34. Faithfulness

The collapse of the Mochizuki Bridge shocked the whole city of Wuxi. As soon as the Nanhua County Lord heard the news, he was anxious, and he got up and was about to go out to find Jiang Heng, but he was pulled alive by the Wen family: "Mother, don't worry. The second brother is followed by flying arrows, and he will be fine. I can't say that I am on my way back now, and if my mother goes out, she may miss it. When the second brother comes back, he will have to worry about his mother again. ”

The lord of Nanhua County waited anxiously for a long time, and finally saw Jiang Heng come back, and saw that there was no injury on his face, but even with the Qingzhan flying arrow, his clothes were changed, and he couldn't help but get anxious again: "What's the matter?" ”

Jiang Heng hurriedly said, "I'm fine, don't worry, mother." Then he said that he had just gone out and saw the Mochizuki Bridge collapse, and he went to save people again.

Only then did the lord of Nanhua put his mind at ease, folded his palms and recited the Buddha, and became angry again: "If you want to save people and let Qingzhan and Flying Arrows go, why did you go by yourself?" This black light is blinding, what if it falls into the water! ”

Although Wen persuaded the lord of Nanhua to say that it was nothing, in fact, he was also uneasy in his heart, and he didn't let go until this moment, and said with a smile: "Saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, the second brother has always been enthusiastic, this is a matter of accumulating yin virtue, and there will be good rewards." ”

The Lord of Nanhua County sighed: "You said the same. He took Jiang Heng's hand again and asked if he was cold. Jiang Heng replied one by one, saying that he was bathing in Jiang's house and drank ginger soup to ward off the cold, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The county lord of Nanhua nodded and said, "The Jiang family is thoughtful. This thing is weird and scary, and it scares the two girls too, right? ”

It's okay that she didn't mention it, but as soon as she mentioned Jiang Heng, she remembered Taohua: "Second Miss Jiang is scared, but Miss Jiang is not." Not only did he not, but he also took the maid to save people. "At the moment, I told all the people I saw Taohua rescue.

The county lord of Nanhua is fine as long as his son is fine, but he listened absent-mindedly to how Taohua saves people, and only said: "The Jiang family has practiced medicine for generations, and I think she has also learned some here, and it is not unusual for her to save people." ”

Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "Mother, you don't know, I look at Miss Jiang's neat and energetic bones, which is no worse than the experienced old man." ”

The lord of Nanhua smiled: "Have you seen a few Langzhong bones, you know?" Okay, okay, I'm tired in the middle of the night, go back and rest. If this happens, I don't think we should stay long, and we will return to the capital in a few days. Let's go and change this garment, look weird and uncomfortable. ”

Jiang Heng saw that her face was tired, and the Wen family couldn't support it, so she had to retreat. returned to his room, pulled Qingzhan and said: "You saw that Miss Jiang saved people, you say, is it similar to those old men?" ”

Qingzhan was already half tired to death, and said with a sad face: "My young master, how can I see a few Langzhong, but looking at the appearance of Miss Jiang, her courage is great." The wound of the woman with the broken leg was bloody, and the little one looked a little frightened, so that Miss Jiang dared to do it. ”

Jiang Heng fell on the pillow, looked at the top of the tent and said, "You're right, look at her so young, but she is so bold." Look at her sister-in-law, she is so scared that she can't walk. ”

Qingzhan scratched her head and couldn't help but say, "Young master, it's common to be like Second Miss Jiang, aren't all the girls in the boudoir like this?" It's like Miss Jiang, she really doesn't look like an ordinary girl......"

"Indeed......" Jiang Heng also had to admit, "However, what do you say about her medical skills?" At the beginning, my sister-in-law's happy pulse was diagnosed by her, and she said it was a coincidence, but now I think it doesn't look like a coincidence. ”

Qingzhan was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, and said vaguely: "Is it not, anyway, the Jiang family can't practice medicine, and it's useless to have good medical skills......

"Oh, I forgot about it, the first emperor said this, but if Miss Jiang's medical skills are really good, it would be a pity not to be able to practice medicine-" Before Jiang Heng finished speaking, he heard Qingzhan already making a slight snoring sound on the couch next to him, so he had to close his mouth and go to think about it himself.

Tonight, not only Jiang Heng, but few families in Wuxi City slept well, and the Jiang family was no exception.

