Chapter 252: Anping County

Chun Niang packed up some silver taels, and led the household registration road on her body, so she took the two girls off the boat.

Not long after they disembarked, Xiao Chengjun also got off the boat with two escorts.

There are ready-made ox carts and mule carts on the wharf, all of which are here to solicit business.

The three of Chunniang got into a mule cart and headed for the county seat.

Sakura sat in the car and asked the old man who was driving the car: "May I ask my husband, what is the most famous of you here?" ”

The old man gently whipped and said with a smile: "The most famous, it must be our mandarin orange here, every autumn, many merchant ships come to buy mandarin oranges and ship them to the capital, but you are unfortunate to come, the mandarin orange has not yet been listed." ”

"Do you have anything to eat here?" Chen Zhao asked.

The old man flicked his whip: "There are many delicious foods, the cross street is full of snacks, the little lady can go there to have a look." ”

Sakura: "Then please take us to the cross street." ”

"Okay!"

The mule cart ran as fast as it could, and soon entered the county seat.

The county seat is named Anping County, and like Qinchuan County, it is a small town.

The mule cart trailed to the cross street, and the old man thoughtfully put them at the door of an inn, and then drove away.

Ying Bao first took A-Niang and Chen Zhao into the inn to book a room, and then went to the market.

It was noon, and there were not many vendors setting up stalls along the street, but there were many shops open.

Chunniang took her two children to the restaurant for lunch, and then went to the grocery store to buy a basket.

Because the girl said that she would buy a lot of things, she prepared in advance.

Then a few people went to visit the shop.

Chunniang lent her clothes to Mrs. Wen's family, and when she ran out of clothes, Yingbao bought her a few clothes in the ready-to-wear store, and also bought two pairs of cloth shoes that were easy to walk.

Chen Zhao's clothes seemed to be very thin, and she didn't have any clothes in the morning and evening, so she bought her two jackets, which made Chen Zhao's eyes red.

Sakura bought herself two thick jackets and two blankets.

When you go to bed at night, it's also warmer with this blanket.

Although she has these things in her cave, it is not convenient to take them out and use them.

Then the three of them went to the pharmacy to buy several large bags of herbs to treat the wind and cold.

The experience of Mrs. Wen's family reminded Yingbao that he and his group didn't know how long it would take to return home, so they had to take precautions.

Back at the inn, Chun Niang sorted out the things she bought, Chen Zhao lay on the bed to sleep, and Ying Bao practiced Yu Bu in the house for a while.

Suddenly, I heard a noise, as if it was coming from next door.

"I said Li Gongzi, when will someone come to pick you up? Xiao Lao'er is also a small business, and he really can't afford to lose it. ”

It was the voice of the innkeeper, as if he was still crying.

Curious, Sakura opened the door and poked her head out to check.

I saw the innkeeper standing at the door of the next room, snorting and tearful: "Li Gongzi, it's not Xiao Lao'er urging you, you have been living in my small shop for several months, and if you continue to live, Xiao Lao'er's coffin will be lost." ”

There were a few coughs in the room, and a hoarse voice said: "I'm sorry for your trouble, I, I've sent a letter home, they will come to pick me up soon, can you give me a few more days... cough cough cough cough ......"

The innkeeper sighed and turned to leave the house.

Sakura quietly turned to the door of the next room and looked inside, only to see a man who was described as thin lying on a wooden bed, and there was a bamboo back frame at the head of the bed, which was the bookshelf carried by the scholar.

There is also a bamboo basket under the bookshelf, and through the hollow basket, you can see that there are various exam supplies inside.

It seems that this person is a scholar who is rushing to take the exam, and he is trapped in the inn due to illness.

Due to the laws of this dynasty, the scholars who rushed to take the exam could not return to their hometowns due to illness, and the inn not only could not drive people out, but also had to ask them to see a doctor.

After that, the inn can report the fee to the county government, and the candidate's room and board fees and medical expenses will be reviewed by the county government and then returned to the inn.

However, the premise is that the inn must pay this fee first.

Presumably this scholar has not been good, and his family has not come to pick him up for a long time, and the innkeeper is afraid that the book will live and die in the inn, so he came to ask.

"What's wrong?" Chun Niang saw that her daughter was slow to enter the house, so she probed and asked.

Ying Bao returned to the guest room and whispered to Ah Niang: "There is a scholar next door who is rushing to take the exam, and he seems to be not lightly ill. ”

"A scholar rushing to take the exam?"

Chunniang sighed: "Then there is no one around him?" ”

Anyone who rushes to take the exam is more or less accompanied by his family, and no matter how bad it is, there will be a scholar with him, and he is rarely alone.

Sakura shook her head: "I don't think so." ”

suddenly remembered his younger brother Jiang Jie, if he went to catch the exam one day, he and his father would definitely not let him go alone.

After a while, there was another sound outside the door, and it turned out to be the innkeeper who had gone and returned.

Sakura ran out to check again.

I saw that the shopkeeper was followed by a Lang Zhong, and Lang Zhong looked very impatient.

When the two entered the house, Lang Zhong didn't take the scholar's pulse, just glanced at it and said to the shopkeeper: "I can't do anything about his situation, it's not that I can't treat him, but that his body is too deficient, and he has no medicine." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, his face fell, and he grabbed Lang Zhong and said, "Is there really no medicine stone?" How is this good? ”

If the book was born in his own inn, it would be too unlucky.

Lang Zhong pulled out his sleeves and said: "That's it, I'll prescribe another medicine for him, you fry it for him to drink, don't look for me in the future." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the room.

The shopkeeper sighed, glanced at the scholar lying on the bed, shook his head, and followed out of the room.

Sakura saw that the scholar's face was like ashes, lying motionless on the bed.

She thought about it for a while, and ran to stop the shopkeeper: "Uncle shopkeeper, wait a minute." ”

The shopkeeper turned around and saw that it was the child who had just stayed in the hotel today, and asked, "What's the matter with the little lady?" ”

Ying Bao said solemnly: "I am a witch doctor, and I can cure that scholar." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, looked up and down at the little doll in front of him, and smiled: "The little lady still doesn't joke, the old man is busy." ”

Sakura: "I'm really a witch doctor, maybe I can help you heal that scholar, why don't you believe it?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed, "Okay, the little lady can cure it if she wants to, if you cure him, the old man will have a lot of money." ”

Ying Bao smiled: "That's good, but I want to buy some yellow rune paper and a cinnabar pen first, and ask the shopkeeper to buy them for me." ”

The shopkeeper pulled off the skin, and just wanted to leave with his sleeves, when he saw the little doll take out a small ingot of silver and hand it over: "It must be good yellow rune paper and cinnabar, please buy more." ”

"Good!" Since the guest paid the money first, there is no reason for him not to take this business, so he can take some of it.

The shopkeeper took the five taels of silver, personally went to the City God Temple to buy a large stack of yellow rune paper, and went to the pharmacy to buy cinnabar.

As soon as he returned to the inn, the young man handed him the prescription prescribed by Lang Zhong.

The shopkeeper waved his hand: "Put it aside for now, and we'll talk about it later." ”

He wanted to see if the little doll would be cured.

It doesn't matter if she can't cure it, anyway, she has already earned 800 yuan.

When the time comes, I will use this money to get medicine for the scholar, and the rest of the money may be able to hold a funeral for him.