On August 14, Su Laolang won a heavy reward from the county lord of Nanhua, and it is said that a prescription cured the county lord's illness, and the drug was stopped for three days without recurrence, which shows that he was cured.

At the same time, the first few Lang Zhong who had been the main pulse of Nanhua County also received a gift, although it was far less generous than Su Lao Langzhong, but it was also a lot. According to the Jiang family, the lord of Nanhua is grateful that they have at least been treated with heart, so they are rewarded.

Different from the bustle of beating gongs and drums in Su Laolangzhong, the Jiang family also got a gift here, which was awarded to Taohua by the lord of Nanhua County, a delicate sandalwood box, and at a glance, you can know that it must be filled with valuable jewelry.

It was Bi Chun who came to give the reward, and when she saw Taohua, she smiled: "The jar of pickled plums that Miss Jiang gave to the young lady is a great help." Bi Chunyuan was afraid that Wen's stomach would hurt his stomach after eating too much, but the Jiang family's secret system was really different from those plums in the miscellaneous fruit shop, and the appetizing effect was excellent, and it did not hurt the body.

"There are still at home, if the young lady likes it, Miss Bichun might as well bring another jar back, it should be enough to eat until she returns to Beijing."

Bichun took over this gift-giving job today, and it was with this idea in mind. In a few days, the lord of Nanhua will set off to return to Beijing, and when the time comes, it will be by boat and car on the road, and Wen's reaction will inevitably be strong, and this plum will be indispensable at that time. Although Taohua gave them the recipe to make, they could figure out how to do it for a while.

"You're welcome." Bi Chun smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Taohua couldn't help but smile: "Miss Bichun is too polite, but it's just a jar of plums." How is the young lady doing these days? ”

"Except for the fact that I always gag in the morning, the rest is fine. It's just that the maid is a little worried, and when she returns to Beijing in a few days, she is only afraid of hard work on the way......" Bi Chun unconsciously said her worries, and was slightly stunned after speaking, secretly thinking about how she could say this to a half-grown child.

"Bumps will inevitably make the young lady uncomfortable, but it is not suitable for medicine now." Taohua groaned for a while, "You might as well bring a few oranges and the like, if you are seasick, you can crush the orange peel and smell it." Although pickled plums are appetizing, they should not be eaten too much. When a woman is pregnant, all kinds of reactions are inevitable, and it is better to do without medication or without medication. If it is for the sake of propriety, you should ask a Lang Zhong to accompany you and check the pulse of the young lady every day. ”

Bi Chun listened to her eloquent talk, and couldn't help laughing: "Miss Jiang said so-" suddenly swallowed the following words. In fact, she wanted to say that Taohua said so calmly about the woman's pregnancy, as if she was very experienced. Halfway through the words, he remembered that the girl in front of him had not yet left the cabinet, and it was really inappropriate to speak like this, so he swallowed it back.

Taohua heard what she meant, and smiled slightly: "This is all read in medical books." Although it is suspected of talking on paper, the medical books are all empirical talks, and it is good to think about it. ”

Bi Chun hurriedly smiled: "The home remedies for the hot wine and lotus root festival that the girl said the day before yesterday are very useful, and the county lord said that sure enough, the medicine is heirloom, and the shot is extraordinary." As she spoke, she vaguely understood why she had just talked about Wen's morning sickness without thinking. Although the Jiang girl in front of her is young, she is confident when it comes to medicine, and she teaches people to trust her unconsciously, completely forgetting her age.

The two said a few words, and Bi Chun was worried about Wen's, so he got up and said goodbye: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the county lord will return to Beijing." The young lady asked the maid to bring a message to the girl, if the girl goes to the capital in the future, don't forget to see our young lady. ”

That's kind words. Taohua also smiled, and was as kind as flowing: "Miss Bichun helped me thank the young lady for her kindness." ”

only said thank you for your hospitality, and didn't say that if you can go to the capital, you will definitely come to the door, Bichun also knew that the other party knew it, so everyone laughed and parted.

