In the evening, at home.
"Brother, do you want me to learn Mandarin?"
After dinner, listening to the radio, Li Xiaomei asked Li Mao.
"Of course, Mandarin still needs to be learned. You can't leave behind simplified characters. Don't forget when I practice these nights."
Li Mao looked puzzled. He didn't know why. When he spoke Mandarin, he thought of Maozi and English.
In my memory, when I was in junior high school, I didn't miss teaching them. (In 1949, English was replaced by Maozi, and in May 4th, no English courses were offered in junior high school.)
Now they are useless.
Of course, Li Mao doesn't want to use it.
It is not a good thing to be associated with foreign people in this era.
Li Xiaomei nodded and smiled softly, "Hey, I listen to my brother."
After dinner.
After washing the pots and dishes.
Li Mao pressed the fire and began to make the medicine pot.
Because of the formula, it is obviously decocting medicine, but there is no bitter sour taste.
Instead, it looks like a cut grass park, emitting a fragrance of vegetation.
It is precisely because of this that people in the hospital did not come to ask if they were sick.
......
February 8th, just a few days before New Year's Eve on February 11th.
"Huh, it's finally done."
Looking at the honey pills rubbed out in front of him, Li Mao rubbed his sour shoulders and exhaled:
"Fortunately, the craftsmanship has not regressed."
"Brother, you are so powerful!"
Li Xiaomei was holding her cheek and her eyes were full of adoration.
"That's right. Of course you have to be a good brother. By the way, Xiaomei, from today on, our Laoli family has come up with an ancestral prescription.
No one should ask.
If someone asks, this is our ancestral line. Do you understand? "
Li Mao carefully explained to Li Xiaomei while sealing the pills with oil paper.
As long as the source can be explained clearly, there is no problem in this technical matter.
Before that, my uncle had never told outsiders.
At that time, I saved a doctor Youfang by accident, and was grateful to give him a prescription. This is not a rare thing.
"Oh, I understand. This is our ancestral recipe!"
Li Xiaomei nodded her head, and a pair of fawns looked very cute.
"OK, just remember. I will go out in the evening, and you can fasten the door at home."
Li Mao said in his mouth, with his disguise, a pill named Jinyu pill in his arms, and some dried mushrooms sent by Qin Guoping, he left the door.
Or pigeon city near Lantern City.
After paying the entrance fee of 20 cents, Li Mao wrapped himself up with only one pair of eyes, and opened the linen cloth with dry mushrooms to the ground.
Beside the gunny bag, there is a small wooden box that was used in the early years.
No one can see the contents of the box without opening it.
The night wind grew colder.
The flow of people in Dove City is growing.
If there is no light on, I'm afraid it is believed that this is a market.
However, it is no wonder that Kyoto people have good face. As the year is coming to an end, they have to buy something that can support the scene.
While Li Mao was stretching his neck and shaking his legs, a familiar voice with the same head wrapped appeared in the nearby booth.
"Boss, how do you sell this mallet?"
"Bangchui? You said the ginseng was worth 15 yuan each."
"The ginseng has been sold for 15 yuan for several years! There is no such price in the pharmacy!"
......
The bargaining between them continues.
At that time, Li Mao also recognized who was speaking.
'Xu Damao?!'
'Why does he come here instead of going to Pigeon City near the quadrangle? Is there any plan for the bad counselor? '
Listening to their conversation, Li Mao peeped out from the corner of his eyes from time to time.
At this time.
A young man as old as Li Mao came up to him.
Pointed to the small wooden box in front of Li Mao:
"Dude, I've seen you for a long time. What's in your wooden box?
The seal is so tight. Is it difficult or afraid of the wind? "
The location even more accidentally blocks Li Mao's line of sight.
Turn your head and look around.
The woolen hat on the head is worn by a general. There is a certain range on the wrist. I wonder if it is a watch. The waist bulges slightly, and I can't really see what it is.
With a bag in hand, you can vaguely hear the crisp sound as your body shakes.
'Is it a wine bottle? Or jade? '
Li Mao had wandered around Dove City before and knew that there were several "old birds" here today.
The light is not enough at night. Even with a flashlight, it is easy to make a hole.
On their stall, there are all kinds of blood soaked jade, as well as some copper ware stained with soil.
Not to mention that they still have a bracelet tied with wolf teeth on their wrist.
There are things, earthy, wolf teeth, strong accent and a story that can fool the layman.
With the help of a few straight people around, it is easy to surround people who like to show off and pretend to understand, or who like to take advantage of small leaks.
This technique is not very clever.
But some people can't help being cheated.
But these have nothing to do with him. Today Li Mao is a drug seller.
Too lazy to meddle.
"Brother, let me ask you something. What's in this box? Can you take it out and have a look?"
The man in front repeated the previous question.
This time, the tone of voice seemed a little rebellious.
"There are good things in it, but I hear your voice is full of arrogance. It should be useless.
You won't buy it. You'd better get out of the way and don't delay my business. "
Li Mao changed his tone. Even a person in a hospital could not recognize his voice as long as he did not meet face to face.
However, Li Mao did not expect that the more he said that, the more energetic the young man in front of him was.
"Huh? That's interesting, brother. How do you know I can't use it if you don't tell me what it is?
If I could use it, wouldn't I miss a deal? "
The young man put his bag at his feet and squatted down.
Regardless of Li Mao's carelessness, he rushed to the wooden box and reached for it.
Only half of his hand was stretched out, Li Mao put one hand on his pulse.
When Li Mao closed his eyes, he suddenly smiled:
"Ha, well, I didn't expect that I would miss something. My little brother is not very old. He has rich experience in the world of mortals."
"How do you know? Is it in this box?!"
The young man quickly retracted his hand like an electric shock, and his previously rebellious appearance disappeared.
Looking at the small wooden box, my heart beat faster and faster.
He hasn't bought these things before, but they are all tiger and wolf medicine. It's refreshing for a while, but it's hard to tell later.
"Oh, what are you thinking? How can I sell such filthy things when I'm here?"
Li Mao raised his hand and shook it, opening the young man's paw again.
When the young man was disappointed and was ready to give Li Mao a try, he heard Li Mao say:
"I'm a ancestral prescription. It's really warm and useful! You should be the tiger and wolf medicine!
I think you are dressed well, but you can't afford it at your age.
Please step aside, little brother. Don't delay the real buyer. "