Mrs. Sun's two younger brothers were exiled to the bitter cold.

The exiles were not allowed to be officials, and the two of them could only work as a farmer while supporting their families and adding children, and the family was very difficult.

The Sun family was not the only one, and these two were exiled.

Shen Mingzhen knew that the old grandmother and a few subordinates who had served in the Sun family all her life also went to her uncle. More than a dozen people live together, and these old people can't do heavy work.

That's why the uncles borrowed money.

Shen Mingzhen comforted her mother: "When I finish studying medicine, I will open a shop to support you and your uncles." ”

Mrs. Sun nodded, and somehow, she talked about the past.

When Aunt Zhu was still her daughter's family, she lived in the Shen Mansion as a distant relative. She was born beautiful, and it happened that Mrs. Sun was not as good as Master Shen, so Aunt Zhu poured a pot of wine on Master Shen on the second day of their wedding, and climbed into Master Shen's bed.

The two of them were happy, but Mrs. Sun became the laughing stock of the whole Kyoto, and they didn't raise their heads for three whole years.

After Aunt Zhu came, she went against her everywhere.

Mrs. Sun was only seventeen years old at the time, and she had just had a child, and after Aunt Zhu found out, she went to the old lady every day to blow the wind. For a while, he said that Mrs. Sun was pregnant with a girl in her belly, for a while that Mrs. Sun's life was not good, for a while that Mrs. Sun had no eyesight and did not know how to honor her mother-in-law, and for a while she said that Mrs. Sun was not delicate enough, and she was afraid that she would not be able to take care of the relationship between the ladies in the capital.

The old lady didn't like her in the first place, and she didn't like her even more when she heard Aunt Zhu's instigation.

Mrs. Sun sat in the courtyard, and the gate did not go out of the second door, but it still attracted a lot of gossip.

Once, she wanted to drink stewed ginseng slices in black chicken soup, but the old lady knew about it, and she insisted that she was squeamish and detained the black chicken soup from her. turned his head, but sent the chicken soup to Aunt Zhu's house.

Mrs. Zhu was tossed like this during pregnancy, and her health was not good.

She went to complain to Master Shen, and Master Shen said: "Qiaoyun is also pregnant, what do you have to fight with her, just a bowl of chicken soup." ”

Mrs. Sun was stunned on the spot, in fact, Mrs. Sun was not bad, although she was not as charming as Aunt Zhu, she was beautiful and lovely, dignified and elegant.

She didn't know why the Shen family didn't even give her a good face. Is it just because he has no money or power in his family and is not worthy of being his wife?

Later, Mrs. Sun was about to give birth, and Aunt Zhu also cried out in pain, and called the nurse and mother-in-law who were prepared for Mrs. Sun in the house.

Mrs. Sun was lying on the bed, woken up by pain, and fell asleep from the pain, and did not call the mother-in-law back for most of the night.

The third-class maid in her courtyard couldn't stand it anymore, so she asked someone to fetch water, and she took on the task of helping her mother-in-law, and commanded Mrs. Sun to give birth to the child for one night.

At noon the next day, Aunt Zhu put the mother-in-law back.

She also deliberately came to take a turn, holding her big belly, seeing that Mrs. Sun gave birth to a daughter, and laughed happily on the side: "I thought that Mrs. gave birth to a son for the master, but it turned out to be just a useless daughter." ”

The boy is jade, the daughter is brick, this child was born at a bad time.

Mrs. Sun looked at her daughter's face and didn't speak for a long time.

However, Master Shen came over later, hugged Shen Mingzhen and looked at it, and gave the child a small golden lock: "You rest more, Qiaoyun is straightforward, not intentionally, I will talk about her well." ”

Master Shen said that he didn't say Aunt Lin, and Mrs. Sun didn't know. But she knew that Master Shen would definitely not make decisions for herself.

When a woman gives birth to a child, she will die for a lifetime. She has paid so much, but she still can't get a fairness, and he is even reluctant to give his concubine a heavy word.

Over the years, for the sake of her daughter, she has been enduring humiliation in the Shen family.

Mrs. Sun has endured it for so many years, and suddenly she doesn't want to endure it anymore.

