A few days ago, I received a message from Hua Heng that Su Mian suddenly had a strange illness for some reason, which made Jiang Nuan very worried, so the two said goodbye to Shen Mansion in Yuzhou and rushed to the Su family in Qingzhou for a day's drive.

Today's Su family, there are more than 100 people—

The old lady of the Su family has passed away one after another, and now the eldest brother of Su Mian is Su Yue and his wife, the eldest wife of the Su family is Hua Wu's sister, that is, Hua Ying's aunt, whose real name is Hua Yu.

Old man Zhao can be regarded as a housekeeper, Mrs. Zhao is both a housekeeper and a cook, and the two gave birth to a pair of twin brothers, guarding the façade of the front hall of the Su family's pharmacy, responsible for catching medicine and keeping accounts, but the account book always has to give Su Yue and them a purpose at night.

Although the Su family is the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion, the property pillars that support the entire Su Mansion are all medicinal herb businesses.

Xiaohuan has no father and mother since she was a child, and she was brought back by the deceased old lady of the Su family, since she married Huayu, she has been following her closely, nominally a girl, in fact, she has learned a lot of pharmacology and medicine with the eldest wife of the Su family, and she can also be regarded as a helper at critical times.

The rest are guys who help with chores, collecting and drying medicines.

There are also a few younger ones, who are apprentices sent by other people's families.

However, the guy is not always there, sometimes he goes out to collect medicine, and he is gone for many days.

And those elementary school apprentices don't come every day, most of them are children from poor families, in addition to learning skills, they can't run the work at home.

The bustle of this Su family pharmacy is always in the front of the front hall, and there are not many people in the real backyard.

Tonight, it can probably be regarded as the most lively day in the backyard of the Su family's pharmacy - the beggars who were brought back by Su Yue and the eldest wife of the Su family cleaned themselves well, and then twisted and changed into the jackets that Uncle Chen and Sister-in-law Zhao found for them.

Although the jacket is not new, it is neat and clean, and most importantly, there are no tears and no lint.

It is not for nothing that the Su family can be friends with Hua for many years and form a family, at least everyone in the house is just as worried.

Sister-in-law Zhao looked at the frozen pieces of broken skin and rotten flesh on the beggars' hands and feet, and sighed again and again, without saying a word, she turned out some spare hand warmers, filled them with charcoal fires and stuffed them into their hands one by one: "Harm, look at this frozen one...... Huh? Don't scratch! Don't scratch itchy, the jelly is like this, itchy when it's hot, you cover it here for a while, I'll get you some medicine. ”

Those beggars were not lazy to eat, but there was a famine in their hometown, and they were disabled, so they had to fall here. But in any case, they kidnapped people first, and they really ignored them.

If it is an ordinary person, it is already considered lenient if he doesn't care about them, but he never expected that the Su family not only didn't care, but was willing to help them treat their diseases and save people, and even treated them as visitors, which was simply to repay their grievances with virtue.

And being settled by Sister-in-law Zhao like this, these beggars are all guilty and uneasy, the previous arrogance in the wild disappeared, and they all became stupid-billed quails, stammering: "Sister-in-law Zhao is busy, I, we are used to freezing, this frozen child is not just long, let it go." ”

Probably in his own home, the momentum came up.

Sister-in-law Zhao immediately rolled her eyes and said, "? Do you know medicine or do I understand medicine? Hold on! I'll come later. ”

However, when the twin brothers who happened to pass by the door saw their mother's tone, they suddenly remembered the scene when they were trained when they were children, and they shrank their necks to walk, but before they could turn their heads, they were stopped by Zhao's sister-in-law, "What are you running?" A ghost is chasing and biting you? Come here, come here. ”

The brothers Zhao Xin and Zhao Xuan turned their heads in disagreement, laughed dryly and said in unison: "A-Niang, what's the matter?" I just closed the shop, and I have to send the account book to the eldest young master. ”

"What ledger? Two more people are carrying it? Sister-in-law Zhao pointed to one angrily, "Go, get a glass of wine, a little stronger, and some gauze." ”

"What do you want spirits for? Daddy is not happy with you? The younger brother Zhao Xuan, who was instructed, muttered, and the elder brother was already busy running away with the account book.

"Does he have the guts?" Sister-in-law Zhao pointed to the beggars in the house and said, "This room is full of frozen seeds, burn them for them." ”

As soon as he heard the frost, his brother's face turned a little green.

When he was a child, he had a tight skin, always looking for stubble and repairing a dry fight, and on a snowy day, the brothers were going out to play in the snow, but they started to make trouble again while playing, and their faces were covered with snow.

In the end, with the brute strength of not being afraid of death, he buried his brother's neck, his hands were red from the cold, and he was slapped by his mother, and his buttocks were swollen three feet high, for which his brother laughed at him for a month.

However, not long after a month, the brothers were not happy - they had been arguing in the snow for too long, and when they came back, they soaked their frozen hands and feet in hot water without hesitation.

This one is cold and one hot, and the fingers and heels are full of frozen seeds, swollen into turnips, and the hot and itchy ones scratch the heart and lungs, which is called life is better than death.

Sister-in-law Zhao cut the ginger foam, pounded out the hot juice, stirred it in the spirits, and smeared the jelly on the brothers, Xiuping was fine, but it was swollen, Zhao Xuan also broke a few cracks, and was so spicy that he cried and called his mother, and the snot bubbles came out, and he was laughed at by his brother for a few months.

