"I see that this town is not small, and the medicine I am dispensing in my hand is still two tastes, and I think the pharmacy in this town should be able to match it. When I get off the boat, I will say that I will go and grab some medicine for Sister Qiao, and by the way, I will find these two medicines. Wen Xiu whispered: "The heart of defense is indispensable, some medicines are always better in your hand than at the mercy of others." ”

I also whispered, "What kind of medicine is that?"

Wen Xiubi was half of his little finger and said, "Colorless and tasteless, put it in drinking water, so much is enough to put down this boatload of people." ”

I'm speechless, I'm a layman for this, and Wen Xiu certainly won't exaggerate if he says this.

"Well, then you have to be careful. ”

Wen Xiu smiled slightly: "I know." You just wait on the boat for me to come back. In fact, from my cold eyes, Jiang Xie is not a very urban person, but the depth of that Shen Ye really can't be detected. ”

"Well, now it's almost to Ping'an Prefecture, which is a big port, and there are many boats, so we can't get off the ship in Ping'an Prefecture and hire another boat there to go to Jinling." I thought that Sister Qiao and Ping'er's illness should be almost healed at that time, so I didn't have to be on this boat. ”

Sister Qiao drank the medicine and fell asleep in a daze, Ping'er was also forced by me to go to bed to lie down, someone knocked on the door to send refreshments, I said, "Thank you for bothering", and took a two-tael envelope to the mother-in-law, she refused to accept it, only smiled and said: "If you let Steward Liu know that I accept this reward, you must be scolded, there are big rules in our house, Mrs. please take it back." "I didn't say anything more to her. The boat slowly docked and moored, the drinking water, food, rice, vegetables and vegetables on the ship had to be replenished, Jiang Xie was even more anxious to come over and invite Wenxiu to get off the boat to drink and eat in Baixia Town, he had a loud voice and woke up Sister Qiao, who was sleeping in the inner room across the screen, the little girl rubbed her eyes, as soon as she heard that Wenxiu was going to get off the boat and go to the market, she immediately made a fuss to follow, Ping'er persuaded her with good words, and I made a straight face. Not to mention, the little girl still respects me a little, I raise my eyebrows, and she doesn't dare to make any more trouble. Jiang Xie said: "Come back and bring you the sugar cakes and pastries here, they are all delicious, it's a pity not to taste them, I don't know when I will pass by here next time." ”

Wen Xiu packed up her clothes and brought her sword, Jiang Xie was wearing a royal blue gown, a moon-white brocade belt to tie her waist, and in addition to a saber, she also wore a jade purse. Wen Xiu wore a light green shirt, the material was only muslin, and there was no makeup, but she looked elegant and free, beautiful and handsome. Jiang Xie praised: "Brother Li is really a talent, the big girl and little daughter-in-law who came back to the town will definitely peek at you." ”

Wen Xiu smiled, and the two got off the boat. Ping'er gossiped in the cabin, Ping'er took out a needlework basket to embroider a collar for Sister Qiao, with light green and red pattern flowers tied on it, and I took a book that I bought but didn't have time to read, turned a few pages, and didn't read anything. The days are longer now than they used to be, and it gets dark late. I didn't move the snacks sent, Sister Qiao ate a small half of it, because her throat hurt, she didn't eat it, Ping'er mixed honey with water for her to drink, she only drank two sips, but said that she wanted to eat something salty and soft. I looked at my watch, and it was half past five, half an hour before dinner. The three meals a day on this ship, the life and rest are very regular, almost all of them are on time and on time, get up, turn off the lights or something, but sometimes it is a little biased, and the error will not exceed ten minutes.

"It's time to eat, just wait a little longer. I thought for a while: "Ping'er, why don't you go down to the back kitchen and ask, see what you are cooking today, if there is no soup, see if you can use some ingredients to make some vegetable and meat porridge, it is not greasy and easy to digest, thank them for some silver." ”

Ping'er agreed, stood up and said, "I'll go and have a look, but I'm afraid that even if I give a reward, people don't want it." The little guy who delivered the medicine in the past two days refused to accept the reward. The mother-in-law who brought the food just now refused to accept it. The owner of this ship is really well-governed, and he governs it so strictly. ”

"Yes...... "Most people don't want to ask for money." If it's for myself, I don't care about what to eat, but Sister Qiao has eaten less in the past two days, and she hasn't recovered from her illness, and she has a little soup or porridge and rice, which is much better than eating rice buns dry.

Ping'er came back after a short time, and said with a smile: "Just now someone went to the dock to buy chickens and ducks and came back, and they have been stewed, and there must be chicken soup delivered in the evening." ”

Sister Qiao refused to sleep again, so I hugged her and read a book to her. The words on it are not very complicated, I read Sister Qiao while recognizing it word by word, and there are also those she recognizes and those she doesn't recognize. The sky slowly darkened, the sun sank to the west, and through the window, you could see the stars brightening up little by little in the deep blue sky. The sound of the wind and water on the river is so soft and quiet, Sister Qiao encountered a word I didn't know, I taught her, that word is pronounced as cang.

Dinner was delivered at six o'clock, and sure enough, there was a large pot of chicken soup with green leaves floating on it, and it was fragrant and hot. Sister Qiao had a big appetite and drank two bowls. Naturally, this bowl is not as big as the small tea bowl in Jiafu, it is bigger than that. I poured the soup on top of the rice and soaked it, and it felt really fragrant. After eating and cleaning up, Sister Qiao pestered me to continue studying, and the lamp was lit in the cabin, the lampshade was made of white fine yarn, and a clump of bamboo leaves and two plum blossoms were painted on it, which was very elegant, and the candlelight was very soft from the inside. Ping'er continued to do needlework by the bedside. I read two lines of the book, then looked up and said to her, "Don't do it at night, the lights are not too bright, be careful of bad eyes." ”

"It's out of the way, I didn't do much detail, just tie it indiscriminately. Ping'er smiled, she lost a few points after this illness, and she didn't dress up much when she was closed on the boat. A black hair is tied up with two hairpins, and two light blue velvet chrysanthemums are worn on the sideburns, which looks very delicate, but it looks several years younger than when he was in Jiafu.

The identity of the previous room, Sister Feng really couldn't stand her.

Although I don't have any other plans in the future, if Ping'er has any opportunities in the future, or if she fancies someone who wants to start a family again, I will definitely support her.

Time passed unconsciously, I read in a whisper, Sister Qiao fell asleep sleepily listening to it, and Ping'er also yawned twice. I looked at my watch, it was almost nine o'clock, Wenxiu and Jiang Xie hadn't come back yet? This town is not very big, there is no shopping, they have been gone for a short time, and it is time to come back.

"Grandma, sleep. ”

I smiled and said to her, "You've slipped the tongue again." ”

After Ping'er finished speaking, she also remembered: "Alas, I still use the past name from time to time, and it is not easy to change my words." ”

"You and Sister Qiao go to sleep first, I'll sleep when Wenxiu comes back." ”

Ping'er didn't have much energy, although she said that she wanted to wait with me, I still rushed her to bed with Sister Qiao to rest. I wore a thick coat and sat at the table, glancing at my book from time to time, and the boat was very quiet, and there were fewer people walking and talking.

But it wasn't until half past nine, seeing that it was almost ten o'clock, and Wenxiu still didn't come back, and I couldn't help but panic.