Satisfied, Xiaobai hid his baby snake, lay back on Qiao Wei's arms, rested his little head on her soft chest, and turned back into a docile and well-behaved baby mink.
The next day, Qiao Wei got up early, Qiao Zheng's ointment was very effective, the rash on her face was almost invisible, and there were some on her body, but it was no longer itchy, and Qiao Wei didn't feel it.
After breakfast, the two children went to school with Brother Zhong, while Qiao Wei changed into a refreshing white tunic skirt, took a jar of freshly marinated small preserved eggs, and was ready to go out.
Qiao Zheng called her to stop: "Ninny, where are you going?"
"Go to the capital." Apologize to Meditation.
Qiao Zheng hesitated for a while, then smiled and said, "May I go with you? I picked some herbs, and I can sell them in the pharmacy."
"I can sell it for you."
"I… "
Qiao Wei looked at his hesitant appearance, and instantly understood that selling medicine was an excuse, and he was actually looking for opportunities to spend more time with his daughter.
Qiao Zheng was afraid that Qiao Wei would refuse, so he said humbly, "I'm leaving tomorrow."
"Why?" Qiao Wei asked.
"I..." Qiao Zheng didn't know how to speak.
Qiao Wei said calmly: "Let's go, Shuanzi's father's carriage will be gone later."
"… good."
The father and daughter were riding Shuanzi's father's bullock cart, and there were a few peasant women who sold chickens and ducks on the street. Seeing such a handsome man, the peasant women blushed with shame.
Qiao Wei first went to the car dealership in the town to hire Master Guan's carriage. Master Guan looked at the middle-aged man behind Qiao Wei in surprise: "This is..."
Qiao Zheng smiled and said, "I am Xiao Qiao's father."
"Ah, it's Master Qiao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" No wonder Xiao Qiao is so beautiful, look at her father, he is also a good-looking talent!
Master Guan led the carriage out: "Where are you going in the capital?"
Qiao Wei hugged the jar and said, "First find a pharmacy to sell herbs."
"Okay!" Master Guan drove the carriage to South Street in the capital.
Master Guan knew that Qiao Wei and Lingzhitang were not getting along, so he didn't take them to Lingzhitang, but went to another pharmacy diagonally opposite Lingzhitang. Although this pharmacy is not as famous as Lingzhitang, it is a century-old brand with a high reputation Good, no kidding.
Master Guan himself has seen patients at his house, which is cheaper than Ganoderma lucidum.
Because of its low fees, the purchase price is not much higher.
The shopkeeper finished weighing the medicinal materials in Qiao Zheng's basket: "The others are not worth a lot of money. This must be a good wind grass, wild, right?"
"Yes." Qiao Zheng replied.
The shopkeeper picked up a piece of Dingfeng grass and looked at the sun: "It doesn't look like it was picked here."
Qiao Zheng said, "I picked them in Yunnan."
Always heard about the capital of Dian, Qiao Wei asked the old scholar to find out afterward, and found that the geographical location of the capital of Dian was somewhat similar to the modern Dali in Yunnan.
Dingfengcao is a saying in "Compendium of Materia Medica". Its original name is Chijian, also known as Gastrodia elata. It is mostly produced in the deep mountains of Yunnan. It is said that during the Qianlong period, some people offered it as a tribute to the emperor.
Qiao Wei was surprised that Qiao Zheng carried it from so far away. How far did his feet go
The shopkeeper said, "I'll give you 800 wen for these Gastrodia elata, and a total of 200 wen for the rest of the herbs."
After working so hard to pick it for so long, carrying it from the capital of Yunnan to the capital, it was only sold for a tael of silver. Qiao Wei pressed the medicine basket: "We won't sell it anymore."
"Why don't you sell it again?" the shopkeeper asked strangely.
Qiao Wei took the gastrodia elata in his hand and put it back into the medicine basket: "It's too little, do you know how difficult it is to collect medicine? You may not be able to pick such a basket after walking hundreds of miles. Two silver coins is too much."
