The general's wife is sick

On this day, the doctor of the medicine hall scolded the little apprentice who grabbed the medicine again. The little apprentice was young, so he was scolded and sent to the backyard to cut the medicine while wiping away his tears.

All the apprentices were busy in the front hall, and he was the only one who was assigned to grind medicinal materials in the backyard alone. He could not learn any skills at all through simple mechanical repetitive movements, and the young apprentice was very reluctant to stay in the backyard.

Xing'er saw the opportunity and followed him all the way into the backyard.

When he was carrying a basket of medicinal materials to be cut, the pupil turned around suddenly and almost ran into Xing'er head-on, half of the dried medicinal materials in the medicinal herb basket in front of him were sprinkled.

Hastily squatting down to pick it up, the little apprentice was already full of grievances, and now he sprinkled the medicinal materials all over the floor, and said angrily, "Who asked you to follow in, this is a pharmacy where outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know this was a pharmacy, I just saw that you seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't intend to follow you."

The little apprentice immediately wiped away the wet tears on his cheeks, and Xing'er handed over the silk handkerchief she carried with her, "Use this to wipe it off, it's clean."

When Xing'er showed up at the medicine hall, she was beaten almost to death with scars all over her body. She was the only patient taken in by the medicine hall. The apprentice knew her. Facing Xing'er's overture, the apprentice murmured his thanks.

"I just want to tell you, don't be sad. It's always like this when I first started learning things. I also started as a maid. When I first entered the mansion, I didn't understand anything, and the water basin was opened in front of my wife. Turn it over, practice makes perfect, and it will get better after a long time. I have also seen in the past few days, you are very serious when you take medicine, follow the doctor to learn, and you will be a good doctor who can prescribe medicine in the future."

Xing'er smiled sweetly, the little apprentice blushed immediately.

"Thank you. My parents always say that I am not smart when I urinate. I know that I am inferior to others, but I don't want other seniors to be busy in the front hall of the medicine hall, and I will cut the medicine by myself in the back."

"As the saying goes, hard work can make up for one's weakness. You are serious and diligent. You see, although your master told you to cut the medicine, you are not happy, but you still came. I think you will have a bright future!" Xing'er said playfully, deliberately pulling close relationship with the pupils.

The little apprentice blushed, "Thank you for comforting me like this."

"Hey, what kind of medicinal material is this? It smells very fragrant, and it looks a bit like cloves..."

"This is clove, which can cure stomach problems, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache and other diseases."

"What about this?"

"Psyllium chinensis. This product is sweet and cold in nature and taste, enters the kidney, bladder, liver, and lung meridians, diures water and relieves stranguria, has the effects of expelling dampness and stopping diarrhea, clearing liver and eyesight, clearing heat and resolving phlegm."

"You are amazing!" Xing'er immediately turned into a little girl, her eyes were piercing, and she looked at the little apprentice with admiration. "What about this one?"

The little apprentice had never experienced such a surge of confidence, and he was a little blissful, "This is Chi Weizi, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, clearing the liver and improving eyesight."

Xing'er said with a serious face, "Look, you have so many herbs at your fingertips, that's why I said just now that you will definitely become a good doctor in the future."

The little apprentice grinned, and the grievances he suffered instantly floated into the air, "Yeah."

Under Myolie's deliberate win over, the relationship between her and the apprentice improved by leaps and bounds, and they became good friends in just two days.

After recovering from illness, Xing'er was sent back to the nunnery, Jia Caixia was also quite panicked, she was afraid that she would accidentally beat Xing'er to death, now seeing her come back, she really wanted to mend the relationship between master and servant.

"Xing'er, I lost my mind and hurt you a few days ago, now that I see you are fine, I feel at ease."

Xing'er saluted and bowed, "Madam was also short-tempered at the moment, Xing'er's life as a servant is not worth anything, it is also Xing'er's blessing to calm down for Madam."

Jia Caixia was stunned for a moment, she just felt that something was different about Xing'er coming back this time, but she was used to her prestige, even in the nunnery, she didn't hide her temper, on the contrary, it tended to intensify, seeing Xing'er like this Wen Shun didn't think too much about it, "You should rest well these few days, you don't need to wait on her, and you haven't seen your mother for a few days, you are allowed to go back home to see her."

These words entered Xing'er's heart, and she knelt down gratefully, "Thank you Ma'am!"

Seeing that Xing'er was grateful to her again, Jia Caixia raised the corners of her lips proudly, she wanted to give her a slap and then a sweet date, the way of employing people is justified!

With the opportunity promised by Jia Caixia herself, Xing'er went back to Jia's mansion. The mother and daughter who hadn't seen each other for a long time hugged each other and cried. How could her mother not see that Xing'er was tortured, and the old clothes were empty on Xing'er's body. .

Accidentally saw that her daughter's wrist was covered with scars, and her mother was very distressed. When she opened her sleeve, she found that not only the wrist, but also the whole arm was not intact.

"What is the matter with you, my son!"

Xing'er carefully looked at the people around, closed the doors and windows of the room, told her story, and showed her mother the wounds on her body. The skin that was once creamy was now covered with intricate scars. How can it not be seen that it was pulled out with a feather duster.

