Before Shen Shu's carriage drove into the gate of Dingbei Hou's Mansion, a group of people surrounded him, and even Dingbei Hou came back from the camp.

"Uncle, aunt, I'm really fine." Shen Shu didn't need to be helped, he got out of the carriage and entered the house, "Taohua said, it will be fine in a few days." ”

Mrs. Dingbei Hou pulled him to look up and down, and saw that he didn't even have a single pox blister on his face, only seven or eight pox sparsely on the back of his hand and forearm, and a few of them had begun to dry up and scab over, and it was really not the terrible appearance of smallpox, so she couldn't help but clasp her palms together and read: "Thank God, I've been worried about it these days." "I didn't dare to tell Mrs. Tai about this, for fear that she would worry too much and make something happen.

Dingbei Hou stood next to him, although he didn't pull Shen Shu, his eyes never left his nephew for a moment, and when he saw that he was really fine, he said: "In this way, this is the smallpox from the cow?" ”

"Exactly." Taohua is actually very tired these days. When I was in the epidemic area, I didn't feel anything about the strength of working overtime back then, but now my spirit is a little relaxed, and I have to take care of Shen Shu, I feel like my whole body is falling apart, and I replied to Dingbei Hou Dao, "This kind of pox is to use the pox slurry on the cow to make people infected with smallpox, although it will also cause fever and pox, but it is much less toxic than the supernatural smallpox." ”

Mrs. Dingbei Hou didn't think of this for a while, but now after listening to Taohua, she suddenly understood: "In this way, pox is not a matter of life and death?" ”

Taohua smiled: "Of course not." If pox is as dangerous as smallpox, what is it to do? "The old man in front of me had the right idea, but he didn't choose the right pox vaccine. After all, cowpox was introduced from the West, and before that, China used human pox, and at the initial stage of testing, the safety was definitely not enough.

Mrs. Dingbei Hou only felt that a big stone pressing on her heart was suddenly removed, and the whole person seemed to float up, but she felt that her legs were weak. She had been worried for so many days, and now she dared to believe that what Taohua said earlier might be true: there is really a way to avoid smallpox, and it can really make children no longer afraid of smallpox!

Dingbei Hou also has mixed feelings in his heart. Before, he was ruthless and wanted his two sons to try pox first, but it was his own bloodline, how could he not worry about it and not be in pain? These days, he is so busy in the barracks that he does not dare to let himself rest, because he is afraid that whenever he has free time, he can't help but worry about his two younger sons, and he can't help but imagine the scene of the two children lying on the bed with smallpox.

Yin Ru stood aside and looked straight at Shen Shu. Since the carriage stopped just now and Taohua helped Shen Shu get out of the car, she has been standing by Shen Shu's side, she wanted to go to Shen Shu's side, but she felt that there seemed to be no place for her.

"Uncle and aunt," Shen Shu looked at Taohua's tired expression, "I'm a little tired and want to rest first." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mrs. Dingbei Hou hurriedly said, "You haven't recovered yet, go and rest first!" Peach - Momoka also hurry up and go to rest. ”

Taohua was also really tired: "There are guards behind who have brought back more than a dozen cows, and as soon as they arrive, they can prepare for the pox." ”

Mrs. Dingbei Hou promised repeatedly: "You can rest assured, it will definitely be settled." Go and rest, hot water is ready. ”

Cicada Yi and Dieyi were both standing by the door, and the two of them, like everyone else, were dusty and dark, but the expressions on their faces were completely different. As soon as Shen Shu turned around, Cicada Yi's feet moved involuntarily, but when he saw Taohua, he still stood stiffly, lowered his head and went out after the maids of the Jiang family.

Shen Shu's yard in the Dingbei Hou Mansion had already been cleaned up, although Taohua had only lived here for one day, but the things had already been spread out by the maids, and when he entered at this moment, everything was complete. Mint and the others were busy asking for hot water and food, and they were busy going in and out for a long time, and then they all retreated and closed the door of the main room.

"Sister, you don't need us now, let's go back and wash up and change our clothes." Dieyi pulled the cicada's clothes and said with a smile. She was also much darker and thinner, but she was in excellent spirits, and her eyes were particularly bright on her face with slightly protruding cheekbones.

The cicada clothes were pulled by her, and she went back to her room a little blankly. The rough mothers-in-law who had their own heads prepared hot water for them. Dieyi almost couldn't wait to enter the clean room, scooped up the towel soaked in hot water and wiped it on her body, and suddenly let out a long sigh of relief: "It's so comfortable." This time I went back to the quarantine area, but it was really- hey, it was like a world away. ”

"Oh-" Cicada Yi absentmindedly perfunctorily stood by the bed in a daze.

