Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 21
The two of them walked up the mountain road to the west of the village while they were talking. More than ten miles to the west of Jiangxi Village was the official road leading to Songning County. A lot of convenience.It's just that the mountain road for more than ten miles is extremely difficult to walk, and the two of them walked for more than an hour before leaving the mountain.

Xianglai used to ride an ox cart when she was a child. At that time, she thought that the dangling cradle was as fun as it was, but when she really used it to drive the road, she almost made people anxious and angry. The steps were really slow to death. The one chosen by Dachang The head cow is still fast-paced, and its walking is similar to that of a human. There is no way, Chen Xianglai can only comfort himself with the idea of ​​"much easier than his own back".

It gets dark early in winter, and it was already dark when the two of them walked to Erdaoji, more than 50 miles away from Yanjiang Village.Although there are more than 20 miles to go to Songning County, but if I rushed there overnight, I am afraid that the gate of the city will be closed.

Erdaoji is a small town, there are some shops for business and so on, so the two found a car shop here to live.

Although Xianglai also dressed up as a boy for the convenience of traveling, she is a girl after all, and she couldn't live in the same room with Dachang, so the two asked for two rooms, and then moved all the things on the sledge into Dachang's room for storage. , so as not to be dragged away by others.

The night passed, and the two of them got up before dawn the next day, ate something early, reinstalled the sledge and walked to the county.

The official road was much faster than the mountain road, and Dachang kept yelling at the big yellow ox, and it took more than an hour to reach the 20-mile road.

It was the first time for Xianglai to come to this "big city" in the eyes of Yanjiangtun people. Looking at the low city walls and dilapidated city gates in front of him, he had the feeling of watching old movies in his previous life, and felt a little desolate in his heart.

Dachang felt differently from her. He felt that this place was very prosperous, so he excitedly introduced this and that to her.

Although Dachang hadn't been here a few times, he knew where fur goods were sold. This car was the main purpose of his visit this time, so he had to get rid of it first.

The two asked several leather goods shops one after another, and finally chose one with a relatively high price and sold the leather. After weighing it, he accepted it, which made the furriers cover their mouths and laugh straight at the two old men.

The sledge leather was sold for a total of 35 taels of silver, and I was very satisfied with the income. I calculated that since I went to buy rice seeds, there would be a lot left over, which should be enough for the family's expenses next year.

After she sold the skins, it was time for Dachang to sell the fish.

It turned out that Mrs. Zhang only asked him to bring some dried fish to sell, but Wu Zhaodi picked up large frozen fish and packed them, saying that it would be better to sell some expensive and cheap fish than to eat by herself.

The two came to the market and squeezed a place in the corner to wait for the fish to be sold.

For Chinese New Year, chickens, ducks and fish are sold everywhere, and the location of the two is remote, so the sales are not very fast. Seeing that Xianglai was freezing, Dachang jumped on his feet and said, "Why don't you find a warm place first, let me alone People sell."

Xiang Lai really felt that there was no need for the two of them to guard here, so he said, "All right, you sell fish here, I'll go and find out where there is a medical center, and see if I can invite you back."

In fact, she said that inquiring about medical clinics was just one of them, and she also wanted to buy the rice seeds, but she didn't want to tell Dachang directly, for fear that he would think she was crazy.

Dachang was also thinking about his father's illness, nodded and said: "You go, be careful not to get lost, I will wait for you."

"Ah."

Xianglai agreed and walked out alone.

There were a lot of rice shops on both sides of the market, so she stopped by one, and when she found out that there was no such rare thing as rice, she went to the second one, but there was still none, and the shopkeeper told her that if she wanted to buy rice, she had to go to the rice shop , they don't have this kind in Xiaofang.

Xianglai asked carefully, and learned that the largest rice shop in the county was called Hengwang Rice Shop, which was actually owned by Xu Zongde, so she hesitated whether to go or not.

Ordinarily, after planting rice and selling it, I would fight against Xu Zongde, but I don't know if my mother and second aunt would be angry if they knew that I had spent money on his family.

So she didn't go to buy rice seeds first, but she searched for the best doctor in the city all the way.

Chen Xianglai found out that the most famous medical center in Songning County was called Ji'an Hall. The two generations of Mr. Han who attended the clinic were all extremely skilled in medicine and had cured many difficult and complicated diseases. It is said that some dignitaries in the capital came here for treatment.

In the previous life, Chen Xianglai would definitely not have believed in such boasting, but this is ancient times, there were no such businesses as false advertisements and medical trusts, and the reputation of the operators was accumulated by their reputation. Since everyone said yes, it is inevitable It wasn't much worse, so she came here under the guidance of passers-by.

From the outside, this medical clinic does not seem to be as exaggerated as the rumors say, it is just a three-room frontage, and the blue and gold lacquered signboard is also very old, it seems that it has not been changed for many years.

Chen Xianglai opened the door and walked into the room, and saw tables and chairs under the window on the right side of the room, a gentleman in his fifties was attending the consultation, surrounded by many people sitting or standing.

There are fewer people on the left side, but there is a medicine cabinet. A clerk at the counter is grabbing medicine. The clerk outside the counter sees her coming in and greets her: "Child, do you want to see a doctor?"

Xiang Lai said: "I'm here to inquire, does the doctor here make out visits?"

The clerk looked at her suspiciously, and said, "Visiting the doctor? Where are you going? Our husband's visiting is at least 100 taels of silver if he is nearby, but if he is far away, it will be calculated as a day!"

Xiang Lai immediately changed her tone when she heard this, and said, "Uh...then I'll ask my mother and uncle for a consultation."

The man said: "That's bad, but did you bring the money?"

Now that Xianglai had the confidence, she thought that I was not enough to invite Mr. to visit the doctor, and I was not enough to ask the doctor, so he puffed out his chest and said, "Of course I did."

The guy nodded and said, "Oh, then just wait, you'll be here after reading the previous ones."

After speaking, he went back to the counter to help pack the medicine.

Xianglai stood aside and watched the doctor treat patients.

This Mr. Han was really careful when he saw a doctor, and he couldn't miss everything. After prescribing the medicine, he carefully instructed the method and time of taking the medicine.

This made Chen Xianglai feel a little better, at least this doctor is responsible enough, no matter how good his medical skills are, he always takes patients seriously, so she patiently waited here.

The patients in front have seen their doctor one after another, took the medicine and left.

Finally it was Chen Xianglai's turn, and she sat opposite Mr. Han.

Mr. Han glanced at her first, and then took a closer look. His eyes were a little strange, and he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Xianglai said: "I'm fine, I'm here to see my mother and uncle, my mother is always weak and can't eat, it's been a long time."

Mr. Han frowned and said, "Hey, this is not easy to deal with. Many diseases will have this symptom. It's hard to see if people don't come."

(End of this chapter)