In Mrs. Li's words, Yang Zongbao looked at Imperial Doctor Du at that time, if Imperial Doctor Du was a woman, he was afraid that Yang Zongbao would make a promise.

Imperial Doctor Du didn't take it seriously, after all, he had saved countless people in his life, Yang Zongbao was like this, he was willing to stretch out his hand, firstly, for the sake of Mei Xiaotong and An Huahao's face, and secondly, it was naturally Yang Zongbao's illness that was still a bit of a challenge for him.

After Yang Zongbao was able to speak, most of An Huahao's external communication and entertainment could be handed over to him, which was a lot easier.

At the very least, Mrs. Li's entire life was almost single-handedly handled by him, and there was almost no mistake.

Even Imperial Physician Du glanced at Yang Zongbao, and used to think that An Huahao and they might not be able to help Yang Zongbao when they went to the capital, and they thought about writing a letter to their son and asking them to borrow a steward to give An Huahao their envoy, but now they have dispelled this thought.

Mrs. Li's birthday was not a big deal, but she only invited neighbors, as well as Imperial Doctor Du and a few classmates.

I didn't go to the restaurant, I just hired all the kitchens in the courtyard of my own house, and I didn't have to worry about anyone from buying vegetables to serving food, and finally cleaning up.

Mei Changfu and his brothers, after the autumn harvest, the business was lively again, but they were worried about going to the city to celebrate Mrs. Li's birthday, so they greeted the villagers in advance, saying that they would go out for a few days and come back in a few days to open.

First, he asked someone to deliver a letter to the county seat, and then the family packed their luggage, hired a carriage in the town, and went to the county seat.

When I arrived at the county seat, I was really fresh and curious.

Fortunately, the Changfeng Dart Bureau is an old acquaintance with Mei Xiaotong and An Huahao, and seeing them like this, he simply made a favor and sent the person directly to the Song family's courtyard.

So many people came at once, and the two courtyards were crowded.

An Huahao had to go out to see his teacher and classmates every day, so Mei Xiaotong and Mrs. Li took them to the streets.

After two days of shopping, Mrs. Li and Mei Xiaotong were so tired, to be honest, the county seat is so big, there are only a few places to visit, and two days are enough to finish shopping.

But Mei's family couldn't see enough, there was no way, Mei Xiaotong had to hire two carriages, let Mrs. Wu take them, drag them in the city, go wherever they want, and go home at night anyway.

After staying for seven or eight days, it was the night before Mrs. Li's birthday, when the family had dinner, Mei Xiaotong asked Yang Zongbao how the preparations for the birthday banquet were, and the Mei family, who almost forgot what they were here for, reacted when they went to the county.

They looked at each other for a long time before they blushed and asked what they could do.

It's easy to make a birthday in the countryside, this table is easy to arrange, and these women in the family are all good at cooking, as long as they buy the vegetables back early, it's still too late.

Mrs. Li snorted coldly: "Okay, you can have fun for a few days when you come, these things will naturally be arranged by your sister and uncle, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

The brothers were very ashamed, but Mei Xiaotong comforted them, the advantage of the city over the countryside is that as long as you hold silver

Son, it's easy to get things done.

Just keep tomorrow's mother's birthday lively, so that they can rest assured.

Sure enough, on the second day, Yang Zongbao arranged a very lively arrangement, and the neighbors and female guests were all talking with Mrs. Li in the backyard, who doesn't know now that this Mrs. Li is the mother-in-law of the old man, who doesn't flatter her?

In addition, it is a good day for Mrs. Li, and it is even more like a bunch of people coaxing her to be happy.

Mrs. Qi also came, as well as the family members of An Huahao's classmates and friends also came to congratulate them, and the flowers were so full of flowers that Wen and Liu Xiaoqiao were only speechless.

The outer courtyard is even more lively, although it is only a small office, it is not alarming, and it can't stop that there will be an inquiry, after hearing the news, uninvited.

It is also thanks to the fact that the people who make the banquet are the masters of the restaurant, and after a long time, this person is much better than he said at the beginning, but he did not panic to support it.

Especially at night, Mei Xiaotong and Mrs. Li counted the birthday gifts, and they even dazzled the eyes of the Mei family.

What kind of satin fabric, shiny, Wen and Liu Xiaoqiao only dared to watch from the sidelines, and they didn't dare to stretch out their hands, for fear that the cocoons on their hands would scratch the material.

