Spring Girl's Notes

Chapter 441 Dragon Boat Festival

Zhu Zhongjun quickly made arrangements, took a few guards, arranged the family affairs, bid farewell to his family and the queen mother, and set off from the capital to manage the peach blossom flood along the Yellow River.

After he left, the palace was heavily guarded, and Gu Jinzhi felt relieved.

It's just that Yanying is crying every day to find her father.

Gu Jinzhi told him many times that his father was busy with business and would not come back until a few months later, but Yanying refused to let him go and kept crying.

Even his master Chen Dingwen couldn't persuade him.

He insisted on looking for his father.

Every time Gu Jinzhi squatted down, knelt on the ground with one knee, gently hugged Yanying, and patted his back until he stopped crying.

After coming down several times, Yanying stopped crying, but asked Gu Jinzhi repeatedly: "Mom, when will Daddy come back, why doesn't he take me?"

Gu Jinzhi had to patiently explain to him again: "Your father is on official business. He is on official business, so he can't take you there. When your father comes back, let him take you to play, okay?"

Yanying pursed her mouth, unhappy.

He actually understood that this was his mother's perfunctory.

Gu Jinzhi took Yanshan and Yanying to find Lin Yi, hoping that Lin Yi could come up with some new tricks for the children to play with.

Lin Yi was also helpless.

He is just a Taoist priest and has never raised a child.

He felt that Gu Jinzhi was a bit forceful.

Finally, he told the children a little story from Taoism.

Yanying gradually stopped listening.

Gu Jinzhi asked Lin Yi to only speak one sentence a day, and teach Yanshan how to practice calligraphy in the rest of the time.

"I used to teach Yanshan. I was always worried. I was afraid that people would say that he was educated by a woman. You are his adoptive father, so you should be better than me." Gu Jinzhi said.

Lin Yi readily accepted.

He was willing to teach Yanshan how to write, but he didn't even ask why the dignified palace didn't invite a gentleman.

When Yanying saw that Lin Yi's name was Yanshan, he was also envious and wanted to learn.

After studying all morning, he felt that his arms were sore and unbearable, and he was more tired than practicing martial arts, so he put down his pen and ran to find Chen Dingwen.

but.As usual, he went to Lin Yi to listen to stories every day.

At the end of April, the weather is getting warmer, and the twigs are blooming, which indicates that spring is coming.

On Gu Jinzhi's side, there is no good needleworker.

And mother Song Pan'er, the steward of the sewing room.It was still Master Cheng who taught Gu Jinzhi how to embroider back then.

Master Cheng is the best in craftsmanship, and ordinary embroiderers are no match for her.

Gu Jinzhi ran to his mother and asked, "Have you finished your summer shirt? If you've finished it, help me make a few more..."

Song Pan'er smiled and said, "It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival before you make summer shirts? When did you become so lazy? I'm about to make autumn clothes here. I'll ask Master Cheng to stop what he's doing. What clothes to make. Let the children come and measure them, and I will help you make them. I still have some cloth in my library that was sent from Jiangning last autumn..."

Song Pan'er is very particular about clothes.

Every year in Yanling Mansion, people come up to give rent or New Year's goods.They all brought Song Pan'er a boatload of cloth from Jiangning by the way.

This is Song Pan'er's favorite.

Her clothes always need the latest cloth, which is comparable to the new ones in the palace.

"Thank you, mother." Gu Jinzhi hurriedly said, acting like a baby beside her mother, "In this world, mother loves me the most."

Song Pan'er just laughed and scolded her for being slippery: "I didn't act like that when I was a child. Now I'm married. Instead, I look like a little girl."

That afternoon, Gu Jinzhi took the children and Lin Yi.They are all called here to measure clothes.

Gu Yanzhen happened to be at home.

He heard that Lin Yi was the one who saved the lives of his grandson and daughter, so he wanted to see Lin Yi immediately.

Gu Jinzhi said: "It's that Mr. Lin who was asking about our pharmacy back then..."

"It's been ** years since then, how does your father remember?" Song Pan'er helped to speak, "Why, is that Mr. Lin still afraid of life?"

Gu Jinzhi smiled and said, "Mr. Lin loves purity."

"Our house is not clean?" Song Pan'er asked back.

Gu Jinzhi had no choice but to ask Lin Yi if he would like to come over as a guest again.

Lin Yi doesn't care about these things.

He came right away.

Gu Yanzhen and his wife looked at Lin Yi dressed in a Taoist robe, with wooden hairpins, fair and handsome face, they looked like modest gentlemen, and they both had a good impression of Lin Yi in their hearts.

Before that, Lin Yi worked as a tutor in Gu's drugstore, except for his grandfather, elder brother, Gu Jinzhi and Si Jian, the others were indeed not familiar with him.

Gu Yanzhen and Song Pan'er met Lin Yi once, but they had already forgotten what he looked like.

Seeing that he looks dignified now, I feel relieved.

Song Pan'er thought to herself that both Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun had weird personalities.Okay, get a Taoist priest to be a foster father for the child...

"Mr. Lin has good medical skills, how did he become a Taoist priest?" Gu Yanzhen asked Lin Yi, his tone was kind, like chatting with friends.

Lin Yi also patiently explained: "Pindao was originally an outsider. When the master passed away, Pindao inherited the mantle of the master..."

He has always been a Taoist priest, but it was not formal at that time.

Gu Yanzhen nodded.

He didn't have much research on Daoism, and he didn't know much about medicine, so he didn't have much to say. He just said, "I heard that Mr. Lin taught Yanshan how to read and write recently? Thank you, sir..."

