Chapter 64: The Bet

Gu Qingzhu didn't pick out the excellent carved Rui Beast jade pendant on his body, nor the purse embroidered with gold and silver thread decorated with red sapphires, but the brand-new dark red ox horn bow.

"If you are reluctant, then forget it, I don't have time to accompany you to Nancang County to hang out!" Gu Qingzhu glanced at his expression of inseparability, and raised his eyebrows.

"What do you want a bow and arrow for?" Mu Jincheng was not happy in his heart, and asked angrily.

Of course he was reluctant, this bow is to ask the head of the most famous bow and crossbow family in Nancang County, it took three months to make it by hand, not to mention that the piece of cow bone on the inside of the Zhemu bow arm is a small piece of the whole cow, the paint on the bow alone has to be brushed more than a dozen times, not only the light can be seen, held in the hand, it is comparable to silk, it is extremely smooth, as for the tendons, glue, strings, both the selection of materials and workmanship are the best.

In addition to the high value of the materials, this bow is also because when Shangguan Xun was forty-seven or eighteen years old, he had already assigned the family affairs to several sons to manage, and he became an idle man early.

Nowadays, he has long been not easy to make bows, but spend a lot of time copying the calligraphy of famous masters of various dynasties and generations, and also have a hobby to collect ancient paintings and piano scores, so it is difficult to find a bow with his inscription on the market, and natural things are rare and expensive.

Speaking of which, bow-making and handwriting are two things that are incompatible, but they also test people's patience and perseverance.

Su Duchun is the son of the county order of Nancang County, and is the first elegant and beautiful person, in a Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation couplet of the poetry meeting, Su Duchun words move the whole seat, the sound of the flute around the beam, Shangguan Xun is quite appreciative of this weak crown young man, come and go to become familiar, although they are more than 20 years old, but they can talk about the rhythm of calligraphy and painting, and from time to time they have to learn one or two, so they are friends with the New Year, and it is also passed as a good story.

Although Mu Jincheng is a gentleman who is not good at reading and is afraid of hardship in martial arts, he likes to ride a horse and shoot arrows, but it is a pity that the arrows he shoots are far away from the bull's-eye, and he does not dare to stand with a hundred steps around, for fear of being shot by an arrow that he may not have his head flying, but this does not prevent him from wanting a good bow, just like a woman who is ugly longs for the most beautiful rouge and the most beautiful dress.

Su Duchun is empathetic, naturally the best for the little uncle, he gave Shangguan Xun a unique copy of the calligraphy of the great calligrapher more than 200 years ago, and in return, it is Mu Jincheng's new bow today.

This bow, Mu Jincheng hasn't used it yet, so he has to let him give it away, who doesn't feel pain in this place.

"I want it to be useless, but there's someone better suited to it than you." Gu Qingzhu took advantage of his distraction and withdrew his hand vigorously.

"You're going to give away my stuff?!" Mu Jincheng's eyes widened in surprise.

"Qingzhu, it's noon at this time, let's eat." Liang Mancang walked over, saw Mu Jincheng and the four of them, and said, "If you don't dislike it, eat a little with us?" ”

"Baoying, where's our dry food?" Mu Jincheng tilted his head and shouted.

He has never been a person who can treat himself badly, and he picked up all kinds of food sent by his mother early in the morning, and packed a big bag of what he liked, enough for four people to eat.

"Just now...... Just now, they all fell down that hillside! Bao Ying whispered helplessly.

Bao Ying was rescued by the miscellaneous trees in the forest just now, but the burden of eating was not so lucky, he fell directly to the bottom of the hillside, and Gollum sprinkled all kinds of food all the way.

"Then I just don't eat it, I'm still in a hurry to the county hospital." Mu Jincheng said angrily.

"Uncle Xiaoniang, from here back to Cuiping Town, we will at least have to walk for more than an hour, it is better to eat a little with them, and we will have the strength to hurry." Su Duchun's voice was dark, revealing the weakness of illness.

Baoying and Yanmo held their stomachs and looked at him pitifully.

"That's it, that's it, let's go eat some." Mu Jincheng said reluctantly.

A group of several people walked into the elm forest, and Gu Shifu and the others were already sitting in a circle, holding a nest head wrapped in sour bamboo shoots and spicy radish strips, and they ate with relish.

When Gu Shifu saw them coming, he gave way to the side, and Zheng Changlin moved the cloth bag containing the nest head and the clay pot containing sour bamboo shoots in front of them.

Baoying and Yanmo hurriedly followed Gu Shifu's appearance of wrapping the nest, and respectively used the nest head to pick up the vegetables and handed them to their masters.

Mu Jincheng was born in a wealthy family since he was a child, and he has always paid attention to eating and not getting tired of eating, not to mention letting him eat wotou with pickles, just asking him to sit on the ground and eat around a group of rural villagers, it has already made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Eat, I'm not hungry." Mu Jincheng took a small bite, and the rough bud flour was stabbing at his throat, which was really difficult to swallow.

Su Duchun didn't show obvious disgust like him, he broke it little by little, chewing slowly in his mouth, and Baoying and Yanmo only ate silently, without saying a word.

"Don't eat and pull down!" Gu Qingzhu snatched the noodle bag.

Mu Jincheng's face stiffened, at this moment, in the wilderness, if he didn't eat, he was waiting to starve, so he had to swallow his anger and eat the worst food he had never eaten in his life.

