Chapter 187 Chapter 187 Update.
In the straw hut, everyone was asked to take the new medicine prepared by the Imperial Medical Bureau. The dosage varied according to the severity of the illness.
However, the people here were discouraged because they had taken a lot of medicine recently and the plague was not cured. So they were skeptical about the medicine they were asked to take this time.
"Is this really a cure for the epidemic?"
The imperial physician's prescriptions were also based on trial and error, with adjustments made based on effectiveness. People here have tried many different medicines, and some say:
"No matter how much I ate before, it didn't work."
However, they only needed to look at Wang'er to know whether it was effective or not. They were used to seeing those who were carried out. They all had convulsions with stiff limbs and would die within three days.
Today is already the third day, and it all depends on whether Wang'er can survive tonight.
Qiu Gu fed Wang Er some medicine and did not sleep a wink all night. At some point, she could no longer hold on and dozed off. When she woke up with a start, she quickly shook Wang Er in her arms and called out to him:
"Wang'er, Wang'er!"
"Mother..."
This was the first time Wang'er had a clear consciousness since his illness worsened. The sky was turning white, which was a sign of dawn.
Those who were still able to move in the nearby straw huts stretched their heads to look here, tentatively calling out "Wang'er".
"Wang'er?"
"Wang'er?"
"Mother...where is this..."
In fact, Qiu Gu was also infected, but she was holding on, fearing that if she collapsed, no one would be able to take care of Wang Er. Now her face was covered in grime, her eyes were filled with tears, and she hugged Wang Er and said:
"Wake up, wake up!"
Surprise and joy all around.
"woke up?"
"Are you really awake?"
"He's really awake!"
“I really made it through!”
It seemed as if they saw the hope of everyone here in Wang'er. How could they not be happy? If it weren't for the wooden gate between them, they would have wanted to hug each other.
But even so, it couldn't prevent many hands from joining together through the wooden gate.
When Ji Xu came to share the soup with them early in the morning, he felt that everyone had a different look. The morning sun fell on everyone's face, and their smiles were all golden.
"Miss Yijin, we are saved!"
"Thanks to you these days, you've always found ways to make soup for us."
"If I were eating Wang Huzi's soup, I would have stretched my legs long ago!"
Everyone around was laughing, but when they saw Wang Huzi carrying the soup bucket over, they were all gritting their teeth, but they didn't want to say anything unpleasant to his face and didn't want to argue with him.
After that day, the situation in the straw hut became better and better. Some people who came in later had only shallow rashes on their bodies. Their illnesses were considered mild, and after taking medicine, they were all released.
As they left the shelter with their bags on their backs, they thanked Ji Xu and said:
"In the future, we will definitely go to Ping An Restaurant to show our support to Yi Jin Nv Niang."
"That's right. If you have the heart to treat us like this, you absolutely cannot make us sick. We were shut down for quite a while because of this. It's obviously an injustice."
"I heard that the lame young master of the Li family wanted to take you as his wife, but you refused. It must be the Li family's doing. I only regret that we didn't know your kindness before. If you do something like this again in the future, we will definitely help you seek justice!"
Ji Xu has been working hard recently and has established a good reputation for Ping'an Restaurant. He will not have to worry about its popularity when he reopens it in the future.
The little medicine boy also came to deliver a message on behalf of the imperial physician Gu Hong:
"It's thanks to you that the prescription is complete. Master wants to thank you. I heard from you that you want to join the Food Bureau and become an official chef?"
This was exactly what Ji Xu was thinking. Before he could say it out loud, the Imperial Physician somehow understood, and the little medicine boy said:
"You have done so much for me. First, you proposed the method of health records, and then you helped my master write the prescriptions. My master will recommend you as the Imperial Physician. I hope you can help me become an official chef."
"Then I would like to thank Master Gu first."
"This is what you deserve. My master is a man of integrity. If you didn't really win his favor, he would never have recommended you."
The imperial physician worked out a prescription for curing the epidemic, and the news spread to all parts of the Five Tombs.
In addition, there were a lot of people who were cured and released from the shelter one after another. Those people were like walking loudspeakers, spreading the news throughout the streets and alleys.
Jiaomen City has been much quieter than before in the past two months due to the epidemic.
Jin's rice and meat soup were not selling well, so she sat there chasing flies.
Nowadays, with the rise of hygiene awareness, ordinary people have become more aware of hygiene. If they see flies crawling on the rice or meat here, many of them will dislike it as unhygienic and turn away without buying anything.
So Jin covered them all up and used a whisk to drive away mosquitoes and flies when she was free.
The weather was cooler and there were fewer mosquitoes and flies, but she was still anxious and irritated, not for any other reason but because the place was deserted and her business was not doing well.
The family still owed Wuyan a loan and had to pay taxes soon. She had a large family and two houses, so calculating the money orally and counting the money was still a considerable expense.
It was already autumn, but she had two blisters on her mouth.
"Mother, mother!"
I saw Ji Zhi running into the store in a hurry.
Business is bad now, so Ji Huhai has come back and is helping Jin sell rice, so there is enough manpower here.
Ji Zhi heard that Erfeng was working in a government-run workshop in Gao City, and that she could become a skilled craftsman in the future and would not have to worry about food and clothing. So she begged Jin and went there to work as well, hoping to earn some money to buy cakes.
The family was in financial trouble, and Jin refused to give her the promised pocket money, saying that she owed it to her. Ji Zhi didn't even know about her, and he even wanted to embezzle the wages she earned in the workshop, so how could he expect her to pay it back?