The shopkeeper teased him for a while, and said, "The medicinal materials in our family are not expensive to sell to patients, and the difference is only enough for the doctor's consultation fee. I can't afford it if you ask for a lot of money."
Qiao Wei said lightly: "If you can't afford the price, we will find someone else. There are always more than two pharmacies in the capital, you and Ganoderma lucidum."
"Girl, I really can't afford to increase the price." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he looked at Qiao Zheng who was beside him. He could see that he was quite willing and hoped that he could say something, but why did he look at this man and feel inexplicably Does it look familiar
Before the shopkeeper could figure out why, Qiao Zheng took the medicine basket and carried it on his back: "It's not for sale anymore."
"Hey, hey! Don't go, don't go!" The shopkeeper chased after him, "How about I add another five hundred Wen?"
Qiao Wei left without looking back, only five hundred Wen, what can she do? These medicinal materials are not planted in batches in the fields, and they can be picked as much as they want. It is so difficult to get them but they are only sold for this money. It is better to use them at home.
"Ninny, you're so kind." Qiao Zheng smiled foolishly. He was very happy because his daughter felt sorry for his hard work in picking herbs.
Qiao Wei corrected him: "I don't feel sorry for you, I just don't think it's worth it. If you change to a bigger pharmacy, I can sell you five to ten taels of silver!"
Qiao Zheng smiled foolishly: "I listen to you."
The two got into Master Guan's carriage and were about to find another pharmacy when suddenly a man flew out from a shop and crashed into Master Guan's carriage. reins, stopped the carriage.
Afterwards, Master Guan jumped off the ground and dragged the young man who was almost stepped on by the horse's hoof aside: "Young man, are you alright?"
The man spat out a mouthful of blood.
Master Guan was dumbfounded.
Qiao Wei lifted the curtain of the car: "What's the matter, Master Guan?"
Master Guan anxiously said: "I don't know what happened, this person bumped into me all of a sudden!"
Qiao Wei got out of the carriage and walked over.
The young man regained his strength, wiped the blood from his mouth with his sleeve, and said to Master Guan: "I'm sorry, Master, I startled your horse and stained your clothes."
Master Guan heaved a long sigh of relief. The moment the young man bumped into him, he was really afraid that the other party would rely on him. Fortunately, fortunately, he was an upright man.
"I'm fine, what's the matter with you?" Master Guan asked.
The man stood up with difficulty: "It's nothing, offended."
After finishing speaking, she walked towards the place where she was thrown with her injured body. When Qiao Wei passed by, Qiao Wei gave him a fixed look. Like Master Guan, Qiao Wei almost thought that the other party was The one who came to touch Ci'er, but it seems that something really happened to the other party.
Qiao Wei's eyes followed the young man all the way to the pharmacy, and fixed her eyes on the plaque on it, Ganoderma Lucidum Hall.
Oh, it's this black hearted pharmacy again.
The surrounding people gradually filled with onlookers.
The shopkeeper of the Ganoderma Lucidum Hall and several thugs stood at the door viciously. The young man looked at them without any fear in his eyes: "You have the ability to kill me, otherwise I must seek justice for my elder brother today!"
"What's fair?"
"An accident happened again in Lingzhi Hall?"
There were whispers in the crowd.
The shopkeeper of the Ganoderma lucidum hall snorted and said: "Your eldest brother was brought into our Lingzhi hall after he died, and you actually blame our Lingzhi hall for not curing your elder brother!"
The boy roared: "You are talking nonsense! My elder brother was still breathing when he entered! It was your doctor who gave my elder brother some kind of needle and stabbed my elder brother to death!"
