Village Flowers and Female Scholars

There was nothing to say all night, until early the next morning, Cao E got up early, put the porridge on the stove and boiled it, then went to the new house to clean and tidy, waiting for the new furniture to arrive.

Carpenter Zhang also arrived as scheduled, and pulled a bullock cart with his son to transport the carts of furniture to their home.

Carpenter Zhang's wife, Mrs. Liu, also came to see their new house. Seeing the brand new and thick walls, she couldn't help praising her.

"Da'ezi, your good day is finally here. Lady Jin of your family is a promising person. I heard that this house was saved by her going to the mountains to gather medicine and sell her money. It's amazing. No one in our village can compare to her." .”

Cao E naturally agrees that her daughter is so capable. Xie Yan is indeed responsible for the family's success today. Such a day was unimaginable before.

But still modestly said: "It's also a sudden luck, and I happened to pick up one or two good medicinal materials."

Because of the unknown identities of the three members of their family, Liu did not dare to stay longer, and left in a hurry with the children. Only Zhang Carpenter and his son were left to help them pretend because they received money to do things for others. The doors and windows were fixed, and the bed and cabinets were moved into the house. After two hours of work, they were finally arranged neatly.

After Xie Yan counted, he settled the rest of the payment together with him. Carpenter Zhang took the money and left happily with his son.

Looking at the fully furnished house in front of her, Cao E couldn't help crying, kneeling in the yard with soft knees, bowing to the front: "Thank God for not forgetting our family, so that we can have a house to live in." , have clothes to wear and food to eat..."

Xie Yan hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her mother, Xie Yuangu also ran over, the mother and son hugged each other, crying and laughing, Xie Yan lamented that he came from time travel, first almost burned to death by high fever, and then almost sold to a brothel , I was finally able to get out of the sea of ​​suffering and have my own shelter, and I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

In this small courtyard, there is the main room in the middle, and there are two rooms in the west on the left. The room next to the main room is Xie Yuangu's room, and the side near the entrance of the courtyard is Xie Yan's room. The row on the right side of the main room is Cao E's first. The room, Cao E’s room, is the kitchen on the side of the door. The kitchen is not big, so a small room was built next to it for bathing. occupy the area of ​​the yard.

When digging the foundation, Xie Yan specially asked Lao Zhangtou to plan a passage to the outside and build a septic tank, so that the hut can be as clean and tidy as a modern bathroom without odor.

The stove in the kitchen is also built with red clay left over from building the house, and everything is just right.

Xie Yan looked at it and calculated what needs to be added. He had just settled the money from Zhang Carpenter's house, and there was still one tael in his pocket, and he would take one tael to the dealer later. The pot is used to boil hot water for bathing, and the pot for eating was also brought by the dealer at that time. Yu Po said that the pot is no longer needed. If you have spare money, you still have to buy one as a spare, but there is no rush right now, and you only need to buy another one. A few bowls are enough.

The rest is the quilt in the house. I still have to squeeze the kang with my mother and brother tonight, and I will buy a quilt tomorrow and go back to sleep in my own room. Basically, I don’t need anything else.

By the way, I still need to buy a few big locks, a door, and three rooms, so as not to be missed by others at home.

These things can be barely enough for two or three hundred Wen, and if there are dozens of Wen left, you have to tighten your belt to live.

Silently planning in her heart, Cao E has moved all the things in the thatched shed in with her hands and feet, put the pots and pans in the kitchen, put the bedding and cloth in her own room, and hung Xie Yan's clothes to her. In the closet in the house.

"Jin'er, there's not enough bedding. It's winter now, so you should squeeze in with Niang and Gu'er at night."

"Well, I know, mother, I still have four hundred Wen, one hundred Wen for you, you are the head of the family, you must have some money in your pocket, and I will go to town tomorrow to buy the remaining three hundred Wen s things."

"Mum doesn't buy things, you just keep it for yourself." Cao E is unwilling to take it. Although it is her own daughter, she has not paid any money for the money. Now that her daughter is the master of the house, she also I don't want to take the money.

"Mom—you have to spend money when you earn it, not only you have it, but you also have it," Xie Yan said, counting ten copper coins and handing them to Xie Yuangu, "In the future, everyone can have whatever they want to buy. Buy it with money, that’s how you live your life.”

