My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 162 Daytime Curfew

Gu Li looked at Chang An's finger, blinked her eyes, and then she chuckled belatedly. She stared at Chang An and said unyieldingly:

“It should be four stars!”

"The other two are here!"

As she spoke, Gu Li pointed at Chang An's eyes, which made Chang An very happy. She then leaned over to rub her face fiercely. Then, not feeling satisfied enough, she smacked Gu Li's face fiercely again.

Gu Li was taken down by Chang An's series of actions, and the smile on her face widened. She fluttered twice in Chang An's arms, then put her arms around his neck, kissed Chang An, and asked:

"Is Shichanglang going to study at the Imperial Academy tomorrow?"

"You don't have to go these few days. The master will ask for leave for me." Chang An said, "We will go to the palace again in a while to report the results to His Majesty."

Gu Li nodded, then leaned happily into Chang An's arms and said, "Then Chang Lang can accompany me for several more days!"

Chang An smiled, and suddenly the person in his arms coughed twice. He picked up the tea at hand, fed Gu Li to drink, and then directly carried Gu Li into the house in a princess hug.

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The next day, Chang An got up at the same time as Gu Li. He sat up and felt a slight pain in his head. His forehead seemed to be a little hot. Gu Li beside him coughed twice, which prompted him to reach out his hand again and touch her forehead.

It was also a little hot, and then he pulled up Gu Li's left arm and looked at the wound. The wound had begun to harden, and some tiny red spots began to appear faintly.

"Chang Lang, are you feeling unwell?" Gu Li asked after coughing twice.

"I have a headache and fever. How about you, Mother Gu?" Chang An got out of bed and started to change his clothes.

Gu Li held his head and said, "I feel a little uncomfortable and a little dizzy."

Chang An put on his clothes, then returned to the bedside, and felt her forehead, and at the same time touched his own forehead for comparison. Gu Li's forehead was indeed a little hotter than his, but he didn't feel as uncomfortable as he did when he had a fever before. It should be a pathological reaction to the vaccination.

"It's okay, this is a side effect of the cowpox vaccination." Chang An said, and then looked carefully at Gu Li's face and other arm, and there were no red spots.

"Will I also get a rash on my body?" Gu Li asked worriedly.

Chang An smiled and touched her head, saying, "No, it will only leave a little red spot on Gu Niang's wound. After the wound heals, it will be completely fine and there will be no rash."

"That's good..." Gu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chang An finally patted Gu Li on the head and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Our precious mother Gu will definitely be fine."

"Mother Gu, you are in poor health and your fever is more serious than mine. You should have a good rest today."

"Okay." Gu Li nodded obediently.

Chang An smiled, then turned around and left the room to wash up. Gu Li got out of bed, fetched his clothes, put them on, and sat back on the bed.

From time to time, Chang An came in with a basin of water and came to the bedside. He held Gu Li and sat on the bedside, letting Gu Li brush his teeth by himself.

After she finished brushing her teeth, Chang An put the towel in the water, wet it with cold water, and gently wiped Gu Li's face. Then, after soaking in it for a while, he put the towel on Gu Li's forehead.

After applying the towel for a while, Chang An put the towel back into the basin. Gu Li also got out of his arms tacitly and cooperatively and sat back on the bed.

"How is it? Is it uncomfortable?" Chang An stood up and asked.

Gu Li shook his head and said, "I have a slight headache, but it's not as bad as when I have a fever."

Chang An nodded and said, "That's good. I'll carry some cold water in the house every day for the next two days and apply cold compresses from time to time. How do you think?"

"Okay, then Chang Lang also wants to apply it." After Gu Li finished speaking, he chuckled twice.

Chang An kissed Gu Li's cheek lovingly, then left with the basin of water. Gu Li sat down at the desk, picked up the poetry collection, and began to read.

After Chang An came back, he put the basin next to the low table, making sure it was within easy reach and wouldn't be knocked over. Then he picked up Gu Li and started reading poetry with her.

"Why does Gu Niang still want to read books? Aren't you afraid that your condition will get worse and then you will turn into a little fool?" Chang An made another joke.

But Gu Li obviously believed it. His whole body stiffened for a moment, and then he asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. When has your Chang Lang ever lied to you?" Chang An said with a smile.

"Then...if I become stupid, will Chang Lang still like me?" Gu Li asked again, leaning directly on Chang An's chest while asking.

