Chapter 190 Cats can’t write poetry!

You Li looked at Maomao, smiled and said, "What are you talking about? Look at what you said. You said that the queen is not good in this way and that way, but you also said that the queen cares about the people around her. This is not a good relationship, this is a lie."

Maomao frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said seriously, "No, you still misunderstood."

You Li sighed helplessly: "You are a good girl in every way, except that you are too stubborn. But you are also good like this."

Bang!

Just as You Li said this, the storyteller clapped the wooden stick in his hand, and then continued with an exaggerated expression: "Guess what."

The people listening to the story immediately looked at the storyteller with anticipation.

This includes Youli.

Maomao watched Youli excitedly listen to the exaggerated story again, and picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

but

Looking at the tea leaves in the teacup, one of them is standing upright.

Maomao couldn't help but recall the time when she and Su Changan were drinking tea. Su Changan told Maomao that if some tea leaves were standing up, it meant good things were going to happen.

Although good things happened that day, for example, she was suddenly promoted to a sixth-rank medical officer, which could be said to be a sudden jump of several levels.

but.

Maomao looked at the standing tea leaves, and her mind recalled the expression on Su Changan's face when he looked at her and said "Has something good happened, right?" after he received the imperial edict.

Thinking of this, Maomao sighed.

Although he is a very good master, and I secretly treat him as a friend.

But sometimes.

Just very annoying!!

You Li glanced at the cat who seemed to be thinking about something and said, "Where are we going next?"

Maomao was stunned for a moment, then adjusted his thoughts and said, "You don't want to listen anymore?"

You Li nodded: "It's meaningless if I'm the only one listening, and the people around the queen are here, so I can just ask you directly if I have anything to say."

Maomao thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the herbal medicine shop first. I know a herbal medicine shop that has recently received a lot of good herbs. Maybe we can find some that we like."

Hearing about medicinal herbs, You Li immediately stood up: "Okay. Let's go quickly then."

After saying that, he took the cat and was about to leave.

The herbal medicine shop that Maomao mentioned is located in Libenfang. It is one of the largest herbal medicine shops in Luoan City.

She specifically scheduled her day off for today, in fact, also to take Youli there.

certainly

Although she is now a female official and can freely choose from the medicine storehouse in the palace, and with Su Changan's reputation, Maomao can take as much as she wants.

but.

The restrictions are actually quite large, because some of the highly toxic medicinal materials that you want, first of all, those poisonous herbs, are not available in the inner treasury. Even if there are some, you must get permission from Sun Shanggong before you can take them away.

This makes the cat quite depressed sometimes.

So I came out today, firstly to take Youli, who was about to leave the capital, to have a look there, and secondly to try my luck.

Maomao and the others are now in Wubenfang, because Youli and his group have been living in an inn in Wubenfang for some time.

Although it is related to the assassin Wu Zhaodi, it is just a relationship after all, and Wu Zhaodi has already surrendered to the empress and joined the Shen Ce Mansion, so naturally it is impossible for her to make things difficult for these people.

So they were left to wait for the miracle doctor Zhang Wenjing in the capital.

Walking down the street, Maomao and Youli formed a sharp contrast.

Even though he has been in the capital for some time, Youli is still curious about everything.

Looking around here and there.

The cat seemed much calmer, not caring about anything around it. It just watched Youli running around everywhere.

Suddenly, Maomao saw Youli laughing and joking with a shop owner selling pastries. He sighed. She was so lively. It was totally unexpected that she had been scared to tears before.

Is it good to be young?

By the way, how old is You Li? I think he is sixteen, like me. Sixteen? Really?

Thinking of this, Maomao frowned as he looked at Youli, who was very lively and made the stall owner laugh.

But suddenly

Maomao was stunned when he saw Youli seemed to be emitting the glow of youth.

Then he looked down at himself.

Then, he reached out and pinched his eyebrows.

No, someone like me is a normal sixteen-year-old girl, and that girl is just a little girl who hasn't grown up.

While thinking this, You Li had already returned to Maomao: "Here."

But seeing Maomao rubbing his brow, Youli asked curiously, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Maomao looked at the cake that Youli bought for her, took it and said, "No, it's nothing."

But after saying that, Maomao looked at Youli with a serious expression and asked, "You are sixteen years old, right?"

You Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes."

