"Girl, girl, the reply from the Ning family has arrived."
Mother Wu was so excited that she almost fell when she entered the house. If Zi Yan hadn't held her steady, she might have fallen.
Li Maner was looking at the accounts. Several shops were recovered one after another and opened. The business was average at the beginning, but with the previous business foundation in place, it finally got better day by day.
"Yeah, bring it over quickly and let me take a look." Li Man'er closed the account book, let Zi Yan take it off, and opened the letter handed over by Grandma Wu.
The words on the letter were strong and powerful, with a strong sense of character. The concern between the lines slowly unfolded. Through the letter paper, Li Man'er seemed to see an ancient old man. He was sitting at his desk writing a letter to her. There were tears in the old man's eyes, but his expression was
But it was very gratifying.
The person who wrote the letter to Li Man'er was Ning Liancheng, the old man of the Ning family. The old man's letter did not mean to blame at all. Instead, he comforted her that her past actions were informal and she was young and ignorant. She was really lucky to be able to stop her losses in time.
Li Man'er felt a little sad. The old man's cautiousness and ecstasy were vividly reflected on the page, as if every word and every sentence was considered for a moment before being written, for fear of upsetting her again.
Seeing the last word, Li Man'er couldn't help but sigh. Ancient people wrote without punctuation marks, which made it really uncomfortable to look at.
"Miss, is the letter answered by the uncle or the old lady?"
Li Man'er only said: "My grandfather came back in person. His body is very strong and his family is doing well. But there is no news about my uncle. My grandfather said that he has never blamed me. He also said that during the New Year, maybe he will
Come to Beijing to see me."
A touch of surprise first flashed across Nanny Wu's face, then she frowned, and said with a little worry: "The old lady is old and running all the way. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it." It's been cold weather for several days. It's not easy to travel by boat, and the land route is long. If it doesn't snow, it won't be possible.
Well, if it snows, it will be even harder to walk.
"Of course we can't let him run around. I wrote a letter and said that when spring comes, I will go back to Jiangnan to stay for a few months. Anyway, this family will be the same with or without me."
Aunt Wu's face looked like a flower blooming, "Would you like to write now? The old slave is grinding the ink for the girl."
As Li Maner wrote a letter, he said: "Grandpa said he is in good health, but why do I remember that he has a leg disease that hurts as soon as winter comes? Can it be cured?"
Ning Daocheng's leg disease was the root cause of his illness when he was a hawker when he was young. It snowed very hard that year. He drove the car to the north, but he encountered heavy snow. He walked in the snow nest one foot deep and one foot shallow.
, by the time we arrived at the inn, I could no longer feel my legs.
When I was young, I didn’t think that as I got older, my legs wouldn’t work as well.
"How can it be cured well! Like Princess Wuyou..." Nanny Wu paused for a moment and then said: "Girl, you can cure Princess Wuyou's leg disease, so naturally you can also cure the old man, right?
"
Li Man'er held the writing brush and thought for a while, then said: "I can't diagnose the pulse or do acupuncture without seeing anyone, but I have pills to dispel cold and relieve pain. You can take one when the leg disease is unbearable, and you will be cured soon."
It can relieve the pain. I also have a prescription for foot soaking. Use a bucket of hot water to soak the medicinal materials until they change color. When the water temperature is slightly high but not scalding, soak your feet for a quarter of an hour. If you insist on it every day, it will also be effective."
Aunt Wu was overjoyed, "Girl, do you want to bring medicine to the old man?"
"Okay." Li Man'er wrote a few more sentences before saying, "The usage of the medicine must also be included to prevent grandpa from using it incorrectly."
"Exactly."
Li Maner wrote for half an hour, and finally wrote down everything he wanted to say and how to use the medicine.
She put the envelope away and said to Nanny Wu: "You have people prepare it first. You can buy foot soaking medicine everywhere, but this oral painkiller pill is not easy to prepare. I want to make it myself."
The process of making medicine is not afraid of being copied by others. After all, prescription is the king.
Set up a large pot in the yard, put the pre-prepared medicinal materials into the pot and cook. The heat should be watched carefully, and the proportion of water is also very important.
Some medicinal materials are put into the pot in advance, and some medicinal materials need to be added midway. You also need to hold a wooden stick to stir in the pot constantly. The speed cannot be too fast, but it cannot be too slow either.
The Qingpingxuan was smoky, and the maids and women were all being ordered around by Li Man'er. The process of brewing the medicine was too boring, monotonous, and very physically demanding.
Finally, the medicine is almost boiled. Use a shovel to put all the sticky ointment into a container. Boil and heat the honey. While it is still hot, add the previous medicine paste and stir vigorously.
"Girl, I used to look at the medicines in the medicine hall and they were all powdered." Why is my girl's medicine so complicated and laborious?
"How much is the medicinal powder worth? My method, girl, removes the dross and extracts the essence."
Zi Yan didn't seem to understand, watching the two women stirring the mixture.
Finally, the medicine met Li Man'er's standards, and she did the rest of the process herself.
Of course, I did it alone, without even a crowd of onlookers.
You can use tools to mix medicine and make pills. She has them in her space, but she can't take them out.
The tool for rolling the strip is two boards. The bottom board is slightly larger and the upper board is slender. Place a suitably sized ointment block under the board, press and rub it, and you will get a round and smooth medicine strip. Then change the upper and lower boards.
The boards are equipped with tools with even grooves, and the upper and lower grooves correspond to a round hole. The process of rolling into pills only takes six or seven seconds, just pull it back and forth.
Seal the pills with beeswax and you’re done.
Li Man'er found out what happened, put the medicine away, and fell asleep.
When eating the next day, Zi Yan was still feeling sorry for her.
"Girl, does your hand hurt? How did you roll out so many pills by yourself?"
Li Man'er didn't know what to say for a moment, and then heard the green clothes say: "Girl, although this slave is stupid, how complicated can it be to make a ball? Next time this happens again, you can leave it to the slave. No."
Just learn if you know how.”
Li Man'er couldn't help but laugh, and asked Zi Yan to bring the pills she made to show her, "As soon as I get a handle on the weight of these pills, I can tell whether they are more or less. I don't say they are exactly right, but generally they are not.
There are too many deviations. Medicine is not like other medicines, and human life is at stake."
The most important thing is to rub it in little by little, and don't rub it until dawn.
As soon as Mu Yun took the little girl away from the table, Grandma Wu came.
"Girl, the messenger is here."
Li Man'er said: "If you just deliver the letter, it's enough to deliver it to the inn. The key is the medicine."
The implication is to ask whether people are reliable.
Grandma Wu was silent for a moment. It was reliable to deliver the letter, but no one dared to say anything about delivering the medicine.
"Thank you for your hard work, mama. Please send it to me personally!"
"This..." Grandma Wu was moved. Her son and grandson were both in the Ning family. She had not seen them for many years.