Xia Zhengshen didn't let go this time. He sighed, stepped forward and patted Xia Zhengqian's shoulder: "Third brother, my mother is angry, you go back first, I will persuade my mother." ”

Xia Zhengqian was helpless, so he could only hope for this big brother: "Then there will be Brother Lao." ”

Xia Zhengshen nodded and waved his hand to everyone: "Okay, let's disperse." ”

Everyone is leaving.

Xia Zhengqian and Shu Shi were unwilling, but they also knew that it was useless to say more at this time, so they had to let someone carry Xia Qi in a soft sedan chair, and Shu Shi pulled Xia Jin and went back to the south courtyard where the three rooms lived.

"Sister Jin, don't worry, my mother will never let you marry someone who doesn't know the roots." Shu comforted Xia Jin.

"Hmm." Xia Jin nodded.

She really didn't pay attention to what Mrs. Xia said. Anyway, she hasn't reached it yet, and she still has at least a year to train her body well. Once she can recover half of her skills in her previous life, there is really no one in this world who can force her to do what she is not willing to do.

It's a big deal to earn a fish and die in the net, and go out alone to set up your own door.

Seeing that Xia Jin was calm as if nothing had happened, although Shu Shi felt weird, he looked at Xia Qi, who was lying on his side in the soft sedan with a blank look, and he was really powerless to explore anything.

The family went back to the south courtyard in silence, and Shu Shi was not worried that Xia Jin would go back to his courtyard alone, and took her to the small courtyard where Xia Qi lived.

Xia Zhengqian let the little servant help Xia Qi into the house, used medicinal wine to dissolve the blood, and then applied Jinchuang medicine, then came out of the outhouse and sat down, looked at Shu Shi and Xia Jin who were sitting silently and said, "Tell me, what happened today, tell me in detail." ”

Shu Shi told him what happened today.

Xia Jin's performance surprised Xia Zhengqian. He looked at his daughter with scrutinizing eyes, as if he didn't know her.

Xia Jin opened his dark eyes and looked at him quietly.

Seeing his daughter blinking her eyes and looking very innocent, Xia Zhengqian's grief and grief dissipated a lot. He laughed and said to Shu: "This kid, I really didn't expect to be able to say it at a critical time." ”

He was pleased.

He knew that Xia Qi had always been clever, and his actions were reassuring; But Xia Jin's temperament is cowardly and timid, which worries him a lot, and he is always worried that she will be bullied when she marries in the future. But Xia Jin's expression today subverted his cognition. And this change is what he wants to see the most. What made him even happier was that Xia Jin's tough side was shown when his brother was punished, which shows that the relationship between the brother and sister is not ordinarily good.

Moreover, if it weren't for Xia Jin's delay, he might have finished playing twenty boards by the time he came back. Xia Qi is weak, and after twenty boards, he doesn't know what will become of him.

"Sister Jin, Daddy promised you that he would not let your grandmother marry you off casually. Daddy will personally choose a good in-law for you to live a comfortable life in the future. He said seriously.

"Thank you, Daddy." Xia Jin's heart warmed slightly.

Mrs. Xia's ruthlessness and authoritarianism, she can be regarded as seeing it today. Xia Zhengqian and Shu had no status in front of the old lady, and she saw it with her own eyes. Rao is like this, Xia Zhengqian can still make such a promise to her, it is really rare.

"But what are you going to do about my brother?" She asked Xia Zhengqian.

Xia Zhengqian sighed deeply and rubbed his brow with his hand: "If he is not used by others and violates the family rules, I will also ensure that he can continue to study in the academy even if he is desperate." But now, when your grandmother is talking about him drinking as a prostitute, I can't fight anymore. It really can't be done, so he can only read books while going to the hospital to do things. Fortunately, it won't be long before he can participate in the Spring Festival, and then let him try it, once he passes the children's exam, it will be easy to talk. Your grandmother can't stop him from going to school until then, can she? If that's the case, I'm just desperate to leave this home, and I want Brother Qi to continue studying. ”

Xia Jin was silent for a while, and said, "I have a good idea. ”

"What's the idea?" Shu's eyes lit up.

At this point, the most uncomfortable thing is Shu's. But Xia Qi made her own mistakes, and she couldn't blame anyone, complaining that Mrs. Xia was partiality and made her husband sad, so she didn't make a sound, only cried silently. At this time, she heard her daughter say that there was a way, as if she was grasping a life-saving straw, and she didn't remember that the child was only fourteen years old and had been raised in the boudoir.

Xia Zhengqian didn't expect his daughter to come up with any good ideas, but he was very happy that she could come up with advice: "You say. ”

Xia Jin looked at Xia Zhengqian: "I don't know if my brother told you, I often ask him to steal medical books to show me." ”

"Oh? Not really. Xia Zhengqian was really a little surprised, "Do you like to study medicine?" ”

Xia Jin nodded, "I don't want to be locked up in the courtyard for the rest of my life, I want to study medicine." It's better to let me pretend to be my brother and go to the hospital to do things, and let my brother pretend to be me and concentrate on studying at home. ”

"What?" Xia Zhengqian was stunned for a moment, and continued to laugh dumbly, "What nonsense? No way! ”

"Why?" Xia Jin looked at him seriously.

Seeing Xia Jin's serious gaze, Xia Zhengqian didn't want to perfunctory her, and said: "First of all, your brother is a boy, and he has been with your eldest brother and second brother in the school all year round, and they are very familiar with his words and deeds. He's not something you can pretend to be, you don't have to speak, you can tell you're not him just by the way you walk. ”

"Secondly, you're a girl, how can you go to a place like a medical hall. Not only are there many strange men, but also the sick have broken arms and legs, and sores and rotten flesh, which are not something that you can touch as a girl. ”

"There is no man or woman in the eyes of the healer." Xia Jin said lightly, "A female patient is only a patient in your eyes, not a woman. If I want to study medicine, naturally I will not think of myself as a woman, but as a mere healer. ”

"......" Xia Jin's theory made Xia Zhengqian stunned, he raised his eyes and glanced at his daughter deeply, and nodded, "This reason is barely reasonable." But in any case, you can't solve the first point I said. ”

Xia Jin hesitated for a moment and stood up: "Why don't you go to my side, I'll dress up for you?" ”

Before Xia Zhengqian could speak, Shu Shi shook his head: "No need." Sister Jin, no matter what, my mother will not agree to you going to the hospital. It's not a place for girls to go, and once discovered, your reputation is over. ”

Xia Zhengqian nodded: "Your mother is right." Seeing that Xia Jin opened his mouth and wanted to say, he said again, "Don't worry, I will handle your brother's affairs properly, and I will definitely let him participate in this year's Spring Festival." ”

Xia Jin didn't speak again.

She knew that even if she said the flowers, Xia Zhengqian and his wife would not agree to her pretending to be Xia Qi to go to the hospital. Although the world's confinement of women is not as severe as that of the late Ming Dynasty, women's reputation is still as important as life.

She simply dealt with the problem that needed to be dealt with in front of her: "Mother, I don't want Qingdai and Artemisia annua anymore, I think there seems to be some problems with Yuanhu." What are you going to do? ”