I pretend to be a fairy in ancient times
Chapter 26
With the end of the family drama of the Jiang family, the rain gradually became smaller. Before dusk came, the dark clouds in the sky cleared up. Zhao Ji and Yan Yunkai stood opposite each other under the setting sun, and the shadows on the ground blended together.
Tang Jia has already taken away a group of criminals. What Yan Yunkai meant was to throw Dong Yuan's criminal evidence directly to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Apart from the Jiang family's case, there are of course many other cases. Bao, took out some secretly kept evidence, which also involved a large number of people related to the Dong family.
Now there is no need to worry about the little emperor's health, Yan Yunkai is ready to make a big move, he wants to further reduce the power of Empress Dowager Dong in the court, but he doesn't want to tell Zhao Ji about these things.
He hoped that those annoying party disputes would be kept out of Zhao Ji's life forever.
Before leaving, Yan Yun took Zhao Ji's hand and said, "Originally we agreed to stay for dinner, but Xu Jian must have something urgent to find me. You said earlier that the boy will come to the National Teacher's Mansion tomorrow to get almond cakes." , I might as well send a car to pick you up tomorrow, and make up for tonight’s dinner. Also, the capital is not peaceful recently, so you should take it easy and don’t take any more risks.”
To be held by Yan Yun, this is really a sweet burden for Zhao Ji.On the one hand, he felt that Yan Yunkai's slender and powerful hands were so pretty, a thin layer of calluses made his palms itch.On the other hand, I cast aside myself in my heart, how can I dream about my friends, pure friendship cannot be tarnished.
In Zhao Ji's mind, Yan Yunkai's feelings for him are pure friendship.He would also feel sorry for Yan Yunkai because of his occasional impure thoughts.
It can't be blamed for Zhao Ji's insensitivity, because his thoughts have a wonderful dislocation.
In the ancient friendship stories in Zhao Ji's impression, they are always full of vocabulary such as talking at night by holding candles, sleeping on feet, and advancing hand in hand.For example, in the story of Gaoshan Liushui, Boya smashed his beloved Qin because Zhong Ziqi was dead.In the poem written by Du Fu to Li Bai, there is a sentence "Three nights of frequent dreams about the king, and seeing the king's will in love."
Moreover, it is also a very common etiquette in modern social life to shake hands when saying goodbye.Some leaders or elders, when parting, especially like to hold other people's hands and talk a lot before letting them go.Every time this happens, Zhao Ji will find it annoying.But the same thing, if Yan Yunkai did it, he wouldn't hate it no matter what.
Yan Yun procrastinated and said a lot, but also wanted to see Zhao Ji for a while, and finally let go of Zhao Ji's hand when he couldn't procrastinate any longer.
"Goodbye."
After hearing Yan Yunkai's farewell, Zhao Ji thought that he would turn around and leave immediately, but Yan Yunkai still didn't leave, standing half a meter away from him, staring straight at him.
Is it necessary for him to say a parting message such as being careful on the road and please take care of yourself before completing the farewell ceremony?
Before Zhao Ji could think about what to say, Yan Yunkai turned around and rode on his horse, and left without looking back.
Today Yanyun opened strangely.
After Zhao Ji came to this conclusion, he stopped thinking about it.He still needs to check on Mrs. Jiang's condition. It's almost time, and he can give him two injections of antivenom.
After giving Master Jiang an injection first, I took a temperature test/body temperature. I had a low-grade fever, but it wasn't too serious.Then Zhao Ji used iodophor to sterilize Mr. Jiang's wound. Originally, Mr. Jiang's surgical wound was almost healed, but because the wound was infected with snake venom and was a little inflamed, this time the wound must take a long time to heal It can only be repaired, so in the last six months, Mrs. Jiang can only cultivate at home. It seems that the two children of the Xia family are destined to change teachers.
But two days ago, Xia Peng and Xia Xiao complained that the new teacher was stricter than Mr. Jiang, and he would slap his palms at every turn.Although Mrs. Jiang often kept a straight face, he seldom hit people, and basically used scaring.
What does it mean to know regret only when you lose it? This is a vivid example.
Zhao Ji helped Master Jiang pull up his clothes, and then let Jiang Heshan, who was waiting outside the door, enter the house.The relatives of the Jiang family were also sent back, and only Jiang Heshan needed to stay to take care of Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Heshan was as listless as a frost-beaten eggplant, and his shrewd and powerful image was gone. When he carried Mrs. Jiang's "corpse" to settle accounts with Zhao Ji, he looked better than now.
Zhao Ji also felt a little sympathetic to him. Jiang Heshan had just been betrayed by his wife. Mrs. Wang not only committed adultery, but also killed her father. For men in this era, I am afraid that their life is a failure.
At this time, most people would persuade Jiang Heshan to relax and be generous, and they might even say, why does a man have no wife?
Zhao Ji, who had taken a psychology course, knew that the more he talked at this time, the greater the psychological burden would be on Jiang Heshan.
At this time, you should let him calm down and don't stimulate him.Even if you want to give support, it should be a kind of silent support, such as asking the cook to cook dinner better.
In the evening, Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia didn't go home for dinner again. Lao Zheng, the housekeeper of Xia's family, drove a mule cart to pick Zhao Ji up for dinner, but Zhao Ji refused on the grounds that there was a sick person at home.
He thought, this afternoon was full of chaos, fortunately Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia were not here.
Watching Lao Zheng drive away in the mule cart, Zhao Ji was somewhat envious.
Cars in this era are indeed a bit bumpy, but it will be fine after you get used to it. The speed of a horse-drawn carriage can at least match that of a high-speed bicycle, and the size of Jian'an City is also comparable to a modern prefecture-level city. It's really inconvenient to do things.
In fact, Zhao Ji had already bought a carriage and hired a groom, who was Chen Xing, the guard of the Wang family.
Chen Xing is almost 40 years old, and has never been married. The salary of being a guard in Wang's family is not low, but he just hasn't saved any money, and there is still an old lady in his hometown to support.
When Zhao Ji bought the house, Liu Da was also there. He heard that he was looking for a groom, so he recommended Chen Xing. Liu Da was a warm-hearted person. He said to Zhao Ji, "In a few years, Chen Xing will also do it." Don't do caravan work anymore. Such a big man doesn't have a daughter-in-law, and he doesn't have a fortune. Let him be a groom with you for two days. If you meet the right one, it doesn't matter whether she is a widow or deaf. Mute and handicapped, help him find a daughter-in-law to start a family."
Zhao Ji thought that Chen Xing's driving skills were quite good, and he could do a few tricks, which was more than enough for their family to be a groom and nurse.But Chen Xing said that his old mother is still in Ueno County, if she goes with the caravan, she can go back several times a year and stay at home for two months, if she works as Zhao Ji's groom in the capital, she won't be able to take care of her widowed mother.
There is no way, Zhao Ji has some friendship with Chen Xing. Although Chen Xing has a rough mouth and looks wretched, he has a good heart.Zhao Ji had no choice but to be a good man to the end, lent him the newly bought carriage, and asked him to go back to his hometown and bring his mother to the capital.
Chen Xing had been away from Beijing for four or five days, he ran fast this time with an empty car, unlike the slow pace of following the caravan when he came here, he probably already arrived home.
Forget it, when Chen Xing comes back, he will have a carriage, so he doesn't have to envy others.
In the evening, only Zhao Ji and Jiang Heshan ate, unlike the lively two tables at noon, Jiang Heshan still had a bitter face, and anyone who saw it would be disgusted, but considering Jiang Heshan's mentality that was on the verge of collapse Zhao Ji didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with the situation.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Heshan suddenly said that he wanted to drink. Zhao Ji looked at the soup and water on the table, and there was no decent appetizer. He also ordered Huang Qi to warm up the rice wine and pour some peanuts.
Jiang Heshan saw Zhao Ji being so accommodating, and thought that this was someone else's house, and finally felt a little ashamed, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, did you commit too many sins in your previous life?"
