Chapter 185: Laba Porridge
Jiang Shi came to his senses, Wen Hui had already changed her clothes, returned to the quiet room, and seemed to have calmed down, her face was still ashamed, and she whispered: "Mother, my daughter knows that she is wrong...... The daughter shouldn't have come to Lijun, it's just ...... I was a little unwilling, and I wanted to ask why she wanted to hurt me......" As she spoke, she burst into tears again.
Wen Yi sighed in her heart. With this cousin's temperament, after suffering such a big loss, it is reasonable to want to ask for an understanding, but it is a pity that she didn't use the right method, and stupidly threatened her...... Being in the Great Huguo Temple, Wen Yi couldn't help but think of herself who died for no reason in her previous life, and naturally she couldn't have a good impression of this sister. She took a few steps back and walked out the door, wanting to leave the house to Jiang and Wenhui's mother and daughter.
Jiang Shi just looked at his daughter with complicated eyes for a while, then looked away, and lightly instructed Du Juan: "Ask someone to look for it, where are the young ladies now?" Whether it's to pay homage to the ruins of Taizu, or to ask for a sign on incense, it's been a while, and it's not early, so let's go back to the house as soon as possible. ”
Wen Hui looked at the indifferent look on her mother's face, and for some reason, she felt a little panic in her heart: "Mother? The cuckoo stole a glance at her and went out. Only Jiang and Wen Hui were left in the room, but no matter how pitiful Wen Hui was, Jiang couldn't help but ignore it, and in the end he couldn't stand it, and had to close his eyes and chant Buddha silently.
After a while, the Wen Xian sisters came back. They had just gone to ask for a lot, walked through the forest, and visited the ancient Bodhi tree, although the Jiang family sent someone to call them back, which made them a little unsatisfied, but the mood was still happy. Wen Juan grabbed Wen Yi and kept saying that it was a pity that she didn't go with them, and showed her what she had asked for, only Wen Ya's eyes were staring at Jiang and Wen Hui, her eyes were rolling, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Jiang was so tired that he immediately ordered to set off for home, and he didn't even bother to eat the fresh laba porridge sent by the abbot. Wen Yi felt that it was not like this, but their group went out in the name of worshipping Buddha and eating laba porridge, and they forgot about the porridge, how to explain when they went home? secretly instructed Mama Gu a few words, and asked her to send a few mothers-in-law to pack the porridge into a food box and bring it back.
All the way to the house, they made it home. In order to be safe, Jiang ordered Wen Hui to be sent back to the courtyard as soon as he entered the house, and reported to the old lady Yu that Wen Hui was infected with wind and cold in Dahuguo Temple, and in order to prevent the aggravation of the condition, he had to recuperate in the courtyard these days. Old Madam Yu didn't think much about it, and only told her to immediately invite a doctor with good medical skills to take a look. Jiang Shi answered, but turned around and invited a doctor who was familiar with him on weekdays, and he didn't know how to tell him, the doctor later claimed in front of the old lady that the sixth lady in the house was suffering from pox, I am afraid that it is a little dangerous, in order to prevent the infection of others, it is best to recuperate behind closed doors for a period of time.
Old Madam Yu was taken aback. On weekdays, she only heard that children are prone to pox, but she didn't expect her granddaughter to have this disease at such an age, so she couldn't help but question whether the doctor had made a mistake, and wanted to ask one or two doctors to diagnose it. The doctor said with a serious face: "This pox disease is indeed relatively easy for children, but occasionally adults are sick. At first, the patient has a fever, headache, and general malaise, but within a day or two, acne will develop on the body. Now the young lady has fever, headache, fatigue and other symptoms, a careless, it is easy to cause serious trouble, endangering life, Mrs. please be cautious. Although the doctors of the Tai Hospital are highly skilled, they are afraid that they may not be willing to go to the house to diagnose such a disease. It is necessary to know that this disease is very easy to infect others, and once the imperial doctors come, it will be difficult to go into the palace to serve the nobles, otherwise it will be a mortal sin if one accidentally brings the sickness into the palace."
Mrs. Yu was just used to seeing the old doctor Wang when she was in her hometown of Pingyang, so after entering Beijing, she also believed that the doctor's medical skills were the most reliable. Although she didn't believe that her granddaughter would be infected with pox for no reason, her daughter-in-law would never be untargeted, in case she invited the imperial doctor to come and determined that it was this disease, she would offend the imperial doctor, if the imperial doctor was summoned by the nobles in the palace again, wouldn't it be worse? After weighing it, I saw that the doctor was very clear about the pathology of pox, and carefully explained all the protective measures, and finally reminded me that I should not diagnose the pulse of the people who had been in contact with Miss Six in the past two days, and Mrs. Yu finally believed that this doctor was a clever man, and let him be treated.