Cao E wanted to say something else, but Xie Yuangu, who was on the side, was so happy that he got the ten coins from his elder sister. He clasped the ten copper coins in his palm and jingled them, bouncing around and said: "Sister, then I can buy candied haws Is it gone?"

"Okay, I'll take you to the town tomorrow, and then you can spend these copper coins as you like. If it's not enough for my sister, I'll go with you tomorrow."

Hearing that her daughter had arranged everything, Cao E had no choice but to close her mouth and put the string of copper plates into her pocket.

"Mother, I'll take the money to the dealer. Now that the house is built, I should give the money for the homestead."

"Sure, you go, I'll tidy up at home." Cao E is a person who can't stay idle. Although the house is built and everything is clean and tidy, there are many small things that have not been put in place. The trees, branches, leaves, and unused wood that were cut down when the house was built before have to be chopped and piled up. When the weather is cold, they can be used for cooking and kang.

There is still a place in the yard to make a chicken coop, and then buy a few chicks to raise.

After hearing her mother's thoughts, Xie Yan hurriedly said: "Mom, don't put the chicken coop in the yard. Our yard is small, and we can't move around if there are two more people. Then we can raise a chicken or something, and come in and out." It’s not good to step on the dirty chicken manure.”

To be honest, the budget for building a thatched cottage with three taels of silver is already very tight, so the design of the rooms is not too wide, and the yard is small, but it is just enough for the three members of the Xie family.

Now this brand-new yard is clean. There is such a nest of chickens in the yard. The chickens like to come here and there. Every day, sweeping chicken manure can cause headaches, and the smell is not good in summer.

"Okay, then I'll use wood to build a chicken coop outside the yard." Cao E didn't mind raising chickens in the yard at first, but her daughter didn't like it, so she compromised without saying a word.

Xie Yuangu heard that he was going to Xiucai's elder sister's house, and he wanted to go with Xie Yan's hand. Da Mao hadn't come over for the past two days, and the little guy missed him very much.

The two brothers and sisters were fighting and walking towards the farmer's house. As soon as they approached the gate of the yard, they heard the sound of barking dogs and hurried footsteps coming from the yard. A figure came and bumped into each other.

Standing still, it was Zhuang Wan, who had a look of anxiety on his usually calm face.

"what happened?"

"My mother-in-law is ill again." Zhuang Wan retracted the threshold she had stepped on, with a faint pleading tone, "You—can you help me find Uncle Cai, saying that my mother-in-law is ill, let him Go ask the doctor for help."

Hearing that Granny Yu was ill, Xie Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "I'll go right away, you should hurry back and see Granny Yu."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Xie Yuangu and said, "Gu'er, go tell Mother that Granny Yu is sick, and ask her to take care of her."

Xie Yuangu obediently responded, turned around and ran towards his own home.

Zhuang Wan gave Xie Yan a grateful look, then turned around and went into the yard again, Xie Yan also ran towards Cai Chu's house quickly when she saw this.

At this time just after noon, Cai Chu had just finished eating and was dozing off at the door. Seeing Xie Yan rushing over, he hurriedly asked what happened. Confused, he said to his mother-in-law: "I'll go to the town to invite Dr. He over now, and you can help take care of Granny Yu, Zhuang Wan can't do this job."

Gao was cuddling his grandson who was only a few months old in his arms and coaxing him to sleep. He was in a difficult moment: "Look where I can make a move. A Lin and the others just returned to their mother's house today. Who should I hand over the eldest grandson to?"

Xie Yan hurriedly said: "I let my mother go, is there anything I should pay attention to?"

Gao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Grandma Yu has an old problem. When she gets sick, she goes into convulsions and convulsions. In severe cases, she may even hurt herself. Zhuang Wan can't take care of her alone."

When Xie Yan heard it, she felt a bit like the symptoms of an epileptic seizure, but she didn't know much about it, and she wasn't a doctor, so she didn't dare to speak out rashly to avoid causing confusion.

