noffsinger Chapter 73 New Deal
Chapter 73 New Deal
Li Xi withdrew her gaze and took Hu Zi and the other two to eat pears.
The weather has warmed up, the frozen pears are off the shelves, and fresh, juicy pears are now on the market.
After eating the fruit, Hu Zi and his friends played for a while and then there was a knock on the door. They pushed the door open and saw that it was the servant who came to pick them up.
Hu Jinyu stretched out her voice in a funny way, "Ah~ Why are you here so early? I don't want to go back yet."
He didn't expect the food at Li Hu's house to be so delicious, and he even wanted to stay for dinner.
Although Feng Tianyou didn't say so, his expression also showed reluctance to leave.
Unfortunately, no matter how reluctant they are, they have to go home.
"If you like it, come back next time, and I'll let Hu Zi entertain you then."
Hu Zi nodded, "Well, we can still play together next time."
"Okay then." Hu Jinyu pouted. Why didn't he have a sister like Li Xi who was both pretty and good at cooking?
Li Xi couldn't hear his inner voice, otherwise she would have praised him for his good taste. How could delicious fast food not be delicious?
Li Xi took out two packed portions of fried chicken legs and fried sweet potato fries. "These are the leftover chicken legs and fries from lunch. You made them yourself. Take them back and let your family have a taste."
Hu Jinyu's eyes lit up, and she took the big oil-paper bag with a big smile on her face, "Thank you, sister."
Then he sighed regretfully, "Why aren't you my real sister?"
This time Hu Zi was not angry. He looked at Feng Tianyou and saw that Hu Jinyu was eager to recognize her sister just for a bite of food. How should I put it? He was not surprised at all.
Feng Tianyou took the oil-paper bag like a little adult, "Thank you for your hospitality today, sister. Next time I will invite you and Li Hu to visit my home together."
"Go to my house, go to my house, my house is bigger than theirs!" Hu Jinyu jumped up and down.
Feng Tianyou: “…”
Li Xi couldn't help laughing out loud. This little fat guy Hu Jinyu really knew how to pull people down.
"Hu Jinyu!" Feng Tianyou's ears turned red when he heard Sister Li Xi's laughter. How did he become friends with her?
Hu Zi looked at them and couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh.
"Okay, okay, let's all go. I'll go when I have time." Li Xi said that she was also a balance player.
Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu got into the carriage with the help of the servant, opened the curtain and waved to Li Xi. Li Xi stood at the entrance of the alley with Hu Zi and watched the carriage leave her sight before she turned into the yard and closed the door.
As soon as the door of Li's house was closed, the doors of several surrounding houses opened quietly. The few heads that stuck their heads out took a deep look at the tightly closed gate of Li Xi's house, then exchanged a few glances with each other, and then tacitly hid back and closed the door.
When Hu Jinyu got home, he couldn't wait to jump off the carriage holding two oil-paper bags, which scared the servant who was about to lend a hand to help him.
The first thing he did after he stood firm was to rush into the house holding the oil-paper bag.
Hu Jinyu's family is in business, and their business is very big, so what he said to Li Xi just now was the truth. Their family is indeed much bigger than Feng Tianyou's.
As soon as Hu Jinyu got off the carriage, she ran towards the backyard. Seeing this, the servant had no choice but to jog to catch up with her.
Although Hu Jinyu looks fat, he is definitely a nimble little fat guy, and the servant could barely catch up with him.
Hu Jinyu's target was his grandmother's yard. The sound arrived before he did.
"Grandma! Grandma! Grandma!"
"I brought you something delicious!"
"Grandma, where are you?"
Grandma Hu heard the voice and came out of the room, "Grandma's dear grandson, Grandma is here."
Mrs. Hu supported her arm from the side, watching the two of them responding to each other in silence but habitually.
"Grandma!" Hu Jinyu stopped running after seeing Grandma Hu. She stood at the archway, holding up two large oil-paper bags, and said with a smile, "Grandma! Guess what this is!"
Grandma Hu smiled dotingly, "What is this? Grandma can't guess it, dear grandson, tell grandma, okay?"
Hu Jinyu walked in with an oil-paper bag, pouting her lips, "Grandma, you said you can't guess without even guessing. No, Grandma has to guess!"
"Hu Jinyu! Are you asking for a beating again?" Mrs. Hu glared at him.
Hu Jinyu's eyes rolled around. Since his grandmother was here, he was not afraid of his mother.
"Grandma~" Hu Jinyu pouted and came over, pulling Grandma Hu's hand and shaking it, "Look at my mother, she only knows how to be mean to me."