The shopkeeper sternly said: "Since our Ganoderma lucidum clinic was opened, there has never been a death incident! My master's medical skills are superb, he cured the Xiongnu prince, and now he is named Yong Enhou. Some jealous people can't sit still, want to come It’s time to hit our lord, and that’s why he came up with such a nasty way to frame Ganoderma lucidum hall! Don’t be fooled by him! Our Lingzhi hall is the most brilliant in the whole capital, we can’t put people to death for no reason!”
The young man said with red eyes: "My eldest brother's bones are still cold, you speak out of conscience, aren't you afraid of retribution?"
Qiao Zheng got out of the carriage and separated the strangers who squeezed onto her daughter: "What's the matter, niece?"
Qiao Wei ignored the medical disputes at Lingzhitang. In her opinion, it is not surprising that a black-hearted pharmacy like Lingzhitang would do such a thing. She pointed to the alley beside her: "Look."
There was a straw mat laid out in the alley, and a man was lying on the mat, who should be the elder brother who was put to death by the Ganoderma Lucidum Hall as he said.
Qiao Zheng protected his daughter and came to the alley. First, he squatted down and felt for his pulse. It was indeed gone, and then he touched his heart: "The heart is hot, there should be some help."
Qiao Zheng put down the medicine basket, took out a pack of sterilized golden needles, and inserted them into several big holes of the man: "He has a knife wound on his arm, which needs to be cleaned and sutured in time..."
As soon as the words fell, Qiao Wei had already taken his wine bag, poured out the spirits, tore open the man's clothes, and cleaned the wound in an orderly manner.
"Is there a needle and thread?" Qiao Wei asked.
"Yes, in the basket."
Qiao Wei touched the sewing box, sterilized the fine needles with wine, and began to sew up the man's wound.
The wound was three inches long and required twenty stitches.
On the other side, Qiao Zheng crushed the elderberry and smeared it on the sutured wound.
Elderberry can cure bruises. It has the effects of eliminating rheumatism, promoting menstruation and promoting blood circulation, detoxification and anti-inflammation. Although it is not as good as gold sore medicine, it is enough for emergency.
After the father and daughter rescued the man tacitly, the man let out a sharp breath from his chest, coughed, and arched his body.
When the young man heard the coughing sound of his elder brother, his complexion changed, and he ran over: "Big brother! Big brother!"
Qiao Wei stopped him: "Your elder brother is still very weak, you'd better not stimulate him, and don't touch him."
The people watching the excitement chased the boy and surrounded him.
"Eh? Didn't you say you're dead? Why are you alive again?"
"Yes, yes, just now the shopkeeper of the Ganoderma lucidum hall said that the person was brought into their Ganoderma lucidum hall after he was dead. Look, he is awake now."
The people's comments made the face of the shopkeeper of Ganoderma Lucidum very ugly. He pushed aside the crowd and walked into the alley.
The young man grabbed Qiao Wei's arm and said excitedly, "You guys saved my elder brother?"
Qiao Wei said with a blank expression: "A consultation fee will be charged."
"Yes, yes, yes!" The young man hurriedly pulled out his purse and poured out a few pieces of silver, "It's all for you! It's all for you!"
Qiao Wei took the money, turned her head to look at the stunned shopkeeper of Lingzhitang, and smiled faintly: "Is this the medical skill of your Lingzhitang? If you almost put someone to death and refused to admit it, you even beat him up and falsely accused them of sending them over. The Ganoderma lucidum hall really opened my eyes!"
Everyone cast contemptuous glances at the shopkeeper of the Ganoderma Lucidum Hall, their own medical skills are not good, and they cursed him for being dead, it is really embarrassing!
The shopkeeper of Ganoderma lucidum became furious: "You... you are all in the same group! You joined hands to frame Lingzhitang!"
Qiao Wei sneered: "Joke, what is your Ganoderma lucidum hall, is it worth my frame?"
The shopkeeper of the Ganoderma lucidum Hall looked Qiao Wei up and down, and suddenly realized: "Ah, I recognize you! You are a country woman who came to the Ganoderma lucidum hall to make trouble a few years ago! You even beat Master Lu's female relatives! Everyone, open your eyes!" Open your eyes and take a look, this woman is a childcare worker! She found trouble with our Ganoderma lucidum hall years ago, and now she is here again! She is with them! Don't be fooled by them!"
