As soon as the first month of the new year, the pace of spring seems to have accelerated suddenly, and before you know it, you will come to the capital. came with him, as well as Chen Yan.

Of course, Taohua didn't pick up Chen Yan, but only let Mint go to the city gate to take a look, and followed the car to send Chen Yan back to Jiang's house.

"Mrs. and—Miss Chen hugged her head and cried." Mint looked awkward, "Actually, Miss Chen is fine, and she's a little fatter." "The life in Zhuangzi is much more comfortable than in Liu's house, her own Zhuangzi, she can go shopping as she wants, and eat whatever she wants.

"I heard that even the family affair is about to be decided." Daylilies also followed Chen Yan, and they were also very affectionate when they saw mint, and whispered something to her in private, "That family is a continuation of the string, there are hundreds of hectares of fertile land at home, and they also grow mulberry and raise silkworms, and their lives are quite prosperous." It's older, I heard that I'm almost forty years old, and the two sons left by the original partner are going to get married, and I heard that the eldest one was also admitted to Xiucai. I am also literate, but I heard that I can read and draw, so I asked to marry. ”

Momoka listened with half-closed eyes: "That's not bad. What does she mean by herself? "Both of them have been married, although the man is indeed older, but in terms of age, the woman will always suffer.

"Miss Chen is still hesitant and wants to marry a scholar." Although the son of this family was admitted to Xiucai, it was not her own son after all.

"In the Wuxi area, it's not difficult to find readers." The literary style in the south of the Yangtze River is more prosperous than in the north, and it is not difficult to find a meritorious one.

"There is a scholar who has gone to ask for a marriage-" Mint pursed her lips, "I am in my twenties and have not yet married, and Miss Chen is suspected of being poor." I heard that there was a widowed mother in the family, so I quickly refused. ”

Taohua couldn't help but shake her head: "I'm afraid it's not that I'm too poor, but I'm still scared." "The so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, suffered a big loss in the Liu family, and when I heard the word widow, I was afraid of it.

"However, those who have not yet married in their twenties and are willing to marry a second marriage are mostly for the sake of poverty." Momoka changed her posture, "Whatever she wants." ”

Now she is almost eight months pregnant, whether she is sitting or lying, she feels the pressure of her stomach. My legs and feet are also swollen, and I walk a few laps in the yard outside every day, and when I come back, I have to be carefully massaged to be more comfortable.

Peppermint sighed: "I listened to the meaning of the daylily, I wanted me to come back and ask the princess to persuade Miss Chen." If she picks and chooses like this, Daylilies is afraid that she will have a reputation for being picky...... In the end, it was delayed again. ”

It is a good thing to ask for marriage, but if this is not allowed and that is not allowed, it is inevitable that people will be talked about picking and choosing, and some people may retreat if they hear this reputation. After all, the period of women's flower letters is short, and Daylilies is really afraid that Chen Yan will pick it for a few years, and in the end, she will have to downgrade it if she is old and unsold.

Taohua shook her head: "She may not listen to what I say." "I didn't listen to her before, but now she sends people to Wuxi and doesn't care, it's good that Chen Yan doesn't hate her, where will she listen to her.

Mint didn't want Taohua to be involved in Chen Yan's affairs anymore: "I replied to her at the time, now that Miss Chen has regained her surname, the princess can't care about her affairs anymore." But Daylily is pitiful, and she has been following her, and she doesn't know what the future holds. ”

"She is loyal, Chen Yan always knows." Taohua pondered for a moment, "You reward her with ten taels of silver, and ask her to persuade her carefully." If there is anything bad in the future, send a letter to the capital, if I can help her, I will always help. ”

Yuzhu, who was beating Taohua's legs at the bottom, had been listening to the two of them with his ears pricked up, and at this time his heart was already like a mirror - the help that the princess of the county said was not to help the Chen family girl, but to help the daylily. If nothing else, but for her to be a faithful person.