Seeing this, Jiang Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked the doctor to prescribe prescriptions and catch medicine, and ordered the two of them to boil medicine under the corridor or in the courtyard every day, so that the smell of medicine could spread and hide people's ears and eyes. He carefully selected the people waiting in his daughter's courtyard, leaving only a few people who were absolutely trustworthy, and the rest were all transferred away, and he picked a few tight and knowledgeable maids from his cronies and maids around him and sent them over, for fear of leaking the news, and then locked his daughter's yard with a big lock, and instructed Mama Gu to personally bring people every day to send food and water into the courtyard from the flower window of the courtyard wall.
When Wen Hui first came home, she was caught off guard by her mother's actions, and before she could react, she refused to reveal half a word about the snow treading next to her, but she just saw that she was dead, and she naturally didn't know anything about Jiang's plan. But at this point, no matter how stupid she was, she guessed that her mother was going to trap her to death in the courtyard, so she couldn't help but be angry and afraid, and ran out of the house while people were unprepared, crying and making trouble behind the courtyard gate, banging on the door again and again, begging her mother to let her out.
Jiang also relented at first, but when he remembered Wen Yi's reminder and knew that this matter was related to his daughter's life, he also hardened his heart, and said to his daughter through the door: "Good Hui'er, you are sick, you will be overcome, you can rest in the room for a few days, and when you are well, your mother will naturally let you out." Be obedient, obedient, if your grandmother knows that you are sick and uneasy, she will be annoyed again"
Wen Hui just cried and knocked on the door: "Mother, I'm not sick, I'm not sick, why are you locking me up?" Let me out, let me out, let me see my grandmother, I want to see my grandmother."
Jiang gritted his teeth ruthlessly and shouted: "Are you two dead to step on the snow and look for plums?" Why don't you help the young lady back to her room? If Miss's illness worsens, I will not spare you."
Treading the snow and looking for Mei was shocked, so she had to run out with a sad face, and with all her strength, she dragged Wen Hui back to the room. Wen Hui couldn't break free, and couldn't help but scold: "Dead girl, you two dare to do this to me? See if I go out, I won't kill you" Taxue was startled, and his hand was released, Wen Hui jumped up immediately, but was pressed back to the bed by Xunmei.
The latter turned his head and glared at Treadsnow, and shouted, "What are you doing stupidly? Looking for a few sturdy belts? It must be soft and not hurtful, but it must be sturdy, if the young lady runs out, we will not be able to escape a death" Treading Xue shivered, quickly climbed to the side of the suitcase and turned over three or four soft satin belts and shawls and other things, and tied Wen Hui's hands and feet to the bed frame with trembling hands, but he didn't dare to tie them tightly, leaving a lot of room for movement.
Wen Hui was so angry that she was half dead, struggling non-stop: "Dead girl, you are so bold, mother just asked you to watch me closely, but she didn't ask you to tie me up" and shouted: "Mother, mother" The black shadow flashed in front of her coldly, Xunmei had already stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth, she whined for a long time, she couldn't say anything, only a pair of eyes were breathing fire.
Taxue looked frightened, and the gaze at the good sister was also a little weird: "Xunmei, ...... do this" Xunmei snorted coldly: "Don't you know what the situation is now?" Miss is confused, we can't be confused and let her make such a big fuss, if it alarms the old lady, the master, the young master and the young lady or Aunt Yu, the wife and the young lady don't think about it. In case the news leaks out, let the outside know about it...... You also heard what Miss Zheng said to Miss Zheng today, if Miss Zheng is really annoyed by Miss Zheng, she doesn't care about anything, the palace is angry, not to mention Mrs. and Miss, it's us who are subordinates, don't think about a good end Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, let's follow Miss out in a carriage, didn't we see that there were servants of the offending officials' families being sold on the street? There are several girls who are about the same age as us, who were waiting for the old lady at home, but the most decent, they actually asked a few old bustards in the Qinglou to buy them. You said they might as well be dead. Now that it's our turn, do you want to give it a try? ”
Taxue's face turned white, and the gaze that looked at Wen Hui also hardened. In any case, they were acting on orders, and even if they offended the young lady, it was because of their faithfulness to the Lord......
Wen Hui was stunned, what did Xunmei say? Could it be ...... Is it really that bad? She was just in a moment's ...... Lijun isn't that stupid, and she won't be so ruthless, right?
But...... She just said that she wanted to marry Zhu Jingcheng that day, and Lijun turned around and turned her face......
Although this day is Laba Festival, Wen Hui, the daughter of the long house, suffered from a sudden illness, and the housewife Jiang was worried about the safety of her flesh and bones, so she was so busy that she completely forgot that according to the rules of the Gu family, the housewife of Laba had to cook porridge herself. Old Madam Yu was worried, but she was not in the mood to find fault with her, fortunately, there were two large bowls of Laba porridge brought back by the Jiang family from the Dahuguo Temple, which could be used for a scene, but it was only enough for a few masters to eat, and even Wen Yi only got a small half bowl, not to mention the people below. So this Laba Festival in Shilang's Mansion was much more deserted than in previous years.
