Chapter 34: Broth for Guns
The next day, after settling Leng Yu, Luo Lan hand-drew a drawing and handed it to Ah Yu, instructing him to go to the copper casting workshop in the city and make a night pot according to the appearance of her drawings.
For the sake of Leng Yu's dignity, she designed a blueprint of a night pot with a small mouth and a big butt for him, so that when necessary, he could solve it by himself. Save him from always feeling embarrassed.
After sending Ah Yu away, Mrs. Zhang in the kitchen came, and she bowed, "Princess, there is not much grain left over from last month, there is no rice, oil, and noodles at home, and some seasonings should be bought." ”
It was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and seeing that there was not much silver available in his hand, and he was about to run out of food, Luo Lan frowned and asked:
"How much silver?"
"If you buy enough food for a month, it will cost about 150 taels."
One hundred and fifty taels?
Luo Lan gasped, he took three taels for Ah Yu just now, and now there are only thirteen taels of silver available, which is only enough to last for three days!
She frowned, waved her hand, and said:
"I know, I'll ask Ah Hong to send you the silver in a while, and you can just hand over the accounts to her after you buy them." ’
Mrs. Zhang bent down and saluted, and stepped back.
For the first time, Luo Lan felt that life was so difficult, the huge palace seemed to outsiders to be extremely magnificent, who would have thought that the people in the mansion would even have a problem with food and clothing?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, but life has to go on, go back to Leng Yu and take an object, this rice and noodles are always indispensable, otherwise what so many people in the house eat, Leng Yu has to eat something nutritious.
She rubbed her forehead vigorously, wondering how the hell was going to go on with this life.
At this moment, Caifeng hurriedly ran in and shouted loudly:
"Princess, there is a child looking for you outside, and he said his name is Xiaozhi."
Xiaozhi?
Luo Lan didn't think much about it, and quickly let Caifeng pass him in.
After a while, Xiao Zhi ran in, his face was full of tears, and after entering the house, he directly panted and exhaled,
"Sister, save my mother, she... She's going to die. ”
Hearing this, Luo Lan walked quickly to Xiao Zhi's side, she bowed down and patted him on the shoulder, and asked softly, "What's the matter?" You speak slowly. ”
"My mother... While she was eating, she started to have a stomachache again, and the pain came back to death, she said... Let me come to you, she wants to see you. ”
Luo Lan suddenly had a bad premonition, and she said to Ah Cai behind her:
"You go to the prince's door and inform the prince, I have something to go out for, and I'll be back in a while."
After saying this, she pulled Xiao Zhi's hand and hurried out of the door.
In the dignified Yu Wangfu, the poor didn't even have a carriage, so they could only trot to Xiao Zhi's house.
When they arrived at Xiao Zhi's house, Luo Lan was already out of breath, but Xiao Zhi didn't see that he was tired at all, he couldn't wait to take Luo Lan's hand and ran into the house, shouting in his mouth,
"Sister, hurry up, why is my mother silent?"
Luo Lan was also in a hurry, she only had time to hold her knees in the yard and gasp for breath twice, so she ran to the house with Xiao Zhi.
When she saw the woman moaning on the bed, a feeling of sadness hit her.
Xiao Zhi had already fallen beside her,
"Mother, mother, sister is here, sister is here!"
Hearing this, the woman sat up with her body bent, her face pale and as if she was exhausted.
Luo Lan came to her side, looked at her pale face, leaned over and asked:
"Where do you hurt? Show me? ”
The woman pointed to her lower abdomen, and whimpered with weakness in her half-squinted eyes:
"Here... Over here... It hurts..."
Luo Lan said to Xiao Zhi:
"Help your mother lie down, I'll show her..."
The woman suddenly grabbed her hand and looked at her with longing eyes, "Girl, I know that you are from a big family, you are a good person, count me begging you, if I can't do it, you just let Xiaozhi stay by your side and give him food..."
"Mother..."
Xiao Zhi suddenly burst into tears, "Mother, I'm not going anywhere, I'll stay at home, I'll accompany my mother..."
"Xiao Zhi... Shrewd... Mother... Mother... No more! ”
After saying this, she closed her eyes in despair, Luo Lan frowned directly and said in a sharp tone:
"Don't say it again, whether you can do it or not, let me see, Xiaozhi, help her lie down."
Xiao Zhi heard this, and hurriedly helped the woman to lie down, the woman's painful body twisted, and she said to Xiao Zhi in a weak voice:
"Go out and wait, if your mother leaves, you will recognize this sister, follow her from now on, listen to her, you know?"
Xiao Zhi nodded heavily while crying, "Mother, don't worry, you won't die, this sister will definitely cure you." ”
After saying this, he turned to look at Luo Lan, his legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.
"Sister, please save my mother, Xiaozhi is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay my sister!"
"Get out! Look at the door, before I go out, don't let anyone in, don't waste time. ”
Luo Lan's face was a little ugly, judging from the position of the woman holding her stomach, she should have chronic appendicitis turned acute, if it is not treated in time, it is easy to perforate, and if it is later, the fairy will be difficult to treat.
Xiao Zhi saw that her tone was a little anxious, and he didn't dare to be ambiguous, so he hurriedly ran out and closed the door.
At this time, the nearby neighbors have surrounded the courtyard of Xiao Zhi's house, everyone saw Xiao Zhi, kept shaking their heads and sighing, they had already known about Xiao Zhiniang's illness, and they heard that people were no longer good, so they rushed over, all wanting to help the mother and son.
After Xiao Zhi left, the woman was already in a coma in pain, and Luo Lan quickly opened the passage of the operating room and checked the woman.
As she expected, after her examination, it was found that the woman had acute appendicitis, which is not a big problem in modern society, but in this ancient era when medical care was scarce, this disease can kill people alive and death.
She had to operate on a woman quickly.
Without further thought, she began to prepare for the operation...
The people waiting outside watched Xiao Zhi kneeling and crying, all shaking their heads and regretting, while feeling sorry for the child, everyone spontaneously began to raise money to prepare for Xiao Zhi's mother.
Xiao Zhi knelt in front of the door, crying and praying constantly, praying that his mother would not die.
But he knew that his mother really couldn't do it this time, although he was very scared, he also tried to stop the tears that kept falling, but these tears just fell down without fighting...
Time passed little by little, but this originally simple operation became serious because of Xiao Zhiniang's delay, and it took Luo Lan an hour to complete the operation.
Looking at the sleeping Xiao Zhiniang, Luo Lan finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and after giving her a drip, she put away the operating room.
Thinking that it would definitely not be possible for Xiao Zhi to take care of the patient alone, she felt that she should go back quickly and let Ah Hong and Ah Cai take care of this woman, Leng Yu that guy was still waiting for her at home, she didn't dare to delay more.
But when she opened the door, she was really frightened by the scene outside, there was a group of people standing in the courtyard, some of these people were seesawing, doing carpenter work, some were building sheds, and the moment she opened the door, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her.
Xiao Zhi was still kneeling there, he looked at Luo Lan with expectant and timid eyes, and his mouth choked,
"Sister, my mother, she..."
Luo Lan took two steps forward to help Xiao Zhi up, and asked gently, "What are they doing?" ”