The sky had turned bright, and when the sun struggled to climb up from behind the east mountain, the stone floor of the entire street reflected a golden color, and the thin white mist in the air began to slowly dissipate.
This vibrant scenery filled Lemongrass's heart with hope. She hurriedly carried the basket back to Sixianlou, and went to see Chunyu first. He was still in the kitchen, very serious and attentive.
I also cooked the porridge for breakfast.
Xiangmaozi looked at Xin Mao with a bowl of porridge.
As soon as he pushed the door open and walked in, Xin Mao's little nose started to twitch with his eyes still closed! He sniffed the air like a puppy. Then he opened his eyes and said, "Sister, I'm hungry!"
Just know that you are hungry!
In the past few days, Xin Mao had a high fever and refused to eat anything at all. He couldn't even drink the rice soup that Lemongrass forced him to drink. At this moment, Xin Mao shouted that he was hungry.
The porridge cooked in Chunyu is very hot. The base of the porridge is very thick and soft, and each grain is slightly cracked, releasing a faint fragrance.
Xin Mao saw Xiangmaozi coming back with a bowl of porridge, and knowing it was his, he struggled to get up and wanted to drink the porridge.
But Xiangmaozi stopped him, pushed him down on the bed, fetched warm water for him, wiped his head, face and hands, and then opened the windows and doors to let out all the heavy energy in the house overnight. Then he handed the bowl and spoon to Xin Mao.
Xin Mao was probably starving, so he finished the bowl of porridge in three gulps. The sweet japonica rice porridge made him want it. He looked at the lemongrass seeds eagerly, "Sister, I still want it!"
Xiang Mao Zi thought for a while, but didn't give it to him, "You haven't eaten for a few days, so you can't eat enough all at once. Get up and move around. At noon, sister will bake pancakes for you. Use more oil!"
There have been fewer guests recently, and more and more people are sick. Shopkeeper Chen doesn't skimp on everyone's food. As long as there is no waste and a slight change in the recipe, he supports it.
In the words of shopkeeper Chen, "It's already this time and you still don't want to eat? You don't even know where your next meal will be!"
Xin Mao heard that there would be fried cakes for lunch, thought about it, and agreed. He got dressed with the help of Lemongrass, then slowly pulled on his shoes, opened the door and walked out.
Xiangmaozi led Xin Mao slowly to the kitchen, found a small stool and placed it outside the door for him to sit on.
When Chunyu saw Xin Mao, she pointed at him in surprise, "Okay, okay?!"
Lemongrass snorted.
Chunyu was particularly excited. He walked over, looked at Xin Mao up and down, and rubbed his head for a long time, "It's really good, it's really good!"
Chunyu is so happy!
This shows that what Lemongrass said is true. That Qingxin Pill water pipe should be used! The people in this town are saved!
"Okay, great!" Chunyu muttered happily, and then his tears fell, "It would be great if the immortal could come a few days earlier, then Boss Zhang, Xu Guanren, and Shanda Lang wouldn't have died."
Xiangmaozi knew that he was talking about the guests who had died in the inn these days.
But in fact, these are not the only people in Huangshi Town who pay tribute to the deceased. Every family pays filial piety and every family mourns. Lemongrass also thought that if the immortal's medicine could have been used one day earlier, fewer people might have died.
"I'll go talk to the shopkeeper!" Chunyu ran out immediately, leaving Xiangmaozi looking at the kitchen.
Lemongrass thought for a while, then packed up a basin of beans and handed it to Xin Mao, asking him to help peel the beans. She herself took out a few pieces of pickles from the sauce jar, washed them, and prepared to cut them into shreds and mix them with sesame oil.
Wash the taro pickles and cut them into thin strips; take out one pickled green radish and one white radish each and cut them into thin strips, then mix them together, pour some sesame oil and sprinkle with the fried radish prepared by the master. Sesame seeds, stir slightly, and you have a refreshing and fragrant side dish.
Xiangmaozi drank two bowls of porridge with pickles, and when he was about to serve the third bowl, shopkeeper Chen followed Chun Yu with disheveled hair.
Obviously, Chunyu had just told him what happened last night and what Xiangmaozi relayed. Shopkeeper Chen didn't even have time to comb his hair, so he ran over to check.
Far away, shopkeeper Chen could see Xiao Xinmao sitting in the yard, peeling beans in the sun. Although he still doesn't seem to have much strength, his energy level and state are obviously great!
Shopkeeper Chen rushed to Xin Mao in two or three steps, looked him up and down, and then reached out to touch his forehead. It was cold, with a little bit of sweat from being exposed to the sun.
Shopkeeper Chen murmured, "It's actually getting better, it's getting better! God has eyes!"
Then, Shopkeeper Chen turned to look at Xiangmaozi, "Xiangmaozi, where's the water you gave Xin Mao to drink?"
Seeing the shopkeeper's question, Xiangmaozi quickly pointed to the basin for kneading dough and said, "Here it is!"
Shopkeeper Chen opened the lid, looked at it carefully for a long time, and even smelled it. There was nothing unusual. After half a night, even the faint smell of grass had almost disappeared, and nothing could be smelled.