Zhao Ji said displeased, "Buddhists only cultivate past and present lives. The inheritance I got said that people should live well in this life and this life. Don't take other people's faults on yourself. A person just needs to be good at himself. If Everyone in the world can do their duty well, and the world will definitely become a peaceful and prosperous world. For example, if you want to be a county magistrate, you should be a good official, and this is your duty."
Zhao Ji said a few words of chicken soup for the soul. Apart from hoping to comfort Jiang Heshan, he also hoped to divert his ambitions. If he concentrates on work in the future, he will no longer have the leisure to be sentimental.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhao Ji's words, Jiang Heshan smiled briefly and said, "Your statement is quite similar to our old man's statement. I don't know when he will wake up."
With the first few words as a base, after drinking a few glasses of wine, Jiang Heshan has completely opened up the chatterbox.
"I don't dare to go home now. If I go back to see our eldest sister and she asks me for a mother, I don't know how to tell her."
Jiang Heshan has only one daughter, who is only six years old. She has not yet taken an official name, and she has been called "Big Sister" all the time.But Jiang Heshan is only her one child, and although she doesn't say that she is loved in every possible way, she has never been made to suffer.
Now this child has no mother at once, and because of this disgusting reason, I am afraid that he will not be called a good family in the future.
Now that Mrs. Jiang is well again, Jiang Heshan has to go to other places to become an official, and the elder sister can only be entrusted to his grandparents to take care of him. Thinking about his sister's fate, Jiang Heshan doesn't trust his father's level of education for his daughter.
Zhao Ji put down the bowl and chopsticks, looked at Jiang Heshan who was full of distress and said, "Why don't you let your daughter be my apprentice."
"What?" Jiang Heshan was so excited that he knocked down the wine glass in front of him.Then he said dejectedly, "It's a pity that she's just a girl, and she's already seven years old this year."
Zhao Jihui said indifferently, "The Immortal taught me to cure diseases and save lives, regardless of whether the patients are male or female. Since women also get sick, your daughter can study medicine. You let her learn from me, find an identity that is out of the world, and rely on yourself in the future. If you keep her at home, you will just find a poor and poor family at will in the future, and let your daughter suffer."
Even if Jiang Heshan knew that the status of Taoist aunt and medicine woman was not high, he hoped that his daughter would have a good life in the future and not have to suffer or suffer.
With a decision in his mind, Jiang Heshan picked up an empty glass, filled it himself, held it in both hands and handed it to Zhao Ji, "Then I will thank the little fairy for the little girl first."
After Zhao Ji drank his wine, the matter was settled.
Zhao Ji's decision to accept Jiang Heshan's daughter as an apprentice was not a sudden whim.
He originally wanted to recruit a few apprentices to help him out, but as an older child, his ideology has already been finalized, and it would be extremely difficult to teach such a person how to perform surgery.
Accepting young children as apprentices is another problem. While studying medicine, it is necessary to learn some cultural courses properly.But Zhao Ji doesn't know how to teach culture classes, and he can't do his own culture classes, so he can only barely read novels to teach students.
In this way, Jiang Heshan's daughter is a good candidate. She was born in a scholar's family, and she must have begun to read at this age. If she wants to teach more cultural lessons, isn't Master Jiang doing it for her?
If there are other apprentices in the future, with this relationship, Master Jiang can also do it for him.Anyway, he doesn't plan to take too many apprentices, at most three or five, and he will hold a small class for them at home.
Zhao Ji's abacus was clattering, and then he asked about the situation of Sister Jiang, and then Jiang Heshan smiled and said, "Three hundred thousand can become a song."
This girl is a gifted child. She is only six years old and knows so many words.
Of course, in this era, being able to read at the age of six is not enough to be famous, one must be able to compose poetry at the age of six to be eligible to be famous in Jinghua.
And among the high gates of Jian'an City, there seems to be no shortage of such geniuses.
When I was in the palace some time ago, the imperial doctors chatted with each other when they had nothing to do. When they talked about famous people, there was a romantic talent named Zheng Qin among them.
Zheng Qin is the uncle of the current emperor and was once a world-renowned child prodigy.It's a pity that this is a story similar to that of Shang Zhongyong. It may not be good when he is young. The imperial doctors mentioned him only to lament how depraved this person is now.
Zheng Qin could read at the age of three, and could write poems at the age of five. The poems he made at the age of ten were passed down and sung by musicians and singers.At the age of 16, Zheng Qin fell in love, and fell in love with Wei Zi, a singer famous for singing his poems.
The love tragedy that happened ten years ago has been written into a drama and widely circulated.It was also this well-known love tragedy that made the Zheng family completely rejected by the late emperor.
Although I don't know the truth, anyway, judging from the version Zhao Ji heard, the story is quite bloody.
Ten years ago, the little emperor was already two years old. Although the Empress Dowager Zheng's father, Zheng Bin, was only a little six-rank Honglu Temple master, his tail was almost up to the sky.
Relying on his status as a relative of the emperor and Zheng Qin's reputation as a child prodigy, Zheng Bin made an engagement with the family of Zhang Tongfu, the right minister at the time. Zhang Tongfu had a young daughter, who was 15 years old at the time, and was about the same age as Zheng Qin.
The first emperor also secretly facilitated this marriage, otherwise the Zhang family has a lot of relatives, why would they have to marry the youngest daughter of their own blood.
In the eyes of the first emperor, Zheng Bin's ability to be an official was limited, and the Zheng family didn't have too many outstanding figures. Even the child prodigy, Zheng Qin, he didn't think much of.
That's right, it's not surprising that there are so many No. [-] picks selected every three years, and that one is not the child prodigy who used to be, sitting in the position of emperor.
What's more, the way of poetry is not beneficial to governing the country, it is just a small way.Zheng Qin is already 16 years old, and he didn't even pass the examination as a scholar. Based on this alone, the late emperor didn't think much of him. Therefore, in the eyes of the late emperor, the most useful thing about Zheng Qin was his identity, the uncle of the little prince. , is the best marriage partner.
Zheng Qin himself was not too concerned about this marriage, which even the emperor paid close attention to. At that time, he was writing love poems to Wei Zi day after day.Whenever Wei Zi received Zheng Qin's love poems, he would compose a tune, and then Zheng Qin would take a bunch of romantic talents to listen to them, showing off both his talents and the beauties who admired him.
Zheng Qin became famous too early, even before the Empress Dowager Zheng entered the palace, and his style of celebrity was deeply ingrained. He despised fame and fortune, and only wanted to live a life of chic and unrestrained. Wei Zi was his first lover. A romantic talent, he will have many lovers like Wei Zi in the future.
But things happened unexpectedly. Both Zheng Qin and Wei Zi were celebrities, and their love affairs spread quickly. The Zhang family, who had just married the Zheng family, was very annoyed when they found out. There's no need to push your own daughter into the fire pit.
Zheng Bin personally apologized at the door and promised to handle the matter well.Seeing that Zheng Bin was so sincere, the Zhang family gritted their teeth and admitted it.
In the perception of the Zhang family, the so-called good handling is nothing more than buying the singing girl home, or giving her a title, or serving her as a maid.It would be the worst situation to buy another house outside for Zheng Qin to use as an outside room.
Who would have thought that Zheng Bin's so-called good handling actually went to the singer's house and beat her to death in front of her parents, Lao Tzu, and several guests.
Although Wei Zi is the daughter of the Lehu family, she was born with a lowly background.Even so, she is a living person.
Even if the slaves in the family committed crimes, there is no saying that they were killed directly, at most they would be sold, or let her die of illness, at least not to make it too bloody on the surface.
Zheng Bin did such a thing, causing disturbances in the government and the public. Concubine Zheng took off her hairpin to plead guilty, and knelt outside the Zichen Hall overnight, and Zheng Bin was spared the death penalty.
