What a beautiful white lotus

Ye Rongqiu's physique has been poor since he was a child, which is also one of the reasons for his relatively withdrawn personality.The hardships he suffered in the past two days made him seriously ill. He was ill for several days in a row, so he had to delay his journey for several days to recuperate.The black dog would go out every day during the day and come back with medicine at night, and Ye Rongqiu would go to sleep after cooking, and go out again during the day the next day.

Ye Rongqiu knew that the black dog was out to make money.The cost of his illness is not small, the accommodation costs money, and the medicine costs money. In order to let him eat well and get well soon, the black dog never gave him black-faced buns again, and tried to use as much food as possible. The white rice feeds his delicate stomach.

That night, the black dog came back from the outside, looking very tired, and half of his clothes were soaked in sweat.He held a bowl of medicine in one hand, and scooped up an oiled paper bag in the other. He yawned big as soon as he entered the door, walked to the bed, put the oiled paper bag aside, and handed the medicine to Ye Rongqiu. : "Drink it, it's the last dose of medicine."

Ye Rongqiu has been sick for four or five days, and now the fever has almost subsided, but his whole body is still weak and weak, and he has no appetite for anything.He felt nauseous just looking at the medicine, but he didn't say anything, he picked up the medicine and took a deep breath before finishing it.This medicine is not very bitter, in fact, except for the very bitter medicine on the first day, the taste becomes weaker day by day in the next few days.That's because the black dog had no money to buy medicine, so he divided a meal of medicine into three meals.

After Ye Rongqiu took the medicine, the black dog opened the greased paper bag and stuffed it into his hand, revealing a piece of greasy meat.It was Heigou's part-time boss who rewarded him with his dinner for his ability, and he was reluctant to eat it, so he brought it back for Ye Rongqiu to eat.The meat was already cold, and there was a layer of white greasy oil on it, Ye Rongqiu scooped it up and put it under his nose to smell it.This time it really wasn't that he was trying to be hypocritical, it's just that he had a bland taste during his illness, and his body couldn't bear this kind of greasy stuff, and the greasy smell made him clutch his chest and retch.

Ye Rongqiu felt very guilty, he knew that it was the black dog who was reluctant to eat and saved it for him.The black dog didn't say anything, took the oiled paper bag from him and swallowed the meat in one bite.

The black dog threw away the dirty clothes, and he really didn't have the energy to wash them. If it wasn't for the fact that there was only one bed in the room and Ye Rongqiu on the bed, maybe he wouldn't even bother to take care of it himself.He scrubbed himself clean with the water weeds he brought in, then jumped into the bed, closed his eyes as soon as his head touched the pillow, and murmured weakly: "I'm asleep, call me if you need something."

The black dog only stayed in this town for a few days. He couldn't do that kind of relatively easy and stable long-term job. He only wanted to earn the most money in a short period of time, so he went to help people carry it.He has great strength, and he can move the most goods at a time, carrying things from the east of the city to the west of the city, and then back to the east of the city. He can't earn a few copper coins in a day, which is barely enough to cover their accommodation expenses. Fortunately, the host takes care of the meals. Not to mention saving his meal money, sometimes he can scoop up some decent food to replenish Ye Rongqiu's body.

Looking at the obviously exhausted faces of the people around him, Ye Rongqiu felt guilty and distressed.After so many days of getting along, Ye Rongqiu has classified the black dog as his own.He was also heartbroken when Ah Fei died, and he was also heartbroken when his servant was bullied, but this time the heartache was a little more simple, it was just for Heigou, not his own interests—maybe it was because of Heigou He hasn't sold himself to the Ye family yet.

Ye Rongqiu lay down beside him, and whispered: "You don't have to work so hard, don't you still have some money for the watch, isn't it enough for us to go to Wuhan? When I arrive in Wuhan, I will have money."

The black dog didn't even open his eyes, and murmured: "Where did you get the money from? Get well soon, if this continues, we won't have the money to stay in the hotel."

Ye Rongqiu was taken aback: "The money is spent so quickly?"

The black dog said helplessly: "Master, do you know how much your medicine costs? There is a war ahead, so many wounded, the price of the medicine has been overturned, and the grass picked from the ground is more expensive than pork. Now you can If you can buy it, the battle will continue, and after a while medicine will be priceless.”

Ye Rongqiu was speechless for a moment.He thought of the boxes of medicine in his warehouse, and felt a little ashamed.He has always looked down on Huang San, because Huang San made a fortune for the country, but in fact, which businessman who is not a traitor or a gangster can make money?Stirring drugs is harmful, and frying medicinal materials is not saving people. In fact, the Ye family also wants to make a fortune for the country, but whether they get rich or not depends on their own ability.Ye Rongqiu thought to himself, after returning home, he can no longer let his father take part in this business, this kind of business involving national calamity and wealth is too damaging to morality.

Ye Rongqiu whispered: "Thank you for your hard work." Then he said, "Thank you."

The black dog seemed to have fallen asleep and did not respond.

The next day they packed up and hit the road.Ye Rongqiu's fever has completely subsided, but he is still weak all over.They walked all morning with the help of a black dog, and in the afternoon they met a passing farmer who took them for a ride in a bullock cart, and finally arrived at the county seat.