"Yanshan is my adopted son, it's all part of his job," Lin Yi said.

He mentioned this with a faint smile on his face.

It can be seen that he likes Yanshan very much.

Seeing Lin Yi's expression, Song Pan'er couldn't help but smile.This Mr. Lin likes Yanshan very much.

Whoever likes Song Paner's grandson, Song Paner likes whoever he likes.

She spoke, and left Lin Yi to eat at the house: "...you don't want to be disgusted with the light tea and light meals, sir."

They all followed the habit of Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun, calling Lin Yi their husband.

Lin Yi glanced at Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi nodded at him, asking him to agree.

Lin Yi said, "That's annoying."

Song Pan'er ordered the kitchen to prepare the dishes, and asked Gu Jinzhi to bring the children over.

Gu Jin's way is.

Brother Yanshan soon came too.

As soon as Yanying saw the uncles, she ran away immediately; Yanshan sat down next to Lin Yi.Very well-behaved appearance.And Song Pan'er hugged Yan Shao.

Yan Shao is nineteen months old and can walk and talk.

He just can't speak long sentences.

Song Pan'er taught him to say grandma, and he learned it.Now as long as you coax him, he will still call Song Pan'er's grandmother, which makes Song Pan'er smile all over her face.

The atmosphere at home is very good.

During the meal, Lin Yi sat down with Gu Yanzhen, Brother Xuan, Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi, Yan Shan, and Yan Ying, while Song Pan'er and Gu Jinzhi brought Yan Shao.There is another small table behind the screen.

The voice in front of the screen was not loud, so Gu Jinzhi and Song Pan'er could chat.

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, Gu Jinzhi, according to the old customs, has to go back to her mother's house to hide for the afternoon.

"Who do you want to invite to a banquet?" Gu Jinzhi asked his mother.

Many people in Beijing are married from other places, so it is impossible to go back to their parents' house to hide in the afternoon.Like Song Pan'er, she is already a grandmother.Don't count these anymore.

But there are still many people she is acquainted with who have nowhere to hide.

Gu Jinzhi thought that Song Pan'er was going to hold a banquet.

"What you said reminded me." Song Pan'er smiled, "Your aunt takes care of it every year. This year, let me tell you and let me take care of it for a year, wouldn't it be good?"

Gu Jin smiled.

Mother is full of energy.It's a good thing, she didn't interrupt.

"It's better sooner than later." Gu Jinzhi said to his mother. "If you plan to do it, you should prepare in advance to avoid repetition..."

Song Pan'er nodded.

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After lunch at Gu's house, Gu Jinzhi and the children went back to the palace, and Lin Yi followed them.

After handing the children over to their respective wet nurses, Gu Jinzhi thought of something, so he never had the nerve to speak to Lin Yi.Taking today's opportunity, I mentioned to Lin Yi: "The poppy seed paste we planted back then. You took some, do you still have it?"

"I have a lot." Lin Yi said, "I kept the seeds, planted a lot when I was a filial piety for my master, and made a lot of ointment. Now it's useless, it's all in the hut in front of my master's grave, but you want?"

Gu Jinzhi nodded repeatedly.

She said: "I'm about to run out, you don't care how much you have, bring it to me."

Lin Yi glanced at her, but finally didn't ask any more questions.

How did you use it up? Didn't you say that thing was dangerous?

Lin Yi kept these words in his heart, but he didn't ask them in the end.

He temporarily went back to his master's cemetery, took out the things from the small wooden shed he had built during his filial piety, and went back to the palace.

Going back and forth like this, it broke down for three days.

Gu Jinzhi was very grateful for what he brought back.

This is about ten times more than what Gu Jinzhi brought over from Luzhou.

All of Gu Jinzhi's worries were gone.

She cherished it very much, and locked it in the warehouse herself, waiting for her batch to be used up before replacing it.

Now she has [-]% of the [-]% left on hand.

She is already slowing down the dosage for Tan.

Mrs. Tan was more uncomfortable, and the month's worth of Gu Jinzhi's gift was used up in ten days, so she asked Gu Jinzhi to send it again.

Gu Jinzhi thought, send another five days, let her use it every two days now.

Such deliberate reduction made Tan feel dissatisfied in his heart, but instead increased the weight,

Gu Jinzhi just wanted her to increase her weight.

The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, she went to the palace to deliver medicine again.

The Empress Dowager called her to Renshou Palace and talked to Gu Jinzhi: "Is the empress all right? Why is she getting thinner and thinner after seeing her? Her face is turning yellow..."

"The effect of the medicine has passed." Gu Jinzhi said, "After taking it for a long time, the effect of the medicine has dropped by [-]%. Now it is the same as before, and the effect of the medicine is doubled. But the medicine on hand is no longer enough. too much……."

"Then find a way to get her some more." The Empress Dowager said, "She looked very good before, and the Ai family was also happy to see it."

"It's not easy." Gu Jinzhi said, "I need to think of a way."

The Queen Mother nodded and said nothing more.

Then, she asked about the child in Gu Jinzhi's belly: "Is there still trouble?"

"It's not making trouble anymore." Gu Jinzhi smiled, and then said, "My queen, she can move already, and kicked me a few times last night."

Her child only started kicking Gu Jinzhi a few days ago.

The queen mother laughed: "That's a lively child." Then she asked, "How are Yanshan and his brothers?"

Gu Jinzhi agreed.

The Queen Mother asked again, the defense of their mansion is safe, if they need to send more guards, Gu Jinzhi refused.

After talking for a long time, the queen mother let Gu Jinzhi go.

*****(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)