Chapter 41: The Cat and the Magnolia Hairpin
High cabinet under the ......
It was a small wild cat, its fur was a little dirty, its yellow back hair, but its belly and hooves were white, a little like an orange cat, but the color was more golden, and only a small head poked out of it, looking at her curiously.
Xin Yi sighed and put down the stick.
"Come out."
The cat fell to the ground, motionless.
A man and a cat are deadlocked.
Looking at each other for a moment, Xin Yi didn't know what to think, and suddenly laughed.
"It's you."
She took a straw rope over, thinking that the cat would ignore her, but she didn't know that it was a cat bold, and she said "meow" in a low voice, and slowly walked towards the straw rope, and was grabbed by Xin Yi.
The cat meows and meows, and the struggle is not strong.
"Hungry, aren't you?"
Xin Yi picked it up, ignoring its sharp claws and her freshly bathed body, and spoke to her in a warm voice.
"On the day of the rainstorm, didn't you come into my donkey cart?"
"Meow~"
"Little thing, scared me, but you ran away...... Where have you been these days? Look you're dirty...... Yo lick my hand, good boy, sister, I'll take you to find something to eat......"
Xin Yi stroked the kitten's soft fur as he walked, and he couldn't put it down.
"From now on, you will follow your sister, what should I give you a name?"
The next day, before Xin Yi could think of a name, Sannian shouted against her title.
"It's called Mother. It's called a mother like us, and it can't be called a sister - if it's a mother's sister, isn't it our cat aunt? ”
Xin Yi was stunned and almost laughed out of his abdominal muscles.
"Then you three should choose a name for your sister."
"Rhubarb." One thought is not very creative.
"No, it's so small, it's right to be called Xiao Huang." The second thought is opposed.
"Oranges. Mother, call her orange. Sannian was the smallest, for fear that Xin Yi wouldn't notice her, so she jumped up and shouted non-stop, and her voice was the loudest.
The three children argued.
Xin Yi took the medicinal herbs, the medicine pestle and the medicine mortar, and placed them neatly in front of the three little ones.
"Who told me, what is this?"
"Lilacs." Unison.
"Male or female?"
The second thought answers the male, the third reads the female, and the first thought does not answer.
Xin Yi glared at Ernian and asked again: "Is the male big or the female big?" ”
The third thought replied "the female is big", the second thought answered "the mother is the biggest", and the first thought still did not answer.
Xin Yi couldn't cry or laugh when he saw Ernian's skin, but thinking about it, he said "Niangda", so he didn't bother with him anymore and handed them the fried cloves.
"Whoever grinds the finest clove powder will be named after her."
Sannian sighed and went to work happily.
Ernian rushed to be in front of his brother, but Yinian was much slower. This child is thoughtful and has few words, but at a young age, he has a steadiness that is not proportionate to his age, and he looks like an older brother.
The family is in a hurry.
A house full of scents......
At this time, Xiang Ling's voice came from outside the hospital.
"Cui Langzhong, who are you looking for?"
Then I heard Cui Langzhong ask.
"Is your lady there?"
……
Xin Yi didn't wait for Xiang Ling to pass the word, then opened the door and walked out.
"Doctor Cui has something to do with me?"
Cui Langzhong said with a smile: "Come and ask for a cup of tea to drink, your small courtyard is very chic." ”
Xin Yi welcomed him into the guest hall, and the lover brought tea and snacks silently, which was the rose water made by Xin Yi himself, sweet and refreshing, Cui Langzhong took a sip, looked at the guest hall with a different layout, and smiled with emotion.
"The little lady set up her own door, and the days are getting more and more prosperous."
Xin Yi smiled: "Thanks to Dr. Cui's outspokenness, otherwise, I wouldn't be at ease today." Therefore, Dr. Cui doesn't have to see outside, he has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”
The ancients were grinding and grinding and liked to go around the bend.
Xin Yi didn't have that patience and went straight to the point.
Cui Langzhong smiled softly and took out a silk purse from his arms.
"The old man was entrusted by Cao Du to be a messenger for the little lady. Come by the way, please have a peace pulse for the little lady. ”
Cao Yi?
Xin Yi really didn't expect it, and pursed his lips silently.
