Chapter 15: A Taste of Freedom
I changed clothes with Qianrou, put on the silver mask my second brother gave me and went out of the house through the back door, and when I was on the busy street, I couldn't help but take a deep breath: "This is the taste of freedom!" ”
Qianrou's eyes widened: "Xiao...... Young master, the imperial capital is so big, and there are so many people! ”
People passing by looked sideways, as if laughing at her for not being knowledgeable. But it's also possible that seeing me wearing a mask is something new.
It's no wonder that Qianrou was so surprised, she grew up in Biluo in the southwest since she was a child, and she has never been to Dijing, and she doesn't know the prosperity of Dijing.
As the capital of the southwest hinterland, although Biluocheng is also prosperous, it is far less than one-tenth of the imperial capital. There are tea shops, wine shops, inns, pawnshops, garment shops, grocery stores, jewelry and silver buildings on both sides of the street...... All kinds of signboards and flags flutter in the wind, there are many small vendors with big umbrellas in the open places of the streets, all kinds of gadgets are dazzling, the merchant carrying the burden shouts loudly, and from a distance I can hear the sound of the coachman driving the ox cart full of goods to drive the messenger to make way, and the carriages are walking slowly, which is the family of the rich and noble...... The pedestrians on the road are endless, or sad or smiling and walking past, people are shouting happily, what a metropolis with soft red fragrant soil!
Not only does it feel novel, but I also feel amazed, the two of us are like a pair of dirt buns, this one also has to see, that one also has to see, after a while the stomach is also full, the hands have a lot of harvest, sure enough, women can't go shopping, as long as they go shopping, see everything fits the eye.
Qian Rou said happily: "Young Master, Dijing is really good, I can finally spend the silver!" ”
The sentence "......" reminds me of the days when I ate and drank for nothing in Biluo City, and I can't help but feel melancholy.
Over there, Qianrou didn't know that she had aroused my sadness, so she picked up a pair of white jade earrings and gestured on her ears: "Young master, young master, look how beautiful these earrings are!" ”
I was melancholy, and I didn't want to pay any attention to her.
When the woman who set up the stall saw the big and small bags in our hands, she smiled and said: "The girl is really good-looking, this pendant is made of the best Tianshan and Tianyu, and it is really a good match for you!" ”
"How do you know I'm a girl?" Asa Rou said in annoyance.
The woman looked her up and down, and said with a clear smile: "You have a bulging chest, you can tell that you are a girl at first glance." ”
glanced at me again, covered his mouth and said mysteriously: "It must be that your small appearance is too eye-catching, your young master asked you to dress up as a man, right?" ”
I looked down at my flat chest when I heard this, and I was even more melancholy.
Qianrou was already blushing: "Auntie, it's not ......"
"Whoa! Girl, don't be ashamed, I think your young master is not bad," the eldest lady covered her heart and said, "Although you wear a mask, look at these eyes, oops, tsk, if the eldest mother is twenty years younger, she will really be confused." ”
Since my disfigurement, I haven't heard such a pleasant compliment for a long time, and my heart suddenly bloomed, I lowered my voice and pretended to be cold: "How much is this pendant?" ”
The eldest lady said: "This is my family's ancestral pendant, the authentic Tianshan and Tianyu!" I didn't sell it when others gave me a hundred taels, but today I have a fate with the two, so I jumped off the building and gave it away, and sold it to you two taels, how about it? Isn't it a good deal? ”
Auntie, do you know that my face under the mask is twitching? Have you never seen Hetian Yu? This kind of counterfeit and shoddy products also cost two taels of silver? I see that you look like two taels of silver.
I was about to bargain with her, when I saw that Qianrou had already taken out the silver happily, I was so shocked that my eyes were about to fall, you must know that her monthly money is only two taels a month, although she usually has no expenses, but it is not so much that two taels of silver can be taken out without blinking.
The woman rejoiced and said, "Thank you, girl! I wish you two a lot of money...... Lovers eventually become married! ”
Me: "......"
I was tired of walking, so I found a tea shop to drink tea, and I saw that Qianrou carefully wrapped the jade pendant with a handkerchief, and it looked very precious.
The pendant is indeed finely made, it looks quite valuable, and its practical use is ordinary jade scraps. Seeing that she really liked me, I couldn't bear to tell her, and thought that I would go back and find a reason to reward her with a few taels of silver.
Suddenly, Qianrou sat down next to me and whispered, "Miss, do you see if that's the young lady?" ”
I followed the direction of her finger, and sure enough, there stood a woman with a hood by a carriage opposite the tea shop, and her figure was quite similar to that of my sister-in-law.
