Farmers are lucky if they have a daughter

They walked a few steps forward and saw Hou Fangsheng looking for them everywhere. Hou Fangsheng wanted to take them to the drug store.

This medicine shop is located in a corner of Dongshifang. There is a very tall willow tree planted in front of the door, which can be seen at a glance. The name of this pharmacy is Ji Ren Guan, and the owner is an old friend of Hou Fangsheng's. They haven't seen each other for a long time.

As soon as they entered, they were greeted by the apprentices of this pharmacy. It was obvious that they did not recognize any of them.

"What kind of medicine do you guys want to grab? If you want to see a doctor, you have to wait a while. There are still a few people in front of you. But Hou

Fangsheng smiled and said,"I am a friend of your shopkeeper Ma. My surname is Hou. I have something to do with him. Please ask him to come see me.""

After saying this, the young apprentice immediately went to the backyard to call for help without any delay.

After a while, he heard several laughter coming from behind, and Shopkeeper Ma appeared in front of them.

"Brother Fang Sheng, you don’t show your true face. It’s been so long before you think of me, an old friend. Ma Changgui was half-joking, and quickly ordered people to serve tea, and serve good tea.

Hou Fangsheng also seemed very happy, and immediately said:"Hey, forget it, it's not that I don't want to come to see you, it's really that I have something important to do." I went to Yinwu Mountain to collect herbs some time ago. I lived there for a long time and only came back last month."

Then Hou Fangsheng pointed at Bai Yulian and said:"Her name is Bai Yulian, she is my new apprentice, and this is her husband-in-law."

"apprentice? Shopkeeper Ma really didn't expect,"You actually accepted a disciple?" In the past, the young master from Chang Yuan's wife's family came to visit you with valuable gifts and wanted to become your disciple, but you refused. I thought you didn't want to accept a disciple."

Hou Fangsheng waved his hand and said:"I don't accept disciples based on their status. No matter how valuable a gift you give me, it's useless for me to have nothing to do with it. I mainly look at talent, and this girl's talent is pretty good."

Shopkeeper Ma looked at Bai Yulian again. This Bai Yulian looked very ordinary. She was wearing coarse clothes and was not a rich person. I didn't see anything unusual. It was also rare for Hou Fangsheng to make an exception and accept him as his disciple. You can't just look at the surface.

Only then did Bai Yulian realize that Hou Fangsheng was so strict in accepting apprentices. People were asking for this, but he refused to accept them. It seemed that she was quite lucky. She just met him by chance on the road. That's it. It's quite simple to become a disciple.

Hou Fangsheng specially explained the situation to shopkeeper Ma. This time he brought Bai Yulian here just to let her get familiar with the situation. Although Bai Yulian has not been studying medicine for a long time, he came here to experience it. It's still possible.

My home is not as good as a drug store, so I just came here to observe and see what the little apprentices are doing.

These little apprentices are different. They do a lot of work every day. Now they only do chores here for a year or two. , so that they can learn something slowly, not just teach them from the beginning. Let them be familiar with the situation here first, and then they will be able to get started.

Looking at the cabinets on the entire wall, these are all Chinese medicinal materials. There are too many to count. These medicines are placed in small drawers in categories. If they want to grab any medicine, they will take it directly from a certain drawer. They can remember it very clearly and will not look for it in the wrong place.

Shopkeeper Ma pointed to these cabinets and said :"Don't underestimate my medicine shop. Although it's not big, I have eight hundred medicines here. Except for those that are particularly rare and extremely difficult to find, I have almost all of them here."

Eight hundred medicinal herbs? Isn't that too much? Bai Yulian felt like she couldn't count them. She really didn't know how they wrote them down.

Hou Fangsheng took out a small box from his arms and handed it to Shopkeeper Ma , said:"This is the water lily stone I dug from the shore of Feishui last time. It has a very soft texture. After grinding it into powder, it can be mixed with borneol and antler glue to treat scabies.""

