Under the guidance of the master, Gu Ye cleaned the muscles and flesh on the tiger bones, cleaned them and dried them in the shade, and knocked a piece off when they were used. The Medicine Saint took the opportunity to teach the apprentice a lesson:

"There are many ways to make tiger bones. Commonly used are oil tiger bones, vinegar tiger bones and sand fried tiger bones. Oil tiger bones smeared with sesame oil and roasted over fire; Vinegar tiger bones, fry the tiger bones in the sand until yellow, then pour them into the vinegar to quench and dry; Stir-fried tiger bones in sand are fried in sand until crisp yellow, soaked in vinegar, and dried to ......"

"Is there a difference in the efficacy of the medicine?" Gu Ye asked.

The Medicine Saint glanced at her and said, "Naturally, there is." Oil tiger bone is better for the treatment of tibial pain, and vinegar tiger bone is more effective for acute musculoskeletal pain, and fried tiger bone is generally used for ......"

One of the masters and apprentices taught seriously, and the other learned attentively. Gu Ming, who was clearing the snow in the courtyard, lightened the movements in her hands, for fear of affecting them.

The snow soon stopped, and the next few days were a rare sunny day. Three days later, the last trace of snow melted, and every household in Qingshan Village began to purchase New Year's goods. Although there are still nearly two months before the Chinese New Year.

The night before, Gu Lier knocked on the door of Gu Ye's house: "Xiao Yezi, my mother asked me to ask you if you will go to the town tomorrow to do New Year's goods." If you want to go, let's go together. ”

"Sister Li, isn't it early for the New Year? Why are you in such a hurry to buy New Year's goods? Gu Ye was very puzzled.

Gu Lier took a breath of hot air into her hands, took off her shoes and got on the kang, and then said with a smile: "After entering the winter moon, there is more snow, and sometimes a snow can fall for more than half a month. Most families in the village have suffered such losses, so they should take advantage of the good weather to buy New Year's goods as soon as possible, so as not to even be able to eat bowls of dumplings during the New Year. ”

"Oh, I see! It just so happened that I had two baskets of concocted medicinal materials here, and Ming'er went to the town with you to exchange for silver so that I could buy New Year's goods. Gu Ming has been keeping an eye on her for the past few days, Gu Ye can't secretly go up the mountain, she is in a panic, so she naturally won't miss this opportunity to join in the fun.

Gu Lier said: "Okay, let's see you at the entrance of the village at the beginning of tomorrow." Rest early tonight and be careful if you can't get up tomorrow. ”

After Gu Li'er left, Gu Ye entered the medicine saint's room and said to him, "Master, I'm going to the town tomorrow, will you go?" ”

"Your master, I have old arms and legs, and more than a hundred miles of mountain roads can kill me. I'm not going! "The Medicine Sage is afraid of being recognized and causing unnecessary trouble.

"Oh well! I'll bring you your favorite pastry. "Most of the pastries sent by Ding Dashao last time went into the stomach of the Medicine Sage. Gu Ye realized that the master liked sweets like her.

The Medicine Saint said with a little disgust: "Those pastries in the town are really too coarse. The eight major pieces of Wuwei Zhai in the capital are called dim sum. When you have a chance in the future, Master will invite you to taste it, and I promise that you will never forget it as soon as you eat it. ”

When it came to eating, Gu Ye's eyes were shining. Beijing must be a bustling city, and there must be a lot of delicious food in the restaurants there. It seems that she has to speed up the pace of making money, settle in the capital as soon as possible, and taste all the food in the capital.

The next day, the Gu Ye brothers and sisters got up before dawn. Gu Ye made a lot of scallion pancakes as dry food on the road. It takes two whole days to get from the village to the town!

Master doesn't know how to cook, so Gu Ye asked the Zhang family's aunt, Zhang Orion's mother-in-law, to help Zhang Luo eat for the past two days. Before leaving, he repeatedly told the medicine saint to remember to add firewood to the kang, don't freeze at night, etc......

Seeing the apprentice's appearance as a little housekeeper's wife, Yao Sheng was moved and felt funny, and said angrily: "Okay, I know!" I'm in my seventies, and I can't take care of myself? Let's go, don't let anyone wait for you. ”

Gu Ye's brothers and sisters, each carrying a large basket full of concocted medicinal herbs. The brother and sister are not very tall, and from behind, they look like the two baskets have legs.

When they came to the entrance of the village, Uncle Jiu, Aunt Jiu and Sister Li were already waiting there. In addition to them, there are more than a dozen villagers. Wu Angelica's two sons, and Gu Qiao and his wife are also among them.

The Gu Ye brothers and sisters said hello to the uncles and uncles, and even Gu Qiao was not left behind. However, Wu Angelica and Liu, Gu Ye directly ignored them. If she is good, she will naturally be warm; If she has bullied her, she will remember it and seek the opportunity to repay it tenfold.

"Brother," Xiao Zhuang was on Gu Qiao's back, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and when he saw the basket behind Gu Ming, he showed a flattering smile, "Mother said, the things in your basket can be sold for a lot of money." Brother, Xiao Zhuang wants to eat white sugar cakes, fragrant cakes, and meat......"

