Mei Sanniang held a thread, and the thread on her fingertips changed flexibly in her hand, changing from a small umbrella to a small flower.

At this moment, the child laughed and marked: "Mother, many of our classmates have not come to school." ”

This was originally a thing that was not taken seriously, but when she came to Mei Sanniang, she asked a few more questions.

"Isn't it harvest season lately? Why don't so many children go to school? Can't afford to go to school? Xue'er, you have to know that even if your mother has no money, she will smash the pot and sell iron for you to study, only knowledge can change your fate. ”

This sentence has been passed down for many years, and poor children always remember that reading can change their fate.

"Mother, no."

"Because my classmates are sick."

"It was fine a few days ago, and everyone thought it was an excuse for not wanting to come to school, but when I asked, I learned that I was sick."

Mei Sanniang's smiling face instantly fell, and she asked a little nervously: "Xue'er, are you okay then?" There is no infection. ”

Mei Xue looked confused, she didn't know why her mother asked like this.

"Mother, is this disease contagious?"

Mei Sanniang didn't know, but if it was a common cold, if one child was sick, the other children would not necessarily get sick, but with so many children falling, how could it not be vigilant.

"Child, you tell your mother what symptoms those people have."

"Tell my mother everything you know."

Mei Sanniang was too nervous and scared Xue'er a little.

"Hmm... Everyone had a cough, some had a sore throat and a fever. ”

Hearing this, Mei Sanniang was a little uneasy, these seem to be like a common cold, but the people around her have suffered, this is probably the flu.

"Xue'er is great, Xue'er, tell your mother, have you been in contact with those people?"

Mei Xue shook her head, usually only Liu Tao plays with her, as long as Liu Tao is fine, she is fine, but in order not to worry her mother, she only said: "No, they didn't play before they caught a cold." ”

Mei Sanniang thinks about it, she has already been in contact, and it is estimated that she has been infected a long time ago.

"Cher, I haven't been to school lately."

"As for you, just stay at home and wait a while before you go."

Mei Xue was still young, and she didn't know the severity of the flu, so she thought that her mother didn't let her go to school for something else.

She promised Liu Tao to go to school together, and they made an appointment yesterday to catch fish after school.

Mei Xue glanced at her mother, and finally agreed verbally.

"Mother, is it a serious illness?"

It's not very serious, but it's not serious, this flu killed people, someone lost their lives because of coughing before, Mei Sanniang still remembers it.

"Xue'er, it's you who is sick and uncomfortable, but don't tell others that it's the flu, others won't believe it."

From Mei Sanniang's mouth, a small cold seems to have become a very serious illness, Mei Xue was a little scared, she remembered that there were many fewer children in the classroom, and she didn't feel a little afraid, if it was really like what her mother said, then she must remind Liu Tao.

"Mother, I'll go play with Liu Tao."

As soon as Mei Xue's words fell, Mei Sanniang immediately stopped her, she scolded: "Why are you going to find Liu Tao, you are staying at home now, you are not allowed to go anywhere, remember that this is a special period, you can't run around." ”

"The flu doesn't have long eyes, so I specially pick you children with fine skin and tender meat to eat."

"Once the flu enters the body, it starts to destroy your immune system, they eat all the organs in the body, and then they empty you out step by step, and finally you are left with a shell."

"The flu can cause respiratory virus infections, and you will lose your breath at that time, and the flu spreads quickly, you see that the children in your class have fallen a lot."

"Our family is not rich, your brother is still young, it doesn't matter if I get infected, but your brother is still so young, children are not as resistant as adults, and your brother can't walk, what if he is infected? You don't think about your mother, you have to think about your brother in the family. ”

Mei Xue was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Mother, I'm not going to play with Liu Tao." ”

"This is a good boy for my mother."

The herbs she collected before had been dried, and there were only books in the house, not even a single herb, Mei Sanniang really felt strange, this Li Zhantang could still take all the medicines away after leaving.

In the past, Li Zhantang didn't give medicine to patients when he saw a doctor? Where's this medicine?

Mei Sanniang inquired one by one, and almost turned her home upside down.

"How could it not be."

Mei Sanniang was particularly puzzled, why was there no medicine, and where did the medicine used to be used to see a doctor at home come from.

Mei Xue saw that her mother's behavior was abnormal, and she was a little curious: "Mother, what are you looking for?" ”

The home is only so big, and Mei Sanniang searched for it but there was no trace of the medicinal materials.

"My mother is looking for medicinal herbs."

"Did you pick it before?"

Mei Xue pointed to the herbs that were drying outside the window and said, "Isn't the medicine outside?" ”

"Xue'er, what my mother is looking for is not that medicinal material, it is the medicinal material left by your father before, your father will definitely catch the medicine when he sees a doctor before, where is this medicine, my mother is looking for it."

