Although compared with other large households, the population and affairs of the Yun family are relatively simple, but there are more than ten people.

Three meals a day, food, clothing, housing, transportation, festivals, weddings, funerals, sacrifices, ushering in and sending off, the monthly money of the maid's mother-in-law, clothes for the change of seasons, etc., ancestral property, rent and other income routines, etc.

Li Xiangyu thought: If her body is useless, sooner or later she will have to start the family affairs herself, so it is better to teach her as soon as possible. In case she can't hold it and leaves, she won't be caught off guard.

Although Mei'er is excited to take over the family affairs, if she doesn't have a plan in her heart for these messy things, she will be anxious sooner or later. But these days, let her try her hand first, hit the wall, and then look at the things she wrote for her, maybe she has a deeper understanding.

Bai Xiang arranged the kang table, pen, inkstone, paper and ink.

Li Xiangyu confessed, "Don't let Miss see these letters I wrote, you have to put them away when I rest." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

Li Xiangyu thought for a moment, picked up the pen and began to write.

She was sick and weak, and after a while, she broke out a layer of sweat, and she became sleepy.

Bai Xiang was by her side and persuaded her to rest. Although she wanted to continue writing, her body couldn't support it after all, so she stopped writing and rested, and wrote again after the break. Sometimes I rested and fell asleep.

In this way, when Yun Shu was away, she explained family affairs one by one, and wrote and stopped, until the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, which was written for more than ten days. A thick bundle of letterhead paper explains in detail the affairs of the family.

Yan Shizhen finished the free clinic that day, and really stopped the clinic.

When I saw Li Xiangyu in the evening, I frowned unconsciously. After a few doses, the effect is not very ideal.

"Is there anything wrong?" Li Xiangyu asked.

Yan Shizhen raised his pen and muttered: "I'll try another prescription." ”

Li Xiangyu said: "It's okay." But Brother Yan doesn't have to worry, he has to take his time in healing. ”

Yan Shizhen nodded, but felt that it shouldn't be. Ning Shen readjusted the prescription and handed it to Gui Zhi, "Grab three doses according to this prescription and see the effect." ”

Gui Zhi took the prescription and hurriedly went out to grab the medicine.

Li Xiangyu said: "Brother Yan went to the free clinic today, and Mei'er also followed, didn't you make trouble, right?" ”

Yan Shizhen said with a smile: "Mei'er is extremely smart and has helped me a lot, how can it cause me trouble." ”

"That's fine." Li Xiangyu said with a smile, "Although Mei'er is a little smart, after all, she is still young and doesn't know how important things to do, if there is anything reckless, Brother Yan should mention her more." ”

Yan Shizhen said: "Brother and sister, don't worry, I will spare no effort." It's just that there is one thing, I don't know if my younger siblings know? ”

"What's the matter?"

"Mei'er donated today to provide free medicine to my poor patients. She said that her brother and sister knew about it. I'm afraid she's young and impulsive, so I'd like to ask my siblings if they know about it. ”

"Mei'er did tell me today. Although it is a prelude to the first cut, it is also feasible. After a pause, Li Xiangyu said gloomily, "I'm seriously ill these days, although she is strong on the surface, she is actually terrified in her heart. If one day I'm gone, she's the only one. She wants to help those people, but she also wants to make herself feel more secure. ”

Yan Shizhen couldn't help but sigh and said, "Mei'er is indeed pitiful and cute. ”

Yan Shizhen thought that his medical skills were not bad, but Li Xiangyu's spirit was better, but his condition did not improve.

In the days of Yun Zhai, Yan Shizhen accompanied Yun Shu to do this and that every day in addition to seeing and chatting for Li Xiangyu, but being kind and cordial with Yun Jin was another difference.

Although Yun Jintong also likes to play with Yun Shu, he is busy with official duties on weekdays, and he has to teach her from time to time with his father's shelf. And after getting acquainted with Yan Shizhen, Yun Shu found that this uncle had no frame at all, and there were many novel stories, and the things taught to Yun Shu were all subtle and silent, this kind of teaching method was even more powerful than Master Qin!

Yun Shu likes this uncle very much, not like Uncle Li, who is not smiling, but has a very curious playmate like Li Ge. The dull atmosphere of the Yun family before was finally eased.

Yun Shu learns to manage household chores with the help of Steward Meng and Gui Zhi, and she is still very busy every day.

It's Chinese New Year's Eve. In the evening, the sound of firecrackers has been exploded one after another.

Yun Shu supervised the production of sacrifices in the kitchen very seriously, and followed the housekeeper to arrange the middle hall and place the sacrifices. Steward Meng explained to her the taboos of the Yunshu New Year's Festival. Yun Shu was learning while memorizing, and she was busy in front of the hall and behind the house.

"Mei'er, do you want Uncle Yan to help you?" When Yan Shizhen spoke, Yun Shu was holding a big lantern under the porch, and Yun Fan stepped on the ladder to replace the old lantern.

"Although it's very interesting to do this with Uncle Yan, but there is no one to talk to her from her mother, so it's lonely, Uncle Yan should talk to her mother, it's good to have Brother Fan here."

Yan Shizhen said with a smile: "I'm an adult sitting in the house, but let you be a kid busy, isn't it?" You really don't want me to help? ”

"No, no, it's almost ready. Uncle Yan, get up and go into the house! ”

Yan Shizhen shook her head helplessly, the little girl was very persistent.

