mtlumby2d Chapter 284 Madam, you are General Su's man
Chapter 284 Madam, you are General Su's man
Jiang Qing said to his subordinates: "I feel a little tired and want to sleep for a while."
He had just fought a battle of wits and courage with Shen Ruolan, which had exhausted all his energy. Now he just wanted to close his eyes and rest.
Du Fang helped him lie down and said, "Master, take a good rest. I will go and see Miss Shen off."
Outside Jiang Qing's yard, as soon as Shen Ruolan came out, Xiao Anhe stretched out her hand to her and shouted, "Mother!"
Shen Ruolan looked at her daughter and said, "Hey, little Anhe, are you crying?"
Shen Anhe smiled and shook his head at his mother, then stretched out his hand and said, "Hug me."
Shen Ruolan stopped far away from her daughter and said, "Mother can't hold you now. Wait until we get back to the inn before holding you."
Jiang Qing's disease was an infectious disease. She had just examined him and had not changed her clothes. She did not want to be so close to the children.
When Shen Anhe heard that her mother couldn't hug her, she didn't cry, but looking at her mother's little face, she looked as aggrieved as she could be.
Aunt Liu comforted her and said, "Be good, little miss. Your mother's clothes are dirty. She needs to change her clothes before she can hold you."
Du Fang, who came out later, looked unhappy after hearing what Aunt Liu said. Shen Ruolan and her servant were disliking their master. He wanted to say something to Shen Ruolan, but she suddenly said, "Guard Du, your master has an infectious disease. You should be careful."
Shen Ruolan's words made Du Fang's whole body stiffen for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses and said to Shen Ruolan: "Thank you Miss Shen for telling us, we will pay attention to it."
After Du Fang finished speaking, he felt bitter in his heart. Even if they knew, they couldn't pay attention. The master was their heaven, they couldn't despise him, let alone do anything disrespectful to him.
Shen Ruolan stopped there. As for what others did, it was none of her business. She said to Ziyuan, "Ziyuan, let's go."
"Yes, ma'am." After Ziyuan finished speaking, she stepped back and stood aside. She waited until Shen Ruolan and the others had walked ahead before she followed.
Shen Ruolan returned to the inn that Ji Han had found. She first washed herself thoroughly from head to toe before coming out to have lunch with everyone.
Ji Han asked his master: "Master, what's the situation over there?"
Shen Ruolan fed the child and said to Ji Han, "It's okay."
After a pause, she said to Ji Han, "When we return to the mountains, he will go with us. You should prepare a few more sets of clean pots and pans."
She agreed to let Jiang Qing follow her into the mountains, but she did not agree to let him share daily necessities with her. Infectious diseases are no joke, and she didn't want everyone in her mountain to get tuberculosis.
"Yes, I will prepare it later." Ji Han finished speaking and continued to ask his master: "Master, how are we going to sell our cowpeas?"
This time when they came to Cangling City, not only were there many people, but there were also a lot of cowpeas. Last time they said they would make 300 kilograms, and later because there were large wooden barrels, her master directly increased it to 600 kilograms.
Six hundred kilograms of cowpeas plus the water used to soak them would weigh at least one thousand five hundred kilograms. The journey made everyone very tired.
Shen Ruolan thought for a moment and said, "Go and help me find out how many restaurants there are in the city, which ones have the best business, and which ones have the worst. It would be best if you can find out their backgrounds."
"Yes," Ji Han replied.
Duan Ye, who was standing aside, heard what Shen Ruolan said. He looked up at her and then continued to eat his meal. In fact, it would be better to say that he was just eating with everyone.
Because of his poor health, he had no appetite. If Shen Ruolan hadn't asked him to drink less porridge to nourish his body, he wouldn't want to eat a single bite.
After Shen Ruolan finished her meal, she asked Duan Ye to rest and wait in the inn while she took the children out shopping.
On the street, Shen Ruolan was still the same as before. She walked and asked as she went along. If she saw something she liked, she would bargain with the vendors before buying it.
Suddenly Shen Ruolan stopped in front of a medicine store. Mu Jin looked at her and asked, "Madam, do you want to buy medicine?"
Shen Ruolan said, "I'll buy the medicine later, but I'm in urgent need of something now."
"What is it?" Mu Jin looked at her with confusion.
Shen Ruolan said: "Silver needle"
After saying this, she walked towards the door of the pharmacy.
She used her only pair of silver needles to give acupuncture to Jiang Qing because he had an infectious disease, and she didn't want to use the needles to treat others.
Although she had already been sterilized with high temperature, she still changed to a pair of silver needles for safety.
When Mu Jin heard that Shen Ruolan was short of silver needles, she became even more confused. However, she didn't ask too many questions. It was just a pair of silver needles, and her wife could afford it.
"Madam, are you here to take my pulse or prescribe medicine?" As soon as Shen Ruolan entered the pharmacy, a pharmacist came forward and asked enthusiastically.
Shen Ruolan smiled at the medicine boy and asked, "Does your medicine shop have silver needles?"
The medicine boy was stunned for a moment when he heard that Shen Ruolan was neither dispensing medicine nor taking the pulse. Then he came back to his senses and replied to Shen Ruolan: "Madam, we have silver needles."
After he finished speaking, he said to Shen Ruolan, "Madam, the silver needles are available in sets of 10 taels, 15 taels, and 20 taels. Which one would you like?"
"Take a pair of twenty taels." Shen Ruolan said.
Now that she has no shortage of money and tools, she naturally wants to use something more handy.
When the medicine boy heard Shen Ruolan wanted twenty taels per set, he happily replied, "Okay, I'll get it for you right away, Madam."
After the medicine fairy finished, he quickly took out a set of silver needles, handed them to Shen Ruolan and said, "Madam, this is twenty taels a set, do you like it?"
Shen Ruolan opened the silver needles and took a look. Although they cost twenty silver coins a pair, the workmanship was much more exquisite than the one she bought in the capital.
Shen Ruolan closed the silver needle and bargained with the medicine boy: "Brother, can't this silver needle be cheaper?"
The medicine boy patted Shen Ruolan's head and said, "To be honest, Madam, this silver needle was made by our boss himself. The workmanship and materials are impeccable. Twenty taels of silver is already the lowest price."
What the medicine boy didn't say was that if his boss hadn't been short of money recently, he wouldn't have been willing to sell the silver needles.
After Shen Ruolan heard what the medicine boy said, she lowered her head to look at the silver needle. The workmanship was indeed impeccable, so she took out twenty taels of silver from her bosom, handed it to the medicine boy and said, "Here, this is twenty taels of silver, please keep it."
The medicine boy took the silver needle, put it in his mouth and bit it. After confirming that it was not fake, he smiled and said to Shen Ruolan: "Madam, please go slowly."
When Shen Ruolan came out of the medicine shop, a man suddenly stopped her and said, "Madam, my master wants you to come over for a moment."
Shen Ruolan stopped and looked at the man with a puzzled face. Just when she wanted to ask him a question, Mu Jin suddenly whispered in her ear, "Madam, it's General Su's people."
When Shen Ruolan heard that it was General Su's men, she hesitated for a moment and said to the man, "Please lead the way, young man."