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Chapter 4

After Chu Jiu finished speaking, he pointed to another pile of herbal medicines. His calm eyes turned terribly bright because of these medicinal materials, and his voice couldn't hide his excitement: "As for these, the leaves haven't been drawn neatly yet. It was dug out, and the efficacy of the medicine would be slightly different, and those thrown in the corners of the carriages and horses, I am afraid that it is difficult to say whether the medicine is effective or not. Bringing it back, that is, making it a medicine dregs, it is difficult for anyone to need it, but It can also be used as a calming incense when you are rushing to catch the winter. Some people should need it, but the price can't be higher, otherwise all the money you bring will have to be put in, and you will be paid according to the goods , Give more if they are intact, so that they can pay more attention when digging herbs."

"Oh, you girl is farther than your father thinks. Hearing your insights, you are a good business material." Mao Laoba felt very surprised. It was not the first time he saw Chu Jiu. He used to think that this The girl has a bit of a temper, and when she comes out with her father, it's always a joke, and she's always arguing, that's why Mao Laoba will stop and go today, just to let this girl get out of the car to get some air, but it turns out that this girl Like a different person, he didn't intend to get out of the car at all, so he started driving again.

"This thing is quite common." Mao Laoba picked up a long round branch and said, "It can detoxify snake venom. Ordinary hunters don't sell it. They keep it for their own use. Where did you get it?"

"It was collected from the village head." Chu Jiu picked up the same herb that Mao Laoba was holding.

This is Mufangji, the rattan can be woven, the starch in the root can be used to make wine, and it has the effects of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, diuresis and detoxification, and lowering blood pressure. All the wooden defenses of the family were collected.

After going to more than ten households, she thought that the price offered by the man was almost impossible, but because she didn't understand the value of money exchange and herbal medicine at first, she kept lowering the price after hearing what he said.

If it is true what Mao Laoba said, these hunters used these medicines as life-saving grass, then speaking of it, there seems to be something wrong with that family, especially the sigh when they received the money she handed over...

Chu Jiu carefully recalled where he had seen this kind of look, and vaguely remembered that he had seen it in the ward before, it was a kind of...

Chu Jiu left the Mu Fangji behind and walked quickly to the house just now. When she reached the door, she slapped the door a few times, but no one responded, so she immediately went to the window. It was damp under the mountain, and the window paper had already After being completely rotten, she looked in through the window. At this glance, she was immediately stunned by the situation inside.

The Orion who always had a sad face just now was dangling on the edge of the rock bed with a knife in his hand. There seemed to be several people lying on the bed, including a child.

"Don't mess around!" Chu Jiu yelled, and then went to knock on the door with her body. Although the door was loose, it didn't look like it was about to be knocked open. She became more and more anxious, so she kept slapping on the door panel outside the door and making a sound. dissuade. "Is there something to discuss, what's so great that it forces you to do something stupid!"

She felt familiar just now because she had seen this kind of look many times. Some patients wanted to die, and some patients couldn't pay for the medicine. The kind of despair that gave up on themselves was exactly the same as the look in the eyes of this Orion just now. of.

When Mao Laoba saw Chu Jiu running here suddenly, he knew that something must have happened, so he hurried to follow.

When I got here, I looked through the crack of the door, and I was stunned all of a sudden, and shouted to the room: "I'm telling the truth, don't mess around, it doesn't matter if you three old bastards are dead, that child is innocent!" !"

On the ninth day of the ninth day, when I heard Mao Laoba shouting like this, don't be stunned, thinking that this Mao Laoba is trying to persuade or encourage people?
Strange to say, after Mao Laoba yelled these words, the man named Genzi really hesitated. It can be seen that Mao Laoba didn't shout those words indiscriminately, he knew Genzi's temperament.

The two were shouting and clapping outside the door, which naturally attracted the attention of the nearby hunters. When the nearby hunters rushed to the door of the house called Genzi, all of them gathered together and closed the door. Knock open.

As soon as the door was knocked open, Mao Laoba moved forward nimbly, grabbed the skirt of Genzi's clothes, and lifted him up, twisted the wrist holding the knife, and the knife fell on the ground. on the ground.

"Is the brain kicked by the mules?" After taking the knife, Mao Laoba threw Genzi on the ground, and began to ask the Genzi, what can't be overwhelmed to make such a fuss.

Genzi put on a bitter face, and was slapped away by Mao Laoba, and he no longer cared whether the elders were ugly or not, and cried there with his head in his arms, and even wanted to take the knife from Mao Laoba's hand , It can be seen that the intention of seeking death is not lost.

"Killing for life, do you know? We in Southern Tang have the king's law." Mao Laoba is familiar with the Orion here, and it's not surprising. Although he collects furs harshly, he also pays the highest price, and he is also generous. Orion is more than happy to sell him the furs he brings.

"Eighth Master, you don't understand, we really can't live anymore." Genzi squatted back on the ground after speaking, crying with his head in his arms.

The other hunters explained: "The two of you don't know, the old and the young are all being targeted by the mountain ghost, and he can't bear to see the old and the young suffer this."

"The mountain ghost is watching?" Chu Jiu was a little surprised. Isn't the mountain ghost a fiction?Could it be that there are still these ghosts in this place?

"No, you didn't see that, the mother and daughter-in-law of the root are pale and pale, their teeth have fallen out, and they are always bleeding. There are bruises and bruises on their bodies, and they are bleeding, which is scary. .”

"That's right, that's right, it's scary, how many doctors have been invited, none of them can tell what kind of disease it is... Oh yes, even Doctor Cang can't see what kind of disease it is, only that it can't be cured."

Everyone followed suit, even Dr. Cang couldn't look down on the disease, how could the baby in his family look down on it well.Another older hunter said: "It's not just like that, the little flower is only a little older, I'm afraid there are few people who even come out of the door, and later she was spotted by the mountain ghost, and the whole person was distorted. How can we stop the person Master Shangui wants?"

Chu Jiu listened more and more deeply, and turned around to the side of the rock bed, making a gesture to lift up the mattress, but Mao Laoba pulled her aside. "What do you do, I don't know if it will be contagious."

Chu Jiu took a look at Mao Laoba, he was better than these hunters, he would not believe those ghosts and gods, very good.

"This is not some important person from the mountain ghost, it's just a not-so-common disease." Chu Jiu said as he shook off Mao Laoba's hand, then lifted the quilt and looked at the three people carefully.

As those hunters said, the bodies of these three people were covered with bruises and all their teeth had fallen out. Judging from the corners of the bedding, it was obvious that they had bled not long ago.

The most serious one was the girl named Xiao Hua'er, her entire joints were swollen, her hip joints were stretched out, her knee joints were half-flexed, her feet were externally rotated, and she assumed a frog-like posture.

Seeing this, Chu Jiu had a clue in his mind. These three people had scurvy. This disease is not a big deal after a thousand years, but it is fatal at this time. Just because I don't understand the value of herbal medicine, I just decided to The price was lowered again and again, and this root also had the idea of ​​simply killing the whole family.

Covering the quilt back, he raised his voice and asked, "If I'm not wrong, this should not be the first time that the mountain ghost you mentioned is an important person. Every year, someone here will pass away like this."

Everyone said yes, and they were all curious how the lady from the Cang family knew.

"What do you usually eat?"

"Although they hunt, they are reluctant to eat it. The old lady takes medicine all the year round, and the daughter-in-law is also very sick. The conditions are not good, so they can only go to the back mountain to catch some fish or something to eat." Mao Laoba followed Orion here is familiar, so he explained it to Chu Jiu on their behalf.

(End of this chapter)