Only then did Shopkeeper Ping understand, "So that's it. That's no problem. Just come. It's just the salary..."
"No wages, just learn some skills!" Song Tuanyuan said.
Shopkeeper Ping smiled and nodded: "That's good, you can come anytime!"
Song Fugui stood aside and said nothing, his hands tightly clenched into fists nervously. When he heard Shopkeeper Ping agreed, he carefully pursed his lips and smiled shyly.
Shopkeeper Ping asked a young man to come and take Song Fugui to familiarize himself with the environment. He took the opportunity to discuss other business with Song Tuanyuan.
"Can you make croton cream?" Shopkeeper Ping asked.
Croton cream is made by crushing croton and pressing the oil. If the oil is not removed thoroughly, the intestines will easily slip after taking the medicine, and the large intestine will blister and rot, so the process requirements are very high.
When Song Tuanyuan was in modern times, he happened to make this Croton Cream.
"Yes!" Song Tuanyuan said, "But this medicine is poisonous. What does the shopkeeper use it for?"
Shopkeeper Ping quickly said: "Recent floods in Zhanjiang have caused many people to have bloated abdominal fluids. Mr. Hao said that this medicine is the most effective, but all the pharmacists in the town have asked, and no one dares to make it. If Mrs. Song can make it,
Come out and buy at a high price!”
Song Tuanyuan hesitated and said, "The price is negotiable, but I have other requirements."
"As long as you can make croton cream, I ask you to do it!" Shopkeeper Ping said.
"First, croton cream is poisonous. After I made it, the shopkeeper asked someone to test the medicine. If it passes the test, after the money and goods are paid, the medicine has nothing to do with me anymore. If something goes wrong, the shopkeeper will be responsible!"
After all, it is a poisonous medicinal material, so Song Tuanyuan has to think of a way out for herself. She is a powerless country woman. If she is framed by others, where will she go to reason with her?
Shopkeeper Ping immediately understood what Song Tuanyuan meant, and he quickly said: "Don't worry about this, we are not responsible for the medicinal materials leaving your hands. This is the rule of our industry."
Song Tuanyuan nodded: "There is another thing. I would like to ask shopkeeper Ping to help me find out about a family named Feng. They used to sell sesame cakes. A couple in their forties had no children, but later they adopted a girl!
"
Song Tuanyuan is talking about the family that adopted Song Laidi. In order to make Wang Yulan give up, the original owner specially found this family who was leaving Qingshan Town. Now it is difficult to bring Song Laidi back.
"To say this is to find a needle in a haystack!" Shopkeeper Ping was a little embarrassed, "But we have some friendship with Yamen Zhang in our shop, so you can ask!"
Song Tuanyuan quickly thanked her and agreed to make Croton Cream.
When Shopkeeper Ping and Song Tuanyuan were talking about Song Laidi, Song Fugui happened to come back and heard Song Tuanyuan's words.
After coming out of the drug store, Song Tuanyuan took Song Fugui to the cattle and horse market. Uncle Niu was already waiting.
"Fu Guiniang, you want to buy a cow?" Uncle Niu was a little regretful, "Then you won't ride in my bullock cart from now on?"
Song Tuanyuan smiled and said: "We also need a cow in the fields at home. It is convenient to go back and forth to the town to haul things. But don't worry, Uncle Niu. I will give you fifty coins as if you are doing me a favor and pick a good cow for me."
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When Uncle Niu heard that there was fifty copper coins, which was the income of two days of driving, he quickly accepted the offer happily and took Song Tuanyuan and Song Fugui into the cattle and horse market.
Song Tuanyuan couldn't stand the smell of the cattle and horse market, so she had to cover her face, nose and mouth with a veil, revealing only her eyes, with long eyelashes flickering, which looked pretty good-looking.
Uncle Niu walked around in a circle and stopped in front of a yellow cow. He touched the cow's teeth with his hand, looked at the cow's butt, and patted it carefully.
"At first glance, this elder brother is an expert. This is a cow raised by his family. He is willing to sell it when he encounters difficulties. How about five taels of silver?" The cow seller hurriedly stepped forward and lassoed the cow and said.
"The cow is good, but it's too thin. You haven't taken care of it in recent times, right?" Uncle Niu said, bargaining for a price, "It's five hundred cents cheaper!"
With Uncle Niu bargaining, Song Tuanyuan felt more at ease, so he walked around and suddenly saw a familiar figure.
It's Ji Changan!
Ji Changan was looking at a horse with his young man. The horse was tall and mighty, and it looked like a good horse at first glance, but...
Song Tuanyuan took a closer look and saw that grayish-yellow purulent nasal fluid was flowing out of the horse's nose. She quickly stepped forward and took a look at the side. She found that the horse's nasal mucosa indeed had erosive ulcers. This disease is called open glanders in horses.
, is a highly contagious infectious disease of horses, mules, donkeys and other single-hoofed animals caused by Bacillus mallei. Humans can also be infected and it is very difficult to treat. In modern times, once this disease is discovered, it must be treated
There is no other good way to cull horses.
Ji Changan seemed to like the horse very much. He stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's mane, but the horse suddenly stretched its head forward, and its nose and mouth were about to touch the palm of Ji Changan's hand.
"No!" Song Tuanyuan quickly reached out, grabbed Ji Changan's hand, and pulled him two steps back.
Ji Changan was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to push away the woman who was holding him. However, after seeing Song Tuanyuan's eyes clearly, he was slightly startled, and then slowly lowered his hand.
"What's wrong?" Ji Changan lowered his eyes and asked gently.
Song Tuanyuan pointed at the horse's nose and said: "This horse is sick. It is contagious glanders. It can be transmitted not only to animals but also to humans. There is currently no specific medicine, so you'd better stay away!"
When Song Tuanyuan said this, the stall owner who sold horses was unwilling. He shouted at Song Tuanyuan fiercely: "What do you, a woman, know about horses and oxen? My horse is a rare sweat-blooded horse. It can travel thousands of miles in a day.
Why do you say that I am a sick horse and can still infect people?"
Song Tuanyuan said in a low voice: "Although I don't understand cows and horses, I have seen this disease before, and I can't be wrong about it!"
Song Tuanyuan once read a book about infectious and difficult diseases in the library. One of them is glanders. After a person gets it, there will be red spots on the skin and swollen lymph nodes. It can be manifested as dry cough, lung disease, etc.
Symptoms such as semi-dullness, dullness, difficulty breathing, and serous discharge from the nostrils may occur.
When the horse seller came forward just now, Song Tuanyuan could clearly see that there were black gangrene spots on the man's nose. He also had a serious nasal voice when speaking, and red serous fluid was flowing out from both sides of his nose. At first glance, he had been infected by the horse and had pneumonia.
gangrene.
"Where did you get this horse?" At this moment, a tall man in his thirties with a beard walked out from the end of the cattle and horse market. He stepped forward and asked the horse seller coldly.
What about people.
The horse seller quickly said: "Brother Lin, this is a horse I raised myself. It is really not sick. Don't listen to this woman's nonsense!"
The horse seller was anxious and stepped forward to give Song Tuanyuan a hand.