Chapter 4 Nguyen Clan
Lu Yunlan lay on the bed for three or four days before she could get off the ground, but the illness came like a mountain, and the illness went like a thread, and she didn't dare to underestimate the wind and cold, after all, her mother Ruan was like this back then. So she used the excuse of the summer heat, and she had to sweat when she moved a little, but she was always greedy for cold, and one hot and one cold was more likely to aggravate her condition, so she refused to go out...... Ruan Shi felt that there was some truth when he heard it, so he asked her to recuperate well and not have to move around at will.
In this way, another half a month has passed, and Lu Yunlan feels that she is completely well.
On this day, she sent all the maids she served, and one person in the house faced the bronze mirror, and took off all the clothes on her body, leaving only the close-fitting clothes - the girl in the mirror was only twelve or thirteen years old, and her body was not enough. The skin is white, but the lips are also pale in color, she read in the codex left by her mother, this is a manifestation of a woman's lack of qi and blood, and lack of qi and blood is not a good thing for women.
In her previous life, she studied medicine, and she also called for herself, although other doctors did not say it explicitly, but the cold blood loss of the palace is also one of the reasons why women are not easy to get pregnant. And every time she comes to Xiaotian, she hurts, and it's because of this.
Now it's hard to live a new life, although I don't know what the situation will be in the future, but at least don't treat your body badly and recuperate. You know, men are unreliable, it's better to be nice to yourself!
Thinking like this, she put on her clothes one by one, sat down at her desk, recalled a few recipes from her mother's codex, and wrote them down word by word.
"Angelica, Rehmannia Rehmannia, Astragalus, Codonopsis, White Peony, Chuanxiong, Glycyrrhiza Root, Atractylodes Macrocephalus, Poria Cocos, Safflower ......" After writing the dosage next to each medicinal material, Lu Yunlan thought about it, and added "red dates" and "wolfberry" to the pen, and crossed out the original "atractylodes" and "codonopsis".
Then, she called Lian Rong to re-tie her hair in a bun, and went to the front yard to find Ruan.
The small courtyard is not big, but Ruan is a person with a lot of interest in life, and there are many flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, and she takes care of them herself. When Lu Yunlan arrived, Ruan was still bending down to prune a branch of a very large red peony.
"Mother."
Hearing her daughter's voice, Ruan Shi hurriedly put down the scissors in her hand and helped her to sit on the stone bench next to her. Because of the pruning of flowers and branches, Ruan's dress is very simple and plain, but this makes her look beautiful, but she is slightly frowning between her eyebrows, which is quite blameful.
"Didn't you say that you were painting in the room, and what were you doing in the sun in the yard?"
Lu Yunlan didn't blink, holding Ruan's arm and coquettishly.
"My daughter is like a mother, my mother basks in the sun for peonies, and my daughter can naturally bask in it."
Ruan Shi smiled, is this still his own or not? She didn't dare to hold it up, so she could only pull people into the house, and Lian Rong and a few other maids followed behind, and when they got to the house, they poured water, poured tea, and went to the small kitchen to get snacks. When the work was over, Lu Yunlan motioned for them all to retreat.
Ruan's heart was slightly strange, but he also knew that his daughter had something to say to him alone.
“…… That day, when my daughter was sick, I heard my father mention that he wanted to take us home......"
Lu Yunlan just said the beginning, and when she saw Ruan's calm face with a hint of sweetness, she knew that she had heard it right—history was still developing according to its trajectory—and the girl pursed her lips and continued without a trace.
"Mother, do we really want to go back with Daddy?"
To be honest, she didn't really want to go back and face that whole bunch of relatives. Although the second room of the relatives is slippery, the third room is upright, and her mother-in-law is also kind-hearted, she can't stand the great business of the Guogong Mansion and the complicated relationship - there are many people who look down on them and want to stumble on them.
But Ruan didn't know what she was thinking.
Ruan Shi drank tea happily and said softly, "Lan Niang, you are getting older, and you will have to say goodbye in a year or two, and your father loves you so much that he wants to take us back." ”
Lu Yunlan shook her head, her young age was another precocious appearance in Ruan's eyes.
"My daughter doesn't want to get married, she just wants to be by her mother's side."
"Silly boy, how can there be a girl who doesn't marry when she's older?" Ruan Shi snorted lightly, but still gentle, she touched her daughter's head, and sighed, "Mother knows what you are afraid of, it's just that there are too many rules over there, and people will look down on you-"
After a pause, Ruan said bitterly.
"But for your brothers and sisters...... In the future, it will be a heaven and an earth......"
Lu Yunlan knew that what her mother said was all about their sister and brother, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"So do you know what the situation is in the Guogong Mansion? Daddy...... Who is in the room? ”
It stands to reason that she shouldn't ask, but the Ruan family has no elders, and the only reliable ones around her are Hu Pozi and a maid Chunrong, who have been with her for more than ten years, Lu Yunlan thought that they would have to go back soon, and couldn't help but ask more.
Ruan Shi glanced at his daughter, "The girl's family knows what to do." ”
"Sun Tzu has clouds, knows himself and knows his opponent, and he will not be defeated in a hundred battles."
