Chapter 244 Listen to all things Sightseeing boats on the lake, hawkers on the street, and thunderous applause in the library. Liang Qu leaned against the wall of a deserted alley, closed his eyes, and expanded his hearing. Countless voices played a drama in his mind, and pieces of information appeared on the paper. "The man who traveled back and forth from Shangraobu is no longer visible." "I heard someone counted him and he swam back and forth a thousand times! He was in the water for several days!" "A thousand times? Weird. From Shangraobu to Pingyangbu, it takes about 17 or 18 miles by water. A thousand times, wouldn't that be 17,800 miles? Even the strongest of the strong would be reduced to water, right?" "He is a martial arts master, different from us." "What's the difference? If you offend Master Liang, you will still have to follow him around and eat his ass!" Two "vibrant" young people walked through the alley, looking a little "tired". One had a weak left foot and was a "lame", while the other landed heavily and was a "slightly hunchbacked".
Passing by the alley, a faint fishy smell wafted over, and Liang Qu heard waves again. Two young fishermen who set out on the boat at midnight and returned early in the morning? "There is a curfew tomorrow night. Go home early to rest. From now on, you have to go out fishing in the morning. I hope you can have a good harvest." The voice faded away. Liang Qu opened his eyes and poked his head out of the alley. Two young men in linen shorts were carrying fish baskets, one with his left foot lowered and the other with his back slightly bent, exactly the same as what he "heard". "I heard that a brothel is going to open on Qingshi Street, next to the original Qingwa Lane. That's not far from my home. I hope such immoral things won't corrupt my children." "It's not a brothel. I remember it was a brothel, a place to listen to music, which is different from a brothel." Two more pedestrians passed by and gave completely different information from the previous two fishermen. The footsteps did not carry the rough sound of straw sandals scraping against stone slabs, but rather sounded more "rich", and were less "energized", but no less. They were not very old, and one of them had a "weak spleen", and was often worried and angry? Two middle-aged men doing business? "What's the difference? A decent girl would come out to sing? Have you read too many story books? You sell your art but not your body? This kind of thing shouldn't be opened in the town. It should be kept far away from the town. It's immoral. I say, let's go talk to the village elders and see if we can move that brothel to another location. It's really too close and it has a bad influence..." "The village elders may not be able to persuade him, so it is better to let them ask Mr. Liang for help. Mr. Liang has great reputation, and we old Yixing people cannot let bad things ruin the atmosphere of our town!" "Yes, yes, yes, go find the village elders and resist this evil trend!" I? Liang Qu glanced outside and saw two middle-aged men in light blue brocade robes walking slowly, confirming his guess. I never thought that the location of a brothel in the town could be related to him. But where should the brothel be opened? Can he persuade them? To hone the ear-consciousness method, one cannot work in isolation. As several people came through the door one after another, Liang Qu became more and more proficient in the application of the ear-consciousness method. When you can achieve 100% success, your ear consciousness will have achieved a small level of success. If you can go one step further and practice it until it becomes instinctive without special effort, then you have reached the level of perfection.
Going further up, the difference is in how much information you can hear. After staying in the alley for half an hour and listening to the "information" of hundreds of passers-by, Liang Qu gained some information and walked out of the alley to go home. Passing by a fishing alley, a strange sound broke into the "hearing" range. Liang Qu paused and turned his head. "You silver carp's gills are dark, and your eyes are sunken, without any moisture. Do you think I'm a farmer who doesn't know how to choose fish? Three copper coins!" In front of the fish stall, a middle-aged man bargained with the fisherman, pointing at the fish on the stall and listing their flaws. The stall owner spread out his five fingers and refused to budge. "A big fish weighing three catties and six ounces can feed at least three meals and cost five copper coins!" "Three meals? Can't you see how hot the sun is? It will stink in two hours. How much salt will I need to pickle it? Two meals at most!" As the middle-aged man spoke, he took out his knapsack and grabbed three blackened copper coins from it. "See? I only have three copper coins on me today! If you have more, tell me whether you want to sell it or not. If not, I'll look for it somewhere else. It will be past noon soon and the weather will be even hotter. I’m afraid your fish won’t be sold for even three copper coins!” “Okay, okay, three coppers is three coppers.” The stall owner gave up and passed a straw rope through the fish’s gill cover and tied a knot. The middle-aged man paid the money and happily picked up the big fish. Just as he was about to go home to eat the smoked fish for two days, a big hand pressed on his shoulder. "You have liver problems." "What kind of grandson cursed your grandfather... Oh my god, Master Liang!" The middle-aged man turned around with a sullen face and saw the tall young man standing behind him. He swallowed the words he was about to curse along with his tongue. When he spoke again, his chin trembled. Liang Qu was not annoyed. He just patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder and repeated what he had just said. Do I have liver problems? The middle-aged man was panicked. "What, what's the problem?" Liang Qu shook his head. He had only studied in the clinic for about half a year, and most of what he learned was about trauma, fractures, bleeding, and basic pharmacological identification. He knew little about internal symptoms and could not make a conclusion. It’s just that the problem with the man in front of me is…not a small one. Ordinary people suffer from all kinds of injuries and have more or less unhealthy parts of their bodies. Just like the two fishermen before, even though they were young, one still had a hunchback and the other had a hunchback. Only the voice of the man in front of him gave a very serious message, "weak" to a terrifying degree. "Have you been feeling unwell recently?" "No, no." The man's hands involuntarily fumbled around, and he said in a trembling voice, "Master Liang, you are a big shot, you wouldn't make fun of a jerk from a corner like us, is there really... is there really a problem?" Liang Qu nodded.
There were no symptoms in the early stages, but the liver problems were very serious… He roughly knew what was wrong with the middle-aged man, and it was most likely carbuncle. "Let's go to Changchun Hall in town. The doctors there are good." Liang Qu gave the man five cents of silver and turned to leave the alley. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to speak out. If a man doesn't tell others, he may still be able to live a carefree life for a short period of time. But if he tells others,... Five cents of silver will be considered as compensation. In the alley, the man was holding half a tael of silver, looking more panicked than ever before, and he picked up the silver carp and hurried to Changchun Hall. The Chen family is next to the Liang family. Chen Qingjiang and his family were mixing the soil, adding lime and slag into it, preparing to build a thatched hut in the yard. A donkey that had not fully grown was tied to a wooden stake and was circling around it, its neighing expressing "uneasiness", "tiredness" and "fear". "Uncle Chen, why don't you ask others to come and do the work?" "Ah Shui is here. There's not much work to do. It won't take much time to do it yourself. Ah Di, go and pour some tea." Chen Qingjiang stood up and asked his wife to go back to the house to get some water. "No, I'm busy so I don't want to drink tea. I came here to give you something." Liang Qu amplified his hearing and listened to the people present one by one. After confirming that there was no problem, he took out two wooden lotus leaves from his arms. The two smallest leaves were only as big as a cow's eye. "Sister A-Di, sew up these two little things with a piece of cloth so there are no leaks. Put them in a small bag and hang them around Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Kui's necks. They will be useful." A-Di washed her hands in the bucket beside her and carefully took the two lotus leaves. In the sunlight, the amber lotus leaves have beautiful golden lines, which looks extraordinary. Chen Qingjiang didn't know what wood the lotus petals were made of, he just felt that they were precious, otherwise there would be no need to cover them with two layers of cloth. "It's not expensive. It's not as good as the green-backed dragon carp you gave me last time, Uncle Chen. That's it. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." Liang Qu was very familiar with this. He waved his hand, turned around and left, not giving Chen Qingjiang any chance to refuse. (End of this chapter)