Old Movies of the Republic of China(87)

It was getting late and dark, so Lin Dehai walked out of the yard, hunched his neck and walked away step by step.

Mother Lin stood in the yard. Although she couldn't see Lin Dehai's back clearly, she still stood stubbornly. Although she hated him and despised him in her heart, as long as there was a child between them, they would never become strangers.

That night, Mother Lin didn't fall asleep. When it was dawn, she sold the braised meat at home step by step to the waiter in the restaurant who had been waiting outside all morning. At this time, it was bright and she closed the door.

, walked out of the yard, avoided the main road, and stepped onto the path leading to the city.

When she arrived in the city, it was getting late. She went straight to a remote drug store and saw the white flags with the word "medicine" fluttering in the wind. Her heart suddenly became confused. She rubbed the old purse in her hand and for a moment

Suddenly, her feet felt as if they were nailed to the spot. Do they really have to go to this point? She closed her eyes. It was easy to think, but difficult to do.

Just when she didn't know whether to advance or retreat, she suddenly heard a "bah" sound, followed by her face getting wet. She looked subconsciously and saw an eleven or twelve year old kid staring at her fiercely. This kid

He knew that his mother was bullied by Chen Jiren, and the woman jumped into the well out of thought. There was only one child left, with two younger brothers and sisters. Suddenly, she seemed to see Huaizi from many years ago.

She didn't raise her hand to wipe the spit from her face, but suddenly, her heart began to swell and hurt. She had been so confused these years. Why was she indifferent when she watched that beast do so many dirty things? Now, this child

If you spit on your own face, one day you will spit on Huaizi's and the others' faces.

When she woke up, she found that the child had gone far. She then raised her hand to wipe her face with her sleeves, then covered her face with a cloth, then opened the curtain and entered the drug store. But this time her steps were firmer.

some.

At the breakfast shop opposite the drug store, Lin Dehai saw all this, and then he broke the fried dough sticks into pieces and threw them into the soy milk with confidence, and started eating. Thinking of the cruel boy just now, he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart.

Widow Liu has always felt that she has no child to rely on, but he actually thinks that this boy is good. When this matter is over, he will take this child home to become an adopted son. If he has enough food for his family, he will be indispensable. I want to come to Liu

The widow had no objections. She had an idea in her mind and quietly asked the shopkeeper about it.

But when Mrs. Lin entered the pharmacy, the boy quickly greeted her: "Do you want to see a doctor or get some medicine?"

Mother Lin walked up, opened her old purse, took out a yellowing prescription and handed it over, "To take medicine, just follow this."

The young man responded, took the prescription into his hand, looked at it, frowned and said: "Madam, what disease does this prescription treat? Why can't I understand it?" I have been an apprentice for several years, what disease does this medicine treat?

, he probably has some knowledge. But this recipe seems to be somewhat toxic. Who knows what kind of medicinal properties it has when mixed together. He kindly advised: "Where did you get this from?

What kind of folk remedy? Let me tell you, aunt, sometimes this folk remedy is unreliable..."

Mother Lin reached out to take back the prescription, "Just tell me if you have this medicine?"

The little boy choked and thought that his good intentions were a fool's errand, "Yes, yes, but you..."

"Catch it if you have it." Mother Lin put the money on the table, "Hurry up."

The boy coughed and said with a smile: "There is some medicine in there. I'll go in and get it." After saying that, he took the prescription and opened the curtain and went to the back hall.

In less than two minutes, an old doctor came out and said, "Sister-in-law, is this recipe yours?"

Mother Lin nodded: "Can't arrest?"

The old doctor smiled and said, "Yes! You can catch it. But when you leave this door, don't say that the prescription was obtained from us."

"I understand the rules." Mother Lin responded quickly.

The old doctor returned the prescription to Mrs. Lin, "You keep it. I will prepare the medicine for you right now."

