Chapter 20: Lemongrass goes to school

　　As the medicine delivery team set off, people went in to check the red banners hanging at the door of each house. After verifying that there was indeed a patient at home, they were given a cup.

　　Yes, that's right. It's a cup.

　　With so many people, they don't dare to give them one bowl at a time. They are all given with a cup of tea in mind.

　　In the end, there was even enough for a cup of wine.

　　At this moment, the common people dare not choose more or less. There are patients in every house who are getting worse. They quickly get the magic medicine and try every means to give it to their relatives.

　　After all, it is a magic medicine, it deserves the words "medicine to cure the disease".

　　Everyone who drank the magic medicine began to feel better by the afternoon. Although he is still weak, he is getting better after all. Regardless of his age, he can sit up and chat for a while. Those who are in good health have begun to walk slowly on the ground.

　　At this time, the mayor followed Shopkeeper Chen's experience and asked the medicine dispatch team in the morning to tell all the people who had received the medicine that the bedding used by the patient must be thoroughly removed and washed and cannot be used again. It's best to steam it in a basket for half an hour. Otherwise, there may be hidden dangers.

　　This epidemic frightened everyone. After listening to the mayor's message, those at home who could afford it immediately threw away their bedding and bought new ones. There is no condition, but the big cleaning can start immediately.

　　Today, the river bend is full of Bangchui students doing laundry, and there are also people chatting and laughing with each other because their families have recovered.

　　Finally, the mayor vacated the big ancestral hall and asked the people to carry all the coffins to the big ancestral hall first, waiting for the town to reopen, and then bury their relatives in various tombs outside the town.

　　No one has objections to these suggestions. Now that spring is getting warmer, if you put the coffin at home, no one will be able to bear the smell within a few days!

　　Before dinner, everyone carried the coffins to the ancestral hall and put them away in an orderly manner. The mayor personally locked and closed the door.

　　Because there is no patient in the town now, this is great news for the people of Huangshi Town, so the mayor decided to come out with great enthusiasm. Three miles of running water mats were set up along the official road in the whole town!

　　A banquet like the Flowing Sea Banquet, which lasts from morning to night, and then from night to midnight, is a grand ceremony that only happens once every few years. It is usually held when something particularly important happens. The last time Huangshi Town held a flowing banquet was when the young master of the Qin family passed the test in high school.

　　But today, the mayor decided to open a flowing water banquet to celebrate again. No one has any objection to this. They have been desperate for too long these days and need a grand banquet to calm down their emotions.

　　Although many ingredients are not enough now, every household is spontaneously taking out the various ingredients they have saved.

　　You bring out a cured duck, I bring out two hens, and he soaks dried mushrooms and scallops and brings them over. Sixianlou dispatched all the master chefs and lent all the bowls, chopsticks, plates, tables, chairs and benches.

　　At the request of the master, the townspeople spontaneously went to wash vegetables and rice. A vigorous Sanli Liushui Banquet was organized like this.

　　Except for those who were particularly weak and bedridden, everyone came out to participate in this flowing water mat.

　　Xiangmaozi also came with Xin Mao.

　　In order to thank her for bringing the magic medicine, the mayor arranged for her to be beside him, and formally introduced Lemongrass at the banquet, "It was this little girl who brought out the magic medicine! From today on, she is the official representative of Huangshi Town." My benefactor, she is also the daughter of all of us in Huangshi Town!"

　　The mayor's words spoke to the sentiments of many people.

　　Some people in Huangshi Town had lost all their money due to this disease and had nothing to express their gratitude, so they came over and kowtowed to Xiangmaozi seriously.

　　Xiangmaozi felt embarrassed by the gratitude of the townspeople. She waved her hands repeatedly, "This is not my credit. It is the medicine from the immortals that works. It was given by the immortals!"

　　But the simple townspeople don't think so.

　　The immortal's medicine is useful, but they are trapped in the town and have no chance to see the immortal. It was Lemongrass who saw it, and she even managed to get the elixir from the immortal.

　　Not counting the fairy medicine she had obtained, she did not hide it, but selflessly gave it to everyone without even taking a penny.

　　The thinking of the people is very simple. If you treat everyone well, we will respect you.

　　That's why they recognized Xiang Maozi and kowtowed to her voluntarily.

　　Xiangmaozi wanted to stop everyone, but the mayor advised her, "Just bear it! They are grateful to you in their hearts. If you bear their head, they will be even more sad and feel that there is no repayment at all. Maybe they will go and ask for it." I'm going to buy some property to thank you."

　　After hearing what the mayor said, Xiangmaozi no longer stopped everyone, but every time someone came to kowtow, she would return the favor seriously. So many times that she returned the favor, and by the time she finished the banquet, she could hardly straighten her waist.