This is still someone else's girl, and the princess is willing to help. If she is her own girl and is loyal, how can the princess be treated badly? When Yuzhu thought of this, he only felt full of strength and thrashed harder.

"Don't talk about Chen Yan. You looked at my wife, how is it? Since Chen Yan is doing well, Taohua has no intention of paying attention to her anymore, she is only sixteen this year, and when it comes to marrying at the age of twenty, there is still three or four years to choose slowly.

Mint shook his head without thinking about it: "Mrs. looks really scary...... "It's so thin that there is no flesh on his face at all, but his eyes are still bright, and seeing Chen Yan is even brighter and scary, it's like two ghost fires."

Miss Chen was also frightened when she saw her wife's appearance, and brought her food with her own hands, but her wife said that she was full after a few bites. Miss Chen was frightened and cried, and she also said that it was okay, saying that as long as Miss Chen stayed with her, she would be cured immediately. "Mint originally hated Cao's in his heart, but now when he sees Cao's appearance, he also feels quite complicated.

"Is she willing to go back to Wuxi with Chen Yan?"

Mint's pity immediately disappeared again: "When the master said something, the wife immediately began to cry, saying that the master now has a new person, and he can't tolerate her." When the slave heard that, not only did the wife not want to leave, but she also wanted to leave Miss Chen in the capital. ”

Momoka shook her head helplessly. Cao is such a person, he never knows how to measure.

"The slave maid has already told Aunt Lin that she should first ask Miss Chen to live in the wife's house and just treat her as a guest. The portion is still the same as before, but there is no monthly silver. ”

"That's it." Guests, that is, they have food, drink and accommodation, but don't want to meddle in the affairs of the Jiang family, of course, they will not give her the moon silver compared to when she was a girl in the Jiang family in the past.

"Slave and maid, the wife is sure that the private house will give out the money."

"Whatever she wants." Taohua didn't care about Cao's private room, "Brother Bai won't compete with Chen Yan for this." For Jiang Bohua, even if Chen Yan has regained her surname, she is still his sister. Taohua doesn't want him to grow into a stingy character, after all, the entire Jiang family will be his in the future, and if he fights for this little bit of private room, it really doesn't look like a man.

"Slave maid, my brother is still close to Miss Chen." Mint was a little ambivalent when she said this. From a selfish point of view, of course she wished that Jiang Bohua would only recognize Taohua, but if Jiang Baihua had no feelings for Chen Yan, she would feel that something was wrong again: "The slave is afraid, Miss Chen instigated her brother to beg the princess." ”

Taohua smiled and shook her head: "No." "If Jiang Bohua could be moved by Chen Yan's words, he would have been moved by Cao's words a long time ago. Speaking of which, the kid was too young to understand these things, but he knew he didn't understand them, so he never interjected. Cao cried in front of him every day before, in addition to comforting, he couldn't help but mention Cao's illness twice in front of Taohua, but he never said that he wanted to take Chen Yan back.

"Brother is also difficult to ......" Mint was relieved when she heard that Jiang Bohua would not be moved by Chen Yan's words, and couldn't help but pity Jiang Bohua, "These days, just serving the sick, I have lost a lot of weight." ”

In fact, Jiang Bohua doesn't need to do anything with his own hands, he has his own olives and ginkgo, it is really such a tossing method by his mother, and the mental pressure is too great. Although Jiang Xi tried his best to enlighten him, Jiang Xi himself was also a relatively rough person, and he was not proficient in child psychology, which could not make Jiang Bohua really relax. At present, Shen Shu often takes him out to run horses or something, which can make him vent his emotions and be more useful.