She turned her head to look at her daughter and made up her mind: "You study medicine hard, and when you finish studying in the future, we will open a pharmacy or do individual business." Anyway, my mother suddenly wanted to leave here. ”

Shen Mingzhen nodded: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely redouble my efforts." ”

After returning from Mrs. Sun, Shen Mingzhen's whole body fell into the book. I read one medical book after another, and I almost forgot the old lady's birthday, but it was Shisu who embroidered the rest of the robe for her.

On the day of the birthday ceremony, the old lady smiled happily when she saw the clothes, but praised her: "You girl has a heart." ”

Shen Mingzhu saw Shen Mingzhen offering her clothes, thinking that she said that she would give them for herself, so she ignored them. She grinned and gave the old lady the gold wire ring she had ordered.

The old lady was very happy, and the family had a big feast for a good day, until in the evening, when the hired dancer came to Aunt Zhu to ask for the silver for the song and dance.

Aunt Zhu's face was not good: "Thirty taels? What dance is so expensive? ”

"Our family's Oiran Qingqing came to Shen Mansion to dance in person, more than thirty taels? You go to the capital to inquire, which family we don't charge so much? The Shen family has a big business, so they won't even have to rely on such a little money. ”

Aunt Zhu called the maid: "Go and pay thirty taels of silver." ”

The maid went out as she said, and after a while, she walked over with her head down: "Auntie, there are only silver tickets left in the house, and there are no thirty taels of broken silver." ”

Aunt Zhu pinched the maid, took out a silver ticket of thirty taels from the money bag, glared at the Oiran a few times, and reluctantly handed it to the Oiran.

finally sat down, and Master Shen came over.

"How can there be no broken silver in the house, I will ask the steward to pay a hundred taels of broken silver every month to the person who advocates for the gift. It's only been more than 20 days this month, how can all the money be spent? ”

Aunt Zhu didn't answer, and the bookkeeper next to her hesitated for a while, looked at Master Shen's Tie Qing's face, and told Aunt Zhu what she had done.

In June and July, Aunt Zhu spent 10 taels to plant flowers and plants in her yard, 5 taels to buy pastries for the old lady, 20 taels to buy Zhu Chuantou noodles for herself, and 18 taels for the second lady Shen Mingzhu......

They went out for two hundred and thirty-eight taels of silver.

After hearing this, Master Shen felt bad, grabbed Aunt Zhu's arm and asked, "Didn't you say that you can manage the house well?" It's only been less than two months, and you spent more than two hundred taels of silver to go out? ”

According to this flowering method, within half a year, the silver of the Shen Mansion will be spent.

The timber business he secretly did was full in a month, and he only earned more than 100 taels of silver. Aunt Zhu is good, and she spent all her two months' income at once. Not only that, but he almost lost his life today.

The place where Oiran lived was a place frequented by high-class officials, and if she told the matter one day, she would let those colleagues know that his Shen family almost couldn't get thirty taels of silver, and his old face would be lost.

The more Master Shen thought about it, the more angry he became, and raised one hand, as if he was going to slap Aunt Zhu. The hand was raised for a while, but finally because it was reluctant to fight, it hung down.

Master Shen sighed and sat down on the pear blossom chair sluggishly.

The good birthday feast was ruined, and there was no interest in having fun anymore.

Except for Shen Mingzhen, no one moved chopsticks.

Old Lady Shen slapped the table heavily and looked at her son: "What's the big deal?" Aunt Zhu can't take care of the house, so let Mrs. Sun take care of the house. Daughter-in-law, you guard this family for the Shen family, and find a way to make up for the losses that Aunt Zhu has spent. ”

The wine in Shen Mingzhen's hand spilled out, what kind of truth is this, when there is a benefit, he doesn't think about his mother at all, and when he has bad things and bad debts, he thinks about letting his mother come out and stop him? What is the rationale for this?

"I don't agree." She stood up and retorted, "Grandmother asked my mother to make up for the shortfall, but I don't know how to make up for it, did I withdraw the black soup and tea that my grandmother often drinks?" Or do you replace the rice paper that your father used to use for ordinary ones? ”

"Presumptuous! She brought so much dowry, what's wrong with making up for it? ”

"Grandmother, what are these words, it is clearly the money spent by my aunt, but I want my mother to make up for it, how can there be such a reason in the world. If this is the case, the mother will no longer take care of the house, and Aunt Zhu will take care of this family. ”

Old Mrs. Shen didn't speak, but Old Man Shen panicked.

