Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Because she ran back in the middle of the night, Daiyu still caught a cold.I got up late the next day, and felt a little dizzy when I sat up.So I simply leaned on the bed and couldn't get up, and I didn't have a good breakfast.

Xueyan rushed back early in the morning, and complained when she entered the door, saying that she couldn't find the lady after searching all night, and she was almost dying of anxiety.I didn't want Miss to come home first.Seeing Daiyu lazily again, he came up and touched her forehead, and said in surprise, "Why is it so hot? Did he catch a cold last night? Lin Ning is really not a proper person." After finishing speaking, Xueyan hurried out to find Lin Ning.

Lin Ning also slept a little late. When Xueyan broke in, he was still lying on the bed. In fact, it was Xueyan's footsteps that woke him up. Went to Lin Ning's bed and shouted: "You are still sleeping here, Miss is sick! I don't know what the hell you guys did last night."

"Ah? Why are you so sick?" Lin Ning was taken aback for a moment, opening the curtain and leaning out without putting on his clothes.

"Ah——" Xueyan saw Lin Ning was about to get out of bed with his upper body naked, and hurriedly covered his face with a handkerchief, his heart was beating, he turned around, and cursed: "You, you are so sleepy! No clothes?"

"It's really weird. Why do you wear clothes when you sleep?" Lin Ning didn't care. In modern times, men and women are not afraid to swim in a swimming pool in swimsuits. Now they are afraid of little girls looking at them?

"There are clothes for sleeping, don't you?" Xueyan turned around, and Lin Ning had already put on a snow-white silk jacket.

"Yes, yes, I find it troublesome." Lin Ning looked at the gown on the hanger while tying his own belt, and said, "Quick, bring me the clothes."

"Hmph, slob, if it wasn't for the sake of the young lady, who would serve you?" Xue Yan frowned, but the man had already brought over the long gown and put it on for Lin Ning.The two went out of the house one after the other, and went directly to Daiyu's room.

Daiyu saw that Lin Ning was so busy that she even tied her belt wrongly, and her light blue clothes were loosely draped over her body, with a large piece of rips at the hem, she couldn't help laughing and said, "It's not a serious illness here, and it's worth it for you." Come here in such a hurry?"

"It wasn't Xueyan girl who pulled me up from the bed directly. If she came a little later, she would have to peel my skin?"

"How dare I!?" Upon hearing Lin Ning's framing, Xueyan immediately retorted: "Didn't you come here in a hurry? You didn't even put your arms into your sleeves, and you were already out of the room. Let's go." So fast, tell me to trot all the way to follow, but say that I am anxious."

Daiyu looked at the two amusedly, shook her head, felt dizzy again, and said, "I guess I got cold last night, so I feel dizzy now. I feel cold too."

"It's okay, just take one or two doses of medicine and you'll be fine." Lin Ning said as he sat by the bed and took Daiyu's arm to check his pulse.

Hey, I really caught a cold.Lin Ning sighed secretly, regretting that she didn't let Daiyu drink some soup to sweat after coming back last night, so she had to prescribe a prescription and take medicine.He turned around and walked to the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote a prescription: one qian of ephedra, one qian of almond, one qian of aster, one qian of Baiqian, one qian of Baibu, two qian of tangerine peel, one qian of bellflower, and two qian of licorice. money.Handed it over to Xueyan and said: "Ask someone to buy medicine according to this prescription, don't let them mix it together, pack each one into a package, and I will mix it myself when I come back. Do you understand?"

"Understood, your prescriptions have always been like this." Xue Yan nodded, and went out to ask someone to get the medicine.

The herbal medicine that Lin Ning asked Xueyan to catch was five doses. He converted the modern "gram" into the ancient "qian". One qian is exactly fifty grams, and the prescription uses ten grams. He simply grabbed five shares at a time, and divided them equally when he came back.

"I'm very dizzy, please help me, I'm going to lie down." Sitting on the bed, Daiyu said weakly.

"Okay." Lin Ning stepped forward, without supporting her at all, but picked her up and put her down again, "Lie on your side, I will pinch a few acupuncture points on the back of your head, and your dizziness will be relieved. Otherwise, it is uncomfortable to lie down.

