Chapter 43: A New Home
"This alley is so narrow that cars can't get in." The driver looked at it and said immediately.
"Then unload the truck here." Song Sanniang said.
She first carried Zhou Liangyu to the innermost dilapidated house, opened the door with one hand, and let Zhou Liangyu sit in the courtyard first, where Liu Meibao had already unloaded the car with the driver.
The arrival of their family attracted the attention of the neighbors, and out of nowhere, four or five dirty children appeared and stood by with snot and looked curiously.
bargained with the car, in the end, he overpaid three cents and sent him away, he was busy for a day, and it was not until dark that he cleaned up the house, ate, and boiled medicine for Zhou Liangyu, Liu Meibao dusted off his clothes and stood at the door of the house.
This is still a small house with three rooms, each of the three lives in one, Song Sanniang's loom is naturally in her room, at this time the sky is slightly dark, Song Sanniang's house is lit up with a small oil lamp, illuminating the figure of a formal loom.
In the sachet that the woman threw to Liu Meibao that day, there was no less than the silver that Qingya sold herself, and when she came back, she handed over the silver to Song Sanniang, and she put the sachet away, plus the silver that Song Langzhong gave to sell the prescription later, their life was easy for a while.
"Here's the rest of the silver." Song Sanniang handed over a money bag.
This is the third day they have moved into the city, the house has been settled, early in the morning after Liu Meibao cooked the meal, Song Sanniang came out of the house and said.
Liu Meibao stretched out her hand to take it and took out five cents from it.
"I've eaten it, but the firewood at home is gone, so I'll go to the street and buy some." She said, handing the purse back.
After that, she didn't wait for Song Sanniang to speak again, so she lowered her head and hurriedly went out.
Song Sanniang looked at her back, looked at the money bag in her hand again, didn't speak again, and took the meal in to Zhou Liangyu.
Zhou Liangyu is already much better, but he can't get out of bed and walk, and he is a little stuffy sitting on the bed.
"Mother, my sister didn't ask for money, aren't you angry?" He asked.
Song Sanniang picked up the bowl and handed it to him, sat down on the side, and smiled coldly when she heard the words.
"If you don't get angry, you'll ask for it, she's showing that she doesn't spend her money on selling her body." She said, "I will not coax her to go, because I am not her slave or her father." ”
"Mother, don't say that, Qingya has been with her sister for so long, and she should be reluctant." Zhou Liangyu frowned and said.
Song Sanniang laughed again when she heard this, and stirred the soup with a spoon,
"Reluctant? What is there to be reluctant to. She smiled, her voice trembling slightly, "Her father and mother are willing to let their relatives die, and they are also willing to leave their daughters to die, what else is there in this world that is reluctant." ”
"Mother." Zhou Liangyu was a little anxious and a little sad, and put down the bowl, "My sister is not comfortable with the affairs of the family, but we still have a mother and son to accompany her, and my sister is left alone, don't always say this, this matter, don't do my sister's business." ”
Song Sanniang Xu also knew that she had said it, so she didn't speak again, just lowered her head and drank the soup.
Liu Meibao took the money and went out, she was still very unfamiliar with this environment, and she didn't know where to buy firewood for a while.
The naughty boy was small, and he couldn't speak clearly, so he didn't know, he just stared at her, or a slightly older girl ran out of the door and showed her the way.
In addition to the normal shops, other small businesses are concentrated in the tile market, when Liu Meibao came over, it was still early, there were only scattered people in the tile market to set up stalls, fortunately two of them sold firewood, with a head of morning frost just stood over.
Today's firewood is not cheap, Liu Meibao asked these two people that a bundle of firewood is not less than eight yuan, and when she was hesitating, she heard someone calling her, and turned her head to see Song Langzhong who was carrying a medicine box.
"It's not appropriate to buy firewood at this time, it's the time when it's expensive, and when you come later, it's cheaper to pay a penny or two." Song Langzhong whispered to her.
"Uncle Song went to see a doctor?" Liu Meibao nodded with a smile and asked him again.
