The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 225 The Mortal in the Immortal’s Tribulation (31)

Su Xiangran picked up the medicine basket that Xiao Jin had placed on the ground when he left, walked to the door of the Su family, and started knocking on the door.

By the way, it’s a novel experience to have to knock on the door when returning home!

After a while, the door was opened by Luo Ming. He took the backpack with a tactful look and said, "Doctor Su, you're back!"

"Yes!" Su Xiangran did not refuse the hand he extended, "How did you handle things today?"

Luo Ming recounted what he had discussed with the Luo brothers today, and emphasized that he had asked the village chief to write the deed.

"Not bad." Su Xiangran gave a two-word compliment.

Luo Ming was very proud, but he did not forget the most important thing. He hurriedly handed the changed silver to Su Xiangran and asked her to distribute it.

Su Xiangran asked Luo Ming to go to the medicine room and take out the tools she usually used to weigh medicinal materials, and then took out her own abacus.

"I will only take fifteen taels. You return the remaining forty taels to Mr. Xie, and you can deal with the rest of the money yourself." Su Xiangran fiddled with the abacus beads for a few times and said, "Since I have already told the brothers in the Luo family that you are my family's medicine boy.

I won't go back on my word. I have already collected the medical and medicine fees that your family owed me. From now on, you can stay in my house and learn to recognize medicine.

It depends on whether you are willing or not. "

Luo Ming quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Su Xiangran, saying, "I do. I do."

As soon as he finished speaking, his sister Luo Qing quickly walked out of the room and objected loudly: "No, my brother will study and pass the imperial examinations in the future. How can he study medicine with you?"

Su Xiangran glanced at her and added, "You haven't even finished the apprenticeship tea yet, Luo Ming, you can regret it now."

Unexpectedly, Luo Ming went straight to the kitchen, took out a small bowl filled with water, and knelt down in front of Su Xiangran again: "Master, please have some tea. I am penniless now, so I can only use water instead of tea. In the future, I will definitely make up for the tea I paid for my apprenticeship."

Unlike her elder sister Luo Qing, the younger sister Luo Qi was indeed very happy, because she knew that Doctor Su was a good person and her brother could learn skills in "Xin'an Pharmacy" and would not go hungry anymore.

When Luo Qi saw Doctor Su drink the water his brother offered him, he jumped up with joy.

Luo Qing watched his brother complete this simple ritual and said in frustration: "Second brother, you are so confused!"

Su Xiangran and Luo Ming were not affected by her at all.

Su Xiangran told him a few things to note and agreed that when he went to the Su family to study every day, he would receive other benefits.

In fact, apprentices do not receive any wages, and their master's family only provides meals. However, Su Xiangran took Luo Ming's actual situation into consideration and made a compromise.

Su Xiangran provided meals and also paid some wages, but this required Luo Ming to do some work that was irrelevant to studying pharmacology.

For example, chores like fetching water, chopping wood, and sweeping the yard.

Luo Ming fully agreed to this arrangement. Although he had never been an apprentice, he still knew a little about what it was like to be an apprentice.

Some of his friends in the village also went to the city to be apprentices. Sometimes they had to help their masters take care of children, and making fire and cooking were common tasks.

The sundries here by Doctor Su were really nothing, and he knew that she was just looking for an excuse to give herself some wages to support her family.

"Okay, now that we've settled the matter. You can go home too! Remember to come to my place on time tomorrow." Su Xiangran felt that she had said enough, so she ordered them to leave.

Luo Ming knew that his master was a person who was hard on the outside but soft on the inside, and his family had disturbed her for long enough, so he hurriedly responded, "Okay, Master. I'll go back now, and I'll come earlier tomorrow."

Su Xiangran waved her hand without answering him. She just poured out all the medicine she had brought back and began to slowly organize them.

"Sister, little sister, let's go!" Luo Ming said, "The front door of our house has been repaired. We can't keep disturbing Doctor Su here."

Luo Qing was a person who cared about her dignity. She turned around and looked at the utility room with its doors and windows closed, hoping to get a response from the person inside, but there was no movement.

Su Xiangran also noticed her actions, and she frowned and said, "Take Mr. Xie from your family away as well."

Xie Chao, who had been eavesdropping in the utility room, had not said a word before, but when he heard Su Xiangran calling his name, he knew that he could no longer hide in there.