Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 231 Sudden
The three of them stared at each other with bewildered faces. A rooster left and came back in the middle of the night. How weird.

Su Wanru opened the courtyard door and stood at the door for a while. It was early in the summer, and it was getting brighter outside after a while. No one came out on the street yet, but the sound of chopping meat at the bun shop next door could be heard.

"Strange." She looked for a while and got nothing, then closed the door again, Lu Cheng had already grabbed the chicken in his hand, looked at August, "chopped it?"

August shook her head, "No, no." Then said: "I want to raise it and find a wife for it."

Lu Chengcheng looked at Su Wanru.

"Let it go." Su Wanru and August said: "I want to raise it myself, so you have to be the same as the second dog and the third dog. You are responsible for feeding them. Horses eat grass, dogs eat, and chickens eat what?"

August stared and shook his head, "I don't know."

"You can eat rice or rice." Su Wanru said, "I'll leave it to you. Mother is going to sleep."

August cheered, ran over and hugged the rooster, and said, "Si Gouzi, let's go play." He let the rooster go, and Er Gouzi pounced on it, crushing the big rooster to death. August yelled anxiously, "Er Gouzi, you are not allowed to bully it."

Sangouzi also hissed and snorted on the side.

"Wow, woof." Er Gouzi was measured, dragged the chicken wings to his nest, put the chicken in the nest, threw a bone to it, and stared at the chicken.

If you eat one, I will cover you from now on. If you are as ignorant as San Gouzi, I will bite you every time I see you.

The chicken looked at it, and it looked at the chicken.

After a while, the chicken pecked at the meat on the bone.

"Wow, woof." Er Gouzi happily shook his head and ran around a few times, then hurriedly burrowed into the chicken coop, and slept around the chicken with his body.

The chicken was also tired, so it squatted in the kennel, pecking at the meaty bones.

"Mother." August was unhappy, "Er Gouzi is too bad, I want to eat it stewed."

Like his father, when he threatened Er Gouzi, he said stewed dog meat, and he has never eaten dog meat even today.Su Wanru chuckled and said, "Lu Cheng, eat dog meat today!"

"Wow!" Er Gouzi raised his head in shock, and pushed the chicken out with a bow, as if you should eat chicken, the chicken is better.Then he shrunk his head and pretended to be asleep.

August held her stomach and laughed out loud, childish and joyful in the cool summer morning, making the listeners unable to help laughing.

"Who brought it back?" Su Wanru leaned on the bed and couldn't figure it out. She had been with a few dignitaries here a few times, and the people who had a lot of fields also automatically returned a small part of it. It didn't take much effort to settle it. up.

Ordinary people just greet each other and salute, she doesn't care who lives next door.

Who is so kind... The point is, a chicken is not a big deal, who would be willing to go to such lengths for a chicken.

Su Wanru fell asleep thinking about it, and after breakfast, she turned over and sat up, opened the door and shouted, "August, have you had breakfast yet?"

"I'm eating." August was squatting on the ground breaking off the crumbs of steamed buns to feed the chickens. He took a bite of the chicken and ate it happily. Er Gouzi fell into the kennel as if he had fallen out of favor. When he saw Su Wanru get up, he He rushed over and surrounded her barking.

"Are you complaining?" Su Wanru yawned, went back to the room, folded the quilt, changed clothes, washed up, stood at the door to comb her hair, and the second dog was still barking, Su Wanru said: "I have a task for you, if you If I can find the person who sent the chicken back last night, I will let August not stew dog meat."

"Wow, woof." Er Gouzi seemed to agree, and walked out the door in a hurry, and went up the street.

Su Wanru laughed, and asked curiously in August: "Mother, can Er Gouzi really be found?"

"If he can find it, he won't be an idiot." Su Wanru said contemptuously, "Aside from eating, drinking, and playing tricks, what else would he do?"

August nodded, deeply convinced!

"Same as you," Su Wanru glared at her son, "Work, San Gouzi's fodder is gone."

August let out a groan, groaned and scatter the hay pile in San Gouzi's trough, touched its head, and told him: "You should grow up quickly and eat grass by yourself. Mother said, your own Do things yourself."

