Chapter 347 Stranger
After Yingbao got up early in the morning and washed up, she went to feed the chickens and ducks at home, and then drove them out of the yard.
Picked up a dozen eggs and duck eggs from the chicken coop and put them in a straw basket.
Go to the kitchen again and fill the two large water jars with water.
Chun Niang has already gotten up to cook. First, she cooks a large pot of rice porridge, then mixes a pot of batter and bakes egg pancakes.
The side dishes are homemade pickled sweet and sour garlic, as well as soy beans and stinky tofu.
This kind of stinky tofu is actually not smelly. It is made from naturally fermented tofu and has a very delicious taste.
Some radish slices and coriander are also added to the tofu, making it a perfect accompaniment to rice. Mr. Wu loves this stinky tofu the most and must eat it with every meal.
"Ying Bao, are you ready to stay at home?" Mr. Wu asked while drinking porridge.
Yingbao nodded.
She felt that her life was very good now. She had unknowingly cured all the people in the surrounding countryside suffering from back gangrene. To this day, no one came to her for treatment.
It's no wonder that people in the village have rarely gotten sick over the years. Even if a child has a headache or fever, he can just ask Yingbao for a bowl of concoction.
The medicinal herbs used to treat illnesses were collected from the wild by the villagers. Some of them were kept at home and the rest were given to the little miracle doctor.
Mr. Wu said again: "Yingbao, have you ever wanted to go to Shu to visit?"
Ying Bao shook his head: "As the saying goes, if my parents are not far away, I will be at home with them."
The upper and lower floors of the cave were kept in order by her parents, which saved her a lot of trouble. She didn't want to wander around without her parents.
Mr. Wu picked up a piece of egg pancake, spread some stinky tofu on it, rolled it up and ate it happily, and said, "Uncle Wu will be in office for two years, and I don't know if he will stay in office."
His son didn't want to stay in office and actually had the idea of abandoning his post, which made Mr. Wu very anxious.
He wanted Ying Bao to persuade him, maybe his son would change his mind.
"Uncle Wu will definitely not stay in office." Ying Bao was very sure.
In her dream, Wu Daozi returned to Beijing and was promoted to another level, and later served as the official of Yuzhou Prefecture.
Mr. Wu didn't say anything, he was just eating egg pancakes and stinky tofu.
It doesn't matter if that brat doesn't become an official, then the father and son can settle here, and then they can marry their son a wife, even if it's a girl from the village. As long as he lets his Wu family flourish, status doesn't matter at all.
The old man watched the little baby running around every day, and felt envious in his heart. He wished that his son would get married immediately and give him a group of grandchildren.
When the time comes, I can avoid having to worry about it and train them one by one to become successful, just like Jiang Jie.
Yingbao didn't know what Mr. Wu was thinking, so she went to write after eating.
In fact, I am writing about what I need to buy.
I have to buy some seeds and farm tools, and I have to find some time to get some gourds to hold water.
Most of the Jiang family's land is now managed by farm laborers, so Chun Niang and Jiang Sanlang are not very busy.
But you have to keep an eye on it when sowing, otherwise the seeds will be used up if you don’t pay attention.
After everyone had eaten, they all went to do their own business, and soon only Chun Niang and her daughter were left at home.
Chun Niang put away the dishes and chopsticks, then picked up the vegetable basket and went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables.
I saw three people standing outside my house.
"Who are you looking for?" Chun Niang couldn't help but become wary when she saw the stranger.
The visitor smiled and said: "We are here to seek medical treatment. Is your little miracle doctor at home?"
"Where are you from?" Chun Niang asked when she saw their strange accents.
A look of impatience flashed across one person's face, but he still said with a smile: "We are from a neighboring village, and our family is seriously ill, so we want to ask a little miracle doctor to visit us."
Chun Niang refused: "I'm so sorry. My daughter is just a little girl and never goes to see a doctor. If you see a doctor, you should bring the patient."
"You..." One person said fiercely with a fierce look on his face: "Don't toast me and you will be punished with a drink!"
Another person waved his hand and said, "Don't be impatient."
The fierce-looking man just shut up.
Chun Niang's face darkened and she said, "I am a woman at home. Please go back. It is not good for my husband to see you."
Saying that, he was about to close the door.
The two of them started to block the courtyard door together, and the other person slowly walked into the courtyard.
Chun Niang took a few steps back and was about to shout when someone suddenly covered her mouth and nose.
After a moment of confusion, Chun Niang fell to the ground.
Several people walked into the yard, closed the door behind their backs, and quickly rushed towards the main room.
When I came to the main room, I saw no one. I went to another room to search, but there was still no one.
"No one, what should I do?"
They squatted outside for a long time and then entered the house after the family left. As a result, the little girl was not in the house.
"How is it possible? I clearly saw her not going out, how could she disappear?" This person is a scout, has very good observation skills, and is absolutely confident in his own judgment.
The leader said with a gloomy face: "Go and wake that woman up and ask her questions." After asking her questions, she must be killed to avoid future troubles.
So the other two people ran out of the house and looked around but couldn't find the woman. The courtyard door was also locked, and it didn't look like someone was going out.
"What's going on?" The two were shocked and turned back to the house to report to the boss, but the boss was also missing.
"Something's wrong! Let's go!" The two of them turned around and left. When they passed the door, one of them was hit on the back of the head with a stick by someone who suddenly appeared.
The man fell to the ground.
The other person was so frightened that he almost flew out of his wits and ran towards the courtyard gate without his life.
Jiang Sanlang held up an iron rod and chased after him, and soon knocked this man to the ground.
Ying Bao came out of the house, reached out to take the body into the cave, and then opened the courtyard door.
There was no one outside, not even behind the haystack.
Ying Bao turned back and took her father into the cave.
At this time, three people were lying in the cave, two were dead and one was unconscious.
Jiang Sanlang gave his wife a bottle of medicine. It took a while before Chun Niang woke up.
Yingbao felt relieved when she saw that her mother-in-law was awake.
She heard someone talking to A Niang in the house before, and then realized something was wrong. One of them, Ying Bao, actually knew him. He was a close friend of Chen Guanglu. He used to be an errand in the county government, but was later dismissed by Wu Daozi.
She immediately understood what was going on and wanted to go out to help her, but she didn't expect that they used some unknown medicine that numbed her and made her faint.
Ying Bao suddenly became furious, sneaked to the door and hid behind it, and instantly entered the cave.
After guessing that these people entered the house to search, she quickly appeared, ran out to retrieve her mother, and then went to find her father.
At this time, the father was picking grapes in the orchard of Dongfu to make wine. After hearing what his daughter said, he was afraid that they would harm his family, so he immediately went out with an iron bar and knocked down one of them.
With the help of his daughter, Jiang Sanlang successfully knocked down the other two.
When these people were brought in, it was discovered that two of them had died on the spot.
Jiang Sanlang dragged the surviving man to the corner, found a thin hemp rope and tied his hands and feet.
He had circled a place here with reed mats, and planned to circle a granary here so that he could move in the excess food at home, which would be used to interrogate people.
Jiang Sanlang stared at this person for a while, then picked up an awl and poked him in the middle.
"Ah!" The man screamed and was stabbed awake.