Chapter 683: Looking for medicine in the middle of the night
Today is the first day of October, and the auspicious day for Song Qiu to visit Dajiangji is the fifth day of the lunar month.
I thought it would take two days to arrange the arrangements when I got back, but I didn't expect that several people had already done it. It only opened for shopping, which also saved time.
Song Qiu nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."
Tao Dongcheng said hurriedly: "This is what children should do."
Then he immediately reported the accounts to Song Qiu.
After the inn was built, lumber, wages for making furniture, food expenses, etc., Song Qiu left 100 taels of silver notes, and there were still 71 taels left.
That means I went twenty-nine taels in total.
The main reason is that all the wood has to be purchased, so the cost is higher than that of Songshan Inn.
So far among the inns in Song and Qiu, apart from the Crescent Inn where the missing money was not worth mentioning, only the Songshan Inn had the least expense.
Song Qiu estimated that the cost of the two buildings currently under construction in Zhangzhen would be similar, if not a little more expensive, also because of the wood.
All in all, the total expenses for this trip were nearly three hundred taels, but four inns were purchased and more than a dozen people were added to the trip. The result was perfect.
This trip was well worth it.
Now, she has a total of six inns.
Song Qiu was so happy that he even ate half an extra bowl of dinner.
Mainly because Bench is good at craftsmanship. She couldn't help but praise: "Oh Bench, you have worked hard this month!"
The bench was praised by the girl herself. She was so beautiful in her heart, but she said humbly: "And there is still something to learn. Don't worry, girl, I will work hard and won't let you down!"
Song Qiu nodded and encouraged him without hesitation.
After eating, eating, washing up, I planned to take a rest early. I was tired today, and I had to get up early tomorrow to go to the inn to see the results.
Song Qiu walked slowly around the yard and was about to go back to the house when he suddenly heard something coming from next door.
She turned around and asked Aling if he heard it. Aling's ear twitched and asked Tao Dongcheng, "Who lives next door?"
The houses in this area are all rented, and most of them are not from this town.
The three of them, Tao Dongcheng, have been living here for a month. They go out early and come back late every day. They have never said hello to other people. They don't know a few people, but they are so close, so he knows.
Immediately he said: "There is no one next door. The previous tenant quit the lease a few days ago and returned to his hometown."
no one?
Aling raised his eyebrows but said nothing at the moment.
After she and Song Qiu returned to the house, she said, "There is someone next door."
Song Qiu's eyes moved, Tao Dongcheng said there was no one, how could there be someone?
"Are they those Xiong brothers?"
Aling nodded, "I guess, from the smell I heard, he must be a martial arts practitioner."
Song Qiu pondered, "Did they buy any medicine? Probably not, right?"
Can you survive tonight without medicine?
Aling touched his chin and said slowly: "I'm quite curious about their stories."
Lihua said quietly from the side: "But we are involved, what if the government finds out?"
They want to open an inn here. If they get into trouble, it will be difficult to escape.
"Then why don't they find out?" Aling said, looking at Song Qiu and asking, "Sister Aqiu, what do you think?"
To save or not to save?
This is a problem.
Song Qiu is 80% inclined to save, and the remaining 20% is just like Lihua said, she is afraid of getting involved in trouble.
But if she didn't save it, she would inevitably regret it later. Song Qiu's curiosity forced her to swallow the remaining 20%.
After a moment, she nodded and said: "It's okay if we don't meet each other. We meet again and again. This is fate. Save me!"
"But how to save it?"
At present, all the medical clinics and medicine halls in the town are under guard by officers and soldiers. If you go to buy medicine for wounds at this time, it is difficult not to be spotted and questioned.
Ah Ling grinned, this, she is familiar with it!
It was past Haishi, and there was not a single soul on the street. It was pitch black, and it was so quiet that you could hear clearly the sounds of the servants sleeping and snoring in the house.
There was a dark shadow that shuttled across the rooftops like a ghost, almost blending into the night.
Even now that there are martial arts masters nearby, it is difficult to find her traces.
The black shadow passed through several streets and finally stopped on the roof of Tongji Medicine Hall.
In the backyard of Tongji Medicine Hall, there are two soldiers who are responsible for keeping an eye on the place. They have fallen asleep at the moment. They probably won't wake up immediately if there is thunder, let alone the slightest movement.
The black shadow jumped off the roof and entered the medicine hall.
I groped in the dark and found the medicine cabinet, rummaging around for a while.
It's not this, it's not this, it's not, it's not.
It's pitch black and it's not easy to find anything.
After a while, I found the ointment for trauma. The black shadow quickly put the only two bottles into his arms, and then found the gauze for dressing under the counter.
Then I groped in the dark to the medicine cabinet on the other side to grab some medicine to drink, which would activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, clear away heat and detoxify, which would help with wound recovery.
This kind of medicine does not require a prescription. It is a necessary skill to travel in the world. Sometimes when you are being hunted by enemies and it is not convenient to see a doctor, you need to self-medicine.
Ah Ling was taught by his master, and he doesn't know anything else. He remembers this.
At that moment, with my half-clear eyesight, I struggled to recognize the names of the medicines on the drawer. I quickly grabbed several large packages of medicines by smelling them.
After finishing all this work, Aling took out a piece of silver and put it on the counter. She would take these medicines without asking first, and they would not be taken in vain.
After putting down the money, Aling was about to leave the same way. Suddenly, the tip of his ear twitched and he quickly hid under the counter.
After a while, a huge black shadow sneaked in and rummaged through the medicine cabinet, obviously looking for medicine.
Aling watched her search for a while, helpless, and even made slight movements. At this time, if anyone from the medicine hall came out, they would definitely think there was a ghost instead of a rat.
Looking at the figure again, he looked very familiar. Aling shook his head and jumped out.
Over there, the black shadow sensed something was wrong, turned around and went on the offensive.
Aling took over his moves, restrained him a few times, and lowered his voice: "It's me, let's go out and talk!"
Perhaps he heard Aling's voice, or perhaps he was afraid of alarming the soldiers behind him, so Heiying readily agreed and followed Aling out of the medicine hall.
Late at night in Chunlin Town, above the roof, a slender black shadow flew through the air like a flying swallow. Under the roof, against the alley, a thick black shadow scurried like a cheetah.
The two figures moved up and down, both galloping in the dark night, heading in the same direction.
A quarter of an hour later, Aling landed in a narrow three-foot alley between the two courtyards. After a while, the black figure also arrived.
But the shadow couldn't come in because the person was too big.
He had to stand at the entrance of the alley and look at Al-Ling inside. Al-Ling had already taken off her scarf, and it was indeed the girl he had seen before.
He stretched out his hand and took off his face towel. With a cold face, Aling knew that he was Xiong Da.
Xiong Da's injuries were minor, and he was the only one who could sneak out at night to find medicine.
Aling handed over all the medicine he had retrieved. Without saying much, he just pointed to the left hand side and said, "We'll live here."