Lihoumen

Chapter 60: Will you live comfortably if you marry into such a family?
Qingqing studied very hard this morning, and Nanny Yu praised her for the first time. After sending Nanny away, she was so tired that her waist and legs ached and she seemed unable to even lift her arms.

The old lady massaged Qingqing's legs with concern, and said, "The young lady is well treated by the uncle. What Yu Ma said is right. Although it is a bit tiring, it is worth it."

"In the past, I climbed over mountains and crossed rivers to collect herbs every day, and I never felt so tired. I don't know why, but as soon as I learned these things, I felt extremely tired." Qingqing complained.

The old lady smiled and said, "That's because you like the art of medicine, so you feel happy even if you are tired. You don't like these rules and etiquette from the bottom of your heart, so naturally you feel tired and bitter. Oh! Just think of it as doing it for your son-in-law."

As he said this, he raised his hand and pushed the soup bowl that had been covered on the table to Qingqing: "This chicken soup is neither too cold nor too hot, it's just right for eating now, my lady, please eat it quickly."

Qingqing poked her head out and glanced at the greasy chicken soup: "Grandma made me eat this again. I really want to vomit when I see this now."

"Silly child, chicken soup is the best for pregnancy." She stuffed the chicken soup into Qingqing's hand and said, "Drink it quickly."

Qingqing had no choice but to pick up the soup bowl and drink up the chicken soup. The old lady saw this and said with a smile: "If you can give birth to a child for me, then your life will be complete."

A loving couple, children, wealth and glory, is this perfect?
Alas! This is all a woman wants in her life.

Qingqing comforted herself in this way and nodded reluctantly.

The master and servant were chatting here when Lingzhi came in from outside and said to Qingqing, "Madam, the Hua Yixian has brought his apprentice to treat the old lady's injuries. He is in the front yard and said he wants to see you. The eldest lady asked someone to invite you over."

It is difficult to invite the Chinese doctor, but today she actually came to my house on her own initiative and said she wanted to see me. There must be a reason.

Upon hearing this, Qingqing quickly got up and rushed to the front yard with Lingzhi.

Li was waiting for her at the gate of the courtyard. When she saw Qingqing, she waved at her from a distance and greeted her, "Sister-in-law, you really invited the Chinese Doctor."

Qingqing asked, "Has the Hua Yixian examined my mother?"

"I checked it out." Li smiled and said, "This time, my mother only believed in the doctor Hua. The doctor prescribed a plaster for her. As soon as she applied it, she said the pain was gone."

The old lady's ankle has been injured for two days. It shouldn't hurt so much anymore, but she refused to believe other doctors, so she kept tossing and turning. Qingqing glanced at the dark circles under Li's eyes and knew that she was very tired these two days.

"That's good." Qingqing said.

Li smiled knowingly, patted Qingqing's hand and said, "That old doctor is hard to invite. Even the nobles in the palace have been turned away by him. This time, it's really thanks to you. If it weren't for you, he would definitely not come to visit so easily."

Qingqing was also surprised that this immortal Chinese doctor could come.

It must be Doctor Xiaorong, the disciple of the medical immortal, who said something good about it.

"Go in quickly, the medical immortal said he wants to see you." Li said.

"Why do you want to see me?" Qingqing asked in confusion as she and Li walked into the house, "I don't know him, I only saw his apprentice yesterday." "The medical immortal originally had an old friend in Shu, and he heard that you are from Shu, so he wanted to meet you. He probably wants to ask you about something." As she spoke, Li reminded him, "Anyway, it's not easy to invite him to treat mother's injuries. Let's treat him well, so that it will be easier if we bother him again in the future."

As they were talking, the two sisters-in-law came into the house.

An old man in a green robe was sitting on a throne. He had a thin face, but his eyes were sharp and bright, with an ethereal temperament of an immortal.

Doctor Xiaorong was standing behind the old doctor. Before Qingqing could salute the old man, she called out to Qingqing in a crisp voice, "Sister He——"

Qingqing nodded slightly to Doctor Xiaorong, then saluted the old man. Doctor Xiaorong stepped forward with a smile and said to the old man: "Master, this is the He I mentioned to you."

Ever since Qingqing entered the house, the old man had been looking at her calmly. After listening to his disciple's introduction, he asked, "Madam, are you from Shu?"

Qingqing replied yes.

The old man continued, "I heard that you are a doctor. I have an old friend in Shu named He. He is also a doctor. His ancestral home is in Qizhou, Shu. His name is He Mubai. Do you know him?"

Qingqing was surprised when she heard this: "You mentioned my father."

Seeing that Qingqing had some connection with the doctor, Li winked at the maid in the room, then took her people out to give the two of them space to talk.

When there were no outsiders around, the old man was less cautious and asked directly, "I heard from a friend last year that your father passed away. Is that true?"

Hearing this, Qingqing wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and nodded silently.

The old man sighed heavily and said, "Your father was a man of high character and ambition. Alas! It's a pity that he didn't live long enough."

He sighed for a while, then continued, "I met your father in my early years. Your mother was still alive at that time. She was good at gynecology and acupuncture. My wife had a difficult labor when she gave birth to our son. Thanks to your mother who saved her from the brink of death, we studied medicine together and stayed together for many years. Later, your father was determined to compile the Pharmacopoeia, so he went traveling with your mother. Later, we gradually lost contact. Over the years, my wife and I have always missed your father and mother."

The old man looked sad: "I never thought that both of them are gone now. What a pity, what a pity."

Qingqing handed the old man a cup of tea. The old man took two sips and gradually recovered from his grief. He looked at Qingqing and said lovingly, "Later, I learned from your father's letters that he had a daughter. Later, there was unrest in Shu and our letters stopped. After I learned that he unfortunately passed away in the unrest, I heard that you came to the capital and married into a powerful family. In the past few years, I have been asking about your whereabouts, but I never thought that you married into the Shen family."

"This is really a case of searching high and low for someone, but it takes a lot of effort to find him. Master and his wife have spent so many years trying to find the person, but unexpectedly Sister He came to us on her own initiative. When I heard that she was from Shu, I thought of the person Master had been looking for. Haha, I didn't expect that I really guessed it right." Doctor Xiaorong, who was standing aside, said quickly.

The Shen family was concerned about his humble background, so they tried every means to keep the secret from the outside world. It was naturally difficult for ordinary people to find out the news.

The old man looked around the magnificent house, then looked at Qingqing, and asked with concern in his tone: "Girl, are you happy marrying into a family like this?"

(End of this chapter)