Yutai Bi

Chapter 184 Laba 1
The cry sounded like a sharp knife piercing through the diaphragm blocking her five senses, Cen Sanniang woke up, and heard Mrs. Du's voice clearly: "Finally the fever has subsided."

She half opened her eyes, and gradually saw the person in front of the bed clearly.Mrs. Du, Yan Wan, Mother Fang, A Qiuxia Chu, but there is no Du Yansui.

The corners of his eyes were wet, and weeping uncontrollably.The dream is so real, and the real scares her.

"I'm awake, I'm finally awake!" Mrs. Du put a veil on the corners of her eyes, and held her hand tightly.

"Is there a letter from Mr. Xiang?" Cen Sanniang asked in a murmur.

Du Yanwan began to cry: "Sister-in-law, don't worry about him, you almost scared me and grandma to death!"

Mrs. Du held her hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I heard that we won a battle and wiped out 300 people."

Mother Fang came forward with a smile and tucked the quilt for her: "Young madam, this servant made you a pot of porridge with fish slices, boiled in a casserole on a low heat, and drank the medicinal soup for a few days, let's eat a bowl of porridge."

It's Mother Fang, not the nanny.Cen Sanniang smiled weakly.He said to Mrs. Du: "Mother's funeral..."

"You child..." Mrs. Du looked at her kindly, "There are so many people in the Du family, not least of which is you. The most important thing is to recover from illness with peace of mind."

She helped Yin's mother's hand to stand up, with a relaxed smile on her face: "Grandma has gone back. Let Yan Wan accompany you."

"Don't!" Cen Sanniang said softly, "I have Fang's mother here, and a house full of girls. It's fine if I can't help with family affairs, and I can't drag Yanwan anymore. Go, I'm in good health, I'll be fine after a few days All right."

Du Yanwan nodded with red eyes: "Sister-in-law, you can recuperate at ease, I am in the house."

Wait until they are all gone.Fang's mother cheerfully supported Cen Sanniang in her arms, Ah Qiu wrapped a handkerchief around her neck, and Xia Chu sat on the edge of the kang with a bowl of fish porridge to feed her.

She seemed to know what Cen Sanniang was thinking, so she whispered to her: "You burned like a charcoal man, and you were confused for three days. Miss Danhua returned to the palace and returned to the palace. The emperor sent an imperial doctor to prescribe the prescription. Fang Mom wiped your body with old ginger dipped in wine, and she retired today."

Fang's mother was proud: "Young madam is holding on to the servant and yelling at mother not to leave. When the servant is with you, it reminds me that I had a fever when I was a child. That's what my old mother did. It really is very useful."

Cen Sanniang swallowed a sip of porridge, and her spirits improved a bit: "It's hard for my mother."

"Young madam concentrates on drinking porridge. This is a servant's job." Mother Fang was very happy.Being remembered by Cen Sanniang is happier than rewarding her as the steward of the inner courtyard.

Xia Chu went on to say: "The eldest lady of the first room is here to help with the management. In the past few days when you have been ill, the wives of the second room, Miss Eighth, and Miss Eleven have all come to see you. Oh, Mrs. Uncle and Second Master I've been here too."

"And the third wife of Yuchi, the second wife of the Cen family, and the young wife of the Cen family have all been here." Ah Qiu also answered.

Slowly, so many connections were accumulated in Chang'an.Cen Sanniang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will recuperate at ease, and don't worry about other things. There are so many people, not many of them are me."

To be honest, the relationship between Cen Sanniang and Mrs. Zhang is not deep.Just because she is Du Yansui's mother, she only does what she should do.There are so many people, and Yan Wan is back, it is really not her turn to support her sick body to earn performance.

She tried her best to make herself eat more, and she couldn't drink more than half of a bowl of porridge.Ah Qiu wiped her mouth and rinsed her mouth with water.Mother Fang asked her to sit up and digest.

Cen Sanniang asked, "Danhua went back to the palace?"

Aqiu replied: "Yes. Miss Danhua has returned to the palace. The maidservant remembered it. She said that she will bring you porridge for Laba Festival."

Danhua said that the Laba Festival came, did he want to visit her or... Cen Sanniang thought of the puppet that Wu Zhaoyi asked her to make, and she had a bottom line. "What day is it today?"

"Young Madam, today is November 27. You only slept for three days," Ah Qiu said.

Cen Sanniang signaled to Fang's mother to let her lie down. The kang was warmed up, making her forget the cold water in Taiye Pool.She closed her eyes: "Got it. I'll sleep a little longer and wake me up when I take the medicine."

Several people covered her with a quilt and lowered the curtains.Xiachu took Fengchun to do needlework on the Arhat couch.Ah Qiu led Nuan Dong to decoct the medicine.Mother Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and went to the Zhengqi Hall in good spirits to listen to Du Yanwan arrange the work.

The room became quiet all of a sudden, Cen Sanniang thought silently, she just eats and sleeps, eats and sleeps, taking care of her body is the first priority.

