newbobooks Chapter 790: Meeting Manager Liu Again
Chapter 790: Meeting Manager Liu Again
Gui'er didn't know where to go to find Manager Liu, so she had to repeatedly ask the boss and the boss's wife to help convey the message, and then prepared to go back.
When she came out of the store and looked up, she saw the sneaky spy standing under a nearby arcade, with half of his head sticking out. Gui'er was speechless. The quality of this spy was too poor.
She ignored him and strode back. When she passed the brothel, a woman dressed in glamorous clothes, with her face painted like a monkey's butt, suddenly grabbed her and said, "Aren't you the girl in the drugstore? Come and see the owner."
Guier knew that being a prostitute in this era was not necessarily voluntary, so she nodded politely and said, "Yes, but I couldn't find one." Then she turned around and was about to leave.
The prostitute grinned warmly and said, "What a coincidence! He's coming to see one of our girls today. If you can wait, why not wait here for a while?"
Gui'er quickly said, "Really? When will he come?"
The woman said coquettishly, "It's hard to say. I haven't said when. Anyway, if he comes over here, he can come in. The girls here all let him look at them, and he doesn't take advantage of anyone, so everyone is happy to come to him."
Ah Cheng said beside him, "Miss, this kind of place is not suitable for you. How about I stay here? Anyway, I know Manager Liu. I'll call a car to take you back home."
Gui'er hesitated for a moment before noticing that several clients were staring at her seriously from the windows of the brothel. She frowned, nodded, and said, "Okay then."
Acheng turned around and went out to find a rickshaw, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard him greet him.
"Shopkeeper Liu, oh, you're finally here! Our young lady has been looking for you for so long."
Gui'er hurried to the door upon hearing this. It was indeed the shopkeeper, Liu. He was wearing a light grey gown and holding a sign with the words "Practicing Medicine and Selling Medicine" in large letters. On his back was a medicine bag, bulging with what must have been a large supply of herbs. He also held a bell in his hand, looking a bit like the itinerant doctors in picture books.
It's only been a short while since I last saw him, but he actually looked a little thinner, and he looked tired, with his back a little hunched when he walked.
Gui'er felt inexplicably uncomfortable and her nose was sore, so she quickly helped him take down the medicine bag.
Seeing Gui'er's expression, he smiled and said, "It's okay. Originally, we had to pay rent to keep the pharmacy open, but now we're actually doing quite a bit of business and making all the money."
Gui'er opened her mouth to speak when the girls from the brothel rushed over. One said, "Doctor, I've had a headache for the past two days." Another said, "Doctor, I've had chest pain for the past two days."
At this time, a woman in her thirties or forties, with a relatively good-looking but fierce face, came out and said to the shopkeeper Liu, "Doctor Liu, if you're going to have a party with friends, please do so first and then come back to see me. If you're going to see a doctor, please focus on seeing my daughter first. I see that it's not easy for you. I'm still looking after your business even though the store is closed, but there's no place for you to meet up with your friends. Hey, this girl looks good. Do you want to make some money?"
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Liu quickly stood between the woman and Gui'er and said with a smile, "Mom, you're joking. She's still a child and can't do this kind of business."
The woman looked Gui'er up and down twice, then said with a smile, "She's old enough to have her period, so why can't she do it? It just depends on whether she wants to make money. Don't underestimate this business, it's quite profitable. Look at your face, you're definitely a top star."
Ah Cheng's face suddenly fell, and he reached out to touch his waist. Gui Er didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so she quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Ah Cheng, forget it."
Shopkeeper Liu also said to Gui'er, "It's not convenient to talk here. Please wait for me at the tea stall at the entrance of the alley. I'll come out after I'm done."
Guier nodded, turned around and left. If she stayed any longer, she would probably get into trouble.
Arriving at the tea stall and sitting down, Ah Cheng sighed, "Manager Liu used to be such a respectable man, but now he's fallen to this level. Sigh. What kind of world is this?"
Guier smiled and said, "It's not just him. Haven't you seen that many of the small shops around him have also closed down? I really don't know how these people make money."
The two of them ordered a large pot of tea and some peanuts and sunflower seeds, and waited for Manager Liu while chatting there.
Gui'er occasionally pretended to turn her head casually to look outside the store, and found that the spy had also followed them. He was pretending to sell newspapers at a newsstand opposite, flipping through the papers and looking into the store where they were sitting from time to time.
She asked Ah Cheng in a low voice with disgust: "When will Brother Wu deal with these people? They are so annoying."
Ah Cheng sighed and said, "Brother Qiang asked someone to investigate. Actually, they don't have many people. However, because of your special identity, they regard you as a big fish. If they can catch you with any evidence, it will be a great achievement. Therefore, they attach great importance to you."
Gui'er sighed and suddenly thought of Sha Yanyao. After all, she and he were in the same boat. She was wondering whether she should call him and tell him about this.
The two of them sat at the tea stall for about half an hour before Manager Liu came out.
Seeing that he looked exhausted, Gui'er quickly helped him pull out a stool and asked the boss to bring some snacks.
Shopkeeper Liu sat down and asked Gui'er with a smile, "How have you been lately? You haven't been to the pharmacy. I was worried you might be out of stock, so I asked the nearby shopkeepers to let me know."
Gui'er said worriedly, "I'm fine. Actually, I heard Director Song talk about this when we had a party at home yesterday. But with your health, your legs and feet are already inconvenient, and you have to walk around everywhere. How can you bear it?"
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "Actually, when I was young, I followed my master around the streets and treated patients. Now I'm just starting over. It's no big deal."
Gui'er shook her head and said, "I see you've lost weight. It's only been a few days. This won't work in the long run. I asked my brother to find you a job as a doctor at the Ren'an Pharmacy. You can go there and take up the job."
Shopkeeper Liu hesitated after hearing this: "Well, I'm so sorry to have to trouble that gentleman."
Ah Cheng smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Liu is a very honest man. However, our young master is also doing this for the sake of the young lady. It's not a good idea for you to work so hard now. If you collapse, wouldn't that be even worse?"
Shopkeeper Liu was still hesitant. Guier realized that he was probably worried about the organization's disapproval, so she quickly said, "Actually, the eldest young master of the Song family also knows about this. I've told him about it. We originally wanted to arrange for you to work at a hospital with foreign doctors, but my brother said that since you're a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, you wouldn't be suitable for a Western hospital. So, we'll arrange for you to go to Ren'antang instead. That's fine, don't worry."
Only then did Manager Liu agree.