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This clear drink instantly attracted everyone's attention, and the surrounding crowd, including officers and soldiers, all looked at the old man who was slowly walking towards me.

"Officer, this son is my grandson. I accidentally fell into the cesspit because I was playing for a while, and I mistook the official for an indecent person. I am really sorry, but this is really a misunderstanding. I hope the official will show mercy. Let my servant take him back to clean it."

What the old man said was right, and the people on the street really believed it, especially the officer who grabbed me. When he heard that I came out of the cesspit, he quickly threw me on the ground in disgust and walked away three feet away.

"Hurry up and take them away. I don't know if Jinling City can't have dirty people."

The old man bowed to the officers and soldiers, took off his coat and put it on me, wiped my face with his sleeve, and then dragged me away.

The old man took me a long way, and I didn't know the way, and I didn't know where he was going to take me, but seeing that he didn't want to be a bad person, I followed him obediently. If I found out that he had any bad intentions, I would He ran away immediately. Although I was only 12 years old, he was already very old. In terms of strength, he definitely couldn't beat me.

We walked through the bustling night market, crossed a stone arch bridge, and finally stopped in front of a small house.

The old man let go of my hand, moved the wooden bar on the door, and waved to me.

"Child, come here."

I looked around and found that they were more than twice the size of this house. This house is in the middle of two big houses. I was locked in the house, and it might be difficult for me to escape, so I stood where I was and walked over without listening to the old man's words.

"If you have a place to go, I won't stop you. If you don't have a place to go, you can temporarily work as a small worker in my bun shop, and you won't be arrested by those officers and soldiers again. When you want to leave, I will I won't let you go, how?"

I saw that the old man looked like an honest man, probably not lying to me, so I nodded and walked into the house.

There are many steamers in front of the house, as well as the dough that has been fermented. As the old man said, he is indeed a bun seller.

I followed the old man to the backyard. He specially boiled a pot of hot water for me to wipe my body, and then handed me a set of clean clothes.

"It's my grandson's. He's your age. You should be able to wear it."

I took the clothes, put them on smartly, and thought that the old man had a grandson, too, he was so old, he really should have a grandson.

The old man's grandson was still sleeping, looking heartless, and the sound the old man and I made when we entered the room didn't wake him up, and he slept like a dead pig.

So I settled down in this bun shop, and the old man would pay me wages every month. It was the first time I understood that without money, I couldn’t live outside. I didn’t know where my home was. No matter how far it is, I can only choose to live here first, and leave here when I have saved enough travel expenses to go home.

The old man's steamed stuffed bun business is pretty good, and the neighbors in the neighborhood are used to buying a few steamed stuffed buns in the morning. They all praise the old man's steamed stuffed buns for being delicious, and they won't get tired of eating them for so many years.

"Master Niu, where did you pick up this little doll? It looks pretty juicy. Could it be a girl?"

One day, a strange man walked into the old man's steamed stuffed bun shop. He bought four beef steamed buns and ate one in one bite. He pointed at me while chewing the buns and said to the old man.

I gave him a hard look, and then ran into the backyard. The man was probably blind, and I didn't want to see him at all.

"Don't say that, he is a real boy, a few days ago..."

The old man explained to the man, I hid behind the door and listened clearly, did you hear me, I am a boy, please wipe your eyes clean before speaking.

After the man left, I came out from behind the curtain and continued to help the old man sell buns.

Later, the old man told me that the man was a butcher in the east of the city, and he would come to the west of the city to buy his buns every three days. If it weren’t for the fact that the east of the city was too far from the west of the city, he really wished he could have a hot meal every day.

The old man and I are the only ones working in the bun shop. The old man’s surname is Niu. People around him will call him Master Niu when they come to buy buns, but I just want to call him old man. I don’t like selling buns. If I recognize him As a master, wouldn't I have to sell steamed stuffed buns for the rest of my life?

The old man's grandson is called Ahu, Niu Ahu, this name is really funny, if I didn't have a little facial paralysis, I would really laugh in front of him.

Niu Ahu is about the same height as me, but he is only ten years old. I don't know what kind of good food this guy has eaten, but he can grow as tall as me. I can't help but feel a little jealous.