Concubine Zheng was demoted to Concubine Shu, Zheng Bin was deprived of all his fame, and was demoted to a commoner and could not be hired for life, which meant that even if the new emperor came to the throne, he would never be able to stand up.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Qin was still restless, and even jumped into the pond in the middle of winter, saying that he wanted to die for Wei Zi.The pond at home is only so deep, and there are servants watching, how could it be possible for Zheng Qin to die, and was fished up just after jumping down.The emperor was very angry when he knew about it, and personally married Zhang's daughter to the clan, and the previous engagement was naturally invalidated.
The Zheng family finally woke up from the frivolous state of burning oil, and found that the emperor completely detested them.
However, Zheng Qin still went his own way, and after two years, he began to linger in karaoke bars and restaurants, and his poems were also written correctly, but the poems he wrote now are vividly pornographic/cissy songs.Although there are still people who like him in private, no serious person dares to admit it publicly. Once Zheng Qin is mentioned, he must make a gesture of looking down on him.
The new emperor has been enthroned for five years. Although the Zheng family is unworthy, they have continued to offer rewards year after year, so there is no shortage of money.Otherwise, according to Zheng Qin's posture, if he is short of money, he will definitely be able to work as a poet in Hualou.
Although Zheng Qin is very ugly now, in the drama about him and Wei Zi, after Wei Zi died, Zheng Qin also died in love, and the two became peony flower souls and went to live together in the fairy palace in the sky.Wei Zi's name is a kind of peony. It is not surprising that people make such associations.
Although the girl from the Jiang family was not a child prodigy like Zheng Qin, in Jiang Heshan's mind, his daughter was still his own, so when he introduced his daughter's situation to Zhao Ji, he was quite proud.
However, Zhao Ji had a question, "Why doesn't your family even help her choose a proper name for such a good child?"
Jiang Heshan said, "When she was young, she asked Li Daochang of Zhenwu Temple to calculate. She said that her character is light, and she can't get a proper name until she is ten years old. She will choose a name after she is ten years old, and she will have a name when she gets married and asks her name." That's it."
Zhao Ji wondered, "Your family doesn't ask ghosts and gods, why don't you even give your daughter's name because of a Taoist priest's words?"
Jiang Heshan was surprised and said, "How can this be regarded as asking ghosts and gods? The eight-character divination is based on the "Book of Changes". Although Taoist monks are doing divination now, this origin still comes from Confucianism. According to the current customs, birth, Marriage and burial are all done by inviting a mage to inquire about good and bad luck."
Zhao Ji is also using the name of ghosts and gods now, so it is not easy to argue with Jiang Heshan. He just said, "Your girl wants to be my apprentice. With the face of a fairy, it's okay to choose a name in advance."
The main reason is that it is convenient to have a name. Calling a little girl, Big Sister Jiang, Big Sister, people in this era don't think there is a problem, but Zhao Ji finds it awkward.
When Jiang Heshan heard Zhao Ji say that he was blessed by an immortal, he also felt that it was all right. He now trusts Zhao Ji blindly.
Then he left the problem of choosing a name to Zhao Ji for a good reason. Since the gods wanted to bless his daughter for Zhao Ji's sake, of course Zhao Ji chose the most suitable name. reasonable.
With this said, Zhao Ji had no reason to refuse, and immediately agreed to this irresponsible father, that he would use the name of the master to name his future disciple.
But after thinking about it for a long time, he could only think of a bunch of maid names such as Chunxiang, Bitao, etc., which were recently read in novels.No way, how could his apprentice use such a random name, so Zhao Ji resorted to a tactic of delaying the attack, "Brother Jiang, I can't think of a good name for a while, why don't you wait for you to bring my apprentice?" , I'm looking at her appearance, and I'm looking at what name to give her."
Jiang Heshan also nodded, "It's time to have a look before taking it. Our eldest sister is Xiuwaihuizhong, such a cute and cute little doll, alas~ah~"
Zhao Ji saw that Jiang Heshan was crying silently when he said this, so it was not easy to expose him, so he added a bowl of rice to himself, and quietly picked up vegetables to eat.
Before dark, Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia returned home together, and found that the patient at home was Mrs. Jiang again.
Zhao Ji could only bite the bullet and tell them what happened this afternoon. This matter cannot be kept secret, even if he doesn't tell it now, Granny Xia and the others will hear it from others tomorrow.
When the time comes, it will definitely be an embellished version, and he thinks it's safe to say it himself.
This incident is so similar to what happened to Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia were terrified after hearing this. Mrs. Xia stared at Zhao Ji with lingering fear and said, "Bao'er, isn't our family rich? Don’t practice medicine anymore, let’s do other business. Sell tea like the Wang family, or buy and write land, and collect rent to live.”
But for practicing medicine, Zhao Ji has his own persistence, this is his craft, and he must not let it go to waste.
What's more, Mrs. Xia's thinking is simple, maybe her old man is not unexpected, but her concern is chaotic. When it happened to Zhao Ji, she inevitably lost her sense of proportion.
In fact, as long as you are not a person who does not know what is going on outside the window, everyone knows that whether you are doing business or being a big landlord, you need powerful backers.At present, Zhao Ji has no shortage of backers, and his biggest backer is the national teacher.But this is in exchange for medical skills, and now the food and clothing expenses of the family are all in exchange for medical skills, so medical skills are the foundation, and we cannot sacrifice the basics for the trivial.
However, in addition to having a backer, one needs to have a suitable manager in order to run a business and farm. Otherwise, they will be eaten up by the big rats under him, and no amount of money will be enough to make up for the shortfall.This is also the reason why people like to use relatives. Although relatives may also fill their pockets, they are at least more at ease than outsiders.
As for risks, even if you have power and a reliable manager, you will inevitably lose money in business, and you may encounter natural disasters when farming.
No matter what you do, there are certain risks. For example, being an official is a very risky profession, but why are there so many people who want to be officials even if they sharpen their heads? Isn't it because of the huge benefits that can be gained from being an official? , enough to offset people's fear of danger.
Of course, in some troubled times, the monarch killed indiscriminately, and the risk of being an official was too great for the scholar-bureaucrats, so they would choose to retreat to the mountains and forests.
Obviously, practicing medicine now brings him huge benefits, but the degree of danger is not enough for him to run away upon hearing the news.
Zhao Ji thought very clearly, he didn't believe that Mrs. Xia really couldn't figure out such a simple truth, she was just blind, there was no explanation, all he needed to do was to appease and make the old lady happy.
So Zhao Ji smiled and said to Mrs. Xia, "As long as I have good medical skills for my grandson, I will let him frame me as much as I want. As long as the patient is cured by me, no one can harm me. Let's talk about the Jiang family this time. He was going to be beaten and killed before, but when I cured the patient, he was so grateful to me and even sent his daughter to me as an apprentice."
Now Mrs. Xiao is in good spirits, "How old is Jiang's daughter."
Zhao Ji replied, "Seven years old"
"Seven years old is too young. If you have a ten-year-old, you can barely do it." Jiang Heshan is the county magistrate. Although Zhao Ji is famous in the end, he is a white body after all. Xiao Niangzi feels that if Zhao Ji can get a county magistrate's daughter, he will not be too old. It's a disgrace to the lintel.
Looking at Mrs. Xiao's expression, Zhao Ji knew that she probably misunderstood, so he reminded loudly, "I'm talking about taking the Jiang family's daughter as an apprentice."
Mrs. Xiao said dissatisfied, "It's so good, why do you want to accept a girl as an apprentice, you are now at the age of marriage, and the Yue family will definitely have opinions when they know about it in the future."
Zhao Ji was shocked when he heard this. Although he was only 16 years old, he was indeed at the age of marriage in this era.Some people who want to study for the imperial examination may postpone it for a while in order not to affect their studies, but the maximum delay is 21 or [-] years old, which already belongs to the category of late marriage.
In his previous life, Zhao Ji's choice was to come out of the closet directly, and he didn't plan to get married in this life, but for no reason, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to mention this matter to Miss Xiao and the others.
