noffsinger Chapter 215: Shouldn't Take the Small Road
Chapter 215: Shouldn't Take the Small Road
Hearing Luo Xiaoran's call, Luo Xingchen and Niu Dan ran faster with the beautiful morning glories in their hands.
Because Luo Xingchen ran too fast, the flower in his hand was blown up by the wind, and finally spun in the air and fell to the ground.
Luo Xingchen subconsciously wanted to reach out to pick them up, but forgot that he was holding a bunch of flowers in his hand.
The final result was that purple and blue flowers fell one after another, and Luo Xingchen's hands were empty, without even a single flower left.
"puff!"
Seeing Luo Xingchen's silly moment, Luo Xiaoran laughed unceremoniously, causing Qiu Niang to shake her head at her repeatedly, as if blaming Luo Xiaoran for making fun of her like that.
"Qiu Niang, you have a smile on your face. Kong Qing and Xiu Qiao are also smiling. Sun Qingyuan even covered his face with a fan. Everyone is smiling. People should be honest!" Luo Xiaoran raised her eyebrows.
"Wow--"
When Luo Xingchen heard Luo Xiaoran say this, he felt that he had made a fool of himself in front of everyone. He felt wronged and uncomfortable. He couldn't help but pout and wanted to cry.
Seeing this, Niu Dan quickly reached out to pull Luo Xingchen, as if trying to comfort him and stop him from crying.
As a result, the flowers in his own hand also fell to the ground.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
When Luo Xingchen saw Niu Dan's actions, he forgot all his negative emotions. His eyes widened and his mouth opened in surprise, revealing his pink tongue.
Niu Dan didn't react at first, and when he saw that his hands were almost empty, he was completely stunned.
He couldn't accept that he had made such a simple mistake.
Moreover, they were all falling flowers. Chen'er was only five years old, and I was already eight years old. It was even more embarrassing!
Now even Qiu Niang couldn't hold it back anymore and her shoulders shook wildly.
Everyone with smiles on their faces looked at the two little funny guys in the room, and their mood couldn't help but become happy.
After finally calming down his urge to laugh, Sun Qingyuan suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask just now, so he asked it out:
"Who was that person who just left? He looked familiar to me."
"He claimed to live in Gaoliushui, Fuyuan County." Du Kongqing replied.
At this moment, she had returned to the counter and raised her hand to take out a ceramic jar and a small white jar from the top of the Chinese medicine cabinet.
When the pottery jar was opened, there was some brown paste inside, which exuded a strong herbal aroma.
The small white can was empty.
Du Kongqing used a smooth piece of wood to scoop some of the paste into small white jars, then took out a few sheets of kraft paper from a drawer and cut them into the same size of three inches wide and five inches long.
"It's him!" Sun Qingyuan knocked his head with a fan and suddenly realized.
"Do you know him?" Luo Xiaoran asked curiously.
She put her palms together with her hands facing upwards, and Luo Xingchen and Niu Dan were picking up the flowers on the ground one by one and putting them in her hands.
"I've met him a few times before," Sun Qingyuan nodded, then shook his head, feeling very strange:
"But I haven't talked to him. What is he doing here?"
Du Kongqing had already packed the small jar of paste and the cut kraft paper together, and walked out of the counter with the things:
"He said he came to visit the private school in Hexi Village, but when asked why he came to the clinic, he hesitated and could not give a reason."
"See a private school?" Sun Qingyuan frowned slightly, then his eyes turned and his brows immediately relaxed:
"I see. This Chaoyang Private School must have snatched away most of his students. He lost his source of income, so he came here to find out what's going on."
"Ah?" Du Kongqing's eyes flashed with surprise. "He is a teacher who teaches people to read. Would he do such a sneaky thing?"
Sun Qingyuan glanced at Du Kongqing, without commenting, and just slowly told what he knew:
"I heard that Gao Liushui lost his father when he was young, and it was his mother who raised him and paid for his education by selling tofu in the streets.
A few years ago, his mother fell seriously ill and has been bedridden ever since. He had to distract himself and find ways to earn some money to make ends meet.
Last year, he failed the imperial examination, probably because of this."
Suffering always brings pain to those who experience it and makes bystanders sigh.
But these days, who doesn’t have some disasters and hardships?
No one continued to talk about Gao Liushui's family. In order to ease the atmosphere, Luo Xiaoran raised her eyes and attacked Sun Qingyuan:
"What do you mean by 'stealing students'? Explain it to me!"
The harsh tone made Sun Qingyuan choke. He had to admit that what he said just now was indeed not well thought out.
Where the students want to go to school is decided by the children and their parents themselves. Chaoyang Private School has never used any shady means to recruit students in large numbers.
Sun Qingyuan has now become Gao Liushui just now, stammering and unable to speak.
At this moment, Du Kongqing handed his packed things to Zhang Xiuqiao and instructed her carefully:
“Sister Xiuqiao, this is my family’s ancestral ointment. Apply it on brown paper and stick it on the affected area. It will work wonders.
If your feet still hurt after you use them up, I can give you acupuncture to clear your meridians."
Zhang Xiuqiao took the ointment, said she understood, and asked: "Kong Qing, how much is this ointment?"
For some reason, Du Kongqing always felt that Zhang Xiuqiao's expression was a little absent-minded. She shook her head:
"No money, you were threatened by An Ruquan because of me before, I will never charge you for your medical treatment in this life."
"That won't do!" Zhang Xiuqiao said hurriedly, "Let's put things in perspective. That incident was caused by An Ruquan.
If everything is so clear, you treated my father and drove him to Huichuntang for treatment. You helped my family a lot, and I still owe you a favor!"
Seeing Du Kongqing and Zhang Xiuqiao bringing up some old scores again, Luo Xiaoran's temples began to throb.
She put the morning glory in her hand on the bed, and with her free hands, she spread out her left hand horizontally on top and her right hand vertically on the bottom. This was a very obvious pause gesture.
"stop!"
Luo Xiaoran's words were obviously very useful. Du Kongqing and Zhang Xiuqiao immediately stopped pushing and pulling and turned to look at her.
Luo Xiaoran had a blank expression on her face, like an emotionless referee:
“You are all good children who know how to be grateful, but there is no need to bring up the past. People should look forward and not confuse everything.
Kong Qing, you should charge normally, otherwise, Sister Xiuqiao won’t dare to come to you for medical treatment next time.”
……
Zhang Xiuqiao limped out of Yikantang with the ointment in her hand, and refused other people's kindness in helping her carry things.
Because of her foot injury, Zhang Xiuqiao deliberately chose a road close to her home, but the road was a bit narrow and there were not many people on the road.
But as she walked, Zhang Xiuqiao suddenly felt something was wrong. She vaguely felt that someone was following her from behind.
A gust of wind blew by and Zhang Xiuqiao shivered.
Is he a bad guy?
He followed her along the small path on purpose. Was he trying to harm her?
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiuqiao’s pretty face turned pale.