Chapter 30: Candied fruit

The people basically go to the market for early morning, and the early morning is the time when there are the most people. In order to cooperate with the people's time and habits, the medical school stall was opened early in the morning. Students sat according to the department and pre-allocated positions. Wei Chi was a wounded person and received special treatment. He could climb the carriage to rest when he had nothing to do. He would get off when he needed it. Climbing on the carriage, the carriage was specially designed by the Wei Mansion. Under the carriage, there was also a small stove that could store charcoal. The curtain was thickly closed, and it was not cold at all. It was suitable for Wei Chi's injury.

Knowing that there is a free medical consultation today, many people who are sick but have no money to treat them will come to queue up early. When the medical team is ready, they have already lined up in a long queue. They are staring at the students and are anxiously waiting for the start of the free medical consultation. Some people still have a layer of white frost on their buns, and their faces are red due to coldness, as if they have come from afar.

The nursing students were arranged to maintain order, while the pharmacy helped the medical students, orderly and busy. Although the car was very warm, seeing Ding Shoucheng running back and forth when he was old, Wei Chi was a little disgusted and simply got off the carriage and joined in with a crutch. When everyone saw him coming down, they were stunned: "Master Wei, you have injuries on your body, this..."

Wei Chi smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's just some skin injuries. As long as you don't break the wound, more exercise will help you recover from the injury. Everyone is studying medicine, so I don't need to say more."

Wei Chi smiled, looked up at the crowd lined up, and said, "Some villagers have been waiting for a long journey, and I'm afraid they have been waiting for the middle of the night. The students in the nursing department will get some hot water and ginger soup to warm everyone up. Students will be more neat and more efficient, so don't let everyone wait in a hurry."

He ordered things, divided the work and started free medical consultation. Wei Chi was on the side with a crutch and supervised and assisted, and saw students treating medical treatment. When they had doubts or were not sure, he went forward to take a look. He was busy and didn't care about the wound on his butt. Not long after he was busy, a team of people came to gallop. In fact, it was a bit exaggerated to say that Mercedes was a bit of an exaggeration. After all, there were people in the morning market, and the horse could not run. When the horse team approached, a small handsome man jumped from the horse. He was dressed tightly and wore a cloak made of luxurious sable fur, revealing a small face that was red from the cold, and smiled at Wei Chi: "Mr. Wei! The queen said, "My mother said, Lord Wei and others have worked hard, so let the pheasant send some food."

With a handsome and handsome face and a faint smile, it was Li Zhi. Wei Chi quickly called Ding Shoucheng over and was about to thank him. Li Zhi hurriedly said, "My mother said, you can't disturb you for your free medical treatment. There is no need to be too polite. Please give priority to the people who see the doctor."

Wei Chi and Ding Shoucheng looked at each other, and Wei Chi said, "In this way, the minister will be arrogant. Please send your highness to the Queen Mother to express our gratitude."

"Good, I will definitely convey it to you." Li Zhi's little face agreed seriously. After finishing his seriousness, the little face lost its seriousness and jumped over, took Wei Chi's hand, looked up at him, and said with caring face: "I heard that Lord Wei was beaten again, saying that he would be on the bed for a month, but today he was injured, which is very admirable."

This is really a pot that doesn’t open, and the little guy comes to make fun of him. Wei Chi rolled his eyes and said angrily: “It’s cold, after the empress’s instructions, go back quickly and be careful of getting sick.”

When Ding Shoucheng saw that the two of them began to speak casually, he also knew about Li Zhi's friendship with Wei Chi, so he distributed the gifts of the queen to let everyone feel the queen's kindness and walked away on the pretext.

Li Zhi laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm a boy, strong and strong, how can I get sick easily? Actually, I asked my mother for this mission. I heard that Lord Wei was going to have a free clinic, so I came to see it. My sister also wanted to come, but the mother refused to allow her, for fear that she would get sick."

Wei Chi smiled and touched his shoulders. It was not easy to touch his head in front of everyone. Wei Chi smiled and said, "Okay, if you are cold, go to my carriage to sit in it. It's not cold inside. There are many patients, so we are busy. Let's go there, don't make trouble."

Li Zhi smiled, turned his head to look at the long dragon that he was patting, and murmured: "Ministers often say that I am peaceful in the world, and the country is rich and the people are strong. If I do it, why would there be so many people coming to free medical treatment!"

