Chapter 2 The World Is Difficult

When the sky was bright, Su Qing got up, carried the medicinal herbs to the entrance of the village, and took an ox cart to Qinghe Town. Sitting on the ox cart, Su Qing was very excited, this was the first time he had left the village since coming here, and it was also the first time in his life to buy medicinal herbs.

The ox cart swayed and walked for an hour to reach the town. Make an appointment with Uncle Wang, the coachman, to go back, and according to the route he inquired about, Su Qing went straight to Jirentang.

Looking at the plaque of Jiren Hall, he hesitated again and again before entering. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a young couple, holding a child of two or three years old, running in in a panic and screaming loudly; 'Doctor, Doctor, see that the child is burning again,' and as he spoke, the child 'cooed' and vomited the little woman's body.

The doctor passed, held the child's hand, frowned, and was silent for a long time. Su Qing's mind suddenly remembered that the landlord also had a little boy who was more than three years old.

She said in a conversation with a neighbor; 'My child has a fever, just eat Xiao Chai Hu, the effect is the best! 'Blurted out; 'Give him a little chaihu!' ’

There was silence all around, and I saw that everyone in the medical hall was looking at her, Su Qing smiled awkwardly and whispered, "Listen to the doctor, listen to the doctor" The doctor stared at Su Qing for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands and muttered, "Chai Hu, Chai Hu, good--en" and then looked at Su Qing with bright eyes, "Can the girl reveal the prescription?" ’

'Huh? You don't know? Su Qing was puzzled, this retired young saint didn't know, the ads on TV were crazy, stop, how did these ancients know about TV? However, Su Qing happened to know this prescription.

"Okay, I said, you write it down and see if it's reasonable, but you have to think about it yourself" Su Qing recited the recipe on Xiao Chai Hu's squeeze package before.

After recording his thoughts, the doctor said to Su Qing; 'Thank you for your advice, please wait!' So saying, he went to the counter to grab the medicine.

The clever young man immediately took Su Qing to the small living room at the back, poured a glass of water and said; 'Wait a minute, and then our shopkeeper will come.' ''Hey,'' before Su Qing could shout, the young man ran out. 'I'm here to sell medicine,' Su Qing said helplessly.

After two quarters of an hour, the doctor came in with a bag of things, and said with a fist; 'Miss Lao has been waiting for a long time, her surname is Li, may I ask if the girl is here-' Su Qing took over and said; 'My surname is Su, and I'm here to sell medicinal herbs, by the way, has the prescription been dispensed? ’

Dr. Li said happily, "I have decided on the dosage and prescribed it to the patient, so I think it will be effective tomorrow." Thanks to the girl for the solution. Su Qing was also very happy when he heard this. Bringing out the herbs they had picked and saying; 'Look at these medicines, do you need them?' ’

Doctor Li stepped forward, looked at the herb carefully, and said with satisfaction; 'It's rare to pack it so well, of course it's collected. Su Qing hurriedly asked; 'So how much is it worth?' Dr. Li asked; 'How about 500 wen?'

Su Qing didn't know the price of goods here at all, so he wanted to come and see what Xiao Chai Hu had to say. This Dr. Li will not slaughter her, so he did not bargain again.

Su Qing took the money, saw that Dr. Li looked at her and stopped talking, so she asked; 'Dr. Li, is there anything else?' ’

Dr. Li said; "That prescription, I can't get it in vain, this-,''This'," Su Qing waved his hand and said, "You give me a complete set of herbs, I know more herbs, and I can pick them and sell them for money!" ’

Dr. Li took back the cloth bag on the table and said cheerfully; 'Okay, I promise to find you the most comprehensive book, you wait. ’

Su Qing took the book, carried the copper coins he had been weighing, and walked out of Jirentang, so that he had the heart to take a good look at this town. The whole town is quaint and generous, as if it was extended from an ancient painting.

Looking up at the sun hanging overhead, it is estimated that it is noon, and I have not eaten since the morning, and I am hungry at this time, and I see that there is a bread seller nearby, so I went to buy one to satisfy my hunger.

