Before going to the place where Su Mulan and the others lived, Xu Huaigu first took the little girl back to Chen's Mansion to get some medicinal herbs.

This was ordered by Shen Hanguang himself, and after Xu Huaigu told Steward Shi, Steward Shi quickly took the medicinal materials and came back, and then Xu Huaigu walked back with Su Mulan.

Passing through the criss-crossing alleys, the two of them circled around the huge Hemen City. Su Mulan walked in front, still carefully holding the bowl of porridge, her expression was obviously still very nervous, and she didn't dare to say a word.

Xu Huaigu was depressed, and he was not in the mood to speak, so the two hurried silently all the way. Eventually, they came to a dilapidated house near the outskirts of the city.

Xu Huaigu looked at it, although it was dilapidated, the scale of this house was really not small, and there should be a lot of refugees.

At the door of the house, several uniformed officers and soldiers were busy carrying something from the inside of the house to a carriage outside on stretchers.

Xu Huaigu glanced at it intently, and the stretcher was in the shape of a person, but it was covered with a white cloth. And the carriage was exactly the same as the carriage he saw carrying the dead at the gate when he entered the city, and it seemed that there were people in the house who had died of the plague.

Su Mulan stopped, turned her head to Xu Huaigu and said, "There are people dying of epidemic disease in this house every day, and they will come to check every morning, and I have seen a lot." Big brother, give me the medicinal herbs, it's not safe inside, you'd better not go in. Xu Huaigu shook his head slightly, and said seriously: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of getting sick." By the way, my surname is Xu, you can call me Brother Xu. Su Mulan had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, Brother Xu." Xu Huaigu slowly walked into the house with her footsteps.

As he passed by the door, he glanced into the carriage that was carrying the dead, and there were about eight or nine white cloths inside, some of which were sprinkled with bits and pieces of blood, and looked a little frightening.

The officers and soldiers responsible for transporting the dead complained as they hurriedly drove the carriage away. Although the house looks big, there are more people living in it.

Some are dragged with their families, while others are alone. There are not so many rooms that can be allocated, and they are often separated by rags or broken cabinets, and it becomes two spaces for two families to live in.

Xu Huaigu counted that in a living room, five families could live. Although there are many people, there are not many voices, Xu Huaigu can only hear the dead coughing sound, and only see the empty and blank eyes.

There is no hope for the people who live in it, most of them are sick and are simply struggling on the precipice of death.

Xu Huaigu was a little skeptical for a while, whether the government deliberately gathered all these sick people here, just waiting for when they all died and burned down the house in hell with a fire.

But Su Mulan and her mother didn't get sick, but if they continued like this, they would get sick sooner or later.

Xu Huaigu frowned, he had to find a way to take them out and find another place to live.

"Mother, I'm back." Su Mulan walked to the dark corner of a small room and handed her mother the porridge she was carefully carrying.

The woman's face was familiar, Xu Huaigu had seen it in the pharmacy before.

"How is it cold!" The woman gave her a fierce look, and the hand that took the porridge trembled angrily,

"Your brother is already sick, how can you drink something cold! Next time the porridge is still cold, don't come back, get out of here! ”

"Mother, I'm sorry. I took a long detour today, so the porridge was cold. But I've found some herbs, and I'm going to decoct my brother now. Su Mulan was a little aggrieved, and immediately pulled Xu Huaigu's sleeve and walked out of the room.

The woman's eyes had been on the white futon in her bosom all the while, and they had never taken their leave.

Even Xu Huaigu walked into the room with her daughter, and she didn't ask a word about Xu Huaigu, as if nothing in this world existed except for that futon.

"The days are too hard, so my mother's temper is a little weird, don't be surprised." Su Mulan explained to her and walked out of the room and walked to the crockpot for decoction.

There are only a few places in this house that can decoct medicine, and everyone uses them together. In fact, few people can get medicine in such a situation, so the crockpot for decoction is very free.

She lit a fire, took out a crumpled prescription, and pasted it in front of her eyes, trying to make out the words.

One penny for atractylodes, two coins for lily, one penny for cloud fritillary mother, and one penny for Poria cocos...... Xu Huaigu handed her the medicine blindly, she put her face close to her, and carefully added it to the crockpot, for fear of falling to the ground.

"Mulan, where did you get this medicine?" Xu Huaigu looked at the source of the voice, and it was a short and fat woman asking her.

When she saw the snoring and steaming medicine in the crockpot, her eyes seemed to light up a little.

"Aunt Li, it was given to me by a kind lady."

"Kind lady?" The woman glanced at Xu Huaigu beside her with suspicion, sneered and stopped speaking.

What the woman was thinking in her heart, Xu Huaigu knew it clearly. There was a more subtle chewing sound in the distance: "That little slut of the Su family is really a natural fox, he hooked up with a man out of nowhere, and got medicine for her dead brother, what a waste!" Look at her ghostly appearance, and she doesn't pee to take care of herself, I don't know if the man is blind or what. ”

"It's just that their family died strangely. A madman, a dead man, and a half-dead one, don't associate with them in the future. ”

"Hehe, it's just that you are jealous when you see that others have medicine. Who is not a person to die, he is not ashamed to say that he is like a golden branch and a jade leaf! ”

"Dead slut, who are you talking about! Did I mess with you? You're sick! ”

"Yo, as if someone isn't sick?"

