Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 46
Mu Ai stroked her forehead angrily, "I forgot to teach you how to use it, just wait a moment." Then, she took out a small pencil screwdriver from the space, and sharpened the pencil a few times.Open the notepad, let Chunfen pay attention to her pencil-holding posture, then draw a few strokes on the notebook and write a few large characters. The light gray pencil traces are very eye-catching on the snow-white page, and Chunfen and the others feel distressed. Taking a deep breath, Mu Ai suppressed a smile, picked up the eraser, and wiped off the traces very easily, and sure enough, the sound of several people's breathing sounded again.

After demonstrating these, she handed several things to Chun Equinox and asked, "Do you understand?"

"Understood, Mrs. Xie's reward, I understand." Chun Equinox spoke incoherently, like a baby, tightly hugging the things in his arms, for fear that others would be greedy and snatch them away.

The autumnal equinox, the summer solstice, and the winter solstice watched eagerly from the side, unable to hide their envy.

Mu Ai smiled and said, "How about this, let the housekeeper take more money, buy some of the four treasures of the study according to the head of the family, and add dozens of interesting and easy-to-learn books such as Enlightenment, Travel Notes, History, etc. You also clean out the East Wing Room, Set up some long tables with a screen in the middle to separate men and women. Starting tomorrow, everyone in the family will learn to read and count. When new vegetables are planted in spring, I’m afraid I’ll have to write down some details every day. Vegetables spread, these records are planting technical guidance. Therefore, the more literate people in the family, the better. The four of you are my right hands, you must study hard. If you learn well, such a notebook will also be given to you set."

"That's great, Mrs. Xie." Several people were so happy that they almost cheered.

Mu Ai thought about not missing anything, so she sent them to do their own work.

In other words, Housekeeper Guo took Ada to drive Mrs. Chen to Xiao's mansion. After hearing their intentions, the servant in the concierge immediately ran into the yard to report, and within a quarter of an hour, Xiao Fu walked out quickly. .At the beginning, Steward Guo spent half a month with him, and he really received a lot of advice from him.We met today, both of us are very happy.After a few greetings, Xiao Fu took him to sit down in the porter and drank tea.Guo Huai didn't dare to delay, and told Xiao Fu what his wife had explained in detail, and then handed the letter to him.

Xiao Fu looked at the envelope in his hand hesitantly, and sighed, "Brother Guo, based on the friendship between our two houses, it is said that you are here today, and my master will see you no matter how busy you are. But, you don't know, My young master suffered from the wind and cold yesterday, and the high fever persisted. I invited the doctor to see it. He said it was very dangerous. If the fever is not subsided tonight, I am afraid that something is wrong. Therefore, the master and wife are guarding in the young master's room. It's on."

"Really? What should I do? Didn't you find a few more doctors with good medical skills?" Guo Huai said worriedly, remembering the experience of being forced to sell himself into slavery when he fell ill on the side of the road. The disease is simply frightening to the bone.

Xiao Fu raised his hand to add some tea for him, and said, "Please, with our master's financial resources, why can't you invite a doctor. It's just that there is no good way, and the young master is too young to dare to take some strong medicines." Use, this is the delay."

Guo Huai nodded, frowned and thought for a while, then stood up, "Brother Xiao, trust me and pass it on to Uncle Xiao. I'll hurry back. You have also heard from our wife and know that our wife is not an ordinary woman. Comparable, there may be any way to do it, but I’m not sure. Besides, a few days ago, the old doctor Wang next door to us took a lot... Well, the old doctor Wang is also good at medicine, maybe I can invite him to take a look. I will hurry back, Help me sue Uncle Xiao." Thinking of the family rules, Guo Huai quickly stopped talking, resigned from Xiao Fu, and didn't care about buying books, pens and ink, and rushed all the way, finally returned to Lijia Village at dusk, and took the Report the matter to Madam in detail.

Mu Ai had just had dinner, and was laying out a table of soft sheepskins with the vernal equinox and winter solstice, and was thinking about making a pair of boots. After the snow, the embroidered shoes that I used to wear are a bit easy to get wet. If I can make a pair of flat boots , it would be much more convenient to walk out of the house on weekdays. Just now, the three of them were gesticulating happily.Mu Ai frowned when she heard the news brought back by Guo Butler. There is no shortage of medicines in her existence space, and most of them are cold medicines. However, there are two urgent things to consider.First, it is necessary to confirm that it is a cold syndrome, because rashes and chickenpox are fevers at the beginning of the disease.The second is to rush there as soon as possible, otherwise the illness will be delayed and it will be really troublesome. I have heard of many cases in the past, where the child has a high fever and eventually develops deafness or pneumonia.However, the gates of the city are probably closed at this time, how to enter the city?
Thinking of this, she also became a little anxious. After all, it was about a child, and she was the only son of her foster brother. Her face sank, and she raised her head and asked, "Uncle Guo, are you sure that the young master of the Xiao family is suffering from wind-cold syndrome?"

Guo Huai bowed and replied, "Madam, I heard from Xiao Fuxiao's steward that the Xiao family had invited five or six doctors, all of whom were diagnosed with a high fever caused by wind and cold. However, I haven't seen the young master, so I can't see it with my own eyes." Take a look, so..." He was a little hesitant when he said this, after all, he didn't see it with his own eyes, he just heard about it, if something goes wrong, it's nothing for him to complain, if it delays the child's condition, it would be too bad...