Shopkeeper Ma hurriedly followed, because this water lily is only found on the shore of Feishui. Unfortunately, shopkeeper Ma didn't have the chance to go there. He had bought some from other people before, but the price was relatively expensive, and there weren't many left in the drug store. It's just the right time.

Shopkeeper Ma finally met his old friend. He said that he would stay with Hou Fangsheng for a meal, and he was not allowed to leave without eating.

"You said we haven't seen each other for a long time, so what if we talk for a little longer? Besides, you just took on a disciple, and I don’t have anything to say about it. Let’s keep things simple and have a meal, right?"

Hou Fangsheng couldn't refuse. Originally, he just brought Bai Yulian to have a look, and then planned to go back.

"Tell me, why are you so polite? We've met in person, so why do you spend so much money?"

That's not okay. Shopkeeper Ma is a very particular person. It's unreasonable for an old friend to come and bring his apprentice with him to go back without having a meal.

Shopkeeper Ma is at Zuixianlou in the town. Treat them to a meal. After all, it is just a small town. The food here is not particularly rich, and there are only a few home-cooked dishes, but it is already the best thing Bai Yulian can eat now.

Of course , although Bai Yulian and Wang Ziqing were rather greedy for the food in front of them, they did not lose their etiquette.

Hou Fangsheng and shopkeeper Ma had been drinking and didn't eat much food. After three rounds of drinking, they saw Bai Yulian and Wang Ziqing. They had almost eaten, so they ordered:"Shopkeeper Ma and I need to drink another bottle of wine. You two go to the medicine shop first."

Although this meal is delicious, Bai Yulian went from being happy at the beginning to sighing continuously now.

"Tell me, when can we live like this?"Bai Yulian glanced at Wang Ziqing, not knowing whether she was talking to him or talking to herself.

Wang Ziqing remained silent, and he couldn't answer this question.

Envy is envy, but of course Bai Yulian still feels that she should be down-to-earth.

"Hey, let's take a walk around and then go to the drug store later. I guess their apprentices still need to eat."

"ah? Wang Ziqing frowned,"Your master didn't let you wander around. He might be angry when he can't see you. You'd better listen to him honestly.""

Bai Yulian shook her head and said,"I see that the two of them have been drinking for a long time. For a while, they probably didn't care about the two of us. It’s not easy to come here, how can you not see the excitement?"

Just look at it for a while, a short while. Anyway, the master and the shopkeeper Ma were having a good chat. They were drinking all the time. I'm afraid they didn't care about coming here. I don't know when they will finish drinking.

Bai Yulian rolled her eyes. , so I’d better go out for a walk first.

"Oh, didn’t my master say you need to stretch your legs? I was listening to her, so how could he blame me?"

"Oh, look, everyone has ribbons on their heads. Is today a special day?"

Bai Yulian had planned to ask this question when she first came to the town. She thought it was a coincidence, but now she sees people all over the street with various ribbons on their heads, long and short. , wide, narrow, and even wavy.

She had just traveled here not long ago, and she didn't know anything about things here. Bai Yulian felt strange in her heart. Wang Ziqing was slightly surprised, but she still explained patiently:"Do you forget it? Today is the eighth day of November, the day to welcome the God of Color. Every year at this time, everyone will tie ribbons on their heads, and some will also hang them on their clothes."

"God of Wealth? Isn’t it the fifth day of the first lunar month to welcome the God of Wealth? It's only November now, what's the deal with the God of Wealth? It seems like you don’t use colorful ribbons to welcome the God of Wealth, right?"Bai Yulian tilted her little head, and she really couldn't figure it out.

Are the customs here different from what I know? Shouldn't this be something that has been passed down for thousands of years? Why are there any differences? Version?

