Chapter 21: Opening the Aperture

"Ah Shui, this time really... really thank you. Without you, I really didn't know what to do just now."

A thirty-year-old big man wiped his tears with red eyes.

If Liang Qu hadn't stood up just now and made up the autumn tax for him, if he had really been caught to Lanzhou to dig the canal, it would have been a narrow escape. Even if he were lucky enough not to die, he wouldn't know how long it would take to return.

By then, only his elderly father and wife would be left in the family to pull two young children. How could it not be scattered, how could it not collapse?

Chen Qingjiang pulled little Shunzi from the side and pressed his head down: "Shunzi, hurry, kneel down and kowtow to your Brother Shui!"

"Eh eh, Uncle Chen, no need, really no need." Liang Qu was shocked and hurriedly pulled Shunzi over, smiling bitterly, "I saved Uncle Chen, and little Shunzi has to kowtow to me. Then last time Uncle Chen saved me, wouldn't it also mean I have to kowtow to Uncle Chen? Is Uncle Chen dissatisfied with what I did and wants to remind me?"

"Ah this..."

Chen Qingjiang wiped his tears twice more and was speechless.

Seeing this, Liang Qu really didn't know what to say, only saying that the world is really fucked up, and the poor can't turn over at all.

Like the fishermen in Yixing Market, working diligently for a lifetime, only enough to eat, drink, pay taxes, and support the whole family. Even if they are lucky enough to catch treasure fish, they can't turn over at all, at most they can drink two small drinks, and they are likely to lose their lives if they catch the simplest cold.

They can't even let their children receive education, let alone practice martial arts. Perhaps joining the army is a way out? But that is wealth fought for with life, and it is more likely that life is gone and the wealth is collected by others.

"Ah Shui is really righteous. He gave a gap of one stone of rice just like that. He went to learn martial arts, so he shouldn't be well-off, right? I'm afraid it's all put in."

"Like a storybook novel."

"Chen Qingjiang is really lucky to know Ah Shui."

There were many citizens on the side of the road who came back after paying taxes, either spreading or seeing it with their own eyes, all marveling.

Liang Qu was speechless. He didn't want to be in the limelight. In this day and age, he doesn't recommend filial piety, so he shouldn't publicize it if he can make a fortune in silence.

"Brother Li, you carry Shunzi and send him home, and by the way, notify your sister-in-law. Uncle Chen and I will send Grandpa Chen to the medical hall first. That whip is not easy to bear."

Shunzi is only six years old. After such a great stimulation, he was exhausted and sleepy after crying loudly.

When Liang Qu was holding him just now, little Shunzi hit his head on his leg several times. If he doesn't rest well, he might have a serious illness, making the already not wealthy family worse.

"Good."

Li Libo agreed, looking at Liang Qu with complex eyes.

The two were only similar before, and their relationship was not good. It was only later that the relationship became familiar after Scabby Zhang was beaten, but it was more like drinking and meat friends, you invite me to dinner, I lend you a fishing net.

But now Li Libo found that he didn't understand Liang Qu at all. That was a stone of rice, almost one tael of silver. Liang Qu learned martial arts, where did he get this one tael of silver? I'm afraid he won't have anything to eat next, what for?

Li Libo couldn't figure it out, but he felt that Liang Qu was amazing, really like the "characters" in the mouths of those storytellers.

"Trouble Brother Li."

"No problem, I can't bear to give out a stone of rice, but I can still use some strength."

Carrying Shunzi, Li Libo shouted - let's go, and then stopped talking, walking forward with his head down.

"Also trouble Ah Shui."

"Uncle Chen, don't say jokes. Let's hurry to the medical hall, otherwise it will be troublesome if the wound is infected after a long time."

That whip from the clerk was fierce and fierce, directly blooming a blood whip mark on Chen Renxing's body. Chen Renxing is old, how can he bear it? He was whipped into a faint, so he must be bandaged with medicine immediately.

"Infection, what is that?"

"It means getting sick. Wounds that have seen blood are easy to get sick and fester."

"Oh oh oh, then let's hurry."

" "

The two carried Chen Renxing and quickly came to the small medical hall in Yixing Market, letting the doctor deal with the external injuries.

Uncovering the clothes, the bloody wound made people's hearts jump.

Liang Qu looked at the doctor's technique as a whole, first cleaning the wound with water that had been boiled and cooled, then applying medicinal powder, and bandaging it with steamed white cloth.

It seems that there is no saying of infection in this world, but there is a concept of infection.

"Your father is old and suffered such a heavy blow, so he needs to be well-adjusted. Fortunately, the wound is not serious. I will write you a prescription. Take the medicine according to the prescription and take it on time every day."

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

"Little Zhang, take the two to get the medicine."

"The two follow me."

Then Liang Qu and Chen Qingjiang went to follow to get the medicine.

After grabbing the medicine, Liang Qu frowned and pointed to several blocky objects: "Little Doctor Zhang, can these medicines be replaced with ones with clearer edges and corners?"

The Zhang clerk was stunned, his expression embarrassed, and he didn't say much, directly replacing the medicinal materials.

Chen Qingjiang was a bit puzzled, but didn't ask in person.

"Including medical fees, it's a total of eight qian and seven fen."

This is too expensive, Liang Qu was shocked. A simple external injury is almost one tael of silver.

Chen Qingjiang asked: "Can I write an IOU?"

"Yes."

The clerk wrote the IOU skillfully, and the date and interest were written quite clearly, obviously having done it many times.

After carrying his father out of the medical hall, Chen Qingjiang asked Liang Qu: "Ah Shui, why did you ask him to change the medicine just now?"

"His medicine has no edges and corners. Generally, medicines without edges and corners are old goods, either used and dried again, or cleaned after molding. The former is okay, at most the effect is poor, spend more money, the latter will make people sick. Of course, what I said is not necessarily, just in case."

Chen Qingjiang was very surprised: "Where did you know these?"

Ah Shui was watched by him growing up and had never been to school, but he seemed to have changed into a different person in the last two months.

Chen Qingjiang had already heard the elders in the family say when he went home a few days ago that Ah Shui not only learned martial arts but also fished very well. Now it seems that he knows many powerful knowledge.

Liang Qu scratched his head, but before he could explain, Chen Qingjiang gave his own understanding.

"Ah Shui, you have opened your aperture, amazing!"

Liang Qu smiled awkwardly.

Yes, it is opening the aperture!

The cheating understanding unique to Chinese babies, as long as a person suddenly becomes powerful, it is often that this person has opened the aperture.

Terrible studies suddenly become excellent, it is opening the aperture.

A dull honest person suddenly becomes a love veteran, it is also opening the aperture.

A fisherman who couldn't catch fish becomes a fishing master, that is still opening the aperture.

Just right, save the trouble of finding excuses.

"It's a pity, if Brother Liang could see your progress now, it would be good." Chen Qingjiang suddenly sighed, suddenly realizing that he shouldn't say this, and fell silent again. After a long while, he said, "I will pay back the stone of grain I owe as soon as possible."

Liang Qu wanted to say no need to pay back, but seeing Chen Qingjiang's serious appearance, he guessed that he wouldn't listen if he said it: "I'm not in a hurry, pay back the money to the medical hall first, and the weather will be colder soon, so don't starve little Shunzi and little Kui. If you get sick because of paying back the debt, it will be a loss."

Chen Qingjiang nodded.

The two men walked home in silence. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====