Practicing business and practicing medicine

It was just a few gossips, but he never thought that it would trigger Huang Boxi's sentimentality for most of his life. Only then did Bian Mu realize that Huang Boxi was actually a great Chinese doctor with great ambitions.

pity! Due to bad luck, he only achieved the reputation of a famous pharmacist. For Huang Boxi, those false reputations may have become the irony of his ambition that he persisted in for most of his life.

For a moment, as a junior, it was not appropriate for Bian Mu to comfort him or say a few words. Just as he was feeling embarrassed, he heard several clear and sweet female voices coming from outside the courtyard door.

"Uncle Xi! I brought you some cantaloupe. It's red in lanterns! You always give me your suggestions. I'll ask Erkui to improve it later." Before he finished speaking, a lady in her thirties came to the courtyard carrying a basket of cantaloupe. The wind came in from outside the door.

"Hey! See how polite you are! Just take a few to try them out. Why do you take so many! Staying on the mountain all day long, it's not easy for Erkui to get a few melons! Please sit down! Let me introduce you to the hospital. Colleague, Doctor Bian, this is my old neighbor, Xiao Gu!"

"Hello, Sister Gu!"

"Doctor Bian! Rare visitor, rare visitor! You two sit down first, I'll wash some cantaloupe and you guys can try it." As he spoke, the woman named Gu didn't show any interest at all, and went to the kitchen to wash the fruits with her basket. .

According to Huang Boxi, the husband of the woman surnamed Gu fell from a greenhouse into a mountain stream. His lumbar spine was seriously injured and he was paralyzed in bed for five years. In the end, he slowly recovered after Huang Boxi received various treatments.

From then on, the couple regarded Huang Boxi as a great benefactor. Whenever something happened at home, they would always think of Huang Boxi first.

Cantaloupe is really not an ordinary variety. It has a crisp texture, rich flesh, and elegant and long fragrance. You can't find such high-quality products in supermarkets in the city.

Sister Gu is a meticulous person, and she could tell after a few sips that the health tea was prepared by an outsider. When Huang Boxi said it was prepared by Dr. Bian, she quickly asked for advice and said she wanted to go back and try it out for her family to try.

Cantaloupe, good tea, the three of us were very talkative, laughing and joking, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Uncle Xi! The night market is at its busiest today, why don't you go out with Dr. Bian for a walk?"

"I'm so tired today! Let your Erkui go out for a walk with Dr. Bian. Will Bantou Li, who is doing ancient color tricks this year, come?"

"Come on! It was my Erkui who drove him back! Bantou Li was drinking at my house yesterday." Sister Gu responded with a smile.

"Doctor Bian! Li Bantou's ancient colorful tricks are extraordinary! You may not be able to see them even if you live in Lijin for decades! It's better to come early than to come by chance. I won't accompany you to watch it tonight. , let’s go out and have a good time together.”

"Please help yourself. Everyone is very busy. I'll just go out and walk around by myself." Bian Mu said with a smile.

"That's not possible! We go to the market just to have a good time. If no one is with us, it would be rude of us. Mr. Erkui and his wife are not outsiders, so there is no need to be polite." Huang Boxi said with a smile.

"Okay! Sister Gu, you are tired!" Bian Mu smiled and was polite.

"The words of a cultured man are always pleasing to the ear. It's too late for us to be happy for Uncle Xi to entertain guests! Doctor Bian, please rest first while we go back to prepare." After saying a few polite words, Sister Gu returned with an empty basket. Home.

Huang Boxi is around seventy-five this year at least. Although he looks like a child with white hair on the surface, he is not as energetic as a young man. He goes to work in the morning and entertains Bian Mu in the afternoon. The old man is really tired.

However, Bian Mu could tell that the declining physical strength was a secondary reason, and the main reason was his worsening mood.

I don’t know what kind of troubles Mr. Huang encountered when he opened a clinic or pharmacy. Anyway, when he mentioned the past, his mood suddenly became much worse, and he didn’t want to wander around the bustling night market.

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At around eight o'clock in the evening, Erkui and his wife came to the house in new clothes and invited Bian Mu to hang out. Huang Boxi seemed very polite and gave everyone gifts until they left the courtyard. Bian Mu went out for a walk.

Erkui looked young and tall, and was dressed in the style of a city dweller, with no trace of a rural fruit farmer at all.

"I said, doesn't Uncle Xi usually like to watch Bantou Li's ancient tricks? What happened today? Isn't he in a good mood?" As he walked forward, Erkui muttered to his wife. sentence.

"How did I know? Doctor Bian, the old man rarely brings his colleagues back to the village. Since he is so polite to you, your relationship must be unusual. You should know something about it, right?" Sister Gu didn't notice anything. Say whatever you have to say.

"I can't say, I'm just guessing! The old man was quite happy at first, but then I probably casually asked him about opening the clinic, and the old man became a little depressed. Maybe it has something to do with this, right?" Bian Mu said casually. Made a few guesses.

"No wonder! It must be! Doctor Bian, please get in the car and we'll talk in the car." As she spoke, Sister Gu greeted Bian Mu and got into a passenger and cargo van.

The van looked ordinary from the outside. When Bian Mu got in, he found that the interior was very well decorated. It seemed that Erkui and his wife had a pretty good income. Moreover, these two were quite good at living and were not public about it. No wonder they were married to Huang Boxi. The relationship is quite close.

Along the way, the three of them slowly talked about some of Huang Boxi's experiences back then.

"Doctor Bian! You may have just arrived and are not sure about some things. Uncle Xi was not an ordinary Chinese medicine doctor back then. The clinic was much larger than the average community hospital. In addition, the old man opened several large pharmacies in Linjin. , the chain type, quite large in scale, I heard that the business is booming. Later, the old man raised a huge sum of money and prepared to open a specialist hospital. The venue and house were rented. Who would have thought that he would meet a The female liar caused the old man to lose all his money and become seriously ill." Sister Gu briefly introduced the past events, and from the tone of her voice, she must have heard it from hearsay.

"Ah?! Is there such a thing? How powerful is that female liar?!" Bian Mu exclaimed.

"Who says it's not the case! The old man is known as the old god here! A person who does good deeds all day long is no different from a god who saves people in trouble. Not only does the old man have great medical skills, but his ability to make medicine is also unique in the world. His brain Can it be compared to ordinary people? Right! Otherwise people would say that the woman must be a goblin, otherwise, why would the old man suffer such a big loss!" Sister Gu said angrily.

"Blame it on me! It's just something that makes the old man sad." Bian Mu blamed himself a little regretfully.

"How can I blame you? As the old saying goes, trees are afraid of hurting their roots, and people are afraid of being sad. I guess that woman is definitely not an ordinary person, otherwise, how could the old man suffer such a big loss?! People are unpredictable! Maybe we We're not on the same level as others. From our point of view, it's like being deceived. From Uncle Xi's point of view, maybe that's the case!" At this time, Erkui interjected a few words.

Bian Mu felt that Erkui spoke much better than ordinary fruit farmers.

"Don't say that to Uncle Xi! He is just too kind-hearted. No matter how smart a kind-hearted person is, he has to suffer the consequences of evil people, right? Doctor Bian!"

Bian Mu smiled politely, not knowing how to answer her question.

While chatting, the township night market is just around the corner.