San Gouzi buried his head in the grass, not knowing if he heard it or not.

"Is anyone there?" Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and then a woman appeared at the door with a basket in her hand. Su Wanru was stunned and said, "Is that the woman who sold chickens yesterday?"

The mother-in-law smiled and gave away the basket in her hand without coming in, "Yesterday you said you wanted lotus pods, I went to pick a basket early this morning and brought it to you, and some water chestnuts. Very tender."

"Thank you." Su Wanru went over, and sure enough, there were seven or eight lotus pods in the basket, and half a basket of water chestnuts that had been washed cleanly. She turned her head and shouted, "Lu Cheng took a basket to put things in."

Lu Cheng picked up an empty basket and filled it, Su Wanru asked, "Mother-in-law, how much does it cost?"

"You can just give ten dollars, it's not worth anything." As he spoke, he couldn't help but glanced at the yard. There were horses, chickens, and a tall, cute and beautiful little boy in the yard. , she couldn't help smiling and said: "Give it to the children, but don't eat too much, so as not to spoil the stomach."

Su Wan said so, after giving the money, the mother-in-law didn't stay, and left with an empty basket.

"I sold chickens to my mother-in-law yesterday." Su Wanru and Lu Cheng whispered, "Go and follow her."

Lu Cheng nodded, gave her the basket, turned around and went out the door without a sound. Su Wanru called August to come over. The mother and son sat at the door. Lotus seeds are so sweet."

"What about this." August grabbed a water chestnut, Su Wanru peeled one for him, and stuffed it in his mouth, "Is it sweet?"

August creaked and chewed, "Sweet, so sweet."

"The fresh and tender ones must be delicious." Su Wanru said, "If it is cooked, you can also make water chestnut cakes, which are also delicious."

The mother and son were chatting and eating snacks. After a while, Lu Cheng came back and closed the courtyard door. Su Wanru asked, "How is it?"

"I live at the foot of the mountain outside the city. There is a big pond at the entrance. It is a single-family house. There are gardens in the front and back, with flowers and plants. There are fish and lotus roots in the pond, and there are many chickens in the yard. "

"It seems that they are a well-to-do family." Lu Cheng said: "The woman should not be the master. I saw a maid walking around in the yard, um... a very beautiful maid."

Su Wanru raised her eyebrows, thought about all the people she knew, and then denied them all, "Maybe we are thinking too much."

"The courtyard has been built for more than a year, and there are people living nearby, so there is no need to inquire about it." Lu Cheng said, "How about I go and inquire again?"

Su Wanru was really curious, "Then let's go and have a look together?"

"Okay." Lu Cheng nodded, and the two of them took August, and August led Er Gouzi to hug the rooster, and drove out of the city all the way in a carriage. After walking for nearly half an hour, they arrived at the foot of the mountain that Lu Cheng said. I saw a courtyard, with green smoke rising slowly, and when it fell at the foot of the mountain, there was a kind of tranquility that was left alone in the world.

There is a small pond in the yard. At this time, the lotus leaves are green and floating with the wind like layers of green waves, among which are dotted with pink lotus flowers and green lotus pods. At one foot of the pond, there are dense water chestnuts floating on it. On the surface of the water, ducks are paddling in the water, an idyllic painting.

Going forward and looking at the house carefully, there is a fenced yard as high as one person, with flowers and plants planted in the yard, a vine trellis, and clothes hanging to dry at the door, a tall and handsome girl is bending over to peel lotus seeds , The cool breeze came in this afternoon, and the dryness and heat disappeared, giving people a cool and transparent feeling.

"That's what you call Yinshi." Su Wanru looked at Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng chuckled, and said, "It's better than Yinshi."

Su Wanru gave him a blank look, and said: "I also want such a yard! I also want to have some maids like this."

"I want it too." August and Envy said: "Feed me the chicken, the dog, the horse!"

Su Wanru chuckled, and stood watching from a distance for a while, and sure enough, as Lu Cheng said, there were only four beautiful and beautiful maidservants coming in and out, and the woman who brought her things in the morning, other than that, there was nothing else. no one else.

"Send someone to watch for a few days." Su Wanru said with a smile, "Just out of curiosity."