The great talent Chang An also heard something wrong in these words. It was obvious that Gu Li meant more than that. He gently shook Gu Li and said:

"Our Gu Niang is so well-behaved, she won't become stupid. Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance that she really does become stupid, I will still love Gu Niang as much as I do now."

"Hmph..." Gu Li rubbed Chang An's neck with his nose like a kitten, "Chang Lang must be trying to scare me, I'm not stupid."

Chang An smiled, then reached out to take the towel, wet it, and applied a cold compress to Gu Li's forehead for a while. Then he wet it again and applied it to his own forehead.

At this time, Zhen'er and Huaiqin both walked in, and the latter was holding medicine in her hand.

"Sanniang, it's time to take the medicine."

Gu Li took the medicine bowl, and Huai Qin also spoke: "Sir, the gatekeeper outside just said that there is a daytime curfew in the city today. Except for every household going out to buy vegetables, almost no one is allowed to go out."

Chang An had already anticipated this, and asked, "What kind of curfew is this? Is the control strict?"

"I heard from the concierge that, except for gentlemen going to school and people going to buy necessities, no one else is allowed to stay on the street for too long."

"Not only that, some people were arrested for staying outside too long."

Chang An raised his eyebrows. This level of control was already considered strict for today's society. And except for being able to stay on the street for a while and go out to buy things, it was basically no different from a curfew.

"I understand. Go to the kitchen and tell them to buy all the ingredients for the day when you go shopping later." Chang An thought for a while and then gave the order.

"Yes, son."

Gu Li quickly finished the medicine, handed the bowl to Zhen'er, and asked, "I didn't expect that the emperor would actually issue a ban and enforce it so strictly."

"This is not very strict. The real strictness should be that no one in the world goes out and stays at home. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy." Chang An said this, and at this moment he thought of the sudden "plague" in a certain year. The epidemic control at that time was the best in the world.

Chang An even doubted whether the current control could really reduce the spread of the virus. Moreover, the current epidemic was smallpox, which could be prevented with a vaccine, so it was undeniable that it could be relaxed.

"Ah! Is it really necessary to be so strict?" Gu Li closed the book at this time and asked, "Won't the people riot?"

Chang An smiled and said, "No, we have to trust the present."

The Chinese nation is a united nation. As long as there are any instructions and policies, they can be well implemented among the people - of course, except for some turbulent and dark times.

But this also requires the leaders and the ruling class to have enough popular support. Now is the Kaiyuan prosperous era, Yang Yuhuan was born not long ago, and it is difficult to make Li Longji reach the level of stupidity in the later period.

Therefore, if this decree cannot be implemented, it would be somewhat unrealistic.

Gu Li then nodded and said, "That's true."

"The current emperor has also promised that during this period of closure, all losses will be compensated from the national treasury. With such a guarantee, why wouldn't the people of our Tang Dynasty do as they are told?"

"That's good. It can reduce the spread of smallpox to a certain extent. It can both guarantee income and save lives. Why not do it?"

Chang An explained.

"How long will the ban last?" Gu Li asked, "Won't the people get sick from staying at home?"

Chang An shook his head and said, "No, if it's fast, it will be banned until our experiment is finished. If it's slow, it will be at most half a month, and after all the people in the city have received the vaccine and recovered, it will be lifted."

"I just don't know whether the prefectures and counties outside Chang'an City will receive news of the ban."

After talking about this topic, the two continued to read poetry. After lunch, when Gu Li and Chang An were sitting in the pavilion digesting their food, Chang Wenmeng walked in.

"Father."

After seeing Chang Wenmeng, the couple stood up and greeted him.

"Yonghe, why didn't you go to the Imperial College today? The emperor even issued an edict himself, saying that you don't need to go to the Imperial College during this period." Chang Wenmeng asked directly.

He also thought at first that it was because of the ban, but other students had all gone back to study, but Chang An didn't go, which made people curious.

So Chang An explained to Chang Wenmeng everything from his visit to the palace to the banning of the imperial edict. Chang Wenmeng was very surprised. When he heard that the two of them had personally received the smallpox, he was a little worried:

"You two have even contracted smallpox! Are you feeling unwell?"

Gu Li then explained: "Yes, there are some, but they are not harmful. They are much better than those who actually have smallpox. And if there is a problem, wouldn't the servants in the house be sick now?"

Chang Wenmeng then nodded and said, "That's good."