When Mrs. Xiao mentioned it today, Zhao Ji actually had a feeling that it was finally here.
I know that this era is no different from the modern society, even if Zhao Ji told Mrs. Xiao that he likes men, it would not cause too much disturbance, even if he said he would not get married, it would be fine.If he dared to say that he didn't want to have children, then the family would be turned upside down, and both Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia would try their best to force Zhao Ji to submit.
Because in the minds of people in this era, if they have no heirs, they will be lonely and wild ghosts after death. There is no one to worship, and they will be bullied in the underworld in the future.
Someone once said that the world of ghosts is the mirror of the world of the living.In farming civilization, if you have no heirs, you will definitely be bullied when you get old and weak.Even if you have property, you may not be able to protect it, so you don't need to be a ghost. When you are a human, you have to be bullied first.
Of course, if they are really rich and powerful to a certain extent, such as those eunuchs who are destined to be childless, as long as they can bring the money out of the palace alive, there will be a lot of people rushing to serve them.So for Zhao Ji, who is skilled and wealthy, he is actually not too worried about the bleak evening scene.
In such a background of the times, in order not to arouse the backlash from Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia, Zhao Ji felt that he must master the speaking skills when talking about this matter.
It's not that he doesn't want to marry a wife and have children, but that he can't marry a wife and have children.
Anyway, he is already very proficient at being a magic stick.As long as it is pushed to the god he made up, everything will make sense.
So Zhao Ji deliberately put on a dejected and devastated expression, opened and closed his mouth, hesitant to speak but stopped.
Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Xia and the others saw Zhao Ji's lost look, and thinking of the previous topic, they thought that Zhao Ji had a problem with Zhao's father, and they fell in love with those unworthy girls in the courtyard.
Although they are unhappy, they are the ones who love their children.Seeing that Zhao Ji was so sad, he couldn't help being a little soft-hearted. They looked at each other, and it was still Madam Xia who probed, "Bao'er, do you have a sweetheart? Why are you unhappy when it comes to marriage?"
Zhao Ji still tried his best to maintain a sad look, and sighed, "Grandma, what kind of sweetheart do I have? Even if there is, I can't hurt him."
"How do you say that?" Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Xiao both heard something wrong.
Zhao Ji felt that his acting skills were about to reach the limit, but the next content was the highlight. In order to prevent Mrs. Xiao and the others from seeing the flaws, he could only use a unique trick.
Slowly turned around, leaving only a lonely figure behind them.
"The god who gave me the inheritance said that I was at the end of my life. He saw me as pitiful, so he resurrected me and passed on my medical skills. The underworld originally didn't help me arrange a wife and children. The order, not to mention the trouble with my wife and children, I am afraid that even I will return the stolen Yangshou, so the old god once warned me that I must never marry a wife and have children."
The story was told so perfectly that Zhao Ji could already hear Miss Xiao sobbing.After waiting for a while, Mrs. Xia asked in a choked voice, "When did this happen?"
Zhao Ji answered truthfully, "In Qingyang County."
In Qingyang County, the real Zhao Ji has returned to the underworld. He is not lying, so let these two women cry for their dead children.
"My poor son." Mrs. Xiao couldn't restrain the pain and lost her voice.
The old lady Xia also sobbed and said, "Bao'er, Bao'er, why are you keeping such an important matter from us?"
Zhao Ji said, "When I learned that I had come back from the dead, on the one hand, I was only happy, but on the other hand, I was afraid that my grandma and mother would be worried, so I didn't say anything. As for the matter of marrying a wife, we were precarious at that time. I don't know where the rice is, so I can't think of such a long-term view."
After saying this, Zhao Ji walked out with his head down, and now Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia can only digest it by themselves.He is going to take a shower and go to bed. He has been busy all day today, and he feels very tired once he relaxes.
After sleeping until midnight, Jiang Heshan came to knock on his door. It turned out that Master Jiang woke up.Zhao Ji, who was half asleep and half awake, got up and took a look. He was indeed awake, indicating that the snake venom had been metabolized. He fed him a bowl of sugar water first, and then ordered the cook to cook some porridge for him with leftover rice and bacon. Master Jiang is not undergoing surgery this time, not only can he eat normally, but also eat more and sleep more, so his body recovers quickly.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Ji didn't wait to see Mrs. Jiang drink porridge, and went back to sleep directly after the diagnosis and treatment.
The next morning Zhao Ji woke up a bit late, that's why he didn't have to go to work, and he could sleep as long as he wanted.Everyone in the family knew that he got up to see Mrs. Jiang last night, and he stayed up late, and no one came to disturb him.
When Zhao Ji finished washing and went to the living room, he found that there were two children, one big and one small, in the house.
Mrs. Jiang had a lot of trouble last night, and Jiang Heshan stayed up all the time. When the sky was light in the morning, he went home to pick up his younger brother and daughter, and brought a big rooster raised at home as a thank-you ceremony.
Jiang Heshan's daughter was sent to be an apprentice, and his younger brother was to take over his task of taking care of Master Jiang.Time has been delayed for too long, Jiang Heshan can only stay in the capital for two days at most, and he is going to take up the post quickly, so there is no need to worry about not being able to catch up with the time now.
When Zhao Ji entered the living room, Mrs. Xiao was talking to Jiang Heshan's daughter, asking how old she was, whether she had read, what books she had read, and what she had read by heart.
Maybe it's because she knows that she will never have a grandson. Miss Xiao is very patient with children today, no matter how she looks at her, she finds them cute.
When Jiang Heshan saw Zhao Ji coming, he pulled the little girl over and asked her to kowtow to Zhao Ji.
The girl was wearing a pink floral dress, her hair was combed into a half bun, obviously well-groomed, she kowtowed to Zhao Ji obediently and obediently.Zhao Ji knew that this was the apprentice he was going to accept, so he accepted her salute. After she finished saluting, Zhao Ji quickly pulled her up and stuffed her with a piece of gold.
The gold was stuffed directly into the little girl's hand. She spread her little hand and stared at the gold in her palm, dumbfounded for a moment.
Zhao Ji smiled kindly and said, "This is a meeting gift for the teacher."
In fact, he also knew that it was inappropriate for such a young child to give gold, but he had nothing but gold and silver on him, and the children kowtowed to him, so he had to express it anyway.
When Jiang Heshan saw this piece of gold, which was at least one or two taels, he also felt that it was not suitable, and he didn't dare to refute Zhao Ji, his face was full of embarrassment.
But Zhao Ji has already found a way for himself, "This gold is for you, you must keep it carefully, and you can't use it to buy candy. This is the first time Master has cured a patient. You should keep the money for the consultation." , remember to study hard in the future.”
Now everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Miss Xiao hurriedly found a new purse made by herself, and asked Sister Jiang to put the gold away.
At this time, she was still called Eldest Sister Jiang. After Zhao Ji had breakfast and had someone set up an incense table, and gave Zhao Ji a formal apprenticeship, Elder Sister Jiang had her own name, Jiang Xu.
Zhao Ji wrote his name on the paper and handed it to Jiang Xu, "I hope you will rise like the newborn sun."
The word Xu is indeed a common name for men, but it is not weird to use the sound of Xu to call a girl. People who don't know it will think it is Liu Xu's Xu.
It can be seen that when Zhao Ji named Jiang Xu, he really put his heart into it and had expectations of her.
Because this dynasty is only prosperous in business and trade, the control over women is relatively loose. At least reconciliation, remarriage, and remarriage are all allowed. Aristocratic women usually take their maids to the streets to buy things, read and write, and widows are in charge of the lintel and go out to do business. It is not uncommon to recruit a son-in-law to come to the door to be a female householder.
In this relatively enlightened social environment, Zhao Ji hopes that his apprentices can at least have a career of their own.
Jiang Xu, who was only a small person, seemed to understand Master's good intentions, and put the note with his name on it into the gold purse with great care, and said forcefully in a short-breathed child's voice, "Jiang Xu Thank you, Master, for the name."