"Then you will die first, dead prostitute!"

"Who are you scolding,! You're who, dead slut, your whole family is! The sound of bickering was over, followed by the sound of a staggering fight.

Xu Huaigu looked at Su Mulan who was decocting the medicine, she was controlling the heat very seriously, her eyes didn't move, she shouldn't have heard those distant noises.

When people are desperate, all their vices are revealed. It doesn't matter how bad they are, maybe before the water rises, when everyone can get their own place, they are also ordinary men and women weaving a family, living their own small lives.

But now, everything has changed. Speaking of which, it's the rain's fault. But fortunately, the rain has stopped, and I believe that Master Baihe's prescription for treating the epidemic is also coming soon, and everything will be on the right track again.

Let's just hope that day will come soon, so that fewer people can die. The medicine was still gurgling and rumbling, but Su Mulan's mother was heard shouting her name.

Su Mulan heard it and hurried over to find her mother, and Xu Huaigu followed behind her. Walking to the room where her mother was staying, Xu Huaigu saw that her mother was carefully taking a wooden spoon and slowly feeding her child porridge to drink, but of course the child couldn't drink it, and the soup flowed from the corners of his cold mouth.

The woman took a rag and anxiously wiped it clean for him, and then fed the porridge again until the bowl was at the bottom and she had not eaten a bite.

Su Mulan had seen this scene many times, she was already numb, and asked, "Mother, what's the matter?" The woman said eagerly, "Hurry up and fry your brother's medicine and bring it over, Lang Zhong said that he is just a little cold, just drink a few doses of medicine." ”

"Yes, mother." Su Mulan ran to decoct the medicine again, but when she passed, she was dumbfounded.

The crockpot that had decocted the medicine was knocked over to the ground, and the herbs and soup were scattered all over the ground, steaming like a mist.

Su Mulan was distressed, and hurriedly went to pick up the crockpot, but the crockpot was burned hot, not only did she not pick it up, but she also burned her own hands.

The short and fat woman next to her said in a playful tone, "Just as you were leaving, a big mouse ran over and knocked it over at once. After that, she also glanced at Xu Huaigu, with a hint of indescribable pride in her eyes, as if Xu Huaigu and Su Mulan had been defeated by her.

Xu Huaigu was a little angry. If it had been before, he would have said that he would not have shown his sword to give this woman a little color.

But now, he didn't do it. After all, although this woman is hateful, she will not die, and she has to take into account Su Mulan's feelings.

If Xu Huaigu came out with a sword, it would definitely be bloody. Su Mulan looked at the crockpot on the ground stupidly for a long time, and then covered her face and cried when she squatted down.

Xu Huaigu walked to the crockpot, took off the sword at his waist and put it aside, then sat down on the ground, picked up the crockpot, rekindled the fire, and then took out a medicinal herb and put it in to fry.

He said calmly: "Don't cry, it's okay, I'll fry another one for you." If the medicine is not enough, I will help you get it again, not missing this one. Su Mulan was still covering her face and sobbing quietly, while the short and fat woman next to her looked at Xu Huaigu with angry eyes.

Xu Huaigu ignored her and didn't even look at her. Perhaps it was Xu Huaigu's indifferent look that annoyed her, and the woman suddenly sneered: "I see that you don't know the situation of her family at all. Her brother is dead, and her mother is also a madman, what are you doing wasting medicine on him! I advise you to get out of this house quickly, get where you need to go, and don't meddle here! Su Mulan's crying just became more severe, and she cried heartbreakingly.

Xu Huaigu's face did not move, he took the sword out of its scabbard, laid it flat on his knees, and said softly, "You can say another word and try it." The woman's expression suddenly became panicked, and she shouted, "What are you going to do?" Murder pays for your life! Xu Huaigu shook his head and said: "Anyway, getting sick is a death, and being killed by a sword is also a death, do you think the officers and soldiers who come to collect the corpses tomorrow morning will care?" What's more, if I killed them, they will only turn a blind eye even more. If I were you, I'd keep my mouth shut. The woman seemed to be really frightened by Xu Huaigu, and she was silent all of a sudden, not daring to speak.

Xu Huaigu put the sword back into its scabbard and continued to decoction. Su Mulan still covered her face, although there was no crying anymore, she still didn't look up.

Xu Huaigu sighed, comforted her softly, and said, "Don't feel guilty, you've done a good job." Actually, I know everything about your mother and your brother, and I have already seen both of them the last time I was in the pharmacy. It's just that I pity you and suffer too many grievances. The medicine in the crockpot was steaming hot, gurgling, gurgling, as if muttering something that no one could understand.

Xu Huaigu lowered his face and gently blew into the stove, and the fire burned even stronger.