[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

In the back room, a bunch of girls are whispering around Qiaoyan.

Unexpectedly, Bao Cong brought a girl back from outside, everyone was very surprised!

Qingwen was packing things in Baocong's house. After working for half a day, she was so tired that she was dying.

When she came out, she saw that the little girls were all watching Qiaoyan, making wild guesses and two nonsense, and became more and more outrageous, so she became angry and yelled at the little girls: "Are you all blind? Have you never seen a living person?" ? So much work not done, but here and there to look around! Really, everyone is setting up their master's money!"

The girls who were in Baoyu's room before naturally knew Qingwen's temper, so they quickly shut up and let go.

Only two or three little girls who didn't know Qingwen's strength rolled their eyes, and opened their mouths to argue: "Sister Qingwen has such a temper, we used to play like this, sister Xiren didn't say anything!"

Qingwen was even more annoyed when she heard that, pointing at those girls and cursing angrily: "It's really against the sky! You made a mistake, I can't say anything to you?"

He shouted outside again: "Come here! Pull out these little hoofs that only eat and don't work!"

Xiren was spreading the quilt for Baoyu, when he heard that Qingwen was about to drive her away, he knew something was wrong, so he hurried out, pulled Qingwen and coaxed: "Don't be angry, they are all just here, I don't know that your temper is like this." of."

Qingwen is not easy to be fooled, she said angrily: "My temper? Huh, they don't know what kind of temper I am, they all only know about your sister Xiren."

"The girls in this room are playing and playing every day, and they just don't know how to do things! Since they only recognize you and only listen to you, you are the big manager, but you don't take good care of them. !"

Xiren was told by Qingwen, she couldn't hold back her face, so she said softly: "If you want to say it, I will say it, but it's the New Year's Day, and I will let the little girls rest and relax. In a few days, Miss I’m coming back soon, have a good and happy day, you’d better not make trouble!”

Seeing Xiren like this, Qingwen was so angry that she couldn't speak out, so she simply shook Xiren's hand and said, "How dare I speak of you on this happy day?"

Just as Xiren was about to say something, he saw Bao Cong come in and asked suspiciously, "What are you making a fuss about?"

Behind him are Lin Daiyu and Baoyu. The three of them had just eaten at Jia Mu's and came back from a walk together.Seeing that the atmosphere in the room seemed wrong, it was a little strange.

Xiren hurriedly waved his hand, told the little girls to disperse, came up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Second master, third master, Miss Lin, everyone is playing during the New Year's Day, and there is no trouble."

Seeing Qingwen's unhappy expression, Bao Cong knew that there must have been a quarrel just now.But now that he just came back, he was not in a hurry to clean up the servants, so he didn't say anything.

Baoyu smiled, saw the strange Qiaoyan at a glance, and went up to ask curiously: "Where does this young lady come from?"

As Xiren said, since it is the new year's festival and it is a good day to take Yuanchun home, Qingwen endured her anger and said to Baoyu, "Second Master Bao, this is Qiaoyan, which was brought back by the third master from outside." .”

As she spoke, she nudged Qiaoyan and signaled her to salute Baoyu.

Qiaoyan bowed to Baoyu just like Xiren did just now, and then stood uprightly, allowing him to look at her.

When she was in Xinjiang, she was sallow and emaciated due to the wind and rain.

Later, I went to Hangzhou with Bao Cong. Qingwen lived with her, ate the same good food every day, wore the same good clothes, and used various facial oils, hand oils, and hair oils. face.

Baoyu didn't dislike any pretty girl when she saw a good-looking girl. She was so happy that she surrounded Qiaoyan and asked a lot of questions, such as how old she was, where she came from, how she met Baocong, and came back with her, etc.

Seeing Baoyu like this, Baocong smiled helplessly and shook his head. When he suddenly looked back, he saw Lin Daiyu standing at the door, holding a handkerchief and looking at him with a half-smile, "Oh, go out for a trip, not only bring back delicious food It's so funny, the scholar came back from the exam, and even the good girl brought back one, brother Baocong really doesn't fall behind in anything..."

