Chapter 43: The True Sickness
That night, Tian took his three daughters and settled down in two tiled houses in the east wing of the Guan family.
Yu's virtuous and capable, although the east wing room is vacant all the year round, she also comes in every now and then to sprinkle and sweep, open the window for ventilation, so this room is very refreshing and clean.
Tian heard that the East Wing was originally intended by Guan Mu and his wife for Guan Jie to marry his daughter-in-law, so he was immediately embarrassed, thanked Yu, and made a special trip to find Guan Jie, said a lot of words of thanks, and promised that when he got married, he must give him a good help and give the bride a generous gift!
Guan Jie smiled and said you're welcome, listening to Tian's talk about his daughter-in-law, his eyes were a little complicated, he coughed twice in a slightly embarrassed way, and turned to work. He planned to help for two days before returning to the town to shop for iron.
Tian couldn't help but sigh lightly when he saw Guan Jie's lame leg and inconvenience, but he didn't delay his work, and felt sorry for this man in his heart.
Back in the house, Tian instructed Jinyun: "Take out two bottles of autumn pear paste locked in the box, and let him take it away when your second uncle Guan returns to the town, and teach him to mix water and drink some water on weekdays, his sick leg...... Alas, also pitiful! When your second uncle Guan was young, he was a very good young man! ”
Jinyun agreed, but Jinxiu felt funny: "Mother, Second Uncle Guan is sick on his legs, is it useful to eat autumn pear paste?" ”
"Didn't you say that autumn pear paste can nourish the body? If you take care of your body, you will naturally be able to alleviate the diseases in your legs! Tian said.
Jinxiu was speechless by Tian's assumptions, and after thinking about it, he felt that Tian's was actually quite smart: autumn pear paste is produced by Dongtian, and eating two spoonfuls of small illnesses and disasters is really effective, and it can be used as a panacea!
However, Guan Jie's injured leg, two bottles of autumn pear paste are impossible to cure!
The first time they met, Jinxiu felt that Guan Jie was an upright man, and after a few contacts, he was more sure of this cognition, plus Guan Jie would make some instruments in iron, and now the two families have become neighbors, and there will be more places to trouble the Guan family in the future, so Jinxiu also paid attention to Guan Jie's injured and lame leg, and when he entered the cave these nights, he began to study medical books seriously in the study, planning to develop special drugs for Guan Jie, and it is impossible for the lame leg to recover to the original vigor, but Jinxiu has confidence, The Dongtian medicine can eradicate the pain in his legs, so that it will not torment people to lose their spirits when the sky changes.
She found and collected a lot of medicinal herbs when she was identifying the herbs in the Dongtian Miscellaneous Wood Forest, and some of the wild ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and other medicinal herbs that were planted and cultivated in the Dongtian some time ago also grew up and were available.
On the second day of building a new house, there were still people in the village who came to help, and it was difficult to refuse, and Tian was grateful, but the only thing he could repay was to take care of three full meals a day.
After seeing the exquisite craftsmanship and speed of the craftsmen invited by the eldest aunt, on the third day, the neighbors did not come to help.
If there are fewer people, there is no need for many people to cook, Tian thanked Aunt Liu and Huang Po, there are only more than 20 people's meals, she can cook it herself, not to mention that there are Yu and her daughter to help by her side.
Yu's helped cook the food, Tian didn't want her to cook for Guan Mu and Guan Gu, everyone ate a big pot of rice together, Guan Mu and Guan Gu didn't have any opinions, Guan Mu praised Tian's cooking for being delicious, Guan Gu also smiled gently, and said slowly:
"I can't imagine that the big pot of rice is so delicious, I have eaten a lot in the past two days, and I am hungry quickly, and every meal I eat is better than what I ate in the past day!"
Yu rolled her eyes at her husband, but she was happy to see her son's food increase, and said to Tian with a smile:
"Look, you come here to live, it's cheaper for me! They think my cooking is not delicious, okay, tomorrow I will move all their rations to your house, let them eat at your house, and work for your family! ”
A few words made the people at the table laugh.