Grandma Hu pretended to pat Mrs. Hu's arm a few times, "Well, grandma will help you vent your anger. My good grandson is so well-behaved, no one can be mean to him, right?"
Mrs. Hu got along well with her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law lost her husband at an early age and raised her husband alone and educated him into an adult. She was a very wise person.
But he doted on Jin Yuli too much. Her husband said that his mother, her mother-in-law, was very strict with him when he was a child, otherwise he would not have built up such a family business today. Who would have thought that he would suddenly dote on the next generation? This must be the case as the old saying goes, "greater generations are closer than you are".
Hu Jinyu smiled with satisfaction, "I am the best. This is delicious food that I made myself, and I brought it especially for you to eat."
"Oh?" Grandma Hu and Mrs. Hu looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
They knew that their grandson/son was visiting a classmate's house today. Because he was still young, they did not make the visit very formal and just treated it as a child playing. Unexpectedly, he actually brought back a gift, which he made himself and it seemed to be food.
Hu Jinyu thought they didn't believe her, so she snorted and hugged the oil paper bag tightly in her arms, "Forget it if you don't believe me, I'll eat it myself."
Seeing his aggrieved look, Grandma Hu tried to coax him, "How could Grandma not believe my dear grandson? Come on, let's go inside so that Grandma can see what delicious food he brought back for her."
"Okay." Hu Jinyu smiled and pulled Grandma Hu into the house.
Mrs. Hu shook her head and followed.
After entering the house, Hu Jinyu placed the oil paper bag on the table, climbed onto the stool and sat down, "Grandma, come and sit down."
As he spoke, he opened the oil paper package. Although the golden fried chicken leg was no longer warm, it still looked crispy and delicious. The orange sweet potato fries were soft and exuded a sweet aroma.
"Fried chicken legs! French fries!"
Chicken legs and sweet potatoes are common items, but this way of eating was the first time for Mrs. Hu and Grandma Hu.
"Grandma, Mom, let me tell you, this chicken leg was made by me!" Hu Jinyu picked up a chicken leg, "My sister said it tastes better if you make it yourself.
I originally thought my sister was kidding, but I didn’t expect it to be true. This chicken leg is really, really delicious.
Grandma will give you one, and Mom will give you one too."
Grandma Hu and Mrs. Hu took the chicken legs handed over by Hu Jinyu and looked at them with some curiosity. The person who made this thing really had some ingenuity.
"Grandma, please try it! It's really delicious!" Hu Jinyu urged.
Grandma Hu followed his wishes and wanted to taste it, but Mrs. Hu said, "Mom, wait a minute, why don't you ask the servants to heat it up, it's already cold."
Grandma Hu waved her hands and said, "It looks like it was fried. It's no use if it's heated up."
If it becomes limp after being heated, how can it be delicious?
"It tastes good even if it's not hot." Hu Jinyu said as he wiped his mouth subconsciously. He secretly ate one while eating. Although it was different from when it was just out of the pot, it was just as delicious.
Grandma Hu opened her mouth and took a bite. The spicy taste bloomed in her mouth. The taste of the chicken leg did not become unpalatable because it was cold. Instead, it had a different kind of deliciousness.
Mrs. Hu watched carefully from the side, and Hu Jinyu also stared closely, "Grandma, this is spicy. My sister said that children can't eat it, only adults can eat it."
Grandma Hu swallowed the fried chicken in her mouth and said, "It tastes really good."
"Yes, yes, this is made by me." Hu Jinyu said, listening to the little chest.
Mrs. Hu also tasted it. Although it was cold, it tasted really good.
Hu Jinyu asked them to taste French fries again, and the sweet French fries immediately captured the hearts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Hu Jinyu took out a chicken drumstick and a handful of French fries, "Leave these for Dad, and we'll eat the rest together."
Mrs. Hu glanced at Hu Jinyu who was happily eating a chicken leg, then looked at the remaining six chicken legs and a pile of French fries, and fell silent.
He is so good to his father.
After Hu Mingde came back, he tasted the fried chicken legs and French fries that his eldest son had left for him. Faced with the already cold food, Hu Mingde had no intention of eating it. It was only after Mrs. Hu told him that it was made by his son himself that he gave him a taste out of courtesy.
Although it was cold, the food tasted really good. The unique cooking method and taste immediately caught his attention as a businessman.
Li Xi, who had already fallen asleep, had no idea that someone had already set his sights on his house.
The next day, after Hu Zi left, there was a knock on Li Xi's door again.
Li Xi finished practicing Ba Duan Jin and walked over to open the door. Standing outside the door was a familiar person.
Ren Xusheng looked at Li Xi, whose face was even rosier than the last time they met, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Li Xi had already seen that he was a person of i, so she took the initiative to ask, "Are you here to give away your share?"
