Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Last time, it was said that Mrs. Jiamu and Wang went back to their respective homes after washing three times. Li Wan still went back to the villa because there were still some affairs in the village, so it had to be delayed for a few days.

The other guests in this room also left one after another. Mrs. Gu thought about going to see her great-grandson again, so she went to Daiyu's room. Suddenly, seeing Yan Hui's mother and daughter also came, Yingxue asked the servant girl Cuiqiao to take a small red Baggage, came forward with a smile, and said to Mrs. Gu: "If you don't shy, give it to your nephew, please let your ancestors have a look."

Mrs. Gu couldn't help laughing when she heard the words: "Your family has already sent a gift, why do you need to spend more money?"

Yingxue smiled and said, "It was a gift from my family, it's my wish as an aunt."

Yan Hui also laughed and said: "It's because they are sisters and they are not outsiders. Why should Auntie be an outsider?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu shook her head and smiled, and asked the servant girl to take it over. She opened the bundle and saw that there was a brocade box inside, containing a Dongzhu. It was round, bright and clean, very cute. A handle of suet white jade Ruyi, exquisite and translucent, very delicate.

It turns out that Yingxue and Daiyu sisters have the best relationship. When they met An Geer, they loved her very much. It was a gift from Empress Jiang on her birthday last year, so she specially sent it away to see her affection.

Mrs. Gu was very happy when she saw it, so she ordered the servant girl to take these things and go to Daiyu's room with Yingxue, and told Daiyu about this, and showed them the gifts.

Daiyu was grateful in her heart, thanked again and again, Fang ordered Zijuan to accept it: "Thank you for the generous reward, sister, and ask An Geer to kowtow to my aunt." She also gave Cuiqiao a small purse, and Cuiqiao immediately thanked her for the reward. .

Yingxue said with a smile: "There is nothing good, sister Mo Xiao."

At this time Angle was fast asleep on the kang, covered with a small quilt, Daiyu handed it to the nurse to carry her down, and said to Yan Hui: "It's rare for Mom and sister to come here, why don't you stay for a few more days?"

Yingxue laughed and said, "I'd like to stay for a few more days, but it's just a big deal at home, so I can't live without people."

Yan Hui also smiled and said: "I won't stay here today, we will come back when Brother An's full moon." After finishing speaking, he asked Mrs. Gu, "When will Auntie plan to go back to the city?"

Mrs. Gu said: "Yu'er is still in confinement, and the child is still young, and it is inconvenient to move. Now it is only September, and it is still far away from the year. I discussed it with your uncle. Anyway, no banquets are allowed during the National Filial Piety period, and there is no need to socialize. , everything in the house has your cousin and housekeeper daughter-in-law

Let's take care of it, so we simply continue to live in the village with Yu'er, mother and son, and return to the city at the end of the year.

At that time, Yu'er was healthy, and An Ge'er was a hundred days old, and it happened to be back home for the New Year. "

Yan Hui nodded and said with a smile, "That's good, so you don't have to go back and forth."

After talking, Yan Hui, mother and daughter saw that it was getting late, so they drove back home.

Mrs. Gu returned to her room to freshen up after Daiyu fell asleep, and Gu Yan came back not long after. As soon as she entered the room, Mrs. Gu could smell the strong smell of alcohol on him, and she couldn't help frowning: "Why did you drink so much?" many?"

Gu Yansu was afraid of his old wife, so he hurriedly lifted up his sleeves and smelled it, and it was indeed a bit irritating, so he couldn't help but smiled coyly, and said: "It's rare to be happy today, but it happened that Jieqing and Ziduan were here, so I ate two more. cup."

Mrs. Gu gave him a sharp look, "I'm quite old, and I don't know how to take care of myself." While pouring a cup of hot tea with him to hangover, she ordered the servant girl to fetch hot water to freshen up.

