Chapter 2229 Integration
Ah Man was talking about a mountain stream some distance away from the town. They had been to the lower reaches of the lake before. The lake water flowed out of the big lake in the town, still a wide and flat river, stretching away and disappearing into the desert.
Because of the water, an oasis is formed.
And at a 60-degree angle away from that place, there is also a long but much narrower oasis. Manbao and the others thought that it was also a way out of the lake. Only when they got there did they realize that the water there was not going out, but coming in.
There is a water source under the big lake. This one is the same as the one at the exit. It comes from nowhere. After appearing in the desert, it slowly flows towards the big lake and finally converges into the big lake.
The mountain stream that Ah Man mentioned was located twenty miles away from the town. Except for the sparse grass and trees by the water, the other places on both sides were Gobi Desert, so there were a lot of rocks in the water.
But the water was clear and not deep, and they could see the bottom of the river from the shore.
However, Ah Man didn't dare let them go in the water themselves. He said, "Although the water seems shallow, it's actually very deep. There are other places at the bottom of the river, so be careful. These guys are all good fishermen. They catch most of the fish the mayor eats at home. Let them go."
Bai Shan grabbed Manbao, and Manbao could only watch with regret on the shore.
The people brought by Ah Man rolled up their trouser legs and started to go into the water, then gently searched for stones at the bottom of the river.
Manbao was slightly stunned and asked, "Are you looking for stone fish?"
"Yes, we have to scare them out to catch them. Some stone fish are stupid and won't have time to get out from the cracks in the rocks after being frightened, so they will hide in the cracks and pretend to be dead." The people who catch fish are very experienced. Although they don't have many chances to catch stone fish, they often want to touch them. After all, although this thing is small, it is really delicious.
The fisherman said, "This fish has no bones at all, so it's the best to make sashimi. Adults, please wait. When we catch it, we'll ask the mayor's Da Yu to fillet it for you. He fillets fish very well."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, thinking that if they caught a lot, they could give it a try.
So she started pointing, "It's not here, it's over there."
Pointing to somewhere behind them.
Several people looked back and asked in confusion, "How did you know, sir?"
Manbao said calmly, "I just saw one go in."
Without a second thought, they turned around and slowly walked back, then began to search through the rocks. Two or three stone fish slithered out from between the rocks, and just as they were about to slither away with a flick of their tails, they immediately joined forces to catch them...
After a lot of busy work, one of them caught one and threw it up immediately.
The fish fell to the ground and tried to jump back into the water. Manbao and his men on the shore immediately stepped forward to hold it down, muttering, "I'll give you water right away, I'll give you water right away..."
Bai Shan quickly took the wooden bucket to fetch water, and when he got the water, Man Bao put it into the wooden bucket.
But the stone fish was very angry. This was not the river it liked. It circled along the wall of the barrel several times, and when it found it couldn't get out, it started jumping around in the water.
Manbao wiped his face, stared at it and said, "It's useless. You can't escape from my palm no matter what."
Bai Shan also noticed the advantages of this mountain stream. The water here is shallow in most places. Although the net is not easy to use in water full of stones, it can still be useful.
So Manbao instructed them to find the stone fish, and Baishan instructed them how to pull the net and then look for stones. The stone fish inside rushed out and hit the net. The three people holding the net lifted it up, and there were seven or eight stone fish struggling inside.
The expressions on several people's faces were a little frozen. Is it that simple?
When everyone turned to look at Zhou Man and Bai Shan, they were filled with awe.
Manbao didn't take all of them, but took three big ones, and put the remaining four that didn't look that big back into the water.
She pointed ahead excitedly and said, "Let's go!"
The people in the water also became excited and rolled up their sleeves to get in.
Several people searched this section of the river and startled countless stone fish. Not to mention the few people who were catching fish, even Ah Man had a look of mystery on his face.
Stonefish are harder to catch than silverfish. You might not catch one in the whole year. They thought there were few of them, but they didn't expect there to be so many.
However, Manbao did not take out a lot. First, she put all the small and medium ones. Later, when she found more, she estimated the number of people and put some of the big ones into the river.
The people standing by looked at it with hesitation, but in fact they were selling it.
Manbao obviously hadn't expected this, and said to them excitedly: "This is enough, let's go."
After returning, she generously gave each of them a string of copper coins and two fish to taste. Only then did she ask Ah Man to give two fish to the mayor, saying happily, "Just tell him how much we appreciate his hospitality."
Ah Man: ...Actually, you can give more.
He took a look at the fish in the bucket, but didn't say anything. He then carried the mayor's fish and his own fish away.
Never mind. He got four shares anyway. At worst, he can give his to the mayor, and he can take the mayor's.
Manbao and Baishan insisted on carrying the fish into the kitchen themselves, saying, "We can't eat so much, so we can keep it for another day. If it tastes good, we can eat it tomorrow."
Bai Erlang and the others didn't know how many fish were in the bucket, because they rolled up their sleeves and went into the water. Except for Yin Huo, everyone else's clothes were a little wet, so they ran to change clothes as soon as they returned to the yard.
Bai Shan stands to block Man Bao, who reaches into the barrel and two fish disappear inside.
The two of them then raised the fish.
Because of this incident, the relationship between these people and the people in the town became closer. Everyone knew that the person living in this courtyard was the imperial physician who had treated the emperor, so some people began to come to him tentatively for medical treatment.
Although Manbao and her friends would go out from time to time to look for all kinds of strange things in the desert and Gobi, they would not refuse patients. As long as they came, she and Zhou Liru would help to see the patients.
Every time this happened, Ah Man would come over to help.
The prescriptions written by Manbao and the others were all filled at A'man's pharmacy.
Unfortunately, the medicines in his pharmacy were not complete, and in the end the mayor had to move all kinds of medicines out of his own warehouse so that he could get the medicines.
Of course, the mayor doesn’t get the job for free, he needs money!
I also need the prescriptions written by Zhou Man and Zhou Liru.
The mayor and Ah Man were stunned when they saw the patient who came to the courtyard to see a doctor take out a prescription for the first time. The person inside could actually write a prescription and they even knew the words on the prescription. Not only did they know them, but they also gave the prescription to the patient to keep!
You should know that many doctors will not prescribe medicine for patients. They will just prescribe medicine after seeing the patient. For example, Ah Man never prescribes medicine.
Some older doctors do prescribe prescriptions, but their handwriting is only recognized by the clerks in their own shops who dispense medicine. It is difficult to recognize it except at the door of the pharmacy. Even few of their colleagues can recognize it.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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