Mrs. Gao said again: "It's not that difficult to take care of, but Zhuang Wan was well-raised by her parents when she was young, and she was also a scholar. Later, her parents left suddenly. She wanted to help the family share the burden, but compared to her parents Granny Yu is even more reluctant to let her do things. Fortunately, the land at home is rented out to others, and there is no farm work to do. Since she opened a private school in the village, she has the income of Shuxiu, and she copies books to help people write complaints on weekdays. I can also earn some money, the money can be used to subsidize the family, and the family does not lack anything. I usually ask someone to help me with heavy work, and I have never made a mistake. I have never taken care of anyone, I don’t even know how to cook, and I have a few pigs at home, so I can’t do without help.”

Xie Yan suddenly realized after hearing what she said. She knew that Zhuang Wan's father used to be the magistrate of Yongfeng County, but the Zhuang family was not a wealthy family. Granny Yu's husband died early, and she worked hard to bring Zhuang's father and brother together. He grew up, and Zhuang's father was able to be elected as the county magistrate, but he was only a child from a poor family. However, it is still a bit puzzling that Zhuang Wan's generation is so pampered.

But not doing farm and housework does not mean not contributing to the family. Zhuang Wan is also a person who can earn money, and Gao Shi also said just now that she is copying and writing complaints. She is just participating in another way. In this family's division of labor and cooperation, it's nothing more than doing what he is good at to subsidize the family. Xie Yan thinks it is not a big problem after thinking about it.

She quickly comforted her and said, "If it's just taking care of it, my mother is at home, the house has been built now, and the land we want to plant has not yet been rented, so she can help take care of it."

Mrs. Gao hurriedly said: "This is the best, because the Fang family in the next village—cough, it's about your dead fiancé, the villagers are not willing to associate with her now, and the people in the private school are not willing to send their children. I went to teach her, the medicine for Granny Yu's disease is very expensive, and the burden on the child's shoulders is also heavy, staying up late every night to copy books is really not easy."

Xie Yan did not expect to look at Zhuang Wan who has always been indifferent, with such a hard work behind her face, her impression of her has also changed a lot, remembering that after she crossed over, the grandparents of the Zhuang family have been using various methods To help my family, now that Granny Yu is sick, she will never stand by and watch.

Cai Chu hurriedly went to invite the doctor, Xie Yan returned to the farmer's house, saw her mother also came, and after rushing in front of Yu Po's bed, Zhuang Wan started to boil medicine in the kitchen.

But looking at the movements, they are not clumsy at all, and they don't look as if their fingers are not touching the spring water as Gao said.

In ancient times, many places were influenced by the idea that "everything is inferior, but reading is high". It was rare to have a scholar in the family, and most of them were doted on to death. Even Fang Wenbo, who was just a child before, was a favorite in the Fang family. Lord, even poor people are like this, not to mention that Zhuang Wan had a father who was a county magistrate before.

The eldest ladies in the city have always kept their fingers clean, or they only do embroidery, and there are servants to serve them at home, so there is no need for a noble lady to do housework.

When Father Zhuang was still alive, he lived in the city during his tenure. It is understandable that Zhuang Wan was raised pampered.

Thinking this way in his mind, he walked over and squatted beside Zhuang Wan: "Go and do your work, I'll watch the fire for you."

Zhuang Wan didn't refuse, and stepped aside, the two of them didn't have much to say for a while. Yesterday, the relationship between the two made some progress, and when Zhuang Wan looked at her again, she couldn't see it. There was a little more temperature, but Yu Po's illness made her feel a little overwhelmed for a while. She pursed her lips and stood still for a while, then opened her mouth and said, "Thank you."

Thinking of the things about the Zhuang family that I just heard at Cai Chu's house, and knowing that Zhuang Wan has to copy books every night until midnight before she can rest, Xie Yan smiled and shook her head, her voice became much softer, and said: " Don't say thank you, how can you help us at 01:30?"

Thinking of the purpose of coming to their house in the first place, he quickly took out the one tael of silver from his pocket and handed it over: "The homestead I bought with your family earlier, now that I have earned money, I will return it to you first."

Zhuang Wan hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, her pretty lips moved slightly, but she still didn't say anything, she pinched the silver in her palm, her drooping eyelashes covered her beautiful eyes, and looked Can't tell her mood.

"I'm going to see my mother-in-law." After speaking, she turned and left the kitchen.

