Poor family mother and son

Chapter 299 Add some "ingredients" to the water

Xiaobao and Li Hu waited silently until the toes were numb from the cold and had to stand up and stomp their feet, the door in the tea shed opened.

A man with a hunched back and a lump of broken fur on his head walked over with his eyes downcast, carrying a steaming kettle.

The complexion of the face under the broken fur is extremely white, which can be said to be "skin like snow", but unfortunately it is not "skin like fat", but very dry.

The wrinkles on the face are not deep, but very fine, and it looks even drier, as if the skin is about to burst.

With half a goatee, Saixue's skin is still fair, not only the beard, but also the eyebrows and eyelashes are white.

This kind of skin color, on the contrary, makes the white part of the eyes not so white, and looks reddish and yellowish.

The lips, which are thin at the top and thick at the bottom, are red like blood, especially when they laugh, they are set off by the vertical folds formed by the nasolabial folds, making them look ferocious like "eating a dead child".

This appearance is really eye-catching, Xiaobao tried hard not to drop his jaw, and after careful observation, he noticed his age.

This person must be over 60 years old, or older?Otherwise, why is the back bent so badly?

The skin on the hands is also very loose, and the tendons on the back of the hands are obviously raised, but there is no color.

Just now the young man followed him with two bowls in one hand and a small paper bag in the other.

Housheng put the bowl on the table of the tea stand. It seemed that the bowl had been washed with water, but it seemed that Housheng's fingers were not very clean, and where the scratches were, the drops of water were gray.

The shabby fur head carried a pot to pour water into the bowls. In the steam, the young man opened the small paper bag and poured half of the yellow-white powder into each of the two bowls.

"You!" Xiaobao stood up suddenly, but saw that Li Hu had already clasped the rim of the bowl with three fingers, picked it up and took a big gulp.

"Uncle Tiger!" Xiao Bao exclaimed, "Why do you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Hu had already held a bowl to signal Xiaobao to have a taste too: "Sweet!"

Little Treasure sat down suspiciously, and felt nauseous seeing the dusty water droplets on the edge of the bowl mixed into the hot water, and couldn't help yelling at the young man: "I have named a bunch of good teas, but only hot water is available for you. Instead, wash your hands clean, and let the young master drink your handwashing water?!"

That young man didn't even look at Xiaobao, he just hummed: "I'm still not thirsty!"

Li Hu smiled, and said to Xiaobao: "I don't clean up, I'm not sick after drinking it! You're here, and the water gang leader is right here!"

The broken fur head is actually the leader of the water gang?

Regardless of whether he is the leader of the water gang or not, if he has a bad attitude, I don't want to see him!

However, Li Hu, who is better than a doctor in medicine, actually said, "I don't clean up, and I don't get sick after drinking it."

It's really sweet.

Xiao Bao raised his eyes to look at the young man: "Is there any more? Add some more! I'll pay by incense sticks!"

The young man's attitude became enthusiastic all of a sudden: "Some, some, five cents a pack, how many packs do you want?"

Xiao Bao put down a small piece of broken silver: "Add two bags."

After thinking about it, he put down an ingot of five taels of silver: "Put it in an jar, and I'll take it away."

This icing is fine, all ground into powder.

The icing sugar in this era is actually rock sugar, but it is called "icing sugar" or "icing sugar", but the later generations actually grind rock sugar into powder, and it is very uniform.

The younger generation grinned: "Success!"

"Little brother is quite arrogant!" said the leader of the water gang.

Xiaobao glanced at him: "Master has a cleanliness habit!" After finishing speaking, he took a sip of hot water from the bowl. It was too cold, and he was annoyed by the "cold spring" weather.

As if seeing that Xiaobao was a bit cold, the Shui Gang leader said: "You wear too much, can you not be cold!"

Too cold?What's the point?
"The moisture is so strong, wear a cotton robe, isn't it wet?" The torn fur head said, "If you have no money, you can wear a few more layers of linen jackets, and if the adults in your family love you, you can wear silk cotton robes, anyway You have to breathe!"

Oh, it makes sense. Cotton absorbs moisture. When the humidity is heavy, if you sit still, you will feel cold.

Just say it!It is obviously much warmer here than in Jizhou, and the rice seedlings can survive, so why am I afraid of getting cold.

