Chapter 161: Hunger
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Although the process of confinement was painful, fortunately, Pan'er had been staying in the Hou Mansion, protected by Chu Liang, and the Lin family also brought a small stone to visit from time to time.
In the blink of an eye, the little woman was out of confinement, I don't know if it was because of drinking spiritual spring water every day, the lochia in Pan'er's body had been exhausted as early as half a month ago, although there were still bursts of unspeakable pain in the lower body, but after Pan'er secretly smeared the cool spiritual spring water, the wound was almost healed.
Several maids poured hot water into the wooden barrel behind the screen, and after adjusting the water temperature, Pan'er took off her coat, stepped on the small pestle, and walked directly into the wooden barrel.
She hasn't taken a good bath this month, even if she wipes it with a wrenched handkerchief every day, but the sweat stains on her body can't be wiped clean, and with the greasy hair, Pan'er is very irritable.
When she had had enough, she held the flower soap in her hand, carefully washed her body twice, and then stepped out of the barrel, put on a coat, called the maid to come in to change the water, and added some spiritual spring to the water.
The bath water was slightly hot, probably because she had poured a whole bottle of spring liquid, and she only felt that the water contained a trace of aura, which turned into a hot stream and rushed into her body little by little.
The palm-sized little face was flushed by steam, a pair of beautiful eyes were half-open and half-closed, and both hands were supporting the edge of the bucket, Pan'er was obviously a little sleepy, and closed her eyes and took a nap.
Pan'er, who was sleeping in a daze, didn't notice it, and suddenly remembered a very light footsteps in the room.
The man with broad shoulders and narrow waist was like a sturdy lion, walking step by step from the door to the back of the screen.
After seeing the beautiful scenery of the beauty bathing, the bottomless eagle's eyes were dyed scarlet for a moment.
Before Chu Liang entered the house, he drank three cups of deer according to Old Man Ge's instructions. Whip wine, at this moment, the effect of medicinal wine has already attacked, and the only antidote is Pan'er.
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Tired and unable to lift a finger, Pan'er, with the help of Chu Liang, put on the thin obscene clothes to cover the delicate white and jade body.
snorted weakly, the little woman fell on the head of the bed, looking at the box placed next to the pillow, she really couldn't imagine that Chu Liang was so careful, and even brought a golden needle when she came to the master bedroom, thinking that she used a golden needle to stab this guy, the man's hideous and terrifying appearance, Pan'er couldn't help but feel excited, and scolded Old Man Ge many times in her heart.
Finally got rid of the physical symptoms, Chu Liang was so comfortable that he was in a good mood, he held Pan'er's face with both hands and kissed it urgently.
"Let go, have you forgotten what Old Man Ge explained? In the early stage of treatment, you can't overdo it, otherwise it will hurt the root, and when you are older, I am afraid that it will really be no different from your father-in-law! ”
Hearing the threat of the little daughter-in-law, Chu Liang let go of his hand stupidly, leaned on Pan'er with a drooping face, and didn't speak for a long time.
Seeing Chu Liang's appearance, Pan'er didn't say anything, and after she eased up her strength a little, she stepped on her embroidered shoes and put on her outer robe and walked out.
"Where are you going?"
Pan'er didn't reply: "Go and see Xiaobao and Yuxiu." ”
Staring closely at the back of the little daughter-in-law, Chu Liang couldn't help but feel a little surprised, he thought that after Pan'er was out of confinement, he could accompany him well, but he didn't think that the two little ones were like debt collectors, and they didn't let him be comfortable as a father at all, pestering Pan'er all day long, and even wanted to sleep in the master bedroom at night, but Chu Liang was righteously refused.
After the New Year, Xiaobao has turned five years old, even if Chu Liang is not a martial artist who does not know how to write and ink, but after fighting on the battlefield for several years, he has already returned the set to the sage, and he can't remember anything at all.
It seems that it is time to bother to find a good teacher for Xiaobao, and save him from staying at home all day and causing him trouble.
Pan'er accompanied a son and a daughter in the hut, and she didn't know Chu Liang's bad water in her stomach at all.
By the time she got the letter, Chu Liang had already decided on the candidate for apprenticeship.