Dieyi's voice kept coming out: "But isn't it." Speaking of which, I used to follow my wife to give soup and medicine every winter, and when I saw that those people were so poor that they had no clothes to wear, I thought that they were too miserable to do anything. When I went back to the quarantine area, I realized what miserable it was. On the first day I went in, I threw up several times and was scolded by the princess. ”

Cicada Yi was disturbed by her voice, so she had to take a change of clothes and enter the clean room, and said casually: "It's just dirty, you haven't seen a dead person, why did you vomit?" ”

Dieyi's eyes widened and said, "Sister, this is different!" "Every year in the Northwest, there are people who die in battles and freeze to death in the cold, of course they have seen it, but after all, it seems to be separated by a layer, no more than these patients, who are rotting, diarrhea, vomiting and gradually dying in front of their eyes, and the impact is completely different.

Listening to her description, Cicada Yi also felt a little nauseous in her stomach, frowned and waved her hand: "Okay, since you feel disgusting, don't say it." ”

Dieyi shook her head again and again: "No, no, I don't feel disgusting anymore." She hesitated for a moment, and said a little excitedly, "Sister, I want to study medicine with the princess." ”

"What?" Cicada Yi was taken aback by her, "What do you want to learn?" ”

"Study medicine! No, the princess said, that's not a medical skill, what is it called—by the way, it's called nursing! Dieyi gestured excitedly, "It's to teach people how to take care of these patients." Sister, do you know? The diseases in the epidemic area are all passable, but with the princess's disinfection methods, and I paid attention, none of us were infected. ”

Cicada Yi blurted out: "Then the prince is still sick!" ”

Dieyi hurriedly said: "The princess said that the prince contracted that cowpox because the protection was not done well. This would not be the case if it had been well protected. The princess also said that many of the servants and family members who took care of the sick in the quarantine area did not know how to nurse, so they could not take good care of the patients, and they would also get sick. ”

Cicada Yi listened to her one by one, "the princess said", she felt uncomfortable, and sneered: "If the princess can cure this anthrax, there is no need to be afraid without these cares." ”

Dieyi retorted: "The princess said that these are two different things. There are always some diseases that are difficult or even incurable, and even those that can be cured cannot be cured by anyone. It is very important to treat the epidemic so that it does not spread and infect more people, sometimes even more so than curing the disease. ”

"Everything is said by the princess, and the princess said!" Cicada Yi threw the cloth towel in his hand into the bucket, "I see that you are really devotive to the princess now, do you remember that you are serving the prince?" Going to study medicine? You go to study medicine, who will serve the prince? ”

"There's a princess." Dieyi was still immersed in excitement, "The princess took great care of the princess, and the maids she brought can also do it." Besides, I just went to learn nursing, and I can also serve the prince. In the past, she and Cicada Yi were by Shen Shu's side, and most of the work of serving tea and pouring water was done by Cicada Yi, and she did more needlework for Shen Shu, and now it will not hinder anything to learn nursing.

Cicada Yi only felt a heart jam for a while, and looked Dieyi up and down a few times: "Follow the princess on this trip, how can I see you-" Is it possible to be confused by the Jiang family? A look of looking at her horse's head.

Dieyi smiled and said seriously, "Sister, I'm serious. In the past, I thought that the princess was nothing great, but the prince loved her, she was my master, and I had to serve her with my heart. But this trip to the epidemic area made me know the princess's ability. ”

Cicada Yi sneered: "This is also strange, the princess herself said that she can't cure this disease, you respect it so much, if you can cure it, shouldn't you be reincarnated as a bodhisattva?" ”

Dieyi's face flushed slightly: "Sister, it's not that the princess can't heal herself." Langzhong in the northwest is all there, and they can't do anything. If it weren't for the methods that the princess said, more people would have died! Besides, the penicillium that the princess made up was something, and she saved several people who had to die. ”

Cicada Yi said lightly: "I saved several people, but I heard that several people were killed." ”

Dieyi's face swelled even redder: "Those people can't save their lives if they don't take this medicine." And the princess said in advance that if you can't stand this medicine after taking it, you will die, and those people are all chosen by themselves! ”

Cicada Yi waved his hand: "I don't fight with you." I just think that if I have the ability, I will be able to save people, instead of taking medicine and leaving people to fend for themselves, as I am now. ”

Dieyi's eyes widened: "Sister, you speak so lightly!" In the past, she also thought like this - as long as it is a doctor who is really capable, he will definitely be able to cure the disease. However, this time she had been to that hellish place on earth, and seen those Lang Zhong who were anxious and racking their brains to help, but could only watch the patients die one by one, and she realized that some things were not as simple as she thought.

The two of them didn't speak for a while, and Dieyi went out after scrubbing his face. Cicada Yi washed silently, but she was a little panicked in her heart - in the past, Dieyi didn't like Jiang's family, how could she go out this time, it was like a different person. What kind of ability does the Jiang family have to confuse people like this with their medical skills?