Taohua sighed softly: "Tomorrow, after school, take my brother over for two days." ”

Mint's worry is not too much, Jiang Bohua is being pulled by the Cao family to cry at this moment: "Look at your second sister, how many days have you been living in the countryside, this face is also black and your hands are thick, if you marry someone who doesn't look good, I don't know what it should look like." Anyway, you are all born to me, just look at this, you go and beg your big sister, let her stay. Find a family affair for her in Beijing, this time it's all up to your eldest sister, and my mother will never say a word more. ”

Jiang Bohua lowered his head and didn't speak, and was shaken by the Cao family before he said, "Big sister won't care about this anymore." ”

"That's why you begged. Your second sister is not close to her, you and her are sisters and brothers! Cao Shi died in a hurry, his thin hands grabbed Jiang Bohua's shoulders, and a pair of deep-sunken eyes flashed with a somewhat terrifying light, "Think about it, if your second sister can also marry a good family, you will have two brothers-in-law to rely on in the future." Your eldest brother-in-law is a martial artist, but you want to study, wouldn't it be better if you could find another brother-in-law who is studying and becoming an official? ”

The maid who followed Jiang Bohua hurriedly came over: "Madam, you scratched my brother." "The strange nurse told her to come along, and the wife is going to toss again.

Olives and Ginkgo also came over and carefully broke Cao's hands. Chen Yan looked anxious on the side: "What are you doing!" What a bold man! My mother is close to Bai Ge'er, can you still manage it? Don't let it go! ”

These days in Wuxi Zhuangzi are much better than in the Liu family before, but compared to the days spent in the Jiang family, they are still much worse. The most significant point is that at that time, someone took care of everything for her, and in this Zhuangzi, although it was her own place, she had to worry about everything.

Cao said that her face was also black and her hands were thick, which is true. There are fruit trees on the ground in Zhuangzi, and you have to go and see it, how can you not get a tan? As for thick hands, she has limited income now, and she can save money, and she doesn't need the grease to moisten her hands, so how can it compare to the careful maintenance she used to have?

But what worries her the most is her future family affairs. Because of his young age, good looks, and dowry, there are not a few people who come to ask for marriage. But from her point of view, she is either poor or old, and now the best one has two sons in the family, even if she has more children, the age difference is too much, how can she compete with her brothers?

Every time she thinks of this, she regrets that she can't sleep at night - if she didn't make up her own mind and rushed to marry Liu Zhijing, and when Taohua became the princess of the county, she would definitely be able to find a good family for herself with this, how could she be reduced to divorce, and it was worth nothing if she was only sixteen years old?

If she hadn't returned to the capital this time, she would have regretted it for a few days, and she would have married that family in the end. Although he is older, he is quite sincere in asking for marriage, and he wants to be able to hold it in the future. And the family is rich, and if you get married, at least you don't have to live a careful life anymore.

However, at this time, Cao's letter gave her a different idea in her heart - go back to the capital, she can finally go back to the capital!

Although the Jiang family who came to pick her up made it clear: Cao's family was seriously ill, and she was picked up to meet her and serve the sick. However, seeing that Cao's letter did not mention her illness, she already understood that her mother was probably pretending to be sick in order to allow her to return to the capital.

But after arriving in the capital, when she saw Cao Shi at first glance, she was really shocked - Cao Shi was already five points like a human and five points like a ghost. However, Cao's spirit is excellent, maybe she has been pretending to be sick for too long, and her body is really a little weak, but with her, careful service will always get better, right?

Since the Cao family seems to be okay for a while, she naturally has to plan for herself, knowing that if she can't seize the opportunity to serve the sick this time, she will never have a second chance.

However, the Jiang family is no longer her maiden home, let alone what to do, she didn't even see Taohua's face, even Jiang Xi was cold and indifferent, and only said a few words to let her accompany the Cao family well, and she didn't even ask how she was doing in Wuxi. At the moment, except for Jiang Bohua, she really has no one else to ask for help.

It's a pity that no one listens to what she says now, Olive and Ginkgo only glanced at her and continued to carefully break Cao's hand, Jiang Bohua's maid didn't even look at her, just pulled Jiang Bohua out.

Chen Yan was so anxious that she wanted to go over to help the Cao family, but was pulled by the daylilies behind her: "Girl, don't make trouble." My wife is like this now, and she should recuperate. ”

Daylilies naturally knew Chen Yan's plans, but in her opinion, there was little hope of success in this matter, and judging from Chen Yan's current situation, if she was more peaceful, she would really ask for help in the future, and with Jiang Xi's soft-heartedness, she would not ignore it. But if it is like Cao's, the more trouble it is, the worse it will be, and the more it will have the opposite effect.

