Republic of China small businessman

Kou Laosan thought for a moment, Xie Jing stood there waiting, every minute and every second seemed to have a small fire, roasted in his heart, and the fire burned.

After a while, he finally heard Kou Laosan speak.

"You've only heard about this matter, so you can't do it right, but the third uncle accepts your favor, this replacement matter... Let me think about it again, and I will lend you two silver dollars first." Kou Laosan said so , and raised his hand to get his semi-new sheepskin jacket, "Well, uncle, please ask a doctor to show your grandma."

Kou Laosan went out with Xie Jing in the cold wind, he was worried, and didn't give Xie Jing the money directly, and followed him to find the doctor, but Xie Jing didn't let Xie Jing get a single silver dollar.The two silver dollars were used by the family for more than a month. When the third Kou gave the money to the doctor, his heart ached, but he gritted his teeth and handed it over.

On the way, Xie Jing took out the only copper coin in his pocket and bought a sesame seed cake.

The biscuit seller supports a large tin bucket with a strong charcoal fire inside, making the biscuits crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and steaming. Some biscuits with sesame seeds hanging on them are roasted by the fire, and the sesame seeds on top burst open, making a slight "pop" sound. The sound, the aroma is tangy.

Xie Jing stood still in front of the stall and ordered one with sesame seeds.

Sesame biscuits are thin and flat, slightly smaller than normal ones, but with sugar juice inside, they are crispy and delicious.Such a sesame biscuit costs three copper coins. The biscuit seller took it for him and asked, "Is one enough? How about two white noodles, which are two bucks cheaper than the sesame biscuits!" Most people like to ask for white flour biscuits. , there is some five-spice powder sprinkled in it, the same fragrance, but more filling, unless you buy sesame seeds for the children at home, this stuff is very fragrant, half a child can't be full.

Xie Jing shook her head, ordered one, wrapped it in oiled paper and stuck it on her chest, and didn't eat a single bite on the way.

Kou Laosan watched from the sidelines, but felt a little soft-hearted towards the child. Xie Jing didn't eat it, so he must have taken it home for the patients at home. Such a big child is also caring.

Qinghe County is not big, the doctor rode a donkey, Xie Jing and Kou Laosan followed for half an hour and arrived at the old house where Kou grandma lived.

There are many old houses on the edge of the town, most of which live in coolies. It is close to the pier, and the house is cold and damp. Except for the kang where Grandma Kou lay and a small dining table next to the kang, there is nothing that can be called The furniture stuff is gone.

The doctor was wearing a thick cotton robe. He came into the room and put down the medicine box to treat Grandma Kou. Feng..." After looking at it for a while, he prescribed medicine again, "I just brought these medicines with me, so I don't need to go back to get them again. You leave a few medicines for grandma to eat first, and pay attention to them at night and take care of them more. If you take some, you can go to my place to get it after taking it and it will be cured after a few doses."

The doctor couldn't help stamping his feet when he was writing the prescription, it was colder in this room than outside, and there wasn't even a trace of heat.

Kou Laosan hurriedly said: "Hurry up and boil some hot water, it will warm the kang at any rate!"

Xie Jing stared at Grandma Kou who was lying there with some hesitation, Kou Lao San said: "I'm here, go quickly."

Xie Jing just went there, the fire in the stove was burning, and the house was a little hotter. Kou Laosan poured a bowl of hot water for the doctor, but Xie Jing brought a small half of the bowl to cool it down and carefully fed it to Grandma Kou. I don't mean to be an old man at all.

The doctor said from the side: "Yes, I will also feed the medicine in the same way for a while, take a small mouthful, and take it slowly, as long as you don't spit it out, it will be fine."

The youngest Kou sent the doctor out, and when he came back, he saw the child broke the sesame seed cakes and fed them to Grandma Kou in small bites. After feeding half a piece, he went to make medicine again.The outer stove is connected to the earthen kang inside, and his house only has a small iron pot, which still has a pot of hot water that has just been boiled.

Seeing him pitiful, Kou Lao San helped him to pick up some branches and firewood and came back. He couldn't help but blame him in his words: "Your grandma is sick, why is there no spark in the house? It's freezing cold, at least heat up the kang ..."

Xie Jing didn't say anything, just listened.

Kou Laosan was halfway through speaking, when he was about to raise his head to get something, he saw the bloodstain behind Xie Jing's ear. The wound from the wound was still there. It was cold, and the blood was coagulated in his black hair. It was not easy to detect, if it wasn't for At this moment, the fire was burning brightly in the stove, and he couldn't see it directly.

Xie Jing's face was pale and cold, and the porcelain-like color was without a trace of blemish. He was very handsome among boys of his age, but he was too thin, with a slender neck supporting his head, slender hands and feet, squatting That little blob.

It's not easy for anyone to beg for food these days, Kou Laosan sighed inwardly, and didn't say anything more.

Kou Laosan didn't ask about Xie Jing's experience, so Xie Jing didn't say a word.

Kou Laosan waited there for a while, seeing that the room was empty, there was nothing he could do to help, and before he left, he hit Xie Jing again, after all, he dropped two silver dollars here!

Kou Laosan looked at their orphans and widows, and he couldn't bear it, so he said softly: "Just prepare for a few days and take care of your grandma. I'm also waiting for the master to listen to you. If I hear the news, I will come to look for you, it will take a few days anyway, you should wait at home."

He wasn't afraid that Xie Jing would run away. Qinghe County was so big, where could he go?

Xie Jing agreed.

At night, Xie Jing fed Grandma Kou two more medicines, stayed up all night, and stayed by the old lady's side.

There was no water in the middle of the night, it was freezing cold outside, the little water in the tank was frozen, Xie Jing didn't dare to leave the old man's side to fetch water from the river, and it snowed heavily in the middle of the night, so he brought some snow water back Boil it and feed it to the old man.

He fed Grandma Kou the remaining half of the sesame seed cake.

Probably because I had some strength after drinking the medicine, but I swallowed it anyway.

Xie Jing sat there, wiping her mouth lightly, watching her reluctant to take her eyes off.

So good, she ate a whole biscuit.

Grandma Kou lasted for a few days, and finally couldn't take it any longer. She was so burnt out that she called his baby name, and all she said was him. The last thing she said was that she wanted to eat a sesame seed cake.Xie Jing was the same as now. He was robbed of silver dollars outside the pawn shop and was penniless. In order to satisfy the old man's last wish, he kowtowed many people on the side of the road and finally borrowed a few copper coins to buy them. Grandma Kou only had time to eat half of it when she came back, and she was gone...

Xie Jing looked at her and thought, grandma will definitely get better after eating a whole sesame biscuit this time.

When the sky was turning white, Grandma Kou woke up and moved her fingertips. Xie Jing noticed it, and immediately got up to touch her face carefully, and whispered: "Grandma, grandma, are you awake?"

Grandma Kou blinked her eyes slowly, and nodded slightly: "Wake up, what time is it, why didn't Jing'er go to school today?"

Xie Jing's nose was sore, she held her hand and put it next to her face, "I won't go, I will guard you, and I won't go anywhere."