Chapter 2063 Reading Together
Manbao got up from the bed, pinching his aching neck. He looked at the book in his hand and put it into the space without hesitation. Then he yawned, opened the door and went out.
Zhou Liru had already washed up and was reciting prescriptions in the yard with a medical book in hand. When he turned around and saw his aunt, he was stunned for a moment. "Aunt, why are you still wearing yesterday's clothes? Why are they so wrinkled..."
Zhou Liru's eyes fell on his aunt's head. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Aunt, you didn't sleep all night, did you?"
Didn't I always say staying up late was bad when I was with Zheng Da and the others? Why did I do it when I was alone?
Manbao then reached out and touched his head, feeling that he was probably a little embarrassed at the moment, so he said, "Liru, please help me get a basin of water, I will wash up first."
After a pause, he said, "I didn't stay up all night, I did sleep. You can't tell my parents."
Zhou Liru stared at his aunt's face, nodded after a while, and obediently went to get her some hot water.
After washing and changing clothes, Manbao went to have breakfast with his family.
Because she told the family not to go out, only Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian followed Zhou Liulang to the restaurant early this morning. Everyone else stayed at home helping Fang and others cut the herbs and boil the ointment.
Manbao ate breakfast while sniffing the lingering aroma of medicine and said, "Dad, we still need to prepare some herbs at home, just in case. I'll write a prescription and ask someone to go to another pharmacy to get some medicine. If the medicine in the capital is too expensive, we can ask a doctor to get it at home."
Although he had a lot of medicinal herbs prepared at home, Old Zhou had never done such a thing as preparing so many herbs at home and waiting for someone to get sick before they got sick. He was surprised for a moment, "Isn't this a curse to make people sick? Can't we wait until someone gets sick before calling a doctor? Besides, it's not certain that anyone in our family will get sick."
Man Bao said: "This is just in case. Every family will prepare some medicinal herbs, just like preparing food."
She said, "Most of the herbs are commonly used anyway. Even if they are not needed this time, they can be used in the future. When you go to buy the herbs, just ask them to pack them separately and don't mix them together."
Old Madam Liu could understand this very well. As soon as she got the prescription, she asked four servants to go to various pharmacies to get the medicine.
Old Zhou could only contribute his share of the money.
Manbao specifically instructed, "Don't mention my name, and don't mention the name of the mansion. Just come back after buying the medicine."
When the people came back, she asked about the price of the medicine. Sure enough, two pharmacies had raised their prices today. The price was not much, but it was noticeable.
Bai Shan also took a look and said, "The news should be out today or tomorrow. Brother Yang's memorial is no secret. But it will take some time for it to spread to the public."
Manbao nodded, "The court will have made arrangements by then."
Manbao turned around and went back to the house to continue reading medical books, while Bai Shan went to arrange the travel arrangements.
Manbao quickly flipped through the table of contents circled by Teacher Mo, found the content according to the table of contents and scanned it at a glance. As long as she found the content she had read before, she put it aside. Her speed was very fast, and she had flipped through four books in just half an hour.
Manbao flipped through another book and looked for it according to the table of contents. When he saw the content, he couldn't help but sit up and said, "Vaccination?"
Manbao immediately sat down with the book, put the book down, spread the paper and poured water. When he touched the ink stick, he ground the ink with one hand and turned the book over with the other hand to continue reading.
After she had skimmed through the content and the ink had been ground out, she immediately dipped the ink in the book and carefully read through the contents again, writing them down with her pen and ink...
When Bai Shan came over, she had already opened the eighth book. There were a lot of written papers spread out on the table. Nine out of ten were about vaccination, but there were only two ways to actually treat smallpox during the disease.
Bai Shan knocked on the door. Man Bao subconsciously wanted to hide the book, but when he saw it was him, he breathed a sigh of relief and put the closed book on his lap back on the table. "Have you packed everything?"
Bai Shan glanced at the mess of books and papers on the desk and smiled, "So you agreed to go with us?"
Manbao nodded.
He paused for a moment, and seeing that she had no intention of taking the book, he walked a few steps forward, glanced at the book on her desk, flipped through it, and asked, "Did he give this to you?"
Manbao paused and nodded.
Bai Shan was very curious. "Couldn't my father-in-law just give you the recipe directly? Why does he need to read whole books to you?"
Manbao lowered his head and continued to take notes while saying, "Because he doesn't know how to prevent and treat smallpox, he naturally can't tell me directly about the skills he hasn't learned."
Bai Shan was surprised when he heard this, and at the same time, he felt a yearning. "So... we need to learn too. I wonder if a hundred years from now, we will be like my father-in-law, or will we be like my father, crossing the Naihe Bridge and being reincarnated without knowing anything."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It should be the same as your father."
Bai Shan was not too disappointed. He nodded and looked at the book on the table. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me help you."
Manbao was eager to find it, but it was still too much for her to search by herself.
She taught him, "Some books have repetitive content. I only want to share the prevention and treatment methods. I don't care about anything else for now."
Bai Shan understood, so he moved a chair to sit opposite her, put the books on the table aside, and then he spread out the paper and picked up a book to open.
Bai Shan's luck was better than Man Bao's. When he opened the first book, there were three prescriptions for treating smallpox. It was a pity that he could not verify whether they were useful. Anyway, after reading them, he felt that two of the prescriptions were a bit far-fetched. What does it mean to apply honey all over the body? Can that really cure smallpox?
He glanced at Manbao and thought that such matters should be left to the doctor to judge, so he reached out and took a pen from the pen holder, dipped it in ink and began to write down.
The room suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of two people turning pages and writing.
After Bai Erlang packed his luggage and said goodbye to his little nephew for a while, he came back and saw the two of them flipping through a book facing each other.
He scratched his head and finally didn't want to read or write, so he turned and left. He decided to prepare some things before going out.
Xiazhou is so cold, they should probably bring a few more clothes, as well as more cloaks, shoes and socks.
Cheng had just given birth to a son and was originally in her home in Changqing Lane to recuperate after giving birth. However, early this morning, Bai Dalang took the mother and son to Zhou's house. They heard that there was a plague outside, so the three of them would have to live here for a long time.
She had just handed the child over to the nurse and was watching the servant who was serving Bai Erlang pack his things. When she saw him coming, she smiled and said, "Uncle, I have packed all the luggage. Do you think you can buy anything else?"
Happy National Day to everyone
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