Chapter Ninety-Four: The Matchmaker Arrives
It is said that there is an autumn rain and a cold. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, two rains fell, and the autumn wind became cooler day by day.
The pomegranates in Ansheng's yard were ripe, revealing agate-like crystal clear pomegranate seeds, which had bent the branches heavily.
An Sheng peeled pomegranate seeds while reading a book, and did not dare to slack off for a day.
Acupuncture is even more painstaking.
Leng Nanxian said: "A master craftsman can give people rules, but not make people skillful", if you want to achieve the unity of heart and hand, you can't achieve it overnight, you also need to study hard and practice hard.
She firmly believes that she will be able to persuade the old lady to return to the medicine house.
She often uses her own needles, according to the instructions in the book, trying to get rid of distracting thoughts, concentrating on the fingers, concentrating the qi of the dantian on the fingers and wrists, gathering all her whole body thoughts on the tips of the needles, keenly feeling the sensations at the tips of the needles, controlling the depth of the periosteal ligaments in both knees, as well as the amplitude of the twisting of the fingertips, and the rapid advance and retreat of the needletips.
The yard was rarely disturbed, so quiet that the sound of koi swallowing blisters in the fish tank could be heard clearly.
An Sheng, who calmed down, felt that he was becoming more and more deaf and clear, and the silver needle was also handy.
Xia Yuanwai has not been coming to the house recently, and the merchants who came from the south said that there were several heavy rains in the south, which washed out the road, and it could not be repaired for a while, so the trip was delayed.
The family's anxious heart fell, and they waited for it day by day.
Xue's mother and daughter hated An Sheng so much that they held back the bad water in their stomachs, and when they saw An Sheng, they had to praise Ansheng with a smile and a smile.
Even the mother-in-law received it on behalf of the master, and when she returned to the house, she heard that she had been whipped a few times, and it was not painful, and the next day there was wind under her feet as usual, staring at An Sheng's back, gritting her teeth with hatred.
An Sheng knew that even her mother-in-law couldn't keep it, just like the coral snake on her wrist, she might bite herself coldly at any time. But she is the key to her own investigation of the cause of her mother's death, and she is also the only human witness who can break through. For the time being, she must also be kept alive.
Ansheng tried hard to recall his mother's eating habits before her death, and secretly remembered all the foods she liked, including tea.
She clearly remembered Xia Ziwu's words in her previous life: "Your aunt is not suffering from any cough and asthma, but a disease carefully adjusted by her mother-in-law according to the recipe given by my mother." ”
In the past, even her mother-in-law was just a cook in the house, and no one would have thought that Xue's mother and daughter would buy her off and secretly poison her mother.
After thinking about it, even her mother-in-law should not be so bold and directly poison A-Niang's food, then, according to Xia Ziwu, it should be the principle of using food to restrain each other.
An Sheng found a few books about food and restraint from Leng Nanxian's study and brought them back to the house. Now that I have free time, I often read it, and all the symptoms that are symptomatic to A-Niang's illness before her death are recorded as well.
When An Sheng did these things, he was cautious, and he bolted the door, worried that it would be seen by others and spread into Xue's ears, which would arouse her suspicions.
It can be seen from what happened on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last time that the Xue family and their daughter have become suspicious of themselves and are on guard.
Now that she is staying at home, it is equivalent to being cut off by the Xue family, so in the next step, she should definitely start slaughtering herself.
Dragon Boat Festival knocked lightly on the door and walked in, and said to An Sheng: "Miss, madam, please go to the front." ”
An Sheng didn't raise his head: "What to do?" ”
Dragon Boat shook his head: "I don't know." But ......"
"But what?"
"There are a few matchmakers in the house today, and they are eating tea in the front hall, and they are very noisy."
An Sheng put down the book in his hand: "Matchmaker? What are they doing when they tell me to go out and show my face? ”
The Dragon Boat Festival does not speak.
An Sheng stood up and left.
