Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 9

A farce in March ended with the side wife being grounded and fined for half a year.Mrs. Side stopped for a while, but Shi Niang knew that the temporary silence did not mean Mrs. Side surrendered.What she is best at is forbearance, and she will always give you a blow at the right time.

Afterwards, Mrs. Chen secretly sent someone to ask Shiniang if she would like to learn medical skills, but Shiniang couldn't make up her mind for a while.The person didn't force her to come, she just said that the lady had thought about it and sent someone to answer the lady.

Shiniang took the chess playing piano to find Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen waved back the servants and had a secret conversation with Shiniang. In Chen's house, he studied with Yugui for an hour.

Yugui is the most important maid of the Chen family. She is not the best-looking, nor does she have a slick personality, but she is the most important among the four maids of the Chen family. After Shi Niang studied with her for a period of time, Understand why she won the first place when Chen's subordinates are twice as capable.

Recalling Yugui's obstruction when she was in the small courtyard and the twists and turns behind her, Shi Niang had to admire Yugui.When encountering an unexpected situation, he can act decisively to stand up and protect the Lord loyally; when the situation is critical, he can predict the mind of the unruly person in time and protect himself without revealing the dew; finally, when the situation turns around, he can take advantage of people's unpreparedness and give them back. The opponent hits.

If these are the admirable features of yugui, then yugui is really admirable in terms of identifying and diagnosing medicinal materials.She can quickly classify and register all kinds of medicinal materials, and can also distinguish the quality of medicinal materials and whether poisonous substances have been added. She can also simply diagnose the pulse and understand the pharmacy.Although it is not as good as the doctors outside, some common cases can also be cured by medicine.

What's even better is that she also prescribed the medicinal diet that Shi Niang ate with Chen.After she prescribed the prescription, she gave it to Mrs. Chen for review, and then gave it to Ganoderma lucidum.Shi Niang followed her, but she also found it interesting.

She didn't follow the scriptures like other gentlemen, but took Shi Niang to start with the details.For example, what are the commonly used medicines given during the most basic New Year etiquette and human relations, and why such gifts are given, and the efficacy and use of medicines are analyzed bit by bit from these small things.Sometimes Shi Niang was asked to observe the appearance and characteristics of various medicines in the warehouse, and combined with the description in "Drug Encyclopedia" to deepen her memory.

Learning to identify the principles of medicine is a boring process, and sometimes Yugui will teach Shiniang to learn the methods of using medicine to make fragrance and nourishing medicine in terms of the use of medicinal materials.Shi Niang is a person who can calm down, and she has benefited a lot from following Yugui. Even Ruhua has learned a lot of medicinal food from Ganoderma lucidum.

One day, after learning how to identify medicinal herbs with Yugui, she came out of the Chen family's house. When Shiniang passed by the small garden with the painting Baoqin, she was attracted by the colorful flowers in the garden.Thinking of Yugui's saying that many medicinal materials are extracted from plants and flowers, she was tempted to make some essential oil ointment by herself, so she took the painting Baoqin into the small garden.

She ordered the maid to pick fresh flowers to make essential oils and spices, and Shi Niang herself also looked for flowers and plants that could be used as medicine in the garden.Roses, lavender, pear blossoms, Michelle, Qigu, Ditanghua, and Shiniang spotted the safflower wood sorrel with sharp eyes, and they harvested a lot in a short while.The master and servants wrapped the flowers in handkerchiefs, and even the little maids who followed each held a handful of them.Ten Niang couldn't help laughing at the maids holding flowers.It's been a long time since Shi Niang went back to see Shi Niang, and found them along the way. Seeing the funny faces of the people, he went back and fetched flower baskets and bamboo baskets to hold all kinds of flowers for them.

Such a big movement by Shi Niang naturally alarmed Chen. Before she waited for someone to call Shi Niang, she was waiting for the news that the old lady would come to exchange her for dinner.Since she married into the Du Mansion, this was the first time she was summoned by the old lady alone at dinner.