Lu Chengying said, the three of them went back again, looking back while walking in August, "Mother, that yard is so beautiful, why don't we go in and have a look?"

"I don't know, it's not good to go there rashly." Su Wanru patted his head and said, "You like it. We will also build a yard like this in the future. If you have nothing to do, you can live there."

August nodded, "Can you raise dogs, horses, pigs, and ducks?" He asked again: "Can you dig a pond?"

"It's fine. You can raise whatever you want in August." Su Wanru said with a smile, "As long as your father agrees, I have no objection."

August was very happy, "When will my father come back?"

"Are you going to build a yard here?" Su Wanru and August were talking while walking, August nodded, "How nice it is to be neighbors with them."

Su Wanru snorted twice, and said, "I don't even know who lives there, so you just want to be neighbors with them?"

"The main reason is that the four sisters are so beautiful." August covered her mouth and smiled secretly.

Su Wanru put her hips on her hips, "What sister, is that auntie, okay? Those few are about the same age as your mother."

"Really, how can I see that they are much younger than you." August said, calling Lu Cheng, "Uncle Lu, isn't it?"

Lu Cheng's face turned pale, and he ran to the carriage as if he hadn't heard it.

"Xiao Bayue, do you want to die?" Su Wanru said angrily, "Am I getting old?"

August Zi slipped away and sat in front of the sports car, hugging Lu Cheng's neck and into his arms, "Mother, you are not old at all, you are still the most beautiful woman in the world."

"You wait for me." Su Wanru snorted, and was about to speak when she suddenly felt a glance towards the yard over there.

The yard was still the same yard, it didn't turn into a solitary grave or a fox's hole as said in the Liaozhai storybook, she laughed and got into the car.

When I went back, I had people come and stare at it, but there was nothing to gain for a few days. The yard was just an ordinary yard, and there was no so-called master, just a few maidservants and a woman.

Probably some rich family, or a handsome scholar who set up another courtyard outside.

On the fourth day, Lu Cheng sent her a letter early in the morning, "It's from the master, please take a look."

Su Wanru opened the letter, and when she took a closer look, her expression changed slightly. Lu Cheng asked, "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

"Dr. Mei is right. In the past half month, there have been 72 cases of dysentery in Quang Binh, and 67 of them are big names. Most of them are not far away from each other. But because they are looking for different doctors, no one pays attention to this matter. matter." Su Wanru said: "Shen Zhan and Mei Ziqing will be back in these two days."

Lu Cheng glanced at August who was playing in the yard, and said worriedly: "Why don't I send you and August to live in Xuzhou for a few days?"

"Let's not go out, it's fine if you don't eat outside easily." Su Wanru handed the letter to Lu Cheng, "Mei Ziqing wrote an address on it, go and see if this official Qian is still there, if he and his If the friends are all in the inn, find a way to send the two of them to a remote place to live for a few days, and the people in the inn will ask the pharmacy to prescribe some medicine."

Lu Cheng nodded yes.

"Also." Su Wanru explained: "Let that inn bury all the feces in the store, and fumigate the toilets with wormwood and sprinkle some quicklime."

Lu Cheng wrote them down one by one and went to the inn.

"August." Su Wanru called August over, "Go wash your hands with mother, you remember that starting today, you must remember to wash your hands before eating."

August let out an oh, and asked strangely: "What's the matter, mother?"

"A lot of people are sick." Su Wanru wiped a lot of soap on her son, and told him to scrub, "If you don't pay attention to hygiene, you may be infected."

August nodded.

"Ma'am." Lu Cheng came in and shouted, "The two people that Dr. Mei said have left. The shopkeeper said that they recovered from their illness and were picked up by their family members."

Su Wanru nodded, "Then you go to the yamen again and tell them to ask a few doctors to discuss it. It's better to be on guard than to be unprepared." She added: "Also, letters are delivered to several nearby places. In the past, let everyone be careful."

Lu Chengying was right. After walking a few steps, he looked back at her and replied: "There is something... You told the owner of the inn to sprinkle some quicklime, but the owner of the inn has already done it in advance."

