Chapter 18 Charcoal
The three-day dojo of the dead, today is the last day.
Aunt Jiang still didn't go to join in the fun, her body gradually became a little heavier, she reluctantly agreed to Zheng Guogong a few times before, and Zheng Guogong's favor recently made her refuse.
But if it refuses to do it any longer, not only will Zheng Guogong feel strange, but even the Lu family will be suspicious.
She was apprehensive, and the movements in her hands became indifferent, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that the veins on her hands were a mess, so she had to dismantle them and fight again.
Zheng Lingyi saw Aunt Jiang's flustered in her eyes, and her heart began to go up and down, she didn't know if the things of her subordinates could make the Lu family cowardly and afraid, so as to let Aunt Jiang go.
The familiar grass that Zheng Lingyi found on the side of the Meilin boulder was originally a blazing sun grass.
In the medical books, this herb is called the ginseng of the poor family, although it can nourish energy, refresh the mind and nourish the qi, but it is slightly poisonous.
Wealthy families generally don't use this herb, so no one knows about it.
The slight poison of this herb can not harm people's lives, but it is taken with the medicinal materials that calm the nerves and help sleep, one makes people sleep, and the other makes people have nightmares, and it is difficult to break free.
These are just what Zheng Lingyi wrote according to the book "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica" and figured it out by himself.
At first, she didn't know if the medicine worked, but then she heard the maids chew the root of their tongues, saying that it was Lu's nightmare, so she was a little sure.
Lu Shi is not a timid character, a few days of nightmares can't destroy her heart, Zheng Ling thought, add something, so he thought about doing something on the charcoal.
It's just that I don't know, can this Lou Zi charcoal come in handy today?
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and Zheng Lingyi had to find something to do in order to stop his cranky thoughts.
She neatly spread a piece of rice paper on the table, thinking that if she wrote a few words, she would be able to meditate.
Seeing this, Zheng Changchang went very diligently to get ink for Zheng Lingyi, although she didn't like to write, she liked to grind ink for Zheng Lingyi.
"Sister, is this the homework assigned to you by your granddaughter Shi?" Zheng Changchang whispered.
Zheng Lingyi shook his head and said, "I've already finished my homework, just practice my words." ”
Before Zheng Lingyi met his granddaughter Shi, he was already learning words from Aunt Jiang.
Although granddaughter Shi helped Zheng Lingyi answer her questions, she still had to prepare the pen, ink, paper, inkstone or something, and Aunt Jiang prepared it herself.
Aunt Jiang would save some of the silver every month, and when it was Qiaoluo's turn to go out to buy, she would secretly buy these things and bring them into the house.
Unconsciously, Zheng Ling's words had gradually overtaken Aunt Jiang.
Sometimes the two of them read a book together, and Aunt Jiang had to ask Zheng Lingyi for strange words.
Zheng Lingyi wrote quickly and well, but Zheng Changchang dozed off when she saw it, and her eyes were full of water.
Although she is a compatriot, Zheng Changchang is not very fond of reading and writing.
In the matter of needlework, he was very interested, and occasionally asked Zheng Lingyi to draw an embroidery pattern for her.
Aunt Jiang also followed her, saving money and matching her with a slip of colored embroidery thread, thick and thin needles.
"It's good to love embroidery. You can feed yourself. Aunt Jiang said.
Zheng Lingyi felt that it was very reasonable, and he also embroidered for a few days, but it was empty and formless, far inferior to Zheng Changchang.
Zheng Lingyi thought dejectedly, "Embroidery also needs some talent. ’
Aunt Jiang comforted her, and some of the handkerchiefs outside were sold for ten cents and some for five cents.
Zheng Changchang's handkerchief can be sold for ten yuan, while Zheng Lingyi's handkerchief can only be sold for five yuan.
But Wuwen is also money.
For five cents, you can also get five butter cakes!
As soon as he thought of this butter cake, Zheng Lingyi couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Their aunts have been eating vegetarian food with the Taoist aunts for three whole days, and the whole person is like a clattering green vegetable stalk.
Zheng Lingyi regretted that he gave the two plum dried vegetable cakes to Wu Xuan, and when he came back, he was scolded by Aunt Jiang.
She told Aunt Jiang that she accidentally dropped the cake on the ground, which happened to be a muddy puddle, and she couldn't eat it anymore.
Aunt Jiang felt sorry for the cake, and regretted that her granddaughter Shi couldn't eat the cake, and sighed all morning.
Zheng Lingyi's ears were foggy when he heard it, but fortunately, Qiaoluo came back from the outer courtyard with lunch, which distracted Aunt Jiang.
As soon as Qiaoluo's front foot arrived, Aunt Wan led Qiaoxiu and Zheng Mianmian to come with her back foot.
She looked a little excited and couldn't hide her excitement, and said to Aunt Jiang: "Sister, let's have lunch together today." ”
My aunt's dishes were all the same, so there were two identical dishes on the table.
Zheng Lingyi ate a spoonful of fried tofu with vegetable oil, frowned slightly, and said, "I didn't put salt." ”
Aunt Jiang also tasted a spoonful, and really didn't put salt, "The big kitchen doesn't care about us, let's make do with it." ”
Seeing this, Aunt Wan said to Qiaoxiu: "Go and bring the jar of shredded tempeh meat that my brother gave me and mix it in this tofu, it's just right." ”
Aunt Jiang saw a light smile between Aunt Wan's eyebrows, and couldn't help but smile: "What kind of happy event have you encountered?" What a jubilant mood. ”
Aunt Wan hurriedly restrained her expression and said lightly: "Is it so obvious?" ”
The mother and daughter on the opposite side all nodded, and even Zheng Mianmian nodded.