Jiang Bohua was a little frightened, and he was slightly hot at night. Taohua guarded him, wiped him with warm water, and patted him to sleep. In her previous life, she was busy with work, and she died suddenly at work in her thirties, and she never even talked about love, let alone get married and have children.

In this life, although Jiang Bohua is her younger brother, watching him grow up, in her heart, Taohua feels that Jiang Bohua is like her own child. Seeing that he was snorting his little nose in his dream and not crying, he felt that his heart was very soft.

Cao Shi failed to get his son back this time, and touched a nail at Jiang Xi's place, so he couldn't cry, so he had to wipe his tears to see Jiang Yanhua. As soon as I entered Jiang Yanhua's house, I heard her speak anxiously and angrily: "Where's my hairpin?" My hairpin is off! ”

"What hairpin?" Cao Shi suddenly reacted after answering, "Is it the hairpin that the county lord rewarded?" ”

"Yes." Jiang Yanhua was about to cry, got up and was about to get out of bed, but sat down again with ankle pain, but only said, "Mother, you quickly ask someone to look for it on the street!" "I just wore it out for the first time today, so why did I drop it?

Now Cao Shi was also anxious: "Why did it fall off?" Daylily, what are you still doing in a daze, quickly call the door to go out and find it! ”

Daylilies were also exhausted, and when she heard this, she had to get up and go out, and called the people in the porter to get up. The porter had just laid down, and was called up full of joy, and when he heard that he was going out to find a hairpin, although he did not dare not go, he couldn't help but complain: "The street is in chaos like this today, where can I find a hairpin." ”

Daylily had no choice but to say: "This is a hairpin rewarded by the county lord, if you lose it, it will be difficult to explain." She didn't dare to go back, so she had to go out with the porter to look for it.

The streets were still in chaos, with many women dropping shoes, handkerchiefs, yarn flowers, and other things, as well as miscellaneous things left by vendors, and officials searching around for injuries.

In such a mess, the Jiang family is carrying a lantern to find a hairpin, which is really similar to looking for a needle in a haystack. After searching back and forth twice, the subordinates finally couldn't stand it: "Daylily girl, you also saw it, this is really nothing." ”

Another person muttered in a low voice: "There are still officials who walked first, if they see any hairpin bracelets, I'm afraid they would have already picked them up." ”

That's true. These women and children rarely left behind some valuable things, but there are only some handkerchiefs and shoes on the street, and I think they have been taken by someone. The officials don't talk about what roads are not left behind, and they have to come out at night to be busy, and they have to get some benefits. Even if Su Heng saw it, he could only open one eye and close one eye.

A girl's house in Xuancao, she was frightened again today, and she had to go out to look for it, but at this moment, she only felt that her feet were hurting, and seeing that the golden hairpin was nowhere to be seen, everyone was full of resentment, so she had to go back and tell Jiang Yanhua.

Jiang Yanhua put on the golden hairpin for Jiang Heng today, but he didn't expect to say a few words, but he lost a piece of valuable jewelry, he really couldn't say it, and no one complained, and he shed tears all night.

It was a good August 15, but there was such an incident, and there was no even a festive atmosphere in Wuxi. The lord of Nanhua slept too late last night, and only got up at noon the next day, and listened to the big girl coral talk about last night's events, and couldn't help but sigh: "I heard Heng'er say it lightly yesterday, and it was just a few people who fell into the water, how could it be so big and dead?" Amitabha, fortunately, Heng'er is fine. Where is he? What's wrong? Do you want to invite Langzhong? ”

While combing her hair, Coral said with a smile: "Don't worry, the county lord, Pearl went over to see it in the middle of the night last night, and the second young master is fine." Together with the green cup and the arrows, it's all good. ”

"That's good." The county lord of Nanhua sighed, "It's really ...... for something like this to happen on August 15 Alas, ask someone to take two hundred taels of silver to the temple and do a ritual for these people. The pitiful ones were women and children. ”

"The county lord is really compassionate." Coral hurriedly complimented, and said, "The second young master followed the county lord, and he also cared about these people with kindness, and he talked about it when he had dinner in the morning." ”

"Heng'er got up early in the morning?" The county lord of Nanhua frowned slightly, "I was tired like that last night, and it's not good to rest today." ”

"I said that I was going to Jiang's house to return my clothes, and I was going to the hospital to see those people, so I went out early." Coral spied on the face of the Nanhua County Lord, and said slowly, "Speaking of which, the eldest girl of the Jiang family is really bold, she is not afraid when she sees that scene, and she can save people." ”

The county lord of Nanhua said indifferently: "The daughter of the medical family is commonplace. ”

"The second young master has praised and praised, and he is full of praise."

