Mr. Fred is German, and his wife is a young lady who studied in Germany in Jiujing, so in order to take care of his wife's homesickness, he settled in Jiujing with his family. He was originally a doctor of medicine who graduated from the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and was extremely proficient in medical and surgical diagnosis and treatment. Later, he inadvertently cured his wife's family of laryngitis, and the man introduced him to the Liu Mansion as a family doctor, the Liu family was a rising star in the old Beijing, and had always had an open-minded attitude towards accepting foreign science, so Fred was very well treated in the Liu Mansion, and the income was also very considerable, and he became more and more attentive to his work.

Although he was invited in the middle of the night, he was very careful, there was no shortage of everything in the medicine box, and when he entered the house, he saw that Wanchun and Ji Yuan were sitting in the room, because when he came, he heard that it was a young lady who was injured, so he asked Wanchun in a mouth that was not fluent in Beijing films: "Can you let me see your injuries?" ”

Wan Chun nodded, pulled the hem of the cheongsam higher, Fred half-squatted in front of her knees, unscrewed the lamp and looked at Wan Chun's ankles, reached out and touched it again, and asked a few words: "It seems that it hurts the muscles and bones, and my suggestion is to go to the hospital for treatment." ”

Wan Chun looked at the gilded self-striking clock with a glass cover hanging on the wall, the short needle had already walked in the direction of eleven o'clock, so it was really inconvenient to pass late, so he said: "Is there no other way to think of it except to go to the hospital?" ”

"No, there's a way." Fred smiled slightly, turned around and said to Liu Bingjun, who followed in, "Please find me some ice cubes, I think the small blood vessels on this Miss feet have been ruptured, so they are very swollen, and they must be compressed with ice cubes first to make the blood vessels constrict and coagulate, so that the development of the disease can be controlled." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bingjun hurriedly asked someone to go to the freezer to get the ice, wrapped it in a white silk handkerchief, and delivered it to Fred. Fred carefully kneaded the ice cube on Wanchun's feet, and advised: "This method is very slow, it will take a day, wait for the blood vessels to stop bleeding, and then change to hot water to dissipate the congestion." In addition, consistent massage and rehabilitation are essential. ”

As he spoke, Wan Chun nodded and wrote down that the pain in his feet had made the ice cubes so much better. Seeing that there were people standing inside and outside the door, Wan Chun smiled at Ji Yuan and said, "It's really not good for us to stay for a long time, why don't we go home now." ”

Ji Yuan was worried, and he was already impatient to stay, but because Wanchun was injured and couldn't lose his temper arbitrarily, he asked Liu Bingjun and Zhao Guodong to watch jokes. Seeing Wanchun open his mouth to ask to go back, he also took advantage of the situation, stood up and said, "That's good, I'll ask the driver to drive the car under the living room door, and I'll pick you up when I turn around." After speaking, the man had already walked out.

As the host and birthday star, Jing Yu was very reluctant to go, and when he saw Ji Yuan walking away, he sat down next to Wan Chun's shoulder and persuaded: "If you are injured, don't toss back and forth, isn't it good to stay here and live with me?" Besides, Mr. Fred has it, so if something happens, it's better to get treatment nearby. ”

Wan Chun smiled: "I'm injured like this now, what else will happen?" Besides, this injury can't be healed for ten days and a half months, so do I still have to bother in the house for so many days? ”

"What does that matter?" Jingyu turned her face sideways and smiled, "I'm glad you're here, all the schools will open in a few days, I've already decided to go to the College of Humanities, there has been no news from you for a long time, I heard from Brother Ji Yuan, maybe I want to send you abroad." If that's the case, we won't see each other for a long time, so why not get together more while everyone is around? ”

Wan Chun smiled and said nothing, Ji Yuan had settled the car outside, had already turned back, thanked Mr. Fred recently, then reached out to pick up Wan Chun, and before he could speak, Jing Yu hurriedly stood up and smiled: "I can't keep you, but Miss Lee's foot injury really can't be delayed, Mr. Fred's medical skills can be trusted by our family, if you can also trust it, I will take Mr. Fred to the house tomorrow to pay a visit, okay?" ”

Wanchun didn't expect her to be so thoughtful, smiled gratefully in Ji Yuan's arms, and said, "I'm very welcome to you to come, I hope to see you tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow, then."

Jingyu bowed his head slightly, and sent his brother and sister down the steps with Liu Bingjun and a group of classmates and friends, and watched Wanchun sit in the car with their own eyes. The concrete pavement in the yard was not very smooth because of the pebbles, and the wheels 'Kuckuts' made a few noises before turning the corner and driving away with a bang.

Wanchun didn't know what the dance party had become in the end, and when she returned home by car, Li Lanfeng and his wife in the upper room had already slept, and the corner door leading to the back garden was closed, and her grandfather had also rested.

In the hall, only Steward Li brought a messenger on duty at night, seeing Ji Yuan coming back with Wanchun in his arms, he ran to the vermilion door in a few steps, and said in a low voice: "Oh, my young master, why did you come back like this?" What's going on? ”

Ji Yuantie blushed and didn't answer, Wanchun was afraid that if he wanted to shout again, it would alarm others, so he had to open his mouth and tell him: "Uncle Li, it's just that I twisted my foot while dancing, nothing else." ”

"Why are you so careless?" Li Da is the old man in the family, Li Lanfeng, who has served the older generation, and his mother, Li Shi, treat the children of several grandchildren of the Li family as their own children.