Aunt Wan rubbed her face, leaned over and said softly: "Fang Cai and Qiaoxiu went to get the meal together, I heard that the people said that Anheju was in trouble, Lu Shi was frightened, and he fell from the chair and injured his hip bone, so he was embarrassed!" ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she thought that everyone else would gloat like herself, but she saw Aunt Jiang asking worriedly: "Why did you suddenly fall down?" ”
Aunt Wan blinked and said, "It was said that the charcoal basin caught fire all of a sudden, and it jumped high." It was a charcoal basin, close to it, so Lu Shi was scared. ”
"Charcoal?" The corners of Aunt Jiang's mouth pursed slightly, as if she was a little puzzled, and said, "How can the charcoal catch fire?" ”
Aunt Wan shook her head while eating the food, indicating that she didn't know.
At this dinner table, only Zheng Lingyi was transparent.
She took a small bite of the plate of even more tasteless vegetarian fried oil and wheat vegetables, and raised her eyes to watch the adults talk, looking curious that she didn't know anything.
A spring afternoon should be bright and not hot.
Aunt Jiang said that there was chaos outside, and Zheng Lingyi and Zheng Changchang were not allowed to go out, and they also coaxed Aunt Wan back to the house and stayed obediently.
The three girls kicked the shuttlecock at the door for a while, which can be regarded as eliminating food, and then they were arranged by Aunt Jiang to take a nap.
"Auntie, don't you sleep?" Zheng Lingyi lay on the small bed in the side pavilion and pretended to sleep for a while, and then opened his eyes and looked at Aunt Jiang who was sitting at the table.
Aunt Jiang shook her head and said, "I can't sleep, you can sleep quickly." ”
It's not that she can't sleep, she just wants to save more silver, if she can stay up until the child in her womb lands, on the day of delivery, there are more places to go, and the more silver the better.
Aunt Jiang's mind Zheng Lingyi knows it completely, and it is precisely because she knows it that it makes it even more sour.
She turned over, saw Zheng Changchang's little face sleeping soundly, and smiled weakly.
Although her and Zheng Changchang's small bed is not a high bed and soft pillow, it is also a quilt and mattress made of cotton that has been played finely.
Qiao Luo and Aunt Jiang made a small pillow for the two of them with their own hands, which was filled with cassia seeds that had been dried in the sun.
When the days get hotter, the pillow core will be changed to mung beans and honeysuckle.
Zheng Lingyi suddenly reached out and held the corner of the small pillow, touched something completely different from Cassia Zi inside, and slowly closed his eyes.
Xiyuan is peaceful and tranquil at the moment, but Anheju is a haze and thunder.
"Check! Check it out for me! I don't believe it, how can charcoal catch fire! Lu Shi leaned against the bed, and the pain was so great that she was so angry that she smashed everything she could reach, and her always dignified face was already distorted at this moment.
"Madam, you are determined, I am here. If there is anything strange, the old slave will definitely find out for you. Now only Aunt Hua's words can make the angry Lu Shi listen to a few words.
If Lu Shi hadn't been emaciated by this nightmare, with her temperament, she would definitely not have been frightened like this by a charcoal basin that suddenly caught fire.
After settling down, Lu Shi also felt that something was wrong, she smoothed out, looked at the bowl of analgesic decoction in her hand, I don't know what she thought of, and said to Aunt Hua: "Hua Sui, this bowl of medicine was fried by Danzhu himself?" ”
"Yes, madam, you have to be in a hurry, it was the old slave who asked Danzhu to fry it." When Aunt Hua heard Lu Shi ask like this, she already knew what she thought.
Lu Shi nodded, took the medicine bowl and drank it all, Aunt Hua stepped forward and said to her, "Madame is the medicine before suspicion?" ”
Lu Shi raised his eyes to look at Aunt Hua, his eyes were full of bitterness and hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you suspicious?" I have been procrastinating for so long, and the doctor said that I am fine. If it hadn't been for the eldest sister's matter, I would have realized it a long time ago! ”
Aunt Hua's old face was solemn, and she said: "There must be nothing wrong with the prescription, the old slave will go to check the dregs of the medicine in the past few days." ”
Lu Shi held his forehead, and there were green tendons rising and falling in the corners of his forehead, "This matter must be related to the East and West Gardens." ”
Aunt Hua looked at Lu's thin face and said distressedly: "Madam, aren't you still at ease with the old slave's affairs?" Just take care of your body, wait for the old slave to drag the people behind the curtain out, and put out the fire as much as you want! ”
Lu Shi was a little happier in his heart, holding Aunt Hua's hand and nodding, "The sooner this thing is, the better." ”
Lu Shi is not a frizzy and eager person, Aunt Hua was a little puzzled, so she listened to Lu Shi: "My brother handed me a letter, saying that he would come back soon from the heart." I thought about it, with a temperament like Xian'er, I don't feel at ease with anyone I marry, so it is safest to give this child to Congxin. Now that the two children are still young, I want to live here for a few days from the heart, and if I have a relationship with Xian'er, I will be able to protect Xian'er more after marriage. ”
"Madame's thoughts are all spent on a few brothers and sisters, and the old slave is really distressed." Aunt Hua said with a look of pity.
Lu Shi first sighed, then showed a ruthless expression, and said, "Who dares to make a stumbling block in my yard!" She will never be recovered! ”