The next morning, Lu Jing accompanied Daiyu to the outer study after breakfast, and reviewed the things that had been sorted out in the past six months, and made sure that there were no mistakes before binding them into a book.

In the past six months, he has mainly supplemented seventy-two characters and made biographies for each character, including the concubine general Lin Siniang.

After serving Daiyu, Zijuan called Qingwen back to her bedroom, and told Qingwen about Lu Jing's sleeping shoes last night, asking the reason, and saying that she was going to heal her feet.

Qingwen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then tears fell like rain, crying nonstop.

Seeing this, Zijuan immediately panicked, and hurriedly persuaded: "If you don't want to, it's nothing, I will make it clear to the master, and the master is also for your good, and he doesn't mean to force you." ”

Qingwen was crying silently, hearing her say this, she shook her head busily, and then threw herself into Zijuan's arms and cried bitterly, after a long time, and then wiped her tears, and said to Zijuan gratefully: "Good sister, you will be my own sister in the future, and I will never forget your great kindness." ”

After speaking, he took out the scissors, sat on a small chair, and untied the leg straps, trousers, bow shoes, and cloth socks on his feet layer by layer, and then removed the needles and threads sewn on the footcloth, and slowly untied the hard cloth wrapped around his feet layer by layer.

It took her time to untie the two sticks of incense before reaching the last layer, she gritted her teeth and tore off the last layer with the pain, and in an instant it was a blur of flesh and blood, revealing a pair of bare feet about four inches small and shaped like water chestnuts, and the other toes of both feet except the big toe were pressed under the soles of the feet.

Zijuan was already crying in the process of looking at it, and now she closed her eyes after just one glance and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and she was busy hugging Qingwen tightly and comforting her, she had just heard that she had never seen it, and she had never felt too much, until she saw it with her own eyes at this moment, and she found the pain of foot binding.

Qingwen endured the pain and said with a smile: "It's okay, I don't have to endure this pain in the future, my sister doesn't know, when I sleep at night, these two feet are like burning with charcoal, and I will wake up in pain several times a night, especially now that the weather is hot, it is even more uncomfortable and burns badly." ”

Zijuan cried: "Why didn't you untie it earlier, it's all because I didn't find out about your suffering earlier, if I had told the master earlier, you wouldn't have suffered for so long in vain." ”

When Qingwen heard this, she couldn't help but shed tears again, and comforted her: "Don't blame my sister, when I first wrapped my feet, I was in a terrible pain in the middle of the night, so I untied the footcloth, but every time I was found by Mama Li, she took a whip to whip me, and then I beat me more, even if it hurts again, I don't dare to untie it again, the old lady just watched Mama Li train me well, so she gave me to Baoyu." ”

"Sister doesn't know, since I entered our house last year, it has been much better than when I was in Jiafu, the most painful thing to wrap my feet is to wrap the tip, wrap thin, wrap bend, I only get to wrap thin, since I entered the house, I don't see that no one is forcing me to wrap my feet anymore, so I didn't continue."

Zijuan was even more distressed when she heard her say this, and hurriedly said: "I'll go to Madame to understand, and then let someone ask the doctor to come over, you will recuperate first these days, and I will serve Madame for you." ”

Qingwen hurriedly grabbed her and pleaded, "Good sister, don't, I don't want people to see me barefoot." ”

Zijuan comforted: "You wrap your feet first, I will go back to Mrs. first, and then ask Sister Yinglian, I heard from the master yesterday that Sister Yinglian was also forced to bind her feet, and after the master rescued her, she only found a doctor to heal." ”

Qingwen nodded with tears in her eyes after hearing this, Zijuan comforted her again, and then went back to Daiyu, just as Yinglian was talking with Daiyu, Zijuan said it together.

After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly ordered someone to invite a female doctor to come back, and then came to see Qingwen with Yinglian and Zijuan.

Daiyu only saw the blood-stained footcloth, so she didn't dare to look at Qingwen's bare feet anymore, and hurriedly told her not to work during this time, and to heal her foot injury first.

Yinglian knew this pain, and suddenly sympathized with the same disease, kept comforting Qingwen, and showed her feet to her, telling her that she could be cured, and her feet would not hurt in the early years, although it was still a little inconvenient when running and jumping, but there was no problem with walking.

Qingwen was deeply encouraged when she heard Yinglian's words, and she also felt close and grateful to Yinglian, who had rarely crossed paths in the past.