So I hid the money I earned, and now I come back with mud on my body.
"I heard it, I heard it, calling the soul."
There was no business, and Jin was getting angry. Ji Zhi came up to her and said:
"Good news, great news!"
"Did you pick up money?"
"I didn't pick it up this time, but the plague has been cured!"
"really?"
When Jin heard this, she pulled off the scarf covering her face. This was because she believed what the health magazine said and suffocated her.
But there was no way. She was doing business here and might catch the plague if she wasn't careful. Covering herself with a scarf was much cheaper than taking medicine.
"Really? There's a prescription out there for curing the epidemic. If you get a rash, just go to the pharmacy and get the medicine prescribed. I heard the sooner you take the medicine, the less money you'll spend and the faster you'll get better!"
She heard all this in the government-run workshop, which was under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu and where news came quickly.
Jin's heart was trembling with joy. If the plague could be cured, then the trade store would be as bustling as before. Her business would be even better. She could rely on loans and taxes!
Gradually, the green smoke in the direction of the eastern suburbs disappeared.
It is said that the shelter there has been disbanded, and some people who are still not well have been sent back home, and told to find a room at home to live alone, not to contact outsiders, and to take medicine according to the prescription.
This is the case with the wives and daughters of the Yangcheng family.
That day, Tian ordered everyone to clean up and the whole family waited at the entrance of the alley.
Ji Xu came up in a carriage with red flags.
"My daughter is back!"
"Sister, you're finally back!"
Tian looked at the strange carriage and asked the driver:
"Whose servant are you?"
When she heard that it was the General's family, she wanted to take them into the house for tea, but the driver refused, and she kept muttering to herself.
"Mother, please let them go."
Ji Xu thanked her and stopped the driver to drive away. Tian was still pointing at the car in admiration and saying that it was very impressive.
"Sister, you are finally back. We missed you so much." Xiaozhu leaned over and said to her. She felt that she had grown taller after walking for a while.
"Yes, miss, you've been gone for fifty days, and we're not used to it. We're so happy to finally have you back."
Jindou said as he and the other three beans took the bag from her hand.
Tian finally came back to her senses from the carriage and remembered kissing her daughter.
"You're home now. Mother has prepared many dishes to welcome you home."
All the way into Mulberry Lane, Tian asked her about her life in the shelter, what she ate and what she did every day, and he talked endlessly.
When I got home, I showed her the volume of the Health Chronicle I had bought earlier and said:
"My daughter is really capable. Your name is even on it."
"The braised food stall at home has reopened for five or six days. We're just waiting for you to come back so that the restaurant can open."
Two days later, it was tax time, and a clerk in charge of this came to his house and knocked on the door to collect the tax. Ji Xu stayed in the shelter for fifty days and earned fifty taels of gold, which is two hundred taels of silver.
In addition, before she came back, Tian had reopened the family's braised food stall as she had instructed in the letter, and made some money.
I also saved some money in the past and collected two hundred and twenty taels, which was used to pay the oral calculation money and the cash calculation money, so I was able to get through the difficult time this year.
At the beginning of October, the streets and the neighborhoods regained their former bustle, and Tian was able to go out and talk to people again. She also went to Mapo Street in the north of the city to visit Hou Qiugu and her son.
They are all well now, but Wang'er's condition was really serious at that time. The gangrene had spread to his face and neck. Although he has been cured now, there are still some faint scars.
But Qiugu was very happy to have saved her life. Tian brought them some fruit and talked to them. When she left, she said:
"I'm here to tell you something good. My Ping An Restaurant has set a date for its reopening. I wonder if you'd still like to work as a waiter there?"
This was also a happy event for Yu Qiugu. After she and her son left the orphanage, they had spent all their savings on medicine. The two remaining rooms were bought by Yang Liu.
Qiu Gu wanted to sell it and buy a smaller one in Mulberry Alley, and then live next door to everyone else. After a near-death experience, she had made up her mind and would no longer force Wang Er to study. She was no longer like before, when she clearly looked down on others but was worried that the neighbors would lead Wang Er astray. She nodded repeatedly and said:
"Yes, yes! If you don't think it's bad luck that I'm sick, then of course I'm willing to do it. If I leave Ping'an Restaurant, where else can I find such a good job?"
"Car!"
"Che Dianji!"
At the Weishui Wharf, Jindou called out from afar to Chen Che'er who was about to board the ship.
Ever since Ping'an Restaurant was closed down, he found a job as an accountant in a restaurant.
Later, due to the raging plague, the business of the leather shop was also sluggish. In order to reduce the burden of taxes, the owner sold the leather shop before the autumn tax. He had nowhere to stay. He stayed there for a while, but couldn't find a job, so he planned to return to his hometown.
He felt ashamed and didn't know how to face his fellow villagers, but there was nothing he could do. If he stayed at the post station any longer, he would not even have enough money to travel.
Just as he was about to give the boat fare to the captain of the boat and give him a ride for a while, he heard someone calling him. Seeing that it was Jindou, he was delighted and turned around and ran back.
"But can Ping An Restaurant open now?"
Jindou said what he was hoping for:
"That's right, that's right. Miss still wants you to go back and do the accounting."
"That's great! I've finally been looking forward to it."
On this day, Ping'an Restaurant invited a group of entertainers to perform and opened with great fanfare. As expected, many diners came to support the restaurant, many of whom were familiar faces that Ji Xu had seen in the shelter, and the restaurant was full.
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