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Chapter 126 Waiting for the Disease ([-])

"Of course not, it's all as it should be." An Xiu'er replied hastily.

Wu Shi was able to think of her when she was sick, and she felt very happy. Taking care of the elderly at home is the responsibility of a daughter-in-law. Naturally, An Xiu'er would not back down, so she nodded and agreed immediately.

"Okay, then I will ask you to take care of me during this time." Wu Shi was quite satisfied with An Xiu'er's answer, and she said: "Some time ago, Mrs. Li in the city was ill, and her daughter-in-law took care of her in undressed clothes. After she recovered from her illness, she even showed it off to me, and now that I am ill, I have a daughter-in-law to take care of me."

An Xiu'er smiled shyly, she didn't think so much at the moment, she just wanted to take good care of Wu Shi, try to make her change her opinion of her, accept her without asking her to pass this time, but at least let her She could be better with her senses.

So An Xiu'er began to wait for Wu's illness for a period of time.

First, the big maid beside Wu Shi came over and gave An Xiuer a list, which mainly contained some precautions about Wu Shi's decoction, and she herself explained to her: "Madam, the old lady needs this medicine every day. Drink it twice, each time you have to boil it for an hour, you have to be careful."

As she spoke, she took An Xiuer to Wu Shi's small kitchen, where there was Wu Shi's medicine pot on the stove, the maid picked up the medicine pot and showed it to An Xiu'er, saying: "This medicine can be used every day. Pour four bowls of water at a time, you need to use high heat first, then turn to medium heat and then low heat, within an hour, you can boil these four bowls of water into a bowl of medicine, do you understand?"

"Understood." An Xiu'er nodded, but she was secretly dumbfounded in her heart, there are too many rules, if the medicine is boiled like this, wouldn't she have to stay by the side of the soup for an hour?
"The old lady's medicines are here, all wrapped up. You can boil one medicine at a time, and you can boil two medicines for one medicine." The servant girl went to the side again, opened a drawer, and explained to An Xiu'er road.

"Got it." An Xiu'er remembered all these precautions in her heart.

"Also, the time to take the medicine is at the beginning of Chen Shichu and the beginning of You Shichu every day." The servant girl explained again: "You must remember this clearly, don't make a mistake!"

An Xiu'er also nodded, she took the medicine at the beginning of the hour, and it took an hour to boil the medicine, so that means she had to get up at the end of the hour?It's not even dawn at the end of Yinshi, even in the countryside, probably the rooster didn't crow at that time.

But it's okay, if I get up in the morning to make medicine, then I can go to bed early at night, An Xiu'er thought to herself.

Next, the girl explained a bunch of precautions and Wu's habits and temperament, etc., and left the rest to An Xiu'er.

It was already afternoon, An Xiu'er came to Wu's place, the first thing to do was to boil medicine, the girl Banxia who was with her was sent away, she could only do it herself.

Fortunately, she is not the kind of person who can't work. The work of boiling medicine is not difficult for her, but it is not that simple. Sitting with a fan all the time is quite tiring, and it is easy to get through it At this hour, An Xiu'er boiled the medicine and brought it to Wu Shi, but Wu Shi didn't give her a good face.

"Mother, I've taken the medicine." An Xiu'er said in a low voice.

"Anshi, I really want to treat you well, so I asked you to wait for me. If you don't want to, just go back." Wu Shi said coldly.

"Why did mother say that?" An Xiu'er felt that Wu's words were inexplicable. She really wanted to use this opportunity to make Wu's view of her change. Charge it.

"Didn't Chunhong tell you when I want to take the medicine? Look at the time, it's three quarters of Yin time now, and you're two quarters of an hour late." Wu was very displeased.

"I'm sorry." An Xiu'er immediately apologized to Mrs. Wu, and said, "As soon as Chunhong finished talking to me, I immediately started to prepare. I didn't expect that it was a bit late after cooking for an hour."

"There are many excuses." Seeing that An Xiu'er's attitude of admitting her mistakes was not bad, Wu Shi snorted coldly and said, "If that's the case, why are you still standing there?"

An Xiu'er originally put the medicine on the carved table beside Wu Shi, but when she heard what Wu Shi said, she was stunned for a moment, and asked bravely, "Mother, do you want me to feed you?"

"Why, don't you know how to serve others?" Wu raised her eyelids and glanced at her.

An Xiu'er understood what she meant, came over and gave her medicine.

She drank a bowl of medicine for a long time. She thought it was too hot at first, so An Xiu'er scooped it up, blew it to cool it down, and then fed it. Only then did she open her mouth in satisfaction.

An Xiu'er has never served others like this, and she is not used to others serving like this, she always finds it a bit weird, but it doesn't matter, as long as Wu Shi likes it.

After Wu finished drinking the medicine, An Xiuer brought her some tea to rinse her mouth, but she was still dissatisfied, saying that her mouth was very bitter, and ordered An Xiuer to bring her candied fruit, but An Xiuer finally found Chunhong to bring it. , she also disliked this kind of candied fruit, she didn't like it, and said she wanted to sell it at Bazhen Pavilion in the county town.