"Huh?" The Nanhua County Lord raised his eyebrows slightly, and half-turned around, "Heng'er also praised the girl of the Jiang family?" ”

Coral hurriedly relaxed the strength of his hand, so as not to hurt the scalp of the Lord of Nanhua County, and said, "It's not." The slave and maid went to see the second young master in the morning, and it happened that the second young master was eating, and when he saw the slave and maid, he talked about the incident of last night, and praised Miss Jiang so much that there was nothing in the sky and no earth. The slave maid is stupid, and she didn't see that Miss Jiang was so outstanding a few times ago. ”

If Qingzhan is here, it must be said that the coral is too exaggerated. She went over to see Jiang Heng early in the morning, and did ask about last night, and Jiang Heng did mention that Taohua had rescued many people, but he was in a hurry to go out, but he only said a few words, not to mention what he boasted about the heavens and the earth.

It's a pity that the county lord of Nanhua didn't know, and his two eyebrows were wrinkled together: "Heng'er really said that?" ”

Coral hesitated for a moment, but said, "The slave doesn't know whether to say this or not...... The second young master is in Beijing, and he has never seen a woman like the girl of the Jiang family, but the girl of the Jiang family is born well, and the second young master is ...... age now."

Lord Nanhua's brows furrowed more and more as she spoke, and she said unhappily: "What is that girl, Heng'er will not be shallow." However, Heng'er really hasn't seen a girl like her......"

Coral Nuo continued to speak, but his heart was like a mirror. The Lord of Nanhua is a little duplicitous in saying this, saying that it is nothing to say that Miss Jiang is nothing, but in fact, Coral has followed the Lord of Nanhua in and out of the capital, and has seen many ladies from high-ranking families, and it is difficult to find a few looks that can be compared with this Miss Jiang. Especially Miss Jiang is different from those ladies, there is a feeling on her body that can't be described by coral, Jiang Heng is Mu Shaoai's age, and it is natural to be attracted to her.

Coral muttered in his heart, and the Lord of Nanhua had already said lightly: "You think very thoughtfully. Heng'er is older, and I can't take care of it alone. If you look for me more, you will be faithful. As he spoke, he casually took a bracelet from the makeup box and handed it to Sango, "You just wear this plain silver bracelet on weekdays, and you should also wear a gold one when you go home for the New Year, and let the family take a look, knowing that you are doing well in the house, and feel at ease." ”

Coral hurriedly knelt down and took it: "Lord Xie rewards." Every time the slave maid went home, he had to tell them how the lord of the county treated the slave and maid well, and they were all grateful in their hearts. ”

The Lord of Nanhua nodded absentmindedly: "Okay." You go and pack up your things, and then ask the young lady, if she is not unwell, she will leave for Beijing in the next few days. ”

Coral agreed, picked a few hairpins for the lord of Nanhua County to put on, and then withdrew.

The red gold bracelet in her sleeve pressed coldly against her palm, but Coral felt a hint of warmth from it. However, she will not wear this bracelet home during the Chinese New Year. If she really wore it back, she was either robbed by her father to change the wine and drink, or her mother robbed her to subsidize her brother.

Coral was not born to the Jiang family, but was bought from outside the government at the age of eight. Her family is in the countryside, and her parents gave birth to three daughters before they had a son, and the baby can't do it. Although Coral is the youngest child, she is still not taken seriously by her parents.

The family is poor, and he has to raise so many children, and his father is still an alcoholic, so you can imagine what kind of life the girls are living. Sango's brother was a little clever, and his parents were like a treasure, and even came up with the idea of letting their son study and change his school. Sango's three older sisters were all married off in exchange for a bride price for her younger brother to study, but unfortunately after ten years of study, she still didn't even pass the exam as a child.

If he couldn't study, his parents counted on his son to inherit the lineage, and Coral was sold to the Jiang family in order to raise money for his brother's bride price. The first few sisters were still married, but she has been good to cheap since then, and life and death are in the hands of the master.

