This traditional Chinese medicine hall has a small area of more than 100 square meters. After entering here, there was a faint fragrance of medicine.A row of medicine cabinets was neatly placed. At the counter, an old man in gray was wiping the counter with a rag.
After seeing me walk in, the gray-clad old man looked up at me and said in a low voice, "Do you want to take medicine or see a doctor?"
I stumbled and then hurriedly said, "h.e.l.lo, my name is Meng Zichen, my grandfather asked me to come here, my grandfather is..."
"The grandson of Meng Ganzhen?"The old man in gray clothes raised his eyebrows and said, "Why didn"t the old guy come?"
When I heard this, I quickly gave a brief of what had happened in the past few days.
After listening to the things I said, the old man in gray clothes frowned slightly in a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, the gray-coated old man directly threw the rag in his hand to me and said, "At the right moment I also lack people here, stay here and do odds and ends! No food and housing will be provided. Two thousand yuan a month, so if you can do it, get the f.u.c.k out if you can"t do it! "
I was stunned by what he said. I looked at him and did not return to absolute being.
Stay here to be a handyman?
No food and housing will be provided?
Grandpa let me come here, mainly to seek asylum!
I am a little angry and have the impulse to turn my head and leave here. The main reason is that the old man"s tone is too irritating, and it doesn"t feel like a grandfather"s friend.
However, if I leave here, where can I go?
Thinking about the scene at the hotel last night, I couldn"t help but shudder and hesitated.
Looking at the old man in gray, I gritted my teeth, picked up the dishcloth, put the backpack aside and wiped the counter with a long face.
The old man in gray clothes picked up a teapot from the side and sipped tea. He said to me casually: "After wiping the counter, sweep the ground, by the way, be careful, don"t be lazy, or your wages will be deducted !"
He said, and before I could respond, he sauntered toward the backyard.
People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
Since Grandpa asked me to come here, it means that the old man in gray is absolutely not ordinary. I have nowhere to go now, and I can only stay here.
After cleaning, the gray old man didn"t come either. I don"t know what he was doing in the backyard!
I did not go to the backyard and sat in the hall to rest.
The time pa.s.sed a little, until noon, the gray old man did not come out, and the hall did not have a guest.
The business is so deserted, how did this traditional Chinese medicine hall survive?
Just as I was about to go out and buy some lunch, a luxury car parked in front of the Chinese medicine hall, the door opened, and a middle-aged fat man in a suit and trousers walked out of the car and rushed into the Chinese medicine hall.
"Elder Zhou, is Elder Zhou there?"After seeing me, the middle-aged fat man asked impatiently.
Although I don"t know who this fat man is, it seems that he is either rich or wealthy. I didn"t say much and pointed to the direction of the backyard.
When the middle-aged fat man was about to go, the old man in gray came from the backyard with the teapot in his hand, bleary-eyed.
"Elder Zhou, help!"
Seeing the old man coming, the middle-aged fat man cried with a bitter face and said anxiously, "Elder Zhou, I was wrong. I should believe you. Please help me, and if you don"t help me, I will be in big trouble this time ... "
The old man in gray clothes glanced at the fat man and said in a low voice: "I told you before that you didn"t believe me, but now you think of me at the moment of disaster?"
He looked at the gray-clad old man as if he was unhappy. The fat man quickly pulled out a cheque from his briefcase and handed it to him. He said anxiously, "Elder Zhou, I know you are always a man of great ability. Please help me at this time. This is the down payment. I"ll definitely give you another one after I finish handling the matter over there! "
I glanced aside. I didn"t know exactly how much the check was. I only saw a string of zeros, which was definitely a ma.s.sive sum of money.
After hearing what the fat man said, the old man hesitated for a moment, took the check and put it in his pocket.
Later, the old man in gray said to me: "Kid, look after my store here well. Don"t touch the medicine cabinet!"
After a warning, he left with the fat man.
I can see that this Chinese medicine hall is probably just a sideline for the gray-clad elderly. It doesn"t matter whether the business is good or not. He received so much reward for helping the fat man once, even if there is no business here in the Herbal Hall.
I bought some lunch at the store next to the entertainment street, and I ate it casually, and then I stayed stupid in the Chinese medicine hall.
I couldn"t help but take the book in my arms. After looking at it for a while, I found pens and papers from the counter, some unique texts, and patterns on the copybook.
I don"t know what is going on. It was obviously copied according to the strange words and patterns on the book, but every time the picture was beyond recognition and in a mess. There was no special aesthetic feeling of the symbols on the book.
The feeling was like an invisible force blocking me when I was writing. It was complicated, and the painting was distorted when I was not careful.
I am stubborn, when the stubborn temper came up, made a determined effort in my heart, I have to draw it out.
In this way, I don"t know how long it took or how much paper was wasted. Finally, I drew one. Although there is still a gap with the book, it is already excellent.
Looking at the pattern on this, I breathed a sigh of relief, showed a satisfied smile, and dumped my sour hemp wrist.
"Well, you are not too useless; you can draw the Po Sha symbol!"
At this time, the voice of the old man suddenly came and scared me.
Looking up, I don"t know when the old man in gray has stood at the counter.
"What Po Sha symbol?"I asked stupefied.
After hearing what I said, the gray-clad old man"s face became a little strange. He looked at the book on the counter and then at me. His tone was a little strange, and he said, "Your grandfather didn"t tell you what this book is?"
I heard the words, I was scared and quickly grabbed the book on the counter, hurriedly put it in my arms, and watched the old man with vigilance.
"Take it easy, and if I want to rob, you can"t keep that book!"
The old man in gray clothes glanced at me and said in a low voice: "This is a treasure, but it is also a curse. I am very comfortable now, and I will not ask for trouble to rob your book..."
Speaking of this, the gray old man paused and seemed to say very casually: "The symbols, mix with your own blood and cinnabar, should have a good effect, you can try!"
I don"t know if what he said is true or not; I nodded lightly and said nothing.
"Well, the sun is setting, and you can go now."
The old man in gray clothes said to me: "Come here on time at six o"clock tomorrow morning, don"t be late!"
Said, the old man is going to shut the door.
I was in a hurry and said: "Elder Zhou, I...I have no place to live in! "