The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 199

Getting married is a joyous occasion, but it can also be a tiring one.

Spring warmth made me really hungry. After dinner, I washed up, went to bed, and fell asleep immediately.

In a daze, she felt someone beside her, and with a start, she struggled to open her sleepy eyes.

What met his eyes were those slightly aggrieved eyes.

"My wife has finally decided to wake up."

A large face loomed down.

Chun Nuan's mind went blank. Yes, she was married. She had a husband.

"What time is it? Is it already dawn?"

Zhao Minghua... I really didn't expect her to say something so jarring on our wedding night.

"It's still early, it's the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) now." Zhao Minghua asked in a hoarse voice, "Wife, is there some important ceremony we haven't performed yet?"

"Huh?" Chun Nuan thought for a moment: "Yes."

Zhao Minghua was overjoyed, but then he heard Chunnuan say, "It seems we didn't drink the nuptial wine."

Zhao Minghua went to the outer courtyard to toast the guests. By the time he returned, Chunnuan was already asleep. He thought about what he wanted to do, but was afraid of scaring her... so they didn't drink the nuptial wine.

Chunnuan is right.

But what kind of good person would get up at the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) to drink nuptial wine?
It seems that none of these procedures can be omitted.

Seeing Chunnuan's serious expression, Zhao Minghua had no choice but to make the arrangements.

Zhao Minghua brought over the wine glass, and the two drank the nuptial wine on the bed.

"The alcohol is burning your throat, drink some warm water."

Chun Nuan took the warm water and drank it. Her face, which was already sleepy, was now flushed, making Zhao Minghua's heart skip a beat.

"Warm..."

When Chunnuan heard this sound, she looked up, and then...

Chunnuan felt that the books her mother had given her were really useless, because there were people who were even less familiar with them than she was.

After struggling for a while, the two finally found a way and spent their wedding night in an awkward yet exciting atmosphere.

At dawn, Dingxiang called softly from outside the door.

"Young mistress, it's past 5 a.m. (Mao Shi)."

I was instructed last night that I must get up early today to serve tea.

Chunnuan sometimes stays up late while making pills, and waking up late is the norm for her. Her schedule is irregular, and she needs her maid to remind her.

"Get ready to serve them."

Chunnuan was still very sleepy at this moment. She had been drinking late into the night and was still quite tired. Plus, it was her first time having sex with someone, and the two inexperienced people had been going at it for a long time. She was exhausted and sleepy. Getting her up... well, she was already a married woman and a daughter-in-law of the Zhao family. It was her first day, so she had to get up.

"No rush." ​​Zhao Minghua pushed her back down and shouted towards the door, "None of you need to come in."

"It's already dawn, I have to get up and serve tea, I can't keep the elders waiting."

The hand resting on her body was very heavy, and Chunnuan didn't even have the strength to move.

“I told my mother yesterday that we should go to offer tea in the morning, not so early.”

Is this something that can be accommodated?
"Thank you for your hard work last night."

Zhao Minghua was deeply moved by his sleepy-eyed newlywed wife, but he also knew that this was not the time for him to take action.

You should cherish your own wife.

"Are you hungry? I'll have someone prepare some food."

Eating before even getting out of bed?

In fact, I really am hungry when spring warms up.

It seems I ate a lot and burned a lot of energy last night.

"Someone, bring in the porridge."

"Yes, Master."

Then, in the drowsy state of spring, she was fed red date porridge.

After eating most of a bowl, he went back to sleep.

When she woke up again, she cried out in shock, "Zhao Minghua, you've ruined my life!"

It was already broad daylight, well past Chenshi (7-9 AM).

Whose bride is serving tea at 9 AM?

Even if she doesn't want to act like a virtuous woman, she can't be this lazy.

Won't people talk about this?

"My mother said that everyone was tired from yesterday's wedding, so they all got up late. It would be just right to go and serve tea at 9 am."

Chunnuan didn't believe a single word he said!

She hurriedly got up and washed, and Dingxiang combed her hair.

Looking at her face in the bronze mirror, Chunnuan found it amazing: indeed, a woman who has experienced life has a radiant and lustrous complexion.

Medical books say that the combination of Yin and Yang in sexual techniques is a form of self-cultivation, which is indeed different.

As spring warms her face, she becomes even more shy.

"Young mistress, which hairpin should we use?"

Dingxiang was curious. Her young mistress wasn't the type to wear everything on her head, so she hadn't bought many hairpins. But now, there was a box of hairpins on the dressing table, and she didn't know which one to choose or which one the young mistress preferred.

"Why so many?"

Looking at the box full of various hairpins, Chunnuan asked in surprise, "Did the person who did your makeup yesterday add these?"

