu came back to his senses and looked at the child who had recovered his breathing. He suddenly came back to life. He didn't dare to delay any longer and ran out quickly.

Before Sun Mu ran to the kitchen, Qin Run had already brought the water over, "Yun Fan, do we still need to go to town?"

"Go, I've tried my best to lower the child's temperature, but it's better to go and check it out just to be safe." Xu Yunfan wiped the child again and felt that he could take the child out. Then he let Sun Mu hold the child, climbed onto the horse first, and then pulled Sun Mu up.

In order to save time, Xu Yunfan kept shouting all the way, and his body remained half bent. Sun Mu, who was sitting behind him, holding the child in one hand and hugging Xu Yunfan's waist with the other, felt that his heart was about to fly away, and the sound of the wind was whistling in his ears, and his soul was chasing after him.

In order to save time, Xu Yunfan no longer cared about the morning fog and whether there would be any ghosts on the deserted village road.

At this moment, a sense of responsibility overcame fear.

He couldn't bear to watch a little life slip away before his eyes, so he had to try his best.

If he doesn't try his best, he will regret it.

Sun Mu, who had never ridden a horse, was only afraid, but also felt a sense of excitement. If he hadn't been worried about his child, he would have screamed by now.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Yunfan jumped off the horse, reached out and snatched the child from Sun Mu, who had not yet recovered from the "shock", and turned around, no longer caring about Sun Mu, who was unable to get off the horse due to weak legs, and rushed straight to the clinic, not daring to delay for a moment.

"Doctor, please help me take a look, my child has a fever." In a hurry, Xu Yunfan didn't care whose child he was holding. He only knew that now that the child was in his arms, it was his responsibility, even if there was no blood relationship.

Before the clinic opened, Xu Yunfan slammed the door. When the medicine boy learned that the child had a fever, he dared not delay and ran away.

Doctor Meng had just woken up and didn't even bother to put on his coat when he heard the news. He was completely unaware that his shoes were on the wrong feet.

There is no way. In previous years, many children lost their lives due to fever. Because the children are young, many medicines cannot be used casually. I didn’t know before that many children not only did not get better after taking the medicine, but their conditions became worse. Some even died soon after. For this reason, when encountering a child with a fever, doctors will more often choose to give injections.

Many barefoot doctors can only diagnose and prescribe medicine, but they cannot give acupuncture. After all, few people know how to spread this knowledge to others.

It’s okay for children in the village who live close to the town, but if they live far away and can’t make it in time, once the child has a fever, they can only rely on fate.

Many doctors are powerless to change this situation.

After all, unlike the imperial examinations, studying medicine does not have an orthodox academy to teach. It is generally passed down from generation to generation or through a master-apprentice system. Imperial doctors in the palace are only eligible to receive orthodox training after entering the palace.

Therefore, the village doctor can be said to have only learned the basics.

When he heard that a child had a fever, Doctor Meng didn't dare to delay. When he hurried to the clinic in the front yard, he asked directly, "Where's the child? Let me see it quickly."

"Here." Xu Yunfan hurriedly followed Doctor Meng and put the child on the bed without Doctor Meng's instructions.

Not hearing the child crying, Doctor Meng felt a pang in his heart and thought to himself that it was over.

He hurriedly touched the child's forehead and took his pulse... After a series of examinations, Doctor Meng finally let out the breath he had been holding back. He turned to Xu Yunfan and said angrily, "You little man, your child's fever is almost gone. Why did you take so long to bring him in? Why didn't you wait until the child's fever was completely gone before coming? Do you know that this is very dangerous... Hey, don't you have any elders at home? As expected, you are too young and not very reliable."

Finally, the doctor scolded Xu Yunfan.