Chapter 42 Xue Banxian
The old man hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll go to Yazhou with you, but you have to give me the beef offal!"
Now it was Jiang Tangtang's turn to be surprised. She didn't expect that he would actually agree.
Just for some beef offal?
Jiang Tangtang couldn't understand it, but she had set the conditions herself, so it would be bad to go back on her word now.
Jiang Tangtang could only say, "Then I'll give it to you! But I'm a pretty good cook, so it would be better if I could cook it."
"Who said we were going to eat it?" The old man gave her a look of disdain, stuffed a few copper coins into his pocket, and went to look at the beef offal. He rummaged in the bucket for a while and quickly pulled out two golden balls.
"What is this? Is there gold growing on this cow?" someone suddenly exclaimed.
This scream startled everyone nearby. The beef seller also came over to take a look. Seeing the golden ball in the old man's hand, he immediately said, "Great! You knew there was a treasure here all along, and you wanted to spend ten copper coins to buy it. You are such a wicked old man! Hand it over now."
"The host didn't say anything, so why is it your turn to speak?" The old man looked at Jiang Tangtang and said.
"I'm the owner of this thing!" The man saw that it was golden, delicate and shiny, and thought it was gold. He regretted it without hesitation, "She only bought beef. I didn't say I would sell her this offal as well."
"How can you be so dishonest? We just agreed that I would pay you fifteen taels of silver, and the cow's fur and offal would all be mine. I've already paid the silver, and you're going back on your word. Come with me to see the authorities."
The man who bought the beef and the passers-by mistook it for gold, but Jiang Tangtang knew that gold could not appear on a cow.
This is probably gallstones from the cow's gallbladder, which is called bezoar in medicine.
At this moment, she began to believe the old man's identity as a doctor. If she didn't know medicine, she wouldn't know how to find bezoar in the cow's gallbladder.
The big man stiffened his neck and said, "Go to the government office if you want. You spent fifteen taels of silver to buy a cow as big as mine, and also bought such a large pile of gold. Let's see who the adults decide is right."
"Who said it was gold? It's just a medicine for treating infantile convulsions." The old man sneered and said disdainfully, "Foolish! Have you ever seen a cow with gold growing in its belly?"
The man still didn't believe it, feeling that he had suffered a great loss. He wanted to make a scene, but was frightened by Lu Shiyan's cold eyes.
The murderous aura emanating from his entire body made it seem as if one was looking at a corpse.
He shuddered involuntarily and could only pack up his stall and leave cursing.
Jiang Tangtang asked the old man to get in the car and let Lu Shiyan drive the ox cart to buy things along the way.
He bought a lot of rice, flour, oil, grain, thick cotton clothes, etc., and the ox cart was piled full. Only then did Jiang Tangtang finish work and go to the city gate to meet the officials.
When she passed by the bun shop, she bought dozens of big buns.
After getting in the car, she took out two big meat buns for Lu Shiyan and gave two to the old man, "Old man, are you really a doctor?"
The old man ate the buns with big mouthfuls, looking very happy. After finishing one bun, he said dissatisfiedly: "You little girl, after all this time, you still don't believe that I am a doctor?"
Jiang Tangtang took a look at his beggar outfit and said subtly, "To be honest, this... is really hard to believe."
"Superficial!" The old man rolled his eyes at her again, ate the remaining bun in a few bites, and stretched out his hand to Jiang Tangtang, saying, "One more!"
Jiang Tangtang took another bun and handed it to him, saying, "You haven't eaten in a few days, right?"
"I treated them out of kindness, but those bastards actually stole my things. If I run into those bastards again, I'll give them a taste of their own medicine!"
The old man cursed for a while, ate two more buns, and then told the two about his experiences along the way.
The old man claimed to be a miracle doctor from the Miracle Doctor Valley, and was known as Xue Banxian. He came to Qitianling to collect herbs. When he met refugees on the way, he felt pity and stopped to treat the refugees, but he didn't expect that the refugees would steal his luggage.
He traveled to Dageng City and accidentally discovered bezoar, but because he did not have enough money, he could not buy it, so he could only set up a stall on the street to treat patients.
But because he was dressed in rags, no one was willing to believe him. He finally managed to find ten copper coins, but the beef offal was bought by Jiang Tangtang.
After he finished speaking, the old man looked at Jiang Tangtang and said, "Now you know how much of an advantage you've taken! If it weren't for my current hardship, you wouldn't have been able to hire me for a consultation even if you spent a fortune."
"Didn't you just say that you were robbed because you were treating refugees?" Jiang Tangtang felt that this old man was most likely a half-baked charlatan.
"How can it be the same?" Xue Banxian was so angry at Jiang Tangtang that he fumed and glared.
"What's the difference?" Jiang Tangtang asked, "Don't you also treat patients?"
"That was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. I volunteered to treat them. How can that be the same as paying a fortune to hire me? You little girl, you have no sense at all!"
"How am I ignorant? You are the one who is ignorant!" Jiang Tangtang would admit anything else, but she would not admit that she was ignorant!
As someone who has experienced all kinds of high-tech baptism in modern society, how could she not be as knowledgeable as him, an ancient person?
Xue Banxian also bulged his frog eyes and glared at Jiang Tangtang, "You can't even recognize a genius doctor like me, and you don't try to please me, and you still say you have insight!"
Jiang Tangtang thought to herself that this old liar really didn't know how to spell the word "humility".
Seeing the two of them staring at each other and about to quarrel, Lu Shiyan suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Tangtang's attention was immediately drawn away. After traveling through time for so long, it seemed like this was the first time she saw him smile.
"Your man is much smarter than you!" Xue Banxian glanced at Lu Shiyan and immediately gave his evaluation.
Jiang Tangtang snorted and said, "It's no use trying to flatter him. I'm the head of our family. Whether or not I give you these buns in the future is up to me."
"You won't treat your man anymore?" Xue Banxian said calmly, "I'll wait for you to come and beg me."
Jiang Tangtang said, "Didn't you say you would use a bucket of beef offal to treat my husband's illness? I've already given you the beef offal. Are you breaking your promise and wanting to go back on your word?"
The two of them bickered all the way back to the camp.
Although Xue Banxian saw several officials when he was leaving the city gate.
But the officials didn't say much to the couple and were very kind to them. Furthermore, the couple wasn't wearing prison uniforms today and was driving an ox cart, shopping all the way around the city.
Xue Banxian never expected that the two men were actually exiled prisoners.
Jiang Tangtang had deliberately not revealed her identity just now. After a moment of bittersweet admiration for Xue Banxian's surprised expression, she said, "You're not looking for a reason to go back on your word just because my husband and I are exiled prisoners, are you?"
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