Taohua sent people to the second gate to return, mint had already opened the box, and exclaimed, "Girl, come and see!" ”

Inside the box was a long string of forty-eight coral beads, each of which was the size of a lotus seed and rice, and the most rare was that it was red and bright, almost indistinguishable, and it was obviously polished from the same piece of coral.

"It's a beautiful color." Peppermint sighed, "I can set two heads when I take it apart." ”

In this era, corals are not dyed, they are all naturally formed colors, and it is indeed rare to be so bright and bright red. Taohua couldn't help but rub it in her hand for a while, and then said: "During the Chinese New Year this year, I dismantled this bead and beat a few more hairpins." ”

Mint was a little reluctant when he heard this: "Such a good bead, but the county lord rewarded you alone." ”

Taohua scratched her nose with her hand: "Don't be so stingy." A hairpin is no more than one or two beads. One for his wife and one for Yan Hua, as well as several sisters in Jingli, also have to be prepared. Otherwise, when the time comes, what will you get in return for someone else's gift? ”

Mint snorted: "It's my wife's business to prepare a gift." ”

"What does she have?" Taohua smiled faintly, "When the time comes, the things you take out are simple, and it's not like you've lost your father's face." went to the capital, the eldest uncle and the second uncle are both people from the long house, and we are from the second room, although we are all a family, in the end there is also a relative who is far away. Don't say anything else, you have to make face for your father. ”

This is right, Mint has nothing to say, and while putting away the coral beads, he muttered: "That's it, anyway, the second girl will definitely come to inquire, and she will have to share her after all." ”

Taohua picked up a letter on the desk and said with a smile: "Okay, you know it in your heart, why do you still say it so angrily, isn't it self-infuriating?" Hurry up and put things away, I also have to read Lu Ying's letter. ”

Lu Ying's letter was sent by the Tan family early in the morning, and because Bichun came over, Taohua hadn't had time to read it. Mint put the box away tightly, and when she came out again, she saw Taohua's brows furrowed, and she couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with the girl, but what's the matter with Miss Lu?" ”

Taohua closed her lips and said for a long time: "Lu Ying said that she has to find a way to be selected." ”

Lu Ying's letter was short, cold and concise. When she returned home, she joined her two cousins in preparation for next spring's draft. Within a few days, however, she heard of her uncle's plan - if she could be elected to the palace, of course, it would be best, if not, the uncle planned to marry her to the son of his superior. In other words, among the sisters, whoever loses the election is most likely to marry into this family.

"I've asked people to inquire, that Liu Jiazi is a gentleman, he likes to mingle in the wind and moon the most, and his reputation is far and wide." Lu Ying's handwriting was sloppy, and Taohua could almost read the anger in her chest between the lines, "The two brothers and sisters in the eldest uncle's room have already married, but there is no risk of affecting the marriage of the children." ”

In these years, the family is one, if one person has a bad reputation for clinging to the daughter, the relatives of the children below are not immune to the attention of others. The Lu family's room is good, his own children are already married, so he can marry his niece indiscriminately.

"The second uncle has his own plans, and he may not be able to fulfill the wishes of the eldest uncle, I am alone without a father or brother, and my family affairs are in the hands of others. originally wanted to be like the sea in the deep palace, but now it seems that it is better to enter the palace than to marry a gentleman. The last word was a little blurred, and I don't know if it was a drop of water or a teardrop.

Taohua took the letter and was stunned. Who would have thought that in just twenty days, Lu Ying's mind would be turned upside down. The harem that used to be avoided has now become a decent refuge?

"This, how can this eldest master of the Lu family ...... like this" Mint stumbled to understand Lu Ying's letter, with a look of disbelief, "This surname Liu's reputation is so bad - it's not his daughter who dares to marry in love!" ”

"You're right." Taohua crumpled the letter paper into a ball fiercely, "He just bullied Lu Ying's father is gone...... "Although he has set up an heir, but that heir is not the same heart as Lu Ying's mother and daughter, how can he plan for Lu Ying?"

Lu Ying saw it clearly. Although there are still two cousins, the male owner of the second room is still there, and he is naturally unwilling to sacrifice his daughter for the benefit of the eldest brother, so as long as Lu Ying is not selected, she must be the one who marries into the Liu family. In this way, it is really better to enter the palace, at least with a daughter in the palace, Lu Ying's mother can have a much better life.