"Not the God of Wealth, but the God of Color."Wang Ziqing corrected her pronunciation. Bai Yulian's tone of voice didn't quite resemble the dialect in their village, nor did it resemble Mandarin. She didn't know where the strange pronunciation came from. Anyway, she could understand it, so there was nothing wrong with it. I care.

Welcoming the God of Color on the eighth day of November is a unique custom here. You are such an adult, how could you not have heard of it?

"Ah...yes, yes, I forgot. Bai Yulian had no choice but to pretend to be stupid,"You know, my family's conditions are not good, so my aunt knows how to take the money into her arms. She got all the money in our family's hands, and she didn't get a cent." When I was a kid, I didn’t have any money to buy ribbons, and I didn’t come to town often. As time went by, I forgot about them."

This is really a good excuse. Wang Ziqing didn't think there was anything wrong. Anyway, he was alone and didn't think it was interesting. He never felt that there was anything wrong.Celebrate this holiday. But I still remember the days. Why is this girl Bai Yulian so confused? Her days are so confusing?

"Hey, that aunt of mine only cared about her own daughter and took all the money in the family. She didn't even give me money for a ribbon. Maybe he was afraid that I would make a fuss about asking for ribbons to celebrate the festival, so he told me that the day I was born was destined to be evil, and it happened to conflict with the God of Color, so the God of Color would not bless me, so I didn’t need to celebrate this festival. No need to tie ribbons. When Caishen sees me, he might ask Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to take me away."

What kind of nonsense is this? Ms. Li is unjust. She has never said such things. She doesn't have such a brain to make up these stories. But Mr. Li took the Bai family's money as her own and never gave it to Bai Yu. Wearing a colorful ribbon to celebrate the festival, these are facts. I have not wronged Ms. Li, and it is not too exaggerated.

""Nonsense," Wang Ziqing's voice was not loud, but it was obviously angry,"about being hit by evil spirits, and about being in conflict with Cai Shen, they are all nonsense, and there is no such thing at all. Everyone welcomes the colorful flowers, mainly because winter has arrived, and the grass and trees have withered and turned yellow. After it snows, the whole eyes are white without many other colors. It looks very monotonous. Everyone ties colorful ribbons on their heads, which is actually In order to look good, it gradually evolved into a festival to welcome the God of Color. Others are not the same thing at all. Don’t listen to your aunt’s nonsense. She is completely lying to you."

"Yes, yes, I knew she was talking nonsense and deliberately lying to me. I didn’t believe her."Okay now, Bai Yulian roughly knows what this festival is like. She already knows it in her heart. She will know it next time.

No wonder there are so many people in the market today. It turns out that they are not only here to attend the market, but also to celebrate the festival. Yeah. This is the first time she has heard of such a custom. There is no such custom in modern society. It is a pity to have such a lively scene.

Now that you have come to this place, you should take a good look. It is better to come here if you are here early. What a coincidence.

They had arrived early, and except for some small vendors, the juggling, gong and opera singers and other interesting things had not started yet. It was a pity that Bai Yulian had been at the drug store in the morning, and now she had to take some time to take a look around..

Bai Yulian saw a mask seller nearby, so she took a fairy mask and asked,"Am I good-looking?""

Wang Ziqing did not answer, because he felt that the fairy mask was not fairy-like at all. The White Jade Lotus looked like a true fairy in the sky, looking so beautiful.

When he thought of this, Wang Ziqing felt his heart beat all over the place. She felt much faster, her face seemed to be on fire, and she didn't know if she was starting to blush.

Bai Yulian picked up a pig-faced mask and covered it on Wang Ziqing's face.

Wang Ziqing happily put the pig face on The face mask was put on his face, and his hands made a gesture to scare Bai Yulian.

But in the end, Bai Yulian still put the two masks back, because they didn't have the spare money to buy these things now, so they could just play with them. Forget it, the money should be spent sparingly.

In just one turn, Bai Yulian couldn't see Wang Ziqing's person. Could this guy have been squeezed elsewhere by the crowd of people coming and going?