The door squeaked open, Xue walked in, and saw Xianglan sitting on the bed wiping her tears, so she stepped forward and sat next to Xianglan and said, "Your father is that virtuous, you don't know, why be angry for him." ”

Xianglan wiped the corners of her eyes and said: "It's easy to come home, I wanted to talk to the family happily, and I didn't want to do anything bad, but I really couldn't suppress my anger." ”

Xue sighed again, and after a while, he asked Xianglan: "Uncle Lin treats you...... Good no good? ”

Xianglan was also stunned for a long time, and said: "What's good or not, wearing gold and silver, eating fragrant and drinking spicy, is it good?" I just closed my eyes and lived my life, and I got mixed up, but I was unwilling. The year before last, I entered the house as a maid, swallowed my anger, was beaten and scolded at every turn, and never did dirty work? He was almost humiliated, beaten, and fought hard to earn it; Last year, I was in the Song family, I met a nobleman, the whole family got out of the country, and after two days of good life, I thought that I would find a lover to rely on for life, and I would be able to be safe and stable in the future, but who knew that in the end it was a bamboo basket for water. This year, I went around and around, and I returned to the Lin family, although I am not a slave, but I am no different from a slave, but it is an object with a tail to please the masters, he will reward you with some food and clothing when he is happy, and if he is not happy, he will slap you, pointing and scolding. I can't complain, otherwise I'm 'in the blessing and don't know the blessing', and now I can still enter his eyes, there are still decent days, Chunyan who was kicked out earlier, Brother Parrot who is not favored in the house, Luan'er who has lost favor, and thrush who is eager to curry favor, and I don't know how to be jealous of me......" Xianglan and his party said, tears rolling out of their eyes.

Xue Shi couldn't help crying, holding Xianglan's hand and saying, "My son, don't talk about it......"

Xianglan looked at the Xue family steadily, and said: "I have also thought about it, being a woman for a lifetime is like this, not to mention that the Lin family's wealth is very powerful, it is better to take advantage of the trend, please him, and give birth to a son and a half daughter while he is still fresh, even if he falls out of favor in the future, he can find peace." But I'm not reconciled, mother, I'm really unwilling, I gritted my teeth and survived so many hardships, not to live such a life! ”

Xue Shi hugged Xianglan and said, "What can you do if you are unwilling?" I just hate that your father and mother are incompetent! ”

Xianglan leaned on Xue's arms and wept, wiped her eyes after a while, sat up and said, "I don't believe it, the previous difficult days have passed, and now I can't find a way to leave the Lin family." ”

Xue Shi was taken aback and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Xianglan didn't answer, she took out a brocade bag made of gold brocade from the box she brought, opened it and shook it off on the bed, and more than a dozen pieces of gold and silver jewelry fell out of it, including rings, hairpins, bracelets, etc., all of which were ordinary in style. Xianglan said: "Although there is silver in the room, but Chunling is in charge, there is a fixed number, only these few pieces of jewelry, the appearance is more ordinary, I quietly deducted it, did not register it, my mother quietly took it, found someone to dissolve it into an ingot, and hid it so that my father would know." ”

Xue Shi exclaimed: "This ...... This...... Will this work? Go back to the Lin family and find out, but it's good! ”

Xianglan said: "This is what was given to me, and there is nothing wrong with me taking it out, but it is not good to let Lin Jinlou know that I am saving money in private." No matter what the future holds, there is nothing wrong with having more silver. He took out a few paintings painted during these days from the box and handed them to Xue, and asked her to find Chen Wanquan to sell them, and said: "The silver that was sold, my mother wants half of it out, so I say that I want it, and I always have to go up and down in the Lin Mansion, and I am not lenient at hand for fear of being laughed at." The silver lady saved it for me, and when I had saved enough, I melted it and made it into ingots, and found a place to hide it, I have my own opinions. ”

"Sister Lan, ...... are you?"

"My mother will do what I said, and I will invite a doctor in the afternoon, and my mother will say that she is not good."

Xue wanted to ask Xianglan a few more words, but he was afraid of stabbing her sadness, so he had to stop talking. I only gossip with her, but I was secretly worried in my heart.

At noon, Xianglan originally wanted to stay auspicious, and the long entourage with the car and the two personal soldiers had dinner at home, but Chunling had already rewarded them with red envelopes and sent them away, along with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who came back, leaving only Chunling and a little girl called flowers. Xue didn't expect so many people to come, and Zhang Luo was busy cleaning the house.

Chunling stepped forward with a smile on her face: "We are all here, how can we let my wife be busy, just leave the work to us, it is rare for the girl to come back, and the wife should talk to her more." He also praised Xue's words: "The girl looks like flowers, we originally thought it was born by the fairy daughter, but now we have found the root when we see our wife, and our girl's eyebrows, eyes and facial features are carved out of the same mold as our wife!" ”

This sentence immediately coaxed Xue's smile from ear to ear, and said: "Our Sister Lan was born much more handsome than me, I didn't see anything special when I was a child, the older I am, the better I look......"

Chunling smiled and gave Xianglan a look. Xianglan secretly praised Chunling's eyebrows and eyes, and helped Xue into the house.

