Early the next morning, Xun Qingran got up to wash, because he changed into the clothes of the guests, and was afraid that the ointment would stain the sleeves, so he wrapped his two hands with gauze. looked carefully in the mirror, and felt that there was no omission, so he asked Xun Shuzhi to come over to Fang's side to ask for peace.

As soon as the girl lifted the curtain, Xun Qingran smelled a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. This taste was familiar to her, and in her memory it seemed to be a pair of heart-nourishing Chinese medicine that Fang's often ate.

"Girls, whisper, my wife's heart hurts, and she didn't sleep well all night last night." Mama Chang came over and asked.

Xun Qingran walked in lightly, and saw Fang Shi lying on the bed, his head unkempt, his hands covering his chest, and moaning softly. Xun Shulan was sitting at the head of Fang's bed, holding a bowl of medicine, blowing one by one. Xun Shufang stood next to her, holding a plate of candied fruit in her hand.

Xun Qingran and Xun Shuzhi stepped forward to ask for peace and asked the doctor, what medicine to take.

Fang raised his hand and said weakly, "This is the root of an old disease, no matter how much medicine you take, you can't cure it." I still use the prescription prescribed by the old Kyosato imperial doctor. Looking down at Xun Qing's wrapped hands, "Your hands are not good yet, just keep them in the house and don't come out." I'm sorry for the excuse here. ”

As he was talking, Master Xun arrived. Xun Qingran and the others were busy getting up to greet each other, and Xun Shulan helped Fang Shi sit up from the bed.

Master Xun sat down beside Fang's bed, glanced at the medicine bowl in Xun Shulan's hand, and frowned, "Why does it seem to be more serious?" How do you treat your guests? ”

Master Xun said this to continue to open the ancestral hall, but he was just worried that the Fang clan could not entertain guests. Fang glanced at Mama Chang.

"Mrs. This illness started last night, and my lord knows about it. The wife didn't want to alarm the master, but she was afraid that she couldn't get up because she was sick, so she delayed today's incident and reported it to the master. Mama Chang said beside her.

"Hui'er's entry into the family tree is a major event for our family, and we can't be hasty. The concubine is like this, and she shortens the number of courtesies in front of the clan elders, which makes people laugh. Master, it's better to change the day, Hui'er's affairs must be done more satisfactorily, so that the concubine can feel at ease. Fang said.

"I've already made a post, how do I change it?"

"The clan elders are reasonable. Everyone lives not far away, it was just right to deliver the letter last night, but it is not too late now, the concubine has prepared some gifts, and sent someone to send them over to say, no one can find out the reason. "Obviously, Aunt Xin didn't handle things well, so Fang had to go into battle herself.

When Master Xun heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he stared at the Fang clan for a while. Fang's heart was weak, and he lowered his head.

"Father, no matter how important Junhui's matter is, it is not as important as his mother's body. If he asks his mother to work hard while sick for his sake, he can't justify filial piety. Xun Shulan said on the side, Xun Shufang looked at both sides, and echoed that the day when the ancestral hall should be opened should be postponed.

Before Master Xun could speak, someone outside reported that the second master and the second wife were here.

"The second master and the second wife heard that the wife was sick and wanted to come in to visit." So said the person who reported it.

Because he was his own brother, Master Xun was busy ordering people to invite him in.

The second master of the Xun family is a lifter, and he has only been a petty official for one term, and he has been idle since then. He was the relative of a wealthy businessman surnamed Lin in Fujian.

When the three brothers separated, they also had a share of this house. The Lin family was afraid of the cramped place, and they didn't want to huddle together with the concubines. Therefore, he asked for the Xun family's garden in the west of the bridge, and built another house to live in. The Lin family had a rich dowry, and a magnificent mansion was built, which was also very famous in the local area.

The second master is a loose person, loves to sing the wind and the moon, and is not good at human affairs. Fang's and Lin's, one looks down on each other's backgrounds, and the other can't get used to each other's shows of ladies and daughters-in-law, and the two have always been mismatched. Fang couldn't figure out how the couple could arrive so early, so they hurriedly exchanged glances with Mama Chang, who was obviously confused.

The second old man and his wife also brought their two daughters, Xun Shuyan and Xun Shujuan. The second master came over to greet the Fang family, greeted him a few words, and then went to the next room with Master Xun to talk. The second wife, Lin, and her two daughters stayed.

Xun Shuyan is fourteen years old this year, she is the eldest daughter of the second room, and she usually only gets along with Xun Shulan, but when she came today, she naturally pulled Xun Shulan to talk. Xun Shujuan was only twelve years old, still full of childishness, and when she saw Xun Qing's dyed hands, she screamed.

"What's wrong with the third sister's hand?"

Xun Shuyan also glanced at Xun Qingran's hand, and then turned her gaze away, Lin looked at Xun Qingran, smiling thoughtfully, but did not ask.

"I accidentally got hurt. This silk flower on my sister's head is so beautiful, where did I buy it? Xun Qingran saw that everyone was looking at her, and Fang Shi narrowed his eyes even more, smiled bitterly in his heart, and hurriedly changed the topic. Fortunately, Xun Shujuan is a child, so she really doesn't ask anymore.