"No, these are not on the dowry list."

Dingxiang was curious, as her young mistress didn't even know about these hairpins.

As soon as I turned the corner, I saw Zhao Minghua.

"Third Young Master."

Dingxiang bowed.

"You may step back now," Zhao Minghua said. "I will handle this."

"Yes."

Dingxiang was naturally happy to see her son-in-law treat her daughter well.

They quickly retreated, not daring to disturb them.

After Dingxiang left, Zhao Minghua asked Chunnuan which hairpin she liked.

"Did you prepare these?"

Is there anything that spring warmth cannot understand?

It warmed my heart that such a grown man had quietly prepared so many hairpins for her.

"When did you buy it?"

When spring warmed up, I counted them, and there were as many as twenty-eight.

“When you travel to different places for work or leisure, buy whatever you like. I don’t know which one you will like, so I buy them all and you can choose for yourself. If you don’t like them, you can give them away as gifts.”

“I like them all.” Chunnuan shook her head: “You bought them yourself, how could I bear to give them to you?”

Hearing Chunnuan say she liked them all, Zhao Minghua's face lit up with a big smile.

"Here, let me put one on you."

"Okay, hurry up, we'll be late..."

"It doesn't matter."

He personally put the hairpin on Chunnuan's head and took her hand, saying, "Let's go, I'll take you to see them."

Zhao Minghua has spoken about the Zhao family's situation more than once.

My grandmother has passed away, but my grandfather is still alive; he is an elderly doctor.

Of course, he hadn't seen patients for twelve years, and he had passed on all his knowledge to his elder brother, Zhao Mingqing.

Chunnuan has great respect for senior doctors.

She had imagined the old doctor to be similar to her grandfather, the kind and benevolent type. But when she arrived at the main hall and saw Old Master Zhao sitting at the head of the table, Chun Nuan... completely shattered her expectations.

Instead of a kind face, he had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a full beard. Most importantly, both his hair and beard were black, not white at all.

This is probably the last bit of stubbornness of the old doctors. They are very good at maintaining their health, knowing what to eat and what to do, and never exhausting their bodies.

“Nuan Nuan, this is Grandpa.”

Zhao Minghua took her hand and they both knelt down in front of Grandpa Zhao: "Grandfather, I have brought back the granddaughter-in-law you have been longing for."

"Grandfather, please have some tea."

"Good, good, good child, our Zhao family is blessed."

Old Master Zhao smiled broadly, took the tea, took a sip, and put it on the table. Then he took a red cloth bag from the servant behind him.

“Grandfather knows you are a very talented person, so he is giving you a gift.”

He handed the red cloth bag to Chunnuan, gesturing for her to open it and take a look.

In fact, everyone in the Zhao family craned their necks to see what gift the old man had given them: a large red cloth bag that looked very valuable.

As everyone knows, the old man was extremely excited that Zhao Minghua was able to marry the granddaughter of Physician Xiao.

Putting everything else aside, he got up at dawn this morning to prepare tea for his granddaughter-in-law, but she told him he had to wait.

The old man simply said it was fine, he could wait. He hadn't been able to sleep for the past thirty years, and we couldn't let everyone else be deprived of sleep just because he couldn't sleep.

In fact, everyone knows that he got up early because he was excited.

It's because I like the newlyweds Zhao Minghua that I let them sleep as long as they want.

Now, what they're taking out must be their most treasured possession.

Chunnuan felt it was impolite to look at the gift in front of everyone.

But the old man gestured for her to look, so she opened it and took a look.

When Chunnuan opened it, she was startled.

"Fang's Notes?"

"Yes, I found this notebook by chance. It contains mostly records of medicine making." The old man said, "Ming and Qing were more inclined to see patients, Minglang was focused on taking the imperial examinations, and Minghua was unreliable from a young age, unable to concentrate on studying or learning medicine. Perfect, you are good at processing medicinal materials, so I'll give you this book, how about it?"

"Thank you for your gift, Grandfather."

Chunnuan quickly and sincerely thanked them.

Do you like it?

“I love it; my grandfather’s gift is exceptionally precious.”

"Haha, this is a person who knows their stuff." The old man turned to the servant and said, "Old Li, what did you say back then?"

“Master, it is this servant who has no vision.”

When the old man found this book and said he wanted to give it to his granddaughter-in-law as a gift when they met and she was to be served tea, his old friend Chu Li thought the old man was a bit stingy. He said that young girls like gold, silver and jewelry, but the old man insisted on giving her a yellowed old book. So he advised him to be more considerate and to choose something else.

As a result, the third young mistress liked it so much.

