In the gap between their speeches, Zuo Gui had already finished inspecting the grass and said, "It should be hungry and faint!" - Hurry up and make porridge for her! ”

Liang was busy boiling porridge, and Miao Peilan on the side said, "I'll go!" "Let's go to the kitchen.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at this angry gossamer, took her wrist to check the pulse, frowned, and was silent.

Zuo Gui said: "She's almost out of gas, I'm afraid it's too late to boil porridge now, if there is any leftover food, take one to soak in water and give him a drink first!" ”

At this time, there is no leftover from every meal in the average person's home, they are all made and eaten, and there can be no leftovers.

Liang said: "Why don't you take a few duck eggs and beat the egg drop soup for her to drink?" ”

The general rewarded Zuo Shaoyang with a basket of duck eggs, and Liang put most of the basket on top of the kitchen cupboard, Miao Peilan hurriedly agreed, and ran into the kitchen to make duck eggs and make soup.

Liang knew that the little girl was hungry and faint, and she would be fine if she ate, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and then greeted Ni's mother: "The old lady is here?" I didn't bother to greet you just now, hehe"

Ni's mother smiled and said, "I'm also passing by, come in and see you, how about it?" What we said outside the yamen lobby last time, do you have any eyebrows? ”

Liang immediately understood that she was talking about marrying a daughter-in-law, and was stabbing at her sad place, sighed, looked left and right at the waiting patients, and said in a low voice: "Let's go to the house and talk." ”

"Good!" Mother Ni agreed.

The two walked a few steps to the bedroom, and Liang stood again: "The room is full of medicinal herbs, and there is no place to stay, so let's go to the concoction room and talk." ”

"Okay."

Ni's mother followed Liang into the concoction room, closed the door, Liang glanced at the pile of unmade beds piled up in Zuo Shaoyang's attic, and muttered: "Zhong'er, this child, the bed is not tidy......"

Ni's mother ignored this, and followed up and hurriedly said: "Old sister, do you have an eyebrow about finding a daughter-in-law for your family loyalty?" ”

Liang sighed: "Alas, the thousand-year-old ginseng you gave last time has been used up, but this daughter-in-law still hasn't settled down." ”

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Liang said: "Alas, it's really a creation to make people, that day in the Yamen, the thousand-year-old ginseng that you kindly gave me, I originally wanted to keep it for Zhong'er to marry a daughter-in-law, I have been hiding under the toilet, the lord and Zhong'er don't know, I didn't tell them, I was worried that they would know and let me go back." Later, the granddaughter of the Qu family, Miss Bai, swore that if Zhong'er cured their old lady's stroke, she would be willing to be a wife and a concubine! That's when I took out the thousand-year-old ginseng to save them from life. I know it's not good for me to do this, but I can't help it, like you said, the left and right are for their left family, so I accepted it head-on, and I didn't say it. Until that day, the white girl promised that the old lady of their family came to discuss with me about my family's loyal son marrying the white girl, and said that as long as the old lady of her family was cured, the white girl would be our daughter-in-law. I'm so happy in my heart......"

Ni's mother said: "I have heard of the granddaughter of the Qu family, saying that she is beautiful, captivating the country and the city, and the female celebrity is particularly good. It's just that the old lady Qu returned to his hometown after being convicted, and he usually has no savings, and his family is a little poor, so the big families don't like it and are not happy, and they don't look down on ordinary people, so it has been delayed. ”

"yes? Anyway, our lord and I are very satisfied, but unfortunately, I don't know what happened, the two of them are like fighting cocks together, Zhong'er refuses to marry her, and my lord and I have no choice but to give up. ”

"What about the old ginseng?" Ni Mu asked urgently.

"No, they have all been treated by the old lady of the Qu family, Zhong'er said that the old lady of the Qu family must use ginseng for a long time. If we don't agree, Old Lady Qu will repay our kindness with death, Zhong'er is kind-hearted, so I had to accept it, but I chose her to be a slave and maid......"

"What? Old sister, this deal is a big loss! That old ginseng is thousands of years old, used to buy a maid, not I bragged, a thousand also bought casually, I explained it when I gave it to you, this is for Xiao Langzhong to marry a daughter-in-law, don't see the rabbit and don't scatter the eagle, if you exchange for a white girl as a daughter-in-law, it's worth it, take it to buy a maid medicine boy, it's really ......, alas! Tell me what is good about you? ”

Liang also smiled bitterly: "I also think so, I originally wanted to hide it well, and then take it out when I meet the right one, even if I was scolded and scolded by the master, it was worth it, but I didn't expect to come back and encounter this matter, I and the master were very optimistic about the white girl before, and then it happened that her grandfather had a stroke and was sick, and only Zhong'er could cure it, and the two had some misunderstandings, so it became like this......"