Song Langzhong nodded, carried the medicine box on his shoulder, and held a large bag of medicine in one hand.
"Why didn't you bring a guy out?" Liu Meibao smiled, stretched out her hand to help him hold the medicine bag, and followed him out.
"Don't mention it, I am now taking turns with Dr. Zhu to go to the doctor, and I will come by myself to see a doctor and take medicine, and Da Kui will not do it, and will follow his mother to Shandong." Shopkeeper Song said, shaking his head and sighing.
Liu Meibao's heart moved, and she smiled: "That's right, I'll help." ”
"It's not good." Song Langzhong hurriedly shook his head and said, "After all, you... After all, it's a girl's house. ”
What he actually wanted to say was that after all, she was a former daughter, how could she do such a job, but he was afraid that saying it would arouse the girl's sadness, so he hurriedly changed the words.
Liu Meibao knew what he meant and smiled slightly.
"There are a lot of people who come out to work in the girl's house, besides, I am picking and selling medicines, what is the difference between picking up medicines and grabbing medicines in the pharmacy." She smiled, "Uncle, why don't you let me try it first, and I'll leave when I find the right guy." ”
Song Langzhong was very clear about her ability to read medicine and arithmetic, and he was also moved when he heard it.
"That Song San Niangzi.." He hesitated for a moment.
"My aunt has already said that if you recruit a buddy, let me do it." Liu Meibao said with a smile, seeing that Song Langzhong was still a little hesitant, then said, "Now that we have moved into the city, my brother's leg is not good, and I dare not run out of the city to collect medicine alone, and I am worried that I have nowhere to find a livelihood." ”
Song Langzhong didn't hesitate when he heard this, and smiled, "So there is Miss Lao." ”
"It's not for nothing, I have a salary, but I want to thank my uncle for eating." Liu Meibao said with a smile.
After agreeing on this, Liu Meibao did not go back to the pharmacy with him directly, but went home first to say goodbye to Song Sanniang.
Song Sanniang didn't say anything when she heard it, only said that she would let her decide for herself.
"It's hard work, sister." Zhou Liangyu said, with a little self-blame.
"It's not hard, when your leg is healed, I will teach you to know the medicinal materials, and then you will not only have to collect firewood but also dig medicine, then it is called hard work." Liu Meibao said with a smile.
Zhou Liangyu's brows stretched when he heard this, touched his head and smiled.
"Then why wait for my leg to heal, I can't move now when I sit, I'm very bored, just learning medicinal herbs, and when my leg is healed, I can go to collect medicine immediately." He laughed.
Liu Meibao nodded, saying that she would teach him every night when she came back, watching her resolve Zhou Liangyu's sullenness in a few words, and Song Sanniang on the side glanced at Liu Meibao and breathed a sigh of relief.
For the female guy who suddenly changed in Song Lang's Chinese medicine shop, the people who came to ask for a consultation and grab the medicine were very curious, and Liu Meibao was also very uncomfortable with the first time she grabbed the medicine, this is not the medicine cabinet of the traditional Chinese medicine hospital that she is familiar with with her eyes closed, but the medicine cabinet of the ancient small medicine store that is a little messy and many of the names of the drugs are not recognized.
"Hey, are you going to catch it?" The woman who was waiting to grab the medicine asked angrily, it was not a pleasant thing to be sick, and then saw that this girl had been busy with the medicine for a long time, and she had not been able to catch the medicine for a long time, and the anger was even more rubbing.
Song Lang was out of the middle of the clinic, and the doctor sitting in the hall was treating a young girl who was carried in with a door panel, and the hall was in a mess.
Liu Meibao had already looked at the Maohua written on the prescription and looked for it several times, but she couldn't see the medicine with this name, a layer of sweat broke out on her head, she had to apologize to her woman, and walked quickly to the doctor who was frowning and asking for a consultation.
"Doctor, what kind of medicine is this Maohua?" She asked in a low voice.
The old doctor in the hall had his ears behind his ears, and he was so attentive that he didn't hear it at all.
Liu Meibao had to ask again loudly, which caused dissatisfaction among the patient's family.