0p0 Chapter 108 The Thanksgiving Banquet Became Different
Chapter 108 The Thanksgiving Banquet Became Different
The old man stood by, watching excitedly and nervously. He waited for more than ten minutes until Xie Yan took out the needle. He didn't hear his son cough again, so he hurriedly asked, "Little comrade, is my son okay?"
"It just stops the cough temporarily." Xie Yan put away the silver needle and said as he packed it up, "Your son is suffering from tuberculosis. This disease can be cured, but..."
"Really? Can it really be cured?" The old man excitedly grabbed Xie Yan's arm and said, "Doctor, my son can really be cured. As long as he can be cured, I will sell everything I have to cure him."
Since their son was diagnosed with this disease, they have been to the hospital and consulted many Chinese medicine practitioners, but the results were all that the disease could not be cured. Now someone says that it can be cured, and the old man's eyes are red with excitement.
"It can be cured. Uncle, please give me the paper and pen so I can write a prescription for your son. You can take the medicine according to my prescription and take care of it slowly. He will be cured in half a year at most."
"Okay, okay, thank you! Thank you, doctor." After expressing his gratitude to Xie Yan, the old man took out a notebook and pen from the desk under the windowsill.
Xie Yan put the notebook on the table and was about to write the prescription, but his hand was held down by Zhou Linyi.
"Doctor, my family is broke and I can't pay you for the consultation."
Some of the doctors Zhou Linyi had seen before had given him silver needles, and some had been able to temporarily relieve his cough after acupuncture, but as a patient he could feel that this treatment was different from any previous one.
He believed that Xie Yan's medical skills were indeed very impressive, but his father had already spent all his savings on his medical treatment, and he could not afford to burden his father any longer.
"I have money, doctor. If I don't have money, I can still borrow money." The old man hurriedly pulled his son's hand away and said pleadingly, "Doctor, please prescribe medicine for my son."
Xie Yan started writing in the notebook again, "Don't worry, I won't charge you for the consultation. My wife likes those old things outside very much, so I will buy them all. With this money, it will be enough for you to pay for the medicine."
Both the father and son looked at Xie Yan in shock, "How...how can that be possible?"
"My last name is Xie and I come from Yu Ren Tang in Jing City. Yu Ren Tang treats poor people and never charges any fees."
Xie Yan put down his pen, handed the written prescription to the old man, and explained some precautions to the father and son.
Tang Man leaned against the door, quietly looking at the person standing under the oil lamp.
Today's thank-you banquet is a little different from the previous ones.
In the past, Xie Yan was afraid that he would bring discredit to the Xie family, so he didn't dare to tell anyone that he was from the Xie family, let alone mention Yu Ren Tang. She had never even heard the word Yu Ren Tang from him.
Today, he has become more confident and relieved, and dares to proudly tell others that he is a descendant of the Xie family and a doctor at Yu Rendang.
Although I don’t know why he suddenly changed so much, I have to say that the confident Xie Yan is more charming and easier to attract her attention.
When Xie Yan and the old man came out together, Xie Yan said directly, "Uncle, you should know the value of these things of yours..."
Before Xie Yan could continue, the old man waved his hand and said, "Doctor Xie, no matter how valuable these things are, they can't be eaten, and no one wants them now. If you can help me recycle them, it will be the greatest help to us. See which ones you like, no matter which one, I will sell it to you for ten yuan."
When the old man first saw old items for sale on the black market, he took out old items from his home to sell. However, after setting up his stall for half a month, he didn't sell a single item. People visiting the night market would only occasionally take a look, and those who liked them would only pay one or two dollars at most.
Later, after being reminded by others, he took the monthly subsidy his son received and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy various items and took them to set up a stall on the black market, which was barely enough to cover his son's medical expenses. During this period, he did not give up the idea of selling old items, so he always kept an eye on those who sold old items.
After several months, Xie Yan was the only one who bought three old items at one time and was willing to pay a high price. In addition, Xie Yan was different from others at first glance. He knew the goods and he knew that those were authentic.
When Xie Yan and the others came over, he actually thought about trying to lower the price a little, but now that Xie Yan was treating his son for free, he didn't have the face to raise the price. He just thought that Xie Yan had bought three old items on the black market in the afternoon and had given him exactly 30 yuan, so even if it was 10 yuan each, this price would be enough to cover his son's medical expenses for a long time.
Xie Yan walked up to Tang Man and whispered a few words.
"Uncle, we want all of these." Tang Man naturally had no objection to Xie Yan's request, and immediately took out 300 yuan from her bag and handed it to the uncle.
The old man waved his hands and refused to take the money. "It's too much. I don't need so much."
"Uncle, you are obviously a connoisseur. You should know that the value of these things is far more than this. However, we are here to take the college entrance examination. We only have 300 yuan with us. We need to pay for the bus fare tomorrow, so this is all I can give you..."
Tang Man forced the money into the old man's hand and persuaded him for a while. Finally, the old man accepted the money with tears in his eyes and said some words of thanks with a grateful face.
The old man helped Xie Yan and the others pack their things in a backpack, and even put some hay on it to cover it. Then he sent them out with a grateful look on his face.
After coming out of the old man's house, there was no one outside. Xie Yan didn't care about anything else and took Tang Man's hand and interlocked their fingers.
Having gained a lot today, Tang Man said happily, "Brother Yan, let's take the afternoon bus back tomorrow and go to the black market in the morning to see if we can get any good stuff."
Xie Yan smiled helplessly, "It might be crowded again in the afternoon. Let's take the first bus back. Maybe there will be fewer people. If you like, I'll take you to the warehouse to get some after we get back. There's no need to go to the black market again. I looked around today and there's nothing good."
Tang Man did not hide it from Xie Yan, and smiled as she told him her plan, "I don't like them either, I bought them to keep and sell them to pay off the money later. Brother Yan, don't think that you can buy one of these things for ten yuan now. Believe it or not, they will be worth a lot in the future."
"Wife, you are so smart." Xie Yan's eyes were full of smiles. Why didn't he think of buying some old things to take back? The old things here are very cheap and you can buy a lot with just a little money. Not to mention selling them later, even if you take them back to Beijing now, you can sell them for a lot of money.
Tang Man smiled and winked at Xie Yan, "Hehe! Those in the Xie family are treasures collected by grandpa and his family. If they were willing to sell them, they wouldn't have kept them. These things are different. They were bought anyway, so I won't feel bad even if I buy them."
"It's not that there are no good things. Among the items we bought today, there are two calligraphy and paintings that are very valuable, and they are both what Grandpa likes. I didn't stop you from buying them, but I thought that after you go back, you, as the granddaughter-in-law, will definitely think of giving Grandpa something. It just so happens that those two calligraphy and paintings are not expensive, and they touch Grandpa's heart."
Hearing him say this, Tang Man immediately thought of Tang Bohu's landscape painting. "Grandpa likes Tang Bohu's calligraphy and paintings?"
Xie Yan nodded and said, "There are also paintings and calligraphy by Wang Xizhi. There is one of them among the scrolls in Uncle Zhou's house today."