"Okay." Sure enough, Daiyu turned her body to face inside, and Lin Ning rubbed her hands to warm up, and gently pressed and kneaded several acupuncture points from the back of her head to her neck and shoulders.Daiyu was sweating all over, and gradually fell asleep.

But he caught a cold, and he was fine after taking two doses of medicine.

Wang Momo, Xueyan and others became more and more convinced of Lin Ning's medical skills.Because if it was in the past, without the medicine for ten and a half months, Daiyu would never recover.

There was nothing to do that day, Lin Ning was not at home, and when he went out, he said to go outside to see if there was anything to do.Daiyu stayed at home and watched the maids pack their things. As soon as they moved in, naturally some things needed to be added and rearranged.Especially Lin Ruhai's room in the main room. Lin Ning said that there was news from Si Ye that Mr. Lin would be going to Beijing in a few days.After being busy for a long time, Daiyu was thirsty and asked for tea, but when she turned around through the window screen, she saw a woman on the second gate coming in from the outside, followed by an old family member, who seemed to be her own housekeeper in the south, but Daiyu couldn't think of it for a while. I feel unreal again.

"Xueyan, who is that outside?" Daiyu took a sip of tea and put the teacup back, couldn't help getting up and walking outside.

"Miss, Miss!" Xueyan had already seen that the person coming outside was Steward Lin, and hurriedly helped Daiyu to go out, while smiling happily: "Isn't this our big housekeeper? Miss, I haven't seen you for a few days. Don't you recognize him?"

"Why don't I recognize it, I just saw it suddenly and couldn't believe my eyes!" Daiyu had already reached the door of the main room while speaking, and the old butler, Fubo, saw his little master coming out of the house, so he walked two steps to the front of the steps and thumped. Knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Slave Lin Fu pays my respects to miss."

"Uncle Fu, get up quickly. Why are you the only one here? Where's your father?" Daiyu hurriedly bent over to help her up, and the woman next to her had already stepped forward to pull Lin Fu up.

"Master went to Changchun Garden to see Shengjia, and asked the old servant to come over and say hello to Miss, and he might not be back until evening."

"Father is finally here." Daiyu said joyfully, holding Xueyan's hand.With a smile on his mouth, tears flowed from his eyes.

"Yes, miss, the master is here, so you can rest assured. It's hot outside, so let's go in and ask questions." Xue Yan hurriedly persuaded.

"Yeah, yes, Uncle Fu, let's go into the room and talk. How is your father? How many days did you walk to the capital?" Daiyu said as she took the lead to enter the room. Lin Fu followed, and Daiyu asked him to sit down. Next, he dared to sit down only after he pleaded guilty.

Lin Fu said something on the way, and then asked about Daiyu's health. Daiyu asked how many family members her father had brought with her when she came to Beijing this time, and wondered whether the courtyard could accommodate those people.At this time, Dai Duo's wife, Yang Shi, and Nanny Wang both came to serve her, and Daiyu told them to arrange for the family to clean up the room for the family brought by her father, and to arrange meals in the kitchen.

For a while, the small yard was busy up and down, as if it was Chinese New Year.

Seeing that everyone was busy but Lin Ning was nowhere to be seen, Xueyan sighed again: "I wonder if Mr. Ning will come back for lunch?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't come back for lunch, anyway, father won't come back until night, as long as he comes back at night." Daiyu had been looking forward to the reunion for a long time, subconsciously, she didn't want to miss him.

Lin Ning was sitting idle in the tavern opposite Wande Pharmacy at this time, through the window, watching the sparse people grabbing medicine at the entrance of the drugstore, and occasionally delivering a peanut to his mouth.

"My lord, can I sit here?" A clear voice sounded from behind. When Lin Ning looked back, he saw a woman dressed in black, dressed as a person from the Jianghu, with dust on the coarse cloth clothes, as if she was in a hurry For a long time.Holding a sword in his hand, followed by a little girl, five or six years old, about the same age as Daiyu, dressed in blue floral clothes and carrying a big burden on her back.Looking at the tavern, it was already full of people, and it turned out that it was already lunch time.

