Seeing off Mrs. Bian, it was already afternoon, the sun was hanging overhead, and the delicate boxes in the corridor, wrapped with brass carved edging, were so shaking that Zhu Yan's eyes couldn't open.

Zhu Yan secretly glanced at Xu Suzhen, but saw that she didn't even glance at the things under the corridor, and secretly wondered in her heart, Xu Suzhen was just a hard-working peasant woman, if she didn't look at those things just now to show politeness, it would be understandable.

But what about now?

Zhu Yan was a little puzzled, and looked at her busy mother.

The old woman in front of her was wearing a white green cloth jacket and a pair of homespun pants with a dark lower body, and she was busy turning over the soil in the courtyard.

Zhu Yan knows this farming method, first eradicate the weeds in the field, loosen the ground, and then bury the wilted weeds back in the ground, which is enough to be used as fertilizer. However, weeds are extremely vigorous, and we must time them to prevent the resurgence of weeds.

Zhu Yan was tired of standing, so she simply leaned on a pillar in the corridor, this stone pillar was painted with chalk, but it was very old, and most of it had already peeled off.

Xu Suzhen turned the ground wholeheartedly, although the place in the courtyard was not big, she was a little old after all, and she stopped from time to time to wipe the sweat from her forehead. The already not white skin was stained with sweat, and it was reflected by the strong sunlight, shining with a copper-colored brilliance.

Zhu Yan suddenly felt sad, couldn't help biting her lip, and stepped forward slowly, "Mother, I'll help you." ”

"Help me?" Xu Suzhen raised her head, her cloudy eyes widened, and countless furrows and ravines were pulled out around her already wrinkled eyes.

"Uh-huh......" Somehow, looking at her hard-working face, Zhu Yan swallowed unconsciously, as if there was something pressed in his throat, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Xu Suzhen wiped her sweat again, looked at the ground and turned it almost over, and threw the rake and shovel in her hand to the ground, "The swallow is different from before, I just like to read some sad and earnest poems, and I don't want to ...... now."

Indeed, Zhu Yan's illness has been getting better for half a month, and Xu Suzhen couldn't be clearer about what happened when she was not sick.

I don't know how long I can hide it...... Zhu Yan sighed in his heart, only to feel that his heart was pressed tighter, and he was almost out of breath, and forced a smile, "Mother, isn't my daughter distressed by you?" ”

"This land is turned over, swallow, you go and fetch a bowl of water, soak those rapeseeds, and plant them tomorrow." Although Xu Suzhen was puzzled, she was her daughter in front of her, and she would not say anything to embarrass her.

Taking advantage of Zhu Yan's obedient entry into the house to get the bowl, Xu Suzhen looked down at the weeds that were turned out, the weeds that grew vividly in the ground just now had been wilted by the strong sunlight, and they were softly entangled, and the originally delicate stems were now as thin as silk threads.

Thinking of this sick and somewhat eccentric daughter, Xu Suzhen couldn't help but shake her head secretly, not only is it strange, but now it is also related to those rich and noble families, if it is a local family, it is just that the eldest lady of the Zhou family is married to a Beijing official, and the capital is a place where they must not go.

Worried and worried, Xu Suzhen stared at the weeds for a long time, her mind suddenly moved, and she leaned down to pick up a few blades of grass that were about to die.

When Zhu Yan came out with a celadon bowl, she saw Xu Suzhen squatting in the ground, and only when she was tired, she persuaded softly: "Mother, under the sun, if you are tired, come and sit in the porch for a while, and my daughter will bring you a stool to come out, eat a bowl of tea, and soak Peilan's." ”

Without waiting for her to speak, Zhu Yan put the porcelain bowl on the edge of the well and turned back into the house. When he came out, he carried a half-long stool in one hand and a bowl of tea in the other.

The delicate and weak body staggered step by step with the stool, and barely spilled the tea.

Xu Suzhen sighed, didn't care about the mud crumbs, hurriedly put those weeds into her sleeves, stood up and took over the stool in Zhu Yan's hand, "You little body, how can you move?" ”

The tone was distressed and disgusted, Zhu Yan listened to it with a warm heart, and his face was even redder because of his hard work, and he was indescribably pitiful.

What a shame...... Xu Silk Zhen sighed secretly, this girl's appearance is really excellent, Kefu's life, no matter what others think, anyway, she doesn't believe it, and Master Zhu Si doesn't believe it, if it was in the past, Zhu Yan could always have a good result, but it's a pity that the world changed a few years ago, and it ended up like this.

"Mother, you drink some water first, you sweat so much, you have to add some ......" Zhu Yan said halfway, and stopped his mouth in a sneer, what vitamins and inorganic salts, I have been here for half a month, and I still can't change my words.

Xu Silk Zhen smiled, took the celadon bowl from her hand, she usually takes care of the family's diet and daily life, these bowls at home are just hastily cleaned, and they are always greasy with a layer of oil flowers.

Now that Zhu Yan is well, she hates these deeply, and picks many leaves from the hibiscus that makes a fence in the backyard, and boils and washes these bowls, bowls, chopsticks, and chopsticks, and the tentacles are smooth and smooth porcelain bowls, which feels like she has returned to more than ten years ago, when she just married into the Zhu family......

Xu Suzhen shook her head and smiled bitterly, interrupting her memories, those are all things in the past, what else is there to think about? Now, she just wants to help her brother's family and live a good life with Zhu Yan for the rest of her life.

Gently take a sip of slightly astringent tea, Peilan's unique clear taste goes straight into the stomach, and there is a special fragrance of plants after drying, these Peilan leaves were dried at the end of last summer, she and Zhu Yan don't like and tasteless tea on weekdays, but the family is like this, can't afford to drink tea all year round, so I have to store some by myself.

The smell of the sun-dried plants reminded her of what she had just thought, and she put the tea bowl and took out a few wilting weeds from her sleeves.

"Mother...... Is this going to teach me to recognize herbs? "Zhu Yan is a smart person, and Xu Suzhen mentioned that she should study medicine, presumably to teach herbal medicine now.

"Not bad." Xu Silk Zhen cast an admiring glance at her, and reached out to pick up a grass that was not yet shriveled up, with small white or lilac flowers blooming at the tip of the stem, and the petals were thready, typical tubular inflorescences, and in the middle was a golden tongue-like inflorescence.

Zhu Yan has studied traditional Chinese medicine, although it is only a beginner, but there is still a little understanding, not to mention that her favorite in the past is botany, and she has long recognized this as a plant of the Asteraceae family, the scientific name is Yiyipeng. But she blinked, pursed her thin lips, and smiled faintly, "Mother, I know, this is Artemisia." ”

It is a scientific name and is used in botanicals, but it is not necessarily said in medicine. What's more, it is located in the countryside, and Zhu Yan naturally follows the customs of the villagers, only calling it Artemisia.

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One year peng: also known as mille-feuille tower, malaria grass, wild artemisia, annual or biennial herb, digestion and diarrhea, heat clearing and detoxification, malaria interception, the main treatment of indigestion, gastroenteritis, gingivitis, malaria, snake bites.

Peilan: also known as chicken bone incense, water fragrance, perennial herb, antipyretic and heat, dampness and stomach, nausea, main treatment of summer dampness, cold and heat headache, nausea and vomiting, sweet and greasy mouth, bad breath and salivation, head and chest tightness.