Lin sat at the head of the eldest lady's bed, took the medicine bowl, and diligently persuaded Fang, "Mrs. is not light like this, this medicine is no longer hot, I will serve my wife to drink." ”

Where was the Fang clan willing to let her serve, and hurriedly excused herself. The second wife insisted on feeding the medicine with her own hands, and Xun Shulan wanted to step forward to stop her, but she was pulled by Xun Shuyan and asked long and short questions, and she couldn't get out. As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, and Fang was afraid that Lin would see that she was pretending to be sick, so she had to drink medicine from Lin's hand. The Lin family personally handed a piece of preserved fruit to the eldest lady, and the Fang family had to eat it.

"The second wife of labor."

"Our family, my brother and daughter-in-law serve my sister-in-law, and if I say anything about labor, it will be too foreign." Lin said with a smile, and helped Fang to lie down with his own hands, helping Fang to cover the quilt, and serving him very carefully and thoughtfully.

"Alas, my wife is so sick that I can't handle it. Do you want to open an ancestral hall today and let the second master enter the family tree? ”

"This ......," Fang Shi wanted to say and stopped.

"Mrs. is like this, how can she open an ancestral hall." Mama Chang interjected with a smile,

Xun Qingran took advantage of everyone's talk and no one paid attention to her, so she quietly stood up from her seat, turned the screen and walked out. In the room next to him, Master Xun was taking a post to talk to Second Master Xun.

"This is a post from the University of Science and Technology, saying that people will be there in a while. The clan elders should also come, the wife is so sick, and no one will entertain guests for a while, which is really not good-looking. How should this be good, so don't you open an ancestral hall? ”

Xun Qingran saw that it was an opportunity, so he walked in and bowed on his knees.

"Master, second master, I think this is easy to do. The master of the ancestral hall had already told his wife that in the past few days, everything that should be prepared must have been prepared, as long as the daughters-in-law and grandmothers in charge of the affairs do their duty, there will be nothing wrong or missing. Now there is only one person missing, who is talented and has enough status to receive visitors. This person is none other than the second wife. ”

"That's exactly what I didn't expect! In this way, it will be troublesome for the second wife. ”

Second Master Xun smiled, "My own brother, what trouble are you talking about." ”

"I have to ask the master to invite the second wife to personally entrust it, so I can take it seriously." Xun Qingran followed up again.

Master Xun really invited the second wife to come over, and when he said this, the second wife just gave in a little and agreed. Master Xun simply entrusted her with the care of the banquet, and called the internal and external stewards to come and order everything to obey the arrangements of the second wife.

Xun Qingran saw the second wife's face happy on the side, and knew that there was nothing wrong with today's matter. Last night, after listening to Mama Xue's words, Xun Qingran guessed that the Fang family might end up pretending to be sick and saying that he couldn't do anything. At that time, Xun Qingran passed the news to his younger brother and asked someone to go to the second master's house to lobby the Lin family. Needless to say, I want her to help Junhui, just tell her that this is a good opportunity.

The Xun family has to receive the elders of the clan today, as well as the local school administration. The Lin family took this errand, and it didn't cost her a penny, and she could call the people of the big house at will, do things beautifully, show her talent, and overwhelm the Fang family in front of the clansmen. The Lin clan had long been dissatisfied with the Fang clan, and with this opportunity, the company would let it go, so she rushed over early, waiting for someone to ask her, how could she not agree.

The Lin family was entrusted by Lord Xun, and it was like having received a holy decree. First, he called the various stewards to inquire one by one, and then went to the kitchen and the hall where the guests were prepared to inspect it himself. The Lin family is also the head mother of a large family, and this matter is not difficult for him at all. However, after a while, she took care of things clearly, and she had to pick out a few mistakes, and she also reprimanded the person in charge unceremoniously. In and out of the words, it was to accuse the Fang clan of not being able to manage the house.

Among the guests were the female elders of the clan, the daughters-in-law of the same generation as the second wife, and several little girls also came with them. Lin knew that when Fang went out to visit or receive guests at home, he always only took Xun Shulan with him, and sometimes he also brought Xun Shufang, but he never brought Xun Qingran and Xun Shuzhi, so he specially called Xun Qingran and Xun Shuzhi out to help receive these little girls.

Lin's words are crisp, and today he wants to show his talents, and treat people with extra enthusiasm and reason, which has attracted praise from everyone. Someone asked why he didn't see the eldest lady come out. She only smiled and said, "I didn't dare to take care of things on behalf of my sister-in-law, but she couldn't get out of bed because she was sick, and the second master couldn't enter the family tree because of this, but it delayed her future." Therefore, the eldest master entrusted me, I have never done such a big thing, I can't bear to be soft-hearted, and I have to work hard this day. If the number of courtesies is short, please don't pick me too much. ”

“…… But at this time, I was sick and couldn't get out of bed. ”

“…… Speaking of which, two years ago, I said that I wanted the second master to be included in the family tree, but then I somehow didn't mention it. ”

“…… Yes, they are all thirteen years old, and they will be late to school, and I heard that if they can't enter the family tree today, they won't even be able to participate in the township exam......"

Someone pointed to Xun Qing's hand, "This child's hand is not known how it hurts, and when I ask her, I only say that I was careless." A girl from someone like ours can only take a needle at most, how can she be injured like that. ”

Everyone was talking, and Fang Shi walked over with the hands of Mama Chang and Xun Shulan, and the room was quiet for a while.

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