Siheyuan: A journey of mountains and rivers

"I remember there's a hospital in this area. We can't let people just lie there. Let's take them there on the way."

There were no ambulances in those days, so I had to do it myself.

Qiangzi was very resistant to hearing this: "That won't do. We are here to buy groceries. Wouldn't it be troublesome for us to send this person?"

He Yuzhu was a little disappointed after hearing this: "Qiangzi, this is a matter of conscience. We all need help sometimes. If we were the one lying on the ground that day, and everyone we met thought like you, wouldn't we be dead? So we should help if we can."

Qiangzi was speechless after being criticized.

After putting himself in He Yuzhu's shoes, he could understand He Yuzhu's approach.

Who doesn’t want people around them to help them when they are in trouble?

He Yuzhu, Jian Qiangzi and Gangzi agreed, so they lifted the man up and put him on their cart.

On the way to the hospital, Qiangzi insisted on pushing the cart by himself.

After all, it was he who advocated saving the people. Even if Qiangzi and Gangzi had the most brute force, He Yuzhu couldn't take advantage of them.

After being sent to the emergency room, the doctor examined him and sighed, "Another unlucky guy. He fainted after not eating for too long."

According to the doctor, there are quite a lot of people who faint from hunger.

He couldn't help but sigh that it was really not easy to survive in this age of material scarcity.

He Yuzhu thought he was a poor man, and hurriedly thanked the doctor: "Sorry for bothering you, doctor, where can I pay?"

The doctor looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Don't think about the money. Go back and get him something easy to digest. He can't eat greasy food if he's been hungry for too long. Try to keep it light."

He Yuzhu was aware of the doctor's instructions in advance.

When he turned around, he saw the middle-aged man who had fainted wake up. He shouted in surprise: "Great, uncle, you're awake."

"I'll get you something to eat. Fill your stomach first."

He Yuzhu thought that since he had been hungry for so long, he must have encountered great difficulties. He did not mention the fact that he fainted and was sent to the hospital, let alone money.

The uncle looked around in confusion, but still explained to him: "Uncle, this is the hospital. You fainted on the way, so I was afraid that something might happen to you, so I sent you here."

"It's free, just rest assured."

After he finished speaking, he hurried back to Hongbinlou. Qiangzi and Gangzi brought the ingredients back first.

He Yuzhu asked them to help explain it to him. After he came back, he took the initiative to explain the reason to his master Tian Zehua.

After hearing this, Tian Zehua got some easily digestible noodles from the kitchen and gave them to He Yuzhu.

Manager Gu, who heard about this, walked up to Tian Zehua and expressed his feelings.

"This guy is really a good person. I heard that he took the initiative to send someone to the hospital."

Some people praised He Yuzhu and said that they were quite satisfied with Tian Zehua as their master.

He smiled and replied: "Of course, I knew he was a good person the first time I saw him."

"At that time, he just liked to quarrel with others. Being young, he always looked down on others. But after He Daqing left, all his bad habits disappeared at once."

Manager Gu took over the conversation: "Isn't this good? He has no one to rely on now, so he can only be a sensible child."

"He's still as clueless as before. How are he and Yu Shui going to survive?"

Tian Zehua thought it made a lot of sense.

He Yuzhu had already arrived at the hospital with noodles and quickly found the middle-aged man.

"Uncle, please eat quickly. This is noodles. My master made it for you right now. You should know that my master is the chef in Hongbinlou."

“It tastes amazing.”

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, the man said gratefully: "Thank you for your trouble, young comrade."

Seeing that the man had difficulty speaking, He Yuzhu hurriedly said, "Uncle, eat quickly, the noodles are getting mushy."

"It's just a small matter, don't take it to heart."

The man ate the noodles obediently and felt a little more energetic.

Then he began to introduce himself to He Yuzhu: "Little comrade, thank you so much today. If it weren't for you, I might have died a long time ago."

He Yuzhu shook his head embarrassedly after hearing this: "That's not the case."

"I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Ma Guobao."

The uncle remembered and said his name.

"It's Uncle Ma. Did you encounter any trouble? Why did you faint from hunger?" He Yuzhu saw that the uncle's clothes were quite clean, which was different from what he had guessed before, that he was fleeing.

Ma Guobao glanced at He Yuzhu and sighed heavily.

"Uncle Ma, did I ask you something you shouldn't have asked? I'm not particularly curious, so you don't have to tell me."

He Yuzhu is a sensible person. He will never ask too many questions about things that others don't want to mention.

Ma Guobao sighed again.

Then he looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Little comrade, I didn't encounter any difficulties."

"What about you, uncle?"

He Yuzhu didn't ask the following question.

Ma Guobao looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Since you want to know, and you saved my life, then we are destined to meet."

"I have to make it clear to you. Although I was diagnosed as fainting from hunger, I really didn't faint from hunger. I fainted because I failed to hold the elixir."

"You're so kind to save me this time, and I don't have anything to give you, so I might as well teach you this."

After hearing Ma Guobao's sudden words, He Yuzhu was still a little dumbfounded.

He didn't understand at all.

Holding Dan?

What is Baodan?

Seeing He Yuzhu's puzzled expression, Ma Guobao took the initiative to explain: "Actually, I was deficient in Qi and blood because of holding Dan'er. I didn't faint from hunger on the street as you thought."

He Yuzhu nodded, not quite understanding.

"I'm going to teach you this."

"I?"

He Yuzhu pointed at himself.

Ma Guobao himself failed and fainted on the road, but he was still asked to teach him, and he subconsciously felt a little reluctant.

Seeing He Yuzhu's reluctance, Ma Guobao patiently explained: "Since I want to pass it on to you, I will definitely not cheat you."

"Don't worry, I didn't faint because of malnutrition caused by not eating. That's what you ordinary people do, but I'm holding the elixir because I'm practicing traditional Chinese martial arts."

"You should have heard of Li Shuwen, right?"

He Yuzhu nodded, a famous martial artist of contemporary times.

"That's my senior brother. We are Huang Sihai's disciples. But I see that my senior brother has already achieved success, while I seem to know everything, but I still lack something."

"That's why I chose Bao Dan. You saw the final outcome. I was thinking of returning to my hometown, but now it seems so embarrassing."

As he spoke, he sighed and shook his head, deeply regretting his choice.