What kind of dim sum tea, and what kind of longevity peach, longevity noodles and the like are just that.

I don't know who gave me such a small birthday boy made of sterling silver, which was extremely heavy.

These birthday gifts are almost piled up in a room, and many of them have not been opened, and I don't know what is inside.

During the day, the Mei brothers were in the front yard, and they really had a lot of knowledge, and the ones who came to the door were all official masters, wearing silk and satin, which was much more magnificent than those lords in the town.

But in front of his brother-in-law, there is a virtuous brother and a virtuous brother.

There are also county magistrates who have sent people to give gifts, and county magistrates and county lieutenants have also sent people one after another, which they never dreamed of.

The Mei brothers didn't pick it up since their jaws fell off on this day, although they knew that An Huahao had won the lift, which was different from before, just look at the attitude of Li Zheng and the patriarchs towards An Huahao.

But they never knew so clearly what it meant for Anwar to be lifted.

The Mei family was so cautious, but the brothers and sisters were embarrassed.

It seems that they have misunderstood, this Mei family is a reasonable family, and the third child is probably an outlier of their family.

The two young men listened to the Mei family's sincere thanks, but they didn't know what to say, or the girl was a little more outstanding, "Uncle is serious, we are just helping, what the uncle said, we are not good juniors." If the uncle doesn't mind, our brother and sister will go home and discuss with our parents, and then give the uncle a reply, you see if it's okay."

"Okay, it's late today, the mountain road is not easy to walk, so stay at our Lao Mei's house for the night, and talk about it tomorrow."

The brothers and sisters shirked a few sentences, looking at the sky, it was really unsafe to rush to the mountain road so late, and they knew that the Mei family was sincere in retaining it, so they stayed in the situation.

again

Busy arranging the house, the fourth child was unconscious, and stayed in the upper room at night, Mei Laozhu and Mrs. Li took care of it.

Mei Changgui's house was given to the two elder brothers of the Liu family.

The sister of the Liu family slept in the same room with Mei Xiaotong.

An Huahao saw that Mei Changgui was fine, and the Liu family brothers and sisters had also arranged it, so he said goodbye and went home.

Before going out, Mei Xiaotong sent it off, and didn't say any extra words of thanks, just let him go back and rest.

The corners of An Huahao's mouth involuntarily rose, and it took a long time to squeeze out two sentences, "Fourth brother Jiren, you don't have to worry, come to me if you have something." ”

"yes, I know." Mei Xiaotong nodded, rare gentleness.

An Huahao's heart jumped, he mustered up his courage, raised his hand and touched Mei Xiaotong's hair, and then hurriedly dropped a sentence, "Don't worry about no one for the autumn harvest, I'll help when the time comes."

After speaking, he was afraid that Mei Xiaotong would refuse, so he quickly ran into the darkness and disappeared.

Mei Xiaotong couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.

Heavy heart, a little better.

When he slept until midnight, Mei Changgui, who was unconscious, woke up.

The light in the upper room kept on, and when Mei Changgui woke up, he found that he had returned home, only to know that he had really escaped death.

couldn't help but move, felt all the pain, and groaned, waking up Mei Laozhu and Mrs. Li.

The two of them were busy checking, seeing that the fourth child was awake, and seeing that he was conscious, and even asked about the situation of the life-saving benefactor, the two elders were completely relieved.

Mei Laozhu answered Mei Changgui's questions one by one, and Mei Changgui's heart was put down.

I felt hungry.

When Mrs. Li saw that her son was awake, she shouted that she was hungry, so she had to get up and poke open the stove to make food.

After some tossing, except for the three brothers and sisters of the Liu family, who were extremely tired, they slept deeply, and the rest of the Mei family did not sleep well.

It's dawn.

Last night, Mei Xiaotong chatted with the girl of the Liu family and inquired about their family's situation.

I only knew that their parents were alive, just three brothers and sisters, two brothers, one named Liu Dasheng and the other Liu Daming.

My sister's name is Liu Xiaoqiao.

Their family makes a living from hunting, and even Liu Xiaoqiao is also a good hunter.

When I got up in the morning, the Mei family had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast, and Mrs. Li asked Jin Dou to go to the village to buy tofu and fish.

It just so happened that someone's pig broke its leg and couldn't live, so he had to slaughter it and sell it for money. Mrs. Li bought a large piece and cut the bones back.

I made a fish stew with tofu, fried pork belly with chili, and a large pot of eggs with chives.

entertained the three brothers and sisters of the Liu family.

