Chapter 205 I am strong
Jiang Nian looked at the flashlight and then at the rim of the cup. These two things, one for lighting and the other for keeping warm, were very novel.

I carefully took a sip of the water in the steaming cup, and my extremely dehydrated body felt satisfied.

Due to the tension and the constant rush, not only was I not cold, I was sweating. It was now dark and the temperature was even lower. My wet inner clothes stuck to my body and felt a little cold.

Drinking some hot water makes my heart and stomach feel better.

Jiang Yu took out another bag of snacks and said, "Dad, eat something first. After we find the inn, we can only buy a little food to fill our stomachs.

We must not let our guard down as long as we leave the capital."

"Okay! You, too, eat."

Eating sweet snacks and drinking hot water, Jiang Nian felt happy on this winter night with the howling north wind.

Jiang Nian only ate one piece of dessert, and the rest was eaten by Jiang Yu.

After packing up the luggage, Jiang Yu helped his father up and continued on his journey.

"Dad, you can go by yourself."

"I am strong."

Jiang Yu almost dragged his father forward, "If I wasn't so strong and I knew how to disguise myself, Grandpa wouldn't have let me go far away. Don't worry, I'm here."

Jiang Nian was carried away in a daze, and the last thing he knew was that he fell asleep.

……

"Shopkeeper! Shopkeeper!"

In the dark night, a young man ran into a roadside inn carrying a man on his back, "Boss, is there a doctor nearby?"

The shopkeeper shook his head. His inn was located next to an official road with no village or shop nearby. Where would he find a doctor?
"Do you have any dried ginger?"

"Yes, I'll ask the waiter to make ginger soup for you."

"Thank you very much, shopkeeper. Thank you very much, shopkeeper. I, I want a single room. How much is it?"

The shopkeeper sighed, "Give me fifty cents!"

It’s not easy to go out in the cold winter, and the room is empty anyway, so just think of it as a good deed!

"Dry, how much is the dried ginger?"

"No more money."

"Thank you, shopkeeper!"

The shopkeeper called the waiter to help the boy send the patient to the guest room, and then he went to make ginger soup himself.

"Thank you, little brother."

After covering his father with a quilt, Jiang Yu, sweating profusely, thanked the waiter. The waiter waved his hand and went out.

Jiang Yu paced anxiously in the room, waiting. When she saw the waiter coming up with a bowl of ginger soup, she hurriedly took it and said, "Brother Xiaoer, go and have a rest. I'll take the bowl and spoon down tomorrow."

"Ok."

This time the waiter closed the door after leaving.

Jiang Yu took out a fever-reducing pill, crushed it with his fingers, put it into a spoon, scooped up ginger soup and fed it to his father.

After feeding all the ginger soup, Jiang Yu pressed the Shixuan, Quchi, Hegu, Waiguan and other acupoints for treating colds and fevers.

Soon, Jiang Nian, who was trembling in the quilt, stopped trembling and began to sweat.

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried that her father would get sick if he went out in the winter, but she didn't expect that he would fall ill before leaving the capital.

Dad's physical condition is too poor, so she has to take good care of him along the way.

When it was daybreak, Jiang Nian woke up and saw the person sleeping beside the bed. He felt warm and guilty in his heart.

He wanted to pull the quilt to cover Jiang Yu, but woke Jiang Yu up instead.

"Awake? How do you feel? Do you have any strength left? We have to walk to the town to buy a carriage. Can you hold on?"

"I'm so sorry for you."

"What are you talking about? I'm your daughter. Wait a minute, I'll ask my second brother to help you, and then I'll use the inn's kitchen."

"it is good."

The waiter was very easy to talk to. The shopkeeper even gave Jiang Yu an egg and asked her to cook it for the old man.

"Young man, today is the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. The inn will be closed in the afternoon. You see..."

Jiang Yu dug around in his sleeve pocket for a long time and finally pulled out two dimes.

"Boss, do you have a cart? I want to buy it and two more quilts."

"Not in the inn."

The shopkeeper said, "If you are not in a hurry to leave, I can ask the waiter to go back to the village and buy it for you." "Thank you, shopkeeper! You are a good person, and good people will have a peaceful life!"

"Hehehe."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Young man, you are so sweet. I'm sure you will have a safe journey."

"Lend your auspicious words."

……

When the inn closed, Jiang Yu also pulled his father, who was wrapped up tightly, onto the official road.

Jiang Nian's eyes were red because his body was not strong enough. Before he could finish his emotion, the car under him sped up.

"Dad, please be patient. We must find a place to rest tonight and buy a carriage tomorrow. Otherwise, everyone will close their shops for the New Year, and it will be even harder for us to endure the journey."

"it is good."

As soon as he finished speaking the word "good", the cart under him accelerated again.

The faster the speed, the bumpier it gets.

Jiang Nian endured it patiently, and before dark, they entered a town called Jianta.

After entering the only inn in the town, Jiang Yu asked for hot water, food, and a carriage.

"They are all there, they are all there."

The innkeeper nodded with a smile, then looked at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu squatted down and took out a very smelly banknote from his socks, "Excuse me, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper pinched his nose and opened it. Seeing that it was a hundred taels, he immediately smiled like a flower. He led the two guests into the upper room and went to make arrangements.

Jiang Yu frowned at the table full of delicious fish and meat. "Boss, I have a patient here. Can't you see me? Make me a bowl of porridge and boil an egg."

"okay!"

When the shopkeeper brought in porridge and boiled eggs, the table full of fish and meat was gone. He was dumbfounded. Where were the leftovers he had planned for?
"Have you bought the carriage?"

The shopkeeper came back to his senses and said, "I bought it. When do you want it?"

"Tomorrow morning, use the remaining money to buy me some frozen meat, fine rice, pots and pans, and a shovel."

"Okay, okay, okay."

The shopkeeper smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

After the shopkeeper left, Jiang Nian finally couldn't help it, "Spend a little more."

Jiang Yu responded, "Poor at home but rich on the road, save money when you get home."

……

The next day, Jiang Yu was amazed by the carriage and the items purchased by the shopkeeper.

Probably the thinnest and oldest horse in the town was the one in front of her.

Probably the most shabby carriage in the town was the one in front of her.

It is estimated that the pile in front of her is full of pots, pans, and utensils that have been used in the town for thousands of years.

The beige rice looks like it has been aged for a century, and the frozen meat looks like it has been frozen for ten thousand years.

As for the shovel, one corner was broken and the wooden handle was also broken.

Looking at the smiling shopkeeper, Jiang Yu clenched his fists and said, "Clean all these pots and pans for me, otherwise, I will tear down your inn!"

The shopkeeper refused to serve and was picked up by Jiang Yu with one hand.

"You don't believe I can tear down your inn?"

"Wash it, I'll wash it."

After washing the pots, pans, and utensils, Jiang Yu saw that he could deal with it. He went into the inn's kitchen and packed up all the usable ingredients in the kitchen.

The shopkeeper stamped his feet, feeling what a loss! If he had known that the young man was a strong man, he would never have dared to make such dirty money.

However, the shopkeeper took out a flint from his sleeve pocket and said, "Hey, hey, the higher the virtue, the higher the evil. I see you have so many ingredients. How are you going to cook them without fire?"

……

Old Ma was not as fast as Jiang Yu, but he managed to get out of the capital before dark.

The roads on both sides of the official road are even more desolate, so we have to sleep outside at night.

On the side of the official road, Jiang Yu used a broken shovel to dig two deep pits, one as a temporary sleeping hole and the other as a temporary kitchen hole.

It can shelter you from the wind better than the leaky walls of the inn!