Chapter 6: Sharing the Blessings
"It's true that there are mosquitoes in the capital, but don't you use mosquito nets when you're in the capital?"
Gu Xiyue glanced at Wang Hu standing in the middle of the crowd and instantly knew what he meant. No matter when or where, there would always be a few argumentative people in the crowd, and she was used to it.
She is never polite to such people.
This question left Wang Hu speechless.
Yes, he was a playboy when he was in the capital, and his parents doted on him the most. When he slept at night, not to mention the mosquito net, there were four or five maids just to help him catch mosquitoes. If he woke up with a bump on his face the next day, the maids would be beaten with a stick. Not only that, his parents would also invite a doctor with excellent medical skills to treat him.
Wang Huzi thought about it for a long time but couldn't think of any rebuttal, and the adults with children were obviously hostile to him and started to criticize him.
"You're a bachelor, how could you feel sorry for your child?"
"Just shut up! You're the laziest of us! Whenever you're short of food, you borrow it from everywhere and never return it."
"Instead of talking back here, why not go check out your one and a half acres of land and see how tall the grass is."
Even those who had discussed having Wang Hu be a witness last night felt hot on their faces. Some of them also had children, and they felt a little regretful about what they had done last night, so they tried to dissuade Wang Hu from contradicting them again.
Wang Hu's face turned red and white. He really wanted to leave alone, but he was also a little curious about what the wild grass was. In the end, he stayed behind.
Gu Xiyue kept staring at Wang Hu. Seeing that he had no intention of opening his mouth to contradict her, he picked up the half-burned straw braid from last night and continued with a smile, "This thing is made of the wild grass I pulled back yesterday. I have read about these two kinds of wild grass in ancient books. One seems to be called mugwort and the other is wormwood. Both of them have the effect of repelling mosquitoes and detoxifying. After seeing it yesterday, I was not sure, so I decided to try it myself first. When I am sure there is no problem, I will tell the villagers."
When people heard that Gu Xiyue was using his own body to test the poison, they were immediately shocked and their faces turned pale.
"Ms. Gu, you are such a good person!"
"Ms. Gu, I wrongly blamed you yesterday. I hope you don't take it to heart."
Voices of gratitude and guilt rang out one after another, and the three children of Madam Liu and Madam Li also raised their heads and looked at Gu Xiyue with joy.
Meixiang stood behind Gu Xiyue, feeling warm in her heart and a little proud, thinking that the young lady was really amazing!
He was so elated that he didn't even think about when the young lady had read the ancient medical books.
The storybooks the young lady had read before were so numerous that they could not even fit on a carriage. Perhaps there was an ancient medical book mixed in with the storybooks.
It was very lively here. In the east room, Wei Lin wanted to go out to fetch water with a bucket, but the door was blocked and he couldn't get out at all. Xiao Heng waved his hand and asked him to sit for a while and go out after the crowd had dispersed.
He himself was also curious that the woman who was so unreasonable and used trickery to marry into the Eastern Palace actually had this side to her.
This is completely different from her previous self.
Gu Xiyue let people sigh a few times, then continued, "Fellow villagers came here for various reasons. No matter who we were in the past, now that we have come to the Southern Wilderness, we will face the same difficulties. We must not only survive, but also strive to live well. Only in this way can we be worthy of ourselves and our families. Don't you agree?"
Everyone quieted down, listened to Gu Xiyue's words, nodded, and felt warm in their hearts.
From birth to now, no one has ever told them such words: work hard to live a good life, so that they can live up to themselves and their families.
Isn't it true? Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents. Now, not only are they and their children covered in mosquito bites, but they are also thinking about committing suicide. I feel so guilty towards myself and my family.
Seeing that it was almost time, Gu Xiyue stopped stirring up emotions and started talking about business.
"From now on, we will share both happiness and hardship. We will work together to find solutions to any difficulties and strive to make a decent living in this desolate southern wilderness."