Mei Xiaotong originally wanted to give them ten taels of silver as a reward for saving Mei Changgui's life.

The brothers and sisters of the Liu family don't want to live or die, and the two brothers are still very upright.

Speaking of their rules in the mountains, Lao Mei's family entertained them with the greatest sincerity, this is the treatment of the guests, they will be content with this treatment, and they will resolutely not want a gratuity.

Mei Xiaotong could only give up, in her heart

I wonder when I have to find an opportunity to repay this kindness.

Mei Changgui came back in the middle of the night, and Mei Yonggui was kicked out, saying that he was inviting Old Doctor Liu, but he walked halfway and saw Jin Dou carrying Old Doctor Liu back.

He estimated that there was no good fruit to eat when he went home, so he simply inked on the back, and was pulled by the neighbors left and right to ask, and then he said it all.

This night, the neighbors all knew that Mei Changgui's popularity in the village was not bad, and the Mei family's current family background made it possible for people to come to see him during the day.

The east family takes a few eggs, and the west family takes a handful of leeks.

There was a lot of commotion in the yard of Lao Mei's house.

Who would have thought that not long ago, when the Mei family encountered a mutation, it was still a scene of the door being crowded, closing the courtyard door and hiding at home and not coming out

Mei Changfu and Mei Yonggui were outside to receive the neighbors who came to see Mei Changgui, and the yard was full of people, and the Liu brothers and sisters were very interested, and they were about to leave after breakfast.

Before leaving, I went into the upper house to visit Mei Changgui.

Mei Changgui tossed for half the night, he was full of food and drink, and he was still energetic at the moment, although he couldn't move, he might have spoken.

I thanked the brothers and sisters of the Liu family very sincerely.

Yesterday, the brothers and sisters of the Liu family only cared about saving people, and they didn't have time to take a closer look when they got out of the mud, today, Mei Changgui was scrubbed clean, and he also changed into clean clothes.

is not as smooth as the third child of the Mei family.

The brothers and sisters of the Liu family are from the mountains, and they already like straightforward people, and when they see that the people they save are quite eye-catching, they lose their temper when they speak.

For Mei Changgui to say that after the injury is healed, he must come to the door to thank him, and he also made an appointment with the Liu family brothers, and when he arrives at the Liu family, he must have a drink.

Although the brothers and sisters of the Liu family refused to ask for silver, they could not let the family leave empty-handed, the mountain goods were not rare, but fortunately, there were two horses at home that were slightly problematic fabrics sent by the shopkeeper Wu, one was indigo and the other was water red.

was stuffed into the back basket by Mei Xiaotong, and there was half a pocket of noodles in it.

Shimoda Chongzigou relies on the mountains to eat the mountains, and almost all the people in the village live by hunting, which is not lacking, and the rare things are rice and noodles.

The brothers and sisters of the Liu family were embarrassed to ask for it, but as soon as Mei Xiaotong said good words, they accepted it in a daze.

The three brothers and sisters carried a basket full of things on their backs, and walked out of the distance, Liu Daming and Liu Dasheng realized that they didn't want to reciprocate, why was they told by the girl of the Mei family in a few words, and they came back with such a big basket of things

Liu Dasheng, who had solid eyes, was about to retreat, but was stopped by Liu Xiaoqiao.

"Brother, I see that the Mei family sister is sincerely grateful to us, not to come to those false ones, let's accept it, now we have to return it, isn't it a slap in the face of the Mei family's sister, if I'm embarrassed, I think their Mei family doesn't accept mountain goods, let's sell mountain goods cheaply to their family in the future."

"That's right, anyway, who we sell those mountain goods to, not to sell them, I think the Mei family is not bad

, except that the third brother seems to be a little out of tune."

"What's wrong with us, I think the Mei family seems to be the sister of the Mei family, she is right-minded, and considerate, yesterday we rested at their house, and specially found me a pair of clothes for me to change, and the words are good, but a person who can be friends"

After sending off the Mei brothers and their family, Mei Xiaotong and the others began to prepare for the exam in Beijing. Mobile

I can't wait, I'm afraid that it will be more difficult to walk on the road if it gets colder, especially after November, some sections of the river in Layue will be frozen, and then I have to change from the waterway to the land route, which is even more inconvenient.