Li Hu took out two medicine bottles: "Hey, Master Shui, this red cap is an ointment for treating dark eyes, rub it into your eyes every night before going to bed;

The white cap is used to treat ear dysentery. At night, find a thin reed tube to drip into the ear. "

The leader of the water gang pulled out the medicine bottle with the white cover, smelled it, and frowned: "Li Hu, you are not a liar! You also use a bottle of leek juice to fool me?"

Li Hu smiled: "Master Shui has a good memory, he actually remembered that my name is Li Hu. The leek juice is not fake, but alum is added here, and the leek juice alone is useless to your ears."

Li Hu nodded: "Well, thank you."

Xiaobao was a little confused when he heard their conversation. What is this? The leek juice came out?

The leader of the water gang played with the small medicine bottle in his hand, and said to Li Hu: "I don't know you Chuanfang. Last time when I was leaving, you told me that if you have ear or eye diseases, you can find them at any time. You, I just want to wait for you to bring me medicine."

After all, he is the gang leader, and he is still waiting for others to deliver medicine to him.

"You can tell at a glance that my eyes and ears have problems, so you can see that I am not an ordinary person. I am better than a sitting doctor!" The leader of the water gang said again.

Li Hu: "The leader of the water gang has flattered you. Isn't this why I brought you medicine today."

Water Gang Leader: "I've been waiting for you for two years!"

Li Hu was speechless.

Shui Gang Master weighed the bottle again: "I have a lot of brothers here, if you don't come, I won't be able to pass."

This time Xiaobao understands, so I will save face.The gang is not big, but the airs are big.

The leader of the water gang looked at Xiaobao: "Is there something wrong?"

Little Treasure didn't know how to answer, so he looked at Li Hu, who said, "The young master of Sanshun Escort Bureau, Qian Sanshun."

The head of the water gang showed doubts: "A thousand families have descendants?"

Li Hu was also puzzled: "Master Shui knows about Qianjia?"

The leader of the water gang shook his head: "I don't know."

Now, I'm all confused.

The Shui Gang leader was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "It's not that I dare not trouble your boat workshop."

Xiaobao: "Hehe."

The leader of Shui Gang didn't mind Xiaobao's attitude, and continued: "After the friction two years ago, I sent brothers to watch your boat workshop, and accidentally learned that Ping Jian is the adopted son of King Qianji.

King Qianji is the savior of my mother and me. He not only saved the lives of our mother and child, but also taught me Kung Fu for three months.

It's just that he didn't promise me to be a teacher, otherwise, Ping Jian could be said to be my junior brother. "

Although King Qianji confiscated him as a disciple back then, Shui Maomao still called him master

Xiaobao guessed Shui Maomao's age, and he looked over 60 years old, but his skin was too pale, not the blue color he had heard before.

"May I ask your age?" Xiaobao couldn't help asking.

"Forty to eight," Shui Maomao said, "Your uncle must have been adopted many years after Master saved me."

Shui Maomao always seemed to know what Xiaobao was thinking, he continued: "When I met Master, he was only in his 20s."

Shui Maomao fell into memory and didn't speak for a long time.

After a while, he asked Xiaobao: "Are you a descendant of Qianjia or Pingjian?"

Xiaobao thought for a while, and didn't know whether to tell the truth, but he still said: "I am the second generation of officials."

At least not lying.

Although Chu Qing took the lead in saying the word "Second Generation of Officials", the literal meaning is quite clear and anyone can understand it.

Shui Maomao figured it out after a little adaptation: "Hehe."

Then he asked, "What are you looking for?"

Xiaobao said: "Although I really want to hear your story, it's not too late to tell it until you can trust me. Someone hired you to dig the bottom of the Sanshun Escort?"

Shui Maomao was obviously confused by this answer.Who is okay to put two irrelevant sentences together?

Shui Maomao replied: "Not yet, when are you going to leave?"

Xiaobao: "Tomorrow morning."

Shui Maomao: "What result do you want?"

Xiaobao: "What can you do?"

Shui Maomao leaned back, his rickety back made him lean his neck directly on the back of the chair, and instead slipped a bit down.

Xiaobao: "My mother said it was called 'Ge You Lie'".

Shui Maomao: "Huh? That doesn't sound like a good word."

(End of this chapter)