Chapter 43: Knighthood
This year, it was just winter, and it snowed. It's a good omen, Ruixue Mega Year.
The snow was blowing heavily, covering the sky and the ground. The wind stirred up the snowflakes, blowing in the face, hitting the faces with pain, but the people of the Guarjia Mansion were all beaming, and the whole mansion was steaming, and it seemed that they couldn't feel the cold of midwinter at all.
Zhiyun opened her eyes lazily, and when she looked at one side, she saw her sister-in-law sitting on the soft couch next to her, embroidering a purse in her hand, she had been recuperating well in the past few days, Zhang Ruyan was much plump, her face was ruddy and healthy, maybe she had a child, her heart was softer than usual, and her eyes seemed to be so soft that she could drip water, and there was also a smell of motherhood between her eyebrows.
The warm pavilion was very lively, even if she added two more mute arrays to the door of the west wing, she could still faintly hear a slight sound. Zhiyun smiled and half-sat up.
These three months of work have passed in the blink of an eye, but Guerjia Mansion is different from the past, Mingde is knighted, although he is only a first-class man, but this is a second grade, Mingde was frightened by this big pie, he couldn't have imagined that at his age, he would climb so quickly, and sure enough, it was the emperor's words that could make the grassroots proud...... In any case, they can be regarded as a noble family from now on.
Three months ago, the fifth elder brother of Prince Yu's family finally had news, this was planned by himself, Zhiyun knew it in his heart, and the preparations that should be made were also ready - prosthetic manufacturing, for Zhiyun, it is not very complicated, she made a design drawing, and made the simplest machine for making prosthetics, although in this ancient time, it is impossible to make automation and intelligence, but human wisdom can never be underestimated, such a machine can already be used, anyway, even if the things made are rougher, they will not be used on themselves.
Of course, if those dignitaries don't want to use this kind of road goods, they will definitely come to Zhiyun to create high-quality products, Zhiyun was very afraid of trouble at first, and then thought about it, the entire capital dignitaries except for the disobedient fifth elder brother of Prince Yu's mansion who was disabled in the army, in recent years, I haven't heard of other people's families being so unlucky, those really noble Eight Banner disciples, even if they go to the battlefield, most of them go to get credit, mix qualifications, it is impossible to encounter any danger, the real danger is those ordinary soldiers, those ordinary people, Can you find a way to help yourself? Therefore, having such a machine can almost solve the follow-up troubles.
The fifth elder brother took the loyal dog Ah Fu to the door, and Zhiyun asked Mingde to go out and perform according to the script written by Zhiyun, but he got such a method of connecting bones and limbs from a different person, and first tested it on a soldier with a crippled right arm under Prince Yu, and then installed a first-class prosthetic limb made by Zhiyun himself, first-class prosthetics, Bao Sui used this is a high-quality product, he is a martial artist, and his body and bones are very good, but after three months, it is not a very standardized rehabilitation, and he can barely stand up and walk...... After that, it was very logical that Mingde dedicated the machine with the design drawings to Kangxi.
Kangxi was not surprised that Mingde could do such a thing, anyway, Zhiyun's identity was there, even if it was magical, it was not magical to be connected with the heavenly immortals.
Thinking of those soldiers who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years and have become disabled, they have the opportunity to go to the battlefield again, these veterans who have experienced the war and can survive are much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the recruits, Kangxi was naturally overjoyed, saying that this was auspicious, and he was also very satisfied with Mingde's knowledge, not only rewarded gold, silver and jewelry, silk and satin, but also knighted.
This is a good thing for Guerjia Mansion and for Mingde, a happy event, but there are too many people who come and go to celebrate, obviously their own family is very low-key, and there is no fanfare at all, but - the old lady of Niu Colu Mansion personally came to help her grandson manage it, and the elders of the Guerjia clan also came to the door, and there were many generals in the army who came to congratulate, which one was not easy to offend, Mingde could only go to socialize with a wry smile.
Those ladies of the inner house came to the door one after another for several days, Zhiyun dealt with it with a smile at first, but then when she was annoyed, Mingde asked her daughter-in-law to excuse herself from being unhappy, and Zhiyun also said that she wanted to take care of her sister-in-law, hid in the west chamber, and closed the door.
There is no need to deal with those troublesome ladies, so Zhiyun slept very comfortably this night, and after a few days of hard work, it was swept away.
The sword and the secretary were wiping the dominoes at the table to relieve the boredom, as soon as they saw that their own Gege woke up, they hurriedly called warm water to clean her face, Zhiyun stretched out her hand to let the two girls clean up properly, felt that the room was a little stuffy, and opened the window half-open, and the snowflakes outside the window only swept on the edge of the window, and then automatically and spontaneously floated away, and the chill did not invade the house at all.
July is standing at the window, holding a peeled chicken and feeding Hai Dongqing. That Hai Dongqing closed her eyes and didn't look at it, holding her wings to dodge the food, and didn't eat a bite, Zhiyun smiled, stood up and walked over, and took the chicken from the girl's hand, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, Hai Dongqing immediately obediently obeyed, mouthful after bite, and swallowed it clean after a while.
July rolled his eyes angrily, stretched out his hand and pointed at Hai Dongqing and said angrily: "You short-haired brute, you know how to stammer, and I don't want to think about who rescued you, if it weren't for my kindness, you would have been reincarnated a long time ago, and you will definitely be a beast in the next life......"
A few days ago, the heavy snow closed the city, and in July and October, I went to the suburbs to do things for Zhiyun, and I happened to meet this Hai Dongqing who was frozen and fainted in the snow, so he rescued it, and it was also the luck of this Hai Dongqing, it was injured at the time, and it was very cold, if it didn't fall into Zhiyun's hands, it wouldn't have survived.
As a result, let Zhiyun pour a few doses of potions, and within two days he became energetic, but this eagle is also arrogant, except for Zhiyun, he doesn't care about anyone else, and it doesn't count July and October, at least he doesn't keep his mouth shut, he doesn't attack, if other people come to tease it, he will already go down with a claw and make people break his appearance.
The master and servant teased the eagle for a while, and then saw Mingde hurrying from the front yard.
He had a layer of snowflakes on his body, his face was ruddy, and he was not cold, he cleaned up the snow for his uncle in October, and put a stove for him, Mingde waited until there was heat on his body, and then smiled and came to Zhiyun and Ruyan's side: "Guo Luomama heard that Ruyan was sick, and felt that the family was too noisy, and there was no elder to take care of her, Ruyan couldn't take care of her body, she was really worried, so she wanted to take her sister and Ruyan to live in Niu Co Lu Mansion for a few days...... It was my uncle who came to pick it up......"
Zhiyun raised her eyebrows, and was funny in her heart, her grandmother didn't know what tricks she was going to play - a few days ago, Mingde had just been knighted, and the old man said that his grandson had no one to serve, so he sent two girls, which made Mingde cry and laugh, originally just put it in the needlework room or kitchen, to give the old lady face, but Zhiyun didn't want to connive, you are a grandmother, and you are not a grandmother, what kind of person to add to your grandson's room.
In order to put an end to future troubles, Zhiyun asked July and October to personally send people back, only saying that the family had enough manpower, but they didn't dare to ask for the proud people around the old lady.
originally thought that after seeing the appearance of July and October, the old lady should not be embarrassed to send any girls over, after all, no matter how good the people under her are, can they compare with July and October?
But today, this old lady sent someone to pick up Zhiyun and Ruyan to live there, and she must still have some thoughts in her heart......