On the fifth day of the construction of the new house, Feng Liang led several of her daughters-in-law and daughters over, originally because the old man Feng was so angry that he lay down on the bed, thinking that he wanted to coerce and make noise like last time, and asked Tian's mother and daughter to pay money to see the old man to see a doctor and buy medicine.
Tian, what ability does she have to build such a big and good house!
Yu is not able to talk well when she sees anyone, she has no good impression of Feng Liang, so she directly closed the gate to prevent Feng Liang's mother and daughter from entering her yard, Feng Liang's ghost screamed outside the door for a long time, Tian had to come out and meet them, Feng Liang's mother and daughter saw Tian, and were taken aback: I haven't seen you for a few days, Tian's complexion is so good?
The original pale and dry face was now moist and glowing, the black sideburns under the blue cloth turban were neat and smooth, a pair of apricot eyes were clear and moist, and the back of the hand, which was usually green and violent, was now smooth and soft...... Such a Tian family seems to be ten years younger!
Feng Liang was a little stunned, as if he saw the newly married Tian.
And Feng Taohua on the side was pantothenic acid in his heart: Tian's white and red face seemed to be even better than his own!
It's no wonder that they were surprised, when they lived in the Feng family, Jinxiu just used a small amount of ingredients in Dongtian to keep the family healthy and energetic, and didn't want to deliberately and do their best to change their physique, so as not to let the Feng family see the mother and daughter moisturized one by one, and even more to entangle and spill, grab them, and snatch their things, now that she has left the Feng family, Jinxiu has no scruples, and gives the family food, from meals to snacks, all of which are from Dongtian!
The drinking water that quenches the thirst in the mother-daughter room is the Dongtian spring water that has not been infiltrated! Tian, who had recovered from a long-term illness, was nourished, and his inner worries were cleared, and his mood was unprecedentedly relaxed and happy, and this person was naturally getting younger and younger.
Even the people around me who eat at the same table have benefited a lot!
The craftsmen feel that their physical condition is unprecedentedly good, every day is refreshed, full of energy, Tian's food is full of expectations, after eating the meal began to want to eat, the little scholar Guan Gu has a big appetite, even if only with garlic fried dried vegetables at every meal, he can also eat sweet and sweet, full of intestinal fat, although he is shy, but he likes to talk with the splendid sisters, so that he often drinks the tea in their house, the young man's always white face is gradually flushing red, the body is healthy day by day, and people have become lively and confident, Guan Mu and the Yu family saw it in their eyes, and they had already begun to sigh that the Tian family mother and daughter would finally move out of their homes in the future!
The most proud is Grandpa Tian, he was kept in Dongshan Village by his daughter and granddaughter, eating good food every day, drinking wine, granddaughter bought him new clothes and shoes, and didn't care when he ate snacks and when he drank water, Grandpa Tian smiled and enjoyed the filial piety of his daughter and granddaughter, and felt that his arms and legs were not painful anymore when he was suffering from rheumatism, and his body bones were refreshing and relaxed, he ate well and slept soundly, and got up early every morning, with a red face full of energy and wandered around to see the construction site of the new house, and there was only one task: to prevent Mr. Feng, The Feng family is not allowed to come over and make trouble!
So today, Feng Liang brought a few daughters-in-law and daughters over, and before he could make a fuss, he was stopped by Grandpa Tian.
When Grandpa Tian heard that Feng Liang wanted to find Tian to get money to treat Old Man Feng, he immediately smiled, drove Tian back to the house, picked up a wooden stick and waved it in his hand, and said to Feng Liang:
"Who are you? What does Old Man Feng have to do with my daughter? Ask my daughter for money to cure the disease, you will think! Let's go, old man, I won't say unpleasant things, but I can do things that are downward! Unless the old man and I are dead, don't try to get half a copper coin from my daughter's nose! ”
Feng Taohua scolded: "What do you know about a dead old man? Feng Jinxiu is my father's eldest granddaughter, she has money to build a new house for her mother, shouldn't she take out half of it to honor and support my father? ”
Grandpa Tian squinted his eyes, looked at Feng Taohua and said, "Raising children to prevent old age, Feng Jin is still alive and well, why do you need to be his granddaughter's adoptive grandfather?" What are you doing with this girl? Old man Feng asked his granddaughter for money, why didn't he want his daughter to support him? Splendid should pay for it, so shouldn't you give your dad money? Where did that Feng Jin go, he didn't care about his father? Do you want a little girl to take care of it? The whole village knew that Old Man Feng had already driven the little sisters out of the Feng family, and he would find them to take silver to support them, so Old Man Feng was afraid that he was going to die, right? Such capricious, Te doesn't look like a person! ”
Grandpa Tian's words made the people working next to him and the onlookers laugh.