By the time she finished washing, the water was almost cold. Dieyi had already finished changing her clothes, and when she saw her come out, she said with a straight face: "I'm going to serve the prince, do you want my sister to go over together?" ”

Cicada Yi sighed, went over and took her hand and said, "Your temper is too big, I just say a few words, and you can show me your face." ”

Dieyi still said with a small face: "Sister, you haven't been to the quarantine area, and you haven't seen how those people bothered to save people." ”

"Okay, yes, I said it wrong." The cicada's clothes softened, "They naturally want to save people, but I'm just in a hurry, so I rushed to speak." ”

Dieyi relaxed her expression at this time: "Really, sister, if you go to see it, you will also go to study medicine." It's ...... to watch those people die I couldn't sleep for a few nights, and when I closed my eyes, I saw the little children, their faces covered with pustules......"

Cicada Yi was so throbbing in her chest by her, but fortunately her stomach was empty, and there was nothing to vomit, so she endured it and said: "It's like that when you have smallpox, it's like that, even if it's no medicine to treat, there's no way." ”

Dieyi's eyes widened: "But the princess said that if all the children in the world are vaccinated with pox, there will never be any more smallpox!" Sister, what a blessing this is! ”

Since Shen Shu's illness, Cicada Yi didn't dare to say that this pox method was whimsical, and he had to admit that this was indeed an immeasurable merit, so he had to nod: "The princess is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva." If this method can be achieved, the northwest will also set up a shrine for her. ”

Dieyi smiled at this time, and nodded again and again: "That's going to stand!" Sister, I don't want to learn a little bit of the princess's medical skills, as long as I know how to care. ”

Cicada Yi didn't prevent her from mentioning studying medicine again, and couldn't help frowning: "Do you really want to study?" ”

"Of course!" Dieyi said solemnly, "The princess said that if the women in the northwest learn more about nursing, it will not only be beneficial to the epidemic, but also save many more people in wartime." ”

"Wartime?" Cicada Yi was a little inexplicable, "Every year the northern barbarians come to attack, and many women in the city go to the camp to help." ”

"The princess said it was different." Dieyi retorted confidently, "If you understand the method of nursing, you can take better care of the injured." ”

Cicada Yi couldn't help but retort again: "What's different about that?" The sergeants in the battalion all have broken legs and hands, and they have learned to take care, can they still connect their hands and feet? ”

Dieyi couldn't answer this time. Because Taohua has been busy on the road, she has only briefly talked about this care and has not elaborated on it, so Cicada Yi is questioning it now, and she can't answer, so she has to hold her breath and say: "Anyway, the princess said differently, and I will naturally know when I learn it in the future." ”

After she finished speaking, she straightened her face again. Cicada Yi looked at her with a puffed up face, and knew that she couldn't say it anymore, so she had to nod and say, "Then I'll wait to see what you learn." ”

Dieyi pouted and walked in front, Cicada hurriedly pulled up her hair and chased her to the main room.

Shen Shu and Taohua had finished washing, Mint and the others were setting the meal, Taohua personally commanded and moved a few dishes away from Shen Shu: "Don't eat these things for the time being, they are slightly inconsistent with the medicine used, and you will eat them when you are well." ”

Shen Shu grimaced at a few light dishes in front of him, causing Taohua to gently slap him on the hand: "What do you do, you can eat it when you get better." This time you have cowpox, it's all because you don't care about it, otherwise why should you suffer this sin. "Shen Shu has been in the northwest for a long time, no meat and no joy, after getting pepper, he fell in love with spicy taste, but he was sick and wanted to eat light, and he was a little unbearable along the way.

Mama Zheng was waiting on the side, her eyelids couldn't help jumping, and she hurriedly went to observe Shen Shu's face, but saw that the prince of the county was not half stunned and just smiled, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought that she would have to persuade the princess to go back and be empty, and now that she is newly married, the prince of the county will naturally have to be obedient, but it is difficult to guarantee that the love will not fade over time, and even if the love has not faded, the princess should still restrain a little, the water will flow for a long time, and the princess's favor will not be used up so quickly, there will be a case in the future, but what should I do?

Of course, Taohua didn't know that Mama Zheng was worried that she was squandering Shen Shu's favor too much, and after picking out the dishes for Shen Shu, she remembered and ordered: "The guard who has been infected with cowpox like the prince, the meal should be so light, don't ask someone to eat something that shouldn't be eaten for him." ”

Immediately, there was a little maid running outside to pass the word, and Shen Shuhan pulled Taohua to sit down with a smile: "Don't just worry about others, hurry up and eat." It's cold here in the northwest, and the food is cold quickly, which is not as good as the capital. "There are earth dragons over there, and when you make a fire, you can be as warm as spring. With the status of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, it is naturally possible to lay it, but when the Hou Mansion was built, the first generation of the Dingbei Hou did not cover the earth dragon, and now only Mrs. Tai has added the earth dragon in the yard, and other places, including the main courtyard where the Dingbei Hou couple live, also rely on charcoal basins for heating.