Wei Chi was stunned, subconsciously patted his head, and whispered: "What are you talking nonsense? Be careful to be sued where your Majesty is, and you can't eat it."

Li Zhi smiled and said cunningly: "I know Lord Wei will not complain, and I will not say it in front of outsiders."

This little devil is really good at coaxing people. Well, Wei Chi was very happy when he said it, and he didn't care about it. Wei Chi smiled and said, "I'm watching by myself and don't make trouble. I'm very busy. Pass the time by myself. I'll stare at the students."

Li Zhi nodded obediently, his eyes wandering around the queue, thinking. Wei Chi smiled. It is better for children to learn to think, than to be confused. Regardless of Li Zhi, continue the work just now.

After a while, I took turns to eat the food given by Empress Changsun and continued to have free medical consultation. The food problem during the free medical consultation of the medical team was already handed over to the restaurant to take care of it, and they would deliver it to lunch time. However, today's one is not necessary. Wei Chi sent someone to say something. Li Zhi walked around and looked around. The guard he brought arranged a place to follow him, and the rest were sent by Li Zhi to help the nursing department maintain order. While busy, Xie Jiu's voice suddenly sounded: "Why are the injured people still restless?"

He looked up in a hurry, facing Xie Jiu's face with a faint smile. Not only herself, there were several servants standing behind him, each carrying a food box. Wei Chi looked up and saw that it was still early and it was not yet lunch time, and said, "Why are you here? Are you okay at home? What are the two little kids? What food did you bring? Just now, the Empress ordered the King of Jin to give food to everyone."

Xie Jiu was stunned and said, "You have eaten it? I still think you have any injuries on your body, so it is not convenient to help you. I came here to take a look and prepare to take your meals and fruits. It seems that I don't need it anymore. Come and drink medicine."

The food box that Xie Jiu was carrying opened was a bowl of boiled medicine soup. This was specially cooked for Wei Chi, which can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and reduce inflammation. Drinking it can make the injury heal soon. Seeing the medicine soup, Wei Chi's face suddenly became bitter. He faced Xie Jiu's smile, considering the problem of face, he had to raise his neck and pour it down. If he didn't drink it, if Xie Jiu said it in a place with so many people, he wouldn't have to live.

After drinking the medicine, Xie Jiu quietly stuffed Wei Chi a candy, letting him get rid of the bitter taste in his mouth and join the ranks of free clinics. He guided the students on behalf of Wei Chi. Wei Chi had time to take a break and turned to pay attention to Li Zhi, but saw him turn his eyes to two little boys about the same age as him in the team, and Wei Chi also looked over.

Those were two little boys who could tell from their clothes that their families were completely different. Although the clothes they wore were not silk and satin, they were thick and warm. It can be seen that although the family was not rich, they were well-off and could satisfy their food and clothing. They even had a little dried fruit in their hands and bite them. The other one was a little pitiful. The clothes all over their bodies were obviously not fit, and they were patched and washed white. They were held by a white-haired old woman and stood behind the little boy before. With her dark little face, you could see her face that was obviously frozen and red. She held her fingers and looked at the little boy in front of her eating. The exposed hands were black and thin, and cracked. The poor little boy looked at the old woman's sleeve for a long time, pulled the old woman's sleeves and timidly: "Grandma, the dog is hungry."

When the old woman heard the little boy's request, she lowered her head and smiled lovingly, touched his head, and said, "Okay, grandma will keep the remaining dates you ate yesterday. I knew you would still want to eat today. Wait, grandma will give it to you."

After saying that, he reached into his arms tremblingly, took out a small cloth bag, and carefully opened it layer by layer, but there were a few dates that had been bitten by someone. He took out one and handed it to the little grandson named Dog'er, and complained lovingly: "You little dog, I took a bite yesterday and put it down like a little rat. Look, eat it quickly."

The dog took the date happily, took a sweet bite, and sniffed it. Although he looked at the dried fruit of the little boy in front of him from time to time, he had something in his mouth and didn't want it so much.

The little boy in front saw the dog taking the dates to eat. I wonder if no one looked at him enviously, but suddenly felt that the delicious dried fruit in his hand became unpalatable. He stood beside him with a man's sleeve and said, "Dad, Ping'er won't eat it anymore!"