It's genuine affection, not an act.

"Nuan Nuan, have you seen this book before?"

The old man then asked a surprising question.

"Grandfather, Chunnuan has met the person who wrote this book."

what?
"Is it a family old friend?"

After all, Physician Xiao is a renowned doctor with both high moral character and excellent medical skills. His family has a long history of practicing medicine, so it's entirely possible that they know several capable doctors.

“No, we met on the road on the way back from the northern desert last year.” Chunnuan said to Zhao Minghua, “Do you remember when Tang Tietou took me to visit Grandpa Fang?”

"remember."

Of course I remember. Qingsheng told him that the old man Fang really liked Chunnuan and even tried to keep her as his granddaughter-in-law.

So, at this moment, this book is written by Mr. Fang?
“Yes, it was written by Grandpa Fang.” Chun Nuan flipped through the pages: “The handwriting is exactly the same. Grandpa Fang said he had nine notebooks, but only three have survived over the years. The others have disappeared without a trace.”

He gave himself one of each of the three books.

Chunnuan never expected that Old Master Zhao had another copy, and that he had given it to her.

"It seems you have a connection with this Doctor Fang."

Doctors have always believed most in fate.

Medicine is meant to help those who are destined to meet; only those with a predestined connection can meet and gather together.

"Exactly."

Spring warmth evokes a myriad of emotions.

"Nuan Nuan, I'm still waiting to drink my daughter-in-law's tea." Seeing that the old man and his granddaughter-in-law seemed to keep talking about other people, Mrs. Zhao kindly reminded Chun Nuan that it was time to serve tea: "I've been waiting for this cup of tea for three whole years."

"Father, please have some tea."

"Mother, please have some tea."

Spring warmth made her face blush.

Yes, whenever she sees a medical book or a difficult case, she becomes engrossed in studying it, forgetting the time and everything else.

"Alright, alright, from now on, you can call me Mother just like the third brother does."

The word "mother" sounds very unfamiliar when used in front of strangers.

"Yes, mother."

"So nice."

Mrs. Zhao gave Chunnuan a pair of ruby ​​jewelry.

This was part of her dowry from the Zhou family matriarch when she got married, and she had treasured it all this time without ever wearing it.

Now, giving it to my youngest daughter-in-law also expresses my appreciation for the warmth of spring.

Next, we served tea to the elder brother, Zhao Mingqing, and his wife.

Zhao Mingqing has been practicing medicine for eighteen years and has always been very curious about his sister-in-law who makes medicine.

Seeing you today, I can see you are indeed remarkable.

Not only is she exceptionally beautiful, but she is also incredibly talented.

No wonder he was able to curb the third brother's impulsive nature.

It has to be said that the third child is a very lucky person. He has had everything he wanted since he was a child.

"Third sister-in-law, come visit Changzhou when you have time."

Zhao Mingqing's wife, Madam Lu, was gentle and virtuous, and she invited her with a smile.

"Okay, thank you for the invitation, sister-in-law. My husband and I will definitely go and bother you later."

"welcome."

The next person to offer tea is Zhao Minglang.

In Zhao Mingqing's words, his second brother was a diligent person. He wasn't very bright, but he was stubborn and single-minded. He was convinced that he was destined to take the imperial examinations, so he studied hard all the time.

It must be said that scholars are truly unique, possessing a strong scholarly air about them.

He took a sip of Chunnuan's tea and presented her with a painting as a gift.

Chunnuan returned the greetings to everyone and offered tea to all of them, thus getting to know the Zhao family members.

“Nuan Nuan, the third son is a very lively person. I feel quite at ease leaving him in your care.” Mrs. Zhao did not forget to give her son a warning: “If he makes you angry, tell me and I will beat him up.”

"Don't worry, Mother, I..."

“Mother, I’m married now, how could I still be so carefree?” Zhao Minghua was the first to object: “Mother, have you forgotten your son now that you have a wife?”

"Get lost, you brat! You're still so irresponsible even after getting married." Mrs. Zhao laughed in exasperation. "Hurry up, take Nuannuan back home to eat something and let her rest some more. She was exhausted yesterday..."

I don't know why, but as soon as Chunnuan heard that she was exhausted yesterday, her face turned red to the roots of her ears.

Turns out I'm someone who tends to overthink things!

I'm also very thin-skinned.

Zhao Minghua brought Chunnuan back to his courtyard and then summoned all the servants.

"From today onwards, this courtyard will be renamed Nuanxiang Pavilion. Regardless of what jobs you did before, from now on, you will all obey the Third Young Mistress's orders and have everything under her control. Do you understand?"

"understood."

"You all serve me well, and I will not mistreat you."