Nowadays, the so-called county town also exudes an air of shabbyness and poverty.
There are low-rise houses everywhere, and few vehicles on the narrow streets, with the occasional passing cart making a creaking sound. The small shops on the street are dark and obscure, with goods displayed in a messy manner.
However, such a place is more decent than the countryside. At least there are hard roads when going out, and there are fewer patches on passers-by's clothes.
Qinghe County, Meilu Lane.
Zhao Wei sold his firewood to a local family as he wished.
As soon as you call out for this thing, someone will come up to inquire about the price. It is very popular.
Then he took the fur of the old horned muntjac to a fur shop, and after a quarrel with the shopkeeper, he finally got 12 yuan in exchange for it.
The main reason is that this skin is somewhat rare and in extremely good condition, which is why it can be sold at such a high price in these desolate times.
Five years ago, if people had some money, they could sell this leather for around 20 yuan.
But now, this was beyond Zhao Wei's expectations. After all, he was in urgent need of money.
Zhao Wei took the money and spent 8 cents to buy two meat buns as big as bowls and handed them to Yunxiu.
"Yes, I promised to buy you something delicious, eat it while it's hot!"
Yunxiu was really hungry. She ate a sweet potato on the road, but just a short while later, she was so hungry that her stomach ached again.
So I just held it and chewed it without thinking.
After eating just two bites, he saw that Zhao Wei had empty hands. After hesitating for a moment, he gave the bun in his hand to him.
"Um...you...you should eat something too!"
Even though she was abused and bullied, the kindness in her bones prevented her from eating alone.
Zhao Wei didn't answer, but urged her to eat quickly. The weather was very cold and the hot buns could bring some warmth to people.
After eating, he took people to the department store.
Behind the counter here, there are all kinds of goods, all of which are not available at home. Yunxiu was almost unable to walk after seeing so many of them.
Zhao Wei stood in front of a pile of cloth, selected two thicker coarse cloths and some cotton cloths, and asked someone to buy nearly 6 yuan worth of cloth.
Then he said to Yunxiu solemnly: "When you go back, I will trouble you to make new clothes and new shoes for everyone in the family."
There was finally a glimmer of light in Yunxiu's dead eyes, and her breathing became rapid.
Can she... still go home? Can she still make new clothes?
Without giving her a chance to refuse, Zhao Wei bought some daily necessities.
As for food, he had no food coupons on him, as they were all in the hands of the old lady, so naturally he couldn't buy any.
However, he could exchange them secretly. He privately found a wealthy family and suffered a small loss, but he still got a few kilograms of food coupons and only had two dollars left.
This money is really not worth spending. It’s gone as soon as it’s handed over.
At this time, he was sitting in a clinic, ready to see his physical illness.
Yunxiu hid far away, lowered her head in embarrassment, and was somewhat afraid to listen to this topic.
The doctor looked quite old, and the walls of his room were covered with banners, so he must be a pretty good doctor.
After observing, smelling, asking and palpating the patient, the other party asked him to take off his pants for examination. Finally, he gave him a treatment plan, which consisted of acupuncture and medication, and a two-pronged approach would heal quickly.
However, each injection costs 1 yuan and has to be done continuously for a month.
As for the medicine, it is not cheap either. It is medicine for replenishing kidney yin deficiency. One pill costs two yuan. I take one pill a day for seven consecutive days as a course of treatment. A total of three courses are needed.
This course of illness will delay his treatment for a month, and the cost is outrageous. Without at least a hundred dollars, he doesn't deserve to see a doctor.
Zhao Wei couldn't accept this kind of treatment. After thinking about it, he gave up.
My grandfather in the previous life was a local doctor who was extremely passionate about curing illnesses and saving lives. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so kind-hearted as to adopt an orphan like me.
He followed him for more than ten years and learned a lot of methods to cure diseases and save lives.
Later, I joined the army for further studies and was exposed to some Western medical diagnosis and treatment.
He still has some cases to refer to for treating this kind of disease in men.
Now I asked the doctor in detail which acupoints he planned to prick during acupuncture.
The other party thought that Zhao Wei was just a country boy and it was impossible for him to understand these things, so he didn't brag about them.
After Zhao Wei verified what he remembered with this, he found that the doctor was quite capable.
Except for the price, there is nothing wrong with it.
Nowadays, quack doctors dare not sit in the clinic to treat patients.
When I was planning to find an excuse to leave, there was a sudden commotion outside and someone was making trouble.
It turned out to be a group of thugs, who were surrounding Yunxiu and making physical advances.
Yunxiu was driven mad and was struggling with this group of people.
Seeing that she had already touched the sleeve and was about to take something out, Zhao Wei hurried over and grabbed her hand.
"Stand back and let me do it!"
Yunxiu was pulled behind Zhao Wei, who was staring at these people fiercely like a door god.
"This is my wife, if anyone moves me again, try it!"
How could the person he protects be bullied like this?
These people only came to take advantage of Yunxiu because they saw that she was a single girl. Now that they have a man backing them up, how dare they complain?
Before one of them left, he spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm with his brows lowered and his eyes drooped: "Bah! What the hell, I don't care about you, you dirty country bumpkin..."
He could tolerate a harsh word, but this last sentence that looked down on country people was intolerable to Zhao Wei.
Zhao Wei rushed forward and kicked the man violently on the butt: "I want to give you a taste of my own medicine, you bastard who is worse than a pig or a dog!"
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