Chapter 5 Sail to the South
Wu County is the county seat of Wu County, which is Suzhou in later generations. It has rivers and ports, lakes and lakes, and mountains and rivers are beautiful for a while. It has always been a reputation as a paradise on earth.
Xu You had visited Wuxian many times in his previous life, but when he saw the authentic ancient Suzhou, he still felt that the beauty of the words was so beautiful that it was difficult to describe the wonders here. Rows of white walls and green tiles scattered along the curved river to the distance into the shape of jade belts. There was an arched stone bridge every few meters, and boats shuttled under it, as if the jade girl in the sky was weaving gorgeous sky brocade with the things in the world. From time to time, he walked by groups of women in dress and women in dress, each with delicate figure and powder and incense, and it was difficult to tell whether it was female or male. The busy shipping created a busier morning market, hawking, bargaining, shouting, and horns and rolling names when loading and unloading together formed this long scroll of glitz in the prosperous era.
The light boat was docked at one of the twenty-eight wharfs in Wu County. Ding Ji paid the lijin to the officer guarding the wharf, which is the so-called "landing fee". Then he, a regular visitor from Wu County, took Zuo Qi to the ashore to invite nearby doctors, and the autumnal equinox and Ding Ku'er arranged meals together.
After a while, the smoke from the cooking stove was curling and the fragrance of rice began to spread. I brought a bowl of steamed rice in the autumnal equinox and walked in, laughing and said, "Xiaolang, I'm using rice!"
Except for enjoying the scenery when he first entered the city, Xu You stayed in the cabin the rest of the time, took the bowl, came over and smelled it, and said, "When you drink the sloppy and pour it into the slap, you can eat it... The little girl is good at cooking!"
This is a poem in "The Book of Songs: Daya", which means running away to get live water, scoop it there, pour it here, steamed rice is delicious, it sounds very gratifying, doesn't it? That's because steamed rice was a very high-end food in the past, just like the bird's nest and shark fin today, not the food of ordinary people. Xu You has been raised as a tomboy since childhood, and he has known many words, but he hasn't read a few books. He didn't understand what Xu You read, stuck out his tongue, and said, "Xiao Lang speaks more and more like the Yuan family..."
Does this mean to scold me as a stinky literary youth? Xu You glanced at her and said, "Where is your meal? Come and eat together."
"No, no, this is not what I did. Aku just went to the grain dock next to him to buy the best Linyi rice in Ningzhou, and specially made steamed rice for Xiaolang."
The twenty-eight wharfs in Wuxian have established detailed classifications, such as silver wharfs for transporting money and silk, grain wharfs for transporting rice and wheat and other ingredients, and manure wharfs for transporting manure.
"Make it for me?"
Xu You knew that Linyi was a part of central Vietnam, but it was always part of China during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. This time and space were no exception and were under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou, the State of Chu.
He ate a bite of the rice and it was sweet and smooth. It had a completely different taste than the rice in Sanwu area, and said, "Why do you have to make it for me?"
Speaking of steamed rice, the method is quite strange. You have to put the rice into the pot and cook it half-cooked, then take it up and put it on the seeds in the Zhenzhong to steam it. The rice grains are swollen and the rice grains do not stick to each other, and each grain is one grain.
The word "龙" in the Book of Songs talks about the method of steaming rice.
Qiu Fen smiled with his lips pursed, but did not reply. Xu You pointed at her and said, "It must be your idea, right? Don't do this in the future. I will eat whatever you eat. Don't worry, your little boy is not that delicate yet."
"Xiao Lang wronged me, it really doesn't matter to me."
"Then let's talk about it, why did Aku look at me differently?"
If you say this directly to Ding Ku, it would be a bit teasing, but the autumnal equinox is a joke between the master and the servant.
The autumnal equinox laughed and said, "Where did Xiaolang think of you? People didn't look at you differently. She told me, your Xiaolang looks soft and weak, but when he has a cold face, it's really scary, just like a general who leads thousands of troops, with his eyes glaring and his beard blowing, he will kill people. She is actually right. Aren't the people of our Xu family all generals who will conquer him immediately? It's a pity..."
The autumnal equinox looked dark, and Xu You was afraid of causing sadness. He quickly lowered his head, looked around and said, "Xiaolang, you should have dinner quickly, I'll go see Lu Shuang."
Looking at the back of the autumnal equinox, Xu You shook his head and laughed. Although he was carrying the deep hatred of Xu, those who really wanted to take revenge would suppress the scarlet desire in the deepest part of their hearts. Not to mention hearing others mention it in their ears, even if they have the opportunity to stand in front of Shen and even the prince in the future, they would be as if nothing had happened. How could they get upset over the unintentional words of the autumnal equinox?
After eating a bowl of steamed rice, the autumnal equinox came over quickly and said, "Xiaolang, why haven't Zuo Langjun come back yet? Lu Shuang, she is so angry that she can't breathe..."
The expression on Xu You's face did not change at all. He slowly put down the bowls and chopsticks and said, "It's useless to wait patiently for Feng Hu to come back. But don't worry too much. Wind and cold are not an emergency. Wuxian is the essence of the Three Wus. Any doctor is better than our Jinling. I don't know where to go. I will definitely cure the disease."