Gu Ming's gaze swept over Liu's, smiled at Xiao Zhuang, and said, "If you want to eat white sugar cakes, let the seventh uncle and seventh aunt buy it for you." You are now the only son of Uncle Seven, he has lost others, can he still lose you? ”

"I want you to buy it! My mother said, you, and the money-losing goods, look like white-eyed wolves. Make money and don't give your father flowers, go to support an old immortal ......" Xiao Zhuang learned Liu's commanding posture ten out of ten, full of foul language.

Coming into contact with the disdainful gaze of the villagers, Gu Qiao's face was hot, and he quickly covered his youngest son's mouth, and scolded at Liu: "Look at you, what did you teach your son to be?" Wait to get back and see how I clean you up!! ”

Gu Qiao is not comfortable these days, and whenever Liu Shi is a little unsatisfactory to him, he will add his fists and feet. Liu was frightened by him, and shrunk his shoulders when he heard the words, not daring to say a word.

"What kind of mother there is, what kind of son there is! Beware of future retribution on your head. Everyone has a time when they are old, and I don't know if the four words 'old and immortal' will be crowned on your heads in the future!! Gu Ye had a cold face, and his eyes flashed with a terrifying cold light when he looked at Liu.

What does a child less than four years old understand, these words must be taught by adults. The Liu family must have not stopped these days, and they have been scolding them behind their backs!

Gu Qiao listened to her words, and his heart felt cold. The eldest son has been completely offended by him, and the younger son can no longer be destroyed in the hands of that mother-in-law. He decided that when he returned from the town, he would take his youngest son with him and teach him by himself.

The group set off in the hazy moonlight. Gu Mo saw that Gu Ye was carrying such a big basket on her back, and when she walked, the bottom of the basket always touched her calf, so she said, "Xiao Ye'er, give me your basket, you carry me this." In the basket in his hand, there were only a few empty cloth bags.

Gu Ye shook his head and refused: "No need, Uncle Nine." I can carry it! ”

Another uncle from the clan also spoke: "This journey will take two whole days!" No matter how strong you are, there will be times when you run out. In this way, we will carry these medicines in your basket for you in a few bags. You brothers and sisters are still young, don't get tired and hurt your bones. ”

The other four or five villagers also came to help when Gu Ye's house was building, and they had a good impression of the bold and generous Gu Xiao, and they all expressed their willingness to help.

The enthusiasm of the villagers, the brother and sister could not refuse, and gratefully divided the medicinal materials in the basket into two bags one by one in their baskets. In this way, when the two of them hit the road again, it will be much easier.

In this way, the brother and sister followed the team and walked on the mountain road for a whole day, and only before it was completely dark did they reach the high-walled compound.

This large courtyard has a wall that is two meters high. There are only five thatched huts in the courtyard, and all other wooden huts are leaking everywhere. When entering the yard, both adults and children will be charged two pennies. There is a big kang in the thatched house, and if you want to sleep in the house, you have to add another ten yuan per person, and children under the age of five are not charged.

Ten cents, for ordinary people in the mountains, is equivalent to a family's food for a day, even in winter, there are still not many people who are willing to spend money to sleep in the house. It was the rush of procurement a year ago, and the wooden shed was crowded with people, but there were still many people left in the big kang in the five thatched huts.

The villagers from Qingshan Village wrapped their clothes tightly and crowded into a corner of the wooden shed, ready to deal with it all night. Gu Mo and his mother-in-law were reluctant to let their daughters freeze outside, regardless of their daughters' obstruction, they gritted their teeth and counted ten copper plates to the store.

"Sister, you and Sister Li go in and live, I will squeeze with my ninth uncle and nine aunts." Gu Ming saw that her sister counted out twenty copper plates, and stopped her with some distress. Ten copper plates, you can buy five cooking cakes, and half a pound of meat.

Gu Ye's face was blank, and he said unhappily: "Brother, if you don't go in, I won't go either!" You can also save ten pennies and buy more food! ”

My sister's body has just been raised, how can Gu Ming be willing to accompany her? If he freezes out, he will never forgive himself in his life. I persuaded and persuaded me bitterly, but my sister's stubborn temper was offended, and she didn't want to go into the house alone to rest.

"Are you going to get in? If I don't enter, I'll close the door and rest. The shopkeeper yawned and said to the siblings.

Aunt Jiu persuaded Gu Ming: "Gu Ming, you can accompany your sister into the house." The two of them went in, and your ninth uncle and I didn't feel at ease, you just had a good time when you went in. If you are worried about the money, Aunt Nine will help you pay half of it. ”

Where will Gu Ming let the ninth uncle and nine aunts pay for him? The fire burned his ass out of the wooden shed.

Just as the brother and sister paid the money and were about to enter the house, a voice stopped them: "Ming'er......"

Gu Ming turned around and met Gu Qiao's slightly embarrassed gaze. Gu Qiao stammered: "Your younger brother is young, so he doesn't have to pay silver." Can you help me take care of that? ”

Along the way, the villagers in the village who are not related to each other can help their brothers and sisters share the weight, but he, who is a father, has not mentioned it. Although he carried his youngest son on his back, he could still say a word or two if he cared. Although Gu Ming had already died to him, he was still cold. Now, I really don't know how he was embarrassed to speak.

However, Xiao Zhuang was Gu Ming's younger brother after all, so he couldn't refuse, so he silently took the little guy's fleshy little hand, turned around and walked towards the house.