Chapter Twenty-Three: Broken Feet
"Madam, your body is ......" Mama Hu's face became even more worried.
"My own body understands by myself," Mrs. Cheng waved her hand, "probably because I am older, and my heart is getting more and more prosperous, so it's not a big deal." ”
"Originally, this was also a minor problem, but why didn't the medicine prescribed by those doctors work? Wait a few days to go to Dajue Temple, and Mrs. will have to ask for a peace charm for herself. ”
"I can save it, as long as there are fewer worries in this house, I will be free of any diseases." Mrs. Cheng sighed.
Her identity as Mrs. Houfu looks beautiful, but in fact it is tormenting, not to mention anything else, just talking about this old lady Cheng is difficult enough.
Mrs. Cheng used to be greedy for fun, and after the old marquis went, he became more and more ignorant of restraint, and the house had already raised a troupe, and he had to send people to invite the popular troupe to enter the mansion to sing in the hall, and the other people's mansions were ridiculous, not only the masters in their mansions were ridiculous, but the old lady was also ridiculous, and the ladies in Beijing talked about it in private, and her reputation for hard work was trampled by them all day long.
But the old lady is her mother-in-law, and only one word of "filial piety" makes Mrs. Cheng unable to raise her head.
Early the next morning, Cheng Jin went to Mrs. Cheng's yard to have breakfast with her, Mrs. Cheng loved this daughter who had recovered from a long illness, and she didn't want the maids to serve, and kept putting vegetables on her plate.
"Auntie, I'll eat it myself, don't just care about serving me vegetables." Cheng Jin didn't eat slowly, but the dishes were still piled up into a small mountain.
"You eat more, and it's easy to get hungry when you go to the school later," Mrs. Cheng looked at her lovingly.
"Auntie's food here is so delicious."
"Eat more if it's delicious, and if you like it, I'll send some to you later."
"If I want to eat in the future, I will go to A-Niang's place to eat, accompanied by A-Niang, and everything I eat is fragrant."
Cheng Jin's mouth was sweet, and Mrs. Cheng's heart was overjoyed, "You child, now you talk like you have been dipped in honey, if you want to eat, come over at any time, you are now older, you usually eat in your own yard, and it is not easy for A-Niang to have a meal with you." ”
"Then I will come to Yixin Hall to have dinner with A-Niang every day in the future." Cheng Jin said sweetly, "But Auntie, don't keep giving me vegetables, I can't take care of eating myself, even if I have a thick skin, I don't dare to come." ”
"Listening to you, A-Niang is really sweet to the heart, you child is really painful." Mrs. Cheng smiled and pinched her face, her eyes were red again, it turned out that her Ah Jin was so clever and cute, her heart was going to melt when she was coquettish, but she hated that cheap maid who had harmed her for more than ten years, if there was no such opportunity, it would be impossible to say that Ah Jin would be stupid in her life.
Where could Cheng Jin guess that Mrs. Cheng hated Aunt Liu more and more in her heart, but she felt strange, A-Niang's mood seemed to be very unstable, crying for a while and laughing for a while, and her temper was also very short-tempered.
She put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Mrs. Cheng with some confusion, her face always had a touch of blue, which was not obvious before, but she saw a faint black line in her eyebrows.
Her heart sank, and her hand rested on Mrs. Cheng's wrist without a trace.
Her medical skills are derived from Zhao Qi's personal inheritance, and she doesn't dare to say that she is the kind of divine doctor who can heal white bones and live dead, but there are not many people in the world who can surpass her in medical skills.
Mrs. Cheng's pulse was a little strange, it seemed that she was just a little more angry, a little more thoughtful, and there was nothing serious, but she seemed to see a touch of death from her face.
Cheng Jin was puzzled, looked at Mrs. Cheng carefully, and couldn't see it anymore, and she didn't know if it was the death breath that flashed by, or if she looked away.
"Ah Jin, what have you been watching me do?" Mrs. Cheng came back to her senses and regained her previous kindness.
"Auntie, isn't there something wrong with Ah Jin that makes you sad?" Cheng Jin's eyes were clear and clear, which gradually calmed down Mrs. Cheng's originally anxious mood.
She printed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "Don't do Ah Jin's business, it's because Ah Niang thinks of something else, and she has some feelings, my son, eat more, spring rain, and give the fifth girl a bowl of bird's nest porridge." ”
"Auntie, you can eat it too, this lotus paste cake is also delicious." Cheng Jin didn't ask anything more, but just gave Mrs. Cheng a piece of pastry.
After the mother and daughter finished their breakfast affectionately, Mrs. Cheng personally tied her scarlet fox fur cloak, straightened her clothes and sideburns, and led her to a small courtyard opposite the Hou Mansion, where Cheng Clan was studied.
As soon as the two arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion, they saw another carriage parked outside the door, Cheng Jin fixed his eyes and saw that it was the carriage of the Protector's Mansion, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, could it be that her eldest sister was back?
Mrs. Cheng stared at her, and sighed in her heart, "What's wrong with this early morning?" ”
Cheng Chan was invited to play on the hot spring Zhuangzi of the Huguo Mansion, it stands to reason that it will take a few more days to come back, although the hot spring Zhuangzi is on the outskirts of Beijing, it will take an hour or two to come back from there, Cheng Chan appeared here so early, I am afraid that he will rush back from there at dawn, and it is not a good thing to let a lady come back from Zhuangzi regardless of it.
"Mrs. Cheng," the young man who was riding a horse to protect him saw Mrs. Cheng, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, hurriedly saluted her, and said respectfully and apologetically, "Sister Chu accidentally broke her foot, there is no good doctor in Zhuangzi, and my mother ordered me to send Sister Chu back first." ”
It was Sun Sujing, the eldest son of the Protector's Mansion, who was a member of the Liang Dynasty, who had been guarding the frontier for many years, but since he was recalled to Beijing 20 years ago, the children and grandchildren abandoned the martial arts and followed the literature, and the prince of the Protector was a poet every day, and the eldest grandson Su Jing was a literati through and through, although he rode on a horse, he wore a cyan Confucian shirt, his words were restrained, and he did not have the spirit of a noble general.
Mrs. Cheng didn't look down on Su Jing in the first place, but when she heard him say this, her face became even more ugly, she was invited by Mrs. Protector of the Princess, so she went in a good manner, why did she come back? And a girl who broke her foot came back overnight, and the mother was naturally uncomfortable.
Mrs. Cheng knew that she couldn't ask about the ugly person from Su Jing, so she ignored him with a straight face, and told Mama Hu to let a few mothers-in-law carry a bamboo sedan chair to pick him up and hang him aside.
"Master Su, my eldest sister went to the Zhuangzi with you, why did she give her feet away?" Mrs. Cheng is an elder, and she is proud of her identity, so it is inconvenient to entangle with Su Jing, but Cheng Jin is not so polite, she is looking forward to the eldest sister coming back soon, but she didn't expect her to stumble when she came back, and Su Zhuangxing's descendants are really unbearable.