Now Shi Niang gets up at Yinshi to do morning exercises with her, and at Zhengmaoshi she goes to the old lady's place to say hello to the old lady after having breakfast in her main room.Then Mrs. Chen would take Shi Niang back to her room, and she would sit in the meeting hall and listen to the daughters-in-law and mother-in-law going back and forth in the yard to deal with the big and small affairs in the yard, and Shi Niang would accompany her and wait for her own teaching.

After taking a nap, Shi Niang came to the yard to study with Yugui, and for dinner, Shi Niang went to Yunranju to accompany the old lady for dinner.

The old lady is considerate of the daughter-in-law, except for the time when they let their sisters-in-law serve the breakfast, the daughter-in-law is usually not allowed to serve the dinner, and only brings a few granddaughters to eat under the service of the maid.When Mrs. Chen received the summons and hurried to Yunranju, the old lady was talking to her granddaughters.

Mrs. Chen came forward to pay her respects, but the old lady didn't seem to hear her, and just left her alone.For a while, the younger generation looked at each other in dismay, is grandma going to hit my fourth aunt, but what kind of trouble is she doing with us?Holding the handkerchief in one hand, Mrs. Chen squatted down and lowered her head steadily, as if she didn't care about her mother-in-law's troubles.

Just as Shi Niang wanted to get up, she was held down by the old lady. She only heard the old lady ask, "Shi Niang, what are you doing at home this time? Why did I hear Ba Niang complain that you stopped playing with her? But where is your eighth sister?" Offended you? If your eighth sister is wrong, I will ask her to make it up to you, and the sisters of the whole family still need to be intimate."

As soon as the old lady's words came out, Ba Niang yelled, "Grandmother, when did I complain to you about Shimei? I just got off from Zhuangzi..." Shi Niang was so focused on helping Mrs. Chen that she didn't notice Ba Niang's words. The last few words were automatically silenced under the old lady's gaze.

"Grandmother, Tenth Sister was tired a few days ago, so she didn't come out often, but she still thought about our sisters, and often asked Fourth Aunt to give our sisters some small things to play with. Eighth Sister is young, and I think Tenth Sister is also a human being." It's normal. Don't worry, grandma, the two younger sisters are fine." Liu Niang looked at the somewhat indifferent scene and said softly.

She originally had good intentions to save the two younger sisters, but after hearing this, the old lady not only did not expose this problem, but instead showed concern for Shi Niang.

"Ten girls, were you tired of your mother's affairs a few days ago? Why don't you listen to your child, but have you seen the doctor? Your child's family is not serious, and your mother will tell you without saying anything. Let me know!" The old lady turned her head and said dissatisfiedly to Mrs. Chen.

"Grandmother, Shi Niang is fine. I feel very sorry for disturbing my mother, and you keep worrying about me and my sisters. It's Shi Niang's fault. My mother makes medicinal food for Shi Niang every day, and Shi Niang feels that she looks better. Yes." Ten Niang hurriedly stood up and replied.

The old lady looked at Shi Niang's begging eyes, and said to Chen Shi, "Since you are Shi Niang's mother, you should do your best to take care of her. If the child has a headache, you have to send a maid to inform me. Forget it this time, but There will be no next time. Ten Niang, good boy, help your mother to sit down."

The old lady saw that Mrs. Chen thanked herself respectfully, and there was no dissatisfaction on her face after she took her seat, she secretly thought, she is indeed the daughter of the Chen family, and she is well-educated and well-educated.Just one point, the age is too young, the ten mothers can't keep it together, so you have to provide more snacks yourself.If there is anything that Mrs. Chen can't take care of, it's better to mention her.

When the meal was set, Shi Niang stood beside Chen Shi and helped Chen Shi set it up. Seeing Shi Niang's actions, the old lady sighed inwardly at Chen Shi's good tricks. Within three months of entering the mansion, Shi Niang had already faintly approached her. move closer.If it's a good one, that's all right; if it's someone who hides a traitor in his heart, that's really a bad thing. You need to mention Shi Niang more, beat her more, so as not to give birth to thoughts you shouldn't have.