Lin Ning nodded and smiled slightly: "Please go ahead."

"Thank you." The woman thanked, then turned to look at the little girl and said, "Si Niang, go and sit inside."

"Yes, Master." The girl agreed, untied her burden and hugged her in her arms, rubbed past Lin Ning, and sat down by the window. The woman she called Master sat beside her, just in time Lin Ning faced each other.She called Xiao Er to order two bowls of noodles, and after paying, she stopped talking.

Lin Ning took a sip of wine, and looked at the pair of master and apprentice calmly. The master is Lengyan, and the apprentice is small, they are a beautiful pair of master and apprentice.It's just that they meet strangers, but they are not very easy to talk to.

After a while, two bowls of noodles were served and placed on the table.

"Si Niang, eat." The master brought a bowl of noodles to the little girl, then took the chopsticks, put another bowl of noodles in front of him, and began to eat slowly.

The appearance of eating is quite elegant, Lin Ning looked at her and thought to himself, I am afraid that this woman is also from a wealthy family.It's just that the little girl named Si Niang is quite different. Now she is like a starving ghost, shoveling noodles into her mouth, swallowing the noodles almost without chewing, she is not afraid of heat After a while, a bowl of noodles fell into her stomach, and she ate it faster than her master.

Lin Ning frowned, the little girl ate such a big bowl of noodles like this?Can her stomach take it?

Seeing this, the little girl's master also frowned, and said, "Won't you eat slowly? You'll only ruin your stomach if you eat like this."

"Master, we haven't eaten for two days. I'm just walking. I'm starving to death." The little girl muttered in a low voice, but the master glared at her and immediately shut up.

The master sighed silently, looked at the noodles in his bowl, and asked in a low voice, "Are you full?"

"I'm full, master, I'm full." The little girl nodded quickly, her eyes sincere and earnest.

"Well, then I'll eat." The woman continued to eat the noodles without further words.

Lin Ning only felt sore in his heart, so he hurriedly looked away and continued to look outside.

"Ouch——" the little girl's pained murmur startled Lin Ning. When she turned to look, the girl was pale and lying on the table in pain, clutching her stomach.

"Si Niang, what's the matter with you?" The master hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand, and stretched out his hand to grab the little girl's hand.

"Master, my stomach hurts." The little girl gritted her teeth in pain, with tears in her eyes: "Master, am I going to die?"

"She probably ate too much." Lin Ning kindly reminded: "Children can't eat so fast and eat so much."

"You sound good. We have been traveling for several days, and she hasn't eaten for two days." The girl's master frowned and said dissatisfiedly as he looked at the young man in cocoon gown.These people who grew up in the nest of wealth and wealth are all well-clothed and well-fed. How do they know the sufferings of the common people?

Lin Ning was robbed of a sentence by this woman, a little angry, and thought: Why did you let her not eat for two days?It's a shame to say it.However, Lin Ning is different from those rich kids, he can't see such a thing, so he reminded the woman: "You push her back, push up. Just let her spit out the noodles she just ate."

"Ah—Master, I don't want to spit it out!" I spit it out as soon as I eat it, so what should I do if there is still no food for the next two days?The little girl looked at her master pitifully, with tears in her eyes, but she clenched her teeth tightly.

"Si Niang, if you don't spit it out, your stomach will burst. Be obedient..."

"Master, but if we spit it out, when will we have our next meal?" The little girl was about to cry, and she only had one meal after being hungry for two days, and now she still wants to spit it out?

"This one……"

"You spit it out first, and I'll take you to dinner later." Lin Ning couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he had no choice but to promise it.

"Really?" The little girl looked up at Lin Ning, doubtful.

"Really. Look, isn't this silver? You spit it out, and I'll invite you two to eat later." Lin Ning took out a piece of silver from his purse and put it on the table.

"Wow—" the little girl turned around abruptly, and opened her mouth to vomit.It turned out that she had been enduring it for a long time, but she was only afraid of being hungry, so she persisted in enduring it.Now seeing the silver, knowing that there is food to eat, he spit it out with confidence, and he was dizzy from vomiting.

