Chapter 6 Grandma
Sandalwood drifts out through the crack in the door. Linlang sneered in her heart, how much did her grandmother hate burning incense and worship Buddha back then, but when she was old, she relied on it to comfort her inner fear. Since you are so scared, then I will make you regret what you did in the first place!
When she entered the door, the third aunt had already sat next to her grandmother. She rubbed her shoulders and thumped her back diligently, but in exchange for bursts of humming appreciation.
"Curtain beads! You haven't talked to me in a few days! Look at my purity! Grandma raised her crutches and pointed in front of her, and finally landed on the maid with her head down. Even a maid looks like a dumb person! Don't say a word! The complaining words were tinged with a hint of reproach, but though kind, they sounded quite majestic.
The third aunt paused slightly, trying her best to please her grandmother, but this old woman didn't eat oil and salt, and no matter what she did, she put on a face that was going to die.
Suddenly, the third aunt had a flash of inspiration, and her eyes fell on Linlang, who was standing quietly next to her, "Mother-in-law, isn't this a few days ago busy changing maids in the house!" As soon as it was settled, I hurried here. The third aunt stretched out her hand to greet Linlang, "Come, let grandma take a look!" I'm a girl, I can do anything, in addition to dancing the yarn dance, I can also make a good cup of tea! Hurry up and make something for your mother-in-law...... What kind of tea comes from? ”
"Qingzhu Ruyi Tea!"
"Yes, yes! Qingzhu Ruyi Tea! The third aunt smiled too happily, rubbed her grandmother's back with her arm, and said in a low voice: "Linlang said, this tea has the most effect on sleep!" Isn't my mother-in-law always having nightmares lately! Linlang! Hurry up and make tea for Grandma. ”
"What tea?"
Grandma Tai didn't rush to let Linlang do it, but sat up straight and tried to squeeze her eyes, trying to see Linlang in front of her.
"Qingzhu Ruyi Tea!" Linlang replied crisply.
"Girl, my Jin family medicine has been open for so many years, and the best doctors have not been able to let me sleep peacefully. Besides, isn't tea refreshing! Thought I was confused! Grandma never saw Linlang's appearance clearly, so she simply closed her eyes, and her face was full of wrinkles and unspeakable depression.
Linlang's hanging heart finally let go, and said calmly: "Grandma Hui, I also learned this Ruyi tea from a medical book, and the third aunt has already tried it, although it is not as expressive as the book says, but it also sleeps and clears the brain." ”
"You've tried?"
Grandma leaned back with difficulty, and when she saw the third aunt nodding, she waved her hand and said, "Then do it!" ”
After a while, a cup of Qingzhu Ruyi tea was placed on the square table next to Grandma. The tea has not yet opened, and the aroma has spread everywhere. The faint scent of bamboo washed away the sandalwood on the bed, and it was refreshing just by smelling it.
Grandma took a deep breath and shook her head in praise, "Hmm~!" What a Qingzhu Ruyi tea, girl, tell me what's in it? ”
Linlang bent forward and saluted, "This tea is selected from the spring tip of Laoshan Mountain, only irrigated by rain mellow and sweet, supplemented by ejiao, acacia bark, cocoon and other baking, soaked with a little bamboo leaves, aloe vera gel, licorice and lotus seed heart, take a tenth of the purple sand pot surface and drink. ”
While speaking, Grandma Tai had already picked up the teacup, and after taking a sip, she suddenly turned her head to look at Linlang, and the whites of her cloudy eyes turned outward unnaturally, "Girl, let me ask you, does that medical book have a name?" ”
"Valley Doctor Thaumaturgy!"
Grandma was silent suddenly, and only after a long time did she take a deep breath, trembling as if she had heard the holy decree. According to legend, "Valley Doctor Thaumaturgy" is a masterpiece that the imperial doctors of all dynasties wanted, and now it has fallen into the hands of this girl. She tossed and turned in her heart for a long time before she asked again, "The book, is it still there?" ”
Linlang nodded.
Grandma couldn't see Linlang's expression clearly, and frowned and turned to look at the third aunt.
"In--!" The third aunt dragged a long voice with a smile on her face. She finally saw what her mother-in-law was interested in, people have lived for most of their lives, and they haven't experienced any wind and rain, and there are fewer and fewer people who can listen to their ears.
Hearing the affirmative answer, Grandma Tai suddenly showed a look that was even more excited than just now, "Girl, are you willing to ......" She opened her mouth and hesitated, but some words came to her mouth but it was difficult to speak, so she turned her head and glared at the third aunt.
The smart third aunt suddenly understood, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, and her voice was full of temptation, "Linlang, are you willing to sell that strange book to the Jin family?" Rest assured, the Jin family will definitely give you a satisfactory price! Grandma naturally relaxed and nodded with a satisfied smile.
Sandalwood slowly gnawed away at his body, but Gray Pillar was reluctant to leave. Xu was tired, and a cold wind swept in from outside the door, blowing the incense ash on the Buddha's hair.