In the next few days, her body improved day by day.

After the first seven days, Mrs. Zhang couldn't move her spirit, so she had to wait until Du Yansui came back.Fortunately, it is winter, so there is no need to buy ice, which solves a big problem.

The eldest lady has gone back to the house.Du Jingshu told the girl to visit her every day.He said he would come to her again when she was well.

Because Zhang's death is in the main courtyard, the Duke's Mansion closed its doors to thank guests.The aunts in the second bedroom might feel unlucky and didn't come to make trouble.For a while, the mansion seemed exceptionally peaceful.

Cen Sanniang is completely recovered, and there are only three days left before the Laba Festival.

She took the girl to greet the old lady. Seeing her rosy complexion, old lady Du smiled happily: "This year's Laba, let's take care that the whole family can sit together and eat porridge safely."

Because of what the old lady said, Cen Sanniang ordered to buy a lot of materials for making Laba porridge. When the winter sun shone in the yard, the little girls sat on small stools chattering and picking up all kinds of beans.Even though they were still wearing filial piety clothes, their faces were flushed from the cold, their fingers were as cold as radish sticks, and there was a cheerful smile on their faces.

"...Don't be in a hurry to take charge, let Yan Wan do more." Mrs. Du advised Cen Sanniang in this way.

Thinking about it carefully, Yan Wan always wants to get married, so she should do more now, and she will have experience in housework when she gets married in the future.The most important thing is that Du Yanwan is the saddest and most guilty of Mrs. Zhang's death.She always felt guilty for not staying with Mrs. Zhang in the mansion for the last few months.Whenever he was free, he knelt in front of Zhang's spirit and chanted scriptures.Vigorously grinding down a lively girl.

Cen Sanniang was trying to find time to drive the doll out.So I found something for Du Yanwan: "Since the beginning of winter, our family hasn't made winter clothes for the servants. I'm recovering from illness, and I'm not in good spirits. Can you help my sister-in-law with this matter?"

Cen Sanniang almost risked her life to bring her back.Whatever she said, Du Yanwan could only nod her head.When I turned around, I consulted with Mrs. Wang in the weaving room.Nodding people's heads, counting fabrics, and which ones need to be purchased are all done by myself.

I have something to do, my spirit gradually improves, and my mood is much more cheerful.

When eating together at night, I was still thinking: "...the thickest Gema made of two jackets, it's still thin."

At that time, there was no cotton, and winter clothes were made of heavy linen.The nobles all wear woolen clothes and knit socks with twisted wool.The servants can only wear a few more clothes to keep out the cold.

Cen Sanniang asked her, "Which fur is the cheapest in the market?"

Du Yanwan regained her energy and told her in detail: "Lamb skin is cheap and good, but our family doesn't have so much money to buy clothes for the servants."

"Where's the rabbit fur?" Cen Sanniang asked her.

Du Yanwan shook her head: "The tanning of rabbit skin is as time-consuming as sheep skin, and it's still small and loses hair. And the quantity is not much."

Cen Sanniang slapped her head and felt stupid. There is no down jacket and duvet at this time. What a great business opportunity.Advice to her: "There are more people who raise ducks than rabbits. Ducks have fluff before they go out to slaughter. The duck down is washed and dried and stuffed into two layers of jackets to keep warm."

"Really?" Du Yanwan had never heard of it.

Cen Sanniang said casually: "Find more merchants who raise ducks and ask them to collect them before slaughtering them. Our family collects as much as we have. It was wasted in the past, but now we can sell it for money. The accumulation of less will make more, maybe in the future." It’s still a money-making business. We’ll study it after you’ve collected enough.”

Du Yanwan's eyes brightened when she heard this, and she nodded vigorously.

After she left, Mrs. Du held Cen Sanniang's hand and said happily, "Sanniang, you really know how to think."

Cen Sanniang pursed her lips and smiled.She hoped it would work.This business is more exclusive than making head flowers.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Laba Festival.The cooks started working the night before.Put the picked and peeled red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longan, peanuts, etc. and soaked glutinous rice into the pot to boil, and several stoves are used to support the large pot at the same time.It is not considered good until the early morning of Laba.

Packed the food boxes and sent people to Li's, Cen's, Yuchi's and the second room of the big house to deliver.Every servant in the mansion was given a large bowl of fragrant and hot Laba porridge.

Cen Sanniang packed a food box by herself and asked Xia Chu to deliver it to Hei Qi.

When Xia Chu came back, Lao Gao was pouted and complained angrily: "What a rock that can't be warmed! Young Madam kindly brought him porridge alone, but he just said, 'Put it down'! He didn't even say thank you! Kill me! Young Madam, I don’t want to make winter clothes for him!”

Cen Sanniang thought of Hei Qi's insistence on letting the carriage wait for her in front of the palace gate, and she had long been used to his temper, so she smiled without thinking, "Then you cut it, and I will sew it up, it doesn't count as what you did, okay?"

(End of this chapter)