To the Frog Prince

Brother Loach has started mining, I hope these ores can help you complete the goal of building roads, I heard you say that you are very sick, I am very worried, after the first batch of mines come out, I will go back to Qiongya Island with the mine, Huxiang will be handed over to Liu Ziyan, I hope you have completely recovered before I arrive, I am most worried about your health these days.

The summer on Qiongya Island should be very hot, I am afraid that you will catch a cold, and I am afraid that you will suffer from heat stroke, so I made a double frog and frog sandals for you in my spare time.

Note: I found that Huxiang's rice noodles are particularly delicious, and I asked a lady for a recipe and attached it to the letter, You can let Feiyun make it for you, in fact, Huxiang also has a famous dish, but the ingredients include frogs, I don't know if this is offensive to your family, but Liu Ziyan seems to want to push the people of Huxiang not to eat frogs, should we persuade her?

I think you will be able to live a long life, Brother Loach

May 10, 7th year of Cheng'an

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It was already June when Lu Ying received Qiu Yu's letter, the climate was getting warmer, and the sun could sometimes make people's skin ache.

Handing over the recipe for rice noodles to Feiyun, Lu Ying asked Feiyu, who was making herself white pigeon feather slippers.

"Do you know a frog eater?"

Thinking she had misheard at first, Rainfall asked, "What to eat?" ”

Lu Ying repeated: "Eat frogs, frogs." ”

Flying rain immediately became excited: "The frog is the incarnation of the rain god in the world, how can you eat frogs!" The slave and maid have a devotion to the rain god, and they will not hurt the frog in this life, let alone eat it, and there is no such thing among the people the slave and the maid know! ”

At first glance, he is a fanatic.

Lu Ying was silent for a while and shook her head: "This is not good, frogs really shouldn't eat more, because they can eat pests to protect farmland, and when I was studying medicine, I found that some people eat too much wild things, and there are worms in their stomachs, but if those poor people who can't eat enough, they catch frogs and cook them to fill their stomachs, what's wrong?" ”

Although Feiyu is pious to the rain god, she is even more devout to Lu Ying, after all, the rain god is in the sky, and Lu Ying is next to her, so when Lu Ying said this, she only retorted in a low voice: "But we are all people protected by the rain god." ”

Lu Ying said seriously: "The common people have the freedom to eat anything, as long as they don't eat people, the government shouldn't care, religion shouldn't care, there is nothing more important than filling the stomach, not to mention the mercy of the rain god, he doesn't want to see the common people because of his taboo, but they don't dare to catch frogs to satisfy their hunger when they are about to starve to death, how can there be a god in this world who is not compassionate?" ”

This was echoed by all the maids in the house.

Of course, God is compassionate, just look at the Lu family.

Since the Lu family fought against the Japanese invaders, many temples dedicated to stone frogs have also been built on Qiongya Island, and Lu Ying has people set up notice boards in those temples.

notify

The rain god loves believers, so his incarnation in the world will report the rain, help the farmers catch pests, if the people are extremely hungry, they can also catch his incarnation to eat, this is the gift of the rain god, the rain god's divine power is very strong, it doesn't matter how many incarnations die, don't feel sorry for this very strong ancestor of the Lu family, just remember not to eat that poisonous frog.

By the way, don't eat too much, otherwise it's easy to get gastrointestinal problems, and the frogs are finished, and the insects in the field are not caught by frogs, don't eat tadpoles, this is the same as letting go of young animals when hunting, everyone pay attention.

Some Nestorian missionaries on the island scoffed at the Lu family's move.

John came here with a fleet to spread Nestorianism to the East, but he did not expect that there were many beliefs here, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Mazu, and even frogs.

With Lu Fang's internal knife on the Lu family's water army, after rectifying it, although the blood flowed like a river, the incense of the frog temple became more and more prosperous.

John looked at the direction of the Lu family's mansion and read fiercely: "They are all heretics who deserve to go to hell, and when you die, the Lord will punish you, you all deserve to die, die as soon as possible!" Evil Lu ......"

He is an Englishman, and he naturally speaks English, but he forgot that there are more people doing maritime business on Qiongya Island, and there are many people who believe in the rain god, and soon, a maritime merchant pointed at him.

"Hey! That foreign fan cursed our Master Lu and beat him! ”

A dozen or so sturdy men swarmed up and launched a righteous siege against the foreign priest.

Lu Fang has been fighting widows with his brothers and sisters since he was a teenager, and now he is in his fifties, and he has almost protected the peace of Qiongya Island for two or three generations.