Pan'er nested in the soft chair, and couldn't help asking: "Since you have chosen a teacher for Xiaobao, why don't we two go to visit others in person with a bundle?" ”
The thick black sword eyebrows frowned slightly, Chu Liang remembered what Luan Ying had said before, and his face couldn't help but be a little solemn: "That Mr. Liu is indeed a good learner, but the Liu family has encountered a difficult situation recently, and Liu's mother has a strange disease, which seems to be called hunger, and she must eat a whole bucket of rice and four or five catties of sauce meat for every meal, so as to feel a little full." ”
Even if Pan'er has spiritual spring water on her body, which is already very miraculous, she has never seen such a strange disease, and if she eats so many things at every meal, shouldn't her stomach be swollen raw?
"That Mr. Liu is also a filial person, and he takes care of Liu's mother wholeheartedly, and I am afraid that he does not have the heart to teach students well."
"Why don't you let Old Man Ge take a look? He has excellent medical skills, and he must have some understanding of this incurable disease. ”
The man was holding a yellow loquat in his hand, and his fingers flexibly peeled off a thin layer of peel, and then sent the flesh to the little daughter-in-law's mouth, and said, "It's not impossible to let Ge Zhichuan take a look, but this kind of incurable disease, I'm afraid there will be no results at all." ”
However, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, Mr. Liu is also a famous man in the capital, even if he has no master-apprentice relationship with Xiaobao, if he can save Liu's mother, it is also a good thing.
On the second day, Chu Liang took Old Man Ge directly to Liu's house.
The dignified general Dingbei, many people have seen it when the class teacher returned to the court, and Mr. Liu is no exception, when he learned that Chu Liang arrived at Liu's house, although he was puzzled, he still got up and went to the door to greet him.
As soon as Chu Liang was welcomed to the main hall, after the servants served tea, Mr. Liu asked: "I don't know what happened when the general came?" ”
Old man Ge rubbed his beard, glanced at Chu Liang, and only heard the latter say: "This is Doctor Ge next to me, he has excellent medical skills, and he may be able to cure Ling Ci's illness." ”
Since Liu's mother got a hunger disease, Mr. Liu looked for doctors everywhere, just to cure his biological mother, he heard that Ge Zhichuan is a world-famous miracle doctor, but unfortunately this person has been uncertain, but he didn't expect to be familiar with General Dingbei.
Mr. Liu's handsome face showed a strong sense of joy, and he hurriedly arched his hand at Old Man Ge: "Liu has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he doesn't know that Doctor Ge is here, so he is offended, and he asks the Doctor to atone for his sins." ”
Old man Ge doesn't know how many people have been touted over the years, and when he heard Mr. Liu's words at this moment, he didn't feel anything in his heart, if he hadn't heard that Liu's mother had a hunger disease, others would have nothing to do, and he didn't want to go on this trip at all.
"Take the little old man to see the old lady."
Mr. Liu didn't want to continue to delay, after all, Liu's mother's illness had lasted for a while, if he didn't eat so many meals every day, his heart would be like thousands of insects gnawing.
But after eating so many things for a long time, ordinary people's spleen and stomach can't stand it at all, Liu's mother has only been suffering from hunger for two months, and she vomits blood from time to time, if it lasts longer, Mr. Liu doesn't know how long his mother can live.
Several people sped up their small steps to the backyard, because Liu's mother was old, and she didn't have to care about the difference between men and women, Chu Liang also followed into the master bedroom.
As soon as the thick door curtain was opened, a rich smell of meat came to my face.
When I looked closely, I saw a table made of mahogany in the master bedroom, and a large bucket of white rice was placed on the table, and the wooden barrel containing the rice was as high as an adult man's calf.
In addition to the bucket of rice, there are more than a dozen meat dishes on the table, and there is no light vegetarian food.
Taking Chu Liang's shocked look into his eyes, Mr. Liu held his forehead and smiled bitterly.
"Since my mother got a hunger, she has been very disgusted with vegetarian food, and she can only eat meaty things, such as greasy things like hooves and elbows, and my mother used to hardly use chopsticks, but now she has to eat three times a day, which is really amazing."
There sat an old woman at the table, with gray hair, very thin and thin, and her body was clumped together, and she did not know where she had eaten all the food.
Liu's mother gulped the food into her mouth, and after hearing the movement, she raised her eyelids slightly, and saw that her son brought two outsiders into the master bedroom, and she didn't stop eating.
She asked vaguely: "Cheng'er, who are these two?" ”
Mr. Liu saluted Liu's mother and said, "Mother, this is Chu Liang, the general of Dingbei, and the older one is Ge Zhichuan Ge Shen Doctor, today General Chu specially brought a divine doctor to see you, maybe he can cure the hunger." ”
Mother Liu really can't stand her current state, every time she eats a bite of elbow meat, her face will show disgust, but she is hungry, she can't stop her mouth at all, and after eating all the food, Mother Liu wiped the corners of her mouth, took the goat's milk sent by the maid, and slowly drank it into her stomach.
Wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, Liu's mother's wrinkled old face showed a hint of shame, she is also the old lady of the Liu family, the most important rules on weekdays, she has never done anything rude, how could she have thought that after getting this strange disease, once she encounters food, in order not to be tortured by pain, she can't take care of anything, she must first fill her belly.
Standing up from the stool slowly, Liu's mother said apologetically: "Let the two of you work, my illness is really abrasive." ”
Old man Ge didn't like to talk nonsense with others, so he immediately stepped forward, grabbed Liu Mu's wrist, and began to listen to the pulse.
Time passed little by little, and Old Man Ge's face became solemn little by little, Mr. Liu couldn't help pinching a cold sweat for his own mother, but it was not easy to urge, and only after Old Man Ge finally finished diagnosing his pulse, he asked:
"Doctor Ge, can my mother's illness still be saved?"
"The previous doctor did not diagnose wrongly, the old lady was indeed suffering from hunger, this disease Ge has only seen in ancient books, he has practiced medicine for many years, and he has never really met a patient, but when he saw the old lady today, it was an eye-opener."
Chu Liang couldn't help frowning: "Don't beat around the bush, is there a way to cure it?" ”
Old man Ge shook his head first, and then nodded.
Mr. Liu was a little confused and asked, "I don't know what Doctor Ge means?" ”
"The ancient books I read before, there is indeed no record of how to treat hunger, but it only explains the symptoms, but Xiao Lao'er can't do it now, it doesn't mean that it can't be cured later, and I also ask Mr. Liu to give Xiao Lao'er a period of one month, try slowly, and see if you can completely relieve the hunger."
Mr. Liu naturally has no reason to disagree, after all, Divine Doctor Ge's medical skills are famous all over the world, and there is no one more superb than him in the entire great cause, if he misses this divine doctor, his mother's illness is afraid that there is really no way to solve it.
After sending Chu Liang and Doctor Ge out of the mansion, before he reached the door, Mr. Liu suddenly said, "General Chu came to the door today, shouldn't he just want to bring Doctor Ge over?" ”
It is a pleasure to get along with smart people, Chu Liang laughed, and said bluntly: "The eldest son in the family has just turned five years old this year, and Chu plans to find a teacher for him. ”
Hearing this, Mr. Liu's face showed a sudden look, and he bowed his head lightly and said: "No matter whether Doctor Ge can cure his mother's evil illness or not, General Chu's great grace Liu will not forget, since the general does not dislike it, he will send the little boy to the cold house, and I will teach it myself." ”
After getting Mr. Liu's promise, Chu Liang couldn't help but show a hint of satisfaction on his face, Ge Zhichuan glanced at it, and couldn't help but pout.
When the two of them got into the carriage, Ge Zhichuan said: "The general is really a good calculation, obviously the person who treats Liu's mother is a little old man, and now the benefits are actually given by you, tsk, it's really a cold ...... the world."
Chu Liang just didn't hear Ge Zhichuan's words, closed his eyes, and sat on the cushion to recuperate.
"Liu's mother's illness is indeed a bit tricky, just now I checked her pulse and found that there were two pulses in her body."
Even if Chu Liang didn't know how to use medicine, he knew that the two pulses were generally only found by pregnant women, so he suddenly opened his eyes and looked a little solemn: "You mean, Liu's mother is pregnant?" ”
Doctor Ge hurriedly shook his head: "Little Lao'er didn't say this, who doesn't know that Mr. Liu's father died a long time ago, Liu's mother has been widowed for so many years, and she is a little old lady who is nearly sixty years old, even if she has one or two men around her, it is not easy to get pregnant." ”
The man was visibly impatient: "What's going on with that pulse?" ”
"Does the General know what hunger is?"
Chu Liang said: "If I knew, where would I take you to the Liu family?" ”
Ge Zhichuan said: "Hunger is a life of hunger, as long as you don't eat much, that feeling of hunger will spread to the whole body in an instant, and the heart is like a thousand insects gnawing at it. At first, Ge thought that this disease was the patient's own problem, but at this moment, it seemed that something was wrong elsewhere. ”
"What do you mean?"
Old man Ge glanced at Chu Liang, his face was full of triumph: "It means that Liu Mu has something else in her belly, it should be like a Gu worm, otherwise there will be no two veins." ”
Thinking of Liu's mother's astonishing amount of food, Chu Liang couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, if there was really an evil thing similar to a Gu worm in his belly, Liu's mother could live for two whole months, which was already a big fate.