Then she hurriedly walked into the shop opposite, and her maid with a hat looked around, as if to see if anyone was following, just when a gust of wind blew the hat up—wasn't that the sister-in-law's personal maid called Xia He?
I glanced at the shop's sign: Rejuvenation Hospital.
Sister-in-law is sick? These days, Imperial Doctor He in the palace will come to my door from time to time to check my pulse, why does my sister-in-law have such good resources and don't need to come to this medical hall? Could it be that the doctor in this medical hall is even more powerful than the imperial doctor in the palace? Or is it that my sister-in-law has a disease that she can't let others know?
I raised an eyebrow at Qianrou: "Take a look." ”
I found an errand to send the big bag I bought back to Youfu, and then walked towards the medical center.
As soon as I entered the medical hall, I smelled a strong smell of herbs, it was someone decocting medicine in the hall, and a bookkeeper on the counter was dialing the abacus, and raised his head: "Two, who is sick?" ”
Qianrou said angrily: "You're sick!" ”
The bookkeeper was not annoyed: "Didn't you come to the hospital to listen to the music when you were sick?" ”
I hurriedly smiled: "Sir, don't blame, Uchiko is unwell and in a bad mood, I hope you will forgive me." With that, he glanced at the light and soft.
Qianrou immediately understood, leaned on me like no bones, and said coquettishly: "Husband, the slave family is very uncomfortable." ”
Me: "......"
The bookkeeper was surprised: "What is this lady's illness?" ”
Shallow Soft: "The same disease as the sister in front, my sister said that the doctor here has very good medical skills, let the slave family try it." ”
"Which sister?"
I said, "Just that ...... just now."
"Shhhh......h ”
The apprentice answered, looked at the two of us with a strange look in his eyes and said, "Two, please come here." ”
We walked with the apprentice, only to know that this rejuvenation clinic has a cave, the front hall is only responsible for collecting money, catching medicine and treating ordinary patients, and some people with hidden diseases will be taken to the backyard, and there are special doctors who pay attention to privacy and confidentiality.
So the sister-in-law really has a hidden disease?
Qianrou Tai sighed and said: "Husband, I don't know if this disease can be cured. ”
The young apprentice said: "Madame, don't worry, this is not a matter of one or two days, Madame is also a good blessing, and her husband is with you, if it were someone else, she would have to write a letter of resignation a long time ago." ”
Qianrou and I both saw surprise in each other's eyes, and Qianrou said: "It's not so serious, that swim...... Isn't my sister good? Her husband treated her very well. ”
"That's what he doesn't know yet," said the apprentice, "but a big family like this doesn't have to divorce his wife, just marry a few more concubines." ”
How many concubines can you heal? My doubts were even greater.
When the apprentice saw that we were silent, he thought we were angry, and hurriedly said, "The two of you are not angry, the villain is just talking, and he has no other intentions." ”
I said, "It's okay. ”
As he spoke, he went to Dr. Liu's place, the setting in the hall was quite peculiar, several screens were erected, and there was a low table behind each screen, so Dr. Liu went to the next one behind another screen after seeing a patient: it really greatly protected the patient's privacy.
My sister-in-law happened to be separated from us by a screen, and I faintly heard her soft voice.
"Still not?" Sister-in-law said.
"Look at the pulse, no." Doctor Liu said.
"This medicine slave family has been eating it for three years, why do you keep ......," the sister-in-law choked up.
"Madame Hugh should be anxious, the heir depends on fate, and fate has not yet arrived."
Heir? It turned out that the sister-in-law was because of ...... I suddenly realized that the eldest brother has been married for three years, and he has not had any children yet, and he is not filial piety, no wonder the apprentice just said that he took a concubine, and no wonder the sister-in-law is so mysterious.
The sister-in-law over there seemed to sigh and said sadly: "When will this fate come?" ”
"Madame still has to be relieved, if she is depressed, it will not be good."
"Doctor Xie."
I heard that my sister-in-law was leaving, and I quickly pulled Qianrou away, so I heard my sister-in-law ask again: "Oh yes, Dr. Liu, you are well-informed, can you know if there is a disease that will not attack in one place, and it is convenient to have a seizure in another place, which makes people change their appearance?" ”
Is this talking about me?
"Is that so?" Doctor Liu seemed to be thinking, "The old man is unheard of." ”
"It's the slave family who is abrupt."
"However, the illness that Madame said," said Dr. Liu, "in the old man's humble opinion, he is either unaccustomed to the soil and water, or he is ...... Who drugged him on the way. ”
Asarou suddenly looked at me in horror.