Gu Ming is strong and powerful, and has a talent for learning martial arts, but in learning to ski, he is not as good as a seven or eight-year-old child. He is clumsy and often wrestles. People, it is impossible to be perfect, there is always something that is not good at it!
Besides, the food shopping team led by Gu Xiao, with medicinal wine to keep out the cold, slid to the town in one go, and it was still dark at this time! The villagers praised Gu Xiao, who was the first to "think up" the idea of snowboarding.
A group of people skied into the town. There were hardly any pedestrians on the street, and the shops on both sides closed their doors early. When I arrived at the grain store, the shop was already closed. Gu Xiao knocked on the door of the grain store, and the shopkeeper said impatiently, "What are you knocking, it's already closed. If you want to buy grain, come back tomorrow."
Gu Xiao accompanied him with a smile: "The shopkeeper, we came from the mountains. We drove all day in the heavy snow, and we have to rush back tomorrow morning. You, please do it easily!"
The shopkeeper of the grain store waved his hand, and just as he was about to drive people away, Zhao Mingxi, the young shopkeeper of Baicaotang not far away, came over. He was attracted by the strange "transportation" of Qingshan Village.
Zhao Mingxi recognized Gu Xiao, bowed his hands to him, said Happy New Year, and said to the grain store shopkeeper, "It's not easy for these folks, shopkeeper Li, you have to work harder, close the meeting at night, and sell the grain to them."
Shopkeeper Li knew that Baicaotang had a strong background, so he had to give him a face: "Okay, for the sake of Shopkeeper Zhao, if you need any food, please tell me quickly." He shouted at Neitang and called the boy Come and help weigh the food.
The heavy snow not only blocked the way out of Qingshan Village, but also blocked the way for grain stores to transport grain. The coarse grain was originally 51 jin, but now it is 9. The acquaintance price of Zhao Mingxi's face from the shopkeeper is 81 jin.
The eight young and middle-aged people who came here could carry a maximum of 60 pounds each, and their movements would be limited. In addition to 60 catties of coarse grains, Gu Xiao also purchased 50 catties of refined grains for himself. Carrying more than 100 catties on his back, he moved freely as if he was carrying an empty basket. This made those young people feel ashamed.
During the period of weighing the food, Gu Xiao ran to Jimintang and delivered the medicinal materials and a packet of children's medicine.
The wind and snow were severe and cold for several days, and many people in the town and nearby were infected with the cold, and the road was blocked by the heavy snow, and the medicinal materials from outside could not be transported in. The shopkeeper Fang was helpless due to the lack of medicinal materials. Gu Xiao was like a timely rain. In Jimin Hall.
Shopkeeper Fang saw that all the medicines he brought were for the treatment of symptoms such as wind-cold and cough, and these were exactly what they needed urgently. That attitude, old enthusiasm, almost didn't offer Gu Xiao as a bodhisattva.
At this moment, a woman with a child came to the store, and the simple and sturdy man behind her should be her man. The child is about four or five years old. He caught a cold because of playing with the cold, and the fever was very serious. She is from the Shili Store outside the town. She heard that Jimintang has medicines for children, which are very effective and not bitter. She came here after walking in the snow all day.
The shopkeeper Fang smiled bitterly and said: "Sister-in-law, our family's medicine for children has been out of stock for several days. Would you like our doctor to show the child and prescribe some decoction to take home?"
"Don't take bitter medicine! Mother!" The little guy cried. It turned out that the baby had been sick for more than a day or two. There is also an old doctor in their village. The little guy who prescribed the medicine pinched his nose and drank it for two days. He was afraid of drinking it! It was his mother who coaxed him to say that there was sugar water that could cure diseases in the town, so he obediently asked his mother to carry it over.
"Is it really gone? We can give more money." It was the child's father who spoke. The family of three wears 70% to 80% new cotton-padded clothes, and it seems that the family's economic situation should be good.
The shopkeeper Fang shook his head and said, "It's not about money or money, the key is that there is no medicine."
Gu Xiao took out the small cloth bag hanging around his neck and handed it to the shopkeeper Fang: "Manager Fang, this is what Ye'er asked me to bring here, saying that it is medicine for children. Look at this child's disease."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was overjoyed. He hurriedly took it and opened it carefully. There were more than a dozen porcelain bottles the size of fists.
"That's great! Uncle Gu, you delivered this medicine too timely." The shopkeeper Fang said to the parents of the child, "You are lucky! If you had come two days earlier, even if the price was exorbitant, I wouldn't be able to make the medicine for children. Go, let the doctor show the child!"
"Don't take bitter medicine!" The child twisted and twisted in his mother's arms, crying like a little cat.
The shopkeeper Fang said in a soft voice: "Okay, good, good! You obediently let the old man take a look, and I will give you sweet potions, sweet water that can cure diseases!"
The little guy was held suspiciously in front of the old gentleman. After diagnosis and treatment, it was diagnosed as a fever caused by a cold. Shopkeeper Fang opened two porcelain bottles with his own hands, scooped two small spoons of antipyretic medicine with a small porcelain spoon, and a spoonful of medicinal powder in the cold medicine.