Mei Xue watched her mother rummaging through the cabinets, she followed and looked for it, and the mother and daughter searched for most of the day but found nothing.

"Mother, did your father take it away?"

Mei Sanniang also felt that it might have been taken away, but the distance was far away, so why did she bring some Chinese medicinal materials without some dry food along the way, Mei Sanniang thought about it, and felt that this medicinal material should be at home.

But I didn't see it after looking for it for a long time, so it's not appropriate.

Just when the two of them were at a loss, Mei Xue leaned against the wall, and suddenly there was dirt falling on the wall, and Mei Sanniang thought that the house was going to fall.

She hurriedly pulled Cher forward, and then the white paper on the wall was revealed, and the paper in the mud wall was particularly eye-catching. Mei Sanniang stepped forward and touched it, thinking it was an inferior wall, but it turned out to be as she wished, and the soil on the wall fell down like heavy rain.

Just as she complained, a large piece of cardboard was exposed on the wall, and Mei Sanniang knocked it carefully, but she didn't expect the back to be empty.

The wall built in this era is still hollow out, there is nothing in it, this wall repair work can really live people, and the dead will continue to live, from generation to generation.

"Cher, go outside the door."

After Mei Sanniang made sure that Xue'er was far away, she carefully disassembled the cardboard and was ready to flee at any time, in case she was buried, it would definitely scare the child, she was still young, and she didn't want to be buried alive so early.

Immediately after Mei Sanniang removed the cardboard, a large pile of dust filled the air, and after the dust landed, a small wooden door appeared behind the wall, which looked very old and had yellowed notes pasted on it.

Mei Sanniang took a closer look, and it actually read: "Medicinal herb warehouse." ”

Mei Sanniang immediately became excited, she didn't want to hit this small home and the secret door, but Mei Sanniang regretted it after opening it, this door led to the underground, and it was dark underneath, she didn't dare to go down at all.

The atmosphere at home became tense for a while, and Mei Xue saw that there was no movement inside the house outside, so she ran in and called softly: "Mother." ”

Mei Sanniang glanced at the child, and her eyes fell on the small tunnel behind the wooden door, which was pitch black below, like a large cellar, which was used for pickling cabbage in winter.

It was also the first time that Mei Xue saw that there was a door inside the house, and it actually led to the underground.

"Mother, what is this?"

Mei Sanniang didn't know what it was, so she hurriedly asked Xue'er to light two candles.

The dark cellar became extraordinarily bright under the light of candles, Xue'er stood outside the door, Mei Sanniang walked down alone, the sound of going down the stairs at the beginning was particularly harsh and loud in the cellar, accompanied by a bad smell, Mei Sanniang couldn't say the smell, it was very foggy, and then she used a candle to illuminate the entire cellar, not so much a cellar, but an underground room, the moment it was illuminated, her whole nerves were tense.

This room is about 20 square meters, and it is full of large and small jars, each of which has yellowed notes.

Mei Sanniang bowed respectfully, and muttered, "Oh Mi Buddha Buddha." ”

Not to mention that she is really scared of this place, this large and small jar is even more infiltrating, each jar is pasted with paper, and people who don't know it look strange and scary.

waited for Mei Sanniang to get closer and read the words clearly before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ginkgo Fruit"

"Huang Yaozi"

"Loquat Leaves"

Aren't these all Chinese medicinal herbs, she exclaimed excitedly for a while.

After Mei Xue heard this, she didn't pay attention to the road under her feet, and rushed down vigorously, constantly shouting in her mouth: "Mother." ”

The sound made when Mei Xue rolled down alarmed Mei Sanniang, and she hurriedly lit the kerosene lamp hanging on the wall, and then picked up Xue'er.

"What's wrong? Did you fall somewhere? ”

Mei Xue said for the first time: "Mother, are you okay?" ”

Mei Sanniang's eyes turned red instantly, this stupid child had dropped his pants in such a big hole, and he was still worried about her.

"Mother is fine, mother found herbs."

It turned out that after Li Zhantang left, he didn't take all the medicinal materials with him, and as for the original owner's memory, there was no storage place for the medicinal materials, so it is estimated that he lost some memory after going crazy.

"Child, we will have medicine in the future."

Mei Sanniang opened a jar, she just smelled an indescribable smell, it turned out that there were lime, peppercorns, and the smell of some Chinese medicinal materials in this room, and the pot was all in it.

She checked them all, and there were at least dozens or even hundreds of flavors of medicinal herbs in it, which was really a proper big family.

With this thing, just selling it can be worth a lot of money, and sure enough, being a doctor is rich, and any herbs can be worth a lot.

If someone comes to see a doctor, this medicine is put on the table, what kind of cassia seed, this is not proper to come from money.

Mei Sanniang is not such a greedy person, these herbs must be kept for backup, otherwise Li Zhantang spent so much effort and built a basement.