Chapter 71 This older brother is a bad guy!
"Child, you fell into a trap, and I rescued you. What happened to you before?"
Before the little boy could speak, the next second, Xiao Baozhu burst into tears.
"Bad guy! This brother is a bad guy! He actually tried to hurt Daddy! Mother, kick him out!"
Little Baozhu immediately climbed onto the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) and hugged Li Rong: "Father, are you alright? Say something, Father."
Xiao Xuanting seemed to have just regained his senses: "I'm so sorry, I didn't know he was your father. I just wanted to save An Dehai. I thought he was in cahoots with them."
Little Pearl immediately snorted coldly: "Go away, go away!"
As she spoke, she pulled out the little golden dog that she had wrapped tightly in a handkerchief from her bosom and threw it at him.
"Take your things and get out of here."
Xiao Xuanting was stunned by her appearance and stammered, "I...I..."
"Alright, Baozhu, don't cry! Your father is alright," Jiang Nuanzhi comforted. "Your little brother is injured now. Let his family come and pick him up, and then Mommy will let him go, okay?"
Jiang Nuanzhi felt a little guilty, after all, this person had fallen into his trap.
Furthermore, this little boy is either rich or noble, so we can collect more consultation fees later. Why not?
I never expected that this child, at such a young age, would dare to use a knife. If it had been a moment later, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Thinking about it, she felt a little annoyed and frowned as she said to him, "You can't use such a weapon in my house. I'll keep it safe for you and return it to you when your family comes."
Xiao Xuanting hesitated, clenching his little fists, but ultimately handed the dagger to Jiang Nuanzhi.
Baozhu looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with teary eyes, then glanced at Xiao Xuanting over there, finally snorted, and reluctantly nodded.
She pressed her little face against Li Rong's face to look at him, and touched her father's face with her little hands with heartache.
"Father, don't be afraid, Baozhu will protect you."
Seeing this, Xiao Xuanting stepped forward to apologize, but after only a few steps, he frowned and collapsed.
Jiang Nuanzhi immediately took his pulse. Because he was a child, she didn't know the effects of the medicine and didn't dare to use a large dose. Now that she noticed his temperature was getting higher and higher, she immediately grabbed some more medicine to decoct without saying a word.
"You want to keep him at home, right?"
Li Junping squatted down next to the medicine stove, added fuel to the fire, and asked.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "Yes, what do you think?"
Li Junping nodded: "That's good."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked over in surprise: "I thought you would have a different opinion."
Ping'er used to be quite averse to trouble and cautious, and he had no extra kindness whatsoever, so Jiang Nuanzhi thought he wouldn't agree.
Li Junping squinted and said, “I noticed that he is dressed quite well and has given gold to Baozhu before. If you cure him, we might be able to earn a hundred taels of silver for your consultation fee.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Li Junping and met the child's calm, emotionless eyes.
He appeared calm, but Jiang Nuanzhi still remembered how he knelt before Zhao Xiyue and the other person to save Xin Bo, and simply said, "Yes, you're right. I think so too."
Hearing her say that, Li Junping was surprised: "I thought you would think I was too pragmatic."
Jiang Nuanzhi laughed upon hearing this: "Who in the world is without self-interest? Just because you want something in return doesn't mean it's not a good deed."
Li Junping pursed his lips: "But don't get your hopes up too high. He might already be a discarded member of the family. You won't get any money by paying for a discarded member. We might also lose money, and it might cause trouble for us."
After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I want to go to the docks to move goods."
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned: "What?"
Li Junping stared calmly at the steam rising from the medicine pot: "I asked around. You can earn twenty copper coins a day by unloading goods at the county dock. That's six hundred copper coins a month."
Jiang Nuanzhi sighed and patted his little head: "Ping'er, I'll take care of making money. You really don't need to do this."
“I know you’re worried about Xinbo. Don’t worry, I won’t keep you waiting too long. I’ll go to Canglin in the next couple of days and try to catch a glimpse of Xinbo. Let’s see what the situation is first.”
Li Junping frowned slightly: "But we haven't earned enough money yet."
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "Although I haven't earned enough money, there are some things that can't be done with just money. Trust me, okay?"
Li Junping did not speak, but nodded rather reluctantly.
Jiang Nuanzhi knew that there wasn't much sincerity in his nod. Perhaps, when Uncle Xin stood in front of him, he would believe her words.
Jiang Nuanzhi actually wanted to tell him that Xinbo would be alright, because Xinbo died at Xie Liangchen's hands. It was because Xinbo protected Baozhu and did many things to harm the fake heiress that he was later dealt with by Xie Liangchen.
Thinking about it carefully, Xinbo probably has at least another ten years or so to live.
Unfortunately, even if I told them about the plot, they wouldn't hear it.
Jiang Nuanzhi wasn't bothered by it. If she couldn't say it, she couldn't say it. Anyway, even if she did, they might not believe her.
So let's put this matter aside for now.
All afternoon, apart from spending five taels of silver to buy medicinal herbs, she locked herself in her room to make medicine.
The price of wound medicine has always been very high because one of its ingredients is hard to find: dragon bone.
Dragon bones are fossilized bones of large animals. These fossils themselves are believed to promote the healing of sores and ulcers.
Other medicinal herbs can be bought on the market, but these fossils are extremely rare and valuable. This is why wound medicine is in far short of demand.
Even Old Master Lü's shop had to limit the supply of wound medicine. After all, dragon bones were rare, and no family wanted their clinic to run out of medicine.
Actually, oysters could be used as a substitute for keel, but oysters are hard to find at this time of year.
Jiang Nuanzhi's previous wound medicine did not use dragon bone, but rather jujube seed powder. She tried it herself and unexpectedly found it to be even more effective than wound medicine using dragon bone. In fact, it calmed the nerves of patients who used it, aiding in their recovery.
Compared to dragon bones, jujube seeds are much cheaper. Jiang Nuanzhi also rendered more lard this time than before, producing thirty bottles of wound medicine in one go.
In addition, she spent a large sum of money to buy pearl powder, as well as medicinal herbs such as Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica dahurica, and Bletilla striata.
I'm planning to make some whitening freckle cream.
My skin is quite fair, but I have sunspots scattered on my cheeks, and my arms, neck, and back are severely sunburned, looking completely different in color from my natural skin tone. If I don't intervene soon, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover.
She had intended to buy some daily-use brightening, whitening, and freckle-removing creams. But today, her inquiry revealed a major problem.
It seems that the concept of daily skincare doesn't exist in this world yet.
The women here also use products like jade face cream and jade skin cream, but these are usually quite troublesome. They take out the powder, mix it, apply it to their faces, and then wash it off. Some even regard the Taizhen Red Jade Cream as the ultimate standard.
It's important to know that red jade cream contains a large amount of talcum powder and calomel. Although it has a good effect when applied to the face, it contains excessive levels of lead and mercury, which is very harmful to the body.
Jiang Nuanzhi was thinking of buying some medicinal herbs to make the medicine herself, and perhaps she could try selling it later.
Today marks our one-year anniversary, and I had a small, light drink.
Sorry, my darlings, I'm really afraid I'll write something inappropriate while I'm still a bit tipsy. I'll just post the first update now, and the second one will be posted tomorrow morning. I'll write as soon as I wake up.
(End of this chapter)
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