Xie Yan squatted by the stove, her face was glowing red with the flickering firelight, but her thoughts were wandering around, until Xie Yuangu came in with Da Mao in her arms, and said worriedly: "Sister, is Granny Yu alright?" , just now the body has been shaking non-stop."

Xie Yan raised her head, reached out and touched his little head, and said, "Do you like Granny Yu that much?"

"I like it. The first time I came to Xiucai's sister's house, Granny Yu gave me a lot of delicious food. In the past, when you went up the mountain to pick up wild goods, she would come to talk to mother every day. Those people came to see her and accompany mother. They dare not come to our homestead to make trouble."

Xie Yan listened, feeling more and more precious about the grandparent and grandson, thinking about Fang Wenbo's matter, what was hidden behind it, and whether Zhuang Wan had anything to do with this matter, but after spending this time together, thank you Of course Yan didn't believe the rumors of those people in the village, but Zhuang Wan didn't justify herself on this matter, which is really puzzling.

"It'll be fine, don't worry." Xie Yan stretched out her hand and touched her younger brother's head to comfort him.

Just when she was about to get up to see Po Yu, footsteps came from outside the door. It was Cai Chu's voice, presumably the doctor had also arrived.

When the two of them entered the yard, they met Xie Yan who came out of the kitchen. The doctor looked at Xie Yan and said, "This little girl lives here. The Ganoderma lucidum you dug last time is really a good thing. If you have it in the future, you can take it to our pharmacy."

Xie Yan saw that the doctor who came here turned out to be the Huimin pharmacy that used to sell herbal medicines. There is a place for consultation in the pharmacy store, and this Doctor He is the doctor who is attending the consultation.

Seeing a familiar face, Xie Yan nodded hurriedly and said: "Naturally, if there are any good things, I will send them to your store. Go and show Granny Yu."

Dr. He didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly carried the medicine box into Yu Po's room, felt the pulse and administered the needles. After working for a long time, the cold weather forced the old man to sweat, and stood aside watching Zhuang Wan was also worried.

After some diagnosis, Dr. He stood up and said: "It's still an old problem. It stands to reason that if you take the medicine on time, there should be no mistakes. Why did you suddenly faint this time?"

When Zhuang Wan heard this, her eyelids drooped, and she took out a large pack of medicine from her back and handed it to Dr. He, saying, "I didn't take the medicine on time."

Dr. He looked at the large package of medicine in front of him, and was startled, and said: "Why is there so much of this medicine left, one package a day, after counting the days, it should be fried tomorrow, I'm afraid you still have ten packs left over here." Medicine for the next day?"

"My mother-in-law always said that the medicine was too expensive, and I didn't pay much attention to it on weekdays. In the past, I took a pack a day, and she saved two or three days before decocting a pack. Otherwise, today's incident would not have happened."

"Confused," Dr. He said, patting his thigh, "this medicine is expensive, but if you don't take it on time and in the right amount, the previous treatment will come to naught, and you have to start all over again. How could Granny Yu be so confused."

Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Cai Chu on the side opened his mouth and said, "It's no wonder she's an old man. This medicine costs a hundred cents a day, and a packet a day is really unbearable for our family. Now that Awan's private school is closed again, If Shu Xiu can't take it in, Granny Yu wouldn't want A Wan to copy books day and night, and it's reasonable to do so."

Xie Yan didn't expect Granny Yu's medicine to be so expensive, a set of medicine cost up to [-] Wen, no one in Shangyan Village can earn [-] Wen a day, even by opportunistically picking up wild goods and digging herbs, in resources I only got one hundred coins a day when I had enough, and after so many days of digging, the things on this mountain have already been scooped up, and there is nowhere to find them if I want to pick them up later.

Zhuang's father and Zhuang's mother died early, if Zhuang Wan was alone, it would not be easy to survive till now.

Xie Yan held her breath and looked at the tall woman in front of her again. The long gown, which was washed white, was neatly put on, and the few patches that were exposed at the sleeves were well hidden. It was Zhuang Wan's last dignity as a scholar.

I saw that she didn't say a word, her eyes were slightly swollen, and then she thought about what Cai Chu said just now, that this person was copying books day and night.

As a scholar, Zhuang Wan can only subsidize her family in this way.

