On the way, Yan Gui'an, a government official, said to Qi Kang'an: "There used to be several drug stores in the town, but they were slowly squeezed out by the Lu family. The medicines they sell are expensive. If you have a doctor of your own, why not just buy some directly?"
Prepare your own medicinal ingredients.”
Qi Kang'an went in and asked, and sure enough, a bottle of wound medicine that was no bigger than Qi Bao'er's palm cost ten taels of silver. The antipyretic medicine was even more serious, costing four taels per pack.
Doctor Gao used to treat people, but a pack of antipyretic medicine cost twenty or thirty cents and few people in the village could afford it anymore.
What a waste, they picked the medicine themselves on the road and asked Dr. Gao to prepare it.
With Yan Gui'an, a familiar face, the waiter asked them around the store and walked out without saying anything bad. However, when they left the drug store, the waiter's eyes almost rolled out of his eyes.
Qi Kang'an didn't care, he had seen this look many times.
Yan Gui'an cast sympathetic glances at his calmness several times.
I used to be a wealthy family that was praised everywhere I went, but now I can turn a blind eye to the rudeness of a waiter. How many grievances have I suffered along the way!
No wonder Yan Gui'an placed Qi Kang'an among the rich. Not to mention being generous and well-dressed, just look at the girl in his arms. A girl can be so fat because the family doesn't have any spare money.
What can people do?
Knowing that Qi Kang'an and the others wanted to buy a pot, Yan Gui'an took them to the blacksmith shop in the corner of the alley without even asking Qi Kang'an to ask.
The father and daughter did not meet Gao Dayou and others at the blacksmith shop. After asking Yan Gui'an, they found out that there are two blacksmith shops in Hefeng Town. One is for selling finished products, the one they call an iron shop here, and the other is for custom-made products.
, this is where the government officials brought them.
There is no need for the yamen servant to explain this. How could Qi Kang'an still not understand that this is a place where you can take on private work. Of course, weapons cannot be designated, but you can buy pots, kitchen knives, and even daggers.
There is such a gray boundary everywhere, even in Peifeng Town. The flat-headed knife on Qi Kangan's waist was custom-made at the blacksmith shop after a friend introduced him to it.
Qi Kang'an was really grateful to Yan Gui'an this time. In a place like this, buying an extra pot would be troublesome if no acquaintance brought it.
Look, Yan Gui'an showed up, and after hearing that he was just buying pot, the boss with all his muscles took them to a room in the backyard without saying a word.
Good guy, there are more than twenty pots of various sizes piled one on top of another in the corner.
The price is quite reasonable.
purchase.
Qi Kang'an immediately paid the full price, which made the boss happy and offered to take it to the temple.
After leaving the blacksmith shop and walking to a deserted place, Qi Kang'an sincerely took out five taels of silver to thank the government officer Gui'an.
If it hadn't been for this acquaintance, he wouldn't have been so smooth, and he would have spent more money than just the five taels, and he might not have been able to buy anything.
Just like those pots, every household that buys pots must be recorded. Where do they have the identity to buy them here now?
He asked Dayou to look for him, just to try his luck, not thinking that he would meet the noble man first.
Yan Gui'an confiscated his money and pushed it back, "Brother, I don't want this from you."
It seemed quite difficult to say what he wanted to say next. He pursed his lips several times and rubbed his hands. Under Qi Kangan's confused eyes, he finally asked in a somewhat astringent voice:
"Brother, my family only has an old man and a six-year-old daughter. You probably know the situation here, so I was just thinking..."
Qi Baoer: "You want to go with us."
Use affirmative sentences.
Qi Kang'an was shocked. Wouldn't a good government servant run away with them?
However, Yan Gui'an was beaten so hard by Qi Bao'er that it became easier for him to say, "Yes, I want to go with you."
Qi Kang'an: "Why?"
Yamen, in Qi Kangan's eyes, this is an official.
Why don't you become a good official and become a refugee with them?
Moreover, a yamen servant is an official, so it’s hard to just leave, right?
Gui'an smiled bitterly, "Brother, I won't hide it from you. I have wanted to leave for a long time, but I have to take my mother and daughter alone. I don't believe how far I can go."
Mainly because I don't have the courage.
But he understood that staying in Yingzhou was not a long-term solution, so he had been taking advantage of his position to observe the people coming and going, hoping to see if there was anyone trustworthy who could follow him.
From the magnanimity of the man in front of him and Chengmen's unyielding devotion to his tribe, he could feel that this man was reliable and trustworthy after getting along with him all the way.
Qi Kang'an instinctively lowered his head and looked at his daughter: There were already so many of them, and if someone else came in halfway, he didn't know his character. He was not very happy.
Unexpectedly, his daughter smiled and said two words: "Okay."
Qi Kang'an: "..."
Girl, let’s not be impulsive. Seriously, stay calm. You must stay calm in this meeting.
But Yan Gui'an didn't give him time to calm down, and he kept his eyes on her. He saw that Qi Kang'an was unwilling, and he understood the weight of his daughter's words along the way. He turned around and ran away without giving Qi Kang'an a chance to say no.
Qi Kangan again: "..."
He could only carry his daughter and walk to the street first. He also had to go to the street to see if there were any snacks and buy some for his daughter. If there were chickens, ducks and geese, he would also buy some. His daughter had to take care of herself.
As I walked, I still couldn't help but ask: "Bao, why?"
We have enough trouble now, and the villagers may not be happy for outsiders to join us.
"Dad, he has a good heart and is good at it." She couldn't see it, but she could feel that this man had always been kind to them.
Unlike the government officials who were with him, who were either indifferent or contemptuous, two of them were still malicious.
It will be easier to detect it if you have time. This person's walking steps are lighter than those of her mother and Nai, who are the two youngest in the family. When passers-by pass by, his steps to avoid are all based on instinctive moves.
"But he said that there is an old man and a little girl at home, and he can't even take care of them."
Qi Baoer's soul asked back: "Dad, in this large group of us, are there still many elderly and children?"
It seems so, but,,,
"One more person with martial arts background in our team will be much more useful than the rest of us." My biological father.
What else could he do to pray for Kang'an? His daughter agreed.
Hefeng Town is larger than Sanhe Town, but it is mainly composed of residential buildings and alleys. There are only two streets with shops and street stalls. Qi Kangan and the others turned out of the alley and found the one with shops on both sides.
As soon as they came out, they saw a fiery figure coming towards them, scurrying past them.
Before Qi Kang'an called anyone, the figure rushed back backwards.
"Uncle An, Aunt Bao, I found a cloth shop and they said they have a batch of linen cloth at a very fair price, but the quantity is so large that the shopkeeper asked to buy all of it."
Qi Kang'an and Qi Bao'er both thought of Pang Yuanwai and Yan Gui'an. The father and daughter had a tacit understanding in their hearts. It seemed that the people in Hefeng Town, at least those wealthy households with family backgrounds, were already making preparations.
About to leave.
That's why everyone is in a hurry to get rid of the things in their hands.