This thought was only for a moment. Seeing the big wind and waves, the old lady didn't show anything on her face, she just said, "The fourth family, I don't need you to serve today. You have worked hard to take care of Shi Niang these days, and accompany me with the children." Let's eat."

The grandchildren couldn't understand for a while what kind of medicine the grandmother bought in the gourd. Didn't they just want to save the face of the fourth aunt just now, why did they give them food all at once? This is too wrong.Don't you know that this is just a method commonly used by mothers-in-law, or it is a method used by superiors to show both grace and power.

The younger generation doesn't understand, but Chen's cleverness understands that the old lady's embarrassment with so many grandchildren today has nothing to do with Shi Niang's affairs. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than beating her.A few days ago, she teamed up with the third room to fight against the second room of the eldest room, and divided the world in the mansion.

This is a subtle reminder that she should not be eager to do things.The old lady's concerns are justified.Today is different from the past, only this time the three wives return to Beijing, and they will definitely stay in the mansion for their children and marriage.What is the use of the honorable order of the fourth rank? These days, the servants are scrambling to curry favor with each other.

The days when Sanfang didn't intervene in the affairs of the government and was oppressed by the eldest and second family will be gone forever.Moreover, the transfer order of the third house master will be issued in a short time. If the third wife and the big house get into trouble because of the high-ranking and important officials from the third rank, there will be chaos in the mansion.Aside from mentioning the future of the gentlemen in the outer court, the old lady is also afraid that the third house will be too powerful to control the third lady, and the foundation of the house will be disrupted.

Although Yunqiwei's mansion is not of high rank, it has a profound foundation. The grandfather of the Du family, who followed the ancestor to fight the world, made a lot of money on the battlefield, and the successors of the past generations were all cautious and cautious. However, the military power has not come to an end where all the birds have been hidden. It is a skill in itself to preserve the whole family's title and pass it on from generation to generation.

When Mrs. Chen was in her natal family, her father and brother had analyzed the Du mansion, and they had also repeatedly warned them not to confront the old lady.Chen is not trying to be brave, this time he was forced to join forces with the third wife, but in the end he had a sense of proportion and did not make any more noise, otherwise there would be no room for the second wife.Although Mrs. Chen didn't say anything about the old lady's beating and reminding, she admired it in her heart.

Therefore, she wouldn't feel cold because of her mother-in-law's beating. She thought it was a normal reaction, but in the eyes of the old lady, she was calm and calm.On the contrary, no matter whether it is for the sake of kindness or for her, the old lady is also happy to acknowledge her face in front of the juniors.Regarding the matter of giving food, Mrs. Chen was also calm, and sat beside the old lady openly.

Seeing her mother sitting down, Shi Niang sat down, taking her last seat.The old lady changed Shiniang to sit beside her again. From the corner of her eyes, Shiniang saw Mrs. Chen nod her head secretly, and then she thanked her grandmother for the gift and sat beside the old lady, sitting next to her mother on the left and right.Although Mrs. Chen sat down, she still picked up the serving chopsticks to pick out her favorite dishes for the old lady.

Seeing that her mother was only picking up the old lady's favorite dishes, Shi Niang couldn't help frowning, and also took a chopstick from the serving chopsticks in the hand of the maid behind her, and put it in the old lady's bowl.Watching the old lady eat the food she picked up, and she was about to give it to grandma again, when she looked up, she saw Mrs. Chen shook her head quietly in disapproval, and then gave the food to Liu Niang beside her, and said softly, "Sixth sister, what's the matter?" Eat some, this is delicious."

Liu Niang winked at Shi Niang, smiled and ate the food that Shi Niang gave her.The old lady happened to see this scene, so she didn't say much, she just ordered the maids to switch the places of the dishes that the girls like to eat and put them in front of everyone.

"It's getting late, let's all go back." After eating the meal quietly, the old lady saw that it was getting late, so she ordered everyone to disperse, and each room left without mentioning it.

(End of this chapter)