Thinking of this, the prejudice against Zhuang Wan not participating in family labor at the beginning disappeared without a trace in an instant, and even the love for her in my heart couldn't help but increase a bit.

Cai Chu glanced at Xie Yan who was standing beside him and said: "Girl Jin, if you have money for the homestead last time, you can give it to Awan first. It's not easy for her, otherwise I wouldn't I will tell you to prepare the money first and then talk about buying the homestead."

Before Xie Yan could speak, Zhuang Wan said, "The money for the homestead has already been paid."

Cai Chu glanced at Xie Yan in surprise, as if he was a little suspicious, after all, Zhuang Wan said the same thing when he came to sign the contract that day.

Xie Yan said embarrassingly: "It's my fault that I didn't know the difficulties of the scholar's family at the beginning, so I moved this money to the end."

Zhuang Wan also spread out her palms, it was the one tael of silver that Xie Yan gave just now.

Cai Chu then sighed and said: "Hey, it's not easy, but if you can survive now, you'd better take the medicine on time, this time you can't stop the medicine, Awan, you have to fry it for your mother-in-law in person in the future. medicine, lest she secretly hide the medicine again."

Zhuang Wan nodded.

Dr. He wrote a prescription and said: "According to this prescription for the next few days, take the medicine for seven days, and then follow the previous prescription after seven days. If the medicine can be continued uninterrupted, it will take at least one year and at most two years. Three years may still heal."

"I probably knew what was going on with her when I came here, so I prepared a secondary medicine and brought it with me. You fry it first at night, and you go to the store to catch the rest tomorrow."

Zhuang Wan took Fang Zi silently and said: "Then I boiled the previous medicine just now..."

"It's okay, save it for another decoction tomorrow, and you will pay for the consultation fee and the newly dispensed medicine when you go to pick up the medicine tomorrow." Dr. He finished his explanation and left with the medicine box on his back.

Seeing that Xie Yan and Cao E were both there, Cai Chu couldn't stay as a big man, so he went home after explaining a few words.

It was getting late, Yu Po woke up leisurely, Xie Yan and the others didn't leave, they helped to boil the medicine, Cao E took the medicine bowl and fed the medicine to Yu Po, Zhuang Wan's face turned red when she saw this, and the medicine asked to help It's fried, and even things like feeding medicine have to be done under the guise of manpower, which is really wrong.

Cao E has been helped by the Zhuang family's grandparents and grandchildren many times these days, and she is very grateful. Now she finally has the opportunity to do something within her power, and in her subconscious mind, the status of a scholar is noble. How can she do it again now? Let Zhuang Wan worry about these things.

What's more, in the past few days, she has been making clothes in the straw shed, and Yu Po went to chat with her when she had nothing to do. Previously, people in the village thought that their mother and son were ominous people, and few people were close to them. The mother-in-law was unwilling to associate with them, which made Cao E feel the warmth that she had not seen for a long time. Now that she is sick and bedridden, Cao E naturally wants to take care of her with all her heart whether there is anything at home.

Seeing that she insisted on helping, Zhuang Wan had no choice but to let her go.

It's just that it's time for dinner again, Zhuang Wan can't help but feel a little bit troubled. It's not for nothing that she doesn't know how to cook. In the past, if Po Yu fell ill, Cai Chu's wife Gao would come over to help with these things. But this year, since the eldest of their family After the grandson was born, Gao didn't have much time to help.

Xie Yan has always been thoughtful, knowing what this person is struggling with, she said: "Mother, I'll go back and cook, and I'll bring the porridge when I go back."

As soon as Zhuang Wan heard that Xie Yan wanted to go back to cook, she hurriedly said: "You don't need to go back to such a trouble, you can cook at home, the rice and noodles are all in the cabinet, I didn't do these things much in the past, it's ridiculous."

Xie Yan now has a different view of her. She doesn't care if she can do housework or not, but it's really troublesome to cook and bring it back. Let's cook here tonight. The three of them don't eat much. , don't worry about these small details anymore.

Thinking so, he went to the kitchen to wash rice and cook. Xie Yuangu also went to the kitchen with his big hair and Ermao in his arms, and Sanmao followed behind while barking and barking.

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