After breakfast, Xie Mulin couldn't immediately set off to the Yamen of Dali Temple. She had to get everything she needed for the visit.

Just in case, she wrote a letter to her father Xie Pu, and she had typed it out with waste paper and pencil in the study space, and she could directly transcribe it when she got the pen, ink and paper. But the clothes, quilts, and medicines prepared for Xie Pu still needed to be purchased, so Xie Mulin asked Sister Zhang Qiao to lead the way, and he walked with the Wen family to go out to buy and buy.

Wen handed over the two pieces of jewelry he brought out to Sister Zhang Qiao, and asked her to help pawn them as silver so that they could be used as living expenses, and she couldn't always count on the Li family to support them.

Don't look at the Li family's wealth, after preparing the Xie family's room furniture, clothes, daily necessities and three meals a day, the silver spent is also a heavy burden for them. Although the Li family has a shop where they can collect rent, they mainly rely on Li Xianglang to make a living by selling needles, threads, brains, and fat powder jewelry in areas where official eunuchs live. The cost of this kind of business is not low, the Li family is old and young, only Li Lang is a laborer, and his younger brother Li Liu'an has entered the Yue's family, so it is impossible to supplement the family too much money. Now that the living expenses of the ten members of the Xie family have been added, and there may be another servant woman waiting for Mrs. Xie, how can she bear it with the income of Li Xianglang?

Therefore, even though Sister Zhang Qiao repeatedly refused, Wen still insisted on handing over the jewelry to her. These two pieces of jewelry are estimated to be a few dozen taels of silver, saving some money, enough to support the living expenses of the Xie family of ten people for a period of time.

However, early in the morning, the pawnshop has not yet opened, so this shopping trip is still out of the pocket of Sister Zhang Qiao.

They went to the clothing gallery on the south side of the North Gate Bridge. Yan Jitang, the pharmacy opened by Li Liu'an's Yue's family, is here, but it has not yet opened. There are many clothing shops on this street, and there are also shops that sell bedding covers, hats, shoes, socks, scarves and head flowers, and there are various grades of goods, of course, expensive high-end products used by rich and noble people are rare, unless they are second-hand and third-hand goods, they are generally the level of consumption of low- and middle-income families, and it is quite practical for the current Xie family. Sister Zhang Qiao is a frequent customer here, and there are several familiar shops.

They bought a new clean quilt, medium thickness, single size, the current weather is enough, maybe a little thicker, but considering that the prison is probably more humid and cold, the quilt is thicker, Xie Pu can also be warmer. In addition, there are two sets of new coats that have been washed, and a well-made padded robe, which is quite thick and almost brand new, and finally a pair of cotton pants with a black muslin surface, two pairs of thick cloth socks, and a pair of homespun cotton shoes.

It's a bit rustic, but Xie Mulin and Wen have a consensus, and they think it's better for Xie Pu to keep a low profile in prison. They didn't bring out any of Xie Pu's old clothes from home, and now they are buying them in a clothing appraisal store outside, and it is good to be able to buy such goods, and the requirements should not be too high. At the end of the checkout, Bai Hua spent eleven taels of silver and took it out.

Wen's face changed, and he felt that it was necessary for him to save money elsewhere.

So they turned around and went to a nearby cloth shop with a big bag, looking for the cotton cloth that was okay in texture but not too expensive, and pulled a few pieces, some of which happened to be tail cloths, and Sister Zhang Qiao helped to bargain, and finally gave a discount.

Wen felt that if his family of ten really wanted to make new clothes, they would not be able to let Sister Zhang Qiao find a tailor. These women of the house, their skills are mediocre, but they do very well in needlework, which is practiced by more than ten or twenty years of hard work. Even Aunt Dajin, who specialized in quyi and entertainment in her early years, is now embroidered well. I bought the cloth and came back to make it for the children, and then honored the old lady, saved money, and passed the time, so as not to be too idle and cranky, killing two birds with one stone.