Baocong's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Lin Daiyu would misunderstand, he quickly pulled her in and sat down, pointing to Qiaoyan and said: "This is my... friend's daughter, he can't take care of something, please take care of her." two."

"She's a female doctor, and she's good at diagnosing pulses and prescribing prescriptions. I thought my sister was always weak, so I brought her here to show her."

Bao Cong's words are not nonsense. When she was in Hangzhou, Qiaoyan went to the medical clinic to help out when she had nothing to do. She also often gave some poor people a doctor's and pulse diagnosis. Her medical skills are obvious to all.

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you brother for your trouble."

Qiaoyan had heard Baocong talk about Lin Daiyu a long time ago, and now that she came, she smiled and said, "Hello, Miss Lin, the third master is thinking about her, so he specially asked me to take her pulse and take a closer look. Although I only follow Grandpa I have studied for a few years, but I have a bit of confidence in women's subjects, so maybe I can see something."

Lin Daiyu has been physically weak since she was a child, and she will be seriously ill after a few winds and rains.

When she was young, she didn't think anything of it, but now that she was getting older, she occasionally heard people say that she was sick, and knew that it was not a good thing for a girl to be so sick.

When she heard that Baocong specially invited Qiaoyan to check his pulse, she obediently put her hand on the table.

When a doctor sees a doctor, the most important thing is to see, hear and ask.

Lin Daiyu is a girl who has never left the court. In the past, the imperial physicians came to check the pulse through curtains and gauze scarves.The two words of looking and smelling can only be done by girls, and there are many uncertainties in the pulse diagnosis, so the prescriptions prescribed are naturally not so suitable for the symptoms.

At this time, Qiaoyan asked Lin Daiyu for a consultation, and then called Zijuan to look at the prescriptions she often took and the ginseng Yangrong pill, and smell it carefully, and then she saw that something was wrong.

"I see that although Miss Lin has a weak disease in the womb, if she takes good care of her, don't think too much and get angry. The bigger you are, the better your body will be. But now Miss Lin's pulse is still a little weak." Qiaoyan said slowly.

Both Baoyu and Baocong were very concerned, and hurriedly asked, "But what's wrong? Is her prescription wrong?"

Lin Daiyu looked at Qiaoyan nervously, for fear that she might say something bad.

Qiaoyan saw that several people were nervous, so she smiled and said: "This prescription is suitable for the symptoms, but Miss Lin is getting older, and some of the medicines in it should be increased or decreased. Also, there is something wrong with the ginseng in this ginseng Yangrong pill."

Bao Cong frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qiaoyan explained: "There are some types of ginseng, which are divided into American ginseng, Korean ginseng, and red ginseng, and there are slight differences in the place of origin. I see that Miss Lin has both qi and yin deficiency. The usual Northeast ginseng is a heat tonic, which is not suitable. Miss Lin should use American ginseng to make medicine."

Baoyu said angrily, "It's no wonder that Sister Lin is taking medicine every day, but her health is not getting better. It turns out that the medicine is wrong! It must be that the people who dispensed the medicine didn't do their job well, making Sister Lin always sick!"

Lin Daiyu also suddenly realized: "No wonder sometimes I feel better after taking the pill, and sometimes I feel bad. It turns out that there is a small mistake here."

Bao Cong snorted coldly, put away Qiaoyan's modified prescription, and said: "I have some servants who care about their work. I will go to the pharmacy myself and refill my sister's medicine."

He also saw that Zijuan was still holding the brocade box containing ginseng nourishing pills, and threw the box out of the room as soon as he stretched out his hand, saying: "You don't need to eat these, who knows what ginseng is inside."

Lin Daiyu's little things here will be known to Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Jia Muwang's wife the next day.

Jiamu pulled Lin Daiyu and sighed, and scolded the person who went to dispense the medicine for a long time.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng both came to make amends. One said that she had failed to take care of her niece, and the other said that she had failed to take care of the house, and asked Mother Jia to punish her.

How could Lin Daiyu really ask Mother Jia to punish her aunt and sister-in-law, she only said softly: "How can you blame aunt and sister-in-law Lian? It's because the doctor didn't write down the prescription clearly, and the servants don't understand the principles of medicine, so this small mistake happened just now."

