Chapter 17: Danger lurks

The sky was planning a heavy snowfall.

The fog is dark and cloudy, and the smoke gathers waves. Thick as a cocoon, gray and endless.

I looked at the sky above my head and became heavier and heavier, thinking that if the door was closed by heavy snow, I was afraid that I would have to burrow under the quilt for several days and not want to get out of bed.

The small kitchen in the courtyard usually has a small amount of firewood or coarse charcoal for cooking, which is enough for me to sit on two pots of hot water to make tea and wash every day. It's just snowing, and the heroic neighbors who never drink boiling water but only well water have to use hot water to fill the hand stove. I think that the little example assigned to the riot room is completely insufficient.

I took out the savings earned by Ultraman, and helped the division to make a story booklet for two months, in addition to the three hundred words given by the little master every month, I also shared a reward of one or two silver.

If you only rely on "hard-working hands" and don't expect backstage forces or in-laws to join forces, you really have to think about living for a while.

Now I will take out part of my savings, and plan to buy a set of charcoal pots and stoves, and a few catties of good charcoal, so as to deal with the sudden change of weather in the past few days.

Xiao Niangniang came over: "Xiao Suo, are you going to buy something in a private shop again?" Can you not buy oranges this time? ”

"The oranges? Or reeds? You pick one. ”

I blurted out, did not answer positively, and deliberately ignored her point to illustrate the unshakable importance of continuing to "take medicine"!

She slapped her thigh: "Oh, I've been eating for two months in a row, although my eyes are clear, but there is sour water in my stomach." ”

I had to coax this old child: "You are good, I will buy you meat to eat, neutralize it, and it will not be sour." ”

She smiled and played with her handiwork.

Except the last time she told me that half of the story, I saw her as she was. And most of the rest of the time, the nerves have been greatly stimulated, and the mental outlook has been rejuvenated......

I found a job in the dining room, and the fellow villager of Brother Lu Di came to help me with all the items I needed. Although Si Yi Si Guan Cang firewood and charcoal are supplied to the masters, although this can't be obtained, I know that he has other good ways to get what he wants, as long as the money is enough.

After paying the deposit, I saw that there was freshly baked roast chicken in the kitchen, and I remembered the appearance of apples gnawing on chicken wings. One was kept for herself and Xiao Niangniang, and the other was brought to the apple to replenish the autumn fat.

I haven't seen her in a long time, and since I came to the Storm Room, this guy has only asked someone to bring me things twice, and he doesn't even come to see me.

I went straight to the courtyard of my former dormitory, and when I saw that the door was open, I pushed the door as if I wanted to amuse myself, and shouted, "Hey! Who's lazy here? ”

Apple, who was sitting on the bed, was startled, knocked over the ointment in his hand, and the round box rolled off the table to the ground.

She was both flustered and angry: "Who asked you to come?" ”

I hurriedly put down the food box in my hand, bent down to pick up the ointment, put it to my nose and sniffed it, it was cold and cold.

"Apple, what's wrong with you? Why rub the medicine? ”

Her attitude was very cold: "It's no big deal, you're not Langzhong, it's useless to tell you." ”

My temper came up all of a sudden, and I rushed up and grabbed her arm and rolled her sleeve. I saw that her entire arm was densely covered with red dots, and her nail marks were still red, and a few places had been scratched and oozing blood.

"Oh my God, what did you do?"

She pinned half of her face away: "Just say that you don't come over, I don't understand yet!" I'm afraid to infect you! ”

I threw away her hand, touched her forehead, and asked if she would vomit and diarrhea, and answered no.

"It's not an infectious disease, there are no complications, it's definitely not viral."

I used modern medical common sense to make a judgment, half comforting and half moving, and directly stripped her top.

I approached with the oil lamp, and the sight made my scalp tingle. The red earthworms in my back that were created by Aunt Su no longer hurt, and now I crawl and crawl with the rhythm of apples, itching and scratching my heart and liver......

I endured the discomfort and carefully observed all the skin symptoms on her back. The fine and dense red dots are the same as those on the arm, and if the rapeseed is small, the size of the pieces is the same, not a steamed bun-like lump, and there are no red circles or red cloud-like lesions.

"It's not fungus-induced ringworm."

"It's not hives from the invasion of dampness."

"Got it, it's allergies!" I set aside the oil lamp, woke up from my intense phobia, and took a sip of water to heal my mental wounds.

I then asked, "How long?" ”

The apple couldn't help but itch and kept scratching: "It's been more than half a month, and it was only a little itchy at first, but it's itching day by day." ”

"What are you eating, eating, or touching?"

She also shook her head: "The meal is a collective configuration in the dining room, and the mattress has never been changed, let alone received any reward." Besides, that little money is not enough to buy any new things. ”

I began to scrutinize her room, touching everything and not finding anything strange.

I personally put on the cotton fabric and silk fabric in the cabinet and tried it for a while, and there was nothing abnormal.

Compared to the time I left, there was really nothing new in the room. I looked around and focused on her new uniform.

In a flash of inspiration, I suddenly remembered the prank toy I used to play with my friends - Tickle Powder!