Chen Yan hesitated. After all, she is still more shrewd than Cao's, but when it comes to herself, the so-called authorities are obsessed, and she will always lose her mind. When Daylily said this, her sanity came back a little - after all, she was here to serve the sick, if she just came to Cao's to make trouble, wouldn't she tell everyone that she instigated it?

If only Jiang Bohua happily agreed to intercede. However, now he refuses to agree, and the trouble reaches Taohua's ears, but it is not good for their mother and daughter.

As soon as Chen Yanfu thought about it clearly, he hurriedly went to dissuade the Cao family: "Mother, forget it, let's talk about this matter in a few days." Bai Ge'er still has to study. ”

Cao Shi tugged for a while, and also felt that his heart was weak and short of breath, and the Venus in front of him was chaotic, so he let go of his hand, but he still wiped his tears and said: "Brother Bai'er, my mother begged you like this......"

Jiang Bohua closed his lips tightly, lowered his head and only looked at his feet. His maid yam was so distressed that she rubbed the place where she had been caught by the Cao family for him, and said softly: "Brother hasn't written today's words yet, why don't you go back and write your homework first and then come to see your wife?" ”

Chen Yan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes." Homework matters, go ahead. ”

Yam glanced at her, thinking that it wasn't because of you that this incident started today, but now it's a good person. However, he didn't bring it out, but said: "Brother, listen, Miss Chen said so, let's go, let's go." "Pulled Jiang Bohua out.

Chen Yan heard the words "Miss Chen", and felt uncomfortable again. She was unwilling to revert to her surname Chen, but the emperor called someone to spread this meaning, who would dare to disobey? Speaking of which, the emperor is also nosy, what is the surname of other people's daughters, and what does it matter to him? With a single word, he removed her from the Jiang family, and today she has become "Miss Chen"!

It's just that I dare to think about these words in my heart, but I don't dare to say them. Chen Yan could only scold a few words secretly, and then turned to help Cao Shi lie down: "Mother, you can rest." ”

Cao has always felt that he is in excellent spirits and has no serious illness. However, after a few tugging with the girls today, I couldn't support it, so I was startled, and went to bed according to Chen Yan's wishes, and said, "Take a mirror and I'll take a look." ”

Ginkgo didn't know what she meant, so she took the Western glass rhombic glass. This mirror was originally bought by Jiang Xi for each of his wife and daughter when he went to Guangdong, but it was the size of a palm, and it was light to pick up, and it was clear to people. At this time, Cao was sitting on the bed, and Ginkgo naturally took this instead of the bronze mirror erected on the dressing table.

This Western mirror looks at people more clearly than the bronze mirror, and it is really delicate. Cao Shi looked in the mirror, and saw a somewhat unfamiliar face facing him, his cheeks were yellow and sunken, and his eye sockets were sunken, but there were two faint things flashing in it, not like a human but like a skeleton.

"This-" Cao Shi was too lazy to freshen up after pretending to be sick, so he got up and sat in front of the bronze mirror by chance, but he didn't know that he had become like this, and he was shocked, "This, this is me?" ”

Olive sighed secretly in her heart and said, "My wife has been sick for a long time, and this complexion is indeed not good......

This is not only a bad complexion, but it is simply half sick like a human and half a ghost. Cao Shi never expected that he would really become like this, and he was suddenly scared: "This, how is this good?" ”

That's when I talk about how to do it...... Olive didn't know what to say, so she had to say: "Mrs. still has to take good medicine, and eating well is ......" She is a shrewd girl, although no one said anything to her, but she has already guessed from the demeanor of Jiang Xi and Old Lady Jiang and the act of bringing Chen Yan over, Cao is most likely terminally ill.

