The East Cross Courtyard of Lu Mansion has been changed to the "Dian Medicine Garden" as early as nine years ago, and it is the eldest lady from Lu Mansion who lives there, Lu Ruxue. www.biquge.info There are no flowers in the garden in the four seasons, bamboo, pine and cypress, and all the plants are plants that can be used for medicine. There is even nearly an acre of land, which is planted with ginseng.

Huaiyuan County was not suitable for planting ginseng, but Lu Ruxue had a paranoid preference for herbs in her previous life, so after several studies, she tried to grow garden ginseng on flat land. Of course, this ancient climate that has not been warmed has also helped her a lot. After all, in Huaiyuan County at this time, it will snowfall in winter.

When I entered the "Dian Medicine Garden", I saw a mother wearing a dark green muslin dress, squatting in the garden in front of the embroidery pavilion, Lu Ruxue stepped forward quickly and shouted, "Mother Du is early!" ”

The mother-in-law who is called Du's mother is just a rough mother-in-law in the garden. But only Lu Ruxue knew that this Du's mother was the daughter of a criminal minister in the former court. My father was originally a doctor in the former Chaotai Hospital, because he offended a certain master in the palace, the whole family was convicted, and Du's mother was demoted to an official slave, and after several tosses, she entered the Lu Mansion.

Lu Ruxue began to plant herbs in the garden at a young age, with slaves and maids, this Du's mother has followed her father to study medicine since she was a child, and saw that Lu Ruxue was interested in herbs, so she occasionally gave a pointer, and over time, Du's mother taught Lu Ruxue a lot.

Lu Ruxue originally wanted to raise Du's mother as the housekeeper mother of the "Dian Medicine Garden", but Du's mother had never married in her life, and her relatives had died early or disappeared, so she just wanted to spend her life in peace and did not want to be troubled, and only wanted to be accompanied by herbs every day. Lu Ruxue felt the grace of her teachings, so she only handed over this acre of ginseng garden to her to take care of, and didn't have to do anything else. However, Du's mother knows very well about herbal medicine, and if there is a problem with the herbs in the medicine garden and medicine house, Du's mother will still help take care of it.

Mother Du got up and saluted, but there was a rare smile on her wrinkled face, "Miss, it's so early today!" Is breakfast fragrant? "Mother Du, like Aunt Liu, has no children, and women's innate maternal love makes them look at the eldest lady as if they are looking at their own children.

"My mother made steamed buns, and I ate two of them with corn porridge and soaked lotus root slices. Last year, it was very cold in winter, can Du's mother's old cold legs be recidivisted? ”

"The old slave's body is broken, but Miss Lao remembers it! Before the eldest lady went to Ying Tianfu, she made gastrodia eucommia pills, and the old slave kept eating them, and he didn't get sick again this winter! In addition to studying medicine and studying, Lu Ruxue is also a complete foodie. After chatting with Du's mother for a few more words, he entered the embroidery pavilion.

Aunt Liu was already sitting in front of the embroidery frame to sort out the silk threads, and Lu Ruxue gave Aunt Liu a salute first, "Today, Ruxue was fined five big characters by Mr. Jiang, and my aunt is so tired that she has been waiting here for a long time!" Caiyue helped Lu Ruxue untie the cloak and hang it up, and then retreated to the embroidery frame and helped divide the threads together.

"Although you are young, you have always been cautious in doing things, and Mr. Jiang often praises you, but he rarely punishes you! Did you do something wrong today? Aunt Liu sat beside Lu Ruxue with a smile, holding her hand lightly, her palm was warm but not cold, just in time to start embroidering. But Aunt Liu still ordered the star picker who came later, and went to bring warm water to Lu Ruxue to soak her hands.

"It's cloudy in the morning, and I'm late for a while! It's Ruxue's fault, and it should be punished by Mr. Lu Ruxue soaked her hands in warm water and chatted with Aunt Liu with a smile. Aunt Liu is only eight years older than her in her previous life. is different from Mother Du, who exists like a teacher's wife, and in her eyes, Aunt Liu is more like an eldest sister.

Aunt Liu stroked Lu Ruxue's hair with her hand and combed the tips of her hair that hung down, and helped her tighten the red coral hair, as if she was spoiling her daughter, "If you are tired today, you will embroider for a while, more than a dozen embroidery methods in Hangzhou in recent years, the eldest lady has now learned eight kinds, and there is a needlework room in the house, as long as you can embroider a few clothes, you don't want to be an embroidery girl, you don't need to learn every kind of stitch so well!" ”

The embroidery training is harsh and boring, and it hurts her eyes, Aunt Liu doesn't want to see Lu Ruxue endure hardships, so although she teaches her everything, she rarely supervises her strictly.

"My mother doesn't like me to go out of the house, and if I don't learn something, won't this day be very difficult. And Aunt Liu is the phoenix in Hangzhou embroidery, and this Hangzhou embroidery is a fusion of the four famous embroideries of Suzhou, Hunan, Shu and Guangdong! Lu Ruxue took the handkerchief handed over by Caiyue and dried the handprint, and then sat down in front of the embroidery frame and embroidered with needles.

"Aunt Liu embroidered with Gu gold, and the things embroidered were brilliant, graceful and luxurious. And the gold-covered embroidery is even more layered and complementary. However, Ruxue prefers silver thread embroidery and color thread embroidery, which is simple and elegant, plain and vulgar, and delicate and gorgeous, and the image is lively. It's a pity that Ruxue is not good at learning, and until now she can't learn her aunt's thirty percent! ”

"If you like it, practice it slowly, and you can achieve great things tomorrow without sticking to it. You just came back from Yingtianfu a few days ago, and you only rested for a day, so don't embroider this Guanyin statue today, and embroider some handkerchiefs and silks, which also saves you from being tired! In fact, Lu Ruxue is really humble, her embroidery skills have already surpassed Sister Xiu, and she has entered the list of embroidery girls.

"I'll embroider first, and if I'm tired, I'll change to embroider a veil. My aunt helped Cai Yue and Cai Xing to see what they embroidered, but they had to exchange it for money! Lu Ruxue makes money by herself, and she never treats her subordinates badly, Caiyue and Caixing follow her to learn, and now they are comparable to Sister Embroidery, so what they embroidered, Lu Ruxue allowed them to take it out for money and keep it as a private room.

"The eldest lady is always used to them!" Although Aunt Liu said so, she still helped Cai Yue and Cai Xing look at the embroidery, but she didn't correct the advantages and disadvantages, just nodded slightly.

"Yesterday, I asked Caiyue to send my aunt the ruyi cake, do you still like it when my aunt eats it? I heard that it is very famous in Yingtianfu, but I don't like sweets very much, so I just listened to the chatter of the elders in the family! "Lu Ruxue was born in the north in her previous life, so she doesn't like sweets very much.

"I like it, a few years ago, when I was in Beijing, I would occasionally eat some, but when I came back these days, I didn't see anything sold in the city. But it's rare for the eldest lady to go to Yingtianfu, just bring something you like, don't always remember the slaves! "The conversation between the eldest lady and Mother Du outside the embroidery pavilion just now, Aunt Liu also heard it. It is precisely because Lu Ruxue treats all her subordinates equally, that Aunt Liu treats her as her own and loves her very much.

"It's just a few snacks, not sculptures, and ceramics don't take up much space!" The two of them chatted while embroidering things, and an hour passed faster than the average hour. After receiving the needlework, Lu Ruxue was going to ask her mother for peace, and Aunt Liu was going back to the needlework room for dinner, so the two separated.