From the inadvertent conversations of the neighbors in the neighborhood, I learned that Niu Ahu was also picked up by the old man, but he picked it up early, about ten years ago. Niu Ahu was an abandoned baby, and was thrown outside Jinling City in the winter. At the gate of the city, if the old man passed by and saw him, Niu Ahu would have died long ago.

Maybe it's because of staying in the ice and snow for a long time. Niu Ahu has been in poor health since he was a child. Fever and colds are common. Not only diseases like him, but also flies and mosquitoes stick to him. He has 20 days in a month. Lying on the bed, it's really pitiful, even I, a cold and heartless person, can't help but sympathize with him.

In order to help Niu Ahu drive away the mosquito bites, the old man burned the most expensive incense in Niu Ahu's room and surrounded Niu Ahu with a tent. This really worked. At least the mosquitoes disappeared, but the disease was still there. .

When the old man named Niu Ahu at the beginning, he hoped that he would grow up healthy and healthy like a tiger. People with a cheap name usually have a harder life, but Niu Ahu's life is not hard, only he I know.

Niu Ahu has not been sick these days, I sleep in the same room with him, he always pesters me and asks me some messy questions, I am annoyed by him.

"Where is brother from?"

"Where has my brother been?"

"What kind of life did my brother live before? Are there any brothers and sisters in the family?"

Really, I have forgotten where my home is, and I also forgot the name of my hometown. I can’t remember whether I have brothers or sisters in my family.

Perhaps because of my arrival, Niu Ahu's body gradually began to improve. He used to lie down for 20 days a month, but now it only lasts ten days at most. As long as he can get out of bed, Niu Ahu likes to rely on me Behind him, my elder brother is long and my elder brother is short, even if I don't pay much attention to him, he still enjoys it, what a fool.

Three years have passed in a flash.

I have grown a lot taller, and Niu Ahu is finally not as tall as me, so he is worthy of the title of brother. I feel a little proud in my heart.

In the past year, Niu Ahu's health has completely recovered, and he will never fall ill again like a delicate girl. This is probably the best thing in the past three years.

But it seems like fate is playing tricks, the old man fell ill again, and everyone said that the illness came like a mountain, it is true for weak children, and it is the same for elderly people, the old man is really sick this time It's not light.

The steamed stuffed bun shop was closed, and the neighbors in the neighborhood lamented the pity, and they also sent health-preserving things, hoping that the old man's illness would recover soon.

"If I can't eat your buns, I feel like I have nothing to pursue in life. Master Niu, you must get better soon."

The butcher in the east of the city sighed while sitting on the old man's hospital bed, and there was still ten catties of beef he sent on the table next to him.

The bun shop has not opened for half a month, and the small courtyard is filled with the bitter smell of Chinese medicine every day, but the old man's illness has not improved at all, and the old man probably won't survive, I think.

On the afternoon of the No. 20th day when the old man was sick, I was cooking medicine in the kitchen as usual, when Niu Ahu, who was guarding the old man, rushed in and told me that grandpa had vomited blood.

Hearing that Niu Ahu called his grandfather for three years, I should have reacted quickly, but I was stunned for a moment. Who was the grandfather Niu Ahu mentioned?Oh, by the way, it was the old man who saved me from the officers and soldiers and took me in for three years.

I rushed out to find the doctor, as long as the doctor was invited, the old man would not vomit blood, I thought so.

I ran into the medical clinic familiarly, took the doctor's arm, and begged him to see the old man's illness.

But he shook his head at me and broke my hand away.

"He is already terminally ill, even if a genius doctor comes into the world, he will be powerless to recover."

I remember this sentence very clearly.

The genius doctor came to the world, unable to return to heaven!This sentence has been echoing in my ears.

I walked out of the hospital in a daze, not knowing what to do, and suddenly I heard from people on the side of the road that a miracle doctor had come to Jinling City, who could cure all kinds of diseases, it was miraculous.

The Physician is here!

I couldn't wait to rush to the miracle doctor. People were waiting in line for the miracle doctor to see a doctor, and they were very dissatisfied with my jumping in line, but so what, I have hired the miracle doctor.

The genius doctor is a middle-aged man, about 40 years old, very talkative. After listening to my explanation, he patted my head with compassion. Although I don't like to be approached so closely, the genius doctor is kind, I know.

