Su Qingluan was walking on the small road leading to Lefeng Town. Because she was wearing improved spiked shoes, she did not slip with every step and walking was not difficult.
"Why is it that I'm doing more and more 'field work' when I clearly want to spend the winter by the warm fire?" Su Qingluan muttered speechlessly.
But she looked up at the cloudless sky: Fortunately, the sun is shining today, but if it were really windy and snowy, Li Sanlang probably wouldn't ask her to go to Huichuntang in the town to get medicine on his behalf, right?
Originally, Su Qingluan had wanted to stay and take care of Sun Guixiang. However, Sun Guixiang was still experiencing lochia, and there weren't any nursing mattresses here, so she needed to have her bedsheets changed regularly. She wasn't even very good at turning over, and needed Li Sanlang's help.
When Su Qingluan went to visit the Li family, she had to stay in the inner room, and Sun Guixiang couldn't get out of bed. If Su Qingluan wasn't a woman, she probably wouldn't have been able to see Sun Guixiang at all.
What's more, Li Sanlang also has to take care of the task of coaxing the child - after all, Sun Guixiang can only simply hold the child in bed. If the baby is still crying, Li Sanlang will need to hold the child and walk back and forth in the house.
Su Qingluan didn't hesitate at all and decisively chose to run errands - compared to the difficult mode of going out in the snow and ice, coaxing children was a hellish level of difficulty!
Su Qingluan hadn't left Huaxi Village since the heavy snow that closed off the village. She had originally thought that kind of snow was enough to "close the mountains and block the roads."
Unexpectedly, Yang and Su Guangfu told her that although such heavy snowfall "overnight" is spectacular, there are several snowfalls every winter and it is not enough to "close the mountain". At best, it can make the mountain road more difficult to walk on.
However, for those who really need to make a living, this level is not enough to stop them.
As expected, although the mountain road was difficult to travel, Su Qingluan still encountered a few pedestrians along the way. These people were either carrying loads, wooden boxes on their backs, or pushing wheelbarrows.
The only thing they have in common is that they are all dressed simply, even poorly, and are walking hurriedly on the mountain path, with the snow making a "crunching" sound.
Thanks to them, the narrow road near the center has been trampled very tightly, so people don't have to pull their feet out with every step.
But because of this, the narrow road became very slippery, so many people - or rather, almost everyone except Su Qingluan - would choose to step on places with relatively deep snow in order to avoid slipping.
As for Su Qingluan, there was no need for this at all. The anti-slip level of her spiked shoes was even comparable to walking on rough ground in summer.
It's just that occasionally when encountering loose ice, the spikes will dig deep into the ice, making it a bit difficult to pull them out.
The town of Lefeng has become visibly more desolate. Not only have the open-air vendors almost disappeared, but there are also fewer pedestrians than in the past. Only the businesses that can still rent shops are still open.
Su Qingluan first went to Huichuntang as planned. It was like a modern "Grade A Hospital" and was very busy all year round.
However, it is obvious that winter is the season of high incidence of wind and cold, so many prescriptions are for dispelling wind and cold. In addition, there are also many prescriptions for medicinal soups and ointments for injuries and sprains.
Su Qingluan got her number and, as usual, had to wait in line for at least fifteen minutes.
If it were the sweltering heat of midsummer, Su Qingluan would naturally go outside for a walk. But now, the wind was howling outside. Although Huichun Hall had no heating or air conditioning, with so many people in a relatively enclosed space, it was definitely much warmer than outside.
Since she had nothing to do, Su Qingluan focused her attention on the rows and rows of drawers containing various medicinal herbs.
What caught Su Qingluan's attention was that the drawer seemed to have not only the names of the medicinal materials written on it, but also some things similar to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Su Qingluan guessed that it was something similar to a number, which could make it easier and faster to find the corresponding medicinal materials.
In fact, there are many uncommon characters in the names of Chinese medicinal herbs, but there are also many names that she is familiar with, such as ginseng, tangerine peel, angelica, wolfberry, etc.
Su Qingluan also discovered that some medicinal herbs were very interesting, such as Vaccaria segetalis and Liu Ji Nu, which sounded more like the names of a person than medicinal herbs.
Su Qingluan looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out any pattern in the order in which these herbs were arranged - but she guessed it might be related to the medicinal properties or related classifications.
Su Qingluan looked around aimlessly, searching for the names of medicinal herbs that she thought were more interesting.
Suddenly, Su Qingluan's wandering gaze fixed on one place. The two words "turmeric" on the drawer attracted her attention.
Turmeric, was it the "turmeric" she was thinking of? Su Qingluan was not sure. After all, as time passed, many words had changed their meanings, or even become completely unrelated.
The "turmeric" that Su Qingluan was thinking of was actually a spice that had nothing to do with the vegetable "ginger". However, its color was very similar to the cross-section of the ginger root, which was a bright yellow, so it was called "turmeric".
More importantly, Su Qingluan remembered that turmeric is one of the important components of "curry" in the popular sense.
Come to think of it, she hasn't eaten curry-related food for a long, long time.
Previously, because of her illness, both doctors and fellow patients had advised her not to eat spicy food for the sake of her fragile stomach. After her time travel, she had never seen turmeric in the foreign merchant's spice shop, which had made Su Qingluan give up the idea of eating curry in this life.
As a result, this time she accidentally discovered this spice that was used as a medicinal ingredient, which was really a pleasant surprise.
However, just in case, when it was her turn to get the medicine, Su Qingluan asked the little pharmacist to give her some turmeric to check.
Then she bought half a pound in one go.
The little medicine boy couldn't help but look at this strange guest several times - after all, Su Qingluan put himself in the other party's perspective. No one would want so much medicine at once, right?
But she was too lazy to explain, and walked out of the gate of "Huichuntang" contentedly with the turmeric and the herbs she had already packed. She stopped by the pastry shop across the street to buy some snacks for her brother and sister, and then turned back to Huaxi Village.
Li Sanlang and Sun Guixiang thanked them repeatedly, and Li Sanlang even took out eggs from his home to give to Su Qingluan as a thank you gift.
Su Qingluan waved her hands quickly, "Uncle Li, you're being too polite. Aunt Guixiang often takes care of my sister, and she never asked for any thank-you gift, right? Besides..." She weighed the ginger in her hand, "Thanks to my visit to Huichun Hall this time, I got a surprise!"
The fact that she could have more curry in her future life was much more important to Su Qingluan, who had no shortage of money, than a simple reward of money.
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