　　Xin Mao looked on with an envious expression.

　　While we were eating on the flowing table, the mayor over there prepared a table full of food and invited the soldiers to come in and eat. The more important purpose was to tell the soldiers that the epidemic crisis had been resolved and they could be allowed to go.

　　The noisy laughter throughout the day, and the running water on the long street at night, can be smelled through such a master's wall.

　　The soldiers had long suspected that something had happened inside, and this great day was full of laughter and joyful singing. Now the smell of Nong Nong came again, making them very greedy after eating dry food for many days.

　　At this time, the mayor sent someone to invite them in for a feast, and said that the town had received the elixir from the immortal, and now there were no more patients except those who had died.

　　The soldiers were suspicious, but the laughter in the town and everyone's high spirits didn't seem to be fake.

　　After much hesitation, the leader of the government soldiers said that he would first send a team of people in to check.

　　The mayor naturally agreed, and there was nothing to hide.

　　So a team of more than 20 government soldiers carefully entered Huangshi Town with weapons in hand.

　　When the townspeople saw their appearance, they felt disdain in their hearts, but they did not show it. Instead, they just ate and drank when they should.

　　The soldiers checked all the rooms from south to north, but they didn't find a single patient.

　　They even asked the mayor to open the large ancestral hall and saw that the coffins were indeed stored inside. The mayor smiled bitterly and said, "We don't want to park the coffins here. We really have no choice. Once the first entry into the town is released, we will place them all in the ancestral graves of each family and bury them."

　　The soldiers were surprised and didn't know how Huangshi Town did it.

　　The mayor was afraid that the soldiers would find out about Xiangmaozi's sneaking out and embarrass her. It is only said that the immortal passed by and found that there was a disease here, so he came down from the sky, gave a fairy medicine and left. The rest of the tasting and dispensing of medicines were not concealed, they were all told truthfully.

　　After the soldiers went out, they told the leader of the team everything they saw in Huangshi Town.

　　The corps commander has been trapped here for many days and is worried about what to do.

　　Naturally, I was overjoyed to see that Huangshi Town was indeed free of the epidemic. He brought the soldiers in and had a feast on the flowing water table, and left with a full stomach and the personal gifts and money given by the mayor.

　　After less than ten days of lockdown, the epidemic crisis in Huangshi Town was completely lifted.

　　The townspeople resumed their usual routines, and one after another began to carry the coffins of each family to the ancestral grave for burial. These things were naturally arranged in an orderly manner, not to mention each.

　　But it was said that Wu Commander Huang Anshi returned to Fucheng with a team of more than 100 soldiers. This incident quickly aroused onlookers and sensation.

　　There is no other reason. Recently, epidemics have occurred in Fucheng one after another. Even the only son of Master Fitai has been infected with the epidemic. The state capital has already issued an order to seek immortality. Whenever there is a major disaster, you can go to the states and counties to ask for help. All states and counties have deacon halls in the Star Palace. There are immortals practicing in them all year round, and you can take action for each state and county once a year. Rescue in distress.

　　Each mansion has an order for seeking immortality in its hand, which is a piece of red talisman paper. When this talisman paper is ignited, it is time for the immortals to come to rescue.

　　At this moment, Tongfutai has been lighting up the talisman for half a day, but there is no news from the immortal. And his beloved son has already developed symptoms of blood in the stool and vomiting blood.

　　How can this make Mr. Futai not anxious.

　　While the ants were spinning around on the hot pot, a group of hundreds of soldiers returned to Fucheng. This news surprised Tong Futai. There are only two situations for the soldiers to turn back. One is that the town they went out to besiege has been completely wiped out, and the other is that all the soldiers have recovered. The former one shouldn't be so fast, so is it the latter one? !

　　Although he was in a very bad mood, Tongfutai still sent someone to call the corps commander Huang Anshi for questioning.

　　After some questioning, it was confirmed that the patient in Huangshi Town had indeed recovered, and the reason was that an immortal gave medicine.

　　Upon hearing the news, Tongfutai smashed a set of tea cups on the spot! No grace at all.

　　"This is really an annoying old man! I have already issued a red ticket to ask for immortality, but I did not wait for the immortal to come and give me the medicine. However, this little town of Huangshi is so lucky to be favored by the immortal. This is clearly a robbery of my house. Opportunity! Who can be angry and who can bear it!"

　　Huang Anshi huddled aside and refused to say a word.

　　The wife of Tongfutai also heard about Wu Zhang Huang's return and hid behind the screen to eavesdrop. When she heard this, she came out from behind the screen crying regardless of the rules, "Master! That medicine was given to Huangshi Town." Villagers, what should we do with Lin'er? He, he is dying! Woohoo!"