Shopkeeper Chen still pondered for a moment, then took out two soup bowls and scooped out more than half of each bowl. "Chun Yu, bring a long-handled spoon. Let's go to the guest room and take a look."
Shopkeeper Chen is worried, he wants to verify it himself.
He also told Xiangmaozi not to leave the kitchen, but to stay here and watch the basin of water to avoid any accidents.
Lemongrass agreed eagerly.
There are only two patients who are still sick in Sixianlou. One is Mr. Cha, an old businessman in his fifties, and the other is Jin Xi, a young man traveling with the young master. Jin Xi's son passed away yesterday. Both Mr. Cha and Jin Xi's illness was already very serious, and they had blood in their stools and coughing up blood. Without the magic medicine, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to survive the night!
Walking to the door, Chunyu stopped Shopkeeper Chen, "Shopkeeper, you can just watch from outside the door. Don't go in, the room is very dirty."
Shopkeeper Chen couldn't bear it. After all, Chunyu was going in to give medicine to these two people, so he hesitated. Chunyu knew that shopkeeper Chen was kind-hearted, so he told him, "Xiangmaozi and I drank that water last night. Don't be afraid. You didn't drink it. Just wait and see."
After hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen gave up.
He watched Chunyu walk to the two patients' rooms, pinch her nose, and pour water into them all with a small spoon, without spilling a drop.
The guest room was very dirty, the mattress was in a mess, there was a spittoon on the floor, and there was a lot of guests' vomit in the spittoon, and the smell was not to mention how bad it was.
Chunyu also held her breath to insist on filling them with water.
Then Chunyu came out with a bowl.
Shopkeeper Chen was still worried, "This, is this the end?"
Chunyu said, "It's over. It's okay, shopkeeper, just wait, it will be fine in half a day!"
Shopkeeper Chen was worried and still walked around in front of the guest room door. Later, Chun Yu couldn't stand it anymore and urged the shopkeeper to go back to change clothes and wash up. Then he left the guest room in three steps and two steps.
After shopkeeper Chen finished washing and changing his clothes, he also had breakfast.
Then I heard A Zhang running over shouting, "Shopkeeper! Shopkeeper! Wake up! Wake up!!!"
Shopkeeper Chen quickly ran to the door, "What's wrong?"
A Zhang ran out of breath, "Shopkeeper! Alright! Uncle Cha and Brother Jin Xi are both awake!"
So fast? !
Shopkeeper Chen was a little surprised, and he quickly followed A Zhang to see it.
Outside the guest room of the two of them, there were already crowds of people watching the excitement. The guests in the distance were the stranded guests, and the waiters and cooks in the restaurant were nearby.
Seeing the shopkeeper coming, everyone consciously made way for him.
Shopkeeper Chen walked into the ward this time and saw that both Mr. Cha and Jin Xi had woken up. Although they still looked a little sluggish, they were obviously awake, and they did not have any symptoms of fever or coughing up blood. Old Man Cha's body originally had some lumps in his armpits and thighs, but now they are flat to the touch.
All the symptoms of the serious illness disappeared in a matter of seconds!
Miracle medicine!
It is indeed a magic medicine! Shopkeeper Chen screamed in his heart.
The next thing will be easy to handle. Shopkeeper Chen told Zhang to take good care of the two recovering guests, scrub them, change the bedding, wipe the room with mugwort water, etc.
Then shopkeeper Chen took Chun Yu to find two clean empty jars, poured the remaining half of the basin of water into the jars and filled them. There are no patients in Sixian Building, but there are still many in Huangshi Town. Shopkeeper Chen wants to take this to the mayor, who will preside over the distribution of medicine.
Before going out, shopkeeper Chen found Xiangmaozi and asked her if she had any conditions.
Xiangmaozi's eyes widened, not understanding what it meant to have conditions or not.
Shopkeeper Chen added, "Although this medicine was given by the immortal, you brought it back after all. Don't you feel a little disadvantaged if you give it to everyone for free like this?"
Only then did Xiangmaozi realize that shopkeeper Chen was hinting that she could ask for some money.
Lemongrass has no money and is short of money. But there was her own logic in her little body, "Shopkeeper, when the immortal gave me the pills, didn't you ask me if I had money? In addition, when you took in our two siblings, you, the shopkeeper, also You didn't ask me if I wanted money? Although we agreed at first to provide work-for-relief, but later the town was closed down, there was no work, and my brother got sick. You didn't kick us out either."
Xiangmaozi said with a smile, "What money do you want? Money to buy a life? The poor won't give it, the rich will give more?! No, I don't have any conditions, I only have one, and everyone who is sick can get a bowl." Got it!"
Shopkeeper Chen is a kind but principled person. Hearing Xiangmaozi's words, he couldn't help but clapped his hands, "Good girl! If I want to have a son, I must have him marry you. I'm busy today, so I'll go find the mayor first. Let's talk about this and thank you again later!"
The illness waits for no one, so shopkeeper Chen led Erzhuzi, Chunyu and others to the mayor's house carrying two large jars of water.