The young boy watched as the master accurately grabbed all the medicine without reading the prescription, then wrapped it up and handed it over, "You haven't been here before, and I haven't seen it either."

Mother Lin took the medicine bag, nodded, turned around and went out immediately.

After everyone left, the young man asked the old doctor: "Master, what is this prescription for?"

The old doctor glared: "Don't pry. I haven't seen this old prescription very often in the past few decades. I am your age and I have seen it when I was a medicine boy with my master. They are all used by wealthy families.

..." After saying that, he warned the young apprentice, "Don't do blind experiments, this thing is not a good thing."

The young man was curious, but he still suppressed his curiosity. His master said that if you want to be a doctor, you should know what your duty is.

The old doctor looked at the door and sighed, "If it weren't for the difficulty in doing business now, I shouldn't be selling this medicine..."

The boy drooped his head, "Yeah! If you don't have money to eat, who will see a doctor? If you don't have a fatal disease, you won't come to the doctor. But you can't stand it anymore, and most of the people who come to the drugstore are on credit. I won't give it."

The medicine is just a matter of death. But if the medicine is given, the business cannot be continued. Now, in this small shop, it is difficult to support both the master and the apprentice.

In today's world, it is difficult to do any business, not just drug stores.

The small breakfast shop across the street didn't sell five kilograms of fried dough sticks all morning. There were only customers in twos and threes, and most of them came to beg for hot water. At this time, people in this shop were talking about the pity that the traitors had destroyed their families.

The child, Lin Dehai, wrote down everything he heard. It wasn't until he saw Mother Lin coming out of the drug store opposite that he stood up to pay the bill and followed her out of the city from a distance.

Mother Lin still took the small road. No one walked on this road. She didn't want to meet anyone. As she was about to enter the village, she hid the medicine bag in her arms and pressed it with her hand. This prescription was given by her mother when she got married.

Given. The head matron of a wealthy family would always have some shady prescriptions in her hands to treat the concubines and servants in the family. Before she had a chance to use these prescriptions, the family fell into ruin and there was no

That was a slave who sold herself. It was not allowed to kill a slave. Besides, there were no servants left in the family. She kept this thing as a thought, but she didn't expect that it would be used on this man in the end.

When I got to the door, I put the medical bag behind the stone pillar beside the door and grabbed a handful of straw to cover it before I entered. Then I went inside. Before I entered the house, I heard Chen Jiren's voice, "What are you doing?"

Where have you been all day? Why did you come back? You want to starve me to death."

Mother Lin paused, then opened the curtain and walked in, "I went to buy ingredients. I didn't expect that Butcher Hu didn't kill any pigs today. So I walked a little further and wanted to ask. I didn't expect to visit a few places.

, some people don’t sell to us, and some people simply sell out. It’s a waste of a day.”

Chen Jiren muttered, and then said: "Hurry up and burn the kang first, I'm freezing to death. I haven't bought any meat, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Mother Lin responded vaguely, "I also have two pig's trotters, which I will stew for you tonight."

As she spoke, she glanced outside. It had already been half an hour, so this person should have arrived.

The pig's trotters in the pot stewed into a milky white soup, and there were cornmeal pancakes stuck to the edge of the pot. Just as Mrs. Lin was about to put out the rice, she heard a knock on the door outside. Her hand holding the spoon trembled, and someone came.

Already.

"What are you doing standing there?" Chen Jiren glanced outside, "Go and see who's coming?"

"Who else could it be?" A soft female voice responded outside, "You asked me to invite you, but now I pretend that I don't know. If I really didn't know, I would leave."

Chen Jiren's whole body was excited, and he jumped up from the kang, "It's Xiaotao! Why are you..." He wanted to ask you why you came, but when he thought about it, she seemed to say that he invited her here, and he knew that otherwise

Someone paid for him, but this woman heard the mistake and went the wrong way, but she didn't take advantage of the bastard, and she was not stupid enough to push the person out. He immediately changed his words: "Why did you come here? Wait.