These people would never want to hear that Lu Fang was cursed.

At this moment, Lan Shan jumped down from the carriage, raised the Lu family's flag, and shouted: "The typhoon is coming-"

"The typhoon will come within seven days, and the ship will not be allowed to leave the ship for the next half a month, if there are people who want to leave the island, leave quickly within three days!"

Lanshan was angry and dantian, blessed by internal force, and the sound that came out could cover half of the port, he shouted all the way, and all the people who heard it recognized the Lu Ziqi he was carrying on his shoulder, and they were shocked.

The already crowded port is like turning on the accelerator button, and everyone has accelerated their actions, transporting goods, selling goods, ordering warehouses, and renting rooms......

Lu Ying was helped out of the carriage by Zhang Hua, standing in the sunlight and looking at the sky, as soon as he raised his hand, a seagull landed on his arm.

"This year's typhoon came early, Feishuang, go back and inform Wei's mother, send someone to inform the whole island, this typhoon is mainly on the east and north sides of the island, and there is no need to care about the southwest two places...... "Lu Ying reported several place names: "These places should pay special attention, there will be greater wind and rain on their side this year." ”

Zhang Hua was very impressed and amazed by his ability to predict the climate, and when he heard this, he asked, "Is there anything I can do?" ”

Lu Ying: "Well, there will definitely be people who are injured and sick in the typhoon, if Dr. Zhang has time, go to the countryside to open a free clinic afterwards, and the Lu family will provide medicinal materials and food." ”

As they spoke, an amiable fair-skinned woman led a maiden to the island.

The sun is very big, there are seagulls skimming the blue sea and sky, Zhang Shao is tired of seeing the sea view, at this time only tired by the journey so tired that he can't speak, looking at the shy, Hua Meijing held the umbrella, the umbrella tilted to Zhang Shao's side, blocking most of the sun, but still blushing from the sun.

The two guards who picked them up were Cai Ye and Fei Fin who were Li people, among whom Fei Fin was proficient in Japanese language, English, French, martial arts, and Cai Ye's uncle.

When he saw the chaotic port, he hurriedly escorted the two ladies to the carriage by the port, and when he saw Lu Ying's body, he hurriedly took Cai Ye to kneel down on one knee and salute.

Lu Ying asked them to get up, and when Zhang Hua and his mother and sister talked about the past, he stepped forward to see them

Courtesy.

"Lu Ying has seen Mrs. Hua, Miss Zhang."

After Hua Meijing got married, everyone called her Mrs. Zhang, or Zhang Hua, and when she saw Lu Ying calling her Mrs. Hua, she didn't react for a while.

Zhang Shao reacted, she looked at the little Lu Ying in surprise, and blessed him.

Mrs. Hua blinked, and saw that the child was wearing a fence, and most of his face was hidden behind a white veil, but his picturesque appearance and pale complexion could still be seen.

She said softly: "I have also seen the little son of the Lu family here, the Qiongya Lu family is really worthy of its name, the little son has a fairy bearing, and he is absolutely extraordinary." ”

Lu Ying didn't take this compliment: "No, I'm just a child who is not in good health, and it's good for my wife to treat me as a mortal." ”

After speaking, he took care of himself and got into the carriage, and Mrs. Hua didn't feel offended, but felt that Lu Ying's voice was also very cute, like a little kitten, which made people feel pity.

She also followed the carriage behind, but she didn't expect that Zhang Hua, Hua Meijing, and Zhang Shao's carriage went in a different direction from the carriage Lu Ying was riding at an intersection, Zhang Shao snorted lightly, and was patted by her brother.

"It's okay, the carriage is going to send us directly to the house, Young Master Sun said, let's go see him again tomorrow, settle down today and have a good rest."

The green canopy carriage is parked in a downtown alley, and when you enter it, you can see a two-story medicine hall with a sign of "Comfort Hall", which has a brand-new medicine cabinet, and there are men pasting the name of the medicinal herb on the medicine cabinet, and there is a row of stoves on the east side, on which are the clay pots for decocting medicine, and on the west side are many board beds, which should be for the sick to lie down.

Since her deceased husband Zhang Songbai was killed by the horse gang, Hua Meijing has not seen such a medicine hall belonging to their family for a long time.