"Ma'am, it's me who is not good. You also know the situation at home, although it is Aunt Lin's fault, but we are one after all, and I bother you to worry about this family. ”

Now is not the time to tear her face, Mrs. Sun spoke: "What the master said is reasonable, but the deficit this time is too much." It's better to sell Aunt Zhu's head to make up for some shortfalls. ”

Master Shen said, "Okay." ”

This is the end of a farce.

But Aunt Zhu's head was not sent over for a long time, and Mrs. Sun urged her again and again, but she simply didn't open the door, and directly closed the yard to prevent people from entering or leaving.

Shen Mingzhen was not in a hurry: "Mother doesn't have to worry, since Aunt Zhu refuses to sell her face, Mother doesn't give Aunt Zhu's yard a moon silver." Left and right are the doors they close by themselves, so it's better to stop eating. The door is always closed like this, and the food must not be delivered. ”

After she finished speaking, she greeted the kitchen, and the kitchen really didn't go there to deliver food.

More than a dozen servants in Aunt Zhu's yard persevered for a day, and finally couldn't support it at night, so they carried Aunt Zhu out of her pearl head.

was so angry that Aunt Zhu scolded in the courtyard: "Come on, arrest all the people who sneaked out today, and everyone will be rewarded with rattan." ”

Aunt Zhu is very sad today, she has no food to eat, and these people who have no eyesight to see also gave her baby head to Shen Mingzhen, which makes her feel very uncomfortable.

It is the best treasure pavilion in the capital to create the head, the style and materials are the most fashionable at the moment, especially the lotus design on both sides of the gold and jade.

The golden thread wraps the white jade, which makes the whole finish gorgeous and luxurious, and the lotus flower is delicately carved, as if the flowers are blooming, releasing the fragrance of Yingying.

Her favorite finish, these minions gave it to someone else for a meal. If she encounters other difficulties in the future, how can she expect them?

These minions may run faster than the other, and they are really white-eyed wolves that they can't raise.

Aunt Zhu sat on the pear flower chair, touched her newly made wisteria nails, and beckoned to the subordinates on both sides: "Give me a hard beating, anyone who sneaks out of the yard today, everyone will give me a heavy beating!" ”

For a while, screaming repeatedly.

Shen Mingzhen was sitting in Mrs. Sun's courtyard reading a medical book, when she heard Aunt Lin punish her subordinates again, and asked Zisu to help the beaten subordinates serve dinner.

Mrs. Sun embroidered a patterned fan: "Aunt Zhu, what's wrong, can't you faint?" ”

I'm afraid that I was angry, my beloved jewelry was taken away, and the power of the housekeeper was also ceded, and even Master Shen lost his temper with her. No matter how scheming people are, when they encounter such an encounter, they are afraid that they will be flustered.

After all, it has nothing to do with them.

Shen Mingzhen asked Chen's mother to boil two bowls of red date lotus seed soup and served it to Mrs. Sun with her own hands: "It's hot, mother take care of your body." ”

Mrs. Sun put down the fan and picked up the bowl, when she heard the sound of Shisu running in.

"Girl, Aunt Zhu's punishment today is too heavy, and Mama Zhuang in her yard was beaten and fainted. Now the high fever does not go away, what can I do? ”

Actually killed people?

She looked at Zisu: "It's inconvenient for me to go to Aunt Zhu's yard, you can find a few people to carry Grandma Zhuang out." ”

Before the person arrived, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

Mama Zhuang's upper body was soaked with sweat, and the lower half of her body was blurred with blood, and the blood was dripping down.

The maid who sent her couldn't stop crying, and the little brother who was in charge of beating people today missed his hand and hit Mama Zhuang's tail bone, and even the board was discounted. Mama Zhuang didn't even have time to snort, and fainted in pain

Shen Mingzhen frowned, took off the clothes on Mama Zhuang's body, took care of the wound on her buttocks, carefully washed the wound with water, smeared it with homemade medicinal powder and mashed herbs, and boiled the medicine to prevent inflammation and fever of the wound in a medicine jar, pried open Mama Zhuang's teeth, and poured the medicine into it.