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Enter v~, are the fairies still there? I’m so worried O(∩_∩)O
Tang Jia has already taken away a group of criminals. What Yan Yunkai meant was to throw Dong Yuan's criminal evidence directly to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Apart from the Jiang family's case, there are of course many other cases. Bao, took out some secretly kept evidence, which also involved a large number of people related to the Dong family.
Now there is no need to worry about the little emperor's health, Yan Yunkai is ready to make a big move, he wants to further reduce the power of Empress Dowager Dong in the court, but he doesn't want to tell Zhao Ji about these things.
He hoped that those annoying party disputes would be kept out of Zhao Ji's life forever.
Before leaving, Yan Yun took Zhao Ji's hand and said, "Originally we agreed to stay for dinner, but Xu Jian must have something urgent to find me. You said earlier that the boy will come to the National Teacher's Mansion tomorrow to get almond cakes." , I might as well send a car to pick you up tomorrow, and make up for tonight’s dinner. Also, the capital is not peaceful recently, so you should take it easy and don’t take any more risks.”
To be held by Yan Yun, this is really a sweet burden for Zhao Ji.On the one hand, he felt that Yan Yunkai's slender and powerful hands were so pretty, a thin layer of calluses made his palms itch.On the other hand, I cast aside myself in my heart, how can I dream about my friends, pure friendship cannot be tarnished.
In Zhao Ji's mind, Yan Yunkai's feelings for him are pure friendship.He would also feel sorry for Yan Yunkai because of his occasional impure thoughts.
It can't be blamed for Zhao Ji's insensitivity, because his thoughts have a wonderful dislocation.
In the ancient friendship stories in Zhao Ji's impression, they are always full of vocabulary such as talking at night by holding candles, sleeping on feet, and advancing hand in hand.For example, in the story of Gaoshan Liushui, Boya smashed his beloved Qin because Zhong Ziqi was dead.In the poem written by Du Fu to Li Bai, there is a sentence "Three nights of frequent dreams about the king, and seeing the king's will in love."
Moreover, it is also a very common etiquette in modern social life to shake hands when saying goodbye.Some leaders or elders, when parting, especially like to hold other people's hands and talk a lot before letting them go.Every time this happens, Zhao Ji will find it annoying.But the same thing, if Yan Yunkai did it, he wouldn't hate it no matter what.
Yan Yun procrastinated and said a lot, but also wanted to see Zhao Ji for a while, and finally let go of Zhao Ji's hand when he couldn't procrastinate any longer.
"Goodbye."
After hearing Yan Yunkai's farewell, Zhao Ji thought that he would turn around and leave immediately, but Yan Yunkai still didn't leave, standing half a meter away from him, staring straight at him.
Is it necessary for him to say a parting message such as being careful on the road and please take care of yourself before completing the farewell ceremony?
Before Zhao Ji could think about what to say, Yan Yunkai turned around and rode on his horse, and left without looking back.
Today Yanyun opened strangely.
After Zhao Ji came to this conclusion, he stopped thinking about it.He still needs to check on Mrs. Jiang's condition. It's almost time, and he can give him two injections of antivenom.
After giving Master Jiang an injection first, I took a temperature test/body temperature. I had a low-grade fever, but it wasn't too serious.Then Zhao Ji used iodophor to sterilize Mr. Jiang's wound. Originally, Mr. Jiang's surgical wound was almost healed, but because the wound was infected with snake venom and was a little inflamed, this time the wound must take a long time to heal It can only be repaired, so in the last six months, Mrs. Jiang can only cultivate at home. It seems that the two children of the Xia family are destined to change teachers.
But two days ago, Xia Peng and Xia Xiao complained that the new teacher was stricter than Mr. Jiang, and he would slap his palms at every turn.Although Mrs. Jiang often kept a straight face, he seldom hit people, and basically used scaring.
What does it mean to know regret only when you lose it? This is a vivid example.
Zhao Ji helped Master Jiang pull up his clothes, and then let Jiang Heshan, who was waiting outside the door, enter the house.The relatives of the Jiang family were also sent back, and only Jiang Heshan needed to stay to take care of Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Heshan was as listless as a frost-beaten eggplant, and his shrewd and powerful image was gone. When he carried Mrs. Jiang's "corpse" to settle accounts with Zhao Ji, he looked better than now.
Zhao Ji also felt a little sympathetic to him. Jiang Heshan had just been betrayed by his wife. Mrs. Wang not only committed adultery, but also killed her father. For men in this era, I am afraid that their life is a failure.
At this time, most people would persuade Jiang Heshan to relax and be generous, and they might even say, why does a man have no wife?
Zhao Ji, who had taken a psychology course, knew that the more he talked at this time, the greater the psychological burden would be on Jiang Heshan.
At this time, you should let him calm down and don't stimulate him.Even if you want to give support, it should be a kind of silent support, such as asking the cook to cook dinner better.
In the evening, Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia didn't go home for dinner again. Lao Zheng, the housekeeper of Xia's family, drove a mule cart to pick Zhao Ji up for dinner, but Zhao Ji refused on the grounds that there was a sick person at home.
He thought, this afternoon was full of chaos, fortunately Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia were not here.
Watching Lao Zheng drive away in the mule cart, Zhao Ji was somewhat envious.
Cars in this era are indeed a bit bumpy, but it will be fine after you get used to it. The speed of a horse-drawn carriage can at least match that of a high-speed bicycle, and the size of Jian'an City is also comparable to a modern prefecture-level city. It's really inconvenient to do things.
In fact, Zhao Ji had already bought a carriage and hired a groom, who was Chen Xing, the guard of the Wang family.
Chen Xing is almost 40 years old, and has never been married. The salary of being a guard in Wang's family is not low, but he just hasn't saved any money, and there is still an old lady in his hometown to support.
When Zhao Ji bought the house, Liu Da was also there. He heard that he was looking for a groom, so he recommended Chen Xing. Liu Da was a warm-hearted person. He said to Zhao Ji, "In a few years, Chen Xing will also do it." Don't do caravan work anymore. Such a big man doesn't have a daughter-in-law, and he doesn't have a fortune. Let him be a groom with you for two days. If you meet the right one, it doesn't matter whether she is a widow or deaf. Mute and handicapped, help him find a daughter-in-law to start a family."
Zhao Ji thought that Chen Xing's driving skills were quite good, and he could do a few tricks, which was more than enough for their family to be a groom and nurse.But Chen Xing said that his old mother is still in Ueno County, if she goes with the caravan, she can go back several times a year and stay at home for two months, if she works as Zhao Ji's groom in the capital, she won't be able to take care of her widowed mother.
There is no way, Zhao Ji has some friendship with Chen Xing. Although Chen Xing has a rough mouth and looks wretched, he has a good heart.Zhao Ji had no choice but to be a good man to the end, lent him the newly bought carriage, and asked him to go back to his hometown and bring his mother to the capital.
Chen Xing had been away from Beijing for four or five days, he ran fast this time with an empty car, unlike the slow pace of following the caravan when he came here, he probably already arrived home.
Forget it, when Chen Xing comes back, he will have a carriage, so he doesn't have to envy others.
In the evening, only Zhao Ji and Jiang Heshan ate, unlike the lively two tables at noon, Jiang Heshan still had a bitter face, and anyone who saw it would be disgusted, but considering Jiang Heshan's mentality that was on the verge of collapse Zhao Ji didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with the situation.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Heshan suddenly said that he wanted to drink. Zhao Ji looked at the soup and water on the table, and there was no decent appetizer. He also ordered Huang Qi to warm up the rice wine and pour some peanuts.
Jiang Heshan saw Zhao Ji being so accommodating, and thought that this was someone else's house, and finally felt a little ashamed, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, did you commit too many sins in your previous life?"