After holding Xing'er in her arms and crying for a while, Xing'er patted her mother's shoulder comfortingly, took out a pack of herbs from her cuff, and whispered beside her.

Knowing that she has dragged her daughter down, her mother thought for a while, nodded and said, "I will definitely do well, my poor daughter has made you suffer."

Xing'er shook her head, she could see it now, "Mother, this is fate, since she doesn't treat me as a human being, I won't treat her as a master either."

Recalling the day when Jia Caixia hurt her, she clearly saw that Jia Caixia did not lose her mind in a daze, but deliberately took her as the Jiang family to vent her anger, and pretended to act in front of her when she was well. .

Although she is a servant girl, she is also a person, and she was also the master among the servant girls in the mansion in the past!

Although she is less blessed to be promoted as an aunt, she is not the master's book who allows people to beat and scold her!

Jia Caixia is cruel and ruthless. She lost her master's favor, but she pushed the whole mistake on others. Although Jia's family has done too much for her, but she has been in the nunnery for a long time. If she wants to marry a good family in the future, she may be a noble family Will not dare to marry.

"My son, mother loves you dearly, but the New Year's Eve is approaching, and now the house is busy. After the New Year's Eve, I will ask for leave. Just bear with me."

My mind gradually settled, Xing'er returned to the nunnery this time with a sense of decisiveness, but she still left some hope for her mother in her words, "Well, maybe I can come back again during the New Year's Eve. Mother, Take care of yourself, and I'll go."

"My son, be careful in everything!"

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the New Year's Eve is approaching, the capital is bustling with activity, and the northwest is also decorated with lights and festoons, with red lanterns hanging high.

This year, the people have money in their hands, and everyone has a smile on their faces. Every household cleans the door and replaces the old talisman with a new one.

Dai Mengyun sent the two fireworks to Ji Liu's mansion, "The shopkeeper Zhou was innocent, but he was a little clever. The price of the fireworks in his store has quadrupled. He really has a dark heart."

"Businessmen value profits, but want to use their own monopoly to drive up prices... Didn't you teach him a lesson?"

The atmosphere in the Northwest is now well adjusted by Xiong Jinghai. Most of the high-profit industries are under the name of Ji Liu. There are many workshops here, and the prices are stable. Even if the merchants want to increase prices, Ji Liu will not be able to raise the market. People's lives are gradually becoming more convenient, and for such occasional thorns, Ji Liu is also willing to make an example of others, adding some festive atmosphere to the current New Year's Eve.

"Don't worry." Dai Mengyun left a word and went out again.

Ji Liu inspected the workshop these few days. Before the New Year's Day, the workshop stopped one after another. After cleaning the workshop, checking everything and pasting the peach charms, Ji Liu made red envelopes for every worker.

The amount of red envelopes is not large, and the amount is distributed according to each person's working hours, positions, and work performance on weekdays. When everyone received the red envelopes, they looked incredible!

They were too pleasantly surprised. In the past, it didn’t matter if they worked as part-time or long-term workers in other people’s homes. Even if there were festivals, most of the hosts would give them a bowl of meat or a piece of cloth. There are bowls of uncooked rice.

It was the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair to receive a clanging copper coin!

Everyone was grateful for Ji Liu's kindness, and agreed on the day when the work would start in a good year, and the workshop was closed.

In the mansion, Ji Liu bought new clothes for everyone and prepared New Year's gifts in advance, even the three ignorant fat people got a share.

Next is the highlight of the New Year's Eve, the preparation of the New Year's Eve dinner.

For the first New Year's Eve in Northwest China, he wanted to prepare something different. This year, with the blessing of chili peppers, the dishes can be enriched a lot.

Ji Liu was busy in the mansion, while Xiong Jinghai was on duty in the barracks. In previous years, he spent time with everyone, but this year he brought his family with him, so he had to arrange for his brothers in advance.

The queen mother transferred 5 troops, and the remaining soldiers were smaller, but more united.

And with the fame of Chizhou, young and middle-aged men from Chizhou, Yuzhou and other places in the northwest came to join the army.

The Northwest soldiers had good food, good housing, someone to take care of their frostbite, and their salaries were much higher than those of other troops. All these young people devoted themselves to Xiong Jinghai's name.

The reduced number of soldiers was quickly replaced. Not only that, Xiong Jinghai found that there were 67 commanders who were later promoted to the military rank during the inventory count a year ago.

This shows that he has expanded at least 7000 people, but there are also many problems with recruits entering the camp in a short period of time. Compared with the original [-] direct descendants, there is still a big gap between them.

Xiong Jinghai ordered Xie Kun, Ma Menxi and Chen Guan to take care of the diet, training, and work and rest of these new soldiers. The management in the military camp was strict and the military orders were like mountains. For a while, small problems continued, which caused headaches. But in the end nothing major happened.

When Ji Liu was in charge of the mansion, he also remembered Xiong Jinghai's army. He recruited a hundred women and young ladies who worked hard and quickly, and made countless dumplings with mutton stuffing for three consecutive days. , spread oiled paper on the ground, and the wrapped dumplings can be frozen into ice lumps when they hit the ground.

So there was such a spectacular scene in the northwest, the endless stretches of greased paper were spread out on the bluestone slabs, and each one was piled up with solid, white and fat dumplings, making everyone's mouth water.