"Qingzhu, you can pick the medicinal herbs you want on the hillside?" Liang Mancang was next to Gu Qingzhu and asked kindly.

"Oops!" Gu Qingzhu patted her head, she must have been so manly that she left Dendrobium behind and forgot about it.

"What's wrong? Didn't find it? Liang Mancang saw her look annoyed, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

"I've found it, I'll get it!" Gu Qingzhu swallowed the last bite of the nest, quickly got up, and rushed to the hillside.

After a while, Gu Qingzhu came back with the bamboo cage quickly.

Mu Jincheng was curious, wanting to know what this country girl had picked up, such a treasure, he glanced at the bamboo cage, and was stunned for a moment, it was actually a cage of fresh dendrobium known as the soul rejuvenation immortal plant!

"If you eat well, let's hurry up and go to Nancang County." Mu Jincheng pretended to be ordinary.

"Are you willing?" Gu Qingzhu glanced at her.

"It's hard to buy my bow, you don't have to make a bet on it, as a reciprocal exchange, if you lose, this cage of medicinal materials belongs to me, whether it's worth it or not, I don't know, even if it's a little compensation, it means." Mu Jincheng lowered his eyelids, for fear that his eyes would reveal his eagerness.

"Okay, okay, you're going to lose anyway, but when the time comes, please fulfill your promise directly, don't procrastinate." Gu Qingzhu said very firmly.

"Little uncle!" Su Wanchun swallowed his saliva and whispered a little nervously.

"It's so decided, the gentleman can't chase after a word!" Mu Jincheng was afraid that Gu Qingzhu would regret it, so he immediately said.

"Qingzhu, what are you talking about?" Gu Shifu frowned.

"He didn't believe that I had cured Su Gongzi's dislocated arm, so he had to let me follow him to the big medical hall in Nancang County to have a look, so as to prove whether I had the wrong bone." Gu Qingzhu told the truth.

"Two masters, how do you say this, Qingzhu's father is a famous traveling doctor nearby, she inherited the mantle, although she can't cure any major problems when she is young, she can still cure small problems such as colds and flu, twisted tendons and dislocations." Gu Shifu opened his mouth to make peace for Gu Qingzhu.

"Du Chun is now the only son of Su Xianling, his body has always been weak, and he is not the same as others, if he is injured by the side, something happens in the future, no one can afford it, or please follow, listen to Mr. Tan to make it clear." In a hurry, Mu Jincheng had to carry Su Jin out.

"This ......" Gu Shifu hesitated for a moment.

"Uncle Fu, I have confidence in my own medical skills, you can rest assured, maybe I can bring something back." Gu Qingzhu smiled slyly.

"Let Mancang go with you, if there is something, there is also a care." Gu Shifu thought for a while and said.

"Well, I'm going to go, this matter started because of me, even if I have to be held responsible, I'm the first, how can I let Qingzhu take it for me." Liang Mancang patted his chest and said.

"I'm fine, it's just a waste of time on the way back, if you go, the work here is not finished." Gu Qingzhu looked around, and at this time, more than a dozen large and small trees were lying on the ground.

"You can go by yourself, don't worry here, we'll drag it to the village in a while, and call a few people to help when the time comes." Gu Shifu waved his hand.

Now that it has been decided, Gu Qingzhu and Liang Mancang will not say anything more.

Liang Mancang saw that Su Duchun's face was frighteningly white, and he expected that he would not be able to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads to Cuiping Town, so he cut down a few miscellaneous trees and made a stretcher with vines, and spread thick thatch on it, so that it would not be awkward to sleep on it.

Su Duchun was thin and weightless, Liang Mancang raised his head alone, Baoying and Yanmo raised his head to one side, just flat and stable, Mu Jincheng carried a bow on his back, Gu Qingzhu wore a bamboo cage with dendrobium tied around his waist, and the six of them walked to the mountainside, turned a corner, and passed through a large pine forest, which was Jiguanzi Mountain.

The group paused for a moment, rested at the top of the mountain, and then set off again.

When Mu Jincheng and Su Duchun came, one rode a horse and the other rode a carriage, which came in handy at this time.

Mu Jincheng still rode a horse, Liang Mancang was in charge of catching up with the car, Gu Qingzhu was accompanying Su Duchun in the carriage, and as for Baoying and Yanmo, Mu Jincheng asked them to go back to the tea shop to ride a horse, and slowly caught up later.

About half an hour later, the four of them entered Nancang County and went straight to Dexing Pharmacy.

"Where's Old Man Tan?" Mu Jincheng jumped off the horse and asked anxiously.

"The shopkeeper's midday nap, it's time to wake up now, I'll help you take a look." The young man on the counter naturally recognized Mu Jincheng, and seeing that he seemed to be in a hurry, he hurried to the inner courtyard.

After a short time, Tan Lide pulled his shoes, buttoned the smoke-colored gown, and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with you again?!" ”

"It's not me, it's Twilight, he's sick today, and he has a broken arm!" Mu Jincheng said with a big grin.

As soon as these words came out, Tan Lide's face immediately changed, and he urged: "What about people, don't bring them in yet!" ”

"Hello Mr. Tan, the little uncle is concerned, but it scares you." Su Duchun quietly approached and said softly.

"Huh? What are you ......" Tan Lide looked Su Duchun up and down suspiciously, not at all like Mu Jincheng said that he had lost half his life.

"Now, thanks to these two helps, otherwise I would have really caused you trouble." Su Duchun smiled and saluted.