After cheering the sick farmer, I farmed with peace of mind

Bai Shuo had to sigh, seeing a doctor was really expensive in ancient times, no wonder the poor would rather wait to die than hire a doctor, one is because they can’t afford it, and the other is that even if they spend all their money to see a doctor, the rest of them will not be able to live , the patient may not be able to recover.

He touched his wallet, looked at the unsold clover, and thought that even if he collected herbs every day in the future, it would not be enough to see a doctor once a month. It seemed that the road to wealth and freedom was very slim.

But it doesn't matter, as long as life is comfortable, he can still endure hardships, and he will definitely make a lot of money in the future.

Bai Shuo wandered around the main street, and finally entered a grocery store, bought some oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and rice noodles. A pound of rice cost fifteen yuan, and cheap brown rice cost ten yuan. White noodles are thirteen words.

He bought ten catties of brown rice, ten catties of polished rice, and another five catties of white noodles, plus oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and pepper star anise. After wiping off the odds, he spent a total of five hundred renminbi.

Walking out of the grocery store with his things on his back, he once again lamented that money is really worthless. He just sold herbs for fifty renminbi and could buy five catties of polished rice. Now that he bought some grain, he spent half a tael of silver, and he had to go back later. Buy supplies like pots and pans and comforters.

The quilt now covered is too old, and there is only one quilt. Every night, two big men cover the same quilt. No matter how Bai Shuo thinks, he feels awkward. Moreover, he knows that he has not slept honestly, and he is afraid of kicking Zhuang Qingyun's wound, so I will buy two quilts in a while. As the weather gets warmer, I can just buy thin quilts, and put the old ones underneath as mattresses.

I don't want to buy clothes for the time being, and I will buy them next time I come to the town to sell medicine and earn money. The money in my hand is going to Zhuang Qingyun to see a doctor and get medicine, which is not spent at all.

Bai Shuo went around and bought two thin quilts, an iron pan, a shovel for cooking and a spoon for serving porridge, five bowls, four pairs of chopsticks, six cups, two of which are for gargling, For other drinking water, a bowl must be returned to the Wu family.

It cost a tael and a half of silver to buy big and small ones. Of course, the most expensive one is the iron pot, and the small one costs [-] renminbi, and the two thin quilts cost [-] renminbi, and the other small items add up to [-] renminbi. .

The clerks in the store saw that Bai Shuo had a lot of things to buy, so they helped him move them to the meeting point at the gate of the city. Otherwise, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't get them all together.

He thanked the clerk and gave five cents as a tip, then packed up the things he bought and put them in the ox cart.

"Yo, from Qing Yun's family, you bought so many things, are you going to pay for it?" Uncle Fang, who was waiting at the corner of the city wall by the bullock cart, teased with a smile.

"Yeah, we're going to split up, so we bought some things." Bai Shuo knew that Uncle Fang was not a meddlesome person, so he said generously about splitting up. He knew that even if he didn't say anything, the people in the village would It soon became clear that, after all, he couldn't hide the fact that he was renting a house.

"It's fine to separate out. Qingyun is a child with a hard life. Lao Zhuang is confused. It doesn't matter if your mother-in-law doesn't say anything. Let's live a good life after being separated. Both of you are good."

"Yes, thank you, Uncle Fang. When we move out, you must come for dinner."

Bai Shuo is almost immune to the word mother-in-law, not to mention that although there are few marriages between men and women in this era, it is recognized by the law, so no one treats them differently, but thinks that they can't have offspring and feel sorry for their ancestors.

In fact, many rich families will take concubines and have children when they marry male wives, but this is not popular in the countryside. In the villages, almost all of them are monogamous. Marriage is enough to spend money, and no one will spend money to marry younger ones. .

"Okay, okay." Uncle Fang stroked his beard and nodded in response.

It was still early, Bai Shuo showed the things to Uncle Fang, and he was going to visit the woodware store he just passed by.

Zhuang Qingyun's leg injury is serious, and it will take a long time to recover, but he can't be kept in the room for a long time, and he will get sick after a long time, so Bai Shuo wants to see if there is a wheelchair, so that he can When going out, he can go out to bask in the sun by himself.

The wooden store is filled with a wide variety of wooden products, including exquisite carvings and small pieces such as chopping boards and wooden shovels that are commonly used at home.

Bai Shuo bought a chopping board worth ten cents, looked around, but didn't see what he wanted.

"Dude, do you have one of those chairs for the disabled?"

"Is the guest officer talking about a chair with wheels or the kind you need to sit in the toilet?"

The wood shop guy thought that big business was coming. After all, if it was a wheelchair, the cheapest one would cost five taels of silver!

toilet?Bai Shuo suddenly has a sense of the picture, this chair has to be bought.

"I want both, can I see a sample?"

I don't know what the wheelchairs in this place will look like. Is it inconvenient to push them?

"There are some samples, but there are few people who usually look at such large pieces, so they are placed in the backyard. The guest officer will come with me."

So Bai Shuo followed the Woodman into the backyard.

A grass shed was set up in the yard, and the treated wood was placed under it, and various chairs, wooden beds and other large pieces were placed on the other side.

Bai Shuo quickly saw that ancient wheelchairs did not have as many functions as modern ones, and the design was not complicated. Since there were no tires, the wheels here were all made of wood, and the seats were also simple, as if there were wheels installed under the chair, but The design is reasonable, and it is convenient for the person sitting on it to push himself.

There is also a more expensive one, that is, the wood is used well, and the back of the chair is made of a certain curvature, so it is more comfortable to sit on.

Bai Shuo asked the price, the cheap one cost five taels of silver, and the expensive one cost eight taels of silver.He finally decided that he wanted five taels of these, and he could make some pillows and the like to cushion them when he returned home.

In the end, Bai Shuo spent another [-] Wen to buy a wooden toilet chair with simple materials. These had to be made to order, so there was no need to take them away today, and they would be taken together when the wooden shop was ready.

This time, he spent nearly six taels of silver, plus renting a house and miscellaneous things before, Bai Shuo spent a total of more than ten taels of silver today, Zhuang Qingyun had 70 taels in his pocket, and he sold herbs to get fifty taels, and now he has left 60 taels, and it will cost a lot of money to hire a doctor later.

Bai Shuo once again lamented that he was poor and that money was not spent.

Holding the chopping board and the last wooden shovel and other items, Bai Shuo returned to the gate of the city. At this time, the Wu family father and son also came back, one big and one small squatted under the wall chatting like Uncle Fang.

Xiaohu saw Bai Shuo and ran over.With a happy face, "Uncle Lele, do you know? My dad showed me juggling just now, it was really fun, and there are little monkeys like people."

Bai Shuo smiled and patted Xiaohu's head, listening to him share what he had seen and heard.

"Brother Ang, it's almost time to return, I'll invite the doctor over and go back together."

When he came, he had told Wu Zhuzi about his visit, and he knew that he would ask the doctor to go back to treat Zhuang Qingyun.

"Go, put the cutting board on the cart."

On the way back, a few more people came up one after another, some from the passing village and some from the Shandi village. They were not familiar with Bai Shuo, but they all knew Wu Zhuzi and Xiaohu. They said hello, looked at Bai Shuo curiously, and They squinted their eyes and rested.

Bai Shuo explained Zhuang Qingyun's situation to the doctor in Bencaoju. The doctor paused along his bearded hand, saying that he had to diagnose the specific situation, but the frowning made Bai Shuo's heart tighten.