Ge Zhichuan didn't continue, and Chu Liang didn't mean to ask.
Back at the Dingbei Hou Mansion, the man went back to the small courtyard and saw that the little daughter-in-law was staying in the hall, so he walked in directly.
Pan'er is not the only one in the hall, but also Mrs. Zhao and Chen Fu.
Mrs. Zhao was holding Rong'an Fang in her hand, while Chen Fu was lighting up the Chen family restaurant.
Rong Anfang's reputation in Beijing is really not small, after all, it has been open for many years, and the food sold in the shop is of excellent quality, and a variety of medicinal wines have been added recently, with snow lotus wine and osmanthus wine being the most popular.
After the man drank the snow lotus wine, the symptoms of urgency and frequent urination were improved, while the woman drank the osmanthus wine, which had the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin.
There is no woman in the world who does not want to be delicate, so that the asking price of osmanthus wine is not low, but it has become a good thing in short supply.
In fact, although the name of osmanthus wine is called, osmanthus is also used as the main ingredient, but this kind of wine that can make the skin white and delicate is not only a kind of osmanthus wine, the peach blossoms picked in March and April, the wolfberry flowers that are made in May and June, the golden chrysanthemum in September, the plum in winter, and all kinds of flowers can be used as the main material for winemaking.
After Pan'er came out of confinement, she thought about getting more medicinal wine, so that although she consumed more spiritual spring water, the silver was also like flowing water, pouring into her hands.
Seeing the general coming in, Chen Fu and Mrs. Zhao hurriedly saluted.
I saw that Chen Fu's white and fat face was about to wrinkle into an eighteen-folded bun, and there was a grievance in his eyes that couldn't be hidden: "Madam! You can't just send osmanthus wine to Rong'an Fang, we also need wine in the restaurant, and most of the people who enter the restaurant to eat have plenty of money and can afford to spend money......
Pan'er smiled at Chu Liang, turned her head and said: "If the medicinal wine in my hand is enough, it will definitely be sent to Rong'anfang and Chenjia Restaurant, but the quantity of medicinal wine is not much, you just wait first, and when the ginseng wine and peach blossom wine are brewed, it is estimated that they will be able to be supplied." ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao sighed at Chen Fu.
They have to receive an untold number of guests every day, who used to come for food, but now most of them want to buy alcohol, even if the price of medicinal wine is staggeringly high, it is still priceless.
Seeing that the silver could not be paid in the account, Mrs. Zhao and Chen Fuzhi were distressed, and when they heard that their wife was out of confinement, they hurried to the Hou Mansion and wanted to beg for wine.
Originally, Mrs. Zhao and Chen Fu wanted to stay in the Hou Mansion for a while, after all, they knew that there must be leftover medicine and wine, but the longer they sat on the Eight Immortals Chair, the colder they felt, and the feeling of chilling all over their bodies made the two of them shiver together.
Chen Fu felt more sensitive, turned his head and saw the general's gloomy face, he was almost frightened into incontinence, he stiffened up from the chair, arched his hand at his wife, and forced a smile to squeeze: "Since the medicinal wine is gone, then Chen Fu will retire first, if the new batch of medicinal wine is brewed, don't forget to send it to the Chen family restaurant." ”
As soon as Chen Fu finished speaking, Mrs. Zhao also sensed that something was wrong, and left the small courtyard together.
After the people left, Pan'er glared at Chu Liang angrily, opened and closed her ruddy little mouth, and muttered: "Do you want to be so scary?" Just now I was still in the house, and you kept staring at Mrs. Zhao and Chen Fu, what did you make them think? ”
Because of the fire, the little daughter-in-law's cheeks were flushed, which was more delicate than the peony flowers in full bloom.
Chu Liang's heart moved, his eyes immediately deepened a lot, he stood up, stood in front of Pan'er, his arms propped on the back of the chair, the whole person was like a cage, not letting the little woman have a chance to escape.
"Daughter-in-law."
Hearing the man's hoarse voice, Pan'er couldn't help but snort softly.
"What's wrong?"
The rough fingertips gently brushed the little woman's delicate eyebrows, seeing that the apricot eyes were watery, Chu Liang smiled roughly, bent down, and attached to Pan'er's ear and said: "I'm a little uncomfortable again, you treat me quickly, don't forget to prick the tail vertebrae with a golden needle, that feeling...... It's really evocative. ”