But Coral didn't object at all. Because the Jiang family is still the county lord, its reputation is outside, and even the countrymen know it. Coral has also heard of it, and has heard that the Jiang family is not harsh on people, although it is sold from time to time, but it has never been killed. Therefore, when she left home, Coral Head never returned, and she had already stayed enough of this home!

The maids bought from outside naturally don't have the advantage of having children in the house, and the coral is just a little girl who has not entered the house. However, she was willing to endure hardships, not only because of the work in her part, but also because of what the big maids commanded, she also rushed to do it, and at the age of twelve, she was promoted to the third class maid.

This position is still not close to the masters as usual, but Coral is lucky to recognize a godmother, that is, the mother-in-law who combed the hair of the Lord of Nanhua County at that time, she once had a daughter, if it were not for the death of smallpox, she should be as big as coral.

Coral learned the art of combing her hair from this godmother, and when the godmother was older, she recommended her to the lord of Nanhua. When it came to run, Coral first jumped from the third class to the second class, and half a year later, because the first-class girl next to the lord of Nanhua got married, Coral made up for her shortcomings.

After ten years in the house, Coral only went home to take a look at it during the Chinese New Year after becoming a first-class girl. Going home to visit relatives is a grace from the master, and it is also the honor of a first-class maid, otherwise, Coral doesn't want to go back to that home to see at all.

Unlike Amber, the way out that Coral wants is not to be concubines for the young masters and sons in the mansion. What's so good about a concubine? Her second sister was a concubine for a rich man, but she was beaten and scolded by the eldest woman every day, and she was always injured when she came home occasionally. Not only did her parents pity her, but also complained that she couldn't be pampered, and got some money to supplement the family.

What Coral wants is to be able to be assigned to a steward in the mansion by the lord of Nanhua County in the future. Although both of them are slaves, slaves also have the benefits of slaves. As the saying goes, the prime minister's door is a seven-grade official, the lord of Nanhua County has the support of the queen mother, and the domestic slaves of the Jiang family are all outsiders who dare not offend lightly. What's more, the house slave even belongs to the master, not to mention the family wealth, even the biological parents, they can't control her at all, let alone ask her to take out the money to fill the bottomless pit in the family!

Touching the bracelet, Coral couldn't help but think of amber. Amber can speak well, and she is far more favored than others in front of the Lord of Nanhua, but in order to be a concubine for Jiang Wu, she actually makes trouble in the diet of the Lord of Nanhua. She ended up being betrayed, and she only blamed her for one thing - the lord of Nanhua County was her master, not Jiang Wu!

Coral didn't inquire about where Amber had been sold, but she had made such a mistake that it wouldn't be a good place to sell it. After seeing Amber's fate, Coral strengthened his belief - always and everywhere to put the Lord of Nanhua at the forefront, serve the Lord of Nanhua well, and naturally have a good future in the future.

If you say that you will serve food, clothing, shelter and transportation, then everyone will. At least agate and pearl are not inferior to her, especially pearl, who is not only the marrying family of the lord of Nanhua, but also has good cooking skills, which are incomparable to her coral. So if you want to get ahead in the close-fitting big girl, you have to work hard in other aspects. For example, the most beloved youngest son of the lord of Nanhua, Jiang Heng.

Miss Jiang, don't blame me. Coral clenched the bracelet and muttered to herself. What is your identity, the county lord will definitely not let you have anything to do with the second young master, rather than provoke the county lord to attack you in the future, it is better to break this idea earlier, and it can also fulfill my face in front of the county lord.

Taohua didn't know that her own storage zĂ i could still fulfill a person, and she didn't know that Jiang Heng ran to Jiang's house, and at this time she was already in Tan's house and had a follow-up for Tan Xiangluo again.

After nearly a month of taking the medicine, Tan Xiangluo's face looked much better. She can also feel the changes in her body, and her heart is naturally happy, and the more she is happy, the better her complexion will be.

Taohua was also very happy to see her like this. Doctors like such patients, and if you follow the doctor's instructions, you can still keep your mood happy, and you will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

"This time, I will prescribe medicine for a month, and Sister Tan will insist on using it. Now the situation has improved a lot, but this disease is more stubborn, in order to prevent recurrence, it is better to persevere, don't be too troublesome. ”

"No trouble, no trouble." Tan Xiangluo's body is much lighter now, and she only feels that there is light in front of her, so how can she be troublesome, "It's my sister who has to work from time to time, which is the trouble." ”

Taohua smiled: "This is also the duty of a doctor, where can it be regarded as labor." It's just that sister, please keep it secret for me, my family's affairs ......"

