Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 63

The next day, on the way back to the city from Liyuan, Wen Shu saw a woman holding a child in front of a land temple outside the city gate, prostrating to the land temple.

The woman's back was facing her, and she couldn't see her face clearly. The blue turban tied on her head was a little crooked, and a lot of hair was scattered from the crooked place. With the woman's thin and bowing figure, it made people feel very sad.

"I beg the land god to be merciful, and give me herbs to save the child's life."

As the carriage approached, what the woman said while prostrating faintly reached Wen Shu's ears.

She sighed in her heart, it is really not easy for poor families to treat diseases, especially if there are patients in the family who have been taking medicine for a long time, if there are precious medicinal materials in the prescription, the sky will really fall.

If they can't afford the medicine, some people will think of going to the mountains to pick it by themselves, but since it is a precious medicinal material, it is naturally not something that can be found everywhere.

But the sigh is the sigh, she is neither a medicine merchant, nor rich herself, even if she feels sympathy for the woman, she can't help, she shook her head immediately, shook the rein and drove the horse forward.

Just when the carriage passed by the woman, the woman stood up with tears all over her face, and turned around. Wen Shu glanced casually, but stopped immediately, and then pulled the rein, panting With a sound.

The horse stopped suddenly, and Lu Xi, who was sitting on the other side, was very surprised and asked, "Why did it stop?"

There is nothing in the way ahead!

Wen Shu turned his head to look at the woman holding the child in the back, and replied, "Guan Lu, wait a moment, I'll be here soon."

"Hey..." Lu Xi was about to say something, but Wen Shu on the other side had already jumped out of the car and walked to the back of the car.

"Sister-in-law, please stay." She stopped the dazed woman and looked at the child in her arms.

The child looked less than two years old, and was held in the arms of the woman with a listless head. His small face was waxy and waxy. It was not the yellow of malnutrition, but the kind of sickness that could be seen at a glance. Huang, the child is awake at this time, and his eyes are also yellow.

The woman looked at the little lady who suddenly stopped her, and was taken aback, then remembered that it was the little lady who gave her money back that day, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The tears on her face were still wet, and her voice was choked with sobs.

Wen Shu glanced at the child, and said hesitantly, "What's wrong with the child in sister-in-law's arms? Is it sick?" She spoke cautiously, lest she offend the woman.

When she asked, the woman's tears fell down again, but because she recognized her as the little lady who gave her money last time, the woman had a good impression of her, so although she was sad, she nodded truthfully. nod.

"Then can I ask what the disease is?" she hesitated.

The woman glanced at her, and Wen Shu hurriedly said: "I don't mean anything else, I just see that the child's face is yellow, like jaundice, if that's the case, I have a cure for him."

Hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up, but immediately dimmed when she thought of something, she nodded bitterly and said: "It is indeed jaundice, the doctor also prescribed a medicine, and said that it will improve after taking it for a month, but" Speaking of this , she covered her face and sobbed: "There is a medicine that is quite expensive, I can't afford it."

It turned out that Wen Shu had heard it just now. At this time, he confirmed that the child in the woman's arms was indeed suffering from jaundice, so he said, "Don't cry, sister-in-law. There is a fruit in my family. Eating it can cure jaundice. If sister-in-law is trustworthy, I will wait here." I'll be back in a quarter of an hour."

The woman was stunned, and then said: "How much is the fruit? I...I have no money..."

Wen Shu laughed and said, "No money, just fate."

"Ah." The woman was stunned, she obviously didn't expect such a good thing from heaven, but because of what happened last time, she didn't think anything bad about Wen Shu, so she agreed with half-belief.

Anyway, she has no other choice. She has borrowed all the relatives who can borrow it. The child can't stop taking the medicine for too long, otherwise his life will be gone. If the fruit sent by this little lady can really cure the dog's disease, she is willing to be A cow is a horse's reward.

Wen Shu returned to the carriage and jumped onto the shaft. Lu Xi faintly heard them talking. Seeing her come back now, he asked curiously, "Do you really have a cure for jaundice?"

"Yes." Wen Shu said with a smile: "If Manager Lu knows this kind of patient, please introduce him to me. Then I will treat you to some fruit."

Speaking of fruit, Lu Xi immediately thought of Huai Muguo not long ago, so he believed her words a little bit.

The carriage stopped at the intersection in front of Xiaocha Lane as usual, Wen Shu bid farewell to Lu Xi and rushed home, found a basket, packed two dangos, and hurried back outside the city.

Fortunately, her home was not far from the city gate, and the Earth Temple was just a mile outside the city. When she arrived panting, the woman was still there, looking anxiously in her direction.

"Sister-in-law, this is the fruit." Wen Shu revealed the dango in the basket, "You give it to the child in batches, half a day, and the remaining half, the weather is not easy to be bad now, put it away , it can be eaten the next day.”

She saw that although the child's complexion was yellow, he was young and small. Two should be enough, but this was the first time, and she was not sure, so she said again: "If the fruit is finished, the child has not yet eaten." Good Quan, you are still at this hour, come here and wait for me, I will pass by in the next few days."

The woman looked at the green fruit in the bamboo basket and was a little hesitant, because the color of the fruit could be seen as raw. Is it really edible?

I heard that many raw fruits are poisonous when they are raw. If they eat them, they will suffer from diarrhea, and if they are severe, they will be poisoned.

"Is this fruit not yet ripe?" After all, the child's life is important, she thought about it, and immediately asked the question directly, regardless of face.

Wen Shu was stunned for a moment, and only then did she realize why she was hesitating. With a smile, she picked up a fruit from the bamboo basket, broke it with her hands and divided it into two halves, then picked up one half and ate it: "It's ripe, it's the color. .”

Seeing that she started eating by herself, the woman let go of her doubts, picked up the other half of the fruit, and while feeding the child, she thanked: "Thank you, little lady, if you can really cure my dog, I will repay you like a cow and a horse." This favor."

"Sister-in-law is serious, but if you really want to, just introduce me to someone who has the same disease as a dog." Seeing the woman was stunned, she said again: "However, this time I will charge money."

"How much does that cost?" the woman asked after hesitating.

Hearing the voice, Wen Shu's heart moved, and he asked instead: "Does sister-in-law know such a person?"

The woman nodded: "There is also a person suffering from this disease in my natal village, but he is older, in his 30s."

Wen Shu thought about it carefully and said: "I always pay for it, and I will pay for it. If it can't be cured, I won't charge money."

She also considered this price after some consideration. Most of the villagers are not rich. If the price is too high, they would rather suffer than spend money.

She asked the doctor, not all jaundice will kill people immediately, some chronic jaundice can even last for several years, only children are weaker and the onset is quicker, but some middle-aged men can delay for several years.

The woman nodded when she heard the words. Although the money is quite a lot, it is not expensive if it can be cured. You must know that she has already spent nearly two pennies on getting the medicine for Gou Wa, but Gou Wa is not healed yet. If this fruit is really useful, it is really not expensive.

The woman left thankfully with the child in her arms, and Wen Shu also turned back to the city.

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