The genius doctor said that if he promised me to save the old man, I would agree to be his disciple and learn medical skills with him, so that his skills would be followed by others. I agreed, and just like that, I invited the genius doctor back.

The genius doctor took the old man's pulse, he frowned, closed his eyes slightly, and turned his head to smile at me and Niu Ahu after he finished.

"Your grandpa's health is fine, as long as you take the medicine I prescribed, you won't be in pain anymore."

When Niu Ahu and I heard this, we hugged each other excitedly. Sure enough, a genius doctor is a genius doctor, not comparable to those quack doctors in the medical clinic. It is simply farting to say that a miracle doctor came to the world and was powerless.

The miraculous doctor asked his Xiaosi to buy medicine, and specially whispered a few words, the voice was too low, I couldn't hear clearly, but it was probably some kind of medical secret, which should not be leaked to outsiders, that's why he was so cautious.

It was already dark outside now, and Niu Ahu and I were waiting hard for Xiao Si to come back. Only when we saw the old man finish taking the medicine with our own eyes, could we feel at ease.

That Xiaosi's legs and feet were too slow, if it was me, he would have been back long ago, I couldn't help being a little impatient, I ran to the door to see if Xiaosi had come back, and then ran to the old man's hospital bed to see if he vomited blood again.

"Brother, don't worry, just sit down and wait."

Niu Ahu pulled my arm to let me rest for a while, and I knew I was getting impatient, so I sat down.

"Brother, when grandpa gets better, we won't let grandpa work anymore. Let us two be responsible for all the things in the bun shop. Let grandpa rest every day. My health is also good. I don't need grandpa and you to take care of me anymore. me."

Sitting next to me, Niu Ahu said with a look of longing, as if he had seen the scene he imagined: Grandpa was sitting on the stool, watching us two running the steamed stuffed bun shop with a smile on his face.

This kind of life seems to be good, but I know that it is impossible to realize. I have saved a lot of money in the past three years. Sooner or later, I will leave here and return to my real home.

In the current situation, I didn't want to make Niu Ahu sad, so I hummed vaguely, let's talk about leaving after the old man recovers from his illness.

It is also rare for me to show such kindness. In the past three years, I have made Niu Ahu sad, and the moments of worrying about his mood are even rarer. Maybe it is because I am about to leave. Be good.

After waiting and waiting, I finally returned to Na Xiaosi. He put the medicine in my hand and asked me to make it. After listening to him, I took the medicine bag and went into the kitchen without saying a word. This is the old man’s life-saving. Medicines must be taken seriously.

When I entered the old man's room with the prepared medicine, I found only the genius doctor and Na Xiaosi.

"Where is Ah Hu, where did he go?"

I put the medicine on the table next to the bed, helped the old man get up to drink the medicine, and asked about Niu Ahu's whereabouts, he will not leave the old man for no reason, even if he wants to pee, he will wait for me Niu Ahu attaches great importance to the old man, maybe because of the old man's life-saving grace, but now he has left, which makes me really surprised.

"He..."

The genius doctor said two words, but he didn't say anything more. I was puzzled, and wanted to see what he was doing. Suddenly, someone strangled my neck from behind, and then covered my mouth and nose with a wet rag. After a while, I lost consciousness. Before I was about to pass out, I seemed to hear a burst of laughter. The sound was like a snake, with malicious intentions.

"What about the old man and the child?"

Xiao Si asked the miracle doctor that they had stunned Niu Ahu just now when they took advantage of Hualan to boil the medicine. Now Niu Ahu was stuffed under the bed by them, and he didn't know anything about what happened.

"What else can I do? The old man sees that he can't survive, and he will suffer if he keeps it. You can pour the medicine on him so that he can go on the road and save him from suffering before he dies. As for that kid, let him live. Anyway, the mountains are high and the water is long, so he can't find us."

"Hey."

The miracle doctor scolded Xiaosi, and Xiaosi lowered his head to greet him, and then fed all the black medicine to the old man. After a while, the old man died.

The two left Jinling City overnight in a carriage with Hualan. The moment they stepped out of the city gate, the genius doctor turned his head to look at the gate of Jinling City, shook his head, and sighed three times.

"This Jinling City, it's better not to come here in the future, what a pity, what a pity."

After finishing speaking, he put down the curtain of the carriage, closed his eyes and went to rest.