Early the next morning, Yingbao had breakfast and went to the home of Patriarch Chen with her cousin Jiang Cheng.
Patriarch Chen ran out quickly, smiling so hard that his mouth couldn't close: "Little... Yingbao is here, come in quickly, have you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten. I'm coming to see Uncle Chen Zhu."
"Okay, okay, Zhuer woke up this morning and ate half a bowl of porridge." Patriarch Chen happily followed the half-knee-high baby like an old follower.
Seeing Shao coming out of the house, he quickly ordered: "Zhu Zi's wife, go and make some tea for your third sister-in-law and niece."
Chunniang: "No need, we still have to go to town after Baoer finishes seeing the doctor, so you don't have to worry about her, Fourth Aunt."
Shao was at a loss as to whether she should make tea or not. Her father-in-law glared at her and she quickly ran to the kitchen.
Yingbao walked into Chen Zhu's room and asked Chief Chen to light a candle so that she could check Chen Zhu's leg injury.
Chen Zhu has woken up now, but is still very weak.
Yingbao first pulled down his eyelids and checked his pupils.
Chen Zhu's pupils have returned to normal, but they still look a little unnatural.
After looking at the pupils and then the legs, I saw that Chen Zhu was obviously embarrassed. He curled up his legs and turned his face inward.
The redness and swelling on my thigh has subsided a lot, but the ointment I applied yesterday has dried up.
It looks like he has to change the medicine again, and Yingbao feels sad.
Not to mention those very expensive herbs, a lot of Wudingzhi was added to these ointments and pills.
But I feel more positive when I think about the fact that someone else is paying for the medicine.
"Grandpa Chen, my medicine is very precious. One box plus twelve pills costs five taels of silver in total, and this is just for one day."
Yingbao said to Patriarch Chen seriously, "If you think it's too expensive, I have cheaper ones here, only one or two taels of silver per dose."
Chen Fu waved his hands repeatedly: "Not expensive, not expensive, just use five taels, I'll take the money right away."
No matter how expensive it is, you have to use the best. Chen Fu knows his son's situation.
Since taking Yingbao's pills, his son Chen Zhu has improved significantly.
At that time, even Doctor Li asked him to prepare for his son's funeral. But the little fairy boy was a little fairy boy, and he brought his son back from the brink of death with just a few pills.
Ying Bao was satisfied with what Patriarch Chen said and took out the ointment to apply to Chen Zhu.
After administering the medicine and feeding him two pills, she took the twenty-five taels of silver handed over by Patriarch Chen and put it into her small bag.
Chen Fu was not surprised that the small bag could hold so much stuff. He said, "I want to prepare enough for four days."
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it would be inconvenient for him to ask Yingbao to come to his house for medical treatment during the New Year.
Even if Xiaoyingbao agrees, her parents probably won't agree.
Of course Yingbao had no problem with that, and she took out four palm-sized jars and a bowl of medicine pills from her small bag.
"Enough for another four days. I'll come back and check in a few days."
"That's a good feeling."
Chen Fu asked: "Yingbao, can you let my wife take a look too?"
Mr. Tang has been feeling very unwell these past two days. Even after taking the medicine prescribed by Doctor Li, there has been no improvement. He keeps complaining of dizziness and stiff fingers.
Yingbao nodded: "Okay, where is Grandma Chen?"
"She's lying in the room." Chen Fu hurriedly led Yingbao to his room.
Tang was lying on the kang with her hair disheveled. Her hair was mostly white and some black. Her face was dark and haggard. She looked older than the patriarch.
Alas, she was obviously ten years younger than Patriarch Chen. Her son was dying, and the old woman lost half her life in an instant.
Yingbao carefully felt her pulse, checked her eyes and tongue, and asked Patriarch Chen to take a packet of her medicine to have a look. She had already determined what was wrong with her.
Mrs. Wen once said that most people over the age of 50 suffer from liver and spleen imbalance and blood viscosity. They not only need to take medicine for conditioning, but also need to abstain from sugar and eat a low-salt diet. They should move their legs and feet more and drink more water to alleviate this condition.