An Xiu'er had never been to the Bazhen Pavilion, but she reacted quickly, and immediately said: "Then I will let the servant girl buy it now."

But Wu Shi said: "How long will it take for the maid to buy it?"

"Then what should we do?" An Xiu'er asked.

Wu waved at An Xiu'er, An Xiu'er took two steps forward, but she took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, put down the teacup, then glanced at An Xiu'er, lowered her eyes, and said slowly: "You don't have feet Is it? I heard that girls in your country have big unbound feet and can run fast."

An Xiu'er looked down at her feet. Although she hadn't been bound and was much bigger than people like Wu Shi and Ye Jingshu, she definitely couldn't be called big feet.

What Wu meant was that she wanted her to go to the county town to buy it herself. She could use a maid to do it for her, so she deliberately asked her to go in person.

"Okay, I'll go." An Xiu'er thought for a while, but still agreed.

"Then you have to hurry up, it's late, I might not want to eat." Wu Shi said leisurely.

An Xiuer's body paused, but she still walked out without turning her head. After walking a few steps, she suddenly remembered that she had no money, but it didn't matter, she now knew something about the Zhang family's system, and asked Wu She is lucky to read the account book, she now knows that she has no money to go to the account room to withdraw.

She still vaguely remembered the prices of the items in the Bazhen Pavilion. Compared with ordinary candied fruit, the candied fruit in the Bazhen Pavilion was considered to be very valuable. An Xiuer withdrew 100 taels of silver, and randomly found a little girl who looked pleasing to the eye. , went out together.

She was lucky, the maid she found at random turned out to be the son of the Zhang family. Although she couldn't say she knew the county well, she could easily find a small Bazhen Pavilion.

With her help, An Xiu'er arrived at Bazhen Pavilion almost without any detours.

There are many kinds of candied fruit in Bazhen Pavilion, An Xiu'er forgot to ask Wu which kind of candied fruit he likes, but she brought enough money, enough for her to buy some of each kind of candied fruit.

After buying something, she was about to pay, but the little girl beside her whispered in her ear: "Madam, in fact, you don't need to pay directly when you come to buy something, and it can be directly credited to our Zhang family's account." That's it."

"is it?"

After being reminded like this by her, An Xiu'er remembered that when she looked at the ledger last time, she did have the general ledgers of the major stores. She wanted to try this kind of mode of directly keeping accounts without paying for shopping. , then raised his head and said to the shopkeeper: "I am from the Zhang family, can I directly record it in the account of the Zhang family?"

I saw the middle-aged shopkeeper who was fiddling with the abacus lifted up, glanced at her face, and said with a half-hearted smile: "Excuse me for my clumsy eyes, may I ask which lady of the Zhang family are you?"

"I am the wife of Zhang Zhen'an, the uncle of the Zhang family." An Xiu'er explained to the shopkeeper, she felt that the shopkeeper didn't seem to trust her very much.

"Sorry, I've never heard that Uncle Zhang has married a wife." The shopkeeper glanced at An Xiu'er, lowered his head and fiddled with his abacus, and ignored her any more.

The little maid at the side was a little annoyed, and said: "This is really the eldest lady of our Zhang family."

Being ignored by others, An Xiu'er was also a little frustrated. Some people had already cast their eyes here. An Xiu'er didn't like being surrounded by people, so she pulled the little maid and said in a low voice: "Okay, don't talk about it." .”

"Chenghui 76 taels, I'll wipe off the change for you, and count it as 75 taels for you." The shopkeeper raised his head and said after finishing the calculation.

An Xiu'er paid the money, took her things and left.

Someone behind said: "Hey, you are pretending to be the eldest wife of the Zhang family. How can the eldest wife of the Zhang family come out to buy things in person? As long as you order, she will not take the initiative to deliver to her door."

"That's right. People from Zhang's family are surrounded by left and right when they go out. They are very grand. No matter how bad they are, they still ride in a carriage. I have never seen this walking."

"Maybe it's a shady little concubine, or some kind of housewife."

An Xiu'er's hearing is not bad, the words of these people clearly reached her ears, and the little maid at the side also heard her, and instead felt a little sympathetic to her, saying: "Madam, don't be so fussy with these people, they understand What, they are just jealous of you, so they talk nonsense."

"I know, you don't need to comfort me." An Xiu'er twitched the corners of her mouth, showing a smile, and said, "Okay, let's go back quickly, it will be dark tomorrow."

"That's right." The little maid quickened her pace.

When they arrived at Zhang's house, the little servant girl sent An Xiu'er to the door of Wu's courtyard, because she was not qualified enough to enter Wu's courtyard, An Xiu'er took the things from her hand, thanked her, and took He handed her five taels of silver and said, "Thank you for showing me the way today."

"It should be, it should be." Seeing An Xiu'er's generosity, the little girl was a little flattered.

Actually, An Xiu'er just didn't have change on her body, besides, she really wanted to thank this little girl.

Because her yard is far away from Wu's, she didn't go back to her own yard today. When she was looking for someone to accompany her to the street, everyone else avoided her. Only she stood up and was willing to go out with her. .

(End of this chapter)