"Is it true or not? You look like a dog, but you are actually a liar?" The direction of the people has changed again.
Qiao Zheng packed up the medicine basket, walked forward, stopped her daughter behind, looked at the shopkeeper seriously and said, "My daughter is not a liar, don't talk nonsense."
The shopkeeper smiled: "Last time I brought two children, and this time I brought a father, who do you want to bring next time? Do you want to bring your old mother out to pretend to be cheating? Come on! Teach them a lesson. Let them know that Ganoderma lucidum hall is not so easy to mess with, and whoever dares to come to Lingzhi hall to cause trouble again will end up just like them!"
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, a group of thugs charged over wielding wooden sticks!
The crowd ran away with a clatter.
Qiao Wei and Qiao Zheng were unreservedly exposed under the eyes of the thugs.
This group of thugs are all hulking and vicious. It can be seen that they are not kind.
They not only beat Qiao Wei Qiaozheng, but also the patients and teenagers on the ground.
The boy protected his elder brother and started fighting with several people.
But he was not a Lianjiazi, and he was injured again, so he almost had to be beaten.
Qiao Zheng wasn't much better either. He was a young man who grew up reading sage books. He had never experienced fighting or anything like that!
He was dumbfounded the moment the group of men rushed over with their sticks.
Qiao Wei kicked one of the thugs away, and the thug knocked over the three behind him, and the ground was full of wailing!
Seeing that Qiao Wei was difficult to deal with, everyone rushed towards Qiao Zheng.
A stick hit Qiao Zheng's head, and Qiao Wei quickly grabbed it. Qiao Wei broke his wrist, took the stick from his hand, and kicked him away!
Qiao Wei said to Qiao Zheng: "You go first!"
Qiao Zheng shook his head: "I won't go."
Qiao Wei yelled: "Let's go! What can you do if you stay? I have to pay attention to protect you!"
These thugs are not ordinary thugs, each of them is well-trained, although they are not as strong in martial arts as the Tsing Yi Wei of the palace, but they are much more vicious than Tsing Yi Wei.
With a basket on his back, Master Guan quietly walked into the chaotic scene, grabbed Qiao Zheng's hand, and fled to the alley.
A thug spotted them and rushed over with a stick!
Qiao Wei's eyes turned cold, she picked up the wooden stick in her hand and threw it hard, hitting the thug's back, and the thug threw herself at Qiao Zheng's feet!
Qiao Zheng was taken aback, then turned around, and saw Qiao Wei surrounded by a group of thugs.
He shook Master Switch's hand, grabbed the wooden stick on the ground, and rushed towards the crowd trembling!
The thugs upstairs saw this scene, who is that woman? How can you fight like this? Among his dozen or so brothers, none of them took advantage of her.
The beater picked up an iron rod, jumped out of the window, and smashed it down on Qiao Wei's head!
Qiao Zheng's stick blocked his iron rod, but it's a pity that the wooden stick against the iron rod is like hitting a pebble on a rock. There was only a crackling sound, Qiao Zheng's wooden stick broke, and the iron rod broke through the resistance and hit Qiao Zheng's body directly. overhead.
For a moment, the whole world fell silent.
Qiao Zheng couldn't hear the slightest sound, but felt that the picture in front of him suddenly became slow, so slow that it seemed to be frozen.
The warm liquid flowed into his eyes, flowed down the corners of his eyes, and flowed into his mouth.
A little salty.
Qiao Zheng licked it.
Qiao Wei grabbed a wooden stick that was coming towards her, and kicked violently, knocking over a group of people! When she turned her head, she saw Qiao Zheng, who was bleeding head and blood, and her eyes widened in disbelief.
Qiao Zheng chuckled and fell into a pool of blood.