Feng Liang's was annoyed and angry, and quarreled with Grandpa Tian, and Grandpa Tian, who seemed harmless with Mimi, was actually very difficult to entangle, Feng Liang's sharp mouth and several daughters couldn't scold him, and in the end, Feng Liang's not only failed to get the silver money from Tian's hands, but also lost in front of Grandpa Tian, and ran home empty-handed!
This time, Old Man Feng didn't pretend to be sick, but was really so angry that he vomited blood and fell ill!
Feng Liang had to take out the silver and ask Lang Zhong to diagnose and prescribe medicine, and hurriedly sent Feng Zaohua to Fangshi Town, so that Aunt Tie would immediately go to Nanxi Village to call Feng Jin home!
At the same time, I sent a letter to Hengtang Town, and asked the second aunt Feng Lianhua and Aunt Fang to go back to their parents' house to visit the old man!
Not to mention that the second aunt and the second aunt of the Feng family because of the last time Mr. Feng pretended to be sick and caused them to run in vain, this time they refused to come back quickly, and Feng Jin, who was sitting in the hall to teach in Nanxi Village, was also very impatient after Aunt Tie ran three times, and still went back alone like last time, without bringing Xiao Liang's family and a pair of children, just because Xiao Liang was unwilling to suffer from the bumps in the carriage, and said that she was the daughter-in-law of the Feng family's second room, and there was no old man in the second room, so she did not need to go back to the old house to fulfill her filial piety. Liu, the daughter-in-law of his own big house, is here!
Feng Jin knew that Xiao Liang's was unreasonable, but he felt sorry for his wife, so he connived at her and let Xiao Liang and a pair of children wait in Nanxi Village, saying that he would go back before dark!
Feng Jin didn't expect that Old Man Feng vomited blood, for the Feng family, this was a serious illness, where would he be willing to let him go back to Nanxi Village that day? Feng Liang and his daughters cried endlessly, and Old Man Feng even beat the bed while coughing and scolding, and dragged Feng Jin to live at home for three days!
In the past three days, Feng Jin handed medicine in front of his father's hospital bed, and his face seemed to be full of worries, he was not worried about his father's condition, but worried about Xiao Liang's family, the husband and wife had been separated for a few days, and he was afraid that Xiao Liang's family would have any difficulties with the children, and he was trapped in his hometown again, and he couldn't solve them in time!
The stepmother and sisters chattered around him, saying all the bad things about Tian's mother and daughter, and he listened to some of them.
That morning, Feng Liang and Grandpa Tian ran home after a quarrel, Tian and Yu began to prepare for lunch, the construction site was still a busy scene, more than 20 craftsmen performed their duties, worked in an orderly manner, and the aunt-in-law looked at the materials and replenished them in time.
Jinyu was kneading dough in the kitchen, and Jinxiu was about to take Jinyun out to the town to buy meat, but saw the Yang family's eldest lang and second lang each pick up a deputy burden and walked in.
Jinxiu stepped forward to say hello, Yang Dalang and Yang Erlang put down their burdens, and Yang Dalang said with a smile:
"Splendid girl, your family has a new house, but several of our brothers have gone into the mountains together, none of them are at home, and none of them have been able to come over to help, I'm really sorry! Here are the things that my father and mother picked up, let us send: a load of old gourds and woad vegetables grown at home, as well as half a wild boar and roe deer meat hunted in the mountains this time. ”
Jinxiu hurriedly asked Jinyun to call her mother over, and said to Yang Dalang:
"My new house didn't start from my own, I invited craftsmen, and the neighbors came to help if they were free, and it didn't matter if they weren't idle, Brother Yang and Second Brother Yang were too polite! The game you have hunted with all your hard work in the mountains should have been sold in the town for money! Or ......"