　　Mrs. Tong's howling just seemed to add fuel to the fire. Tongfutai's eyebrows stood up, and he pointed at Huang Wu and cursed, "Idiot! Since you knew that the immortal gave you the medicine, why didn't you bring back the rest?! You bastard has the brains of a pig! "

　　Wu Chang Huang didn't even dare to raise his head after being scolded. He just bowed his body and explained, "My lord, please calm down. I have also asked for fairy medicine, but there are many sick people in Huangshi Town. That little one The pills were dissolved into water and shared with hundreds of people, but not even a drop was left!"

　　When Mrs. Tong heard this, she howled loudly again.

　　Tong Futai angrily yelled, "Idiot! Idiot! These country people can easily get a little elixir, why don't they keep it as a family heirloom?! I must be bluffing you, but you, an idiot, believe it. I order you to lead the troops immediately On the way back, no matter what, you must get the remaining elixir to save my son's life. Otherwise, you don't have to come back!"

　　This was a major matter related to Huang Wuchang's wealth and life. He came out of Master Futai's mansion with a pale face, immediately returned to the barracks to ignite his team, and rushed towards Huangshi Town again with murderous intent.

　　At this moment, Huangshi Town has returned to its previous life, peaceful and busy.

　　The woodcutter goes up the mountain, the fisherman goes into the water. The merchants at Sixianlou took their luggage and left one after another. Xiangmaozi was busy helping out in the kitchen, but shopkeeper Chen called her out.

　　"Shopkeeper, you called me?" Xiangmaozi asked crisply while wiping his hands on his apron.

　　Shopkeeper Chen looked at her and laughed, "Oh, why are you still working in the kitchen? Put it down and follow me."

　　Xiang Maozi felt a little strange, but still followed the shopkeeper out. In the lobby, the shopkeeper handed her two new sets of clothes, a large pile of books, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other stationery, plus a school bag.

　　Xiangmaozi had never seen such a delicate thing before. She gently reached out and touched the book. The slightly rough touch filled her heart with awe.

　　Shopkeeper Cheng said with a smile, "From yesterday, you are our daughter of Huangshi Town. You no longer need to help in the kitchen. The mayor said that you should go to school with the children in the town."

　　read? !

　　Can she, Xiangmaozi, also read? !

　　Xiangmaozi, who was shocked by the unexpected surprise, froze on the spot.

　　Her yearning for reading still comes from the little girl Aster.

　　At that time, the little girl Ziyuan proudly told Lemongrass, "The children in Huangshi Town are different from us. They all wear light white clothes with laces that are more delicate than paintings, and dark burqas outside the clothes. Then I would dress neatly and carry my schoolbag to school every day. I would learn words, principles, and various exquisite skills. Those days would be like a fairy!"

　　The young Xiangmaozi felt envious after hearing this.

　　She was curious at night and asked, "Why don't the children in the village go to school?"

　　The stepmother heard this and gave her a good beating, "You're so happy! You're still in school?! You girl is so heartbroken, you're worthy of it? Damn you! You're a bastard who hasn't been slapped for three days. I also want to go to school, but how can that school be a place for a lowly person like you to go..."

　　Xiangmaozi always thought that only young men and young ladies from wealthy families had the opportunity to go to places like the school.

　　Seeing her in a daze, the shopkeeper smiled and asked, "What, don't you want to go to school?"

　　After hearing this, Xiangmaozi shook his head vigorously. After shaking for a long time, I felt something was wrong, so I nodded quickly, but it felt wrong again. He quickly said loudly, "I thought so! I thought so!!"

　　The shopkeeper laughed, knowing that she was extremely happy, and couldn't help but be happy for Lemongrass too. With life and death on the line for so many days, the shopkeeper was all aware of this girl's personality and character. Even if there was no magic medicine, the shopkeeper still admired Lemongrass, but he was not necessarily willing to spend money to send her to study.

　　Now that the mayor has spoken, and the people in the town are willing to chip in to send her to study, the shopkeeper is very willing to make it happen.

　　Shopkeeper Chen said softly, "Don't worry, this is everyone's wish. I will ask Chunyu to help you clean up a clean upper room, and you can live there with peace of mind. We people in Huangshi Town are most particular about repaying kindness." , I will never let you down!"

　　Xiangmaozi didn't ask for anything in return, but it was obvious that the shopkeeper and the mayor's uncle actually sent him to school. This kind of joy could no longer be suppressed.

　　Xin Mao had been listening by the side. When he saw Xiangmaozi was going to school, he rushed over and shouted, "I'm going to school too, sister, don't leave me!"