Taohua sat down and nodded to Cicada Yi and Dieyi: "Why did you come here again?" It's time to take a break these busy days, and it's time to eat? ”

Dieyi smiled and said: "The prince and the princess haven't eaten yet, how can the slaves and maids have a reason to eat first." ”

Taohua smiled: "There are mint here, you can go to eat." Tomorrow you will have to prepare for pox, when you will be busy, and when you are tired. ”

Dieyi hurriedly said: "Not tired, not tired." "The princess is busy, and they are tired," the slave wanted to ask about the care that the princess said a few days ago...... When can I learn? ”

Shen Shuqi said: "What kind of care?" ”

Momoka smiled. At the beginning in the Wuxi Pharmacy, Dieyi made such a fuss like a troll, which really left a very bad impression on her, even if she later knew that she behaved like this because of the old grudge between Shen Shu and the Jiang family, it was still very uncomfortable after all.

Who knew that this time I went to the quarantine area, but I found that this is a person who has a lot of intestines to the end, and his temperament is still as straightforward and enthusiastic as fire, which makes people can't help it.

"This time, I will recruit some people first." Taohua already has a rough plan in her heart, and many women have lost their husbands in this epidemic tide. Although widows remarry in the Northwest and are not frowned upon, young men die in the war every year in the Northwest, so that there are many widows. If they are recruited, they will all be physically strong, and they will also be given a way to make a living.

"Then the princess must pick a slave!" Dieyi hurriedly said, "The slave maid should learn from the princess for a good life." ”

"You've done well in quarantine these days, so naturally you're going to pick it." Taohua smiled at first, and then said solemnly, "But nursing is a dirty and tiring job, and it has to be bold and careful, and it is indispensable to endure hardships-"

"Slaves are not afraid of hardship!" Dieyi just patted her chest, "The slave maid thinks that she can also save people's lives like the princess." ”

"Okay, I'll just wait and see." Taohua smiled and nodded, "But let's go eat now, if you do nursing care in the future, you must first know how to keep yourself energetic, which is very important." ”

Shen Shu watched his personal maid go out happily, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "When did you ambush her?" Dieyi has a straight temperament, and he used to have a knot in Taohua, and he also thought that he should mention one or two points after getting married, so as not to accidentally bump into Taohua in Dieyi's words.

Who knew that on the day of marriage, an urgent letter from the northwest sent an epidemic outbreak, so that he was so busy that he even forgot about it, and when he remembered it, Dieyi had already gone to the quarantine area with Taohua's team, and he couldn't tell him if he wanted to.

Unexpectedly, after this trip, Dieyi looked like she was obedient to Taohuayan, and this was different from the slave's attitude towards the master's mother, what happened?

Taohua laughed: "This girl is a kind-hearted person. ”

"What kind of care are you talking about?"

"Well—" Taohua smiled and put a chopstick into his bowl, "Did you say that the food cooled quickly, why don't you eat it quickly?" Maybe people will be a little childish when they are sick, and in the past few days, she has found that Shen Shu does not like to eat light meals, so when it comes to eating, she will delay intentionally or unintentionally.

Shen Shu sighed deliberately and picked up the dish: "When will it be good?" ”

Taohua was amused by him: "Three days, you don't have to eat these after three days." ”

Shen Shu looked happy: "When I am well, the people in the northwest will know that this cowpox is not terrible, and it will be much more convenient for them to plant pox." ”

Mama Zheng was beside her and stopped talking. Taohua saw it at a glance and said, "Whatever Mama wants to say, just say it." ”

Mama Zheng said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, princess, the slave maid looks at the meaning of the Hou Ye, I want the two little sons to be the first to plant pox." "She didn't go out with her because she was old, and she wasn't idle in the Hou Mansion these days, although the matter of the pox was not announced to the public, but Mama Zheng's eyesight that she practiced in the palace still saw some clues.

"Okay!" Shen Shu was very happy, "The two cousins have been healthy since childhood, and it is appropriate to plant pox at this age, which should be the case." ”

Taohua instantly understood what Mama Zheng meant: "This matter, my uncle has already decided?" ”

Mama Zheng nodded. To be honest, she was shocked when she knew, at that time, even she didn't dare to believe this kind of pox, Dingbei Hou was willing to gamble with his son's life, and he did his best for the northwest.

"Uncle is not easy-" Taohua let out a long breath, "This matter, even for the sake of uncle, must be done." ”