After Master Gu came back from the yamen, he soon discovered this and was a little dissatisfied with his wife. In the end, it was Mrs. Yu who personally told him that her granddaughter was sick and asked him not to blame her daughter-in-law, and the matter was mixed. Because Wen Hui's illness "can pass people", no one in the family has the courage to go to visit the patient. Jiang used the excuse that he had acne when he was a child and was not afraid of being infected, so he did not arouse the suspicion of his husband and mother-in-law.
But because the Jiang family had to take care of her "sick" daughter, Master Gu was afraid that she would delay the housework and neglect her mother, so he asked her to temporarily hand over the affairs to Aunt Yu to take care of. Jiang secretly hated in his heart, but he couldn't let go of his daughter, so he was in a dilemma, and finally it was Mrs. Yu who spoke, signaling to let the three sisters Wen Xian, Wen Juan, and Wen Ya try to learn housekeeping, and temporarily take over the housework, so that the incident was calmed down. Later, Mrs. Yu also passed her son over, and the two talked alone for a long time, and after Master Gu came out, he never mentioned letting Aunt Yu take over the housework.
Wen Yi, as the niece and daughter in the next room, naturally had no interest in paying attention to the intrigue in the president's room, so she just pretended not to know, and thought about it in the room, whether to invite Mama Zhao to discuss it, and return to Pingyang as soon as possible, so as to save yourself from the disaster of pond fish. As a result, before she could make up her mind, a piece of news came from the front yard that surprised her.
Liu Dongxing sent someone to send Laba porridge over, except for a few elders who were filial to the Gu family, one of the cans of porridge was specified for Wen Yi.
What came was a daughter-in-law in her thirties, who claimed to be from Zheng Shangrong's family, with sharp teeth, able to speak, and knew that she was a clever person at a glance. In front of the old lady Yu and the Jiang family, she first flattered her, and then said with a smile: "The recipe for this Laba porridge is the secret recipe that our uncle didn't know where to find it. Uncle said, don't dare to taste it alone, please taste it together with Old Lady Gu, Master Gu, and Mrs. Gu, and there is a ......" She pursed her lips and glanced at Wen Yi, "It is for the big * milk who has not passed through the door, and please Miss Nine Don't blame him for being abrupt." If you are engaged, you will be husband and wife in the future, and you should respect and love each other, our uncle is the most respectful of Miss Nine."
Wen Yi's face was red when she heard this, and she lowered her head shyly, but her heart was sweet, some of the sorrow brought to her by the Dahuguo Temple and her party today also dissipated, and even the worry that Wen Hui's unwise actions would bring disaster to the Gu family was temporarily put aside, and she only felt that Liu Dongxing acted too boldly, but after thinking about it, she felt that the two had already made a family appointment, and she didn't have so many worries before, but she was worried that the elders would blame.
Old Madam Yu didn't mean to blame, but sighed in her heart. The daughter had already mentioned to her the words of her son-in-law, and she sacrificed her niece and granddaughter Wen Yi in order for the marriage of her granddaughter Wen Hui and her grandson Liu Dongning to be successfully concluded, but unexpectedly let Liu Dongxing take advantage of a loophole. Now that there is a gap between the sixth room and the long room, when Wen Yi marries, he may not be willing to get close to his aunt who was born in the long house, and now Liu Dongxing still knows how to deliberately please Wen Yi, just once or twice, I am afraid that he will show favor to Wen Yi one after another, but I am afraid that Wen Yi will really die for him in the future. Gu's family wanted to help the married daughter restrain this nephew, which became a complete fantasy
Jiang didn't think as much as her mother-in-law thought, but compared Liu Dongxing's approach with Liu Dongning. Liu Dongxing just asked for his name, and before he made a decision, he knew how to send Laba porridge to please his fiancée, how gentle and petty, Liu Dongning has been close to Wen Hui since he was a child, and the marriage has been set for so long, he has never even had a greeting, and he will become a relative in the future, and he doesn't know what will happen. Why is her Hui'er so miserable?
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have their own thoughts, and Wen Yi is shy, so no one notices that Zheng Shangrong's family secretly looked at the three of them, as if they were aware.
At this time, the cuckoo hurriedly came in from outside the door, and whispered a few words back to Jiang's ear, and Jiang showed an anxious look and couldn't help but look at his mother-in-law. Old Madam Yu noticed it, turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?" But has the condition of the six girls changed? ”
Jiang Shi smiled reluctantly: "No, the six girls are fine, yes......" She glanced at Zheng Shangrong's house.
Wen Yi's heart tightened, could it be that something happened to Liu Dongxing?
Old Madam Yu understood her daughter-in-law's eyes, so she said a few words casually, rewarded a first-class seal, sent Zheng Shangrong's family away, and ordered Wen Yi to go back to the room.
Wen Yi slowly walked to the door, and heard the Jiang family say impatiently: "Mama Liu just heard the news, the Laba porridge that was rewarded in the palace today, everyone in the Du family has it, but the Zheng family has failed, and there is not a bowl of wheels." Mother-in-law, do you think this will ......?"