Cui Langzhong smiled, "Cao Du pointed out that on that day in Yunqi Bridge, Miss Cao offended the lady, and now she has learned a lesson and has thought about it behind closed doors at home." This is what Miss Cao asked him to send to you, and I will compensate you......"
Will Cao Yilan willingly make amends for her?
I'm afraid I'm forced to be helpless.
Xin Yi took it and saw that there was a hairpin in his purse.
The hairpin head is a magnolia carved from mutton fat white jade, with gemstones as stamens, silver as branches, simple and generous, exquisite workmanship, and so realistic that it seems to exude a faint fragrance......
For some reason, what came to her mind was Cao Yi's handsome and clean face.
"This magnolia hairpin is too precious, and I deserve it. Please ask Lang Zhong to tell Cao Du that I am not a person who holds grudges, the matter has passed, and as long as Miss Cao does not trouble me in the future, I will not provoke her......"
Xin Yi pushed back as he spoke, but Cui Langzhong hurriedly refused, swinging his hands straight.
"The old man is just an errand runner, entrusted by others, loyal to people, and handed over things to the little lady, and there is no reason to take them back......"
"Cui Langzhong." Xin Yi looked at his knuckles and suddenly asked, "Do you know how to play the erhu?" ”
Cui Langzhong laughed.
"If you don't learn well, you can't be very good. Why does the little lady ask this question? ”
Xin Yi sat back and smiled slightly.
"It's nothing, look at the calluses on your hands."
Xin Yi doesn't know how to play musical instruments, but she took interest classes as a child and studied erhu for a few days. Erhu Laozi has such a cocoon, and jokes that "people who play musical instruments don't have a good pair of hands".
Each instrument has a different point of force and friction. The person who plays the erhu will leave two marks on the left hand of the string, and the right hand holding the bow, the thumb and index finger have thick and heavy calluses.
"Dr. Cui."
Xin Yi narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked: "In the first year of Qingli, there was a fire case in Zhangjia Village, I don't know if you have any impression?" ”
"The first year of the Qing calendar?" Cui Langzhong seemed to be startled, frowning and thinking for a moment, "It seems that there is such a thing?" ”
Xin Yi reminded him, "In the north of Zhangjia Village, a family of 18 people, along with the medical house, was burned to the ground......
Cui Langzhong raised his head and stared, thought for a while, stroked his beard, and nodded.
"It is true. It's been a long time, and the old man is a little blurry. Later, the location of the medical house was built into a white tower, but within a few years, the white tower was thundered, and after being damaged, people thought it was unlucky, so it was no longer repaired, and gradually became dilapidated, and no one set foot in it again. ”
Xin Yi: "The family that died, the male owner was called Chen Chusheng, who was originally a medical officer of the Hanlin Academy, but because he offended the official family, he was deposed and dismissed, lived in seclusion in Zhangjia Village, and practiced medicine in a house......
Cui Langzhong was shocked: "Where did the little lady learn about this?" ”
Xin Yi smiled, avoided the topic, and stared at Cui Langzhong's face.
"Imperial Physician Chen died too miserably. A lifetime of medicine, a generation of holy hands, devoted his life's learning, lasted 18 years, revised the materia medica, compiled the book of medicine, the imperial court promulgated this year "Brief Ji Zhong Fang", it included the book of medical prescriptions compiled by him. Such a person who worked hard for the country, the people, and the development of medicine was burned alive......"
Cui Langzhong sighed.
"The scourge is a thousand years, and the good people don't live long. This has been going on for a long time......"
Xin Yi said to himself: "Imperial Physician Chen has a virtuous wife, a full house of children and grandchildren, and a little daughter who is in pain...... They all died in that fire.
The old man of Kaifeng Mansion said that his youngest daughter had been violated before she died...... But it is still unknown who did it. ”
Cui Langzhong pursed his lips, "Why did the little lady talk about this?" ”
Xin Yi's eyelids drooped.
"As a doctor, I empathize. Even if the world forgets him, Dr. Cui shouldn't forget it, right? ”
She raised her eyebrows and smiled, looking at Cui Lang's uneven face, "I heard that on that day, Cui Lang was the first to rush to the fire point, and he was burned in order to save people...... How can you forget about such a big thing? ”
Cui Langzhong is stuck.
After a moment, I heard him sigh faintly.
"The little lady is so smart, the old man's little trick is really clumsy, so that the little lady can see the joke......"