Chapter Forty-Eight: Harvesting Thorn Roses

Yao's mother looked at the nine pure incense pancreatic ointment, her eyes were both novel and rare, she put her hand under her nose and smelled it, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Lin Yao in surprise and said, "Yaoyao, your balm is really fragrant, more fragrant than your golden aunt's rouge." ”

Hearing this, Lin Yao smiled playfully at Yao's mother, "Mother, my balm is much better than those rouge, you can try it quickly." ”

"Huh." Yao's mother smiled and nodded, and without hesitation, she smeared the balm on her body and began to scrub it, the rose water that her eldest girl made last time was a good thing, she had only used it for more than half a month, and the skin on her body was obviously delicate and fairer, so Yao's mother trusted the balm developed by Lin Yao very much, and she still had some expectations in her heart.

Sure enough, after a while, Yao's mother widened her eyes in surprise, and then looked at Lin Yao with bright eyes, "Yaoyao, your balm is really easy to use, my mother's body is really clean, and this balm is slippery on the body, and it feels even more slippery than the rose water." ”

Lin Yao squinted and smiled, "Mother, if you like it, then you wash it first, call me when you want water, and I'll go out first." ”

"Huh."

The next morning, Lin Yao got up, washed her face with balm, took some rose water, and went to make breakfast.

She boiled some rice porridge, then went to the yard to pick some asparagus, removed the old roots, fried the young stems with water, and then put some salt in it to taste, so that the asparagus retains its umami and nutrition to the greatest extent.

After cooking the meal, Lin Yao scooped out a large wooden bucket of porridge and sent it to the workers who were working next door, and then came back and called Yao's mother and Xiaodouding to eat together.

The mother and son were eating, and Liu Meng's rough and thick shout came from the door, "Yaoyao, are you at home?" ”

Lin Yao hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and drove out, and saw Liu Meng standing in the courtyard with a smile on his face.

"Brother Mengzi, why did you come so early, have you eaten? It just so happens that my family is having dinner, so you can come in and have some food. Lin Yao hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said with a smile.

Lin Yao's pink little face smiled brightly, and Liu Meng's heart suddenly beat faster, and he blushed a little, thinking that this Yaoyao is becoming more and more beautiful now, which is really good.

He touched the back of his head, smiled innocently and said, "No, Yaoyao, I ate at home, hehe, I'm too anxious, or you eat first, I'll come later." ”

As he spoke, he turned and left.

Lin Yao hurriedly stopped him, "Eh, Brother Mengzi, come in with me to eat, I'm going to the town later, I can discuss your work with you at this time." ”

Yao's mother also rushed out at this time, stretched out her hand and grabbed Liu Meng, with a kind smile, "Yes, Xiao Meng, come to your aunt's house to have some food, don't be separated from your aunt, come." ”

Helplessly, Liu Meng had no choice but to smile and follow the mother and daughter into the house.

Yao's mother went to add a stool to him and added him a pair of clean dishes and chopsticks.

Xiao Douding, who was eating on the side, saw Liu Meng, his big black eyes were full of envy, he looked at Liu Meng and said admiringly, "Brother Mengzi, you are really strong, I will be as tall as you when I grow up in the future." ”

Liu Meng couldn't help but smile and rubbed the top of Xiao Douding's head, "Hahaha, then you have to eat well and sleep on time, so that you can grow tall and strong." ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Douding nodded heavily, and then obediently lowered his head and began to pull rice.

"Brother Mengzi, you can taste this asparagus I made, it tastes good." Lin Yao pushed the asparagus towards Liu Meng.

Liu Meng looked at the green plants that he had never seen before, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he still took a piece with chopsticks and ate it, he chewed it, his eyes widened instantly, and he nodded in amazement, "Yaoyao, what kind of dish is this, why is it so crispy, and there is a fragrance, it is really delicious." ”

Lin Yao smiled, "This is something I found by accident on the mountain, and when I saw that the animals were eating, I thought it should not be poisonous, so I picked it back, I didn't expect it to be so delicious." ”

The four of them had breakfast together in such a harmonious atmosphere.

After breakfast, Yao's mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Xiaodouding went to the back room to practice calligraphy, and Lin Yao and Liu Meng walked slowly outside the courtyard, discussing things while eating.

"Brother Mengzi, from today onwards, you will start to help me work, and later you will go to the village to help me collect some thorn roses, fresh, open and with flower pedicles, one pound and one penny, and collect three hundred catties first." Saying that, Lin Yao glanced at the side with a slight frown, and Liu Meng continued with a puzzled face: "Also, when you are idle, go and help me cut some bamboo and make more bamboo tubes." ”

As soon as Lin Yao's words fell, Liu Meng looked at her in surprise and said, "Yaoyao, I don't have a problem with this bamboo tube, but this thorn rose is everywhere in our Peach Blossom Village, if you want, I'll help you pick it, this penny is too much of a waste of money." ”

Hearing this, Lin Yao smiled indifferently, "This thorn rose flower is indeed worthless, but the villagers are not worried about the land tax at the moment, and my work can help them more or less." ”

Hearing Lin Yao's words, Liu Meng's heart suddenly swelled with admiration, and he looked at Lin Yao with respect in his voice and said, "Yaoyao, you are so kind, you don't have the stinky temper of those rich people at all, and you still think about the villagers so much. ”

Hearing Liu Meng's praise, Lin Yao squinted and smiled at him, "Brother Mengzi, I'm not a good person, in the past, when our Lin family was suffering, the big guys helped us to a greater or lesser extent, and I can be regarded as repaying the favor." ”

Liu Meng knew that Lin Yao said this but made the two of them less embarrassed, and his admiration for Lin Yao was even more firm in his heart, and he secretly thought that he must follow Lin Yao to do things well in the future.