"Miss!" Dragon Boat shouted behind him: "Are you going out like this?" ”
An Sheng looked down, wearing a smoke-blue soft satin skirt and soft-soled embroidered shoes, comfortable and simple, and generous: "What's wrong with this body?" ”
The Dragon Boat Festival hesitated and said: "I'm afraid that Mrs. has the heart to tell you the matchmaker, and she said that she would let you wear the new Luo skirt made a few days ago." ”
An Sheng was slightly stunned, and touched his loose bun: "Rub grease and powder, dress up a new look, can you sell her a good price?" ”
After saying that, he turned around and left.
In the front hall, a group of mothers-in-law chattered, startled, it was lively, like a spring and a clever tongue, you and me, coaxing Xue's eyebrows and smiles, and he couldn't close his mouth.
An Sheng was far away, and he heard the laughter inside and flew out like wings.
She sneered in her heart, and when she stepped into the door of the living room, the laughter inside stopped abruptly, and everyone turned their heads and looked her up and down in surprise.
An Sheng only felt that a room full of flowers and willow green, mixed with fat and powder, was like entering a flower, dazzling.
Xue was sitting upright in the seat of the master, and the wrinkles that came out of his smile had not yet stretched, hanging at the end of his eyes.
An Sheng did not twist, and stepped forward generously, facing Xue's Fufu body: "Mother Wanfu." ”
Xue Shi beckoned to her, and the outsiders came to her, especially intimately: "Come here, come to mother." ”
An Sheng walked over as he said.
Xue Shi introduced to the matchmaker who was wearing red and green in the room: "This is the second lady in my house, and I will be seventeen in the new year." ”
An Sheng greeted those people with his head on his head, without a trace of timidity.
The mother-in-law immediately praised her vigorously, and her sharp gaze slid over her face and waist with a sense of speculation, making An Sheng feel that he was the object waiting to be sold on the board.
"The second lady is a real sign, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sinking fish and a goose, and a shy flower in the closed moon."
"That's it, this kind of bearing is good, at first glance, it is insightful, unlike those poor people who have never seen the world."
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An Sheng only smiled slightly, not a little shy, as if it was not her who these people were praising with nonsense.
The mothers-in-law boasted, and their voices lowered.
Why are these two young ladies so thick-skinned?
Xue covered his lips with a handkerchief and smiled: "My daughter is the most likable of my daughters, so I have been holding it in my hand and reluctant to let go, unless it is a dragon and phoenix among people in the future, I will definitely not want to marry my daughter." ”
The mother-in-law echoed: "No wonder Madam is so picky, the second lady is indeed a good talent in a hundred." ”
"Such a girl is a good match for the princes and generals."
The mothers-in-law said flattering words against their will, their eyes flashed, and they all had ghosts.
An Sheng blinked: "Mother is planning to tell her daughter that the matchmaker can't be?" ”
She asked so bluntly that several mothers-in-law couldn't help but be stunned.
Xue smiled awkwardly: "Where, where, these ladies told your cousin a few matchmakers today, and it is difficult for me to choose here." You've always had an idea, so I asked you to come over and help the staff officer. ”
Xue Xiuliang's marriage? Xue dared to do it, but he didn't dare to do it, he actually used this matter as a cover, who didn't know?
The male should get married, the female should get married, this matter An Sheng can't refuse, if it is a good family who is innocent, she will marry if she marries, she is not afraid at all, as long as she can escape the palm of the Xue family, it will be better than the Xia family in danger.
It's just that Xue's heart is not only crooked, but also black, she has found so many matchmakers, but she is not picking Ruyi Langjun for herself, and she may not have any bad water in her heart, and she is picking up crooked melons and cracked dates.
These matchmakers also have a bad conscience, and for the sake of a little matchmaking, I am afraid that they will be in cahoots with the Xue family.
It's not that An Sheng spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that the Xue family is in such a hurry, taking advantage of his father's absence, and is anxious to set his life's events, can he have any kindness?