The man didn't care, just looked up and saw how the free clinic team was progressing to see if it was his turn. He just said casually: "It's okay if you don't eat, it's up to you."

The little boy Ping'er said "Oh" and threw out the dried fruit that had only eaten a little bit, without hesitation at all, as if everything was used to. The dog lined up behind seemed stunned. After looking at Ping'er in front for a while, he suddenly broke free from his grandmother's hand and ran to the abandoned dried fruit that was discarded. He picked it up regardless of the dirt. He wiped his little hand hard, walked over, handed it to Ping'er in front, and whispered: "Your thing has not been finished yet, why did you throw it away? What a pity, eat it!"

Ping'er pouted her mouth and said disgusted: "I don't want it anymore! It's not delicious, give it to you."

The dog was stunned and asked happily: "Do you really want it? Did you really give it to me?"

Ping'er said: "Of course, I don't want it anymore. You can pick it up and give it to you. I still have it at home."

The dog smiled happily, his dirty little face turned red with excitement, his smile was innocent and honest, and he took a small bite and said, "It's so delicious."

After saying that, Lala Grandma's worn clothes said, "Grandma, help the dog to put it on, and the dog will eat it tomorrow."

The white-haired old woman looked at it and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"

Seeing grandma's stern expression, Dog'er whispered: "I don't want to throw it away by the little brother in front of me. Dog picked it up. Grandma, it's delicious. You can eat some of it too. We'll eat the rest tomorrow."

As he said that, he stuffed the dried fruit in his hand into the old woman's mouth. When the old woman heard that it was not what he wanted to, nor did he steal it, she smiled and touched the head of her grandson with kindness, bent down and took the dried fruit in her mouth, and said, "Okay, grandma has eaten it, grandma will help you put it on, and I will give it to you tomorrow. I will finish the dates today, do you know?"

"Um."

The old woman took out a small cloth bag again, opened it layer by layer, carefully packing the dried fruit, and the grandparents and grandchildren continued to line up happily again.

Wei Chi smiled a moment of smile. He remembered that when he was a child, his grandmother helped him hide snacks. It would be great for children in the countryside to have a meal. He is also a boy. He often secretly gets a lot of snacks from grandmothers who prefer boys. Every time he can't finish what he can't finish, his grandmother will help him put in an empty drawer and take them when he wants to eat. Only those who can't fit them will be distributed to his sisters and sisters. Looking at today's situation, Wei Chi felt very friendly.

When he turned around, he saw Li Zhi staring at the dog, and couldn't help but smile. Wei Chi patted him and asked, "What are you thinking? Seeing that he is in a daze, do you want to eat dried fruits? Or dates?"

Li Zhi's little face turned red, he giggled for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I am like that plain person on weekdays, throwing things around. For some reason, I suddenly feel so embarrassing now."

Wei Chi laughed out loud, regardless of whether he would be seen or not, touched his head and patted his little shoulder, and said happily, "It's good to know that it's embarrassing. Actually, I've done this before, and now my face is hot. But, it's great to know that you can correct your mistakes. Just don't throw them around in the future, right?"

Li Zhi nodded, smiled shyly, and suddenly said, "Mr. Wei, can I ask someone to buy a pack of candy and snacks to give to the dog?"

Wei Chi shook his head and said, "Not good."

“Why?”

Wei Chi pulled Li Zhi, pointed to Gou'er and Ping'er's direction, and said, "Look carefully and tell me what the difference between these two children?"

Li Zhi stared at him for a while and said, "Ping'er's clothes are better than dogs. Judging from dogs' clothes, the family may be poor."

Wei Chi said: "It's not possible, but certain. Ping'er's family is well-off. For him, a piece of dried fruit is irrelevant. He throws it away, because it's too ordinary and does not need to be cherished. But dogs are different. Because their family is poor, they can't eat a small piece of dried fruit for a few times, and even worse, they may not be able to eat it in their lifetime."

Li Zhi was very smart. As soon as Wei Chi said that, he understood and said, "Because it is easy to get it, don't you cherish it?"

Wei Chi nodded and said earnestly: "That's right, let's think about it first, and then you can talk about it. I read a poem when I was a child. Today I will read it to you. Let's encourage each other in the future."
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