Yang Dalang guessed what Jinxiu wanted to say, and deliberately straightened his face: "What?" Are you trying to give me money? It's not a day or two since we hunt these game, and there is nothing to sell less, and there is no shortage of money! You and Sister Dong are good, we also treat you as your sister, Daddy and Mother let us send it, you don't want it, then the two of me will pick it home, and when the elders blame it, you can explain it yourself! ”
Jinxiu didn't say any more excuses, apologized a few words, invited the two brothers of the Yang family to sit down at the table, personally served tea, and asked about Uncle Yang's body and Yang Dongmei's recent condition, Yang Dalang said with a smile:
"My mother got well early, saying that after eating a bottle of pear paste you gave to Dongmei, she was all cured! He also said that the dish you gave was delicious and delicious, and he always remembered it. Sister Dong is also fine, doing her embroidery work all day long, and she doesn't go out of the door. ”
Yang Erlang interjected on the side: "Splendid girl, Sister Dong said that your family is too busy with the new house, and she will send those clothes to the town in a few days, so you don't have to remember it!" ”
Jinxiu hurriedly said: "There are craftsmen in the new house, and there are my mother and Uncle Guan for cooking, in fact, I really don't have anything to do, I'm just walking here and there!" Second Brother Yang will go back later, please inform Sister Dong: I will go to her tomorrow! ”
Tian measured the food in the house, and when he saw the ingredients sent by the Yang family, he was both surprised and moved, and received the signal of Jinxiu, and did not refuse to refuse, but only had a polite look with Yang Dalang and Yang Erlang, and asked the Yu family to help, take out the things in the basket, and then return the gift according to local customs - each basket is put on the same food, so that people will not carry an empty burden to go home.
Four baskets and four kinds of gifts, prepared by Jinxiu and Jinyu, Jinyu took out thirty tofu balls and a large pot of taro meatballs, in Jinyu's heart, these two new dishes are very delicious, it was her Jinxiu sister in the Fuxilai Hotel to see, back to teach Tian and Yu to do!
Jinxiu took a bamboo basket of various preserved fruits, five or six handfuls of dried vegetables, all of which were Dongtian products!
The next day, Jinxiu went to Yang's house as promised, naturally he didn't come to the door empty-handed, just harvested the first batch of grain in Dongtian, and used these new grains to make four exquisite pastries in the Dongtian kitchen, and then took four bottles of autumn pear paste for Yang Boniang, put them in a basket and went to Yang's house, and was warmly welcomed by the Yang family's daughters and little dolls.
Splendid rules and regulations to Uncle Yang and Uncle Yang saluted, conveyed the gratitude of the mother Tian, and waited for Tian to be free, and then came over to thank him in person.
Uncle Yang smiled and waved his hand, but Uncle Yang pulled Jinxiu, looking left and right and couldn't see enough, and at the end he raised his eyes to look at his old man with resentment, and then looked at Yang Shilang, and looked at the father and son strangely, but he didn't think at all: Uncle Yang was complaining that the old man had one less son with herself, and regretted letting Yang Shilang get married early, seeing that the new daughter-in-law was about to enter the door, such a good girl as Jinxiu had no chance to be accepted into her home anyway!
Yang Dongmei guessed the old lady's mind a little, she couldn't cry or laugh, and couldn't help but say that she snatched the brocade from Yang Boniang's hands, and the two were locked in the boudoir for most of the day and didn't come out.
Jinxiu was accompanied by Yang Dongmei at Yang's house, and stayed until the evening before cutting Yang Dongmei's stack of clothes.
Uncle Yang originally wanted Yang Dalang to go to Guan's house in the west of the village to report a message, saying that he stayed in Jinxiu, but he didn't expect Guan Mu and Grandpa Tian to carry a torch and follow Jinyu to pick up Jinxiu back.
Jinxiu said goodbye to the Yang family and made an appointment with Yang Dongmei to come back to play with her in a few days.