Chapter 15: Some pain in the balls

Without seeing the expression of the rich man Li when he came back to eat wontons, Zhu Pingan and his friends went to set up the stall after dinner.

When they came out from the morning stall, the sun had risen to the middle of the sky, and there were more and more people in the market, with hawking, calling children and girls, and laughter. After a long period of peace, people are prosperous. This is just a small town, but it is so lively. Zhu Pingan is a little yearning for the prosperity of the county town or even the emperor.

Zhu's father unloaded the ox cart, tied the ox to one side, and put the hay basket he brought there for the ox to chew leisurely.

Zhu Pingan followed his brother Zhu Pingchuan to help separate the bamboo weaving and the wild game he brought. After a while, a simple stall was set up. After the stall was set up, Zhu Pingan thought of his basket of honeysuckle, so he told his father that he wanted to sell flowers.

Father Zhu looked at Zhu Ping'an, whose chubby face was flushed with excitement, and he couldn't say anything to discourage him. This silly son really thought that wild flowers could be sold for money. Forget it, let him go and bump into the wall, so that he won't have such absurd ideas in the future. Boys should be beaten more.

"Dachuan, take your brother around. If you can't sell it, bring your brother back." After Zhu Shouyi made up his mind, he nodded and agreed. For the sake of safety, he let Zhu Pingchuan take Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an could obviously see that his father didn't believe it, and thinking about his mother Chen's joke in the morning, he thought that he would take a good look at your expressions after selling the money.

Zhu Pingchuan listened to his father's words, put the basket of honeysuckle on his back, and walked to the market with Zhu Ping'an by hand.

Soon after Zhu Ping'an left, the black-bellied little Lolita and the fat Li Datu rich man came out from the snack bar next to him. Li Caizhu was sweating all over his face and his nose was red. It was obvious that he was hurt by the wontons that the black-bellied little Lolita added ingredients to.

"That's right, waste is not good. Daddy should finish it." The black-bellied little Lolita walked and muttered with her short legs.

Li Datu rich man smiled and nodded repeatedly, and the muscles on his face twitched constantly.

When the black-bellied little Lolita passed by Zhu's father's stall, her big eyes lit up for a moment, and she paused and looked at it deliberately. She didn't find the little bastard she was looking for, and she was a little disappointed. You dare to say that I am an ugly girl, I must make you look good!

Li Datu rich man didn't know what his mischievous little daughter was thinking. When he saw his little daughter stopped in front of Zhu's father's stall, he thought she was interested in some bamboo weaving.

"Shu'er, tell me what you like, and I'll buy it for you." Mr. Li is rich and generous, and he is willing to spend money on his daughter, not to mention that this bamboo weaving doesn't cost much.

The black-bellied little girl was not in a good mood, and she just pointed a few with her little finger.

"Okay, buy, buy, buy." Mr. Li coaxed his little daughter with his belly sticking out, and asked Mr. Zhu indifferently, "How much?"

Mr. Zhu saw that the things the little girl pointed to were all small bamboo weavings that Zhu Ping'an asked him to weave for fun a few days ago. They were a small flower basket woven with bamboo, a small teapot woven with bamboo, and two matching teacups made of bamboo tubes. I didn't expect to sell them for money, but after all, they were woven, so I brought them together.

"They are all small toys and not worth much money. The small flower basket and the teapot and teacups count as two sets, ten coins..." Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said a little embarrassedly.

Without thinking, the rich man Li took out twenty coins from his sleeve purse and handed them to Zhu's father. Then he put the teapot and teacup in the bamboo basket, presented it to his daughter like a treasure, and walked away with the black-bellied little Loli.

Zhu's father blushed and opened his mouth several times, but the rich man Li walked away and didn't hear.

Zhu's father looked at the rich man Li's back and felt a little annoyed. I said two sets for a total of ten coins. Moreover, it was just the first time I opened my mouth, waiting for you to bargain. After all, bamboo is cut in the mountains for free, and I just spent a little time. The time spent on getting two sets is not as much as the time spent on weaving a bamboo basket by myself.

Although Zhu's father was dull, he was not pedantic. Anyway, the rich man Li was not short of money, so he just took it as a favor.

People came and went on the street, and Zhu Pingchuan led Zhu Ping'an to walk aimlessly on the street.

Of course, it was just Zhu Pingchuan who had no purpose, but Zhu Ping'an did, staring at the shops on the street with his sparkling eyes.

Teahouse, no.

Wine shop, no.

Rouge and velvet shop, even less.

Luoqi fragrance, new voice and clever smile in the willows and flowers, uh, this is a brothel, even less.

Although the town is small, it has everything, and there are many shops with a wide variety of types, but I am looking for a pharmacy, not these shops.

"Brother, where are we going? I think mother and the others are right. No one will buy wild flowers, let alone dried ones." Zhu Pingchuan wanted to persuade Zhu Ping'an to go back.

"I heard that the pharmacy will collect some tree roots, bark and the like, maybe they will want it." Zhu Ping'an pulled his brother's clothes with his fat paw and suggested, "Let's go to the pharmacy."

"They collect medicinal materials." Zhu Pingchuan corrected.

"Maybe my wild flowers are also medicinal herbs..." Zhu Ping'an blinked his eyes, thinking that if they were not medicinal herbs, I would not have picked them.

"Can wild flowers be medicinal herbs?" Zhu Pingchuan picked up a honeysuckle and sniffed it with half-belief and half-doubt, and said affirmatively, "No."

Despite this, Zhu Pingchuan still led Zhu Ping'an to a nearby pharmacy. Zhu Pingchuan had been to this pharmacy with his father once or twice, so he knew the way.

Although there were many shops on both sides of the street, Zhu Ping'an recognized the pharmacy at a glance. It was easy to determine the pharmacy because it was too conspicuous among many shops. It had several plaques in front of the door with words such as "Miraculous Hands to Rejuvenate" and "Hanging Pots to Save the World" written on them.

This is a crowded section of the road. The pharmacy is on the north side of the street. The door of the pharmacy faces the south. The pharmacy has two entrances in front and back. The front is the pharmacy entrance and the front is a place to rest and process herbs. From the outside, the pharmacy looks clean and well organized.

The name of the medicine shop is "Jimintang". There is a pair of wooden couplets hanging on both sides of the door of the medicine shop. On the left side, it says "May people always be healthy" and on the right side, it says "Where am I alone in poverty". The couplets are extraordinary and look like a doctor who is saving the world.

In the medicine shop, a gorgeously dressed woman is holding a child and asking an old Chinese doctor for advice. There is a maid standing next to her. Behind her is a row of finely carved rosewood medicine cabinets. Two apprentices are reading prescriptions and picking up medicines. Overall, the medicine shop is clean and regulated.

When Zhu Ping'an entered the house, he happened to hear the old Chinese doctor's diagnosis. He wrote the prescription and told the woman the doctor's advice, "The heat of early autumn has not subsided, and the body is disturbed by damp heat. Madam, don't worry about the young master. Three qian of honeysuckle, one qian and two fen each of wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, purple flower gentian, and purple back amaranth seeds, two cups of water, boil for eight minutes, add half a cup of ash-free wine, and boil it for two or three times. Boil it again as the method, cover yourself with a quilt until you sweat, and you will be well within three days."

The lady thanked him repeatedly, and the maid hurriedly memorized the doctor's advice carefully so that she could go back to boil the medicine and take care of him.