Going to stay at the hotel at night, the black dog wanted a guest room, but Ye Rongqiu stopped him and said, "Let's live in Tongpu."

The black dog looked at him in surprise: "Are you sure?" A few days before Ye Rongqiu fell ill, they slept in the same bunk because someone was snoring in the room, and the smell of someone's sweaty feet spread throughout the room. Ye Rongqiu couldn't get used to it all I can't sleep all night, and I feel very depressed the next day.His serious illness was not unrelated to his lack of sleep.

Ye Rongqiu said a little sadly: "The money for a day's sleep in the guest room is enough to buy a big pot of steamed buns." He never imagined that one day he would be reduced to choose between sleep and food.

After hearing what he said, the black dog asked for a room.Because Ye Rongqiu saved the money, they bought cornmeal steamed buns at night, and they were full.

There are no beds in the whole bunk, and a dozen men sleep on a long bunk.Those who can sleep through the bunk must not be some decent upper-class people. They are often covered in dirt and sweat, and they have no scruples about knocking their teeth and farting.The shop itself wasn't clean, and it didn't wash it even after a dozen waves of customers. If you wanted to investigate carefully, you could find all the filth in the quilt.The only advantage is that the common bed is cheap enough, so cheap that two copper coins can sleep for one night.

The man sleeping next to Ye Rongqiu went to bed and pinched the lice on his body for a while, then gurgled in his throat for a long time and spit out two mouthfuls of thick phlegm under the shop, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.The hairs all over Ye Rongqiu's body stood up, and he squeezed desperately to the side of the black dog, and he had completely left his bed.But this was not enough, Ye Rongqiu always felt that the quilt on his body smelled bad, but it was impossible not to cover it, he could only tilt his head up, and keep his nose as far away from the quilt as possible.

The black dog noticed his awkwardness and asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

"My quilt has a fishy smell." Ye Rongqiu said in a muffled voice.Then he leaned over and sniffed the quilt on the black dog. Although it wasn't very good, it was better than his.

Seeing this, the black dog lifted the quilt and said, "Come on, let me change the bed cover with you."

Ye Rongqiu thought for a while, got into the black dog's quilt, and squeezed with him.He said shyly: "I think someone did something in that quilt... the smell is too disgusting, you can't stand it." Ye Rongqiu and the black dog are used to sleeping together, and now they don't dislike it at all him.

Seeing his tangled expression, the black dog couldn't help being happy, pinched his waist, and said with a smirk, "What did you do in that quilt?"

Ye Rongqiu patted his hand away, glared at him, and said nothing.He is very at ease with Heigou now, he knows that Heigou is just a bit of a bad mouth and a bit of a hand, but he is really good to him, except for his father and his brother, Heigou treats him best, and he is sincere It's good to have no intentions, so he has completely let go of his guard against the black dog, but he is just annoyed that he always likes to bully himself.

Just then, someone in the room started snoring.Ye Rongqiu was already mentally prepared, so he could only endure it, pretending that he couldn't hear it.However, after lying down for a while with his eyes closed, he couldn't ignore the loud snoring, and he became irritable again.Suddenly, a hand covered his ears.Ye Rongqiu opened his eyes and stared blankly at the black dog.

The black dog whispered: "Sleep, I will let go of your hands when you fall asleep." He knew that Ye Rongqiu's life-threatening affluence disease required a very quiet environment to sleep.

Ye Rongqiu bit her lower lip, and suddenly buried her head in the black dog's arms.He felt that young warm chest was giving him stability.He would often forget that the black dog was actually a young man three years younger than him, and he didn't know why this young man was so reliable, and he was so dependent on him.He whispered, "Uncle Cousin."

"Huh?" The black dog didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"

Ye Rongqiu fell silent.

After a while, the black dog finally understood what Ye Rongqiu said just now, so he patted the back of Ye Rongqiu's head pretending to be old-fashioned: "Good boy, big nephew."

Ye Rongqiu felt uncomfortable for some reason, raised his head and stared at the black dog, lowered his head again, and arched it into the black dog's arms, then he raised his head again: "I'm thirsty."

The black dog got up from the bed, found out the water bottle and handed it to him.This kettle was the same marching kettle they scooped up from a soldier who was bombed to death by the Japanese army. It was made of stainless steel and was very strong and easy to use.They scooped two at first, each of them used one, but Ye Rongqiu lost one when he was climbing the mountain, so now they share the same kettle to drink water.

After drinking the water, Ye Rongqiu lay back in the arms of the black dog. The black dog counted with his fingers and said, "If you walk faster, you can go to Wuchang in two days."

Due to various circumstances, it is now more than May.Without these things, Ye Rongqiu could have arrived in Wuhan half a month ago, and maybe he is drinking Western red wine and sleeping on a big silk bed right now.However, upon hearing the news that Wuhan was about to arrive, for some reason, Ye Rongqiu was not as excited as he had expected, and there was some unspeakable... reluctance.

He hummed a little irritably: "It's finally here." Then he took the black dog's hand: "Help me cover my ears, it's so noisy."