"Well, my husband is right." The autumnal equinox nodded vigorously.
Half an hour later, Zuo Qi took the doctor who came out to the boat, with a long beard and white face, a bright look, and two servants carrying medicine boxes were following behind him. The doctor's knowledge was unknown, but this look was very reassuring.
After a while, Xu You heard Zuo Qi's voice seeing him off and knew that he had finished his illness. After a while, Zuo Qi lifted the curtain and walked in. Xu You asked, "How?"
"The doctor said that the evil of wind and cold is bound to the skin surface outside, and Wei Yang is curbed, so he is afraid of cold..."
“Is this disease serious?”
Zuo Qi said in a deep voice: "It's very serious. This disease starts rapidly and has a long course. After recovery, she needs to be carefully cared for. She is just cold and has a blockage of qi, but if the cold air continues to be too strong, she will vomit and swell, and then she will stagnate the meridians to form a paralysis or spasm. If the cold evil is directly in the inside, it will cause cold and endanger your life!"
Xu You expected it wouldn't be too light, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult and said, "Have the doctor prescribed the prescription?"
"It's seven cents each of ephedra, purple-sing, almonds, mulberry white bark, poria cocos, licorice, etc., and... "
"You are proficient in medical skills, are there any problems with this prescription?"
Zuo Qi did not dare to be careless, so he took out the prescription and looked at it again, saying, "The doctor usually uses Huagai San's prescription, and there will be no problem... But, the husband also knew that I had just learned some of the fur of first aid in the army and was not sure about this serious illness."
"Please take the medicine! Since we don't understand, then trust the doctor's diagnosis!"
During the interval between decoction, Xu You went to see Lu Shuang and said, "The doctor said that this is a minor illness. It can be cured by taking three or five pieces of medicine. Don't worry too much."
The rosy lips of Shufrost became a little dry due to the cold evil. Every frown between her weak eyebrows and eyes was like the softness of the Xizi holding her heart, making people feel pity.
"I'm sorry, please don't worry..." Lu Shuang covered her lips and coughed a few times, and said intermittently: "I'll take the medicine later. If I can stand up, I'll have to wish that my husband will send me to the city to find a roaming house..."
The inn has a long history. It was called the Eshes in the Han Dynasty, and it was generally called the Nilu or the Hi-heshes in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Xu You frowned and said, " Nilu? Don't you want to go back to Qingle Tower?"
Lu Shuang stretched out her hand from the quilt and grabbed Xu You's wrist tightly. Because she used too much force, her fingertips were a little white. She raised her head and asked, "Mr.... cough, cough... I said that before, just to make the autumn equinox worry, and not to let you distract yourself from this matter again... In fact, those who can walk out of the building would rather die outside than go back...Mr., please, even if you keep me in the city, don't, don't..."
This is also the meaning of the question. As long as someone who is not born a naughty person can escape from a place like Qingle Tower, he will naturally not want to go back. Not to mention that Lu Shuang is no longer in her prime at the age of thirteen, even if he returns to that day, even if he can still find someone who is as desirable as the Erlang of Yuan, who will be entrusted to his life for life, so what can he do?
Knowing people and not your heart, a woman’s fate, especially a beautiful woman, is never in her own hands.
Seeing Xu You silent, Lu Shuang's pretty face became paler and said, "Mr., I won't be able to do anything in the verge of the country. As long as I use my money, I will be taken care of by someone to boil medicine and food and accommodation in the future. I will be able to recover after a while. At that time, no matter whether I find a kind and honest person to marry or seek other ways out, I will not suffer any pain."
The money is the room fee. Xu You finally made a decision. He pulled her slender hand, returned to the quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt, stood up and walked outside, and waited to the cabin door, stopped and said without looking back: "I will take care of you after the autumnal equinox, and have a good sleep after taking it. After these two days, I will be in Qiantang, and I will find you a famous doctor to treat you."
Lu Shuang was stunned for a moment, looking at Xu You's back without saying anything. After a while, she suddenly pulled up the quilt to cover her head and face, her body trembled slightly. After a while, she let out a muffled voice mixed with joy and extreme depression and cried in a low voice.
Xu You walked to the bow of the boat, Zuo Qi came over and whispered: "Do you want me to find a ox cart?"
"No need, please tell Ding Ji to prepare ingredients and water, and not delay, and try to leave as soon as possible."
Zuo Qi agreed, nothing happened. Xu You glanced at him and said, "Don't you ask me why I changed my mind?"
"A man is an extraordinary person, so he will naturally do extraordinary things. Others will choose the best or the most important one. If a man chooses the worst, he will naturally have intentions that others cannot guess."
Xu You laughed and said, "Feng Hu, I've long said that you are not a talent for flattery, but this flattery is good and has made progress!"
Zuo Qi smiled too, looked back at Lu Shuang's cabin, with a look of worry in his eyes, but more of it was sincerely convinced by Xu You!
In this world, there are many people who kill people, but very few people who can kill people but can endure the murderous intention.
For this very few persons, he is willing to follow his life and die without regrets!
Chapter completed!