"I came here, except for the old lady, thanks to the hard work of my aunt and sister-in-law Lian Er who took care of me. If you treat me like this and you will be punished, I will feel ashamed and dare not live here to eat and drink again!"

Jia's mother didn't really want to punish Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng. At this time, Lin Daiyu gave everyone a step, and Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng smiled and confessed repeatedly, and said they would give Lin Daiyu delicious and amusing apologies.

Lin Daiyu naturally accepted it with a smile, and when Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng's things really arrived, she would inevitably choose some handkerchief sachets embroidered by herself as gifts in return.

After going back and forth like this, several people felt much more at ease, and the matter passed away silently.

Bao Cong threw away Lin Daiyu's medicine, and no matter it was the New Year's holiday, he took Qiaoyan to the pharmacy the next day and asked the old doctor to make a new ginseng nourishing pill for Lin Daiyu according to Qiaoyan's prescription. Come.

After Lin Daiyu ate the newly made ginseng Yangrong pills, and followed the recipe given by Qiaoyan, and ate some medicinal food from time to time, her health improved a lot.

He also said that Yuanchun was visiting relatives.

The Jia family also looked forward to it in the day and night, and began to wait for it after the new year, and finally waited for the Lantern Festival.

It was only the fourth watch, and the maids and women were already up and busy preparing, and just after dawn, the masters of Rongning Second Mansion all got up one after another.

After Baocong finished washing, he first went to Mrs. Jia Muwang to greet her, and then went to Lin Daiyu's room to have a look.

Lin Daiyu is now the head of Anle County. Seeing Yuan Chun, she also had to wear the dress of the county head. She started to put on makeup and comb her hair early in the morning, and wore a heavy head crown of the county head.

Knowing that Yuan Chun came very late, Bao Cong persuaded Lin Daiyu, "Sister, please don't wear such tiring tiaras. Eldest sister must go to various parts of the palace to bid farewell today. Wait for her to come home." , it might be late at night. You still have to eat, how can you eat with this?"

Lin Daiyu touched the crown, but also felt very tired, so she asked Zijuan to remove it first, and then put it on after breakfast.

Bao Cong hadn't eaten yet, so he stopped by Lin Daiyu for a meal.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu only ate two dumplings and didn't take a sip of the millet porridge that he likes to drink on weekdays, he was suddenly surprised and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and my sister's taste has changed? Don't you like millet porridge?" The little girl went to the big kitchen to bring other porridge.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly stopped her, and said coquettishly, "I, I don't like porridge today."

It’s okay if you don’t like porridge, but you have to eat enough in the morning.

Bao Cong took a meat bun, put it near Lin Daiyu's mouth, and said, "Your sister will not be hungry if she only eats two dumplings. Don't worry, you will faint from hunger before eldest sister comes back."

Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu turned her head away and refused to eat, she stretched out her hand to push the bun out, fearing that the clothes she was wearing today would get dirty, so she inspected it carefully.

Bao Cong saw how nervous she was, so he teased her and said, "My sister wears this dress on the inside, but she also wears a formal dress on the outside, so you can't see any stains, or you can change it later. Why are you so nervous?"

Lin Daiyu pursed her mouth coquettishly when she heard this, and said, "What do you know? This one matches a formal dress, even if it's worn inside and others can't see it, how can I be so rude in secret?"

"I really can't do anything about you!" Bao Cong held the bun firmly in one hand, and held a small plate under it in the other hand, coaxing softly: "I'm drinking the juice, it won't fall on the clothes. Would you like to eat it?" It’s really not good, I’m going to starve to death!”

Lin Daiyu saw that Bao Cong persisted and coaxed herself like a child, so she felt embarrassed and said with a blushing face, "I'll do it myself."

"Okay!" As long as you are willing to eat!

Bao Cong put the buns on a small plate and handed the chopsticks to Lin Daiyu.

"Then you have to pick it up properly, don't let any of it fall on my clothes!" Lin Daiyu ordered arrogantly, seeing that Bao Cong promised, she ate two more small buns from the small plate he was holding.