Li Xiangyu was still sick in bed, and when he saw him come in, he smiled and said, "Was you driven in by Mei'er?" ”

"yes." Yan Shizhen said helplessly.

Li Xiangyu said with a smile: "With Steward Meng and Guizhi, Mei'er can't be tired, so let her be busy." These days, what does Brother Yan think of Mei'er's temperament? ”

Yan Shizhen said: "Sensible and well-behaved, and extremely intelligent, it is a rare one." ”

Li Xiangyu recalled: "Mei'er, Mei'er is still in swaddling clothes, and she sighed when she hugged her, saying that her daughter is so pink and cute, and she will be reluctant to give it to anyone in the future." Li Xiangyu couldn't help laughing as he spoke, his withered yellow face was finally a little lively, "That day, for the sake of this question in his heart, he hugged his eyebrows and turned around under the eaves of the porch for a long time, and after thinking about it for a long time, he went straight to the study with his eyebrows. Put your eyebrows on the desk, and write a letter to you, urging you to get married quickly. Mei'er has been a lively and active person since she was a child, scratching her restless hands and feet on the table, and her mouth, face, and hands are stained with ink. Brother Yan, do you remember that letter? ”

"Naturally, I remember that there were also a few small ink-colored handprints on it. Since that letter, in the past seven or eight years, Brother Yun has urged every letter! The so-called seeing a letter is like meeting, and his advice is vivid in the ear. Over the years, my family has lost hope that I will marry a wife and have children, only he is still persistent. ”

"Over the years, he has been thinking about promising his eyebrows to your son-in-law. It wasn't until Mei'er was eight years old now that he was very reluctant to let Mei'er out. Li Xiangyu remembered her husband's "obsession" over the years, and couldn't help laughing.

"It's a pity that after so many years of talking in vain, I have lived up to Brother Yun's high hopes. I heard that Mei'er is now promised to the Li family? ”

"Yes, you've seen you these days, right? That kid is also very good at learning, and he is also the son of Li Yuanfen's family, a former classmate. Jin Tong said that Li Yuanfen was met by him in another academy, and you may not know him. The Li family is now also an official in the capital. Li Xiangyu couldn't help but cry when he said. decided on this family affair, and Jin Tong didn't even enter the house to celebrate, so he was taken away. ”

Yan Shi sincerely comforted her: "Although I can't form a family with the Yun family as Brother Yun wishes, I can still take good care of Mei'er." Be relieved. ”

"Jin Tong said, 'The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and Brother Yan is a person who can be entrusted with his wife and children', I naturally believe that Brother Yan will take good care of Mei'er. So I think Brother Yan might as well take Mei'er as a righteous daughter. You are always alone, Jintong will no longer urge you to get married, and you can also let Mei'er accept Brother Yan's knees in the future, isn't it good? Li Xiangyu believes in her husband's vision and believes that Yan Shi is really a person, and has ardent expectations for this.

Yan Shizhen heard her say such a thing, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Mei'er and you, the mother, how can you say that Chenghuan is under my knees." Brother and sister speak carefully. ”

"It's not that I don't believe in Brother Yan's medical skills, although Brother Yan doesn't tell me, it's just my body, I know it in my heart. Medicine can cure the disease, but not the life. Li Xiangyu said helplessly.

Yan Shizhen choked in his heart when he heard this, "Don't say that." If you really want to be nice to Mei'er, you should get better, stay with her, and don't say these frustrating words. She no longer has a father, and she can only be truly happy with you by her side. ”

Li Xiangyu took a breath, raised her head and burst into tears: "You also said that her father is gone." In and gone, my heart is dead. The company of a person with a dead heart will only make her life heavier and harder, not happy. I couldn't save her father, and I was also involved in the early death of my younger brother who could have been with her. I can't afford to give her happiness anymore. ”

"You don't take all the blame on yourself, it's not your fault. You have to believe in yourself, you can be there for her. If you can't give her a happy life, what can I do? ”

"When I mention this today, Brother Yan may feel abrupt, but I have been thinking about it for a long time. From the day I fell ill, I felt fear, not for myself, but for my eyebrows. What should I do if I go? There is no endless road, enter the best friend, you are here. I'm sure you'll take good care of Mei'er. Mei'er is a sensible child, her father and I owe her love for the rest of her life, I hope you can give it to her, and I hope Mei'er can also make your life more warm, so that you are no longer always like an outsider, wandering away from this world. ”

"I have indeed been wandering all these years, how can a wandering person like me take care of Mei'er? How can you trust her to me? ”

Although Mei'er has been pampered since childhood, I know that she has a tough character, but she lacks the tempering of life. You can teach her medical skills, take her to collect medicine, and take her to save lives. A woman's whole life has been trapped in the back house, but Jintong has always hoped that Mei'er can live a more meaningful life. I have always wondered how she can live a more meaningful life in addition to the favor of her parents and the favor of her husband when she is raised in the back house, married to someone else as a wife when she is older, or lives in the back house? Now I seem to figure it out. If she can walk with you, travel all over these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and understand all kinds of people, her life will definitely have a different meaning. ”

"Mei'er is a girl after all, if she wanders around when she is young, and she marries in the future, will her in-laws look at her differently?"