After instructing Liu Meng to work, Lin Yao drove the carriage to the town, she first came to the store, and saw Jiang Zimo reading carefully with a book in front of the counter.

Today, he changed back into the scholarly outfit in the coarse green shirt she wore when she first met him.

Lin Yao walked in with a smile and said in a crisp voice, "Brother Jiang, I'm studying." ”

Seeing that it was Lin Yao, Jiang Zimo hurriedly put down the book in his hand and walked out with a smile, "Miss Lin, you're here." ”

"Well, how's my aunt's illness?" Lin Yao asked.

Hearing this, Jiang Zimo's face crossed a touch of melancholy, and he sighed softly, "Alas, after my mother took the medicine, she was obviously better, but it was only half a day, and now she is still vomiting and diarrhea every day, and her body is getting thinner and weaker." ”

Lin Yao frowned slightly and asked, "What did the doctor say?" ”

"The doctors all said that it was because my mother didn't pay attention to eating and hurt her stomach, and she would recover slowly if she took care of it, but as a son, it was really uncomfortable to see his mother suffer such a big sin." Jiang Zimo frowned and said.

Hearing the symptoms he described, Lin Yao couldn't help frowning and lowered his head to think, if this is an ordinary stomach disease, after these days of good maintenance of the food and the help of Chinese medicine to recover, the reaction should not be so violent.

As if thinking of something, Lin Yao raised his head suddenly, looked at Jiang Zimo, and said in a slightly hurried tone, "Brother Jiang, is my aunt very cold, but her body temperature is high, and occasionally there will be bloody stools." ”

Jiang Zimo's eyes lit up suddenly, and his tone was slightly excited, "Yes, my mother is the symptom you said, those doctors all said that my mother was hurt by her stomach and intestines, and it is normal for her to have bloody stools, but my mother is not usually hungry, do you have other opinions, Miss Lin?" ”

He, a small proprietor, has a lot of skills, maybe she really has some skills and can cure her mother's illness, thinking that Jiang Zimo's eyes when he looked at Lin Yao became more eager.

Hearing this, Lin Yao smiled and nodded, "I really guessed a cause, so Brother Jiang, when I'm done in the afternoon, you can take me to your house to see my aunt, maybe I can really help my aunt." ”

Jiang Zimo instantly looked at Lin Yao with a grateful face, and said earnestly, "Miss Lin, thank you so much." ”

Lin Yao waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay, we are all so familiar, Brother Jiang doesn't have to be so polite." ”

Saying that, Lin Yao took out twenty taels of silver from his arms and handed it to him, "Brother Jiang, you can go out and order some honey for me later, and buy the amount of twenty taels of silver." ”

"Well, I see, don't worry." Jiang Zimo took the silver and promised with a smile.

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Out of the shop, Lin Yao came to the downtown next to him, ready to buy some daily necessities, it is now the end of August, this looks like autumn is about to begin, and the weather will gradually get cooler, so it is time to arrange more cloth and cotton to make some clothes and bedding.

So Lin Yao found a cloth village with good personal flow on the side of the road, walked in, she carefully picked, and finally chose two pieces of ice blue water satin embroidered with hibiscus flowers, two silk satin embroidered with begonia color embroidered with golden chrysanthemum and two silk embroidered with water blue embroidered with water Ling flowers, ready to make some quilt covers and pillowcases, the silk material is smooth and comfortable, and it will be very comfortable to sleep on a futon, so Lin Yao didn't think about saving money to buy cotton cloth in this regard.

Then she picked and chose again, and bought one and a half pieces of cream yellow, sky purple and bright blue cotton cloth, and wanted to go back and let Yao's mother make a few more clothes.

After picking up, Lin Yao took the cloth to the counter to settle the bill, and by the way, he asked the guy for three baskets of cotton, and finally spent a total of sixty-three taels and three hundred dollars.

Hearing the price, the surrounding customers also looked at Lin Yao in an instant, with envy in their eyes that could not be concealed, and they all looked at Lin Yao, discussing which lady was buying such a big deal.

Lin Yao didn't care about the discussions of the people around her, she paid the silver without hesitation, and the guys from the cloth village saw it and hurriedly helped Lin Yao load the cloth and cotton into the carriage.

After coming out of the cloth village, Lin Yao picked some fresh apples and peaches from the fruit stall on the side of the road, and prepared to take them back for Yao's mother and Xiaodouding to taste.

Then she went to the seafood stall and bought some live prawns and drove home in a carriage.