Ni Muqi said: "What is the misunderstanding? ”

"Old lady Qu is very sick, and he is dying, only with ginseng can he return to the yang and save the adversity, and I didn't tell the old ginseng you gave me to the old man and Zhong'er, they didn't know that there was old ginseng at home, so Zhong'er said that there was no old ginseng at home, and there was no way to save the old lady Qu. I don't know what's going on, their family thinks that our family has a thousand-year-old ginseng, and they are unwilling to take it out to save their lives, because the medical ethics are not good, they covet the beauty of the white girl, and they are taking advantage of the danger of others. This made Zhong'er anxious, you know that our family Zhong'er is the most unaggrieved, so he quarreled with the white girl. That's how the two got married. ”

"So?" Mrs. Qu was happy, "It's not a big deal, isn't it okay to make it clear?" ”

"No, I've said it, it's still like this, together it's like an enemy, and I don't have a smile. Last time, the general ordered the requisition of grain, to be honest, there was some surplus grain at home, and he was not going to hand it over at that time, and he hid it and searched it out by the officials and soldiers, which was to be beheaded by the whole family, and he was afraid that it would affect the white girl, so he drove her away and let her go back, not only did he not think that this white girl was also a master of promises, not only did she not leave, Zhong'er said that she was in a hurry, she actually grabbed the scissors and wanted to commit suicide, but thanks to Miss Miao, she pushed him, and then the stab was missed, and her arm was also stabbed, - by the way, Zhi'er, I didn't see her when I came back just now......"

Mother Ni still didn't understand, interrupted her words, and asked, "All the ginseng has been eaten by Old Lady Qu?" ”

"Yes, Zhong'er said that this ginseng is used by Old Lady Qu to save his life, and he must eat it all the time, and eat the whole tree in order to recuperate his body. This old ginseng is worth a lot of money, I know, Mrs. Qu needs ginseng to recuperate, otherwise she won't be able to live, saving her life is important, and I can't do it, but what about Zhong'er's marriage? Thinking of the old ginseng, I feel so distressed that I can't sleep at night, I really have the heart to cry, and I will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, but what should I do, although I have made some money these days, but I can't compare to the thousand-year-old ginseng, I estimate, this old ginseng, take it as a dowry, even if the princess county lord can get it, it's gone, alas! In the future, if I meet a suitable big family, and I can't get the dowry, I ......, what can I do......"

Mother Ni was relieved: "Old sister, don't worry, I came to you today, just to ask if there are any eyebrows in this matter, since Xiao Langzhong and the white girl can't see each other, let's not be reluctant, the twisted melon is not sweet, and the family will be in trouble in the future." ”

"Yes, my lord and I thought the same way, so I didn't insist on marrying him."

Ni's mother smiled and said: "Since there is no suitable candidate in Xiaolang, I have one, the daughter of a noble family, today I said that I was walking along the way to relax, in fact, I also came to you to talk about it, otherwise, I only killed so many people on the street yesterday, why did I go out to shop today?" If I hadn't asked you to mention this family, I wouldn't have dared to go out on the street! ”

Liang thought to himself, what can make Ni's mother look at it and say it is definitely not an ordinary girl, she can't be wrong, she can't help but be overjoyed, holding Ni's mother's hand and shaking it constantly: "Thank you so much, you still remember, which girl's daughter is it?" What did the ancestors do? Is it a scholarly family ...... eunuchs? ”

As soon as he said this, the Liang family woke up again, the old ginseng worth a thousand gold in his hand was gone, what to use to marry a wife? The more than 100 buckets of grain can't be said or sold, the family now only has a dozen yuan, dozens of acres of land, and three shops including Guizhitang, in the final analysis, it is also a well-off family, and it is enough to marry a daughter from the same well-off family, if the other party is a rich and noble family, or the daughter of a high-ranking official, without the thousand-year-old ginseng worth a thousand gold, even if the family wealth is lost, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the dowry. Moreover, can't the whole family drink the northwest wind just because of the bride price given by the daughter-in-law? I just heard what Ni's mother said that she is the daughter of a noble family, but I am afraid that the dowry will become a problem, and I can't help but be disappointed in Ni's mother.

Ni's mother said: "You first say whether your family has any extra rations, I'm talking about the back, otherwise, what are you going to do with this tongue?" ”

Mother Ni looked at the door and said in a low voice: "Old lady, you are not an outsider anymore, just tell you the truth, you must not go outside!" ”

"Don't worry, old sister, if I tell others, I won't die a good death! Five thunders in the sky! ”

"Nacheng, let me tell you, our family actually doesn't have extra rations, that is, our Zhong'er went to the front line to save a lot of wounded soldiers, and was appreciated by the general, so he took twenty buckets of rice and other things, ten buckets of rice for us to sell to the officers and soldiers with great fanfare, and the remaining ten buckets were given to us by the general. So there are ten more buckets of rice at home. ”

Ni's mother was overjoyed: "So that's the case, I'll just say, you used to be ...... poor, cough cough, now there are ten buckets of rice, that's really good, your family of three, these ten buckets of rice are still surplus, then I think this thing will be done!" ”

"Old lady, which girl's daughter are you?"

(To be continued)