Zhao Ji said displeased, "Buddhists only cultivate past and present lives. The inheritance I got said that people should live well in this life and this life. Don't take other people's faults on yourself. A person just needs to be good at himself. If Everyone in the world can do their duty well, and the world will definitely become a peaceful and prosperous world. For example, if you want to be a county magistrate, you should be a good official, and this is your duty."
Zhao Ji said a few words of chicken soup for the soul. Apart from hoping to comfort Jiang Heshan, he also hoped to divert his ambitions. If he concentrates on work in the future, he will no longer have the leisure to be sentimental.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhao Ji's words, Jiang Heshan smiled briefly and said, "Your statement is quite similar to our old man's statement. I don't know when he will wake up."
With the first few words as a base, after drinking a few glasses of wine, Jiang Heshan has completely opened up the chatterbox.
"I don't dare to go home now. If I go back to see our eldest sister and she asks me for a mother, I don't know how to tell her."
Jiang Heshan has only one daughter, who is only six years old. She has not yet taken an official name, and she has been called "Big Sister" all the time.But Jiang Heshan is only her one child, and although she doesn't say that she is loved in every possible way, she has never been made to suffer.
Now this child has no mother at once, and because of this disgusting reason, I am afraid that he will not be called a good family in the future.
Now that Mrs. Jiang is well again, Jiang Heshan has to go to other places to become an official, and the elder sister can only be entrusted to his grandparents to take care of him. Thinking about his sister's fate, Jiang Heshan doesn't trust his father's level of education for his daughter.
Zhao Ji put down the bowl and chopsticks, looked at Jiang Heshan who was full of distress and said, "Why don't you let your daughter be my apprentice."
"What?" Jiang Heshan was so excited that he knocked down the wine glass in front of him.Then he said dejectedly, "It's a pity that she's just a girl, and she's already seven years old this year."
Zhao Jihui said indifferently, "The Immortal taught me to cure diseases and save lives, regardless of whether the patients are male or female. Since women also get sick, your daughter can study medicine. You let her learn from me, find an identity that is out of the world, and rely on yourself in the future. If you keep her at home, you will just find a poor and poor family at will in the future, and let your daughter suffer."
Even if Jiang Heshan knew that the status of Taoist aunt and medicine woman was not high, he hoped that his daughter would have a good life in the future and not have to suffer or suffer.
With a decision in his mind, Jiang Heshan picked up an empty glass, filled it himself, held it in both hands and handed it to Zhao Ji, "Then I will thank the little fairy for the little girl first."
After Zhao Ji drank his wine, the matter was settled.
Zhao Ji's decision to accept Jiang Heshan's daughter as an apprentice was not a sudden whim.
He originally wanted to recruit a few apprentices to help him out, but as an older child, his ideology has already been finalized, and it would be extremely difficult to teach such a person how to perform surgery.
Accepting young children as apprentices is another problem. While studying medicine, it is necessary to learn some cultural courses properly.But Zhao Ji doesn't know how to teach culture classes, and he can't do his own culture classes, so he can only barely read novels to teach students.
In this way, Jiang Heshan's daughter is a good candidate. She was born in a scholar's family, and she must have begun to read at this age. If she wants to teach more cultural lessons, isn't Master Jiang doing it for her?
If there are other apprentices in the future, with this relationship, Master Jiang can also do it for him.Anyway, he doesn't plan to take too many apprentices, at most three or five, and he will hold a small class for them at home.
Zhao Ji's abacus was clattering, and then he asked about the situation of Sister Jiang, and then Jiang Heshan smiled and said, "Three hundred thousand can become a song."
This girl is a gifted child. She is only six years old and knows so many words.
Of course, in this era, being able to read at the age of six is not enough to be famous, one must be able to compose poetry at the age of six to be eligible to be famous in Jinghua.
And among the high gates of Jian'an City, there seems to be no shortage of such geniuses.
When I was in the palace some time ago, the imperial doctors chatted with each other when they had nothing to do. When they talked about famous people, there was a romantic talent named Zheng Qin among them.
Zheng Qin is the uncle of the current emperor and was once a world-renowned child prodigy.It's a pity that this is a story similar to that of Shang Zhongyong. It may not be good when he is young. The imperial doctors mentioned him only to lament how depraved this person is now.
Zheng Qin could read at the age of three, and could write poems at the age of five. The poems he made at the age of ten were passed down and sung by musicians and singers.At the age of 16, Zheng Qin fell in love, and fell in love with Wei Zi, a singer famous for singing his poems.
The love tragedy that happened ten years ago has been written into a drama and widely circulated.It was also this well-known love tragedy that made the Zheng family completely rejected by the late emperor.
Although I don't know the truth, anyway, judging from the version Zhao Ji heard, the story is quite bloody.
Ten years ago, the little emperor was already two years old. Although the Empress Dowager Zheng's father, Zheng Bin, was only a little six-rank Honglu Temple master, his tail was almost up to the sky.
Relying on his status as a relative of the emperor and Zheng Qin's reputation as a child prodigy, Zheng Bin made an engagement with the family of Zhang Tongfu, the right minister at the time. Zhang Tongfu had a young daughter, who was 15 years old at the time, and was about the same age as Zheng Qin.
The first emperor also secretly facilitated this marriage, otherwise the Zhang family has a lot of relatives, why would they have to marry the youngest daughter of their own blood.
In the eyes of the first emperor, Zheng Bin's ability to be an official was limited, and the Zheng family didn't have too many outstanding figures. Even the child prodigy, Zheng Qin, he didn't think much of.
That's right, it's not surprising that there are so many No. [-] picks selected every three years, and that one is not the child prodigy who used to be, sitting in the position of emperor.
What's more, the way of poetry is not beneficial to governing the country, it is just a small way.Zheng Qin is already 16 years old, and he didn't even pass the examination as a scholar. Based on this alone, the late emperor didn't think much of him. Therefore, in the eyes of the late emperor, the most useful thing about Zheng Qin was his identity, the uncle of the little prince. , is the best marriage partner.
Zheng Qin himself was not too concerned about this marriage, which even the emperor paid close attention to. At that time, he was writing love poems to Wei Zi day after day.Whenever Wei Zi received Zheng Qin's love poems, he would compose a tune, and then Zheng Qin would take a bunch of romantic talents to listen to them, showing off both his talents and the beauties who admired him.
Zheng Qin became famous too early, even before the Empress Dowager Zheng entered the palace, and his style of celebrity was deeply ingrained. He despised fame and fortune, and only wanted to live a life of chic and unrestrained. Wei Zi was his first lover. A romantic talent, he will have many lovers like Wei Zi in the future.
But things happened unexpectedly. Both Zheng Qin and Wei Zi were celebrities, and their love affairs spread quickly. The Zhang family, who had just married the Zheng family, was very annoyed when they found out. There's no need to push your own daughter into the fire pit.
Zheng Bin personally apologized at the door and promised to handle the matter well.Seeing that Zheng Bin was so sincere, the Zhang family gritted their teeth and admitted it.
In the perception of the Zhang family, the so-called good handling is nothing more than buying the singing girl home, or giving her a title, or serving her as a maid.It would be the worst situation to buy another house outside for Zheng Qin to use as an outside room.
Who would have thought that Zheng Bin's so-called good handling actually went to the singer's house and beat her to death in front of her parents, Lao Tzu, and several guests.
Although Wei Zi is the daughter of the Lehu family, she was born with a lowly background.Even so, she is a living person.
Even if the slaves in the family committed crimes, there is no saying that they were killed directly, at most they would be sold, or let her die of illness, at least not to make it too bloody on the surface.
Zheng Bin did such a thing, causing disturbances in the government and the public. Concubine Zheng took off her hairpin to plead guilty, and knelt outside the Zichen Hall overnight, and Zheng Bin was spared the death penalty.
