Chapter 37

It was late when Xu Yi returned home. He found that Mrs. He had come to feed Xiao Huang at noon. Only the collapsed kitchen was still in a mess. She didn't know Xu Yi's next arrangements, so she didn't clean it up. .

But Yang Rong was taken home by Madam Yang. Madam Yang was so busy that she didn't see her son. She was so frightened that she filled the alley and shouted for someone. Fortunately, she met the people sent by Madam He, but Madam Yang almost ran outside to look for him. go.

After Xu Yi knew that Brother Rong was fine, he went into the kitchen, took out the collapsed bamboo rack and dustpan, picked out the medicinal materials that could still be used, and dried them in the yard. The water tank in the kitchen was good, but the water in it couldn't be used because of rainwater. He poured the water out and planned to carry the water on a pole.

Walking out of the courtyard, Xu Yi met the families of the injured who were attending the free clinic in the morning. These families seemed to have come together after discussion. Some were holding baskets in their hands, and some were holding them in sacks.

Xu Yi was confused and put down the burden: "Why are you here?"

The old lady took the lead. With wrinkled hands, the old lady lifted the coarse cloth covering the basket and said gratefully: "We are here to thank Dr. Xu. If Dr. Xu hadn't generously come to the rescue, my son would probably have died."

She couldn't hold back her tears as she talked about her grief, "We can't repay such a great kindness, so we can only pick up some. Come here and give it to Dr. Xu, don’t mind it.”

The basket she brought contained twenty or thirty chickens, which she must have saved for a while.

After the old lady expressed her position, the others also gave Xu Yi the things they had brought.

"Xu Xiaolang... no, I have to call you Doctor Xu now. Thank you for saving my husband. If he fell, I wouldn't be able to survive."

"This is a steamed bun. I made it yesterday. It rained at night. Did you hide it? Even if it rains, it's all good. Doctor Xu, don't dislike it."

"I'm shy at home, so I can't bring out the good ones. The beans I saved during the spring harvest..."

Several people said something to each other, and Xu Yi said something on his arm. Various things were hung up, so he hugged her quickly. Looking at the eggs, steamed buns, vegetables, and soybeans in his arms, he instantly felt warm in his heart.

He doesn't ask the people at the free clinic to be grateful and remember him, but as a doctor, it feels good to be remembered by the patients' families and think of him.

Xu Yi smiled gently and said, "There's so much, I can't finish it."

"They're all worthless things. Doctor Xu, just accept them," the old lady said.

"Yes, Doctor Xu."

For them, the food is endless and they can be sold in the market for dozens of coins. But Xu Yi's great kindness and the money he spent are not worth mentioning.

They wanted to thank him, but Xu Yi knew that if he didn't accept it, it would make them uneasy, so he agreed.

Then, when one of the men knew that Xu Yi was going to carry water, he took the initiative to take over the load and said that he would be back as soon as he went.

Xu Yi was holding something in his hand and could not stop him, so he could only watch as he walked away carrying the load.

Several other young people heard that Xu Yi's house had also suffered a disaster and the roof beams in the kitchen collapsed, so they said they would come in to help.

"Doctor Xu, why do you still need to do this work? Please rest quickly. I'll do it together. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm really willing to do it."

After they said that, they didn't allow him to do anything, so they asked him to sit in the yard. Then he brought a wooden stool for Xu Yi.

Among the few people there were women and children aged 11 or 12, how could Xu Yi resist them.

Xu Yi sighed and could only watch.

From time to time, a child would be asked to hold things one by one and ask him: "Doctor Xu, what is this, do you still need to use it?"

When Xu Yi said that it can't be used, he said with regret. : "Are you no longer using this and this? They both look good. Can they still be used after they have been dried?"

Children are used to being poor at home. Even the shabby things in the house have been repaired and repaired. Continue to use supplements.

When I heard Xu Yi say that wet medicinal materials could not be used and broken wooden beams were discarded, I felt sorry for him.

At this time, a woman came over and apologetically took the child's hand. The child belonged to her family, which made her a little anxious: "Doctor Xu, don't blame him. This medicinal material will naturally be thrown away if it goes bad. How can you shout?" I'll let you be the bad guy and keep using it."

She knew that doctors had their own rules, and it would be bad if the children accidentally offended Xu Yi.

After saying that, he scolded his own child: "Let me ask you honestly, who told you to come up with your own ideas? If you are so unbehaved, are you planning to get beaten?"

After hearing this, the child turned pale with fright. He turned white, pulled his mother's sleeve, and cried, "I don't dare to do it anymore, mother, please don't hit me."

Then the mother asked him to kowtow to Xu Yi to admit his mistake.

Xu Yi was so frightened that she jumped up from her stool. When she stopped her, she said, "Children are childish. Just say a few words to them. How can I make them kneel to me? Besides, it's not etiquette."