Lu Yunlan blurted out, and then saw Ruan's suspicious look, she could only explain to herself, "...... When the daughter heard her father say this that day, she pestered him to ask where it came from. ”
Lu Zhe's family has a history, and his ancestors led troops to fight, so it is not surprising to know this. Ruan Shi didn't doubt him, and poked his daughter's head with his index finger, and said helplessly.
"You're spoiled by me, and you dare to ask these questions."
"Mother...... Although this is in the art of war, it is also reasonable! Think about it, we didn't know anything and went, in case we ......" Lu Yunlan wanted to say, "In case someone wants to harm us", but when the words came to her lips, she changed to another sentence, "In case there are any rules, let's be prepared." ”
In the big family, there are many things, and the Ruan family may not know about it. It's just that she has to worry about her daughter at a young age, and she can't help but be funny and sad, but when she says this, she thinks about it carefully.
"Your daddy...... Talk to me about it. ”
When Lu Zhe and Ruan met, they already had a wife and daughter at home, and he did not hide this.
"Mrs. Lu, I have met from afar, and it is indeed everyone's demeanor," Ruan's tone was very calm when talking about her future boss, as if he didn't eat any vinegar, "...... She is really helpless to marry your father, and after giving birth to a child according to the rules, the two of them are just respectful of each other. ”
Lu Yunlan secretly wondered in her heart, it was the first time she had heard of this matter, but it was a pity that the Ruan family didn't want to talk about it more, so she talked about something else.
"My mother is not worried that Mrs. Lu will embarrass us, but in your father's courtyard, there is also an Aunt Yao, I heard that she is also from a delicate background, and she became an aunt to your father in the middle of the family, I don't know if it is good to get along with ......."
Yes, Aunt Yao is her second sister Lu Yunmeng. And after his mother and mother-in-law died one after another, his father had no intention of continuing the strings, and the backyard of the Guogong Mansion actually fell into the hands of Aunt Yao - this is why Ji Minghe dared to openly get along with Lu Yunmeng and brought her into the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion.
Lu Yunlan's eyebrows jumped fiercely, but she took a piece of osmanthus cake in her hand and put it in her mouth as if nothing happened.
“…… Then there is your father, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. Your father rarely mentions your second uncle, only that he is a rich idler, but your third uncle, I heard your father say that he is now working as an errand in the command of the Jingwei Commanding Envoy, and his future is very good. ”
"And, your little aunt...... entered the palace at the age of fifteen, gave birth to four princes, and is now a concubine. ”
It is really a family of fire cooking oil, wealth and splendor.
In the previous life, she didn't have so many eyes, although she was a concubine, she was also loved by her parents in every way, and she didn't know much about the situation at home. But for a lifetime, she can't no longer trap herself in a small yard like that, and let troubles come to her door one after another.
Resisting the urge to ask again and again, Lu Yunlan diverted the topic.
She took out the prescription she had just written out from her bag and handed it to Ruan.
Originally, Lu Yunlan planned to let Lian Rong go and dispense the medicine by herself, but thinking that Lian Rong couldn't hide it from the Ruan family, it was better to say it earlier than to wait for it to be discovered, so she took the things directly.
"This is ......" Ruan Shi opened it and saw that all the things that women commonly used to regulate menstruation and replenish qi were in his eyes, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Lan Niang, when did you learn to prescribe prescriptions?" She had taught her daughter some of them, but this prescription was eight or nine points similar to what her master had passed down in the past.
Lu Yunlan pursed her lips and smiled unhurriedly, and said playfully.
"That day, I found a medicine scripture in the sandalwood box used by my mother, and my daughter looked at it against herself when she had nothing to do, and then drafted this recipe - my mother took a look, can it still be used?"
Ruan Shi carefully checked this recipe, and it was indeed a good medicine for blindly nourishing blood and qi. She nodded, folded it back and put it on the table, and said directly.
"Mother's relatives will call someone to match later. If you are not feeling well on your day, it is good to eat this a few days in advance. ”
In terms of the level of trust in his daughter, Nguyen is definitely among the best.
The mother and daughter talked about a lot of things, and kept chattering until Lu Chengran was sent back.
The little boy, who was only six years old, went to school according to the rules. Because of his embarrassing identity, Lu Zhe couldn't force a good gentleman to teach Lu Chengran, so he could only find a master to enlighten him first, but as the boy got older, he couldn't always "enlighten" him, and he had to learn serious knowledge.
After entering the Guogong Mansion, everything was solved.
"Mother! Sister! ——”
As soon as Lu Chengran saw the two relatives, he immediately pounced, Ruan smiled and hugged him, and Lu Yunlan ordered someone to prepare dinner. She deliberately pinched her brother's little face with a good touch, and teased, "Add a sweet and sour fish to us." Reading hard, I have to eat a good meal before I come back! ”
Lu Chengran flattened his mouth, "Mr. criticized me today." ”
"Why is that?" The mother and daughter looked at each other, unclear.
"Because...... Because ......"
The boy's muttering grew quieter and quieter, almost inaudible.
“…… Because I said that my husband's beard was like noodles made by Granny Hu in the kitchen......"
Ruan Shi and Lu Yunlan were stunned for a moment, and they both laughed in unison.