Concubine Zheng was demoted to Concubine Shu, Zheng Bin was deprived of all his fame, and was demoted to a commoner and could not be hired for life, which meant that even if the new emperor came to the throne, he would never be able to stand up.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Qin was still restless, and even jumped into the pond in the middle of winter, saying that he wanted to die for Wei Zi.The pond at home is only so deep, and there are servants watching, how could it be possible for Zheng Qin to die, and was fished up just after jumping down.The emperor was very angry when he knew about it, and personally married Zhang's daughter to the clan, and the previous engagement was naturally invalidated.
The Zheng family finally woke up from the frivolous state of burning oil, and found that the emperor completely detested them.
However, Zheng Qin still went his own way, and after two years, he began to linger in karaoke bars and restaurants, and his poems were also written correctly, but the poems he wrote now are vividly pornographic/cissy songs.Although there are still people who like him in private, no serious person dares to admit it publicly. Once Zheng Qin is mentioned, he must make a gesture of looking down on him.
The new emperor has been enthroned for five years. Although the Zheng family is unworthy, they have continued to offer rewards year after year, so there is no shortage of money.Otherwise, according to Zheng Qin's posture, if he is short of money, he will definitely be able to work as a poet in Hualou.
Although Zheng Qin is very ugly now, in the drama about him and Wei Zi, after Wei Zi died, Zheng Qin also died in love, and the two became peony flower souls and went to live together in the fairy palace in the sky.Wei Zi's name is a kind of peony. It is not surprising that people make such associations.
Although the girl from the Jiang family was not a child prodigy like Zheng Qin, in Jiang Heshan's mind, his daughter was still his own, so when he introduced his daughter's situation to Zhao Ji, he was quite proud.
However, Zhao Ji had a question, "Why doesn't your family even help her choose a proper name for such a good child?"
Jiang Heshan said, "When she was young, she asked Li Daochang of Zhenwu Temple to calculate. She said that her character is light, and she can't get a proper name until she is ten years old. She will choose a name after she is ten years old, and she will have a name when she gets married and asks her name." That's it."
Zhao Ji wondered, "Your family doesn't ask ghosts and gods, why don't you even give your daughter's name because of a Taoist priest's words?"
Jiang Heshan was surprised and said, "How can this be regarded as asking ghosts and gods? The eight-character divination is based on the "Book of Changes". Although Taoist monks are doing divination now, this origin still comes from Confucianism. According to the current customs, birth, Marriage and burial are all done by inviting a mage to inquire about good and bad luck."
Zhao Ji is also using the name of ghosts and gods now, so it is not easy to argue with Jiang Heshan. He just said, "Your girl wants to be my apprentice. With the face of a fairy, it's okay to choose a name in advance."
The main reason is that it is convenient to have a name. Calling a little girl, Big Sister Jiang, Big Sister, people in this era don't think there is a problem, but Zhao Ji finds it awkward.
When Jiang Heshan heard Zhao Ji say that he was blessed by an immortal, he also felt that it was all right. He now trusts Zhao Ji blindly.
Then he left the problem of choosing a name to Zhao Ji for a good reason. Since the gods wanted to bless his daughter for Zhao Ji's sake, of course Zhao Ji chose the most suitable name. reasonable.
With this said, Zhao Ji had no reason to refuse, and immediately agreed to this irresponsible father, that he would use the name of the master to name his future disciple.
But after thinking about it for a long time, he could only think of a bunch of maid names such as Chunxiang, Bitao, etc., which were recently read in novels.No way, how could his apprentice use such a random name, so Zhao Ji resorted to a tactic of delaying the attack, "Brother Jiang, I can't think of a good name for a while, why don't you wait for you to bring my apprentice?" , I'm looking at her appearance, and I'm looking at what name to give her."
Jiang Heshan also nodded, "It's time to have a look before taking it. Our eldest sister is Xiuwaihuizhong, such a cute and cute little doll, alas~ah~"
Zhao Ji saw that Jiang Heshan was crying silently when he said this, so it was not easy to expose him, so he added a bowl of rice to himself, and quietly picked up vegetables to eat.
Before dark, Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia returned home together, and found that the patient at home was Mrs. Jiang again.
Zhao Ji could only bite the bullet and tell them what happened this afternoon. This matter cannot be kept secret, even if he doesn't tell it now, Granny Xia and the others will hear it from others tomorrow.
When the time comes, it will definitely be an embellished version, and he thinks it's safe to say it himself.
This incident is so similar to what happened to Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia were terrified after hearing this. Mrs. Xia stared at Zhao Ji with lingering fear and said, "Bao'er, isn't our family rich? Don’t practice medicine anymore, let’s do other business. Sell tea like the Wang family, or buy and write land, and collect rent to live.”
But for practicing medicine, Zhao Ji has his own persistence, this is his craft, and he must not let it go to waste.
What's more, Mrs. Xia's thinking is simple, maybe her old man is not unexpected, but her concern is chaotic. When it happened to Zhao Ji, she inevitably lost her sense of proportion.
In fact, as long as you are not a person who does not know what is going on outside the window, everyone knows that whether you are doing business or being a big landlord, you need powerful backers.At present, Zhao Ji has no shortage of backers, and his biggest backer is the national teacher.But this is in exchange for medical skills, and now the food and clothing expenses of the family are all in exchange for medical skills, so medical skills are the foundation, and we cannot sacrifice the basics for the trivial.
However, in addition to having a backer, one needs to have a suitable manager in order to run a business and farm. Otherwise, they will be eaten up by the big rats under him, and no amount of money will be enough to make up for the shortfall.This is also the reason why people like to use relatives. Although relatives may also fill their pockets, they are at least more at ease than outsiders.
As for risks, even if you have power and a reliable manager, you will inevitably lose money in business, and you may encounter natural disasters when farming.
No matter what you do, there are certain risks. For example, being an official is a very risky profession, but why are there so many people who want to be officials even if they sharpen their heads? Isn't it because of the huge benefits that can be gained from being an official? , enough to offset people's fear of danger.
Of course, in some troubled times, the monarch killed indiscriminately, and the risk of being an official was too great for the scholar-bureaucrats, so they would choose to retreat to the mountains and forests.
Obviously, practicing medicine now brings him huge benefits, but the degree of danger is not enough for him to run away upon hearing the news.
Zhao Ji thought very clearly, he didn't believe that Mrs. Xia really couldn't figure out such a simple truth, she was just blind, there was no explanation, all he needed to do was to appease and make the old lady happy.
So Zhao Ji smiled and said to Mrs. Xia, "As long as I have good medical skills for my grandson, I will let him frame me as much as I want. As long as the patient is cured by me, no one can harm me. Let's talk about the Jiang family this time. He was going to be beaten and killed before, but when I cured the patient, he was so grateful to me and even sent his daughter to me as an apprentice."
Now Mrs. Xiao is in good spirits, "How old is Jiang's daughter."
Zhao Ji replied, "Seven years old"
"Seven years old is too young. If you have a ten-year-old, you can barely do it." Jiang Heshan is the county magistrate. Although Zhao Ji is famous in the end, he is a white body after all. Xiao Niangzi feels that if Zhao Ji can get a county magistrate's daughter, he will not be too old. It's a disgrace to the lintel.
Looking at Mrs. Xiao's expression, Zhao Ji knew that she probably misunderstood, so he reminded loudly, "I'm talking about taking the Jiang family's daughter as an apprentice."
Mrs. Xiao said dissatisfied, "It's so good, why do you want to accept a girl as an apprentice, you are now at the age of marriage, and the Yue family will definitely have opinions when they know about it in the future."
Zhao Ji was shocked when he heard this. Although he was only 16 years old, he was indeed at the age of marriage in this era.Some people who want to study for the imperial examination may postpone it for a while in order not to affect their studies, but the maximum delay is 21 or [-] years old, which already belongs to the category of late marriage.
In his previous life, Zhao Ji's choice was to come out of the closet directly, and he didn't plan to get married in this life, but for no reason, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to mention this matter to Miss Xiao and the others.
When Mrs. Xiao mentioned it today, Zhao Ji actually had a feeling that it was finally here.