He pulled her . There was nothing the lady could do to prevent the child from kneeling down, but she also knew that Xu Yi was not angry, so she felt relieved.

Soon, the man carrying the water came back.

He took the initiative to undertake the task of cleaning the pottery jars, and did not let Xu Yi get involved. When he heard that the beams in the kitchen house had collapsed, he added: "I know some skills as a bricklayer. In the past, many house builders in the village asked me to build their houses. If Xu Yi The doctor doesn't mind my poor skills, but he can let me mend the beams. You don't have to throw away the broken wooden beams. They can be used again after they are repaired."

Xu Yi was happy. He was about to renovate the house, so he saw that he could repair the house. Ask him to find out.

This man's name is Huang San, the third oldest child in his family. Among those injured today, the one who hit his head was his second brother. He knew some masonry and carpentry work, but he learned it by trial and error. He had never been a serious master. When Xu Yi agreed to let him do it, he was very excited and said that he would not need to pay for it.

"My back room leaked last night and needs to be repaired. What do you think is the best way to repair it?" Xu Yi asked him.

He said he wanted to go into the house and take a look, so Xu Yi took him inside to check.

After entering, Huang San asked Xu Yi for a ladder to go up to the beam, which is a thatched house. The waterproofing on the thatched house is naturally made of sun-dried thatch and rice stalks, which are wear-resistant and sun-resistant. Many poor people in South Street use thatch. If there is an occasional leak, they will replace it with new thatch.

Huang San came down from the roof and told Xu Yi that the problem was not big. He would go get some freshly dried thatch and put it on the roof, so there would be no rain.

Xu Yi looked at the dilapidated beams. Before this experience, he had never thought that the "legacy" left to him had become so dilapidated.

He thought for a long time and asked Huang San: "Brother Huang San, I want to replace the thatch above with tiles. What do you think?"

"Replace with tiles?" Huang San was a little surprised.

Building a roof with tiles is not cheap. The Xu family only has three rooms, but after all, it doesn't cost more than a dozen dollars to do it.

Huang San told Xu Yi his concerns.

"These tiles are going to the bricklayer's shop. The price for each kiln is not less than the above price. Doctor Xu wants to order it. It takes at least several kilns to suffice. He also needs to hire workers to lay the tiles, which costs more than ten kilograms a day. Here's the wages. After all, it's no less than a dozen guan..."

Xu Yi was a little surprised when he heard that it cost more than a dozen guan. It was cheaper than he thought.

He now has more than 30 pounds of cash that he can directly take out, not counting the agarwood and the courtesy gift returned by the Wang family.

Xu Yi wouldn't touch it as a courtesy, and he would share the fruit and cakes he couldn't save with his neighbors. He kept the silver cakes, candles, boxes and cages and placed them in the Xu family's parents' house.

As for Chenxiang... Xu Yi thought about it and would take it out when the time is right.

Xu Yi thought for a while and said: "Brother Huang, please recommend a good bricklayer's shop. One room in this house collapsed, and the rest is not safe after all. It is better to spend some money to renovate the house to avoid today's worries. "

Huang San quickly said yes, saying that he went to the bricklayer's shop to ask about the price and then came to look for Xu Yi.

Xu Yi sent him out of the house and the others dispersed.

He and Xiao Huang were the only ones left in the room. After what happened last night, Xiao Huang would follow Xu Yi closely. Wherever Xu Yi goes, he follows him, and his tail doesn't even wag much.

Xu Yi knew that it was frightened, so he comforted it a few times and said that he would take it for a walk.

Most of the people affected by the disaster this time were residents on South Street. Xu Yi took Xiao Huang out and saw many families whose houses had collapsed. They were busy moving wood, thatch and straw to repair their houses.

Most of them are reluctant to ask craftsmen to come over and repair it themselves so that the house can still be lived in.

There are even more dilapidated thatched houses than the Xu family, which can still house a family of seven or eight people...

Xu Yi walked around and knew that the heavy rain this time would make more already poor families even worse.

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One day later, Huang San came to Xu Yi and said that he had found a bricklayer's shop at a reasonable price. The master there also brought two apprentices to build a house. The wages required were not high. The master was thirty cents a day and the apprentice was twelve Wen, there is no need to include food.

After hearing the price, Xu Yi chose this shop without saying anything. With the money in hand, he followed Huang San to the bricklayer's shop.

Discuss with the master of the bricklayer's shop how to repair the house. After deciding, the master can come and build the house in five days.

Within two days, everyone in South Street knew that the Xu family wanted to renovate their house.

The first ones to know were Mrs. He and Mrs. Chen’s family.

After Mrs. He's husband learned about the disaster in South Street, he immediately resigned from his master's house and came back. Seeing that the house was fine, he chatted with Xu Yi for a few words before leaving, and then left home again.

