Chapter 214 The Woman Crushed to Death by the Arch of Chastity 18
After Peng Tai was ignored by the three of them, he took the small money bag back into his palm, snorted and got into the carriage. He deceived himself that You Nanyue must have regretted reconciling with him in the first place. As for Brother Quan'er's alienation, Peng Tai didn't pay attention to it, he still had children when he was young, the eldest son was smart and beautiful, and he would embark on the road of the imperial examination in the future, and he could glorify his ancestors as an official.
What achievements can a child who has not had a good body since he was a child achieve in the future, Peng Tai didn't take gold to heart at all.
The New Year passed quickly, and the still water city of the Lantern Festival, because of the drought, did not hold a lantern festival this year, and the streets and alleys were missing lanterns, and the atmosphere of the Shangyuan Festival was suddenly gone. Gu Xiaoxiao looked at the empty streets, and her worries about the future increased a little.
Out of the first month, in the still water city that had not been snowed for a long time, the sky was suddenly covered with black and oppressive clouds, and the goose-feather-like snow fell one after another for half a day. The weather was cold, and the people were caught off guard. The snow had been falling for most of the day, and the ground had accumulated a few inches of snow, and I stepped on it step by step.
The weather is surprisingly cold, and there are not a few people who have a cold or flu, and they can hear the sound of sneezing in the end. Since the Shangyuan Festival, Gu Xiaoxiao began to boil ginger soup in the house, and ordered everyone from the master to the subordinates to drink it twice a day. When the people in the city began to be infected with the wind and cold, Gu Xiaoxiao added a few more flavors of medicine to the ginger soup, and let the master of the mansion drink it every day.
Wind and cold in this era can kill a serious disease, the people in the city who have typhoid fever are very frightened, rich doctors to prescribe precious medicinal materials to regulate the body, and those who have no money also find all kinds of home remedies to get rid of the root of the disease. However, this typhoid fever is like grass on the plain. At one o'clock, it burned wantonly in Stillwater City, only to see more and more people getting sick, but few were cured.
There are knowledgeable doctors in the city. Finally recognized that this was an epidemic that had not been seen for more than ten years, and the people of the entire Jingshui City fell into a panic, dragging their families and trying to escape. You must know that in history, no matter which city is infected with the epidemic, the end is countless deaths and injuries, although it is not ten rooms and nine empty, but it is almost the same. Especially those wealthy gentry who sacrificed their lives, they sharpened their heads one by one and wanted to drill out.
But the local officials learned that the city was infected with the disease. The gates of the city were closed, and it was strictly forbidden for the people to leave the city and for outsiders to enter the city. In this era, the level of medicine was backward, in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading to more places. The city gates can only be closed and the people in the city left to fend for themselves.
The city is full of mourning, and within half a month, old and weak women and children have died one after another. White flags fluttered in the air, making the sky of Still Water City. There is an ominous atmosphere. Gu Xiaoxiao has been strictly checking the people entering and leaving the You family. It is strictly forbidden for people who have been infected to enter the home, and the next person who comes into contact with someone must also be informed in time. Rao is like this, there are still two people in the You family who are infected with the epidemic, Gu Xiaoxiao sent them out for isolation in time, and used the prescription she prescribed to catch the medicine for people to decoction.
The atmosphere became more and more condensed, and the two pharmacies in Gu Xiaoxiao's hands grabbed medicine for those who came to see the doctor according to her prescription. As long as the patient is in good health and is not terminally ill. The recovery rate is still extremely high. Gu Xiaoxiao has been carefully recording the effect of the prescription she prescribed, and when it is confirmed that this medicine is useful for the epidemic. Directly dedicated the recipe to the prefect.
In the final analysis, the You family is just a merchant, and the influence is too small after all, Gu Xiaoxiao has the heart to help the people in the city, so he can only rely on the power of the government.
The epidemic was rampant, and the prefect of Jingshui City already had the idea of coexistence, and when someone offered a prescription to suppress the epidemic, he burst into tears with excitement. With a wave of his hand, the prefect scattered the prescription into all pharmacies in the city, ordering every household to follow the prescription.
Seeing the hope of life, the common people flocked to it, and a few unscrupulous merchants began to raise the price of medicine. According to her instructions, the pharmacy under Gu Xiaoxiao's name sold medicinal materials at the original price and won the support of the people. The prefect was annoyed that those merchants were making it difficult to make money, so they directly set up two businesses, which stopped the crazy growth of drug prices.
Due to the epidemic, everyone in the city was in danger, and Gu Xiaoxiao had to take care of the pharmacy and take care of the gold, so she didn't care to pay attention to the movements of the Peng family.
About two months later, the Peng family provoked the white flag, and she learned that Master Peng and Mrs. Peng had died in this epidemic. This is in line with the plot, Gu Xiaoxiao has no feelings for the two, and there is no objection to Father You sending people to condole.
In the plot, the epidemic lasted for about a year, and with Gu Xiaoxiao's intervention, the epidemic was almost over after half a year. Those who are particularly weak in health, even if they take the right medicine, they cannot save their lives, and those who are still strong after taking the medicine, most of them survive.
An epidemic made the name of the You family louder, and You Nanyue was praised as a miracle doctor with a prescription. A woman can have such a big reputation, and it is the first time in Stillwater City for decades.
Gu Xiaoxiao didn't expect that she would become famous because of this epidemic, and the only thing she was happy about was that she had saved a lot of lives with her own efforts.
When the gate of Jingshui City was opened again, the people in the city were reborn, and the help of the prefect Gu Xiaoxiao greatly reduced the casualties of the people, so he wrote an excerpt to the heavens to listen to her and ask for it.
These Gu Xiaoxiao didn't know that she had become a well-known good person in the city, and whoever saw her would have to be honored as Mrs. You, and no one would look down on her because of her identity with Li. The gold also came with the bitterness, and Gu Xiaoxiao named him You Fang, completely breaking away from the influence of the Peng family.
As time passed, the shadow of death shifted from above Stillwater City, and the stories of the plague faded away from the sadness and returned to the form of gossip.
The Peng family spread the news that Peng Bingzhai was disrespectful to his stepmother Qiao, and everyone said that Qiao's gave him a decoction at the risk of being infected when Peng Bingzhai was sick, but Peng Bingzhai smashed the medicine bowl. Qiao Shi was smashed by her stepson like this, fainted, and woke up with a doctor who diagnosed her as two months pregnant.
The reputation of unfilial piety was ruin, and Peng Bingzhai was half ruined, and I don't know who found out that when Peng Tai and You Nanyue were reconciled, the father and son had framed her for abusing her stepson. The two things collided together, Peng Bingzhai completely lost his reputation, and Peng Yao was also scolded for having eyes and not knowing gold and jade, who let the two of them frame who was not good, and actually framed the living Bodhisattva in the eyes of the people of Jingshui City.
Gu Xiaoxiao didn't expect her to play such a role, since that person wanted to use her to ruin Peng Bingzhai's reputation, she simply added some firewood to deal with Peng Tai together. She once investigated, and the promoter behind the scenes was Peng Tai's seemingly harmless little wife. (To be continued......)
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