Chapter 6: Sudden illness

When the He family came to the door, Pei Baoer was preparing to be a makeup girl for the second time tomorrow.

Although she was in the limelight in the Su family before, she was not as famous as the old combing lady, and there were not many people who got married in the past two months, so no one came to look for her until a few days ago.

This time, the woman's family is an ordinary family, surnamed Kang, and this Kang girl who is about to marry is the cousin of Su's husband, Jun Kang. Because Ming'er is a good day, in addition to the Kang family, there is also the Lin family, a big family in the county, and the most famous full-time hair-combing lady in the county, the Qiu family, was invited by the Lin family first, and the Lin family is not marrying a daughter, but marrying an aunt's wife, and the pomp can be described as very big. So, Mrs. Kang held her breath in her heart, and heard the new niece and daughter-in-law Su praise the little-known Pei Niangzi for a while, so she retreated and sent someone to invite Pei Bao'er.

Pei Baoer took over the new job, and she couldn't help but be full of energy, and she was grateful to the Su family and Mrs. Wang again in her heart. I was just happy to meet, but I was taken aback by the news of the He family.

"What kind of illness has become of our girls, you are quite leisurely!" Qing Yu glanced at the old courtyard, and said with disdain: "Obviously, there are only a few crooked tricks, but they can also coax the lady and the girl to turn around!" Hmph, why don't you come with me to Madame to plead guilty! ”

Pei Bao'er was worried and wondered, "What happened to the girl?" Wasn't it okay when I went to the house the day before yesterday? ”

Qing Yu rolled her eyes, and only urged her to get into the car, but it was another servant woman who came with her to tell her what happened.

It turned out that this Miss He began to have diarrhea in the middle of the night last night, and the whole person was about to collapse, and the doctor who invited him touched the goat's nonsense and said a lot, but they didn't understand, and only listened to a sentence of "weak spleen and stomach" and was sent by Mrs. He in anger to "detain" people.

Although Mrs. He's original words were not like this, Pei Baoer could probably guess the mood of Mrs. He, who loved her daughter like her life, at this time. If Miss He is really sick because of her weight loss method, she will be in big trouble this time.

Pei Baoer could only hurriedly entrust her cheap son to Sister-in-law Chen, presumably after the last incident, she probably didn't dare to ignore it anymore, so she followed Qing Yu and the others to Hefu.

In the past, when she was often seen, although Mrs. He was not enthusiastic, she was always polite. Today, she changed her stepmother's face, looking at Pei Bao'er's eyes like killing her father's enemy.

The servants also understood Mrs. He's thoughts very well, and the tea that was usually served was gone, not even a cup of white water.

Pei Baoer could only stand aside with a wry smile and listen to the training.

"Pei Niangzi, since you know everything, should you give me a reasonable explanation?" Mrs. He's eyebrows condensed, "Although I disdain to use power for personal gain, if your party harms my daughter, her father will not sit idly by!" ”

Pei Bao'er smiled: "If the meal recipe is really inappropriate, the slave family is willing to be punished." It's just that I dare to ask Mrs., what did the doctor say about the eldest girl's illness? ”

Mrs. He raised her eyebrows, and the older maid behind her recounted with a straight look: "Doctor Zhang said that the eldest girl has a poor diet, which leads to spleen and stomach qi deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, evil qi lingers, and deficiency and cold are beneficial......

Although everyone didn't understand what those four-character mantras meant, the words "unruly diet" were still easier to understand, and Qing Yu immediately denounced: "The girl has been eating all the dietary recipes you have prepared for more than a month, and now the doctor has said that it is a matter of eating, don't blame you for it?" ”

Pei Baoer thought about it and wondered even more.

"However, eating modestly seems to mean not eating modestly, right? The recipe prepared by the slave family was originally to help the eldest girl lose weight, and there were a lot of taboos on it, and the girl complained many times that the food was not delicious......"

She looked at Mrs. He, and the meaning of her words was obvious. She deliberately controlled Miss He's diet, how could she come out with a bad diet?

Mrs. He felt that what Pei Baoer said made some sense.

Qing Yu is a little clever, and coarse and ink, and immediately ridiculed each other: "Being too full and too hungry is a poor diet, eighty percent is because of that recipe, the eldest girl has been hungry for a long time, hurting her spleen and stomach, so the diarrhea does not stop." ”

Well, Pei Baoer actually felt that she was talking nonsense. It's just that she has only heard of diarrhea caused by eating too much, but she has never heard of diarrhea due to hunger. Wait, overeating......

"Madam, the slave family dares to ask another question, did the eldest girl eat anything that she shouldn't have eaten before she fell ill last night? Or, can you ask Miss Bai Tan to tell the eldest girl what she ate all day yesterday? ”

Mrs. He remembered her beloved daughter who had diarrhea in her heart, and she just wanted to quickly break this headless case. If it is really Pei Baoer's problem, then the recipe will not need to be used again in the future, and it will be able to drive people back directly. It's a pity that you have to give up halfway before you lose weight. However, compared to the health of the girl, those are all floating clouds.

She waved her hand casually and asked people to find Bai Tan.

During the waiting period, Mrs. He didn't make a sound, as if Pei Baoer didn't exist, leaned on the cushion with her hands, squinted slightly as if she was taking a nap, and let Qing Yu gently massage her temples in circular motions. Others didn't dare to speak, Pei Baoer could only think of herself as a stake, looking at her nose and nose.

finally waited for the white sandalwood girl to come over, but when she answered, she cowered, her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.