Mu Ai nodded, made a decision in her heart, and told him, "Uncle Guo, go find a big bamboo tube that can hold water without spilling it, and then call Ouyang's guard." After speaking, she turned sideways and stood behind her The vernal equinox said, "Prepare the pen and ink."

The vernal equinox and the winter solstice were ordered to work together. After a short time, Mu Ai began to write letters. With a few strokes, the short message of dozens of characters was completed.He waved his hand and took out two packs of ** brand children's antipyretic granules from the space, found two smaller pieces of white paper, poured them in separately, wrapped them carefully, and put them together with the envelope.At this time, Housekeeper Guo had brought in the bamboo tube, "Ma'am, Ouyang's guards have arrived."

"Come in." Mu Ai put both hands under the table, quickly drew spring water from the space, put it into a bamboo tube, sealed the lid carefully, and looked up, Ouyang Jingwu was still the same as when he first met, dressed in black , The sharp-edged face gave people a sense of fortitude, but now the sickness has faded, and his complexion has improved, making him even more imposing.

Ouyang Jingwu stood three steps behind the door with his eyes downcast, waiting for his wife's order.I was also secretly guessing what would happen. Since I came to the mansion these days, my wife rarely went out on weekdays, and the wild animals on the mountain never came down to look for food. There were no tricky and naughty people in the village. He was a good guard. It's really leisurely, and sometimes it's really boring, so he will follow Ah Da and the others to do some work to pass the time. Today is the first time he has received a summons from his wife, so he can't help being a little curious.

"Guard Ouyang, can you ride a horse?" Mu Ai asked.

"Go back to madam, yes." Ouyang Jingwu gave an affirmative answer.Mu Ai breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "It's good to know how to ride a horse. Now there is an urgent matter. The young master of Xiao's mansion has a cold. I need you to send some things to Mr. Xiao's mansion and hand them over to Mr. Xiao. But, now The gates must have been shut, you...you could do it?"

"Yes, ma'am. I promise to finish it." Ouyang Jingwu nodded in agreement, took the envelope paper bag and bamboo tube handed over by Chun Equinox with both hands, and put them carefully into his arms.Then, looking up at Mu Ai, "Madam, do you have any other orders?"

Mu Ai thought for a while, and made sure there was nothing missing, and then said, "It's nothing, you don't have to rush back tonight, just rest at Xiao's residence for a night, and tomorrow, I will send housekeeper Guo to deliver some things. Just come back together. It’s cold and the roads are slippery, so be careful.”

"Yes, ma'am. The villain has gone." Ouyang Jingwu complied calmly, but because of the concern contained in the phrase "it's cold and slippery, be careful" in his heart, he suddenly wanted to see the woman's expression, Taking advantage of turning around, he took a quick glance. The yellow light from the lantern in the corner of the room reflected on her body, covering her whole body like a halo. Replaced... Just this one glance made him sure that she was sincerely caring, not a false politeness to win over him. Thinking of seeing the small things such as food and clothing expenses of the people in the mansion these days, his heart is full of tears. Feeling guilty for my dark thoughts, this is a kind-hearted woman.

After going out the door, he went straight to the stables. As soon as he took out the bay red horse, Steward Guo trotted after him, "Guard Ouyang, you're moving too fast. Fortunately, I caught up. I'll keep these for you," he said. He said, and handed over a long object wrapped in cotton cloth, and two five taels of silver keys.

Ouyang Jingwu took it with doubtful hands and asked, "Uncle Guo, what is this?"

Guo Huai rested for a while, breathed evenly, and said with a smile, "This is all from Madam. I forgot to mention it just because I was too impatient, so I specially asked me to bring it here. This money is for you when you go out. One is for flowers, and as for the cloth bag, Madam said that there is a knife wrapped in it, in case you are in danger on the road, I left it for your self-defense." After finishing speaking, he looked at Ouyang carefully, and then said, " Guard Ouyang, brother, how old am I? Please tell me a few words, brother, don’t blame me for talking too much. It’s really important for you to enter the city this time. My wife usually treats the old lady in the west courtyard, grandparents and grandchildren, and Wen Bo in our house. I believe you can see how generous and compassionate I am. This time the medicine was delivered to the only son of Uncle Xiao’s family. I heard from Manager Xiao that if the fever cannot be reduced tonight, there will be danger. So, husband You are in such a hurry, you must be more careful, go back early, Madam is still waiting for your good news."

Ouyang didn't seem to hear Guo Huai's words, slowly opened the cloth bag in his hand, took out a long black knife about three feet long, held the handle of the knife in one hand and the scabbard in the other, with a little force, The blade was exposed. The blade was three fingers wide and two and a half feet long. Under the cold winter moon, there was a gloomy cold light. I couldn't help but blurt out admiration, "Good knife!"

Butler Guo smiled helplessly. What he said earlier was in vain. Seeing him staring at the blade for several hours, he had no choice but to urge him, "Okay, Guard Ouyang, let's look at it later when you have time, Xiaofu." There are still waiting for you to save lives!"

Although Ouyang Jingwu was a little bit reluctant, he also distinguished the severity, closed the scabbard and rewrapped it, and carried it on his back, then nodded at Guo Huai, "Guo Butler, don't worry, I will live up to Madam's trust."

Saying that, he led the horse out of the gate, Guo Huai watched him ride away, and then went back to the courtyard with Uncle Zhou who heard the movement and came out to check.

(End of this chapter)