I know that this era is no different from the modern society, even if Zhao Ji told Mrs. Xiao that he likes men, it would not cause too much disturbance, even if he said he would not get married, it would be fine.If he dared to say that he didn't want to have children, then the family would be turned upside down, and both Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia would try their best to force Zhao Ji to submit.
Because in the minds of people in this era, if they have no heirs, they will be lonely and wild ghosts after death. There is no one to worship, and they will be bullied in the underworld in the future.
Someone once said that the world of ghosts is the mirror of the world of the living.In farming civilization, if you have no heirs, you will definitely be bullied when you get old and weak.Even if you have property, you may not be able to protect it, so you don't need to be a ghost. When you are a human, you have to be bullied first.
Of course, if they are really rich and powerful to a certain extent, such as those eunuchs who are destined to be childless, as long as they can bring the money out of the palace alive, there will be a lot of people rushing to serve them.So for Zhao Ji, who is skilled and wealthy, he is actually not too worried about the bleak evening scene.
In such a background of the times, in order not to arouse the backlash from Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia, Zhao Ji felt that he must master the speaking skills when talking about this matter.
It's not that he doesn't want to marry a wife and have children, but that he can't marry a wife and have children.
Anyway, he is already very proficient at being a magic stick.As long as it is pushed to the god he made up, everything will make sense.
So Zhao Ji deliberately put on a dejected and devastated expression, opened and closed his mouth, hesitant to speak but stopped.
Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Xia and the others saw Zhao Ji's lost look, and thinking of the previous topic, they thought that Zhao Ji had a problem with Zhao's father, and they fell in love with those unworthy girls in the courtyard.
Although they are unhappy, they are the ones who love their children.Seeing that Zhao Ji was so sad, he couldn't help being a little soft-hearted. They looked at each other, and it was still Madam Xia who probed, "Bao'er, do you have a sweetheart? Why are you unhappy when it comes to marriage?"
Zhao Ji still tried his best to maintain a sad look, and sighed, "Grandma, what kind of sweetheart do I have? Even if there is, I can't hurt him."
"How do you say that?" Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Xiao both heard something wrong.
Zhao Ji felt that his acting skills were about to reach the limit, but the next content was the highlight. In order to prevent Mrs. Xiao and the others from seeing the flaws, he could only use a unique trick.
Slowly turned around, leaving only a lonely figure behind them.
"The god who gave me the inheritance said that I was at the end of my life. He saw me as pitiful, so he resurrected me and passed on my medical skills. The underworld originally didn't help me arrange a wife and children. The order, not to mention the trouble with my wife and children, I am afraid that even I will return the stolen Yangshou, so the old god once warned me that I must never marry a wife and have children."
The story was told so perfectly that Zhao Ji could already hear Miss Xiao sobbing.After waiting for a while, Mrs. Xia asked in a choked voice, "When did this happen?"
Zhao Ji answered truthfully, "In Qingyang County."
In Qingyang County, the real Zhao Ji has returned to the underworld. He is not lying, so let these two women cry for their dead children.
"My poor son." Mrs. Xiao couldn't restrain the pain and lost her voice.
The old lady Xia also sobbed and said, "Bao'er, Bao'er, why are you keeping such an important matter from us?"
Zhao Ji said, "When I learned that I had come back from the dead, on the one hand, I was only happy, but on the other hand, I was afraid that my grandma and mother would be worried, so I didn't say anything. As for the matter of marrying a wife, we were precarious at that time. I don't know where the rice is, so I can't think of such a long-term view."
After saying this, Zhao Ji walked out with his head down, and now Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xia can only digest it by themselves.He is going to take a shower and go to bed. He has been busy all day today, and he feels very tired once he relaxes.
After sleeping until midnight, Jiang Heshan came to knock on his door. It turned out that Master Jiang woke up.Zhao Ji, who was half asleep and half awake, got up and took a look. He was indeed awake, indicating that the snake venom had been metabolized. He fed him a bowl of sugar water first, and then ordered the cook to cook some porridge for him with leftover rice and bacon. Master Jiang is not undergoing surgery this time, not only can he eat normally, but also eat more and sleep more, so his body recovers quickly.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Ji didn't wait to see Mrs. Jiang drink porridge, and went back to sleep directly after the diagnosis and treatment.
The next morning Zhao Ji woke up a bit late, that's why he didn't have to go to work, and he could sleep as long as he wanted.Everyone in the family knew that he got up to see Mrs. Jiang last night, and he stayed up late, and no one came to disturb him.
When Zhao Ji finished washing and went to the living room, he found that there were two children, one big and one small, in the house.
Mrs. Jiang had a lot of trouble last night, and Jiang Heshan stayed up all the time. When the sky was light in the morning, he went home to pick up his younger brother and daughter, and brought a big rooster raised at home as a thank-you ceremony.
Jiang Heshan's daughter was sent to be an apprentice, and his younger brother was to take over his task of taking care of Master Jiang.Time has been delayed for too long, Jiang Heshan can only stay in the capital for two days at most, and he is going to take up the post quickly, so there is no need to worry about not being able to catch up with the time now.
When Zhao Ji entered the living room, Mrs. Xiao was talking to Jiang Heshan's daughter, asking how old she was, whether she had read, what books she had read, and what she had read by heart.
Maybe it's because she knows that she will never have a grandson. Miss Xiao is very patient with children today, no matter how she looks at her, she finds them cute.
When Jiang Heshan saw Zhao Ji coming, he pulled the little girl over and asked her to kowtow to Zhao Ji.
The girl was wearing a pink floral dress, her hair was combed into a half bun, obviously well-groomed, she kowtowed to Zhao Ji obediently and obediently.Zhao Ji knew that this was the apprentice he was going to accept, so he accepted her salute. After she finished saluting, Zhao Ji quickly pulled her up and stuffed her with a piece of gold.
The gold was stuffed directly into the little girl's hand. She spread her little hand and stared at the gold in her palm, dumbfounded for a moment.
Zhao Ji smiled kindly and said, "This is a meeting gift for the teacher."
In fact, he also knew that it was inappropriate for such a young child to give gold, but he had nothing but gold and silver on him, and the children kowtowed to him, so he had to express it anyway.
When Jiang Heshan saw this piece of gold, which was at least one or two taels, he also felt that it was not suitable, and he didn't dare to refute Zhao Ji, his face was full of embarrassment.
But Zhao Ji has already found a way for himself, "This gold is for you, you must keep it carefully, and you can't use it to buy candy. This is the first time Master has cured a patient. You should keep the money for the consultation." , remember to study hard in the future.”
Now everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Miss Xiao hurriedly found a new purse made by herself, and asked Sister Jiang to put the gold away.
At this time, she was still called Eldest Sister Jiang. After Zhao Ji had breakfast and had someone set up an incense table, and gave Zhao Ji a formal apprenticeship, Elder Sister Jiang had her own name, Jiang Xu.
Zhao Ji wrote his name on the paper and handed it to Jiang Xu, "I hope you will rise like the newborn sun."
The word Xu is indeed a common name for men, but it is not weird to use the sound of Xu to call a girl. People who don't know it will think it is Liu Xu's Xu.
It can be seen that when Zhao Ji named Jiang Xu, he really put his heart into it and had expectations of her.
Because this dynasty is only prosperous in business and trade, the control over women is relatively loose. At least reconciliation, remarriage, and remarriage are all allowed. Aristocratic women usually take their maids to the streets to buy things, read and write, and widows are in charge of the lintel and go out to do business. It is not uncommon to recruit a son-in-law to come to the door to be a female householder.
In this relatively enlightened social environment, Zhao Ji hopes that his apprentices can at least have a career of their own.
Jiang Xu, who was only a small person, seemed to understand Master's good intentions, and put the note with his name on it into the gold purse with great care, and said forcefully in a short-breathed child's voice, "Jiang Xu Thank you, Master, for the name."
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Enter v~, are the fairies still there? I’m so worried O(∩_∩)O
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