As he said this, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing a very pretty red butterfly tattoo on the inside of Youli's forearm: "This is a mark that only girls in our village who are sixteen years old will have. It also means that they are already independent pharmacists. But I'm not learning Gu, which is a pity. Otherwise, I could leave my Gu worms for you, the kind that can save your life."

Maomao took a bite of the cake and felt it was a bit too sweet, not as delicious as the one made by the Queen. Then he looked at Youli and said, "Even if there is any, don't leave it for me. I will probably kill it for poison research."

But after saying this, Maomao looked at Youli and asked, "But you can steal your senior brother's centipede and give it to me. I'm curious about how poisonous the centipede that grew up eating poisonous grass is."

You Li laughed when he heard it. "If I really let you steal it, my senior brother would go crazy. But since you like poisonous plants and insects so much, if you were in our village, you could represent the village to participate in our Raojiang competition. If you win, you can become a candidate for the Saint. If you are lucky, you can enter the Twelve Caves and learn the medical skills and witchcraft of the entire Raojiang."

When Maomao heard this, he turned to look at Youli and said seriously, "I do!"

You Li smiled and shook his head: "It's definitely not possible now."

After saying that, You Li thought for a moment and then said, "But you can wait for me. When I return and pass the test in the village, I can come out on my own. Then, I can teach you the medical skills of our village. Right now, I am not qualified."

Maomao looked at Youli with disappointment, because Youli didn't look like he could pass the test.

You Li didn't know what Maomao was thinking, but he said confidently, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back to the capital and teach you then. After all, Maomao, you are my savior. My father and mother taught me to repay kindness since I was a child."

Maomao looked at Youli and said, "I am not your savior. Commander Tianyan was just trying to scare you and see if you have anything else to do."

You Li shook his head, then frowned and said, "Commander Yan is so scary. When he came in that day, I was so scared that my legs went limp. My uncle and those brothers were all so scared that they knelt down. Thanks to you, Maomao, otherwise I would have been scared to death if I was taken out by Commander Yan for questioning that day."

At this point, You Li put a smile on her face again, and looked down at the cat who was a little shorter than her: "So, you are my savior."

Maomao was too lazy to explain anything more. She just thought of Yan Yunxiao, and her expression became more serious as she said, "Well, that old woman is very scary."

You Li is a pharmacist and also a martial artist, so he said, "I heard from my uncle that Commander Yan is extremely amazing. He once came to our Raojiang alone and offended people from more than 20 villages, including those from the Black Witch Village. He was chased by thousands of people, and even the people from the Twelve Caves were alarmed. However, Commander Yan was unharmed and killed all the people from the Black Witch Village. He left safely. He is really amazing."

"However, my uncle said that the reason why Commander Yan came to Raojiang was that he was looking for medicinal wine, but after searching for a long time, he offended many people, so he was hunted down."

Hearing this, Maomao was stunned for a moment, then seriously thought of Yan Yunxiao's domineering look, and nodded seriously: "Yes, it was that old woman who would do such a thing."

You Li continued, "Come to think of it, Your Majesty is also quite remarkable. She advanced to the sixth rank in no time. I am still only a third rank, and my uncle is only a seventh rank."

When Maomao heard this, her hair turned into cat ears, and her eyes immediately turned into vertical pupils. She looked at Youli and said, "No, if she drank my medicinal wine, she might have already reached the eighth level!"

Maomao is very upset that Su Changan refused to drink the medicinal wine he brewed!

Youli smiled, but just as he was about to say something, he saw a large group of people gathered in front of the shop in front.

You Li was puzzled for a moment: "What are they doing over there?"

Then, he pulled the cat and ran towards the crowd: "Let's go and take a look too."

Cats don't care about this, but

Maomao realized that this was the pharmacy he was looking for.

Could it be that because the news of the new arrival of medicinal herbs today has spread to others, everyone came to grab them?

Thinking of this, Mao Mao pulled You Li and ran quickly towards the herbal medicine shop, and squeezed to the front of the crowd in an instant.

only

Looking in front of the herbal medicine shop, Maomao was stunned.

Youli on the side was also looking at the scene with curiosity.

Because right in front of the medicine shop, there was a table with writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on it.

And right in front of the shop, there were several brocade boxes.

And there was a big sign that read.

"Today, anyone who writes a poem using medicinal herbs, if the poem is excellent, will receive the treasure of the store in the brocade box."