“…… Mrs. Hui, at dinner, the girl bought a whole bowl of kelp tofu shrimp slice soup, japonica rice, and two side dishes on the list, a vegetarian mushroom, and a half-vegetarian and half-meat carrot and celery fried shredded pork...... and "also served the meal list of the past few days with trembling hands.

Pei Bao'er's brows were tightly wrinkled, could it be that she guessed wrong, Miss He was really hungry?

"Madam, it's not the slaves who excuse themselves. It's just that this recipe is not much different from a month ago, the eldest girl was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and then she slowly got better, why did it take so long before she suddenly had a problem? There must be something strange in it! Perhaps, you can ask the doctor to check again to confirm whether there is a problem with this meal recipe and hurt the big girl's jade body. ”

Qing Yu saw that his wife looked impatient, so he spoke for his master: "Pei Niangzi is really eloquent, and the slaves and maids almost believed it." If the doctor comes, maybe you'll have to sort out the cause of the disease or something else. For example, the eldest girl didn't honestly kick the quilt when she slept and caught a cold, or for example, the eldest girl drank overnight tea or something, isn't it? It's not your responsibility to get around, just make a fool of yourself! ”

Pei Bao'er looked at Mrs. He, I don't know if it was because she was always frowning today, she suddenly realized that this Mrs. He's seal hall was quite narrow. Physiognomy says that women with this kind of appearance are more likely to drill into the horns and be suspicious. can't help but sigh, it seems that eighty percent of myself is going to carry this inexplicable black cauldron, and then roll up the cover and get out. If you lose this big patron and offend the local leading county order family, the troubles will be endless. I only hope that it will not harm the Wang family, otherwise her sin will be even greater.

She sighed, and was about to withstand Madame He's thunderous wrath when she suddenly heard a clamor of noise.

From afar, I heard a servant or maidservant in the courtyard and said in surprise, "Big girl, why are you here?" Then they persuaded her to go back to rest.

Mrs. He reprimanded, "Nonsense, why don't you take a break and run out?" Qing Yu took the order to go out, ready to coax people back, but the tonnage of the people in He Mansion was like a chicken compared to Miss He, and it was completely a mantis arm as a car.

Pei Bao'er also looked at it, she didn't expect this little girl to help her, although Mrs. He looked weak and slender, but in the end she was the mother of the He family. She was just curious, Qing Yu's description before made her feel that Miss He was not lightly ill, and she was about to be bedridden, but now she can still run over alive, presumably not as bad as she said?

Miss He squeezed into the room surrounded by everyone, "Mother, don't blame Pei Niangzi, it's all my fault, last night, last night I was greedy......"

"What?" Mrs. He's eyes widened when she heard this. "You say it again?"

Miss He gave a quick glance in the room, then stomped her feet in shame, ran to Mrs. He, and pulled her sleeve to be coquettish.

"Auntie, I know it's wrong, you punish me for jumping, don't punish Pei Niangzi~ Okay~ People are hungry for meat, and they especially want to eat roast chicken~~"

Bai Tan finally knelt down tremblingly, crying and admitting his mistake: "It's the slave's fault, the slave shouldn't be soft-hearted for a while, and secretly go out to Jufulou to buy roast chicken for the eldest girl to satisfy her hunger, causing the eldest girl to suffer......"

It turned out that since Pei Baoer told the He family's mother and daughter that the weight loss plan would still need to be persisted for half a year to a year, Miss He had a sense of hopelessness. Because this month is so difficult, it's like a year, and you have to endure 12 such long tortures, it's better than death! It's really sad to think about the braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, and croquettes that she loves to eat the most but are listed by Pei Niangzi as the top three foods, and she can't meet them for a whole year!

So, she couldn't help it yesterday, and forced Bai Tan to help her "smuggle" a roast chicken into the house with both soft and hard methods. Because she knows that the cooks in the house only listen to her aunt's words, and will definitely not cook for her, if she goes to ask for food outside the list, the news can reach her aunt's ears with just a cup of tea, and then her tomorrow's meal may be more light and unpalatable......

Bai Tan knelt on the ground and trembled to "confess", but was interrupted by Miss He.

"Oh, didn't you say something that made you pretend you didn't know. As soon as you explain like this, A-Niang will definitely deduct your monthly money! Miss He said a few words to Bai Tan as if she was nothing, and then "kicked out" her impatiently, saying that she was asked to fry the medicine prescribed by Dr. Zhang.

Mrs. He couldn't cry or laugh, "Okay, playing with your heart in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will punish her?" ”

The two mothers and daughters were tired of saying a few words, and then they remembered that there was an embarrassed Pei Baoer next to them. For a while, Mrs. He's face was a little stiff.

She knew that she was wrong to blame Pei Bao'er, her girl's diarrhea was completely because she was self-inflicted, she had eaten a light diet for more than a month, and her appetite was spoiled, and she overate for a while and ate a whole roast chicken for supper, and it is said that she also ate two moon cakes that were secretly hidden, so it is strange not to make a stomach! But she couldn't pull her face to apologize to Pei Baoer, so she had to say vaguely, "It's all a misunderstanding." ”

Pei Bao'er is indispensable, Mrs. He is just a patron to her, she doesn't expect to have any good friendship with the other party, as long as Mrs. He doesn't anger her and let the county magistrate arrest her. After all, Mrs. He is not Mrs. Wang, and she has long seen that this Mrs. He is not easy to get along with.

Originally, she was not very happy to take on this task, but it was not because she looked at Mrs. Wang's favor and the power of the He family, so she was forced to be helpless. It is said that a companion is like a tiger, as a small citizen of Shengdou, you have to be wary of dealing with the seven-grade sesame official, it's really not easy!