Lin Ning called Xiaoer to clean up, and gave Xiaoer dozens of older children, and ordered: "Get her some thin gruel."

"Ah? How can you lie? You said you wanted to eat me, but let me eat porridge?" the little girl named Siniang said angrily.

"Your stomach has been empty for so long, and you still have a stomachache if you suddenly eat these indigestible things. Drink some gruel first, and then eat at night. Your body can bear it. I am for your own good, but you say I am I lied to you." Lin Ning sighed and shook his head.

The girl's master nodded repeatedly and sighed: "I was negligent." Then he took a handkerchief and wiped the girl's mouth, sighing again and again, "You follow me just to save your life."

"Master,..." The little girl cried silently, as if she had infinite grievances.

Xiao Er brought rice porridge, and the woman hurriedly took a spoon to feed her, after a while, she ate a bowl, and finally got better.

"Here, take this little money with you, and don't eat too greasy food at night. Her stomach can't take it." Lin Ning said, took out five taels of silver and put it on the table, and got up to leave.

"My lord!" the woman hurriedly called out, "My lord, please stay."

"What else?"

"This child is very clever, but I don't have much time to live. But I can't bear to watch her die. If you need a servant, you might as well take her with you. It can be regarded as saving a life." The woman said , stood up and gave Lin Ningfu his body.

"I look at your face, you seem to be poisoned. It's just that we met by chance, and I dare not say that you can trust me. If you are not afraid of being kidnapped by me, you can follow me. Maybe I have a way to cure your poison " Lin Ning's voice was not loud, but to the woman's ears, it was indeed a big surprise.

"Now that our master and apprentice are being hunted down by the enemy, we have nowhere to go. The young master is not afraid of being implicated, how can we be afraid of the young master abducting people?"

"In this case, come with me." Lin Ning nodded, turned around and picked up the little girl to go out first.

After leaving the tavern, Lin Ning called a carriage and let the two women get on it, but he himself rode a horse, took the carriage across the street, and found an inn.

After setting up the pair of master and apprentice, and detoxifying the master with acupuncture, it was already dusk.

In the process of healing, Lin Ning knew that the little girl named Siniang was originally surnamed Lu, and she was also a child of a wealthy family, but she was convicted because of a lawsuit. This little girl was secretly brought out by this woman who called herself a master. As a master and apprentice, in fact, it is a master and servant.This woman's name is Qiao Mei'er, and she was originally Lu Siniang's mother's dowry girl.Born in a martial arts family, he knew a little bit of kung fu. On the night of ransacking the house, he took Si Niang and sneaked out to leave behind a little flesh and blood of the Lu family.

The two roamed the rivers and lakes with no livelihood at all, but they were repeatedly chased by gangsters, so that they were so poor that they could hardly survive.Only then did the scene in the small restaurant just now happen.

After hearing this, Lin Ning felt emotional. He didn't want the legendary heroine Lu Siniang to have such a miserable childhood.Well, since you met Lin Ning, who I sympathetically rescued the suffering and rescued, then consider you lucky.

After setting up the master-student pair, he wrote a prescription and handed it to the waiter in the inn, and ordered him to take the medicine according to the prescription to detoxify Qiao Meier.He gave Qiao Meier another 50 taels of silver and asked her to mediate the food and drink by herself.

Thanks to Qiao Meier and Lu Siniang, when Lin Ning came out of the inn, the sun had already set on the west mountain.

Back home, Lin Ningfang knew that Lin Ruhai had arrived in Beijing, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went to meet him in the main room, but when he went out, he met Xueyan.Yin asked: "You are not serving in front of the lady, what are you doing here?"

"Master is here, and I have asked you more than ten times, but you still don't see him. Now I'm telling you to see you come back, so I'll invite you over to have dinner with me." Xueyan pouted and added another sentence. : "I don't see any important matters for the young master, he is always busier than those cabinet ministers."

"What are the cabinet ministers busy with? Those who are really in charge of affairs are those who are in charge of the frontiers." Lin Ning smiled, but didn't care about this little girl, and just walked out quickly to Lin Ruhai's room.