I’ve been missing you for a long time.”

Mother Lin's eyelids drooped and she threw the spoon into the pot.

The woman named Xiao Tao opened the curtain to try to get in. She glanced at Chen Jiren with a smile on her face, and said frivolously: "There is someone at home. Why did you ask me to come over?"

Chen Jiren glanced at Mother Lin awkwardly, and saw Mother Lin standing by the pot with her head lowered, not saying anything. Just when she didn't know what to say, she heard Xiao Tao say: "Don't say this is your old lady.

Right? That’s right! Even if Mr. Chen is down and out, he still has some foundation. It’s not a surprise to have a servant. "

"Hahaha..." Chen Jiren smiled, "You are still so good at talking."

Mother Lin snorted and laughed angrily, "Am I just an old lady?" After saying that, she opened the curtain and walked out.

Just as Chen Jiren was about to chase him out, Xiao Tao grabbed him and said, "What's wrong? Are you going to chase me?"

"Of course not." Chen Jiren pointed to the courtyard door, "I just closed the door. Come in quickly. The Kang is very hot."

Xiaotao smiled and opened the curtain and went in. Then she took a spoonful of the soup in the pot and took a sip. She nodded repeatedly, "It tastes pretty good, but it's just a little salty. Ha! You don't have to pay for salt!" She said.

He smoothly put the pig's trotters in the pot into a clean basin beside the pot, then brought it to the Kang table and sat cross-legged on it.

Chen Jiren took a clear look at the situation inside through the gap in the door curtain. Seeing that she was interested in the food, he quickly chased after her. Sure enough, he saw Mother Lin standing at the door. He went over and pulled Mother Lin's shoulder and said, "Jiao

Mother! This Xiaotao is not an ordinary woman. Behind her is Captain Feng of the detective team. I am like this, and now I am so old. What do you think people like me for? This time, it is probably business.

I am delivering a message for Captain Feng. There are some things that are hard to say in front of you. How about..." He tentatively said, "How about you go to someone's house and spend the night tonight? Maybe Captain Feng and the others will come back in the middle of the night.

will come……"

With such a bad reputation, who would accept me?

In this cold winter, I am going to freeze myself to death. Although this woman was calculated by Lin Dehai, I still felt chills in my heart when I heard this.

She tried to sound as normal as possible, "Is everything you said true?"

"What did I lie to you for?" Chen Jiren immediately answered: "Even if I am nothing, for the sake of my son, I can't bring people home..." In fact, he really didn't think so.

I still need some respect. Didn't this stupid woman come here on her own? If you give her some sweetness, she might not be able to connect with him and Captain Feng. This is also true. He really has this plan.

Although she has nothing now, doesn't she still have a recipe for braised pork at home? This Xiaotao is not young anymore, and she has long wanted to become a good person. But what will she do for a living after becoming a good person? She has capital in hand, so she can find someone to open a braised pork stew.

The butcher's shop can definitely feed people. He didn't believe that she would not do anything with this. He has been thinking about it from last night to today. So speaking of it, this is really not a lie to Mother Lin.

"Since it's a business matter..." Mother Lin took a deep breath, "Since it's a business matter, let's do it this time and never do it next time."

As soon as she finished speaking, she headed towards the village.

Lin Dehai looked at her back and suddenly felt something bad in his heart. After all, she was the woman who gave birth to his child. He gritted his teeth and whispered: "Don't worry, when I make a comeback, you will be the mother-in-law of the family from now on. I will provide for you."

With you."

It's a pity that Mother Lin couldn't hear this. Even if she heard it, I'm afraid it would just be a smile. People will not always be a fool and be deceived.

Passing through the village, there was a dilapidated temple two miles away from the village. Running to a deserted place at night, she was not afraid at all. When she arrived at the temple gate, she looked in through the dilapidated door.

There's a bit of fire.

Lin Dehai added firewood to the fire and raised his voice: "Come in. No one is alive except me."
To be continued...