Seeing this, Maomao looked at the man standing at the door who looked like the shop owner in confusion.

At this time, someone in the crowd asked: "Boss, this is not right. How do you judge whether a poem is good or not?"

The herbal medicine shop owner smiled and said, "Do you need to comment on whether it is good or not? You make it, and then read it out. We will tell you whether it is a good work or not right here."

Hearing this, the crowd became noisy again.

"Look at what the best medicinal ingredients are, boss. You put them in a brocade box, how can we see them?"

"Yeah, take a look."

"Boss, why don't you just show us all the prizes you mentioned?"

…

The crowd was in an uproar.

The owner of the herbal medicine store was not vague either. He turned around and opened one of the carefully placed brocade boxes, and a white lotus appeared in his sight.

"Tianshan Snow Lotus!"

There were also people in the crowd who knew what it was and recognized it immediately.

The herbal medicine shop owner immediately smiled and said, "This is the best prize, the Tianshan Snow Lotus! As for its efficacy, I don't need to say much, but if you sell this snow lotus alone, you can't sell it without three thousand taels of silver."

As soon as these words came out.

Especially when the value of three thousand taels appeared, the crowd immediately became noisy again.

Three thousand taels is not a small amount!

Even You Li stared at the Tianshan Snow Lotus with wide eyes and whispered, "Are you crazy? Such a good medicinal herb is exchanged for poetry. Why do you people in Beijing like poetry so much?"

Maomao shook his head, not quite understanding.

However, an old lady next to them found You Li's words interesting, especially since she was a little girl, so she smiled and said, "Little girl, you don't know, this is learning how to make Rouge Shop from [Dian Jiang Chun]."

Youli was stunned for a moment. She remembered that [Dianjiangchun] was the Queen's shop.

The cat also looked at the old lady.

Seeing how cute Maomao and Youli were, the auntie smiled and explained, "Dianjiangchun was opened by Su Liheng, the fourth young master of the Su family, but he got help from our queen. Not only did the queen give him the name, she also wrote two poems to support her brother's business. These two poems brought a lot of business to the rouge shop. In addition, because of the storybook Red Mansion, the rouge shop made a lot of rouge packages related to Red Mansion. The business was so popular."

"So many shops in the capital city started to learn from this. For example, restaurants would ask scholars to write poems about food, and then spread the word. Some people would come to eat there because of the reputation. Silk shops, pastry shops, and teahouses all followed suit, so the owner of the herbal medicine shop also came up with this."

"But this guy is usually very stingy, but today he was very generous. He even took out the Tianshan Snow Lotus that he always showed off and never sold."

After hearing the explanation, Maomao and Youli understood why the herbal medicine store owner acted like this.

But at this time, another person interrupted and said, "It can be taken out, it's because you are crazy about money. The cakes in Li Datou's shop next door were sold like hot cakes after he asked someone to write a poem. Now they are rushing to get it."

Another person said with a smile: "They are for eating. Why would they join in the fun in the herbal medicine shop? They can't be eaten right away."

The owner of the herbal medicine store narrowed his eyes slightly. After hearing what the man said, he immediately said, "Listen to me, you don't have to give up these herbs. I will take them back after you take them. If you are talented in writing and take this Tianshan Snow Lotus, I will take the three thousand taels on the spot. However, let me say this, the poem will naturally belong to me, Liu."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people immediately showed surprised expressions.

Even the person who had just spoken said "Yo" immediately.

This is a big deal.

Youli was also shocked.

but

Although You Li's eyes were filled with pity like everyone else's, he also knew that he was only literate and had no literary talent, so his eyes were filled with pity.

But You Li suddenly thought of something, looked down at Maomao and whispered: "Maomao, what do you think? Do you want to go up and try?"

Maomao was stunned when he heard this, then he raised his mouth and said, "I don't like that Tianshan Snow Lotus."

This is actually true, because in the Su Mansion, Maomao had seen two Tianshan Snow Lotuses that were much better than the one the owner of the medicine store had.

and

In the inner treasury of the palace, there is an entire shelf filled with more than twenty Tianshan Snow Lotuses.