Mei Xiaotong first dealt with the matter of the fat powder shop, and Li Jiushao over there once sent a letter over, saying that the gouache and her newly dyed fabrics had been presented to Concubine De's palace, because of a lot of banquets in the palace in the past few months, Concubine De's mother was not empty, so people only let people spread the word, saying that the fabric was very fond of it, and the matter of fat powder had not been said, and he was still waiting for a reply.

Naturally, he didn't go to the palace less, saying that Mei Xiaotong didn't have to worry, he had already bought off an aunt who was dressing up next to Concubine De, and when the opportunity came, he would naturally give Concubine De a try.

Mei Xiaotong knew that this matter was in a hurry, so she only discussed it with Mrs. Qi, and all matters here were handed over to Mrs. Qi to be responsible, and she just brought the first batch of rouge gouache that had been made to the capital.

Mrs. Qi agreed, and also wrote a letter to Mei Xiaotong to the capital, saying that if she came to the capital, if there was anything embarrassing, she would go to the handkerchiefs mentioned in the letter and hand them over.

You can't do things that are too difficult, but some small things are okay.

Mei Xiaotong took the letter and thanked Mrs. Qi.

Doctor Du's side, but a little unhappy, this accepted an apprentice, there are a lot of things, I went back to the countryside before, and now I have to go to the capital.

This has already returned to his hometown, if this An Huahao is lucky to go to shit and wins the jinshi again, when will this closed disciple come back to listen to his teaching? Aren't they all delayed?

I was also worried for a few days, so I was angry when I saw An Huahao.

Or Mrs. Qi laughs at him, doesn't the capital still have her own son? What are they doing idle? It's good to teach the little sister!

Imperial Physician Du's heart moved, and he wrote several letters, not only to his son to explain, but also to his colleague who had a good relationship at the beginning, the one who was good at gynecology, also wrote a letter, asking him to look at his face and mention something.

At the same time, he told Mei Xiaotong not to relax on the way to the capital, and when he settled down in the capital, he immediately went to Dufu and studied every day.

He would have been in the exam from time to time.

Mei Xiaotong knew that Imperial Physician Du had a heart of love for his apprentices, so he naturally agreed.

This way on the boat, I can't let go of the papers, and I am endorsing every day, and the posture is more difficult than An Huahao.

Especially when the boat was halfway through, the boatman on the boat suddenly fell ill, vomited and diarrhea, and the high fever did not go away.

But I can't go to the village in front of me, I can't go to the store in the back, and I can't wait until I get down

There are still several days left to dock at a dock, but I am afraid that the boatman will not be able to support it.

Duan Chuanzhou and his subordinates, a group of men were at a loss, so anxious that their eyes were red, and they could only resign themselves to fate.

Mei Xiaotong still couldn't stand it, and said tentatively, she could try, but she had only studied medicine for a short time, and she was not sure.

When Duan Chuanzhou heard this, he immediately made a big salute: "Please also ask my brother and sister to help!" If God forbid, there is no chance of life, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid—"

The seven-foot man choked in his throat: "There is a widow in Xiao Qi's family, and he has never married a wife, if he goes like this, I am afraid that his widowed mother will not survive!" ”

Mei Xiaotong is carrying the theory of typhoid fever these days, and the symptoms of this boatman named Xiaoqi are in line with typhoid fever.

She recalled it carefully in her heart, and then began to instruct to isolate Xiao Qi's cabin, let the others retreat, and clean up all the filth that Xiao Qi spit out in the house, and scrub it with hot water and vinegar.

He also told all the people that as long as they have come into contact with Xiao Qi, they must wash their hands with hot water and pancreas, and the water that has scrubbed the floor and washed hands cannot be poured directly into the river, but must be concentrated in a large bucket, and then docked, dig a pit and bury it on the spot.

He also told the people on the boat to pay attention to hygiene, especially the entrance, the water must drink boiled water, and the dishes and chopsticks must be boiled with boiling water before each use.

Duan Chuanzhou and these boatmen listened to Mei Xiaotong's instructions, and then looked at Xiao Qi's symptoms, where else did they not understand, and immediately agreed with solemn expressions.

Especially Duan Chuanzhou, after hearing Mei Xiaotong sigh, it would be nice if there was quicklime, and he was busy saying that there were still a few bags of quicklime on the ship, which were sprinkled in the warehouse and moisture-proof.

Hurriedly ordered someone to go down and bring up the lime, Mei Xiaotong was overjoyed, and hurriedly sprinkled the lime in the cabin where Xiao Qi lived, and was relieved.

(End of chapter)