The palm-sized bread only costs two pennies, so it seems that the price here is not high! Su Qing took a bite with joy, so dry, so hard! It's hard to swallow, but it's worth the money, and it's really hungry to eat!

The town was quickly visited, and although it was not large, it was well stocked with all kinds of buying and selling shops. After living in Guojiabai for nearly a month, I thought about buying them some things to go back.

I walked into a cloth shop and bought two dark gray fine linens, two blue cotton cloths, and two lilac muslin cloths, and it only cost fifty yuan, which was so cheap! Su Qing walked out with Bu Le in his arms.

I remembered that I had only eaten meat once in a month, and I had specially killed an old rooster in order to entertain her when I first arrived at Guo's house.

Thinking of this, Su Qing's saliva was about to be set aside, so he decisively ran to the meat stall and cut five catties of meat! Hey, it took sixty dollars! Why is there so much fat on this good meat! Forget it, for the sake of selling meat, I won't pay for the sake of sending a few ribs!

When he arrived under the big poplar tree at the entrance of the town, only Uncle Wang was on the ox cart, and when he saw Su Qing coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to help pick up the things and move them to the cart.

'Xiao Su, how can you buy such things, it's almost time for the New Year! Uncle Wang helped put the things on the ox cart and said, Su Qing smiled and said; 'There's nothing, hehe, uncle, when are we leaving!' ’

Uncle Wang touched a water bladder from his arms, drank saliva and said; 'Come on, wait for a few of them to come back and leave, and in half an hour, if you want to go shopping again, I'll show you something.' Su Qing clapped his hands when he heard this and said; 'Okay, I'll go over and have a look. ’

Saying that, Su Qing came to a place not far away where a stall was set up, and when he came, he was in a hurry to sell medicinal herbs, but he didn't find this place.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and there were only a dozen stalls left, Su Qing saw an old woman selling head flowers who was about to close the stall, and quickly stepped forward to pick a pair of pink velvet flowers, and spent three cents, planning to give them to Su Yu.

Put away the velvet flowers, and plan to buy a toy for Huzi, saving favoritism.

Walked to a stall selling wood carvings and bought a pair of small peach swords for Huzi, only two pennies! I saw two exquisitely carved peach hairpins on the side, one hairpin head is a cluster of tiny osmanthus flowers, and the other is a patchwork of three plum blossoms, which is hundreds of times more delicate than the one I wear!

Seeing Su Qing playing with the hairpin in her hand with her love, the old man who set up the stall glanced at her patched and shortened clothes, and said; 'Girl, if you like this hairpin, take it for three cents!' ’

Su Qing came back to his senses; 'Two? So cheap! The old man said with a smile; "Originally, it was sold for four cents, I see that you really like it, there are only the last two left, so I'll give it to you cheaply!" ’

Su Qing happily took out three pennies and said; 'You carved all these things yourself?' The old man took it slowly and leisurely and said; 'Yes, they are all carved in their spare time. ’

The old man talked about carving, the whole person was full of energy, and seeing that Su Qing admired his craftsmanship, he happily said, the two chatted for a long time, and the old man took out a round green stone from his arms and handed it to Su Qing and said; 'This is what I touched at the bottom of the river, it's not valuable, but it's pretty good, and it's comfortable to touch, so I'll give it to you.' ’

Su Qing happily put away the stone, said goodbye to the old man, and returned to Yangshu Village with Uncle Wang, along the way, everyone was surprised to see Su Qing buy so many things, I heard that they were all for the Guo family, and secretly praised his kindness.