It's just that this can't be said at the moment, and she can only persuade her to take medicine and eat well, maybe she can still be saved? After all, the princess of the county has excellent medical skills, maybe she brought Miss Chen back just to treat his wife?

Olive was thinking nonsense here, and Cao Shi was already anxious over there: "Quick, bring me food." "She has always felt that she has no serious illness, so she dares to skip medicine and eat, who knows that she has become such a ghost, if it drags on like this, will she die?

Since she was going to eat, Olives and Ginkgo were naturally overjoyed and hurried out to pass the meal. When Ginkgo went out, she liked to say, "Sister, it's really useful to pick up Miss Chen." She is still young, and she is not liked by the Cao family, she is always a little far away, and she doesn't understand the things here as well as Olive, she just thinks that taking Chen Yanlai is to make the Cao family happy, so she said, "The princess of the county has a way!" ”

If he was so elated, he couldn't pour cold water on the olives, and besides, it was always a good thing for Cao Shi to eat, so he also nodded and said, "That's what you said." The princess has excellent medical skills, so naturally there is a way. ”

Since Cao's illness, there is always a stove in the kitchen, so I can make some porridge and rice for her at any time. As soon as the two maids went to the kitchen to say, the cook immediately took out the boiled red date and lotus seed porridge, and put a small bowl of noodles with chicken broth, put some green vegetables and shredded chicken, and prepared a plate of yam cake, which was hotly packed in the food box, and said: "This chicken soup has been boiled for a few hours and then skimmed off the oil, and the taste is fresh and not greasy." This is all ordered by the master, saying that it is good to be restrained, and it is appropriate for the wife to eat it. ”

The Jiang family has few masters, and the kitchen is originally easy to serve, but since Cao's illness, it has added a lot of trouble. Although the cook received Jiang Xi's reward, she didn't complain about anything, but because the meals she sent were always returned after only a few bites, she had to secretly complain about Cao's mess in her heart. But this is the master's business, and she is a subordinate, so she just does what she is told.

Olive naturally knew that the chef was unhappy, and he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly thanked the cook, returned to the main courtyard with the food box, and put them on to Cao's one by one.

The red date and lotus seed porridge is sweet, the chicken soup is fragrant, and the yam cake is soft and glutinous. Cao sat down at the table and frowned after looking around. Olive was afraid that she would be picky again, so she hurriedly said: "This is all specially made for Mrs. under the orders of the master, and Mrs. will taste it, and the taste must be good." ”

Speaking of Cao's sweetness, this red date lotus seed porridge and yam cake are what she loves every day, but when she looks at it today, she feels that she has no appetite, so she reluctantly drank two sips, and took another piece of cake, only half of it, and suddenly turned her head and vomited.

This vomiting is a search for the intestines, not to mention porridge and cakes, even the water that I drank first was vomited, and it was easy to stop. Cao Shi vomited red face, and the Venus in front of him was popping up, so he was really afraid, and he panted after rinsing his mouth: "I, I'll try that noodle." ”

The so-called people are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. If she really can't eat, won't she starve to death?

Chen Yan felt a little uncomfortable when she heard her vomit, and couldn't help but say, "Mother, why don't you rest and eat again?" ”

"No, no." Cao reached out to get the noodle bowl, "I want to eat!" ”

Only this time it was no different, only a few mouthfuls of noodles were stuffed, and then there was another burst of vomiting, which made the room dirty, and Olive and Ginkgo were busy cleaning up.

Cao Shi gasped for breath and felt dizzy, so he had to be carried back to the bed by Chen Yan and lay down, he couldn't help but pull Chen Yan's sleeve, and said in a panic: "Sister Yan, I, what's the matter with me?" ”

Where did Chen Yan know what was going on with her, so she only said: "It's probably because of the discord between the spleen and stomach, my mother takes some medicine?" ”

"Yes, yes, take the medicine, take the medicine!" Cao Shi seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, stood up and said loudly, "Hurry up and boil medicine for me, I want to take medicine!" "She's just pretending to be sick and doesn't want to die......