After tidying up and the two of them went to bed, Mrs. Gu remembered something and said, "Speaking of this child, Yuqing, I have something to ask you about. Qing is looking for another wife, but this child just refuses to agree, and hides whenever this matter is brought up, she has no choice but wants me to make peace."

Gu Yan couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, and then suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "I see, it's strange that I said that Yu Qing was a little absent-minded today, and he specifically told me that he wanted to stay here for a few days and help me sort out the manuscripts. Get out of trouble."

It turns out that this Shen family is Shen Yi's aunt, and Shen Yi's father is a direct brother and sister of the same mother. They took office with their eldest son in the early years and only returned to Beijing a month ago.

Shen Shi and Shen Yi's father have had a very close relationship since they were young. Seeing that their nephew was over the age and still standing in desolation, they were very anxious, so they tried to talk about another wife for him, so that they could have a son to inherit cigarettes as soon as possible.

However, Shen Yi's ambition is not here. There are more than a dozen members of the Shen family's direct branch, at least there are hundreds of people, he does not need to worry about inheriting the clan, let alone his two brothers, although they are not the same mother, they are It is also his father's direct lineage, the Shen family will not cut off the incense no matter what, he is already in his thirties, why bother the little girl.

It's just that Mrs. Chen is very stubborn, she won't give up no matter what she says, Shen Yi's mother died young, and her stepmother was unkind, thanks to Mrs. Shen's care when she was young, she has always respected her aunt.

To make the old man angry, he can only be vague and perfunctory.

Shen couldn't help it, suddenly remembered Shen Yi's respect for teacher Gu Yan, and wanted to ask Mrs. Gu for help, to be the teacher's wife, maybe Shen Yi could listen to it.

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu pondered for a moment, and said: "It seems that Jie Qing has made up her mind not to get married?"

Gu Yan sighed when he heard the words, and said: "Just look at what he looks like now. This kid has always been proud and arrogant, and no one else can get into his eyes, and his thoughts are different from ordinary people. Back then, if he If it wasn't for his mother who appointed him the Li family before she died, he probably wouldn't get married."

Shen Yi was raised by their husband and wife. Although he is an apprentice, he is almost like his own son.

Although this child has an easy-going temperament, there are very few people who can really take him seriously. Although he was married to his cousin Li Shi according to his mother's behest, the relationship between the two after marriage can only be called a respectful guest. But Xi, had no children for many years, and was always frail and sickly. She fell ill after only a few years of marriage.

All these years, Shen Yi has been alone, desolate under his knees, he, as a master, has also been anxious, but this child looks gentle and elegant, but he has the most ideas.

After Mrs. Li left, he refused to marry again. Others said that he was deeply affectionate and could not forget his dead wife, but Gu Yan knew that was not the case. He had mentioned this matter to Shen Yi in his early years. Remember: "The student has lived for the mother and the glory of the family for more than 20 years. I have never made decisions about marriage or life. Now I have paid off everything that should be paid. I don't want to be bound by these things anymore. I don't want my kids to make the same mistakes.

When I was young, I also hoped to find a like-minded woman like my master and mother, and live a peaceful life hand in hand, but this kind of fate is hard to come by. Since there is no such blessing in fate, there is no need to force it. "

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu couldn't help but sighed a long time when she thought about what happened back then, and said: "Ju Qing really suffered a lot when he was young, no wonder he is like this."

It turned out that Shen Yi was born into a family, and he was very intelligent since he was a child, and he had the ability to never forget. His mother was ecstatic when she found out, and specially spent a lot of money to hire a famous teacher to teach her son, lest her son become the second "injury Zhong Yong". The education was very strict. Strict, whenever there is a slight mistake, he will speak harshly, and beat and scold at every turn.

At that time, Shen Yi was only a young child, his father was in office all year round, and his mother was very strict, so he was burdened with too many burdens at a young age.

Expectation, never had a moment of comfort, and it was this childhood experience that left an indelible shadow on him.