The mood had reached this point, but Gu Xiyue still couldn't help but say something to encourage her, and then he lowered his head and smiled.
This scene was like a Beggars' Gang meeting, or a covenant meeting in the martial arts world, full of narrow-mindedness.
Xiao Heng in the east room clenched his fist to his lips and couldn't help laughing slightly.
He was already certain that she was no longer the same Gu Xiyue.
Without waiting for everyone to shout slogans, Gu Xiyue said without pause, "Yesterday when I was fetching water, I saw a lot of these two kinds of grass on the roadside. As far as I remember, these two kinds of grass can not only be pinched and mashed to clear away heat and detoxify, but can also be dried and burned to repel mosquitoes. If you accidentally break your hands or get bitten by mosquitoes, you can take some of these leaves and mash them into a paste and apply it on the affected area. It will work quickly."
People opened their eyes wide and looked surprised.
I have been here for several years, not only having to endure hunger, but also suffering from mosquito bites. My body and mind are suffering from double torture. Now I hear that there is something that can repel mosquitoes. It is such an exciting thing.
I can finally get a good night's sleep and no longer have to endure that painful itching.
"Everything in the world is mutually restraining. Since God created mosquitoes, there must be something that can restrain them."
Gu Xiyue said this with a smile, waved her hand, and asked the villagers to follow her to see what the two kinds of grass looked like.
People spontaneously made way for Gu Xiyue to pass, and then took the initiative to follow.
Gu Xiyue walked out of the yard and took a casual look and found that these two kinds of grass were really everywhere. She folded two branches and showed them to the people around her, explaining them as she looked at them. The people around her then passed the grass in their hands to the back, and so on to everyone.
The weeds that we had previously ignored became mosquito repellents, and everyone watched their steps carefully, fearing that they would step on any of them.
People became cute and looked carefully to identify them.
After everyone knew about mugwort and wormwood, Gu Xiyue told everyone what to do with them after picking them. He also suggested that everyone should not pick too much, just enough for use. They should pick more this autumn and braid them to use next summer.
Everyone started working immediately after they said it. Gu Xiyue also picked some and took it back. A lot of grass on the roadside was picked, and the road became wider in an instant.
Seeing that the young lady was busy introducing two kinds of grass to everyone, Meixiang quietly went to fetch water by herself. Halfway through, someone caught up with her. Meixiang looked back and found that it was Wei Lin who was beside the virtuous king. She immediately frowned, quickened her pace, and did not intend to pay attention to him.
Wei Lin saw people avoiding him and chased after them with a smile.
"Meixiang, don't run!"
Meixiang was furious when she saw someone still chasing her. She stopped, turned around, and said angrily, "Wei Lin, your Highness said he wanted to draw a clear line between himself and our young lady. You and I each serve our own masters, so naturally we have to draw a clear line between ourselves and you. What do you want from me?"
"No!" Wei Lin said with a grin, "I just wanted to ask, is that wild grass your young lady mentioned really effective?"
Meixiang's heart moved, and she stuck out her tongue at him with a smile, "Whether it works or not, why should I tell you!"
After saying that, she turned around and ignored him again until they were walking back from fetching water. She found it difficult to carry the bucket, so Wei Lin snatched it from her hand without a word and ran away. She couldn't catch up with him even if she ran behind him. He didn't stop until they reached the intersection and returned the bucket to her.
Meixiang was running out of breath, but considering that he fetched water for her, she still pointed out the kind of grass to him.
Wei Lin's eyes lit up and he threatened to fetch water for her for the next ten days.
Meixiang agreed reluctantly.
On this day, everyone was drying mugwort and wormwood, and when the sun set in the afternoon, every household was braiding grass braids.
Gu Xiyue woke up, stretched out, and prepared to braid her hair. However, she found Wei Lin sitting on the stone slab on the east side next to Xiao Heng, with dried mugwort and wormwood in his hands, and he was clumsily braiding the hair.
Gu Xiyue: “…”
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