Ji Yuan knew his temper very well, and when he saw that he had already set up a posture to speak, he didn't care whether he was willing or not, and hurriedly hugged Wanchun and left. There were only two fluttering sounds behind him, probably Li Daqi stomped his feet, and he didn't look back, and sent Wanchun straight to her room.

Zhou's mother was sleeping soundly in the bisha kitchen in the wing room, and she didn't hear any movement, or Xiu'er in the ear room next door was worried that Wanchun came back and no one was waiting, so she didn't dare to sleep too hard, and when she heard the sound of pushing the door, she came out with her shoes and a long gown.

Suddenly looked up and saw that Ji Yuan was still there, he was startled, stroked his chest and asked in a low voice, "Won't the third young master go back to rest?" ”

Ji Yuan was afraid that Wanchun would not have anyone by her side, so when he saw Xiu'er, he pulled her over and ordered: "Fourth Miss's foot is injured, probably she won't be able to sleep well at night, you should be careful not to ask her to bump." ”

Xiu'er sighed, personally sent Ji Yuan back to his own room, and then turned back, placed the futon for Wanchun, and laughed in a low voice: "You are such an embarrassing child, you haven't gone out for a long time, and you tossed yourself like this after just going out, Ming'er asked Mr. and Mrs. to see it, I don't know what to say about you." ”

Wan Chun lay down along her support, and couldn't help but smile when she looked old-fashioned. In fact, Xiu'er is only two months older than Li Wanchun, but in this society where the law of the jungle eats the strong, children from poor families always become masters early, and Xiu'er is the same. She is the eldest daughter in the family, and there are three younger sisters and a younger brother, just eating every day is a lot of money for a poor family, and it is for this consideration that her parents entrusted a lot of neighbors to bring Xiu'er to the Li family as a servant.

Since she and Li Wanchun are in the same year, Yu's second daughter Li Zhongqing is four years older than Li Wanchun, and she is afraid that in the future, the two will not be able to speak in one place, and it is better to have a peer as a companion, so she will transfer Xiu'er to Li Wanchun's room to be a personal girl. The two grew up together, and their affection was very deep, so the quality of Li Wanchun's body was more important to Xiu'er than the quality of her body.

When Xie Yaxian first was Li Wanchun, she took care of her all night and night, sometimes doing her best better than her mother Yu, and in her selfish heart, Xie Yaxian was also the only person who was willing to rest assured of her besides Yu.

It's just that it's late at night, Xiu'er doesn't know how to inquire carefully, for fear of disturbing Wanchun's rest, so she had to raise her injured foot and put it on the quilt folded at the end of the bed, and she simply moved the chair and squinted at the head of the bed.

Wanchun was busy all day, and he was competing and sprained, and he was extremely tired, and he couldn't care about Xiu'er, so he should fall asleep first.

The next day, I still heard Xiu'er's exclamation before waking up, last night under the light mottled with light and dark, she didn't look carefully about what the injury was, this time I looked at it again in the daytime, the ankle was already bulging like a steamed soup dumpling.

Xiu'er shouted anxiously: "Where did you get hurt?" I'm going to be scared to death, and the third young master told me to look at you carefully. You can bear it, and you don't even say the pain, I just thought it was an inconspicuous little injury. ”

The little sleepiness left when Wanchun woke up made her yell, and fortunately Zhou's mother was not there, so she quickly sat up and reached out to cover Xiu'er's mouth, and said with a shhh: "Are you going to wake up your mother and them?" I was twisted by my own lack of dancing, and it's embarrassing to say, so don't make a big deal about it, I have my own ideas. Don't worry, I have already called a doctor in the Liu Mansion yesterday, and they all said that it is not a big problem, and the doctor will come over with Jingyu today, and it will be fine for a few days. ”

Xiu'er asked her to cover her mouth, unable to speak, so she had to whine a few words in her throat and eyes.

Coincidentally, today there was a proud protégé of Li Lanfeng who married, and specially invited Li Lanfeng to be a witness, and Yu got up early in the morning to make sure for him and went with him, so he didn't have time to ask Wanchun and Ji Yuan about yesterday's ball. Grandfather Li Chengxu had his own small kitchen, and he rarely dined with his eldest son's family on ordinary days, and he didn't even find any abnormalities in Wanchun.

Wan Chun relieved himself to eat some breakfast in his room, because he asked how Ji Yuan was, Xiu'er replied that he hadn't gotten up yet, so Wan Chun asked Xiu'er to put the unfinished wheat flour porridge on the stove and heat it, ready for him to wake up and eat again.

After breakfast, it was only a quarter past eight. Remembering that Jingyu said that she was going to visit today, Wan Chun took out the "Dream of Red Mansions" that had been placed at the bedside and watched it again, and waited for her to come.

The wait lasted until noon, and Fred was alone.

Wan Chun couldn't help but be puzzled: "What about Mi Siliu, why didn't you come?" ”

Fred took off his hat with a smile and greeted Wan Chun before saying, "She can't come today, so I'll ask me to bring two things to Miss Lee to show why she can't come." ”

As he spoke, he took out a newspaper and a Western-style letter sleeve from the medicine box he carried with him, and handed it to Wan Chun.

Wanchun didn't understand why Jingyu sent these two irrelevant things, so he first opened the letter cover, took out the antique letterhead inside, and saw that what was written on it was nothing more than pretending to be the champion of the Northland School Flower Competition.

Wanchun was confused, and opened the newspaper again, only to see that the headline on the front page of today's "Beijing Daily" was the big-character headline of yesterday's school flower contest held perfectly and the flowers fell into Liu Jingyu.