Chunling looked at the flowers and trees all over the yard, the brand-new pink walls and green tiles, and the freshly carved windows, and let out a long sigh. She knew that Xianglan's family was originally a slave, and they were not treated well by the master's family, even if Lin Jinlou later sent servants and silver, she was afraid that it would be difficult to get rid of the sour anger of the small family. But I didn't expect the Chen family to live in such a house, although it is not very large, but it is extremely exquisite, the house is full of antique toys, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and the degree of food and clothing is actually decent for a medium family. Although Chen Wanquan's eyelids are shallow, he has been a shopkeeper for a while, and the Xue family has also served in the Lin family's mansion, although the two are not very imposing, but they are barely on the stage.

Chunling immediately accepted the contempt, and said secretly: "I heard that Xianglan's family bought this house after getting rid of their nationality, but it is not the favor of the uncle, it seems that the Chen family really has some savings, Xianglan looks good, and hires a down-to-earth master to make a big * milk It is all made, if the uncle is good-tempered, he knows that it hurts people, but he is famous and domineering, and it is strange that Xianglan is unwilling to enter the Lin family." After thinking about it for a while, I cheered up and instructed the mother-in-law and the girls to clean up the house.

Originally, Lin Jinlou left the Chen family with a Liu mother-in-law, a small girl named cauliflower, seeing that Xianglan came back with such a big pomp, they all felt hopeful, Liu Pozi said to the cauliflower: "Look at the old man Chen is a stingy and stingy, not very knowledgeable, he married a virtuous and kind-hearted wife, and gave birth to a creative daughter, the Chen family is clean and has few things, you and I are good to serve, better than in the house." One of the two obeyed Chunling's dispatch, and the other went out to run errands to buy things, and they worked harder and harder.

There was a table of food in this room, and a family of three sat around the table. Chen Wanquan loves his daughter in the end, although he feels that what he said is right, but he doesn't want to make Xianglan unhappy, so he accompanies the smiling face, picks vegetables, pours wine, and brings out the clothes and jewelry that he has bought for Xianglan these days to let her see and please her daughter.

Xianglan sighed in her heart, in the end, it was the father and daughter of the family, and the unhappiness just now disappeared, seeing that Chen Wanquan's waist and legs were already good, and although he still had to walk on crutches, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After the family finished eating, Chen Wanquan was happy in his heart, ate a few more cups, and went back to his room to sleep. The maids removed the remnants of the table, and Xianglan called the cauliflower over, grabbed a handful of money and gave it to him, and said, "My mother has been a little uncomfortable in the past two days, you go and ask Dr. Chu from Yongren Hall to come over." Cauliflower agreed.

Not long after, Dr. Chu really arrived. Mrs. Liu led people to the side room, and the girls avoided them. Xianglan and Xue both sat on the bed and got out of the tent, Xue stretched out her hand first, Mrs. Liu covered her hand with a handkerchief, and Dr. Chu made a diagnosis and said, "Mrs. Qi and blood are weak, there is no serious illness, just take two doses of prescriptions to replenish qi and blood." ”

Xianglan said: "My mother has no children so far, and she wants to have another child, I don't know if the doctor will make it?" ”

Doctor Chu said: "Mrs. is cold, tired and weak, should have strong back pain, I am afraid that I fell into the root of the disease in the early years, and it is not easy to have another child, so I need to recuperate slowly, and the big supplement is." I turned around and prescribed two doses of prescriptions, decoction for a while, and then made a diagnosis. ”

Xue Shi also asked for medical advice recently, and the doctors all replied like this, although they were disappointed, they slowly got used to it, took their hands back, and sighed to Xianglan: "The heirs are all destined, that's it, I am also dead, as long as you are good, you are better than anything else." ”

Xianglan shook Xue's hand, ordered Mrs. Liu to serve tea to Dr. Chu and then went out to guard outside, and also put a handkerchief on her hand and stretched it out, asking Dr. Chu to check her pulse.

Dr. Chu examined her left and right hands, stroked her beard and said: "This lady has a weak heart and fire, a lack of qi and palpitations, blood and qi stagnation, so that the moon letter is not adjusted, and because of the liver fire, the spleen and stomach are prosperous, and she does not think about eating and drinking, and her limbs are stagnant. I probed the pulse of this wife, and I knew that she was a smart and strong person, but she was overthinking, and she was afraid that something unpleasant and casual had happened recently, and she was cold and kidney-deficient, if she did not take care of herself, it should be difficult for her heirs. ”

Xianglan was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is it difficult to have an heir?" Is it difficult to give birth? ”

Doctor Chu said: "Now young, it is not difficult to recuperate, just eat ginseng, angelica, astragalus, atractylodes, Poria cocos and other pills, activate the meridian blood, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, although the wife is in a loss, the joy is not that it is not empty and not replenished, so if you continue to recuperate, you will be fine after a year and a half." After saying that, he went out, sat outside, picked up his pen and began to write the prescription.

Xianglan sat in the tent and breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly: "Dr. Chu of Yongrentang is famous for his gynecology to regulate qi and blood, and he is a square person and has great medical ethics. This is excellent, otherwise there is no place in the house to decoction and medicine, if you really have a child, it will be really difficult to get out. This bad thing is a good thing now. ”

For a while, Dr. Chu prescribed a good prescription, and Xianglan ordered Mrs. Liu to come in, took a thick red envelope, and lured Dr. Chu out. RS