Chapter XXIII

Peng Yijian saw that she answered happily, nodded, and said: "It's worth it, it's worth it, this medicinal material is said to affect the efficacy of the medicine if it is small, and it is life and death that is related to the big one.....

As he spoke, he sighed, "A few years ago, a doctor treated people to death, and was caught by the government for the crime of treating a quack doctor who was careless of people's lives, and broke a leg, and the old doctor was wronged, and he died of anger, and his son was unwilling, and studied the prescription for this disease for three years, and finally found that the root cause of everything was .....in the medicine."

"How?" Gu Banniang asked hurriedly.

"Croton Cream .." Peng Yizhen said with a little indignation, "The problem is the croton cream, the croton cream is used in the medicine, does the little lady know that the croton is specialized in the intestines and stomach, and it is hot and poisonous?" ”

Gu Bainiang nodded, she still knew this basic common sense, and took over the conversation and said, "That's why I have to grind and crush the shell to squeeze the oil." ”

Peng Yizhen nodded approvingly, "That's right", and then sighed again, "These truths should also be known by those who concoct medicinal materials, but there are those people who are careless, the croton cream that the old doctor gave people is not exhausted, and the cream made not only does not play an effective role, but causes the patient to die......."

With that, he let out a long breath, as if he had poured out the grievances in his heart for the old doctor.

Gu Bainiang nodded silently, and Cao Shi also sighed.

"Little lady, I see that you are quite accomplished, it is better to find a famous teacher..."Peng said solemnly, and before he finished speaking, he saw Cao's face slightly stiff, and suddenly remembered that although this Gu family was down, it was an out-and-out poetic eunuch, and this little lady Gu was a real daughter.

Let an official eunuch go to learn concocted medicinal materials, which is completely different from the nature of people who collect medicine to make a living, once they apprentice, they will enter their craftsman's trade, and from then on they will become a craftsman.

It's not humiliating for you to let a young lady of the scholar family be a lowly craftsman.

Peng hurriedly apologized, and Cao smiled and left without leaving any more.

"Eighteen mothers?" Seeing her expression, Cao couldn't help but ask with concern, "But tired?" ”

Gu Bainiang came back to her senses and shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay, I think about things..."

"Oh? What do you think? Cao smiled.

Think of that old man, think of the miraculous and vital medicinal materials, and think of the medicine that will make everyone rush to buy......

Craftsmanship is so magical.

"Mother, I think I will have too little...."Gu Banniang pursed her lips and said.

"That's a lot," Cao smiled, then hesitated, "Why, you don't really want to learn this, do you?" ”

Gu Bainiang didn't speak, she was tempted, she was really tempted, learning that skill, are you still afraid that you won't be able to make money?

"Eighteen Niang, you are going to get married...."Cao Zhengrong said.

The word marriage penetrated into Gu Bainiang's ears, and she couldn't help but feel excited, and her breathing became a little short.

"Mother," she reached out and grabbed Cao's arm, "Do I have a family affair?" ”

She remembered that she had a marriage contract with the Shen family at the beginning, and now that she thinks about it seriously, the second uncle's family took the initiative to adopt her after the death of her mother and brother, but she was afraid that it was because of this.

Although the Shen family is not very noble in Jiankang, they can't stand the fact that they are one family with Fuyuan Gong in the capital, and they have such a big backer, and the local gods and Buddhas in Jiankang have to respect them for three points, not to mention, at that time, Fuyuan Gong had already released a word to pass his stepson.

Master Shen San's family has two sons, so naturally there is a great opportunity, and no one can say whether he will reach the sky in one step.

She remembered that the second uncle's family didn't treat her well, but she was also passable on face, and after her fifteenth birthday, the second uncle and aunt went to the Shen family, and when she came back, her attitude towards her changed greatly, scolding her family for deceiving people, eating her own family's food for nothing, from the remarks of the next person, she heard that her marriage contract was fake, just when she was panicked and at a loss, the people of the Shen family came, and she still married into the Shen family......

So what's going on with this engagement? Is it true or false?

Seeing that his daughter did not shy away from asking this sentence, Cao Shi was a little surprised and a little hesitant on his face.

"Mother?" Gu Bainiang was eager to know, and shook her arm.

"Yes..."Cao replied hesitantly, seeing Gu Eighteen Niang's face instantly pale, he couldn't help but be startled, "Eighteen Niang? Are you okay? ”

Hurriedly helped her to sit down on a stone by the side of the road.

"Isn't it....Jiankang Shen family?" Gu Bainiang took a few deep breaths and looked at Cao Shi and asked.

Cao was a little surprised, even she and her husband had only talked about it two or three times, but she didn't expect her daughter to know.

"Your dad told you?" She asked.

Gu Bainiang nodded randomly, and only remembered to ask, "Mother, is it true?" ”

Her hand was tightly gripping Cao's arm, her face was complicated, mixed with this anxious sadness and... Bitterness.

What's wrong with this kid? It stands to reason that the youngest daughter's family will be shy when they hear about their life's events, and she doesn't look like she's shy....

Cao sat beside her, caressing her back in hopes of letting her relax.

"It's true, your father and Master Shen San were classmates back then, and it was a little funny to say..."Cao Shi said softly, this reminded her of the days when her husband was there, and her face couldn't help but be sad and joyful.

Gu's father left Jiankang in the generation of Gu Bainiang's grandfather, Gu Bainiang's grandfather once served as the county magistrate of Xianren County, but later after several rounds of career, he did not have a great future, so he abandoned the official and returned to the field early, and settled in Xianren County with his family.

Before the age of ten, Gu's father grew up in Jiankang's hometown, and after the age of ten, he was taken to Xianren County by his father, and when he was sixteen years old, he returned to Jiankang to study and take the exam.

"Master Shen San is the third son of Fuyuan's brother-in-law, named Shen Changwu....He is a few years older than your father, and he met ..... when he was rushing for the exam." Cao Shi said softly, holding Gu Bainiang's hand, trying to relax this little hand.

Gu's father had average qualifications when he was young, and so did this Shen San, otherwise he would not have become the most unpopular room in the family, and the two had no friendship, but after an exam, the two of them fell off the list without any accident.

"At that time, Master Shen San already had an eldest son, and I just married your father......" The corners of Cao's mouth smiled, as if he thought of the young days of the newlywed Yan'er.

"Shen Anlin...."Gu Banniang muttered.

"Shen Anlin? Oh yes, that's the name of that kid... Your father only said it once, I can't even remember...," Cao laughed, "That kid is older than you... Well.. How old is it? ”

She tilted her head slightly.

"Five." Gu Bainiang said slowly, her hands were withdrawn from Cao's arm and clasped tightly together.