"Forgive Linlang for being difficult to follow, Gu Yi thaumaturgy is a gift from an old man of my mother, Linlang can't call the shots!" Linlang bit her lower lip and politely refused, just as she expected, Grandma really knew the value of this strange book.
"Hey!"
The long sigh was full of loss, and the wrinkled hand picked up the Ruyi tea and was reluctant to drink it. After a pause, she came up with a foolproof plan, and the grandmother waved her hand to let Linlang step forward, and kindly took her cold little hand and asked, "Are you willing to go to my Jin family pharmacy?" It's the perfect place to put your talents to work! ”
The third aunt was too phoenix's eyes tightened when she heard this, and she pouted her red lips and hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, Linlang was invited by me, if you let her go to the pharmacy, who will ......?"
"There are so many maids in the Jin family, you can just pick any one!" Grandma's cloudy eyes stared at Linlang's words and decisiveness, and the three words of Wanshawu that were not spoken in the mouth of the third aunt were wiped out.
"Linlang, would you like to?"
"Linlang is willing, but Linlang is reluctant to let the third aunt too. After all, I am also a native of Tanglin, and I have no relatives in Jincheng, and the feelings of my fellow villagers are better than my closest relatives! Linlang's words were sincere, and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes in the depths of her love, which moved the third aunt too deeply.
"Hmmm! This is easy to do! Grandma smiled, shook her body and patted Linlang's little hands. In the morning, you are in the pharmacy, and in the afternoon you will come back with the curtain beads, if there is something, you can come back at any time. What do you think? ”
The snow left no trace, as if it had never been there.
The bustling streets are full of people, and people are buying New Year's goods to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve. The anxious children changed into new clothes early and ran around the street with candy figures held high, leaving strings of laughter like silver bells lingering in their ears.
Crossroads.
Linlang stood outside the Jin family's pharmacy and looked up at the door plaque, just like when she had just returned to the Jin Mansion, her heart was full of complicated feelings. She paused for a long time in the cold wind, revealing an inappropriate coldness with her immature little face.
"Jin Family Pharmacy!"
Linlang narrowed her eyes and secretly clenched her fists. I still remember that these hands were held by my grandmother's warm hands yesterday, but it was difficult to melt the towering iceberg in my heart! The Lin family has been working hard for decades to make wedding dresses day and night! This pharmacy is her first surprise to the Jin family!
The bitter cold wind continued to cut through Linlang's tender white cheeks, and she tightened her collar and refused to take a step. The plain blue robe swayed in the wind, revealing a pair of lotus feet wrapped in cyan boots.
"Are you...... Linlang? ”
A beautiful woman appeared behind Linlang at some point, she looked Linlang up and down, and then looked up at the four words of the Jin family pharmacy, and smiled to reveal two charming dimples.
"You are?"
Linlang pretended not to know, and also looked at the woman in front of her, the second aunt was much more beautiful than she imagined. She doesn't have the tall and skinny feeling of the eldest lady, but her medium figure shows a toned temperament, but this temperament is not as stunner as the third aunt. Maybe it's the precipitation of taking care of the pharmacy over the years, and the second aunt looks like an aunt who is as close as an aunt.
This kind of temperament is a little more cumbersome, and a little less bad!
"Didn't my mother-in-law tell you who to look for here?" The second aunt narrowed her peach blossom eyes, and her long eyelashes wanted people to see the pair of deep eyes behind her clearly.
"You're the second aunt!"
Linlang pretended to wake up, and after a few words of greeting, she walked into the pharmacy with her second aunt.
In the deep winter, there are many people who grab medicine. Fortunately, a winter snow has just fallen, which protects people from the wind and cold. Even so, the outside of the Jin family pharmacy is still crowded, and most of the people in line are children who get some cough medicine for the elderly!
"I heard my mother-in-law say that you have studied medicine since you were a child?"
In her spare time, the second aunt came to the pharmacy and saw Linlang squatting in front of the medicine mill with an air-dried centipede to observe carefully, and said casually: "This is a high-grade centipede transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although it is poisonous, it can relieve pain." It can be said that it is fighting poison with poison! ”
The small lotus foot came to him with broken steps, and Linlang quickly got up, wiped her hands from her apron and bent over to salute. When she looked at her second aunt again and looked at those gentle eyes, she felt closer and closer in her heart. "Centipedes like to live in dark and damp places, and the best way to say it is from the humid waters of Lingnan. However, there is a perennial miasma, and the living will die due to the evil qi entering the body after taking half a step. Therefore, there are often people wandering outside the Ze, waiting for the rabbit. ”
The second aunt smiled and nodded, "That kind of centipede is offered to the emperor as a tribute, where do civilians have the fate to see each other!" ”
"My aunt is also proficient in medical skills?"
Linlang put down her work and sat down next to her second aunt to chat.
"It's not proficient, but after the Jin family took over this pharmacy, there was no manpower, so my mother-in-law found my father!" The second aunt suddenly looked gloomy. At the beginning, she was still an untrained girl, and she had to marry into the Jin family for the sake of her family. It's just that the golden house is not as good as the ordinary people's homes, once they step into the deep sea, they can only find their true self in the pharmacy.