The little guy resisted a little at first, pursing his lips and refused to drink. When he licked the sweet liquid medicine on his lips, he became very cooperative. He didn't need his mother to feed it. He took a few mouthfuls of the bowl to drink the liquid medicine, and said, "It's delicious, I want it!"
"This is medicine, if you take too much, you will have a stomachache!" Shopkeeper Fang frightened the little guy. Then he said to the work in the shop, "Arrange them to live in the West Courtyard."
It turned out that in order to ensure that every medicine can be used on the children and prevent anyone from using the medicines for the children, Jimintang bought the yard next door to provide free accommodation for the children and their parents who traveled far away.
However, take care of what you eat. You can bring your own food and make it yourself with money for firewood; you can also pay for food. The couple brought dry food and warmed it up for dinner in the kitchen, and the store provided free boiled water.
"That's right!" The shopkeeper Fang took out a burden and put it in front of Gu Xiao and said, "This was brought back by Miss Gu's master."
Gu Xiao opened it and saw that it was a set of sweaters. I don't know what kind of fur it is made of. The whole body is snow-white, soft and light, and it should be very warm when worn closely. He stroked the soft fur lightly, and was surprised to find that the fur was actually warm, as if stroking on a living creature.
He heard that in the northern part of the Yan Kingdom, there is an animal called "Yan Mink", whose fur can automatically heat up and has a good effect of keeping out the cold. However, this kind of sable is very fast, as fast as lightning, and it is difficult to catch. Clothes made of mink fur are almost impossible to find.
Yaosheng, his old man, must have heard about the snow disaster in the north, and he was afraid that his precious disciple would freeze, so he made such a set of close-fitting sable clothes. Gu Xiao once again sighed that his granddaughter worshipped a good master and treated her well. There was also a sense of crisis in my heart that I, a grandfather, was actually compared by my granddaughter's master.
no! Absolutely not! ! The little girl kept mumbling that she wanted to buy a house in the capital, or would he give the granddaughter the house that the emperor of the capital rewarded? What? What about grandson? He is a boy, if he can't earn a house, what is he talking about to make achievements and honor his ancestors
have to! Dare to love this grandson is picked up, the granddaughter is his own!
The money for the medicine was settled, and the shopkeeper graciously retained it. The villagers were all waiting in the grain store. Gu Xiao declined the kindness of the shopkeeper Fang and returned to the grain store with an empty basket. The food has been weighed, Gu Xiao picked up his share and put it in the basket, and went to the inn with the villagers.
Gu scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "Uncle Fifth, let's make do with one night at the big car shop. The guest shop needs at least two rooms, which is a lot of money!"
"The condition of the big car shop is not good. Everyone has been tired all day, and they have to rush back tomorrow. What if they don't rest? I will pay for the money for the hotel!" The ten years of exile in the frontier did not wear off Gu Xiao's body. Pride.
"Then why are you embarrassed?" Gu looked at the villagers and had to refuse again.
Gu Xiao interrupted what he was going to say next, and carried him to the opposite inn: "Stop babbling, it's a little manly? In the evening, Uncle Five invited everyone to eat hot noodle soup, and it was very hot. Huh, get a good night's sleep, there's still a tough battle to fight tomorrow!"
When we came, the baskets on our backs were all empty, and when we went back, we added dozens or hundreds of pounds of weight, which must have been more difficult than when we came. To have a better resting environment, everyone can't ask for it. However, the simple mountain man felt a little embarrassed that he had taken advantage of Gu Wushu.
Li Xiashan, the second son of the village chief, came up with a compromise: "Why don't we divide the cost of accommodation and food into the food, and then the family will have one or two more. I don't know when the snow will stop. , even if it stops, it will take a while for the younger brother to melt, and he will definitely come out to buy once or twice, so we can't let the person in charge of purchasing give out labor and money, right?"
As soon as everyone heard it, it was indeed the truth, and they agreed. Gu frowned and asked, "What if some people don't want to pay more?"
"Then let them go out and buy food on their own!" Li Xiashan made a strong decision.
The conditions of the inn are also poor. The villagers chose a large kang room, a house with a row of large kangs on each side. Eight or nine people lived on two kangs, and they did not feel crowded.
The kang was burning hot, and Gu Xiao put half of the wine bag left on the kang head to warm it up. After seeing it, Gu also put his bag on it, and said with a smile: "Uncle Fifth, this medicinal wine made by Xiao Ye Zi works really well. I'm still sweating all the way here!"
After Li Xiashan waited for the wine to warm up, he took a sip and said, "It really is a good wine! The liquor that the third brother brought back from Yancheng is not as strong as this wine!"
"Second brother Li, drink it at your leisure! When you go back tomorrow, you will have to rely on it to warm your body! If yours is finished, don't try to grab ours! I have to save it and go back to my father to taste it. Taste." Gu is the eldest son of the third grandmother, a very filial child.
Recently, there have been a lot of fevers and colds, and Huan has also unfortunately been recruited. High fever of 38°4, groggy. Dear book friends, don't just pursue "beautiful frozen people", health is the most important thing!