She subconsciously said, "It's so spacious here, Hua'er, how much did you spend to buy it?" ”

Zhang Hua led them to the backyard, and said on the way: "I didn't ask for money, Young Master Sun said that as long as the people are treated here, they can use cheap medicine, and teach a few more apprentices in the future, so that they can go to the fields and countryside to treat more people, this medicine hall will be sent to us, the second floor belongs to the mother, Young Master Sun heard me say that my mother's medical skills are not under me, and I often treat female customers, so he said that you should have your own medical room." ”

Hua Meijing said in a loud voice: "This is too precious, there are too many favors, how good is this, how good is this......"

Can be one

Thinking that the little child called her Mrs. Hua, and specially prepared a medical room for her, she only met Lu Ying today, and Hua Meijing couldn't help but have a good impression in her heart.

In the past, she used to see the ladies and ladies in the backyard of dignitaries, and she had seen many nobles, such as the young master of the Lu family, it was really the first time she had seen her.

Zhang Shao found that the backyard not only had a spacious floor that could be used to dry medicinal herbs, but also a clean kitchen, a hot water room, and a spacious room that belonged to her.

She said happily: "Brother, the master you are looking for is really thoughtful. ”

Zhang Hua: "The main family? Well, sort of, I do want to stay on Tamanu. ”

Hua Meijing was surprised: "You don't want to be a traveling doctor, and you have seen incurable diseases all over the world?" ”

Facing his mother's gaze, Zhang Hua shook his head: "If you talk about incurable diseases, there are many on this island, and you don't have to worry about someone swinging a knife at us to practice medicine here, then I will stay here to save the people here." ”

Seeing that her son had the heart to help one side, Hua Meijing felt relieved: "Since your father left, I was always afraid that you would want to be left, so I only focused on avoiding the world and wandering around, but now you have a settled mind." ”

Zhang Shao read the words left by his deceased father: "A truly good medical skill is like a tree, which must be rooted in the ground and raised with the gratitude of people, so that the tree will become taller and taller and shelter more lives." ”

After saying this, the mother and son looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Zhang Hua cured Lu Ying, and the Lu family gave him a large sum of money, three hundred taels of silver, and a medicine hall.

With money in hand, the young man hired a few orphans from Huxiang who were refugees from Huxiang and unsupported in Ding'an County to be medicine boys, asking them to go to the restaurant to buy some good food, boil hot water, and wash the dust for their mother and sister.

A medicine boy named "Sanqi" by Zhang Hua was out of breath when he came back: "Master, it's so lively outside, everyone is preparing for the typhoon, I see that someone has also taken straw mats, and they want to block the doors and windows, we also have to prepare food and drink, and we must not go out for at least ten days!" ”

Zhang Hua bowed his head: "Go to the Lu family for the teacher, you prepare your own things that have survived the typhoon, and guard the medicine hall." ”

A few medicine boys should have taken the money given by Zhang Hua and hurriedly went out.

Zhang Hua put the chickens, ducks, fish, and rice they bought on the table, and poured them herbal tea: "Mother, little sister, in the future, our family will settle down on Qiongya Island, I swear to you that we will definitely be able to live a good life here." ”

Hua Meijing smiled and said, "My son has grown up, come, let's have a glass of tea instead of wine." ”

Zhang Hua and Zhang Shao hurriedly raised their cups, drank all the herbal tea in it, and Hua Meijing poured another cup and sprinkled it on the ground.

"The head of the house, do you see it, my son also has his own medicine hall, he is an adult who can stand up to the door."

Thinking of Zhang Songbai, who had already left, the three members of the family were a little sentimental.

Zhang Shao recovered as quickly as possible, and she briskly changed the topic: "By the way, brother, you called me and my mother here to make medicinal diet for that young master of the Lu family, is he not in good health?" What is the condition? My mother and I will be able to study the recipe today. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Hua's face became solemn.

After a while, he said slowly: "It's not easy to recuperate, even if my father is alive, it's not easy to deal with, Young Master Sun is a congenital heart disease, and his heart veins didn't grow together when he was five years old, and it will be a lifelong illness in the future." ”

Zhang Shao shouted lightly: "Oh, that would kill us, brother, if he dies early, the Lu family won't want us to be buried together, right?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Hua took out a letter from his arms and pressed it on the table.

"No, he gave this."

Hua Mei looked at it quietly, but saw a white pigeon mark on the incense note, and the handwriting was quite beautiful and clear, "No matter what Lu Ying is, he will not blame the doctor, and no one should hurt his life."

Until the next day, when she was brought to Lu Ying, Hua Meijing was very curious about what kind of child would give their family such a life-saving letter.

Lu Ying was wearing a blue shirt and sitting on the couch, her deep black eyes were like black pearls, with a dull and cold meaning.

He stretched out his thin wrist: "Madame Labor." ”