Upon seeing this, the old man in gray quickly stuffed the bag into his mouth, but he swallowed it too quickly and it got stuck in his throat, choking him and rolling his eyes.
Shang Ruoyi walked forward, and the old man's face turned red. He pointed at his neck and said, "Help...Help, help."
He Jingxi snorted coldly: "How dare you lie to Master Xiao, and you still want Master Xiao to save you?"
After saying that, he looked at Shang Ruoyi: "Sister-in-law, will you save him?"
Shang Ruoyi walked forward and slapped the old man hard on the back, and a large bag fell to the ground.
After a while, the old man gradually came to his senses and sat on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Thank you very much." He looked at the bag that fell on the ground, frowning. It was stained with water and could not be eaten. Could he wash it with water?
While she was considering the feasibility of this matter, a big yellow dog ran over and took the bag off the ground.
"Bao! My Bao!" He staggered to his feet and was about to chase after her when He Jingxi blocked his way.
"Wait! Where's your silver?" He placed the shovel in front of the old man: "Not only did you lie to me that you were the owner of an iron shop, but you also sold me such a worn-out shovel. Pay me back!"
"No!" The old man turned his head away: "The money has been spent."
"Old man! If you can't pay me back today, I'll beat you to death!"
Shang Ruoyi said in a deep voice: "According to the law, this is considered fraudulent selling. Not only will you not have to return the silver, but you will also go to jail. If you can't pay the silver, your jail time will be extended. You should think it through."
The old man looked at Shang Ruoyi, then turned around and ran away.
He Jingxi didn't react for a moment, and he took advantage of the opportunity.
He hurried after him.
When Shang Ruoyi saw what was in his arms, her eyes dimmed and she quickly followed him.
The old man walked into a dilapidated house in an alley after many twists and turns.
After checking that no one was following him, he let out a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to close the door, a large hand pressed on it.
He Jingxi's figure appeared in front of the old man.
"You! You guys!"
"Old man, let's see where you can run this time."
The old man lowered his head, sighed, and turned to walk into the room.
"Hey! You!" He Jingxi chased after him.
Shang Ruoyi walked into the yard and smelled a strong smell of medicine, frowning.
Walking into the room, the old man took out the medicine bag in his arms, and without looking back, he said to He Jingxi: "No silver, no life, wait until these medicines are boiled."
Shang Ruoyi walked forward, picked up the herbs the old man was fiddling with, and took a look: "This herb has been damp, so it's useless even if you boil it."
The old man paused for a moment, then continued to fiddle with it.
"Looking at the herbs, the patient should have a lung disease." Shang Ruoyi smiled: "But this medicine won't cure it."
The old man's hand stopped completely, and he looked at her in surprise: "Do you understand pharmacology?"
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Proficient."
The old man smiled upon hearing this and said: "Young lady, you are really modest."
"I don't deserve it." She put the shovel in front of the old man's door. "My medical skills are just that. I can't compare with the former owner of the iron shop."
"How do you see it?"
"There is a table in the southeast corner of the shop. It is covered with dust. I guess it has not been used for a long time. That is your desk!" Shang Ruoyi recalled the regretful words of the shop owner next to her when she passed by, and whispered, "With such good skills, why do you do a pawnshop to deceive people?"
The old man said in a deep voice: "As long as there is a way out, a glimmer of hope..." The old man sighed: "I guess I can't pay back the silver, you want to send someone to catch him!"
"You cheated money just to buy medicine for your wife. If I can help you cure her, how about you help me design a house in exchange?" She saw some sketches on the table, which were drawn very neatly.
"Can you really cure it?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "Of course."
The old man put down the herbs in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Come with me."
The old man took her into the house. There was only a tattered bed in the room. An old lady was lying on the bed with a haggard face, her eyes closed and her lips cracked. If it weren't for the weak breathing, He Jingxi would have thought it was a corpse.
Shang Ruoyi walked forward, felt the old man's pulse, and said in a deep voice: "This is tuberculosis."
The old man nodded: "Yes, a lot of money, I guess she won't make it through this winter." He sighed: "In order to pay for her medical treatment, I sold all my property. Now you can see that I have no money and can only cheat for food and drink to get by."
“It’s not that it can’t be cured.”
"What?"
Cured?
Upon hearing this, the old man said loudly: "If you can cure her, don't even bother designing a house. I will build one for you myself!"
"But this house is in urgent need. I'm afraid we should start building it in the next few days, otherwise we may not be able to survive the winter." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I will give your wife acupuncture today. If it works, how about you two go back with me? Although there are a few thatched houses there now, I'm afraid your current residence is not as good as there."
"You should get treatment first."
Shang Ruoyi pretended to search in her sleeve, but in fact she took out an acupuncture bag from the space and inserted needles into the three acupuncture points of Feishu, Fufu and Taiyuan. After a while, she saw the old lady suddenly open her mouth, exhaled a long breath, and her expression relaxed.
The old man watched from the side, his eyes suddenly shining.
"Old woman, old woman!"
Shang Ruoyi put away the needle and said softly, "How is it?"
"Okay!" The old man saw hope and nodded, "I'll go with you."
While he was packing, He Jingxi walked up to her and said, "Sister-in-law, how do you know he can design a house? Are you a fortune teller?"
Shang Ruoyi rolled her eyes at him. It seemed that she couldn't blame him for spending a tael of silver to buy a scrap shovel. This kid was really stupid: "I heard the shopkeeper next door muttering."
When she left the shop, the shopkeeper next door said to his mother: "He is the best designer in town. Now, for his dying mother, he has sold all his property and quit his old job, and now he is trying to cheat people."
"Oh, well, he had no choice. I even gave him a few meat buns today. Look how skinny the old man is. He's just skin and bones."
Shang Ruoyi looked at the package in his hand, which contained a few old clothes: "Are these?"
The old man nodded: "Yes! The luggage is hers."
Shang Ruoyi gave He Jingxi some silver and asked him to buy a carriage, and specifically instructed him to "be comfortable and spacious."
He doesn't know anything else. If the horse still can't understand him, let him reincarnate!
Not long after, He Jingxi came back and said, "Let's go! We're already on the way."
When Shang Ruoyi saw the super large and luxurious carriage, she almost prepared to slap him in the face. He didn't even need to be reborn. With this IQ, he was not worthy of being a human being.
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