The medicine prescribed by Doctor Li was indeed effective, but the addition of cinnabar was not good.
But now most prescriptions follow the ancient ones, and some not only add cinnabar, but also add yuanshui, which is mercury.
Mrs. Wen's family also came from a medical family. Her father said that although cinnabar and mercury were top-grade medicines, they were highly toxic and could kill people if used carelessly.
Therefore, when Mrs. Wen was giving lectures, she particularly emphasized that people should not use cinnabar water to prepare medicine without authorization.
Yingbao thought for a moment and said to Patriarch Chen, "Grandma Tang's pulse is tight and hard. The medicine prescribed by Doctor Li is just right for her condition. But she should also pay attention to a light diet, no sweets, no rice porridge, and drink more water. I'll prescribe some medicine for her to try when I get back from town."
Patriarch Chen rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to your house and get it later. Yingbao, how much does it cost to prepare the medicine?"
Yingbao raised a palm: "Five taels!"
It also cost money for her to buy herbs from the pharmacy, so the five taels they offered was already a reasonable price.
Patriarch Chen's face twitched, but he still nodded: "Okay, I'll give it to you."
"No, no, wait until I prepare the medicine." Ying Bao said, "I'm going to town now, so I shouldn't bring a lot of silver."
Patriarch Chen, who had just paid twenty-five taels of silver, subconsciously looked at Yingbao's small bag.
It seemed light and didn't look like it was filled with several ingots of silver.
Yingbao said goodbye to Patriarch Chen and left happily with A Niang.
When we arrived at the market town, there were already many people on the streets.
The crowds were so heavy that the mule cart couldn't get in, so it had to stop on the side of the road and have Jiang Cheng guard it.
So, Chunniang carried Yingbao in a bamboo basket and walked inside with the crowd.
Before New Year’s Day every year, there are many stalls in the market town, and even the peddlers who go from door to door put down their carrying poles on the street.
Yingbao picked out some toys, bought a dozen strings of candied haws, some silk flowers and combs, and also bought two thin-bladed knives, two pairs of scissors, and two children's bows and arrows from a grocery stall.
I saw a few sheepskin balls and pigskin balls hanging on a peddler's shelf, so I bought two.
This thing is made of a pig urinary bladder with pig skin or sheepskin sewn on the outside. It can be inflated and tied tightly for children to kick around. It saves a lot of shoes than kicking a stone ball and does not hurt the feet. It is perfect for giving to those naughty kids at home.
This kind of ball is only sold during the Chinese New Year and is not available at other times.
Chunniang bought some cloth at the cloth shop and asked the shop assistant to deliver the cloth to the mule cart.
Then I went to the store and bought two bags of salt to pickle the fish.
I also bought a lot of brown sugar, rock sugar, frosted sugar corners, fried candies, and cloud cakes.
One bag weighs one pound, and I bought eight bags of each. Red paper with auspicious words written on it was pasted on the outer packaging. These were gifts when I visited people to pay New Year's greetings.
I bought a lot of mutton, pork, and roosters. When I saw someone selling pheasants and rabbits, I bought a few of each.
When we returned from the market, the mule cart was already piled with things.
Yingbao also bought a lot of things, including New Year gifts for her parents, younger brother, and other family members.
She also went to Doctor Li's pharmacy and bought many kinds of medicinal herbs and spices, and asked the shop assistant to chop them up, and some of them were ground into powder with a mill.
On the way back, Yingbao handed a string of candied haws to her eldest cousin, and she and her mother each had one string.
The rest was taken back for the older siblings and two younger brothers to eat.
Chunniang didn't want to eat her daughter's snacks, but she couldn't resist her daughter stuffing the candied haws into her mouth.
"It's delicious, mom, you must try it." Yingbao smiled and took a bite of the candied haws in her hand. It tasted sour and sweet.
Chunniang had no choice but to take the candied haws and eat them.
Many years ago, her husband bought it for her, but she didn't expect that it was her little daughter who bought it for her now.
Holding my daughter in one hand and a candied haws in the other, I feel like I’m young again.