Chapter 010 Consultation Fee

After drinking the prescription prescribed by Ling Qingyun, Mrs. Cheng woke up and her illness slowly improved.

She wasn't seriously ill.

When she was unconscious, she drank the medicine stone and spit it out, but it didn't work. After a person wakes up, it is much easier to drink medicine, and it will also enter the stomach without vomiting.

Aconite Li Zhong Tang stretches her chest and yang, dissipates cold phlegm, and she gradually becomes healthy.

Her son, Cheng Xuan, also returned to Beijing from Suzhou.

With this disease, the Cheng family delayed some things. Mrs. Tai's 60th birthday was not done, and the Cheng family invited someone to do the 49-day dojo, and donated a large amount of money to the Taoist temple and the temple.

They also set up a shed near the temple and distributed rice and cotton wool to the poor in the city.

The Cheng family spent all the money prepared for Mrs. Tai's birthday.

Restless.

Gossip is indispensable.

At that time, the Ling family made a fuss and sued the official, and the rumor was revealed.

Ling Qingyun and Jing also heard a few words, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing that another half a month had passed, Mrs. Cheng had completely recovered.

It's also the second day of October.

The weather suddenly changed, and strong winds blew for several days in a row.

The wind blew the lonely branches trembling, whining like a whimper, like sorrow.

Ling Qingyun couldn't sleep well at night. She could always hear the chirping of the night owls, like a ghost. From time to time, there was a desolate and desperate voice in her ears, as if she had crawled out of a distant ancient tomb, crying and calling her "sister".

Why call her sister?

She couldn't sleep well, so she ran to her mother's bed.

The Ling clan was the Duke of Jin.

The Duke of Jin is the hereditary title of the Ling family, and the mansion has long been devoid of the scenery of the past. Especially after Ling Qingyun's father died, the two uncles did not become successful, and the family became more and more lonely.

Their house is not big, located in the southwest corner of Shengjing "Zhaochifang", near Anping Gate, that is, the south city gate.

During the lifetime of the first emperor, Shengjing City was built on a large scale and a lot of drainage ditches were dug.

Zhaochifang, where the Jin State Mansion is located, was originally the place where the nobles were located, because a new drainage ditch was added twelve years ago to pass not far from Zhaochifang, which made this street stink when it rained.

Usually it's fine, but when the weather changes, the smell fills the streets.

The families who still had a little bit of financial resources moved away.

Except for the Jin State Mansion.

That year, Ling Qingyun's father died.

The family didn't have the money to move at the time.

In Shengjing City, there are at least one million people, it is crowded, the houses are expensive, and the cost of moving is not expensive, and the Jin State Mansion at that time has just lost its eldest son, and it does not know what the future holds, so it does not dare to spend money indiscriminately, so it is not moved.

Then, after two years of famine, the family could not collect rent on the field, which made it more difficult, not to mention moving.

Although Ling Qingyun's uncle and aunt later gained power in their families and became quite officials, they did not bring any changes to the Jin State Mansion.

The Ling family is one of the lonely nobles.

They still live in Zhaochifang, and the surrounding neighbors are mixed, and it is inconvenient to enter and exit.

"What does it smell like?" Jing said suddenly.

On the night of the second day of junior high school, the wind was particularly strong. Ling Qingyun couldn't sleep again, so she ran to her mother's bed and slept with her mother.

The mother's courtyard is called "Xie Yuan", which is the courtyard on the west side of the Jin State Mansion. Three main rooms with four small wings.

Behind the main courtyard, there are four small ear rooms, and a small corner door is opened from the south, which is like an independent small courtyard.

Ling Qingyun lived in the ear room between the back pins.

She came running to be with her mother, who had just put down her needle and thread, frowned and sniffed, and suddenly asked what it smelled like.

The maids and ladies in the room sniffed and sniffed hard.

"It's a little stinky, it's going to rain," Jing said.

With that, she sighed softly.

