Female supporting roles rely on food to save themselves

chapter 39

Xiao Miaomiao grabbed Cheng Hao's wrist vigorously, gurgled, and drank most of the bowl in one go, her eyes sparkling.

"Father, it's so sweet, so fragrant, and so delicious."

Cheng Hao was stunned for a moment, and great joy surged in his heart instantly.

His wife passed away in childbirth when his youngest son was born. Cheng Hao has never married again since then, and only takes care of one son and one daughter. This youngest son was brought up by him as both father and mother. It was the first discovery.

Since he was ill, the youngest son always seemed a little out of breath when he spoke, and it had been a long time since he was as lively as this moment.

"Drink more if it tastes good, Dad will buy it for you later."

Cheng Hao secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, watching his son greedily drink all the pear ointment water while holding the bamboo tube in his hand.

He still had to go to work in the afternoon, so Cheng Hao handed over his young son, whose eyes were shining with joy, to his daughter to take care of him. He took out the money he had just saved in the past few days, put it in his pocket, and patted it lightly.

He only has two children, and every drop of sweat he puts in now is for them. As long as his son likes it, there is nothing he can't bear to give up.

In the afternoon of the same day, Cheng Hao went to Gu Xiang's pear cream water stand and bought two large bowls of pear cream water, facing the gloomy or prodigal eyes around him.

It took six big babies, and Cheng Hao was really a little bit pained, but when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Miaomiao holding the bamboo tube, leaning towards her sister to feed her, and the almost identical faces of the two sisters and brothers showed thoughts. With the same cute smile, Cheng Hao immediately became happy.

The money you earn is for spending.

The wind at night was a bit cold, so Cheng Hao slept at the foot of his younger son's bed. First, he had to cover him with a quilt at any time, and second, he was used to his younger son coughing badly every night, and he had to get up countless times to feed him water every night. Pat on the back and lull him to sleep.

Cheng Hao was thinking about starting to do farm work as soon as autumn came, and this year's hard labor would be over, so he should find another paid errand to do.

His family has not been going well in recent years. The two children have been sick again and again, and a lot of the land has been sold, and now there is only one mu and two cents left.Although he can be regarded as a veteran in serving the crops, the grain produced in this area has paid taxes, and the family does not have enough for chewing...

The body was too tired, although his mind was always restless, Cheng Hao still fell asleep drowsily.

After an unknown amount of time, Cheng Hao seemed to hear giggles in his ears, and something rubbed against his neck. He opened his eyes suddenly, and turned his head to look around in a daze, his eyes could hardly be opened due to the sunlight.

It was daylight!

Shocked, Cheng Hao stretched out his hand to touch his son, and touched his little furry head. He lowered his head and saw his sleepy-eyed son lying on his neck, with most of his little butt exposed. giggling.

Dazed for a while, Cheng Hao sat up straight - did his son cough last night?

It seems like you only coughed once?
"Miao Miao's illness, is it cured!?"

Cheng Hao was so excited that his palms were sweating. His son had been ill for such a long time, and it was useless to take medicine. He was worried that the child would fall to the root of the disease.

At the first moment, Cheng Hao thought of Gu Xiang's pear ointment water.

The main reason is that his family's life is extremely regular, except for the pear ointment water he added yesterday, he didn't give his son anything else to drink. Of course, it is also possible that the decoction he drank finally helped, but he couldn't give up any hope.

He got up from the bed, told Taozi to watch over his younger brother, took the money and went straight to the embankment.

Gu Xiang left the stall early.

The villagers are doing hard work now, and they have to eat well, and they are at work, so it is not convenient to eat at home. Gu Xiang prepares some affordable morning meals every morning, and the diners are quite supportive.

Today Gu Xiang cooked a pot of corn porridge, served with sesame scones, brushed the sesame scones with sauce, sandwiched two cucumber sticks, and wrapped them with lotus leaves that are common in the village.

Buying a pancake and drinking a bowl of porridge will warm your stomach.

When Cheng Hao came, there was already a long queue in front of the food stall. He couldn't wait, so he shouted loudly at the back: "Third lady, leave me two bowls of pear ointment water. My son has been coughing for a long time. Not good, I drank two bowls of pear cream water from you yesterday, and finally recovered!"

Gu Xiang smiled and said: "I don't sell pear cream in the early morning. Is your son coughing? Then you should eat pear cream. Drinking water alone is not effective. I'll get you a jar later."

Cheng Hao's heart fluttered, and he said anxiously: "Third lady, you mean pears, so can pear paste cure cough?"

"Natural energy."

Gu Xiang smiled, "I took it according to the prescription, and the effect should not be bad. If the cough is not serious, just boiling water with pears will have some effect..."

Cheng Hao was stunned immediately.

Gu Laoshi happened to be working nearby. Hearing what Gu Xiang said, he almost stepped into the mud pit. The surrounding laborers made the villagers stunned for a while.

"Third lady, where did you get the secret recipe?"

"Cheng Hao, according to you, this pear paste is very useful?"

Cheng Hao was so excited that tears filled his eyes: "It works, especially useful." He looked up at Gu Xiang, as if he was looking at a bodhisattva.

The faces of the villagers are a bit weird.

The diner who bought food at the front sighed: "Third lady, you are really generous. You are willing to tell others about such an effective secret recipe."

Gu Xiang: "..."

She squeezed the original body's memories in her mind, and then it dawned on her that drinking pear water to cure cough was common sense.

In fact, perhaps some nobles and doctors know some similar dietary prescriptions, but they will never tell others. Ordinary people have no channels to know these things.

Gu Xiang vaguely remembered that in her world, it was not until the Qing Dynasty that pear ointment for cough was introduced from the palace to the people.

Nowadays, pear paste is still a special medicine in the palace, and few people know about it.

Gu Xiang sighed inwardly. It seemed that she was stupid again in the eyes of the villagers, but she didn't really care about such a trivial matter.

Now that she was generous enough, she decided to be generous to the end. She dug out the remaining pear paste in the jar and gave it to Cheng Hao, but she still warned: "This dietary medicine is effective for coughs, but it only cures coughs and makes you sick. , you must see the doctor seriously."

Cheng Hao was moved to tears when he heard the words.

On the same day, he took the pear paste back and gave it to his younger son. As a result, his son slept very soundly at night, and did not cough a single sound when he woke up at dawn.

The news spread like wildfire, and Gu Xiang's pear ointment was almost rumored to be a magic medicine, and it became a short-sought item, and there was an endless stream of people queuing up to buy it every day.

Gu Xiang made a small fortune, and felt quite interesting in his heart.

However, within two days, a pharmacy in the county launched a pirated pear ointment. Gu Laoshi and Jiang's couple felt a little uncomfortable, and Jiang was still very worried: "It's obviously San Niangzi's prescription, but now it's time for others to use it to make money , Hey, let those who suffer from pink eye know, especially Li Zijun and Wang Shi, they still don’t know how to mock us.”

In fact, Li Zijun and Wang really paid close attention to the situation of Gu's family, and after knowing the cause and effect of Li Gao, they really gloated after being depressed.

If Gu Xiang knew what they were thinking, he would be surprised. No matter how others imitate, their Gu family has made money and reputation by relying on pear paste. Embarrassed to laugh?

Gu Xiang was not surprised that the imitations appeared so quickly.

But it may not be easy for the pharmacy to make money.

Gu Xiang chuckled: "I just hope that the bosses of these pharmacies won't be too disappointed."

(End of this chapter)