People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 33 033: Bitter bamboo drink makes meritorious service again

The place where Li Yunguang entertained Wang Ji happened to be his study in the government office.The study is very important to a cultural person, and it is the spiritual habitat of the scholar.In this private plot, the paintings on the walls, the ornaments on the shelves, and the books in the bookcases can all show a person's spiritual connotation.

The three looked around in the study.Wang Ji is humorous and funny, he told three or five funny stories all morning, which made Cai Xiaolan and the two of them laugh out loud.

"Why are you so happy?" Li Yunguang leaned into the study and saw three people laughing together, so he couldn't help asking.

"Of course it's a pleasure that you, the governor, can't get!" Wang Ji couldn't help joking.

"Don't blame me. There are a lot of things in the government office, and a big event was done in the morning. Come, come back to the house with me, and let you taste my cook's craftsmanship." Of course Li Yunguang knew what Wang Ji said inside and outside the meaning.Don't you just blame yourself for leaving him alone all morning?
"Let's go home with me!" Li Qishi led Master and Disciple Wang Ji and Cai Xiaolan through the side door.

The four of them got into the carriage, but it was not crowded at all.Wang Ji glanced at Cui Boyan and his wife, but saw that they had strange looks on their faces. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After all, they were ordinary people and had seen too little of the world.Now I am frightened by a luxurious carriage.

If he wanted to know what the couple was thinking, he would have to laugh and cry.

"The majestic horse, with carved corners and silk curtains, isn't it exactly the same carriage that was almost loaded onto our donkey cart that day?"

"It turns out that the governor is sitting inside!"

The couple looked at each other and said nothing.

"Hey, why do you feel like you forgot something?" Ever since Li Yunguang got into the carriage, he always felt lost, as if he had forgotten something.But can't remember.

Outside the door of the government office lobby, brothers Li Wei and Li Fan were still standing at the door, waiting for their father to call them home.

"Brother, do you think father will forget us?" Li Fan asked feebly.The hot sun above my head is really weak.

"Probably not!" Li Wei was not sure, "It would be great if I could have a bowl of Cui's cold drink!"

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After entering the courtyard, Li Yunguang finally remembered that he had forgotten something.My two sons were even made to stand.He quickly sent his servants to call him.

And he himself brought the guests into the hall, waiting for the meal.

The governor's mansion was not far from the government office. Li Yunguang was wondering why he hadn't seen his son for so long, when a servant ran over in horror.

"Patriarch, it's not good, the two sons have suffered from heat stroke!" The servant ran into the house with big strides.

"Get a doctor!" Li Yunguang didn't want to take care of the guests, so he left with the servant.

When Cai Xiaolan heard this, Li Wei and Li Fan fainted again, and they couldn't help feeling tense. It's not a good sign to have frequent heat strokes in the past three days.

"Old Wang, why don't I follow along to have a look? Our family's bitter bamboo drink can relieve the heat!" Cai Xiaolan asked Wang Ji for instructions.She didn't know if she would appear abrupt if she did it.

"Okay, just do it, and it's always a good thing to help!" Wang Ji nodded enthusiastically, official affairs have nothing to do with his high-stakes, and they can't be applied to life, "This summer, it's too hot! "

Cai Xiaolan went to the yard to find a servant and said that she had a pharmacy to relieve summer heat, but she needed some medicinal materials.After listening to the request, the servant asked the housekeeper for the medicinal materials. He gathered the medicinal materials needed to pick Xiaolan and sent them to her.

Cai Xiaolan didn't hesitate, and went directly to the kitchen to cook.The medicinal materials needed for bitter bamboo drink are common and easy to handle.After two or three cups of tea, a pot of bitter bamboo drink is completed.

Cai Xiaolan found a piece of bamboo as thick as an arm in the Li family's yard, cut off a section at the waist, poured the hot potion into it, and then went down into the well.After a moment of silence, the servant who was the first to call was sent to where the two young masters were.

"Master, this is sent by your guest. He calls it bitter bamboo drink, saying it can relieve the heat." The servant handed over the bamboo tube.

"Oh?" Li Yunguang regained his energy in an instant. There are quite a few outsiders in the mansion at present, but they are all relatives of the family. The only ones who can be called guests are Wang Ji and the three.He took the bamboo tube and started it cold, "Quickly give them a try!"

The doctor who was waiting for the decoction in the room frowned when he heard that someone had delivered the medicine again, his face was displeased, but he didn't want to say anything.

Mother Li was not very happy, "Sir, who is your guest? Can this medicine be taken indiscriminately?"

"It doesn't matter, why don't I take a sip first!" As soon as the words finished, Li Yunguang picked up the bamboo tube and took a sip.A faint bamboo fragrance was immediately washed away by the bitterness of the medicinal materials.

"It's so bitter!" Inspector Li sighed.

After drinking the medicine, there will be a coolness from the inside out.

"Good medicine! Feed it quickly, Faner!" Li Yunguang ordered for the second time.

After drinking a bucket of bitter bamboo drink, the condition of the two young masters improved a lot. Although they were still weak, their consciousness was clear.

"Father and mother, I have made you worry again!" Li Wei sighed quietly.

"It's not dad..."

Before Li Fan finished speaking, he let out an ouch.Li Wei, who was lying side by side, gave him an elbow.How dare you tell the truth.

"My darling, I'm not the wife who said you should punish your son with restraint. How could the sun be willing to let the two of them stand until noon!" Li's mother was so distressed.

"I know I was wrong. I did something important for my husband this morning, but I was so busy that I forgot about it. I didn't expect that I am usually a smart guy, but I am so stupid today." Li Yunguang admitted that he was unlucky.

"Tell the kitchen to prepare more dishes for a family banquet today." Mother Li was very happy. The guests her husband brought back were cured of their illnesses.The son is also out of danger.Although it was just heatstroke, to the old mother, it was a little bit like "surviving death"!
The doctor beside him was neither standing nor sitting.My heart was racing, "Damn it, you guys are arrogant, you invited me over, prescribed medicine, you don't need me, and you ignore me."

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In summer, there are cool places in the governor's mansion.If it is cool in the morning and evening, naturally the boathouse on the small lake in the back garden is the coolest.And at noon, of course, the warm pavilion is the coolest.Burn charcoal in winter and store ice in summer.The temperature inside is ten degrees lower than outside.

In the pavilion, Li Yunguang's family, Wang Ji's master and apprentice, seven people sat at a round table.For the family banquet of a dignified third-rank official, the quality of the dishes is naturally not low.Meat dishes that are not common in ordinary homes are spread all over the table here.

"Xiaolan, eat quickly, you're welcome!" Mother Li was very surprised when she heard that Bitter Bamboo Drink was invented by Cai Xiaolan.She thought it was Wang Ji's prescription.Unexpectedly, it was all due to Cai Xiaolan.

"Thank you, I'm eating!" Cai Xiaolan was a little embarrassed.

She did eat, and she didn't stop.At the table, Li's mother kept asking for food, Li Wei and Li Fan had no appetite, and Wang Ji and Li Yunguang were competing for wine.Cui Boyan's face remained solemn. She only stretched out her chopsticks a few times and kept cooking.

"Xiaolan, I have a request!" Li Yunguang looked at Cai Xiaolan while taking advantage of the wine, and made a request to her that she couldn't think of.

This frightened Cui Boyan next to him, "What is this old boy going to do? He won't be interested in my wife!"

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