Whenever the weather changes, the gutters in the back streets of Zhaochifang emit a peculiar smell.

The inner courtyard of the Ling family can also smell it, but it is not so heavy.

Jing's nose is the most agile.

"Why didn't I smell it?" Ling Qingyun smiled and drilled into her mother's bed.

Jing's smiled and pulled his daughter's arm: "Take off your coat, it's weird and dirty." ”

Ling Qingyun had rarely been so coquettish before.

Recently, I don't know why.,Suddenly became squeamish.。 Sometimes she is picky about eating and drinking, and sometimes she is picky about her clothes, not like the silent girl in the past.

Jing liked it very much.

She felt that her daughter was closer to her.

"Mother, Mrs. Cheng has posted again, please go to Cheng's Mansion as a guest. Shall we go? Ling Qingyun got up, let the maid help her take off her coat, and asked her mother.

Ling Qingyun cured Mrs. Cheng, but it was just to reassure her mother and make her mother understand that there were no ghosts and gods.

After being cured, Jing really breathed a sigh of relief and did not worry about the last time he worshiped the Buddha. Ling Qingyun's purpose was also achieved.

However, Mrs. Cheng was very grateful to Ling Qingyun and invited their mother and daughter many times.

Ling Qingyun thought of her second aunt and her two daughters, and knew that the Cheng family did not welcome her, so she refused.

Jing naturally refused.

Today is the third invitation they have received.

"Do you want to go?" Jing was a little loose and asked her daughter, "Mrs. Tai didn't have a birthday, but relatives and friends still gave birthday gifts; When she was sick, she also gave gifts to visit. She thanked her relatives and friends, held a feast, and many people went."

There are a lot of people who go, so there is no need to deal with the second aunt and mother and daughter alone.

Mrs. Tai invited again and again, but she always didn't go, and it seemed that there was no one in Jing's eyes and she didn't respect her elders.

Jing doesn't like to offend people.

Therefore, she planned to go to the banquet the day after tomorrow, which can be regarded as coping with this favor.

In fact, the Jing family and the Cheng family did not have much contact.

The second aunt is not Jing's sister-in-law.

The last time Mrs. Cheng went to worship the Buddha, she just invited Jing and her mother-in-law out of courtesy.

During that time, Ling Qingyun was lingering on the sickbed, so sick and confused, Jing wanted to light a lantern for Ling Qingyun and pray for her, and was planning to go to the temple.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Cheng went to worship the Buddha and invited Jing's again. In order to save trouble, Jing went along.

Mrs. Cheng attaches great importance to Jing's mother and daughter, in addition to the fact that Jing and Ling Qingyun compare Mrs. Cheng's eyes, it is also because Mrs. Cheng and Jing's are also from Taiyuan Mansion.

Taiyuan Mansion is very large and is the most prosperous city near Shengjing.

There are officials in Beijing, and Taiyuan has its own family, and there are many people. The first queen of that year was also born in Taiyuan aristocracy.

Taiyuan Lu's is a century-old nobleman.

The maiden family of the Jing family and Mrs. Cheng is not prominent in Taiyuan Mansion, and it cannot be compared with the Lu family. However, Mrs. Cheng likes to think of herself as a fellow queen.

At the same time, in order to appear modest, Mrs. Cheng pulled up the Jing family again, saying that she and the Jing family were both fellow villagers of the former queen.

For this reason, Mrs. Cheng was very willing to promote the Jing family and Ling Qingyun.

Whether it is true or false, Jing can't tell the difference. Therefore, she would rather avoid it, and rarely have anything to do with the Cheng family, unless it is a New Year's holiday.

"Mother, if you want to go, I'll accompany you." Ling Qingyun smiled sweetly, "I cured Mrs. Tai, and the Cheng family didn't give me anything." This time, Mrs. Tai may want to reward me with something. ”

Jing was slightly surprised and looked at his daughter.

"Why do you want Mrs. Tai's things?" Jing asked in surprise.

