allonlinenovel Chapter 216 The old beggar
Chapter 216 The old beggar
The next day, Ye Xiaoxiao went to the clinic to see patients as usual.
"help me......"
A weak voice reached her ears, and she thought she was hallucinating.
"help me......"
"save......"
After hearing several sounds in succession, Ye Xiaoxiao was certain that she wasn't hallucinating. She stood up and walked outside the clinic.
I saw a disheveled beggar lying at the entrance of the clinic, and the voice was indeed his.
But why does it sound so familiar?
"Grandpa, are you alright?" Ye Xiaoxiao walked over and suddenly remembered that she had seen this old man before.
Earlier, I went with Yang Mu to attend her daughter's one-month celebration. On the way back, we met this old man and gave him some food and water.
Can’t be wrong!
Are beggars now commonly moving from place to place to beg?
Last time it was in Lishang Town, this time in Qifeng Town?
Ye Xiaoxiao went next door to ask Bai Qing for help to help the old man inside.
Bai Qing glanced at the old beggar lying on the bed, recalling that she hadn't heard him breathe when she held him earlier: "Dr. Xiao Xiao, this man is exhaling more than inhaling, it can't be..."
Will he die in the clinic?
He'd heard that the souls of people who died in the clinic would linger there, and that the King of Hell wouldn't accept them...
He just drifted around the clinic day and night, drifting aimlessly...
Bai Qing suddenly shuddered, goosebumps rising on his back.
Just as Ye Xiaoxiao finished taking the old man's pulse, she took his pulse again, and it was exactly the same as last time.
Starved to death!
She heard Bai Qing muttering to himself and gave him a light tap on the head. Turns out, this kid's afraid of ghosts.
"Alright, alright! Don't worry, he won't die! He's just hungry. Go to the street and buy some food, the more fragrant the better."
Bai Qing disappeared in a flash.
He was quick on his feet, and in no time he returned carrying two large bags of things.
"Dr. Xiao Xiao, I'm back!"
The contents of the oil paper package emitted a fragrance that spread throughout the room and entered the old man's nostrils.
"There's something delicious!"
The old man, who had been lying in bed, suddenly sat bolt upright, turned his head, and before he even opened his eyes, he shouted loudly:
"There's food! It smells delicious!"
Bai Qing was nearly scared to death by his "zombie-like" movements. She let out a howl and hid behind Ye Xiaoxiao, excitedly shouting:
"Sister Xiao Xiao! He's awake!"
"He's up! Ahhhhh!"
Ye Xiaoxiao was amused by Bai Qing's actions. This usually composed young man was so frightened that he even called out "sister."
"You little rascal, you really think he's come back to life? He was just woken up by something he was craving."
She waved her hand, signaling him to return to Wuji Hall.
Bai Qing slipped away as if his feet were oiled.
The scene of the old man springing up from the bed replayed in his mind dozens of times.
He suddenly remembered that when he was a child, there was an elderly neighbor who was paralyzed in bed one day and could not move, with crooked eyes and a distorted mouth.
Later, the grandfather's family invited a shaman to his home, who said that he was possessed by an evil spirit and that unclean things were the reason he was paralyzed in bed.
No one knows what kind of magic the sorceress used, but she forced the old man to drink another bowl of talisman water.
Not long after, he suddenly sat up in bed.
The fortune teller rolled her eyes and muttered, "It came! It's gone!"
He remembered the fortune teller saying that people with weak constitutions are most susceptible to possession by evil spirits. Unfortunately, he had been one of those weak children as a child, which made him afraid to sleep at night for a long time, fearing that evil spirits would crawl in through his toes...
He's still traumatized by this incident; he's afraid of ghosts at night.
He rushed back to Wuji Hall, took three steps at a time, and gulped down a mouthful of water to calm his nerves.
......
On the other side, the old beggar devoured all the food Bai Qing had bought.
"It smells so good! It smells so good! Is there any more?"
Ye Xiaoxiao pulled her jaw back from the floor and replied, "No, that's all. You've been hungry for a long time, and it's not good to eat too much all of a sudden."
The old beggar felt his stomach was no longer empty, so he stopped insisting. He smacked his lips with slight regret before looking up at Ye Xiaoxiao.
"Grandpa, what brings you here? Are you looking for your relatives?"
She had just observed the old man's clothes. Although they looked tattered, upon closer inspection, she could tell that the material was of high quality.
"Huh? You know me?"
The old beggar squinted, sizing up the bright-eyed, white-toothed young girl before him, but he had no recollection of her whatsoever.
Ye Xiaoxiao noticed the bewildered look on the old man's face, which didn't seem fake, and she had a vague guess in her mind.
People his age are very likely to have Alzheimer's disease. That's why he doesn't remember ever meeting them.
Clinging to a sliver of hope, she decided to inquire about the old man's situation at home.
"Grandpa, do you have any relatives here? I'd like to send you a message."
A glint of light flashed in the old beggar's eyes: "I have an apprentice."
"What's your apprentice's name? Do you remember where he lives?"
He frowned: "I don't know. I only know there's an apprentice here, but I don't know what he looks like..."
Ye Xiaoxiao: ...It seems his dementia is quite severe; he can't even remember the names and faces of his loved ones.
Thinking of this, a hint of sympathy flashed in her eyes.
"I'm so thirsty... Is there anything to drink?" The old beggar scratched his messy hair.
Ye Xiaoxiao got up and went inside to get him some water.
The Taoist Qianji looked around and realized that he was in a medical clinic.
A few days ago, he heard that Yu Qingchuan had found him a female disciple in Qifeng Town, and he was so excited that he secretly left the mountain overnight to come here without telling his disciples.
I only realized halfway there that I hadn't asked that brat what the girl's name was.
But it doesn't matter, he's already in Qifeng Town, so why worry about not finding him?
As he was thinking, he felt his eyelids droop uncontrollably, and he fell asleep immediately.
When Ye Xiaoxiao returned with the water, she found that the old man was already asleep.
She went next door to find Bai Qing and asked him to look after her.
He then went to the yamen (government office) to find the head constable Zhou Quan and see if he could help.
"Sister Xiao Xiao, I'll run an errand for you!"
Please don't let me stay with that old man!
As soon as he finished speaking, he ran faster than a rabbit.
Ye Xiaoxiao shook her head. This kid...
Soon, Zhou Quan arrived with his men and ordered them to paint a portrait of the old man, which they would then post outside the yamen.
His original intention was to wake the man up and take him to the yamen to be well cared for, but the old man refused to go after waking up and insisted on staying in the clinic.