That taste was too ecstatic, unforgettable in this life, so much so that when Zhao Xuan heard this method now, he couldn't help but grin his teeth.

Taking advantage of Sister-in-law Zhao's inattention, he gestured to the beggars in the house, "You ask for more blessings." ”

Beggars: "......"

Qingping is wet and cold in winter, there are not a few people who have frozen seeds, some people are thinking about reducing swelling at home, some will come to the pharmacy to ask some Suzi, Zhao's sister-in-law has dealt with people a lot, and she has already become a skilled worker.

She cut a bowl of ginger foam neatly, mashed it to get out the juice, took the liquor brought by Xiu'an and poured it into the bowl, dipped it in gauze, and rubbed the beggars' jelly little by little.

"This is good, it is broken, it hurts a little, but it works quickly." Sister-in-law Zhao said this, but the beggar was already so hot that she burst into tears.

So this person with a brutal temper, who had just entered the Su family for less than a night, was there anyone they could help with, and he was really shameless to sit down.

When he was busy, the eldest wife of the Su Yue and Su family was not idle, and only one room in the entire backyard was closed, and no sound came out.

After greeting the two, Jiang Nuan immediately ran to the room.

It was Su Mian who lived in this room temporarily.

In Hua Ying's memory, from the first day she met Su Mian, she had never really been made obedient by Sister-in-law Zhao.

Because Qingzhou was in late autumn, they were panicked, and the two brothers and sisters in Huafu were also frozen when they came.

The two of them hung their hands stained with ginger wine juice, and asked Sister-in-law Zhao with teary eyes if there was anything they could help, but she was really shameless when she sat dry.

At night, Su Mian either sat at the table and closed his eyes to recuperate, or read cross-legged by the bed with the light on, maintaining this appearance of frost and snow not changing and the eight winds from beginning to end, even with his eyes closed, it gave people a sense of inaccessibility.

However, Jiang Nuan didn't have the time to find fault with Su Mian, so the whole room was silent, so quiet that no one in the Su family dared to disturb him.

Until dinner before, the eldest wife of the Su family and Su Yue had come to invite someone, but they knocked on the door but did not hear the answer, and almost thought that something had happened to the two people in the house.

Hua Heng poked his head in from the crack in the door, glanced left and right, and waved his hand at his aunt and uncle when he came out: "Don't come to call the door, these two people have a little temper, if they are hungry, they will go out." ”

In the past, Su Mian refused to take medicine every time he was sick, and he was always by Hua Ying's side, but this time it was Jiang Nuan who shared his body with Hua Ying.

It's strange to say, Su Mian also has this strange problem, and she doesn't want to take medicine when she is sick, and Jiang Nuan stays by her side all night every time.

On weekdays, the Su family is just about to rest, but there are many people on this day, and they will rest one after another when they arrive. The lights of the houses in the courtyard were extinguished one by one, and the whispering conversation gradually became smaller, and finally the courtyard became quiet.

When Jiang Nuan opened his eyes, the bangzi of the third watch had already sounded for a while, and the people in all the houses of the house were asleep, and they could only hear some faint snoring.

Most of the lamp oil in the house was burned, and the wick had not been turned for a long time, making it appear dim.

But Jiang Nuan opened his eyes not because of noisy snoring or the oil lamp was about to wither, but because his forehead was inexplicably hot.

Jiang Nuan himself may have felt a little cold, but when he touched Su Mian's forehead, it burned even worse than her, so hot that even he felt a little burning.

Jiang Nuan gasped lightly, frowned at Su Mian, and shouted softly: "Su Mian? ”

Su Mian didn't respond.

"Su Mian?." Jiang Nuan endured the burning sensation on his forehead and said.

But no one answered.

"Su Mian?" Jiang Nuan felt that something was wrong, and after shouting twice, he changed his shouting method again, "Su Mian!" I know you didn't sleep. She stared at the person meditating on the edge of the bed by the dim light, and waited for a while, but still did not see the slightest movement from Su Mian.

Jiang Nuan suddenly panicked in his heart, and the burning feeling in his heart came to his heart.

"You're okay-" Before she could finish her sentence, Jiang Nuan felt that the burning cold compress on her forehead suddenly loosened, and it actually fell from her nose so lightly and fell to the ground.

She didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly walked to the side of the bed and tried to touch Su Mian's hand resting on her lap.

As a result, as soon as she grabbed Su Mian's finger, she was startled.

"Hey, Su Mian?" Jiang Nuan probed Su Mian's pulse and found that the pulse was urgent and heavy, which inexplicably made people feel anxious and uneasy.

Could it be that something went wrong?

After seeing Su Mian's abnormality several times, Jiang Nuan almost subconsciously wanted to see Su Mian's face. But the lights in the house were too dim, and it was really hard to see what was going on.

Jiang Nuan had to come closer.

There was no bloodshot on his face, but Jiang Nuan was a little uncomfortable-

Because Su Mian's body temperature was really too high, after getting closer, the heat that evaporated from the skin of his neck socket inevitably baked Jiang Nuan, with a little sweat.

made Jiang Nuan, who was already hot and untenable, even hotter, even hotter, straight to her head, steaming her brain inexplicably empty.

So much so that Jiang Nuan's ghost moved his gaze unexpectedly, and unconsciously stared at Su Mian's side face.

It may be about a hot steaming person, which is easy to make people lazy, Jiang Nuan's gaze is a little empty, and I don't know if it falls on Su Mian's eyebrows, or on the bridge of his nose, or ......