"Is it for nothing?" Ling Qingyun took it for granted, "Isn't it natural for her to treat her and pay for the consultation?" ”

Jing was dumbfounded.

Girl, you are the daughter of the boudoir, not Xiaolangzhong!

"You can't ask for Mrs. Tai's things." Jing was amused for a while and taught Ling Qingyun the Tao.

"Why, our family doesn't have much money." Ling Qingyun said, "I haven't eaten hibiscus soup for a long time."

She thinks that since the family has no money, why bother to be high?

It turned out to be what Ling Qingyun deserved.

For what she deserved, Ling Qingyun was unwilling to give up.

Jing was stunned again.

The second time she heard Ling Qingyun mention "hibiscus soup".

Hibiscus soup is a popular dish in recent years, first with bezoar, gold, rhino horn, chicken blood jade, Nanzhu, seashell fried sauce; Venison is the main ingredient, made with hump, roe meat, fitra, cherry, boiled into a bowl of thick soup, and then poured with fried juice.

A small bowl of soup, at least thirty taels of silver, is enough for a month of food and drink in the Jin State Mansion. Every time I make a pot, I can't get rid of it without a few hundred taels.

Who has nothing to do with this to eat?

When Jing's family was not out of the cabinet, her mother's family was not wealthy, and her father was just a small general; Her brother is prosperous, it has been nearly ten years, and Jing's family has not enjoyed the blessings.

Marrying into the Ling family, although the Ling family is very lonely, they are also nobles, and they are a bit high-climbing, so they are diligent and diligent, and they dare not ask for extravagant food.

At ordinary banquets, you can't eat hibiscus soup at all.

What the taste of hibiscus soup is, Jing's doesn't know.

And Ling Qingyun, after she recovered from her illness last time, said that there was no taste in her mouth, Jing and Ling Qingcheng asked her what she wanted to eat, and she asked for "hibiscus soup" when she opened her mouth.

Ling Qingyun thought that she didn't have any money, so she didn't eat hibiscus soup.

How rich can you afford to eat hibiscus soup?

Jing's eyes darkened slightly, and he sighed lightly.

She felt that she had wronged her daughter.

Ling Qingyun saw it in his eyes and knew that he had said the wrong thing. She was a little confused, she didn't know how wrong she was, and she was panicked.

The mother and daughter were speechless for a moment.

The north wind howled, making the window lattices rattle, and the sound of whimpering whining through the rooftops made the silence of the night even more apparent.

After Ling Qingyun freshened up, she fell asleep next to her mother.

Jing couldn't sleep for a long time.

Being a mother is the most careful.

Her daughter has changed a lot.

It's still the same face, this look and this figure, but it's changed, it's completely changed. Jing's was also a little difficult to figure out, because Ling Qingyun had never left Jing's eyes.

From childhood to adulthood, Jing's took care of her and grew up, it can't be a different person.

Why, exactly?

"Am I not doing a good job?" Jing thought guiltily.

Her daughter knows how to heal, and she doesn't know it; Her daughter wanted something better to eat, more beautiful clothes, and she didn't know it.

Jing was very sad.

As soon as I was sad, I thought of my husband's early death, a difficult family, the eldest son did not start a family, and the youngest son was too naughty and naughty, the corners of his eyes were slightly wet, and he couldn't sleep anymore.

There was a faint breathing sound from his daughter beside him, and Jing felt at ease again.

It was only in the second half of the night that Jing fell asleep.

The wind stopped, and it snowed. The snow flew overnight, and it was blowing one after another, adding a new outfit to the treetops of the courtyard.

Covered in snow and covered in snow.

Ling Qingyun got up early and pushed open the window, turned back to her mother in surprise and said, "It's snowing, mother." ”

Jing looked over and smiled.

Outside the window, it was still snowing.

Her eldest son, Ling Qingcheng, walked in wearing a cloak and hat.

He walked in a hurry, as if something was urgent.

Jing's heart tightened inexplicably.

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