After dressing as a widow

Lin Zhen got the information he wanted. At the three-way intersection, Glauber's salt can be bought there.

Looking at the apprentice who was still chatting with him, Lin Zhen touched his nose. He felt that he was a bit bad, bullying an honest boy.

After the apprentice brought him the thenardite, he said to the apprentice, "Thank you, brother, keep busy."

The apprentice wished he could leave now, and couldn't help but catch up with him and asked: "Brother Lin, where do you live, is it convenient for you to go back so late?"

Because the shopkeeper of the medical center likes Lin Zhenzhen Malatang, the apprentices sometimes run errands for the shopkeeper, but the medical shop is busy, and sometimes the shopkeeper calls other people to do the errand work, and it is not his turn, but wait for him After closing time, Lin Zhen had already closed the stall and returned home, so it was difficult to see Lin Zhen.

He knew that Lin Zhen's pregnancy was light and difficult to have children, but he also knew that he was good-looking. When setting up the stall, there were several people who secretly wanted to catch up with Lin Zhen.

But he really couldn't restrain the thought in his heart, and when he realized it, he had already asked the question.

Suddenly, just before Lin Zhen noticed what was hidden in his eyes, and before he could speak, the doctor who had treated Gu Shuanzi came out and slapped the apprentice on the head: "Go and take the medicine I just opened. I caught a few prescriptions."

"Oh." The doctor had a straight face and was very strict. The apprentice could only look at Lin Zhen helplessly, and drooped his shoulders to get the medicine for the patients.

The doctor looked at Lin Zhen and asked, "How is the child you brought last time?"

Lin Zhen had a good opinion of this doctor. Seeing that Gu Shuanzi's injury was not treated coldly, he would scold Gu Shuanzi anxiously. He had a benevolent heart, and he replied: "It's healed, and I've grown a little taller, thanks to you, Dafang. prescription."

"Seeing a doctor and saving lives is the duty of a doctor. The child will be fine if nothing happens." After the doctor finished speaking, he stroked his beard and went in. The apprentice who was grabbing medicine saw him coming in, and the little thought in his eyes almost turned into substance.

The doctor knocked him on the head: "It's not so hard to tell you to recite the prescription, but to use your strength on someone who shouldn't be used."

The apprentice was knocked and rubbed his head: "Uncle, you also judge people by their appearance, Brother Lin is very good."

"It's not a big deal, he can talk to people." The doctor put the silver needles he just used on the flame and put them back one by one. "No matter how good he is, he has a child. You Mother will never agree with you to marry him, don't make your mother worry and feel uncomfortable."

The apprentice is the doctor's nephew, that's why he brought him here to study medicine. If it weren't for this relationship, the apprentice would still be the same as everyone else in the medical center, with endless work to do every day, and it would be extremely difficult to learn something , how can he be like him, he can prescribe medicine for people.

"I..." The apprentice held Fang Zi tightly, unable to say anything else.

The doctor knew that he was a filial child and cared a lot about his mother's feelings, so he raised a few words without going into details, and asked casually, "What prescription did you prescribe for that little brother just now?"

The apprentice was a little lost: "How much is Glauber's salt, he prescribed it for people in his village who have symptoms of cold, heat, vomiting and diarrhea."

"Grave's salt?" The doctor didn't pay much attention to it. Glauber's salt is cheap, and it is really useful for the symptoms of cold, heat, vomiting and diarrhea. He glanced at the apprentice with his head drooping, "Hurry up and grab the medicine and give it to the patient. Don't make people wait. I'm here to see a doctor, so don't waste your time."

"Yes."

Lin Zhen didn't know what happened later, but he already had a feeling in his heart that the apprentice might have thoughts about him.

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How to put it, before I fully accepted my brother's identity, I found out that someone has a good impression of me. This feeling is a bit strange, so Lin Zhen clutched his cheek and hissed.

He quickly shook his head to get these things out of his head, thinking about it, the milk tea was more important.

I have already heard about the saltpeter, and what I have to do now is how to buy the saltpeter back. The principle of making ice with saltpeter is too simple. If people know that ice is related to saltpeter, I am afraid that there will be ice sellers in a short time, and they can make money. Silver is about to be greatly discounted.

Although Lin Zhen has a high moral bottom line and does not do anything illegal, he is not a peerless good person who will distribute ice making methods on the street.

He had thought about it, he could hide the method of making ice with saltpeter for as long as he could. As for whether he would be noticed in the future, he had already accumulated a lot of money, so he didn't care.

So the most important thing now is how to buy saltpeter without making people think of him.

It's still early in the day, and the days are getting longer and longer as summer approaches.

Lin Zhen looked up at the sun in the sky, squinted his eyes and had an idea, but he had to go back to do it.

After going out for a trip, he got the news of goat milk and successfully found saltpeter. Lin Zhen was satisfied, so he went to a tea shop to buy five catties of medium-to-high tea, and set foot on the way back.

Suddenly, just as Lin Zhen was about to arrive at the shop, he saw a familiar figure walking out of the box with a big bag on one shoulder.

