Xu Lanyin's words were both insults to the young man and the truth. The young man truly had a mental illness. There were many dandies who bullied others by taking advantage of their power, but the young man clearly couldn't control his emotions, words, and actions, and his thinking was different from that of an ordinary person.
There are no psychologists to help you in this world. You should take some medicine to suppress your mental excitement and then try to control your emotions.
The young man was so angry that he really wanted to jump into the stream and rush over to hit the man, but was stopped by the servant.
"Oh, my dear, it's autumn now and the water is very cold. If you fall ill, the old master will beat me to death."
The young man whipped the servant with a horsewhip, cursing, "Get out! Get out! Don't get in the way of my beating! That damned girl is ugly and clumsy, yet she dares to scold me... I'm going to whip her to death and stuff the rag on her head into the toilet..."
Xu Lanyin really couldn't understand why he was fighting with the cloth wrapped around her head.
The servant suddenly had an idea and said, "Fourth Master, if you are sick, how can you find the old doctor Zhang?"
These words not only calmed the young man down, but also made Xu Lanyin, who was eating cake and watching the fun, feel nervous.
The servant directly added the surname "Zhang" in front of the old doctor, so it is possible that Grandpa Zhang is really the old doctor...Xu Lanyin was excited.
The young man in brocade clothes also stopped making noises. He looked at Xu Lanyin and asked, "Girl, it seems that you often collect herbs in this area. Have you seen the old man living in this house?" He added, "I heard that the old man is in his sixties and is rather... well, unrefined."
Xu Lanyin thought about the old man she had in mind: unkempt, with dirty clothes, messy hair, and worn shoes that exposed her toes...
Xu Lan's hair stood on end with excitement. She said, "I did see an old man who used to live in this house, but I'm not sure if he's the one you're looking for. He was very old, his clothes were dirty, his hair was messy, and his shoes had a hole in them. He spoke with a slight southern accent, and his last name was also Zhang."
The young man nodded repeatedly with joy and said, "Yes, yes, that's him. The old genius doctor Zhang was from Shuzhong."
Xu Lanyin only spoke with a southern accent, not a Sichuan accent, as a test. When the young man said that the old doctor Zhang was from Sichuan, he knew without a doubt that the herbalist was the old doctor mentioned in the book.
The rare and miraculous elixir the old doctor was looking for was the blackroot herb the original owner had found, which was why he was so excited. He left after obtaining the blackroot herb. The ointment he gave her for whitening, skincare, and scar removal could really be the legendary Jade Regenerating Cream. Even if it wasn't, it would still be very useful. And that little wooden plaque would be worth a fortune...
Thinking of how the original owner had refused the medical skills that the old doctor wanted to teach her, Xu Lan felt so uncomfortable that her chest ached.
Seeing the girl staring blankly at the sky, the young man in brocade clothes got angry again and yelled, "Stupid girl, I'm asking you a question. What are you staring at the sky for? Do you think you can see white clouds as red flowers? Stop daydreaming."
Xu Lanyin looked at the awkward boy, then at the stream between them, and said slowly, "Don't you know that women hold grudges? You scolded me and whipped me. Why should I tell you?"
The young man choked and wanted to say, "If you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death." But looking at the stream in front of him, he slowed down and said, "If you tell me, I'll give you the silver."
When the young man saw the girl, his eyes lit up and he thought that this country girl was not that ugly - it would be even better if she could tear off the rag.
"Fourth Master, what are you thinking about?" the servant asked when he saw his master staring blankly at the girl opposite.
The young man suddenly came to his senses, took out a silver ingot from his pocket, shook it, and said, "If you tell me, I will give it to you."
Although Xu Lanyin liked money, she hated this madman even more. She rolled her eyes at him and continued eating the cake in her hand.
The young man had no choice but to throw the silver in his hand to Xu Lanyin's feet. Xu Lanyin took a look and saw the five-liang silver ingot shining brightly in the sun.
Hanako was not happy about this. She thought the man was hitting her with a stone, and she started barking at the boy fiercely.
Xu Lanyin looked at the anxious young man again, finished the cake in her hand in a few bites, stood up and said, "Hanako, let's go."
The young man was so anxious that he jumped up and down and yelled, "You stupid girl, don't leave." Seeing that the girl ignored him, he said, "If that silver is not enough, I'll give you another one." As he said that, he took out another ingot of silver and threw it in front of Xu Lanyin.
The silver coin bounced on the stone and landed at Xu Lanyin's feet. It was a much larger ingot, weighing ten taels.
Xu Lanyin wouldn't go against money. She also didn't dare to haggle over the price any further, after all, the old man was gone.
She turned and said, "I saw him gathering herbs in this area starting last spring, but I haven't seen him since late this spring. I guess he's gone."
The young man was extremely disappointed and murmured, "Could it be that we are too late and the old doctor Zhang has already left?" He shook his head, as if he didn't believe it.
The servant nodded repeatedly and said, "Fourth Master, that girl must be telling the truth. No one has lived in the cottage for a long time."
Xu Lanyin bent down to pick up the silver, then went back to pick up another ingot, and walked back with Huazi in the direction they had come. She didn't show it on her face, but she was actually overjoyed. The sale of her dowry brought her over nine taels of silver, the chess gift brought her twenty-five taels, the servant lost two taels, and with these fifteen taels, she'd made back the money from the land sale, plus some. She felt relieved, finally mending the hole the original owner had left behind.
She had no intention of picking herbs anymore and hurried home to see if the box of medicine was the legendary Jade Regenerating Cream.
On the way, a hunter from the mountains hurriedly jumped past her. He greeted her, "Little girl, you're here to collect herbs again. Be careful. The wild animals are very delicious at this time of year. There's no guarantee that a large one will escape down the mountain."
In two years, the original owner had met this hunter no less than ten times. Later, whenever they met, they would smile and say hello.
Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "I'll pay attention. Thank you, uncle."
The man had a broad build, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and wheat-colored skin. He looked like a strong man with the strength to pull a mountain.
Seeing that he had two pheasants and two rabbits hanging on his body, and a wild goat on his back, Xu Lanyin said, "Uncle, I was lucky enough to pick a bunch of golden fox vines today. How about exchanging them for a pheasant and a rabbit?"
All hunters like golden fox vines. The hunter stopped and said with a smile, "That's great."
Xu Lanyin put down the bamboo basket, took out two golden fox vines from it and gave them to him.
The hunter held the golden fox vine and smiled brightly, saying, "This thing is precious. A pheasant and a rabbit are not enough for you." He was reluctant to return the medicine, so he put the goat down and used a knife to cut more than a pound of mutton for Xu Lanyin.
What an honest and kind person.
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