Listening to Zhou Liniang's concerned greetings and looking at some of the herbs she brought, Gu Shiba Niang even felt that she might be a villain.
Of course there are people in this world who help with marriage but not marriage, but is Zhou Liniang this kind of person
"By the way, Shiba Niang, the Hezhong County Medicine Fair will be held in a few days, did you know?"
After the chat, Zhou Liniang suddenly said, which shocked Gu Shiba Niang.
"I heard." She nodded and replied, her eyes falling on Zhou Liniang's face.
After all, she was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, so her emotions were still exposed, and the eagerness in her eyes was particularly obvious.
"Then are you going?" Zhou Liniang asked hurriedly.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at her with some doubts and more curiosity. It seemed that there was more than one person who wanted to go to the Great Medicine Club by herself.
"I'm not going..." she said, "I still have to collect medicine...besides, what am I going to do there?"
"Oh, it's very lively there. Many pharmacies and pharmacists will come. Shiba Niang, your medicine is so good..." A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhou Liniang's face, and then she sat down next to her and said sincerely, ". .If more people know about it, won’t your medicine be better sold? You will naturally make more money... Go and take a look, go and take a look..."
She shook Gu Shiba Niang's arm affectionately, "I'm going too, my father said he wants me to learn medicine too..."
"Your father asked you to learn medicine?" Gu Shiba was really surprised and looked at Zhou Liniang.
Zhou Liniang seems a little embarrassed. After all, it is a bit low-status for a girl to learn this. It’s not like she can’t survive and has to support her family...
But now in front of this girl who needs to support her family and has lowered her status, she might as well use this to get closer to her.
"Yes.." Zhou Liniang nodded, "Eighteenth Mother...Although I grew up in a drug store, I don't know as much as you do. You can go with me as my companion..."
Her voice was a bit coquettish, and her originally self-effacing words sounded a bit showy and a bit sarcastic.
Gu Shiba Niang remained calm and seemed unable to hear.
"..But...Mrs. Eighteen, don't you think it's beneath your status to go to a place like that?" Zhou Liniang rolled her eyes and whispered, then sighed and nodded, "That's right, everyone who goes to a place like that is It’s a merchant like us, and officials like you shouldn’t go there…”
Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help but smile.
"Eighteen Niang, do you look down on me?" Zhou Liniang said softly as a hint of timidity and loss appeared on her smile. She reached out and shook her arm.
Her expression was very intimate, as if they had been friends since childhood and had a quarrel with their younger daughter. For a moment, Gu Shiba Niang thought so, and she felt a little sad.
It would be great if they were really getting along like this. Why should people have disputes with each other
Gu Shiba Niang even had some impulse to have a frank and unfair chat with her. In fact, they didn't have any sworn hatred.
"You really can't come with me?" Zhou Liniang couldn't help but feel a little impatient when she didn't get her answer. This girl only wanted to make money. Maybe she really insisted on going to the mountains to collect herbs instead of going to the big herbal meeting. Then they How to perform the arranged drama
Seeing the unconcealed eagerness in Zhou Liniang's eyes, Gu Shiba's heart became cold and her mind regained its clarity.
"Okay, I'll go." She nodded.
After sending Zhou Liniang away with a smile on her face, Gu Shiba Niang also had a smile on her lips. Now in this great medicine meeting, no one can stop her even if they want to.
Go, must go, she must see how they will deal with her, and she also wants to know what she, a little daughter of a poor family, can do that is worthy of their calculations.
In the next few days, Gu Shiba Niang began to prepare the whole scorpion. After all, she had only watched it a few times "back then". During the actual operation, all kinds of details had to be paid attention to. When Gu Hai noticed that his mother and While my sister was busy with something, there were already three or four kilograms of dried scorpions on the stove.
"Actually, I have caught more scorpions than this, but none of them are finished. It weighs at least ten kilograms..." Gu Shiba Niang explained to him.
"Ba Niang, what do you think of this time?" Mrs. Cao picked up a dry scorpion from the stove and handed it to Gu Ba Niang.
Gu Hai almost fainted. Not to mention the ordinary women who were frightened by these insects and snakes, even he felt numb in his heart when he saw so many of them in front of him.
Ms. Cao was actually scared. She had lived for almost thirty years, and this was the first time she had caught and cooked scorpions. She had never dreamed of such a thing before. However, as a mother, she could not reveal this in front of her daughter. , as long as she is here, she will stand in front of her daughter, and she will be the first to taste the bitter soup of poison, mountains of swords, sea of fire, and seas of swords.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the scorpion handed to her with a slightly trembling hand, lowered her head to cover up the red eye circles. In her previous life, she not only hid behind her family, but also hid in her own world. If she hadn't relived her life this time, She didn't know that the mother who was so weak and almost incompetent could actually be so bold.
The person is still the same person, the environment is still the same, but in her eyes everything is different from the impression.
She raised her head, took the scorpion, looked at it, and then put it in her mouth to taste it. Gu Hai beside him felt his heart churning.
"Well, this time the color, shape and taste are the same as those of Huobian, and there are no impurities..." Gu Shiba Niang said, seeing Gu Hai's face, she couldn't help but smile.
Back then, when I saw the master craftsman doing this, I couldn't compare to my brother's determination. At that time, I bent over and vomited.
"If it's good or not, we'll know when we ask someone to evaluate it." She clapped her hands and said.
I just don’t know if I will have a chance to meet the famous Mr. Dong by then.
On the first day of August, it was a cloudy day, and everyone felt refreshed without the harsh sun. Ms. Cao sent her son and daughter out of the house, not forgetting to give each of them an umbrella.
"Brother Hai, remember to have lunch..."
"Eighteenth Mother, give you money..."
Gu Shiba Niang shook her head, "No, I don't need money..."
"There are many people at the meeting, so just buy whatever you like..." Mrs. Cao said sadly. Since she recovered from the illness, her daughter has not only failed to take good care of herself, but has worked hard day and night, and she has lost weight.
Gu Shiba Niang shook her head. She was not a child, so why did she buy those entertainment things? Besides wasting money, what's the use
Ms. Cao sighed. She had also figured out her daughter's temper these days. She was very stubborn.
She didn't insist. She took the money back and bought it for her daughter when the time came. Moreover, she had already thought about selling firewood this time and she would cut some meat to make up for her son and daughter.
While the Gu family's mother and daughter were talking, shopkeeper Zhou in Qianjin Hall was waiting impatiently for his daughter to freshen up and go out.
"Go and take a look, why hasn't the lady come out yet? An hour has passed before my eyes..." Shopkeeper Zhou said impatiently.
A little girl hurriedly answered, and Zhou Liniang came in at this time. She was obviously dressed up carefully, with ingots on her temples, pearl flowers, and a newly made emerald green dress. She was in her cardamom years, bright and lovely.