Could it be true?

I pulled the apple out of bed and began to shake the futon, but there was no white velvet foam. Then she took the scissors from the sewing basket and spread out the jacket she had just taken off on the table, removing the stitches little by little until the cotton core inside was exposed. Then he took the rattan paddle and hit the cotton core, and sure enough, after just one shot, there was a white mist, which made the mouth and nose itch and sneeze constantly.

I used my fingers to pick up the white powder that had fallen on the table, and sure enough, it was fluffy and soft and waxy.

"The cause was found, and the cause was rock wool powder."

Apple was surprised and leaned over to take a closer look.

I continued: "This thing is very rare, because after the eruption of the volcano, the nearby rocks were refined at high temperatures, resulting in the formation of rock wool. After being manually collected, they are then beaten into a fine powder, which is rock wool powder. I don't know who got such a rare thing and hid it in your jacket. As a result, the powder in the jacket seeps out little by little through the cotton cloth, and the amount that oozes through your movement every day is not large, so it is not easy to be noticed, but it is enough to cause allergies. This fine powder can penetrate into the pores, and after a long time, it can cause anaphylactic shock and even sudden death if it hurts the muscles. Fortunately, it's a precipice now~"

While I was talking about literacy at length, I took her dress and rolled it up: "Apple, do you know who did it?" ”

Apple was stunned and couldn't recover. After a while, his eyes turned red: "Xiaosu, these days, I still think that I have contracted some epidemic disease, and I will die of ulceration all over my body." ”

She snorted: "This palace uniforms are naturally issued by the Shang Palace Bureau, but Liu Siyan said that my size is too large, so it will be sent down two days late, so I didn't get it in batches with others." Unexpectedly, someone did it. ”

I frowned and said, "Liu Siyan? She was quite patient with the two of us a while ago, why is it ...... now What is it to me, have you ever offended her? ”

Apple looked innocent: "No." Since it is natural for women's history to copy the work, I have always been careful. In the past, because I was your deputy, I often went to the harem with you to walk around, but now you are not here, and I have never been out of this court! ”

I took the roast chicken I brought and opened the lid, and the aroma was instantly overflowing, but fortunately, the food could still move her lips.

I put my tone very relaxed and said, "Okay, now people are fine, isn't it, it's also a good thing, it's worth celebrating!" If you don't eat it, it will be cold. ”

Under the light, the roast chicken looked ruddy and transparent, glowing with fragrant oil. The apple took the chicken wings and nibbled on them, looking like he was straining himself hard.

Sure enough, it's easy to make people feel at ease, haha.

While she was eating, I persuaded: "This matter, it's not that simple, we don't have any evidence, so we can only press it temporarily." But I'll inform Aunt Su, you're also stupid, why don't you go to her when something happens? ”

Apple said: "I, I thought it was my own disease, and I was afraid that I would be disliked by others." ”

I sighed, "Ahem, you're a second-class too!" ”

"Huh? What is a second cargo? ”

I'm thinking of a perfect answer: "It's just a very cute and cute kind of person!" ”

"Okay, then we're all second-hand."

"Uh-huh, it's all two." I almost laughed at myself.

If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing?

When I came back to the room, I put down my food when I entered the door, and when I saw that the clouds were getting heavier and heavier outside, I scalded the pot of sweet wine. So the two of them had a drink in the silver window, and the warm yellow lights on the side stretched and swayed. But I didn't have a long time to pass the cup with Xiao Niangniang, and I heard someone calling me outside the door.

Just now, his body was warm, and he was reluctant to go out and melt into the wind, but the man seemed to have something important, and his tone was urgent, so he had to put on his coat and answer the door.

When I opened the door, I saw that it was a palace lady I had never seen. She looked flustered: "You are Fan Yusu, I heard that you have taken care of you in the past few days, and Xiao Niangniang's eye disease has improved." Xu Zhaoyi from our Smoke Wind Hall has also had eye discomfort recently, so I asked the girl to go and have a look. ”

I sneered and refused: "Well, I don't know how to do medicine." Xiao Niangniang's eyes can be a little better, whether it is crooked, or it is better to pass on the serious medical officer to Xu Zhaoyi. ”

She refused to give up: "Girl, it's what Zhaoyi means, how can our subordinates be the masters." Could it be that you have to invite the girl to go to the Smoke Wind Palace, and you have to ask the queen to make an edict to move? ”

Very well, I am really afraid of the queen at the moment, and I desperately don't want my name to appear in her ears. If it deepens her impression of me, I'm afraid it's not appropriate.

When she saw that I was hesitating, she took advantage of the water and mud: "Girl, don't think about it, just ask you to go and see if Zhaoyi's symptoms are consistent with Xiao Niangniang, I will send the girl back before the palace gate is locked." ”

Before I could think about it, this Gong'e took my arm.

Although I don't want to go out to drink anymore, but after thinking about it, Xu Zhaoyi seems to be just a character who keeps to herself, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Although she has never been to the Smoke Wind Hall to perform her duties, she has never heard of her being quite unknown among the concubines, and she has not heard negative rumors.

Thinking of this, I followed her.