It was already evening when he returned to Yangshu Village, Huzi was waiting for Su Qing at the entrance of the village, and when he saw Su Qing, he ran over; 'Aunt Su, you're back, my sister can't wait for you, so you're all back! ’

Su Qing jumped out of the car, touched the tiger's head and said; 'You've been waiting for this aunt, huh?' Here, help with something! ’

Huzi hugged two pieces of cloth in his arms, and looked at Su Qing carrying a large piece of meat, and almost jumped up with joy, "What a meat!" I was able to eat meat at night! ’

When the two returned home, Guo Zhi and his wife did not come back from the ground, Guo Yu was preparing to make dinner, and saw Su Qing holding a bunch of things and exclaimed; 'Aunt Su, you buy so many things! As he spoke, he stepped forward to take it, took it into the house, and quickly poured a glass of water for Su Qing, who was sitting on the wooden pier in the courtyard panting; 'Aunt Su, take a drink and rest, I'm going to cook. ’

Su Qing took the warm boiled water handed over by Guo Yu, drank it all in one go, and said; 'Xiaoyu, I'll cook at night, and you light the fire. Guo Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said; 'Auntie, you're tired of the day, I'll do it myself!' Guo Hu said loudly; 'Sister, aunt said to cook meat at night! ’

'Well, my aunt will give you fried meat to eat at night, and it is better to keep it than to cook it' Su Qing patted Guo Hu's shoulder and said, then got up and cut half a catty of meat, took it to the kitchen, and saw that Guo Yu had already washed Qingcai, slice the meat, and instructed Huzi to go to the door to pick a few pepper leaves, the pot was hot, and a cloud of smoke rose up from the meat slices, there was no oil, so it could only be fried dry, and it was slowly fried.

The meat in the pot has been fried to brown, and a lot of oil has been fried, scooping the hot oil into a small clay pot with a spoon, throwing two pepper leaves in the pot, and then stir-frying the washed greens in the pot a few times, adding salt, adding water, and getting out of the pot.

The meal was just right, Guo Zhi and his wife arrived home with Guo Yun, and when they entered the courtyard, Guo Yun sniffled and asked; 'Xiaoyu, what kind of good things to eat, so fragrant!' ’

That night, the Guo family had the most delicious meal in their lives, everyone ate a little too much, sitting in the courtyard talking, Su Qing distributed things to the Guo family, and Guo Zhi and his wife were also very grateful.

In the next few days, Su Qing went into the city to sell the medicine again, got a few hundred dollars, bought some fine grains and came back, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the smiling faces of the people in the village became less and less.

There were not many medicinal herbs nearby, Su Qing decided to take Huzi to the depths of the mountains and forests, she had already saved more than 1,000 yuan, and gave Guo Zhi 300 yuan, he didn't want to live or die, but Su Qing threatened to go out to live by himself if he didn't take it, so he took it.

Su Qing was careless and almost tripped over, so angry that she tore the green teng away and found that this was the yam vine!

Looking at it, this piece of secret code is all there, she and Huzi dug half a basket of yams and went back, these yams don't know how many years they have grown, and they are all arm thick! After that, there was an extra dish of food on the table.

Half a month has passed, the day is even hotter, one day, Su Qing heard the old man in the village say that there might be a big drought, his heart was tight, and he hurriedly ran back and found out all the money, which was only 2,000 Wen!

Poplar Village is backed by the mountains, if there is a big drought, you are not afraid of no water, you are afraid of the harvest, the land here is little and poor, and the annual tax is paid, which is only enough to make a living, or the situation that the wind and rain have been smooth in previous years.

In the evening, Su Qing discussed with Guo Zhi and his wife to buy more grain and save it, the two hesitated again and again, took out a thousand Wen, and the next day, Guo Zhi and Su Qing went to the town to buy three thousand catties of grain!

As the weather got hotter and hotter, it hadn't rained for two months, and the price of food began to rise.

He didn't farm, and there were only two or three students, and the money he earned was only enough to eat, and he went to the town a few days ago to buy food, and the money was stolen again.

Since Mo Fuzi smelled the fragrance of vegetables at Guo Zhi's door by chance, he became familiar with Su Qing, Su Qing was thinking about how to read, every day Su Qing cooked dinner for Mo Fuzi, and Mo Fuzi taught her to read for half an hour.

In this way, more than a month has passed, Su Qing has learned most of the words, and Mo Fuzi is very pleased with this and teaches her even more diligently.

Mo Fuzi is fifty or sixty years old, he has never married a wife or children in his life, he lives in a small library, seeing that the natural disaster has arrived, and he has no other income, Su Qing wants to help him.