"So, is there any other way?" Mint muttered.

Taohua shook her head silently, slammed her last fist on the table, and closed her lips. There is no way, this world is like this, Lu Ying's father died, so she could only obey the arrangements of her uncle and heir.

"What's wrong with my sister?" Jiang Yanhua walked in from outside with a smile, "I seem to hear something outside the door, but someone made my sister angry?" ”

Taohua casually stuffed Lu Ying's letter into the drawer: "No." It's just that my hands are a little heavier when I put things down. What's the matter with my sister? ”

Jiang Yanhua looked around, and said: "Why did my sister forget jì, I said that I ordered the moon cakes in Yufangzhai, and I should go and get them back today." I also wanted to go to the sewing shop to see the right embroidery thread, so I wanted to ask my sister when she would go out. ”

The moon cakes made by Yufangzhai are famous, and Jiang Xi loves to eat them, so the Jiang family goes to Yufangzhai every year to order two boxes. The day of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the right day, but I am afraid that the shop will not be busy at that time, so I will take it back one day in advance, and eat it the next day.

Taohua's screen has been embroidered twice, and he is also thinking about matching a base, and he got up when he heard the words: "I forgot about jì, fortunately my sister reminded me, so let's go now." ”

The Jiang family couldn't afford to raise horses, so the two sisters had to hire a carriage, first went to the needlework shop to buy embroidery thread, and then looked at a peachwood screen base in the shop next to it, and finally went to Yufangzhai.

"Sister, I must have helped Grandpa Su a lot this time, right?" After walking all the way, Jiang Yanhua finally couldn't help it.

Taohua was still thinking about Lu Ying's affairs in her heart, and replied casually: "It didn't help much." ”

"I don't believe it." Jiang Yanhua covered her mouth and laughed, "If you don't help, why did the county lord reward things again?" And last time, when my mother was sick, my sister knew that she should drink hook vine gastrodia soup as soon as she checked her pulse. When did my sister learn medical skills, I didn't see my sister read medical books much on weekdays. ”

When I was studying medicine, you didn't know where you were. Taohua smiled faintly: "When my sister was studying poetry and painting in the house, I was reading medical books. "That's all the books I read in my previous life, and Taohua has almost gone through all the medical cases left in the Jiang family's old mansion.

"My sister is amazing." Jiang Yanhua blinked, "I heard that it takes a long time to learn to diagnose the pulse of Lang Zhongshan, and I haven't seen my sister diagnose anyone's pulse on weekdays, did you practice it when you were in the medicine hall?" ”

"I used to learn from my father." Taohua was not in a good mood, and she was too lazy to go around the bend with her.

Although he always told himself that the Cao family's stealing of jade carving narcissus had nothing to do with Jiang Yanhua, those who loved others loved the black on the house, and those who hated others hated the rest of the people. Since Jiang Yanhua is the daughter brought by the Cao family, Taohua is not exempt from vulgarity, and finally has to be affected a little.

Especially Jiang Yanhua was originally cautious, but recently she often showed a little family spirit. Taohua knew that she was going around to say something, just to ask what the lord of Nanhua had rewarded this time. However, even if she knew, she didn't have the courage to ask Taohua for it, it was nothing more than a sour heart, just to block herself, why bother.

Momoka is tired of this sticky style. said that she hurt others, but she couldn't hurt others; said that she was self-interested, but most of the time she didn't get any benefits. It's like a fly stung on the table, and although it doesn't get in the way, it always makes people want to pick up a rag and wipe it.

"My sister has only been in our house for three years, so it's no wonder I don't know what happened before. You don't have to ask around, lest outsiders hear and think that my sister is not from our family. ”

Jiang Yanhua pursed her lips suddenly, and only after a while did she whisper, "What my sister said is true." Taohua's words clearly reminded her that she was brought by the Cao family from the Chen family, and she naturally didn't know about the Jiang family's previous affairs, so it was better to settle down a little, so as not to always remind people that Jiang Yanhua's real name was Chen Yan.