The three of them turned back with a large bag and went to Yan Jitang on the way. At this time, the pharmacy was already open, but no one came to pick up the medicine for the time being, and it was idle. Li Liu'an, with a man, was cleaning the store and sorting out the medicine cabinet. Seeing that Sister Zhang Qiao and the mother and daughter of the Xie family were coming, he greeted him.

Sister Zhang Qiao said hello to her brother-in-law, and went to the back hall to see Yan Danniang. She also bought a nice muslin cloth, which was very soft, and was just right to make new clothes for her newborn nephew. Li Liu'an saw that they had a lot of things, so he asked the guy to help send them back to Li's house first.

Wen thanked Li Liu'an, and then talked about the illness of Xie Jinzhi's brothers and sisters. They all took their medicine last night, and they took it again this morning. Xie Yingfen has improved greatly, and Xie Hanzhi has also improved, but he coughed again. Xie Jinzhi fell asleep for a long time, and his complexion only looked better, but his condition did not improve much, so he could only barely eat half a bowl of porridge, and he vomited half of the medicine in the morning. Wen was very worried about her son's condition, but her husband couldn't ignore it.

Li Liuan promised to go to Li's house for a follow-up before lunch, and he would change the prescription when the time came. If the patient takes the newly prescribed medicine and still does not improve by tomorrow, he will have to ask his father-in-law to come out. Dr. Yan's medical skills are stronger than those of his son-in-law, but he is old and weak, and his family will not dare to let him go out after winter, and he has not been out of the clinic for many days.

Wen thanked him again and again, and his heart was full of worries.

Xie Mulin asked Li Liuan about the medicine that Xie Pu could use. Generally speaking, cold and fever medicine must be available, and perhaps he will have to buy some gold medicine to prevent him from being tortured in prison. In addition, I don't know whether the hygiene of the prison is good or not, and I am afraid that some anti-mosquito and damp-removing drugs should also be prepared.

Li Liuan said: "We don't have these drugs sold in our pharmacy, and although they do, they are not very symptomatic. I didn't have a pulse, and I didn't dare to prescribe medicine to patients easily. ”

Yan Jitang's standing medicines include honey refining loquat ointment to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, medicinal powder to treat children's cough, as well as medicinal wine to treat children's indigestion, treatment of bruises and rheumatism, plasters for several common herpes and so on. Jinchuang medicine is not nothing, but it needs to be prepared now, and the efficacy is relatively general, mainly for the treatment of wounds caused by accidents caused by common tools such as kitchen knives, axes and chisels, and farm tools, which has a certain anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effect.

Better than nothing.

Xie Mulin bought some medicine powder for treating children's cough, and asked Ming that the medicine powder could also be used by adults, but the amount should be increased, and he asked Li Liuan to prepare some Jinchuang medicine in case of emergency.

While putting the medicine away, Xie Mulin thought to herself, she had time to flip through the books in the study space to see if there was a suitable prescription that would come in handy. "Family Daily Use" she flipped through when she was a child, and it seemed to have content about medicine. There are also mother's health books, and maybe they can also provide a few Chinese herbal medicines.

can't rely on Li Liuan and his father-in-law for everything. After all, Dr. Yan is not a famous doctor, and no matter how famous he is in the Beimen Bridge area, he also has his limitations.

After leaving Yan Jitang, Xie Mulin, Wen's and Zhang Qiaojie bought some pen, ink, paper and inkstones in the study shop at Qiaotou, and quickly went home.

After arriving home, Wen began to write letters to her husband, and Xie Mulin helped her to consider her words, always feeling that her words were too elegant and euphemistic, and many things were vague, as if she was ashamed to say Cao's ugliness, and she couldn't help but feel impatient.

Now is not the time to be tactful.

At this time, Li Shanglang also returned. He had already inquired with acquaintances, and the Dali Temple Prison could accept visits from prisoners' families, but the investigation was relatively strict, and not everyone could get permission to enter the door. However, Xie Pu's situation is not a repeat offense, and there should be room for accommodation.

Xie Mulin immediately turned his head to look at Wen's, saw that he quickly finished the letter and packed it, and asked Aunt Dajin to take out the packed things and prepare to leave. She snorted and decided to see Xie Pu himself.