At this time, every family has patients, and the mayor's house is no exception. After hearing what shopkeeper Chen said, the mayor immediately asked people to get water to feed the patients. Just like Sixianlou, in just three sticks of incense, the patient was out of danger and regained consciousness.
This medicine really works!
The mayor was overjoyed and asked shopkeeper Chen how to use this medicine.
Shopkeeper Chen didn't hide anything. She directly told Xiangmaozi how she went to find the medicine, and also stated her request: not to take any penny, but to get sick first.
This condition is simple, and the mayor agrees. As soon as the two people gathered together, they immediately rang the assembly bell in the town's ancestral hall.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The rhythmic assembly bell beat one after another.
This is the agreement of Huangshi Town. When something big or urgent happens, the clan leader and the mayor are qualified to ring the assembly bell to summon everyone. Those who hear it need to put down their work and immediately go to the open space in front of the ancestral hall to assemble.
In the history of Huangshi Town, the assembly bell has not been rung a few times. The last time it was 150 years ago was when a citizen of Huangshi Town was accepted as a disciple by an immortal, so the assembly bell was rung.
What happened this time? !
The townspeople who heard the assembly bell came outside and looked at each other.
He didn't even know what he saw, so he hurriedly walked to the ancestral hall. If there was a sick person at home who couldn't go out, he asked his neighbors to help him and came back to inform him.
By the time the assembly bell struck one hundred and eight, hundreds of people had gathered sparsely in the open space in front of the ancestral hall. The mayor scratched his neck and shouted, "Huangshi Town, there is help! Xiangmaozi, the young man from Sixianlou shopkeeper Chen's family, met the immortal when he went out to find medicine for her brother. She begged the immortal to help us, and the immortal had mercy on us. , gave me the elixir. This is the real elixir, it can cure the disease! My Genbao is already cured! Let Genbao come up and show it to everyone."
The mayor waved his hand, and a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old walked up. His steps were still a little weak, but he obviously looked recovered. Genbao is the only grandson of the eldest son of the mayor's family. He drinks the talisman water given by Huang Xianzhu twice a day these days. This makes many townspeople who are waiting and watching very desperate!
But now, Genbao is actually better. He can walk on his own and is in good spirits.
For a moment, everyone suddenly started chatting with each other, discussing the immortal's gift of medicine.
The order was somewhat out of control.
The mayor knocked on the table repeatedly, and it took a long time before the onlookers suppressed their emotions and became quiet.
"Quiet, quiet! Everyone is suffering these days! Whose family doesn't have patients? Whose family doesn't have dead people?! There is nothing we can do about it. But now, we are saved! Xiangmaozi asked for the elixir, and it works. ! The medicine will cure the disease! Now, I will distribute the elixir to everyone, our Huangshi Town will be saved, Citronella, she is our great benefactor in Huangshi Town!" the mayor said loudly.
"Is the medicine enough?"
"How to divide it? My old man is dying!"
"How much does this cost? Can we afford it?"
The townspeople shouted and asked the questions that concerned them most.
The mayor stopped everyone's questions with gestures, "No money! Lemongrass said that the medicine given by the gods is for Huangshi Town, and she cannot ask for money. But she has a condition."
"What conditions?"
The mayor continued, "The only condition is that it must be given to patients in the town first, with priority given to patients!"
Boom, everyone had another discussion, and no one had any opinions on this point.
"How do we calculate patient priority? My patient is dying, can he give it to us first?"
"My child has diarrhea!"
"My mother-in-law has been coughing up blood for three days!"
There was another noise.
The mayor finally shouted, "There must be enough medicine! Don't make any noise and go home quickly. If there are patients at home, hang red cloth strips at the door. I will arrange for more than ten people to distribute the medicine at the same time. As long as there are confirmed patients at home." Yes, a cup of medicine will be left! Now, go home quickly! The medicine team will start distributing medicine after burning incense!!!"
Those who had sick people at home, those who were rushing back to report the news, didn't even bother to stay, and ran out in a swarm. It's important to go home quickly and hang up the red banners.
As the crowd dispersed, the mayor arranged for ten teams of three men each, each carrying a bamboo whistle and a jar of potion. Different areas are divided for medicine distribution.
If you encounter someone who is strong, if you encounter someone who has sent troops, or if you encounter a fight, blow the whistle immediately. Subsequently, a 20-person law enforcement team patrolled Central Street.
Under the coordination of the mayor, Huangshi Town is orderly promoting the large-scale operation of distributing medicines to eliminate the epidemic.
The vigorous voices of people were everywhere. Huangshi Town, which had been as silent and hopeless as a dead man for many days, came to life in this moment!
The soldiers outside the town also heard it.
They were puzzled, "What are they doing, ringing the bell and shouting so early in the morning?"
"None of their business, as long as they don't rush out, it's none of our business."
"Hey, tell me, there's another dead person inside, right?"
"Bah! In this world, no one will die one day."
In Huangshi Town, the medicine distribution team began to set off. One by one, they penetrated into every household without any blind spots, as if they were alive.
Yellowstone Town is alive!