“Bang, bang, bang!”
Ah Chou's voice was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door. Both people in the room stopped and looked towards the door at the same time. Then they heard someone outside the door shouting anxiously: "Qingxuan! Something happened to your grandma! Go and check it out!"
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January 16, 1913
Ningguta.
He village inn.
Before daybreak, Pang Yi got up and went out in the snow. He bought three bowls of mutton soup, meat patties, and a portion of tofu patties from the breakfast stand across the street. He returned in a hurry.
In the late night yesterday, he drove Gu Changlin here. It was snowing and windy. It was late night again. Considering Gu Changlin's age, Pang Yi didn't dare to go into the mountains in the snow. He stayed at the inn in his village.
"Mr. Gu. There's nothing worthy of a meal in this remote place. You just have to make do with what you have." Pang Yi brought mutton soup and meat patties to Gu Changlin's room.
"Do you have any wine?" Gu Changlin yawned as he walked out of the bedroom. He was obviously an old man with white hair and beard, but his back was straight. He walked briskly, not at all like a man in his sixties.
"How can we miss yours?" Pang Yi said with a smile. After spending this long time together, Pang Yi naturally got to know Gu Changlin a lot. This old man has a childish mind and prefers drinking to treating patients. Pang Yi smiled and said, "Ningguta is most famous for Shaodaozi. As soon as the wine shop opens, I will go get you some wine. I'll get you the best wine. How about ten kilograms?"
"Twenty kilograms," Gu Changlin glanced at him with a look of disdain, "Ten kilograms is not enough for me to drink for half a month. Your master's leg injury is so serious, I have to stay in the mountains for at least a month. Look at how stingy you are!"
"Old man! Please be merciful!" Pang Yi was busy smiling and bowing, saying, "I'm worried that you might get hurt if you drink too much. I'm thinking about you!"
"Hmph, you're a dishonest boy." Gu Changlin glanced at Pang Yi coldly, picked up the big meat pie and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"How am I dishonest? Mr. Gu, please don't slander me!" Pang Yi teased him half-seriously.
"You are obviously worried that I might drink too much and misdiagnose your master, but you are saying that you are doing it for my own good," Gu Changlin glared at him unceremoniously, and then said, "You say one thing and mean another, which shows that you are not honest."
"Mr. Gu!" Pang Yi was a little embarrassed. He wiped his nose and said with difficulty, "I am worried about you. My master's injury is really too serious. The doctors on the street said that my master's leg may never be cured. I am also afraid..."
"How can I compare to those quack doctors?" Gu Changlin immediately frowned and glared at Pang Yi, "If you continue to worry about this and that, then I will take my leave..."
"Mr. Gu! Mr. Gu! I was wrong! I was wrong!" Pang Yi bowed and apologized hurriedly, "Please forgive my mistakes, old man! Just treat it as me farting just now, don't take it seriously! You can do whatever you want!"
"Thirty kilograms of Shaodaozi," the next second, Gu Changlin waved his hand and said with great confidence, "No bargaining!"
"Yes, I'll buy it for you right away!" Pang Yi held back his laughter and hurriedly left the guest room.
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Pang Yi returned to his room and looked at the two servings of mutton soup and two packs of pancakes on the table. His eyes, which were originally smiling, dimmed again. After a pause, he walked over slowly, picked up a serving of mutton soup and a pack of pancakes, and then went out again.
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“Boom boom boom!”
When Xiao An was washing her face, she heard a knock on the door. She thought it was the waiter from the inn coming up to deliver breakfast, but today he was much earlier than usual. Xiao An frowned and said to the outside, "Wait a moment."
After Xiao An washed her face leisurely, she went to open the door and said impatiently, "Why did you come so early today? Don't..."
As soon as she saw who was standing outside, Xiao An fell silent. She covered her mouth and looked at the person outside the door. After a long while, she lowered her eyebrows and made way for the inside while saying softly, "Come in."
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