So Maomao really looked down on it, because if she wanted, she could just take something better in the palace.

only

The reason why she answered like this was because the last time she met Youli, Youli kept talking about Su Changan's literary talent, so she casually boasted that she was also very good, not inferior to Su Changan at all, and that she even helped write "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Although Youli had never read "Dream of Red Mansions" and didn't like it very much, but since so many people praised it, she felt that it must be a very good book. Therefore, when Maomao said this, she believed it without a doubt and looked at Maomao with admiration in her eyes.

But in fact, Maomao did not completely lie to Youli, because Maomao did help write. Su Changan wrote and she ground the ink.

Youli looked at Maomao and thought about it, and then he felt that it was true. Maomao had such great literary talent that he would definitely not show off for such a Tianshan Snow Lotus.

The shop owner, seeing that many people in the crowd were eager to try, turned around and opened the second brocade box.

A ginseng as big as this appeared in the brocade box. Everyone gasped when they saw that the box was completely covered with the whiskers of this old ginseng.

The owner of the herbal medicine store looked at everyone and said with a smile: "I don't need to explain this thing any more. This ginseng king is incredible. Even if one foot is at the gate of hell, a few whiskers in your mouth can save you immediately."

Youli laughed when she heard this. How could it have such a powerful effect? ​​However, she had indeed seen such a large ginseng once at the hands of the village elder. It was much more powerful than the Tianshan Snow Lotus.

Looking at the ginseng, Youli lowered his head to look at Maomao.

Maomao glanced at Youli and shook his head: "Too small."

Although Youli was a little disappointed, she nodded. If someone else said that, she would think that person was definitely bragging, but she absolutely believed what Maomao said.

but

The disappointment was because Youli wanted to see the poem Maomao wrote before leaving. Even if he couldn't understand it, he wanted to take it back and show off to the people in the village.

The old lady smiled and looked at Maomao and Youli and said, "Little girl, that ginseng, a rich man wanted to buy it for five thousand taels. Is this still too small?"

Maomao nodded seriously: "Yeah, just average."

The aunt looked at the little girl who was as serious as a little black cat, smiled and said nothing more.

Maomao frowned and looked at the owner of the herbal medicine store, and asked, "Boss, we have some new herbs today. Can I come into the store and take a look?"

The boss, who had just put down the ginseng and picked up the third brocade box, was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Miss, I'm busy with this matter now. If you want to see new medicinal materials, you can come and have a look in the afternoon."

Hearing this, Maomao frowned, her idea was simple, that is to go in and take a look at the medicinal herbs now, because it was a waste of time to watch these displays here.

When Maomao heard the shop owner say that in the afternoon, he was naturally a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do. The pharmacy belonged to someone else, and what could he do if they didn't sell to him? So he turned around and planned to take Youli to other pharmacies to go around.

However, the owner of the herbal medicine store did not say much, but just planned to continue showing the third brocade box.

Coming to Youli, Maomao said, "Let's go."

You Li looked at the brocade box in the herbal medicine shop owner's hand and said, "Aren't you going to finish reading it?"

Maomao nodded: "It won't be anything good anyway, so let's go to other herbal medicine stores to have a look."

You Li said "Oh".

The owner of the herbal medicine store also opened the third brocade box and said, "This herbal medicine is called [Golden Wave Flower] and comes from Persia."

The cat, who was originally planning to leave, was suddenly stunned when he heard the name, and immediately turned to look at the golden flower in the brocade box in the hands of the herbal medicine store owner.

Moreover, the cat's eyes were shining and it looked like it wanted something.

Youli on the side felt as if he saw a pair of ears on the cat's head, and the ears kept moving.

So he looked curiously at the [Golden Wave Flower] in the hands of the herbal medicine shop owner and asked in a low voice: "That is Sazi, I have never heard of it."

Maomao immediately explained: "The poisonous flower comes from Persia. Poxun is a Sanskrit word that means something like a monster in Persia."

Youli suddenly realized and thought to himself that it was no wonder that he had never heard of it, it turned out to be a poisonous weed from a foreign country.

But after thinking about it, he continued to ask: "Is it amazing?"

Maomao nodded: "Very impressive."

Youli looked at Jinbo Xunhua with even more curiosity.

Because her medical skills are about fighting poison with poison, she is quite curious about poisonous plants.

but.

Maomao, however, looked solemn because she couldn't write poetry!

And even if you want to buy it, four thousand taels

Not enough money!

…

Ps: Some typos in Youli's words are in accordance with the dialect, not wrong.

(End of this chapter)