Gu Yan turned sideways, patted her hand lightly, and said: "This child has a mind. Since he has made up his mind, even though we are elders, it is not easy to interfere. As for the heirs, it is also a matter of fate. You can't force it, not to mention that Lan'er is extremely filial to me, and Jie Qing has always treated him as if he was his own, so you don't have to worry about it when you retire."

Mrs. Gu sighed after hearing the words: "Forget it, you're right. I'll write a letter tomorrow to talk to the elder sister of the Shen family."

Unconsciously, the night was deep, and the two talked for a while, and Fang gradually fell asleep.

But Li Wan has been busy for two or three days, before finishing everything, he ordered Suyun and others to pack their bags. Jia Lan also asked for leave on purpose to escort her mother back to Beijing, but unexpectedly it started to rain that night , not only did not stop the next morning, but it got bigger and bigger.

After the rain, the mountain road was muddy and it was inconvenient to travel, so everyone had to postpone their plan to return to the city.

Unexpectedly, it rained for two or three days without stopping at all, Li Wan couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, this day was counting the time, when suddenly Jia Lan came over in a hurry and said: "Mom, just now Sister Dan Ju sent someone back , said that the road below the mountain has collapsed, and no one can pass through, so we are afraid that we will have to delay for a while."

Everyone was startled when they heard this, Li Wan saw that his clothes had been splashed with a lot of fine drops of water, so he quickly wiped them off with a handkerchief, and asked, "Why did it collapse when it was fine?"

Jia Lan said: "I heard that the road has been blocked due to too much rain in the past few days, which has washed away the soil slope beside the mountain road, but there are already government servants dredging the mountain road. It will be fine."

Li Wan couldn't help sighing when he heard the words, and said: "Forget it, let's stay for a few more days, but I don't mind, but you have delayed too much time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain when you go back to the Imperial College."

Jia Lan said: "Mom, don't worry. It was an accident. I will explain it to my husband later."

Li Wan felt relieved after hearing this.

Because it has been raining for several days and the autumn is even cooler, Li Wan ordered the kitchen to prepare a hot pot, boiled thinly sliced ​​beef and mutton, and all kinds of fresh vegetables. After eating it happily, the boredom of the past few days was all over his head. gone.

Unexpectedly, extreme joy begets sorrow, because I ate the hot pot, I was a little thirsty that night, and I got up several times during the night,

I accidentally caught a cold, and when I woke up the next morning, I felt my body was burning, my head was dizzy, and I couldn't even get up.

Seeing that Li Wan's whole body was burning hot, everyone panicked and rushed to ask for a doctor. Suyun said anxiously, "The mountain is tens of miles away from the city, not to mention that the road back to the city is collapsed, and it's impossible to pass!"

Bi Yue was also running around in a hurry, when she heard the words, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said, "Aunt Lin gave birth a few days ago, and invited several doctors, I wonder if they are still in the village?"

At this time, Jia Lan was rushing over after hearing the letter, and his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "I'll go right away! Sister, please take care of Mom!" After finishing speaking, she hurried out.

Suyun and the others were startled and hurriedly told others to follow.

Daiyu in this room was having breakfast, when she heard that Li Wan was ill, she was also surprised, and hurriedly called Zijuan over.

Zijuan frowned after hearing this and said: "Unfortunately, the doctors who were invited before have all gone back, and the remaining Dr. Wang from the Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics has also sued the fake family because of something at home two days ago."

Daiyu's heart sank when she heard the words, and said anxiously: "What should I do? I heard that my sister-in-law has a severe fever, so I can't delay!"

Zijuan couldn't think of a way for a while, so she said to Daiyu: "Grandma, rest, I will go to the old lady's place to see if there is any way."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Go quickly, come back to me if you have news!"

When Zijuan came to Mrs. Gu's room, she saw Jia Lan spinning back and forth on the ground, her brows were frowned, and her expression was very anxious. She knew that Mrs. Gu could do nothing, her heart sank, but she didn't dare to speak. Just wait on the sidelines.