She handed the medicine in the porcelain bottle to the maid who carried Grandma Zhuang: "This medicine will not make the wound rot, you can take it back." Tell the wounded that if it's not enough, I'll have it here. ”

As for Mama Zhuang, whether she can wake up or not depends on creation.

On the second day, Mama Zhuang still didn't wake up.

After all, it is a human life, Shen Mingzhen tried acupuncture, and after more than an hour of acupuncture, Mama Zhuang finally came to her senses.

Her eyes slowly opened, looked at Shen Mingzhen, and smiled gently.

Shen Mingzhen personally fed Mama Zhuang: "Mama can't eat food that is not good for restraint now, I added wolfberries and red beans to the porridge, which are all foods that nourish the middle and nourish the qi, and Mama can eat it with confidence." ”

Mama Zhuang trembled: "The eldest lady is so good to me, an old woman." ”

Mama Zhuang raised Shen Mingzhen here for more than half a month, and not long after returning to Aunt Zhu's courtyard on an errand, she brought a few maids over to thank her: "We all used Miss's medicine to get better, and Miss's kindness to us is too heavy." We have a few cheap names, and there is nothing to give to Miss, only a sincere heart can repay Miss. Don't worry, in the future, if Aunt Zhu has any trouble, we will come to you to report. ”

Shen Mingzhen nodded, when she saved Mama Zhuang, she knew that some of those who used her medicine would definitely defect to her.

Shen Mingzhen asked Zisu to give everyone three taels of silver: "Thank you a few more in the future." ”

After sending people away, Shen Mingzhen sat in the courtyard and admired the flowers.

The flowers are blooming delicately, the fragrance is fragrant, and even her mood is better. After being reborn, she always stayed in the mansion, she hadn't been out of the Shen Mansion for a long time, and Shen Mingzhen wanted to go out and have a look.

She called Shiso: "Let's go out for a walk." ”

The first place they visited was the infirmary, a small clinic where the old doctor was busy checking the patient's pulse and directing the children to prescribe medicine.

The boxy medicine grid is full of all kinds of Chinese herbs.

Shen Mingzhen looked at the old doctor and smiled inexplicably.

It would be nice if she had one like this. It's just that she is a woman, so it is inconvenient to do things in public, if people recognize her as the eldest lady of the Shen family, she has to discredit her mother, she doesn't want to affect her mother's reputation.

How can you save your reputation and make decent money? Shen Mingzhen thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a way to reconcile.

Why should she be obsessed with being a general practitioner? It is always inconvenient for a woman to see a doctor in ancient times, so she might as well major in gynecology and solve problems for women.

In this way, you don't need to open a store to practice medicine and prescribe medicine.

Shen Mingzhen said that she would do it, took Shisu to the book pavilion, bought a few books on the treatment of gynecological diseases, and returned home satisfied.

It's just that she hasn't learned medical skills yet. If she only did this business, her and her mother's lives might still not improve, if only they could do business like their father.

She opened the medical book, and after only a few pages, she heard Zi Su say that the people in Aunt Zhu's courtyard were all inflamed because the wounds were too hot.

Shen Mingzhen said: "Go and carry some mung bean soup that is clear and hot, and ask my mother to send a few temporary servants to Aunt Zhu, and move these injured people to a dark and refreshing room." ”

Zi Su answered, and after a while, he came over again: "The master knows about Aunt Zhu's yard, and he hasn't gone to Aunt Zhu's side in the past few days." I don't know why, I went to my wife's side. ”

Mrs. Sun was flattered by Master Shen's arrival, and he hadn't been to her yard for a long time.

Mrs. Sun sat on the chair and looked at Master Sun, not knowing what to say for a while.

The four eyes were relatively speechless.

Mrs. Sun coughed awkwardly and went indoors to take out a plate of fresh oranges. Peeled one off with his own hands and handed it to Master Shen: "Master try it." ”

Master Shen took it with one hand, and covered Mrs. Sun's hand with one hand, his palm was hot, and he held her very tightly.

