Chapter 52: The Kite Falls
The rain has not stopped for several days, although the rain is not heavy, but it has also affected the rush in the river to some extent.
Du Yingqiu decided to stay in Dahe Village for the time being to take care of his family, prepare some hot meals every day, supply some hot water to the villagers for free, and let Shan Tao return to the village to bring a message to the Jin family.
"I'm relieved that your mother stays there, this weather doesn't allow you to rest." Jin sighed, saw Shan Tao pick up his small satchel again, and said strangely: "You just came here, what are you doing here?" ”
"I'll go to the county to see Miss Gao." Shan Tao thought about it and didn't have anything to bring, the things in the countryside were just a novelty to Miss Gao, so she used a small clay pot to fill some wild honey, and prepared a copy for her master as usual, as well as the medicinal materials that had been concocted in the past few days, to be taken to the master for testing.
Seeing that Shan Tao was doing business, Jin didn't say much, so he only entrusted the villagers in the county to take care of him and sent Shan Tao over.
Because of the rain, there were no more patients than before, and Dr. Ji, who was drinking tea in the backyard and listening to the rain, listened to the sound of Shan Tao, and sat up slowly.
The concocted medicinal herbs were carefully wrapped in oilcloth and separated one by one, and Dr. Ji picked one up and looked at it carefully with the light, and finally nodded with satisfaction, "But you can do it only by relying on books, girl, you are very talented." ”
Not only is it talented, but these concocted medicinal materials are all dug up by Shan Tao himself, not including the concocted loss, the quantity is also very amazing, and it is the teachings of the master who never sets.
The master led her into the door, and the cultivation was personal, and the apprentice was so studious, so the master was more patient, pointed out the imperfections in the preparation of the mountain peach, and helped her solve some problems about the habits of medicinal herbs, and finally picked up the book of herbs and took the test.
"Remember them all?" Doctor Ji was a little surprised when he heard her answer fluently, and then smiled with satisfaction, "Yes, yes, your Qingshan Village is mountainous, and there are a lot of medicinal herbs, and you know most of the common ones." Especially that salvia, the growth is very good, the salvia invigorates blood and dissolves blood stasis, like your mother's illness before. ”
Seeing that Shantao practiced medicine faster than she thought, Dr. Ji gave her a book of golden prescriptions, which recorded the usual prescriptions for common diseases, which can be regarded as an introductory textbook for those who study medicine.
"You should memorize the prescription first, and you can't prescribe it at will before learning to learn and ask questions, only note down the medicinal properties and complement the monarch and the minister."
The homework brought by the concocted medicinal materials was not wasted, and Dr. Ji took it all, and some of the insufficiently processed ones could be used only after a little processing, and a lot of copper plates were replaced.
"Master, please help me exchange the money for medicinal herbs for ginger and brown sugar, my father is doing labor these days, I want to get them some cold wards."
Hearing this, Dr. Ji replaced her with ginger brown sugar according to his words, and prepared a few pairs of cold and windproof medicines, "You bring these together, decoction, if there are many people who drink, add more water to decoction a few times, to prevent wind and cold." ”
After thanking Dr. Ji, Shan Tao took the medicine bag and went to the county mansion again, but he still walked through the back door, and saw the young master of the Zhao family sitting on the side of the road at the entrance of the alley as usual.
After the death of Master Zhao, those relatives who called brothers and sisters came to the door and made a big fuss about the division of family property, and the county also spread ups and downs.
However, the young master of the Zhao family didn't care about anything, only wore a sackcloth and sat in the mourning hall for half a day, and sat on the street for half a day, looking like he regarded money as dung.
"Little girl, here you go again?" The young master of the Zhao family waved his hand at the mountain peach and threw her a bag of snacks, "Peach crisp, take it and eat it." ”
At a glance, I knew that this peach cake was just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and as soon as Shan Tao wanted to retreat back, the young master of the Zhao family patted the corner of his clothes and left without looking back.
Miss Gao got the letter and knew that Shan Tao was coming today, so she prepared it in the backyard early, and saw the maid bring Shan Tao in and pursed her lips and smiled, "I can hope that you have been here for a long time, how can I bring something again, I said earlier that I don't have to bring anything to see me, but it seems that I want you." ”
The words were just joking, Shan Tao blinked innocently, and put the honey jar he brought on the table with the peach cake, one looked like his own clay pot at random, and the other was delicately packaged, which looked out of place.
"...... this?" Miss Gao smiled slightly, picked up a piece of peach crisp and took a small bite, and tears slid down, "It's him...... He has a dim sum cook, and the peach crisp is the best......"
Coming and going a few times, although Shan Tao had already seen that the two of them had a reason, she did not take the initiative to expose the scars, and Miss Gao did not mention it, let alone let Shan Tao be a blue bird who sent a message.
The personal maid cleverly retreated left and right, leaving the two alone.
Miss Gao took the handkerchief handed by Shan Tao, wiped her tears, frowned slightly, "I smiled...... It's just a vulgar passage in the script, he acted arbitrarily, I was trapped in the boudoir, my father first came here to invite the squire, although he came to the banquet with Master Zhao, they got acquainted......"
The feelings of the young man are always poems, and the high county order suddenly arranged a family affair for her, the other party is the son of a noble family of the high family, who has never been masked but is beneficial to the transfer of the high county order, so he looks forward to the transfer of this family to Kyoto, and he is on the rise.
Shan Tao lived in hatred in his previous life, and he didn't have these girls' thoughts, so he just listened silently, and finally went to find a kite for the maid.
"You and him have no fate, it's better to separate well, and it won't be regretted in the future."
Taking the kite and brush, Miss Gao changed the pen to her left hand and wrote a poem with tears in her eyes.
Outside the house, the maid said through the door and window: "Miss, the master has a message, saying that there are distinguished guests from the house today, and a banquet will be held in the evening, so that you can prepare to meet the guests." ”
The tip of the pen paused slightly, Miss Gao was not interested, and even a little bored, so she answered, and saw that Shan Tao was curious and took the initiative to explain: "It's from Kyoto, it seems that it is to supervise the reinforcement of the river dam this time, and it is also ...... My future father-in-law. ”
"It's a bit conspicuous for you to fly a kite, so I'll fly one with you." Shan Tao didn't ask again, but asked the maid to bring a kite, and wrote a few verses at random to suit the occasion.
The county mansion was not very spacious, only a small garden in the center near the study, and the rain stopped in the afternoon, but the sky was still gloomy, and two bright kites became the only color in the gray sky, and only flew low out of the eaves.
"Come, give it to me." Shan Tao took the kite from Miss Gao's hand, controlled the line and let it get closer to the side of the street, as long as the young master of the Zhao family was still squatting on the side of the street, he could pick up the kite.
When the direction was almost over, Miss Gao used small scissors to cut the kite string and watched the kite flutter and fall.
The kite string of Shan Tao didn't seem to be wrapped properly and was broken, but it didn't fall outside and landed on the rockery outside the study.
"Sister Gao, I want to pick up a kite, there is a word written on it, and I want to show it to my mother."
Miss Gao, who was in a state of flux, strengthened her spirit and nodded, "Let Tangerine accompany you to get it, and I'll wait for you back in the house." ”