Mrs. He sighed helplessly: "I'm not at home every day. Fortunately, the monthly money is sent here, otherwise it would be the same as if I didn't have this person."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "Good sister, if you want me to say, it's still my home." It's not good inside. Just now I saw that Mr. He was thinking about you in his heart. The Gu family is very considerate. It's better than being lazy at home, and it's much better than being annoying."

Mrs. He's earlobes turned red at her words.

Looking at Xu Yi, he saw that the child didn't listen to their boring words at all and was picking up pancakes to feed Xiao Huang.

"Brother Yi, you want to build a house. Do you have enough money on hand? I don't have much money to lend you, but I will have some money." Mrs. He asked him.

Xu Yi thanked her first and said: "The money is enough. I still have the money I saved from selling medicinal materials. If I am really short of money, I can ask Madam He to borrow it."

Madam He said with a smile: "You are always good at saying nice things. If you have any problems, you may not tell me. "

"That's all, I'll be happy to see you build a new roof."

Mrs. Chen looked on, feeling melancholy. Although she had been in love with Mrs. He recently. She enjoys eating, drinking and chatting at home to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't feel like a woman and likes to tease Xu Yi.

Speaking of which, it was still Chen Erwang's fault. If it hadn't been for him, he would have caused her to follow him inside and outside.

Xu Yi didn't know what she was thinking. When he saw that she was lost in thought, he called her: "Ms. Chen."

Mrs. Chen came back

to her senses and asked: "Brother Yi, what's going on?" Xu Yi looked at her face and asked softly: "Ms. Chen, what's going on? "How many days have you been unable to sleep well?"

"You can tell?" Mrs. Chen was slightly frightened, and sighed resentfully, "It's because I haven't been able to sleep well. I wake up easily in the middle of the night, and my chest feels tight after a while. It’s okay again.”

After that. She covered her face with a handkerchief in embarrassment. How could she tell these words to a young man?

Madam He said "Oh" and said, "You can't do this, why didn't you ask a doctor?"

Madam Chen shook her head, it was just a minor problem, there was no need to ask a doctor to check her pulse.

Xu Yi said: "If you don't mind, Mrs. Chen, you can let me take a look."

"Can you calculate the consultation fee with me?" Mrs. Chen twisted the handkerchief, thought for a while and said, "If you don't accept the consultation fee, then I won't I'll let you see it, but I won't take advantage of you."

Xu Yi remained silent.

Mrs. Chen's face looks bad, her heart feels heavy and uncomfortable, and she has nightmares and can't sleep in the middle of the night. She may be suffering from liver qi stagnation.

He said: "Okay, since it's a medical consultation, of course we need to collect the consultation fee."

After saying that, he heard Madam Chen and Madam He cover their mouths and laugh at the same time.

Xu Yi: "..."

Did he say something wrong?

"That's all, I won't tease you." Mrs. Chen sighed after saying that and stretched out her hand.

Xu Yi calmed down, got up and brought back a pulse pillow to check Madam Chen's pulse.

Judging from the pulse condition, it was indeed as he thought, with stagnation of liver qi and restlessness. Thinking about it again, the quarrels he occasionally heard seemed to be the result of marital discord.

Ever since Chen Erwang was dismissed from his job as a bookkeeper, he has been living in a muddle-headed manner at home. He is not willing to go out to meet people and always quarrels with his neighbors.

Xu Yi had heard no less than seven or eight times that Chen Erwang was not good at it from other people's mouths.

The gossip spread, and it was not good for Mrs. Chen's reputation. She is good at cooking. Sometimes people want to eat good food, so they give her some money and ask her to come to their home to cook some food and earn a little money.

Now because of this incident, there are fewer jobs coming to see Mrs. Chen, so that she becomes more and more dissatisfied with Chen Erwang.

Xu Yi knew some of the reasons, but this was their husband and wife's business. He couldn't interfere, so he just said something: "Ms. Chen, you have depression in your heart and liver qi. You need to relax and think more." "It seems like it's an old problem

." Mrs. Chen raised her hand and rubbed her temples. She felt chest tight and short of breath when she thought of Chen Erwang, and waved her hands away from thinking about him.

She asked Xu Yi: "Is my illness okay?"

She didn't like to be sick, but there was something on her mind, and it was not her decision.

"Just take two pills of medicine to soothe the liver and regulate qi." Xu Yi said, "The main problem with the deficiency of the intestines and stomach is Mrs. Chen. How to deal with the sadness."

Mrs. Chen calmed down after hearing this.

She knew what Xu Yi said.

"Brother Yi is right, people always have to think about good things. You can't make yourself uncomfortable because of some foreign affairs." Madam He's heart was like a mirror, so she naturally knew the reason and took Madam Chen's hand. He patted and comforted her.

Madam Chen lowered her eyes slightly, her dignity now shattered, her eyes were red, and her tears were falling like rain.