"I have wronged you all these years, after all, it is your mother and daughter who know the general situation. I heard about Zhen'er's diagnosis and treatment of the people in Aunt Zhu's yard, and this child is a sensible person. Old Man Shen re-eared the black hair that had fallen down for Mrs. Sun, "Tomorrow I plan to go to Zhuangzi in the north of Kyoto to soak in the hot springs, you and Zhen'er should go with me, you are not in good health, you need to take care of more." ”

Mrs. Sun bowed her head, her heart, which had not been warmed for many years, was gradually warmed.

"I'll tell Zhen'er."

Mrs. Sun knew in her heart that the reason why the master came to her side may be just because Aunt Zhu had made too many mistakes these days and failed to please the master.

If it was a few days later, Master Shen would be discouraged......

But these are not the most important things, she has to think about her daughter not for herself, but also for her daughter. Shen Mingzhen has always been self-improving, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't need to care, she doesn't need her father's love, she has to find a way back for her daughter.

On the second day, Shen Mingzhen and a group of people set off in a mighty manner.

Mrs. Sun wore a begonia red jacket skirt with a white hosta on her head. She already has a snow-white complexion, and with this body, she has a quiet and elegant temperament.

Master Shen went over and took her hand: "Madame, slow down." ”

When I got into the carriage, I saw Aunt Zhu and Shen Mingzhu also coming over, and the two of them carried the package and coquettishly said to Master Shen: "The master goes to the hot spring, why don't you take the concubine with you, the concubine likes to soak in the hot spring the most." ”

Master Shen stood there, refusing is not, not refusing.

At the end, he said: "In addition to soaking in the hot springs on my trip, I also have some things to tell my wife, you and Mingzhu should go back first." ”

There is a lot of leeway for these words, and the meaning is already obvious, he is unwilling to take Aunt Zhu with him.

However, Aunt Zhu didn't have any eyesight at all, so she pulled Master Shen and didn't let go, with tears in her eyes: "The concubine knows it's wrong, so you can take the concubine, master." ”

A group of servants watched from the side, and Master Shen felt embarrassed. Aunt Zhu didn't listen to his master's orders in public, and she was simply slapping him in the face.

Master Shen was a little angry, shook Aunt Zhu's hand away, and got into the car.

Shen Mingzhen looked at Master Shen: "Father, what's wrong?" ”

Master Shen didn't know what he was thinking, staring at Shen Mingzhen and Mrs. Sun left and right.

Mrs. Sun was sitting with her hands on her lap, carefully washing the tea set with pine tweezers.

Shen Mingzhen was holding a book and reading it, it was the book "The Way of Governing Business" written by a business tycoon of the previous dynasty. Shen Mingzhen's appearance is very similar to her mother, beautiful and dignified, and talented, which can be described as a model of the daughter of the Shen family.

Thinking of his uncompetitive son, Master Shen felt more and more that the children born by Aunt Zhu were not as good as those born by Mrs. Sun.

In the end, she is a lady from a famous family, even if the family declines later, she can teach her daughter so well.

The son born to him by Aunt Zhu was sent to the academy by him early, and he had the best food and clothing, and even the subordinates sent by him were selected by him.

When this child was young, he saluted when he saw someone, and often followed him in the study like a little tail to read, which was very popular. Unexpectedly, it was only a year, he changed his temperament and began to learn his eldest sister who did not learn and did not know how to learn, recruiting cats and dogs in the academy every day, and Master Ren Shen wrote countless letters to persuade him to learn, and nothing changed.

In the end, the Shen family can't have no successor, let alone such an unobtrusive eldest son in charge.

Master Shen felt that it was better to repair his relationship with Mrs. Sun. Although I don't like her very much, the children taught by Mrs. Sun are diligent and studious, which is very much in line with my heart.

Master Shen exhaled heavily, looked at Shen Mingzhen, and touched her black hair lovingly: "It was your father who neglected you before, you don't have to blame your father." After all, we are a family, and Aunt Zhu is just a concubine. ”

He took off the blood jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Shen Mingzhen.

The matter of giving birth to a child cannot be directly told to Mrs. Sun and Shen Mingzhen.

He had to be good to them first, and when they were relieved of him, he would say what he thought, thinking that Mrs. Sun would agree.