Not long after, a housekeeper's daughter-in-law hurried over and said out of breath, "I have inquired about several villages nearby, and only one has an owner at home, but there is no doctor!"

Jia Lan was still trying to stay calm at first, but when he heard this, he panicked, and his face lost all color in an instant.

Mrs. Gu is also at a loss. This high fever is not a minor illness. If the fever is not brought down quickly, it may be life-threatening. It's just a barren mountain. Where can I ask a doctor now!

Just as she was very anxious, Jia Lan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, is the teacher still in the village?"

Mrs. Gu's heart moved when she heard the words, she said: "Ju Qing is here, but he is a foreigner, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient—"

It turns out that Shen Yi is not only knowledgeable; he is also very skilled in medical science and has cured many difficult problems.

Miscellaneous diseases, but he never likes to publicize, so outsiders don't know much about it.

Jia Lan said: "Mr. is a doctor, and I am not an outsider. What's more, my mother's life is related to it. I have to follow the authority, so I don't care about it."

At this moment, Gu Yan brought Shen Yi over and said: "Human life is at stake, so there is no need to worry about these red tapes."

It turned out that the two were playing chess, and rushed over after hearing the news.

Shen Yi glanced at everyone in the room, and said calmly: "Doctors only see patients, there is no difference between men and women. If they really want to care about these things, women in this world don't need to see a doctor."

Everyone felt reasonable when they heard it, usually the women's family members were treated by male doctors, and today Shen Yi was seeing Li Wan as a doctor, so there was nothing wrong with that.

Jia Lan couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly said, "Sir, please follow me!"

Shen Yi nodded, patted his shoulder lightly, and immediately asked someone to fetch the medicine box.

Seeing that Shen Yi's expression was calm and he had a backbone, Jia Lan felt at ease.

Mrs. Gu thought for a while and brought a few wives and daughters-in-law along with her. With her present to accompany her, I'm sorry that others can't say anything.

At this time, Danju had already got the news, and she spread the word that all the maids avoided, and three or four old nuns put down the lotus-colored curtain on the warm pavilion, and Li Wan stretched out his hand from the curtain.

Shen Yi saw that this hand was as bright as jade, and the fingers were as long as onion roots, so he turned his head.When the woman on the side saw it, she hurriedly took a piece of silk and covered it up.

Shen Yifang stretched out his hand to press the veins on his right hand, adjusted his breath to count, concentrated on the examination for half a moment, changed his left hand, and it was the same; after the examination, he pondered for a moment, and said: "May I take a look at the complexion?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Gu winked at the old nanny beside her. The nanny understood and lifted the curtain, and Madam Gu ordered the daughters-in-law to bring big pillows for Li Wan to lean on.

Li Wan only wore a moon-white silk jacket today, and a lotus-blue woven golden satin skirt with a double-breasted skirt, both of which were old and not old, with a jet-black glossy braid on his head, except for a bun on his hair. There is no other decorations outside the white jade plum hairpin that pulls her hair back. On her beautiful face, her lips are as pale as snow, but her cheeks are burnt like rouge.

Shen Yi didn't dare to look too much, he briefly glanced at his complexion, then looked at his tongue coating again, then turned his head away, the old woman hastily put down the curtain.

Shen Yi got up and went to the outside room, and said to Jia Lan: "Lingtang's symptoms are external wind-cold, internal injury and stagnation of dampness; Lingtang's qi and blood are originally weak, and the qi has been bad recently, and he accidentally contracted some, it is actually a small typhoid fever, and needs to be carefully recuperated. As he spoke, he picked up a pen and wrote the prescription, saying: "As long as the fever subsides after taking the medicine, there will be no serious problem, and rest is for rest."

Only then did Jia Lan feel relieved, and said gratefully, "Thank you sir."

Shen Yi smiled slightly, and said: "You and I are not outsiders, it's just a matter of raising your hands, don't worry about it." He also told the taboos to take medicine, and went out with the wives.