Tan Xiangluo had already heard about the Jiang family's conviction from Mrs. Tan, so she naturally knew that Lu Yingneng invited Taohua to come, and what she was responsible for, so she immediately nodded like garlic: "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely not say a word." ”

Qingfei now turned to serve Tan Xiangluo, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Miss Jiang, just rest assured." Except for the Lu Biao girl, the wife and the slave, no one else knows about this matter, even in our family. The wife only said that before the cousin left, she invited the girl to talk to the sixth girl to relieve her boredom. As for these medicines, they only said that they were home remedies from his wife's old friends. Now several relatives know that the old friend of the wife in Lingnan knew a nun who was consulting with the sick, and got a prescription from there to send it to the wife. ”

Mrs. Tan's father was a petty official and traveled several distant places. Mrs. Tan's excuse for an old friend over there, naturally no one can verify it, which is the best excuse to use. Nowadays, there are very few women practicing medicine, but in the nunnery Taoist temple, there are quite a few monks who are proficient in medical skills, and some even provide free medical treatment for civilians every year. Since they are women and have their own advantages in gynecology, it is quite credible to say that this home remedy was obtained from there.

Taohua is relieved. She seems to have used her medical skills more these days. If there is an excuse to prevaricate by diagnosing a happy pulse or bandaging a wound, then treating Tan Xiangluo's illness is a real practice of medicine, and there is no shirk. This is also the reason why she does not accept the remuneration of the Tan family - even if it is discovered in the future, she can still shirk the medical fee. Of course, Mrs. Tan understands so well, so it is even better.

Qingfei accepted the prescription, and went to arrange for someone to grab the medicine, Tan Xiangluo brought homemade snacks up, because she couldn't drink tea with medicine, so she had to pour two glasses of white water and said with a smile: "Sister, don't blame me for being sloppy, my aunt is very careful with me, and everything that can't be used is not allowed to stay in the room, lest I eat it by mistake." ”

"I also drink plain water at home. Tea is a good thing, but women are cold, so they should not drink too much. Taohua ate a piece of snack on the plate, and her eyes couldn't help but light up, "The things here are like crisp cheese?" The taste is very novel. ”

Tan Xiangluo was a little embarrassed: "I have nothing to do these days, so I will tinker with these." My aunt also liked this cheese cake, but unfortunately it was troublesome to make, and it was too hot and easy to spoil, although it was delicious, I didn't know how to sell it. ”

The food is most afraid of not being fresh, and if it is a bad person, don't think about opening this store again. Tan Xiangluo came up with the fresh idea of this crisp cheese cake, or she was naturally reluctant, but she was worried about using it, and she had been thinking about it for several days.

Taohua ate a whole piece of sandwich cake and said with a smile: "This tastes really good, it's a pity not to sell it." I have an idea, this sandwich sister can be limited, at the beginning only make a few pieces, for people to taste, when someone comes to ask, and then limit the daily sale of only a few boxes in the morning, if you come late, you have to ask for early tomorrow. As long as everyone likes the taste, it will naturally be sold out early, and there is no danger of spoiling. And when my sister is selling, she should also explain to the guests which dim sum should not be put for a long time, so as not to be inseparable from the incident. ”

Tan Xiangluo nodded again and again when she heard this, her eyes lit up: "My sister is really capable, and she can think of such a method." My aunt plans to make snacks for me to sell in a shop, but I'm worried about my body. My sister looks at me now, can I do it? ”

Taohua pondered for a moment: "As long as you don't work too hard, it's okay for my sister to do it." ”

The two talked for a long time, and Taohua went home with a box of dim sum. When I entered the door, I saw Cao playing with Jiang Bohua with a smile, and when I saw Taohua, I said, "Sister Tao is back?" It's a pity that Jiang Gongzi waited for you for a long time, and just left. ”

Jiang Bohua pinched two sugar people in his hands, and when he saw Taohua, he ran over: "Brother Jiang bought it." ”

"Then have you thanked Brother Jiang?" Taohua squatted down and hugged him, and tried his forehead, which was soaked in sweat and did not heat up again.

"Brother Bai'er, thank you." Jiang Bohua lit his brain case and added, "Brother Jiang said that he will come back tomorrow." ”