"It seems that he is also a knowledgeable person." Su Wanru said, "If it doesn't work, I will send August to live in the temple for a few days."

Lu Cheng nodded yes, and went out.

First go to the yamen to say hello, Mr. Yao, the magistrate of Zhangzhou, was startled for a long time when he heard this, and stammered: "Really... such a thing really happened?"

"Princess, I want you to send people to inspect more, and don't let the sick people run around." Lu Cheng said again: "Especially a few medical clinics to count and see how many people have visited recently. Such a disease."

Master Yao nodded his head, he hurriedly called his subordinates to come down and give detailed instructions.

But the situation is obviously much more serious than they thought. Zhangzhou is far away, and the flow of people is not too much. After the investigation, there are not many problems for the time being. However, apart from Zhangzhou, for example, the people in Guangping, a famous place, fled north because they were afraid of war. many people.

However, within six or seven days, Su Wanru heard that several places in Shunde, Taiyuan, and even Baoding and Jinan Qingzhou on the Shandong side had such dysentery one after another.

The weather is hot in summer and the infection spreads very quickly.

"Let the doctors in the city set up tables at the gates of the cities." Su Wanru and Master Yao said, "All the people who want to see a doctor will be paid by the government. But all the people who enter the city must be seen by the doctor for confirmation." It's okay to come in."

"The people outside the city also send people to go door to door. Don't be careless." She said, looking at the arresting line below and the dozen or so soldiers Zhu Xun sent to help, "This is the same as The lives of your family members and yourself are closely related, so be very careful."

"Yes!" Everyone should be, Su Wanru nodded, watching everyone leave, she said to Master Yao: "For the prescription that Dr. Mei sent, you should prepare all the medicines first."

"Yes, yes." Master Yao should be.

All of a sudden, the hearts of the people around couldn't help being turbulent. After all, it's more serious. It's a plague. It spreads so fast. After two or three days, people become adults. When they die, their eyes are sunken. Same, extremely scary.

"Mother, what should Dad do?" August took Su Wanru's hand and said, "Will Dad get sick? When will he come back?"

Su Wanru held August's hand and said, "Father is fine. As long as we two take care of ourselves, we will be doing your father the greatest favor."

"Yeah." August nodded, taking a small brush to bathe Er Gouzi, Su Wanru was worried about August.

In the afternoon, Shen Zhan and Mei Yu returned to Zhangzhou. Shen Zhan and the others took off their clothes and buried them when they entered the city. So, how did the government handle it?"

"Too many people flee, and things are difficult to handle." Shen Zhan took a sip of tea, and Mei Yu said: "The government issued medicine, but it was a drop in the bucket. The number of sick people suddenly increased, and they couldn't raise money for a while. So much medicine."

"Is there any good way?" Su Wanru looked at Mei Yu, Mei Yu shook her head and said, "There are too few doctors, so I can't do acupuncture, so I can only rely on medicine."

Su Wanru sighed, "Alright, we can't decide what happens over there."

"If it doesn't work, we'll beat Guangping," Shen Zhan put the teacup and Mei Yu on and said, "Go find the medicine first, and if there's nothing there in a day or two, we'll beat you."

Mei Yu looked at Shen Zhan with eyes full of scrutiny. He always knew that Shen Zhan was not a bad person, but he wouldn't be so kind if he said he was benevolent. But now when he looked at Shen Zhan again, he couldn't help admiring him, and murmured: " Some people, even if you have been with them for a long time, you may not be able to see through them."

The man Su Wanru likes, besides these advantages that others can see, there must be some things that outsiders can't see...

"Okay." Mei Yu nodded and said, "Leave this matter to me."

Shen Zhan nodded and looked at Su Wanru, and was about to speak, when someone shouted at the door: "Master...Princess, are you there?"

"It's Master Yao." Su Wanru looked at the door, and Lu Cheng opened it. Master Yao came in wiping his sweat, bowed his hands and bowed to everyone, and said, "Master, princess, it's not good. Guangping sent those who were sick The people who came to us came here."

Su Wanru looked at Shen Zhan, and Mei Yu also looked at him.

"Bad guy." August said angrily, "It's really annoying!"

　gone today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)