The carriage drove quietly for a while, and the daylily on the wheel said, "Big girl, girl, it's time to Yufangzhai." ”

Yufangzhai is busy every New Year's Day. Many people in Wuxi City are in Yufangzhai to order moon cakes, there is that large, Yufangzhai will send it to the door, like the Jiang family ordered a box of two boxes, so they had to come to the door to pick up.

Taohua took the hat and put it on, jumped off the carriage briskly, and only took two steps forward, just when someone came around from behind the carriage and also walked towards Yufangzhai, almost colliding with Taohua, although he dodged quickly, the hat was knocked crooked, revealing half of his face. It was a boy in a green shirt who hit the person, Fang Zi raised his head again and again apologetically, saw Taohua at a glance, and blurted out: "Miss Jiang? ”

Taohua straightened her hat, glanced at him, and found that it was the tea-making boy beside Jiang Heng, whose name seemed to be Qingzhan: "Brother Qingzhan?" ”

"The little one is reckless." Qingzhan hurriedly saluted again, "I was in a hurry to go inside, but I didn't see the girl." ”

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Heng's voice next to him had already sounded: "Qingzhan, you bumped into Miss Jiang?" ”

"Second son Jiang." Taohua had to turn around and salute again, "It's also that I left too quickly, and I don't blame Brother Qingzhan." ”

Jiang Heng smiled: "Qingzhan is always panicked, didn't you hit anywhere?" Miss Jiang came here to buy moon cakes? ”

Jiang Yanhua got out of the car after him and gently tugged at the hem of Taohua's clothes: "Sister, this son is-"

Taohua had no choice but to say: "This is the second son of Jiang." Second son, this is the sister-in-law. ”

"Second Prince Jiang-" Jiang Yanhua muttered, and suddenly woke up, "Yes, it's the county lord's--Jiang Yanhua, the daughter of the people, has seen the son." ”

Jiang Heng nodded to Jiang Yanhua casually, and then turned to Taohua: "I was ordered by my mother to go to a few Langzhong to send Mai Jing back, and after passing through Yufangzhai, I heard that the moon cakes in it are doing well." I can't go back to Beijing during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and I can't prepare anything, so I want to buy some mooncakes here for the occasion. ”

The cooks brought out by the lord of Nanhua County were sold along with Amber, and now the kitchen is in a mess, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has to be ordered from the restaurant, not to mention moon cakes and the like.

"Yufangzhai's moon cakes are really good, my family also orders moon cakes here every year, and I just came to pick them up today. If you buy it now, there are also all kinds of mooncakes in it, which can be chosen at will, and there is no difference from custom-made. ”

Jiang Henggang nodded, and Jiang Yanhua said softly on the side: "There are dozens of flavors of Yufang Ramadan moon cakes, I don't know if the son likes sweet or salty, I should let the guy introduce them one by one." But there are a lot of people in here at this time, and I'm afraid the guy won't be able to keep busy - sister, why don't we take Jiang Gongzi there, so as not to buy unsuitable moon cakes and spend silver money in vain. ”

Qingzhan stood by the door, and had already seen the inside, seven or eight guys were busy weighing the moon cakes and packing boxes, and sure enough, no one was free. Even if I go in now, I have to wait in line for a while, and I said busily: "There are many people inside, go back to the car and wait, and buy the small ones." "Not to mention that he knows the tastes of these masters of the Jiang family, even what the Nanhua County Lord and the big girls around the Wen family like, he also knows. It's my duty to be a little girl, how can I let the master go and queue up with people.

Jiang Yanhua was stunned and glared hatefully at Qingzhan from behind his hat. It's a pity that Qingzhan can't see it at all.

Taohua smiled secretly in her heart, and said seriously: "Yufang Ramadan mooncakes do have many flavors, and I will tell Brother Qingzhan in detail in a while." ”

Jiang Heng didn't think about it and said: "Since the moon cakes are well done, there are naturally many people, what is this." I'll go in and take a look. He loves to be lively, not to mention that these market life is a new experience for him, so he will walk to Yufang Zhai with his feet up.