Ren Xusheng nodded, "Yeah."
Then he handed her a bundle in his hand and said, "This is the share this time."
The hemostatic medicine made by Li Xi is so effective that the Military Medical Department worked overtime some time ago and finally produced a medicine that can be equipped to the entire army.
But the Military Medical Department did not stop there, because their major general planned to sell the things to the Southwest Army.
The Southwestern General, who had "accidentally" and "accidentally" witnessed the effectiveness of the hemostatic drug, directly sent people to the Zhenbei Army to negotiate, and the result of the negotiation was that they paid for it.
Considering that they were both guarding the border for Dayan, their major general gave a cheap price, but cheap does not mean no profit.
Of course, the money they can earn from a bottle of hemostatic medicine is not much, but the quantity is large. Their Zhenbei Army has never been as rich as it is now.
Although they are still working overtime and have not yet delivered the goods, the first payment from the Southwestern Army has already arrived.
So the major general sent himself to distribute the share first.
Li Xi took the bag and said, "Come in first. I have something to tell you."
Ren Xusheng hesitated for a moment, but still went into the yard. There were only him and Li Xi in the yard. Ren Xusheng asked awkwardly, "I wonder if Miss Li has anything to say to me?"
Li Xi did not embarrass the obviously socially anxious person in front of him, "I have something for you to take back to Gu Yin. Wait a moment, I'll go in and get it."
"it is good."
Seeing that he agreed, Li Xi went into the pharmacy, took out the things that had been prepared long ago and handed them to him.
There was a letter and a dose of Chinese anti-inflammatory medicine in the small bag.
Ren Xusheng took the bag and said goodbye in a hurry. Li Xi saw him out, looked at his hurried back, and shook her head. How would he find a wife in the future if he continued like this?
Ren Xusheng rushed back to the Zhenbei Army with the bag given by Li Xi. After entering the barracks, his awkwardness had almost disappeared. He was not as socially anxious as Li Xi thought. He just didn't know how to get along with women.
Looking at the rough men in the military camp, Ren Xusheng let out a sigh of relief. He felt that he was more suitable for the military camp because there were no women here.
After Ren Xusheng returned to the camp, he went to Gu Jingzhi's tent first.
"This is the package that Miss Li asked me to bring to you." Ren Xusheng put the package on the table. "The things have been delivered, so I will leave first."
After Ren Xusheng left, Gu Jingzhi raised his eyebrows and untied the bundle, inside which was a letter and a small wooden box.
He picked up the envelope, opened it, unfolded the letter inside, and after seeing the contents clearly, Gu Jingzhi's relaxed expression turned serious.
He took the small wooden box beside him and opened it carefully. Inside were three pills, which were about the size of eyeballs.
Gu Jingzhi carefully picked up one and looked at it carefully. This was the anti-inflammatory medicine that Li Xi mentioned in the letter that could prevent and treat fever.
The letter said that this pill called anti-inflammatory medicine is a Chinese patent medicine. After being injured, crushing the pill and applying it to the wound can prevent fever. If a fever has already occurred, it can be treated by external application and internal administration.
You know, what soldiers fear most is not being injured, but having a high fever after being injured. Once they have a high fever, it would be lucky if half of ten survive.
The most frustrating thing in the military camp is that many soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died in the military camp or during treatment.
The Military Medical Department is now fully committed to allocating hemostatic drugs to the Southwest Army. This is not a good time to come up with prescriptions. After all, they don't have more manpower to do this.
Gu Jingzhi packed the letter and anti-inflammatory pills and took them to the commander-in-chief's tent.
"Great! God bless our Zhenbei Army!" After reading the letter, Gu Changfeng laughed a few times and said with emotion, "This Li Xi is really good. He has figured out a new drug in such a short time."
He had said before that this person needed special attention. Look, it's only been a short time. If he were to say, it would be best if a person like this was under our noses. We need to protect him.
"Jingzhi, people like this must be protected, otherwise..."
Before Gu Changfeng finished speaking, there was a noise outside, and a soldier with blood on his armor rushed into the tent, his eyes full of bloodshot, "General, it's bad, the Huns are attacking!
Our team was surrounded, and I was the only one who escaped!"
Gu Changfeng's relaxed expression suddenly turned serious. "Tell me clearly where the Huns attacked from and what's the situation with your team!"
Because the Huns often disturbed the border, the Zhenbei Army would send patrol teams to guard the area all year round. Once they found any trace of the Huns, they would immediately inform the army and then send in reinforcements.
But they didn't expect that they would be ambushed by the Huns this time.
Gu Jingzhi: "Father, I'll go and bring them back."