"Boy Zhong?" Zhong Yan's figure is really too thin, such a big burden hangs on his shoulders, it looks as if it will pull him to the ground.

Lin Zhen took a few steps to catch up and asked him, "Where are you going? Why are you carrying such a big burden?"

Zhong Yan is still wearing the washed white shirt today, and his yellowish hair is tied with a newly made hair tie. Even though he is carrying such a heavy thing, he still looks calm: "Lin Uncle, my mother has already made five sets of clothes, and you are satisfied if you ask me to send them to you for a look, if there is something that doesn't fit, take it back and modify it."

"So fast?" He only took the fabric for a few days, and he has already made five bodies.

Zhong Yan nodded.

These few days his mother was busy from morning till late at night, and her eyes were red and swollen from staying with her grandmother who was suffering from the wind and cold, so she rushed out with five clothes.

His mother said that Uncle Lin was a kind person, and he paid for the clothes before they were ready, and the sooner they were made, the better.

Zhong Yan knew the truth, but looking at his mother and grandmother who were exhausted for money, the string in his heart trembled again, and he doubted the truth he had learned in books. Wealth is opposite, but I don't take it myself, and my mother and grandmother are in such hardships.

The cost of studying is really too high, and the money I earn from copying and writing letters is just enough to finish my studies, and all the expenses of the family depend on my mother.

And I plan to go to Fucheng for the imperial examination next year, where will the money I need come from.

Lin Zhen looked at the young man and said: "The lights are dim, it will hurt your eyes after a long time, you go back later and tell your mother not to be so anxious, my shop will not open for five or six days."

"This is my shop, come in." Lin Zhen walked ahead with a basket on his back, and as soon as he entered, he saw Lin Xiaoyao and Lin Shitou who were washing the tables, chairs and benches with water. Gu Shuanzi and Lin Zhuzi were not there, so they probably went Do things later.

Lin Xiaoyao saw Lin Zhen carrying a basket and ran over to pick it up, but she didn't expect that the ground under her feet was wet with the water they brought, and she slipped heavily on Zhong Yan who was next to Lin Zhen.

Zhong Yan's thin figure couldn't stop him, he slammed on the door panel behind him with a bang, and let out a muffled groan in his throat.

Lin Xiaoyao was stunned, he looked at this skinny boy whose face was burning hot from the top of his head to his mouth, and hurriedly got up from Zhong Yan: "Yes, I'm sorry."

He is a brother, and he is already at the age of negotiating marriage. If he hadn't come to the town to work with the third brother, he would not even be able to look directly into the eyes of the boys in the village, and try to avoid unfamiliar boys.

Now it fell directly on a little brother.

Looking at Zhong Yan's indifferent and delicate face, Lin Xiaoyao felt her heart beating violently, as if it was about to burst out of her chest in the next second.

Zhong Yan's shoulder blades and lower back were so painful that they were almost broken, but he gritted his teeth and said, "No problem."

"Ah?" It's okay, Lin Xiaoyao didn't realize what he meant at first, she turned her head and realized it, so she just did something she could do, and took the burden on Zhong Yan's shoulders into her hands , retreated to Lin Zhen's side.

All this happened so fast, so fast that Lin really couldn't pull it off, he looked at Zhong Yan: "Boy Zhong, are you all right, do you want to go to the medical center to have a look?"

"It's just a little bit of flesh, just go back and apply some medicine. I have it at home."

"Uncle Lin, take a look at your clothes."

Now that the children have said so, it is natural for Lin Zhen not to say anything more.

He asked Lin Xiaoyao to put the bundle on the clean table, and after opening it, he could see the clothes inside. These five clothes were all made of light blue cotton cloth, with fine stitches and neat workmanship. Lin Zhen shook off one , I found that it was exactly my size, and I couldn't find any faults after comparing it.

The same goes for the other pieces, none of which are bad at all.

He happily put down the clothes: "Your mother's craftsmanship is really as good as the proprietress who sells cloth said, it is very good, and there is no need to modify it."

"Uncle Lin thinks it's all right, so I'll go back, and mother is still waiting at home." Zhong Yan folded up the wrapping cloth and held it in his hands, fisted with both hands and was about to leave.

The two families had no friendship other than making clothes, so Lin Zhen naturally had no reason to keep him, so he followed him and sent him outside the shop.

I don't know when Lin Xiaoyao who was standing beside him suddenly said: "Why is he so thin, he doesn't look like a boy at all, if he didn't see the pregnancy mole on his face, he would really look like a brother."

"Boys develop a little later, and they may be taller than you in two years."

"Really?" Lin Xiaoyao still felt that Zhong Yan was a little too thin, full of bones, and would hurt people.

Lin Zhen nodded: "It's almost the same. By the way, I bought sugar cakes and a few catties of sugar and tea leaves."

"Take out the candy cake and share it with a few small ones. The sugar and tea leaves are in it. I'll use it to make milk tea."

"Okay bro." Lin Xiaoyao held the basket in his hand, he was stronger than Lin Zhen, and it didn't take any effort at all. Lin Zhen hugged his clothes and called Lin Shitou, and the three of them walked to the backyard.