Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11577

Junlan brought the hawthorn water mixed with medicine to the bedside of Old Madam Zuo. The old lady was wearing a headband on her head and a white cross-collared cotton silk pajamas, leaning on a large pillow.

The maids and servants put a deerskin hot water bag on her abdomen. A special maid knelt on the wooden footstool beside the bed, holding the deerskin hot water bag with both hands to continuously warm the old lady's abdomen.

Deerskin can not only maintain the temperature of the hot water inside for a long time, but the furry layer can also effectively isolate the skin from the heat and discomfort caused by excessive temperature.

In addition, there was a maid kneeling at the end of the bed, massaging the old lady's legs.

Massaging the legs is the old lady’s favorite health-preserving activity. The maids who massage her legs are all well-known maids in the Zuo family.

But at this moment, perhaps because of the discomfort in his stomach, beating his legs became particularly uncomfortable.

Old Madam Zuo frowned. Just at this moment, Jun Lan came in with a bowl of medicine. Old Madam Zuo waved her hand, signaling the two maids to leave.

"Lan'er, why haven't you gone to bed yet?" Old Madam Zuo raised her head and forced a loving smile on her face.

Junlan is her biological niece, and she has watched her grow up. Among her nieces from her mother's side, Junlan looks the most like her aunt. It is impossible for her to say that she does not love her.

Apart from her own son Jun Mo, Madam Zuo loved Jun Lan the most. She once raised Jun Lan as her own daughter and even thought about making her a closer relative...

"Aunt, I got up earlier and heard the servants say that you were not feeling well. I was worried, so I came to check on you."

Although Jun Lan came here with a purpose and not just because she got up at night to find out, as her niece, she was still concerned about Madam Zuo's health.

After all, the old lady in front of her was the one who treated her better than her parents...

Hearing Jun Lan's words, Old Madam Zuo also showed a relieved smile on her face, "As people get older, this happens when they eat too much. It's okay, don't worry."

Old Madam Zuo gently patted the seat beside her and told Jun Lan: "Come, sit next to your aunt."

"Okay." Jun Lan also smiled gently. In her aunt's eyes, she saw the familiar care and warmth.

There is a play!

After Jun Lan sat down, she did not directly state her real purpose, but picked up the bowl and began to coax the old lady to drink the medicine.

"No, the medicine is bitter. I'll be fine if I just bear it." Although Old Madam Zuo is nearly sixty years old, she still has the little girl side of her character.

Jun Lan said, "Aunt, it's really not bitter. It contains hawthorn. I have just tasted it for you."

"Really?" Old Madam Zuo was half-believing and half-doubting, and she leaned forward slightly to take a look at the dark red medicine soup in the bowl.

Jun Lan continued to coax him: "After taking the medicine, you will be fine in a while. Isn't it better than you having to endure the pain all night?"

"Besides, we have distinguished guests from afar staying at home, and we have to entertain them tomorrow. If you don't sleep well last night, how can you have the energy to entertain them tomorrow? It will be bad if you neglect them then."

The distinguished guests who came from afar that Jun Lan mentioned were naturally the Luo family.

These words really went into Madam Zuo's heart. She sat up and said, "That makes sense. Come, let me drink."

Jun Lan smiled happily: "That's right, just lie down and I'll feed you."

"Hey, I'm not that old, I don't need to be fed..."

"Aunt, I know you are in your prime, and it is I who wanted to take care of you, so you gave me this opportunity! Let me pretend to be filial to you. When I return to the county town, I feel at ease when I think about it!" "Haha, you silly girl, what do you mean by pretending? Aunt knows how much you have spent on us in the Zuo family over the years. It's hard for you!"

She had clearly married the shopkeeper and was now the boss's wife, and the family also hired two maids to do the work.

But Junlan would personally sew clothes, shoes and socks for the Zuo family all year round and send them to them. The clothes are not valuable, but the thought behind them is what is valuable.

Just like that, under Jun Lan's service, Old Madam Zuo drank the whole bowl of medicine without realizing it.

Although the addition of hawthorn water neutralized some of the medicinal taste, medicine is still medicine after all and is still a bit bitter.

Thanks to Jun Lan's caring words and child-like coaxing, Old Madam Zuo benefited greatly from the medicine and even ignored the bitter taste of the medicine.

After she finished drinking the medicine, Junlan brought some jasmine water to rinse Madam Zuo's mouth three times before she sat down again and the mother and daughter chatted.

Talking about today's birthday party and the children of relatives and friends, when mentioning Tuantuan and Yuanyuan of the Luo family, Jun Lan mentioned it partly to make up for her previous gaffe, and partly because the two twin boys were so adorable, Jun Lan still had a very high opinion of Tuantuan and Yuanyuan.

"Two funny guys, they are so attractive just by looking at them!" Jun Lan said.

Old Madam Zuo nodded gently, her eyes full of smiles, and said, "Those two children brought me so much joy. Their little mouths chattered, so joyful!"

Jun Lan also smiled and agreed, then changed the subject and said, "Aunt, speaking of this, I have an interesting story that I want to share with you as a joke."

"What's the matter? Tell me about it."

"On March 3rd a while ago, my family went to the White Horse Temple on the outskirts of the county town to burn incense. It happened that an old monk came to the temple to read people's fortunes."

"As for me, I'm thinking that my daughter Yan'er will be 15 this year, and for a girl, the sooner she gets married, the better."

"I reported Yan'er's birth date to an old monk, and guess what he said?"

"Our Yan'er is both smart and beautiful, so she must have a good life," said Old Lady Zuo.

Jun Lan couldn't hide her smile, and said proudly, "I didn't listen to much else, for example, our Yan'er could become the wife of a top scholar, and bring good luck to her husband, I only remembered one thing."

"The old monk said that my Yan'er is destined to have six sons!"

"And all six of them are fat sons!"

"Ah? So many sons? This is such a good life!" Old Madam Zuo was shocked, her eyes widened, and her stomach didn't hurt as much anymore.

"That's not all. I, Yan'er, am destined to have four daughters!"

"Oh my god, six sons and four daughters? Isn't that perfect?"

"That's right!" Jun Lan said with a smile, "I told the old monk at that time that our Yan'er was skinny and weak, how could she have such a good life? The monk can't coax a woman like me!"

"What did the monk say?" Old Lady Zuo's curiosity was completely aroused.

"That senior monk said that monks don't lie. He said that Yan'er is destined to have ten children calling her mother! It has nothing to do with weight!"

Old Madam Zuo took a deep breath and murmured, "What a blessing! What a blessing! Many children and grandchildren! Yan'er is truly a rare good fortune within a hundred miles!"