Although Daiyu has always heard about foot binding, she has never really seen what it looks like after foot binding, and now she only sees Yinglian's feet and turns her head and can't bear to look at it anymore, and she endures the discomfort to comfort the two.

I felt distressed and pity for their experience, but also secretly angry, I didn't understand what was the advantage of women's small feet, and the world flocked to them, which led to the popularity of foot binding now, and I thought that there were many records in the anecdotes of the previous dynasty, those sour and rotten literati often used women's small shoes to drink, and they felt sick to their stomachs, and at the same time secretly glad that their husbands did not have such a habit.

About three quarters of an hour, the housekeeper invited a female doctor, who was the wife of Dr. Zhang Qiying, who had a good relationship with the Lu family.

Guo carefully examined Qingwen's feet, then gave her medicine, treated the skin wounds and ulcerated and suppurated areas on her feet, and explained how to treat her after dealing with them, and then talked to Daiyu before leaving.

After Daiyu ordered someone to send Guo away, she sighed secretly, according to Guo, Qingwen's toe bone had been broken for a long time, and it was difficult to heal, so she could only do her best.

After lunch, when Lu Jing accompanied Daiyu for a walk in the garden, Daiyu and Zijuan talked about Jiang Qingwen.

Lu Jing sighed secretly after hearing this, felt pity for Qingwen, thought about it and said: "Let's let her heal her foot injury first, as long as the big toe is okay to walk, it will be fine, and as for the rest, we will slowly figure out a way." ”

Zijuan still hadn't recovered from Qingwen's experience, and asked with a sad expression: "During this time, I want Huixiang to take care of Qingwen first, and I hope that the old lady will allow it." ”

Daiyu shook her head and said, "Huixiang still has to take care of you, Qingwen will send another person to take care of her for a while." ”

Zijuan saw that Madame's arrangement was more appropriate, so she nodded in response.

Lu Jing pondered for a moment and then said, "Madame will send someone to invite Dr. Zhang and his wife over in a few days, and diagnose everyone in our house to see if anyone has a disease that they don't know, and if they can find out a minor illness, they can also prevent it early." ”

Daiyu nodded and responded: "Husband, this idea is good, and the concubine will arrange it tomorrow." ”

Lu Jing continued: "In the future, they will invite their husband and wife to come every six months, and a rule will be formed, and the expenses will be paid from the public high school. ”

Daiyu responded: "Husband, don't worry, not only in our mansion, but also in the Lin mansion, the concubine will also be arranged." ”

Several people talked as they walked, and after walking three laps, Lu Jing returned to the study and continued to sort out the manuscript; Daiyu went to the meeting hall in the backyard and called a few housekeepers from Lu and Lin to discuss what Lu Jing had just said; Zijuan brought a little maid named Ji Yue to Qingwen's room and asked Ji Yue to take care of Qingwen during this time.

After sending Ji Yue out first, Zijuan told Qingwen what the few people had discussed, and then said: "Because of your injury, the master came up with this idea, and when this matter spreads, everyone will be grateful to you in their hearts." ”

Qingwen shook her head and smiled: "What does this have to do with me, in the final analysis, the lord and the lady are kind, and my sister should not be sad for me, this time in our house has been the most comfortable day I have ever had since I was a child, and I now feel that the days are getting more and more hopeful, and my sister should be happy for me." ”

Zijuan's heart was much better when she heard this, and she pondered for a moment and said, "My sister has been recuperating well these days, and when you get better, I will tell you another good news." ”

Qingwen smiled: "What's the good news, don't sell it, just tell me now." ”

Zijuan thought for a while and said in a low voice: "I asked the master yesterday, and listening to the meaning of the master's words, he has long liked you!" ”

Qingwen's face turned red when she heard this, knowing that Zijuan had never joked about this, since she said so, she should be eight or nine inseparable, and she was secretly happy in her heart.

Zijuan didn't tease her when she didn't speak, but continued: "The old lady is good to me and Sister Yinglian, and you also see it in your eyes, after a while, let's go and beg the lady to give you to the master, wouldn't it be better for us to accompany the old lady for the rest of our lives." ”

Qingwen was grateful to Zijuan, so she didn't hide her thoughts from her, so she answered shyly and whispered.

Zijuan saw her express her intentions, so she chatted with her about her future life, and even taught Qingwen a little experience to please Lu Jing, Qingwen listened to it with a red face, and dreamed of meeting Lu Jing in Wushan that night.