I was a god in the 18th century

Xia Qingdai walked into the castle and opened the door from the bedroom. She saw her maid Mary cleaning the furniture in the living room.

Mary, a low-level maid who was a sweeper on the first floor, was promoted to Xia Qingdai's personal maid. Mary was attracted by Xia Qingdai because of her quick hands and down-to-earth hard work.

Although it was only less than nine o'clock at this time, you could already see that the living room was clean and tidy, which showed that the other party had already been busy.

When Mary saw Xia Qingdai coming out, she quickly put down the rag in her hand and curtsied to her: "Good morning, miss."

"Good morning. Did something happen in the castle today? It sounds so lively."

Mary showed an unabashed smile and said: "You don't know, but this morning a bridge fell from the sky on the East Lake leading to Wanghe Villa. It will be convenient for you to inspect Wanghe Villa in the future!"

Xia Qingdai suddenly said: "Oh. So that's why."

The news spread quickly, everyone discovered the bridge.

Mary then said excitedly: "Everyone says this is the guardian angel in the sky. It must be for you!"

The true god whose dragon appears but never ends often drops many things that Xia Qingdai needs. Therefore, many people inside the castle think that this bridge was created for Xia Qingdai.

Faced with Mary's statement, Xia Qingdai smiled slightly, said nothing, and said instead: "You can go into my bedroom and clean it."

"Okay, miss!" Mary responded, "I just finished wiping here, so go right away."

Xia Qingdai's bedroom did not allow servants to enter at will. She gave orders every time before the maid could go in and clean.

After walking out of the suite with the Chinese medicine bag, Xia Qingdai saw several happy-looking servants in the corridor and stairs, and they all couldn't help but report to her about the Shenqiao.

By the time Xia Qingdai reached the first floor, she had almost understood what the servants in the castle thought about the Divine Bridge - everyone felt that this represented a new investment in Fucui Villa.

"Charge?" Xia Qingdai really didn't think about this at all.

A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way. Let's forget about taking away people's fat and anointing.

This bridge mainly connects my own Wanghe Villa and Irving's Fucui Villa. If there is a toll, it will just be a small fee from the farmers and tenants of the two Villas, which is meaningless.

Going down to the first floor, Xia Qingdai happened to meet Owen's cousins ​​Barbara and Caroline head-on.

"Hey, Miss Owen, you happen to be here. Come with me to the kitchen. I have something to tell you." Xia Qingdai greeted the two of them.

The grammar of Xia Qingdai's sentence is not that good, and the content is even more strange. The two sisters couldn't help but look at each other, confused, not knowing what kind of medicine Xia Qingdai was selling in the gourd.

"Let's go!" Seeing the two of them standing still, Xia Qingdai greeted them again.

Although the two of them had doubts, they still followed.

"Miss Xia, I think cousin Owen can afford to hire a cook. I wonder what you're going to do with us in the kitchen?" Barbara, the eldest sister, couldn't help but ask.

"Decoction the medicine." Xia Qingdai said the reason directly without being verbose, "I will take you to cook the medicine once today, and then I will leave it to you two sisters."

"Decoction?" The two sisters looked at each other again. The older one was still confused, but the younger sister, Caroline, already understood a little bit.

She quietly leaned into Barbara's ear and said something to her: "This cousin Owen's distant cousin knows magical oriental medical skills and helped her mother see a doctor last night."

"Oh, that's it." Barbara understood now, but still looked at Xia Qingdai's back with distrust. Her husband had hired two doctors for his mother, but they couldn't see it well. Could the girl in front of her, who was about the same age as her sister, be able to do it?
Xia Qingdai led the two of them to the kitchen and said to the two busy cooks Lily and Mrs. John: "Let's make medicine for old Mrs. Irving, and one of you will help light a fire."

"Miss Xia, let me do it. I'm good at this." Mrs. John quickly walked to the stove to prepare.

In fact, there is a maid who is responsible for lighting the fire. Now that the weather is hot, there is no need to light the fireplace, and the maid who is responsible for lighting the fire has completely become a small worker in the kitchen.

But now that the cousin has come in, the cook is naturally willing to show off in front of her and take over the task of lighting the fire.

"Okay, I'll trouble you." Xia Qingdai nodded. It didn't matter to her who would light the fire.

There were very few British cooking methods at this time, and there were roughly three types: roasting, stewing, and baking.

You can use a stew pot to decoct medicine, which is very convenient.

Xia Qingdai picked a clean stew pot, then opened a pack of Chinese medicine and poured it into it.

These traditional Chinese medicines that were subdivided by Xia Qingdai looked big again when they arrived in Lilliput.

The two Caroline sisters felt a little strange when they saw the herbal medicine, but they did not say anything and silently watched Xia Qingdai operate it.

Xia Qingdai took some more water from the water tank (mineral water that she added from time to time to the special storage tank in the backyard), poured it into the stew pot, then covered the stew pot with the lid and placed it on the stove.

"This water will eventually boil until only a bowl of concoction can be poured out. You two will watch." Xia Qingdai spoke to the two sisters again, including the precautions for decoction.

She definitely didn't have time to cook medicine for old Mrs. Owen three times a day. She had to teach her two daughters as soon as possible so that she could get rid of it as soon as possible, so she didn't hide anything secretly.

In the Western medical community, before medicinal chemistry became popular and modern medicines were invented, people would still take herbal medicine when they were sick.

But herbal medicines are not eaten directly. They are usually processed into powders, pills, wines, extracts, etc. However, there are not as many types of herbal medicines as there are in traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition to herbal medicine, there are also alchemists in the West who like to refine the "elixir of life", which is similar to the pursuit of Chinese Taoist priests.

At this time, watching Xia Qingdai boil the herbal medicine, the two Caroline sisters were not too surprised.

Soon the smell of Chinese medicine wafted out, and it was much stronger than the smell of herbs they had seen before, causing the two sisters to frown slightly.

Barbara questioned again: "Is this really possible?"

"Of course." Xia Qingdai said without hesitation, "After your mother takes the medicine a few times, you can see the effects."

"Really? It won't be poisonous, right?"

Xia Qingdai looked away from the stove, raised her eyes to look at Barbara, and said nothing.

You are poisonous as soon as you open your mouth. I think you are the poisonous one!
Xia Qingdai was a little angry. This family looked like they were making a medical fuss!
Caroline quickly made amends for her eldest sister: "My sister didn't mean that. She was just too worried about her mother. Miss Xia, please forgive me."

Then he said to Barbara: "Barbara, last night Miss Xia gave my mother a massage and a very magical oriental glass therapy. It was very effective. My mother's cough at night was relieved a lot!"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Barbara heard her sister say this and apologized to Xia Qingdai, "Please forgive me."

"Ah."