Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 33
"...Old lady this time, but she really went all out. Those custom-made jewelry are all high-quality, and just a pearl hairpin costs 100 taels of silver! Hey... after all, the eldest daughter is blessed. I don't know how to wait until the future , when our Yuechan gets married, can the dowry be as ostentatious as her sister's?"

Mrs. Yao complained, but she was still very considerate and considerate to Shen Zhiyun. She took a cold tea bowl from the hand of the maid, and handed it over, "Master has been busy all day, and he never rests his eyes. This is a gift from the Zhu family." The Yunwu tea here, Master, let’s have a try.”

Shen Zhiyun nodded slightly, put down the book in his hand, took the tea bowl handed over by his wife, took a sip, with a smile on his face, and praised: "En, good tea."

Seeing him drinking happily, Mrs. Yao also laughed and said: "There is nothing bad about the Zhu family's things." After finishing speaking, she sat down next to Shen Zhiyun, sighing and saying: "Ah... That girl Yuechen is blessed! She is married so well, and the younger sisters in the back will definitely not be able to settle down. It seems that Yuechan and Yueying should get engaged. It's really difficult."

According to Yao's thinking, if Shen Yuechen can marry so well, then her daughter's future husband's family will definitely not be inferior, it must be better than Zhu's family, and it must be either rich or noble.If it really doesn't work, then the next best thing is to marry into Zhu's family, and the sisters will become sisters-in-law, so they can get closer.

Shen Zhiyun lowered his head and only focused on drinking tea, and didn't answer her words for a while, which made Yao Shi feel a little unhappy, and then said angrily: "Master, you just say something!"

Yao babbled on for a long time by herself, but her husband didn't pay any attention to her. She couldn't help complaining, "Master, you are biased. You only care about that child, Yuechen, and don't care about the other daughters. They are not your own!"

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyun finally came back to his senses, put down the tea bowl slowly, and said to his wife, Yao Shi: "Don't worry about it too much, okay? The children have their own blessings, you are not the only one to worry about it." It can be resolved. Right now, the most important thing is the Zhu family's affairs. Once the marriage is completed, there will be more people who want to curry favor with us, so what are you worrying about?"

It's not that Yao shi didn't understand this truth, so he calmed down, stopped talking, and just listened to her husband continue: "During this time, you should pay more attention to that child Yuechen, I always feel that she doesn't seem to be very interested in this marriage. It's not salty, as if I'm dissatisfied."

When Yao heard this, she was very surprised and said: "How is it possible? I see her embroidering and writing every day, and she is very happy. Besides, according to her conditions, she can hand over to the Zhu family. Good luck, it’s true that the ancestors have accumulated virtues, and the Buddha blesses her. What else is she unwilling to do? She really doesn’t know the blessings in the blessings! Well, if she doesn’t want to marry, let’s let Yuechan marry. Guaranteed, better than her The Zhu family likes it even more."

"Don't talk nonsense." Shen Zhiyun stroked his beard and pondered slightly: "No matter how dissatisfied you are with such a good marriage, you really don't know how to flatter you. I'm just worried. She grew up in a nunnery and is used to being pure-minded and ascetic. , after you get married, you won’t be able to behave yourself.”

It is good that the marriage is done, but if he wants to get closer to the Zhu family in the future, Shen Yuechen will undoubtedly have to gain the love and trust of the elders in the Zhu family.

Yao shi understood her husband's worry, thought for a while and said, "Master, don't worry too much, I think that child Yuechen is thoughtful. Apart from other things, just look at the intimacy between her and the old lady now." , I know that she usually spends a lot of time. What happened when she grew up in a nunnery? She is not a nun who has become a monk, so how could she live a life of pure heart and asceticism."

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyun felt that what she said made some sense, and seemed to be in a better mood, and said with a faint smile: "Madam is right, maybe I'm worrying too much."

Mrs. Yao continued: "I'll send my nanny over later, tell her a few words about how to be a wife, and give her some tonics to take good care of her body. The reason why the Zhu family is in such a hurry to get married is not because of their heirs. Something? So, as long as Yuechen can add a son and a half to the Zhu family early, the Zhu family will be grateful to her."

Shen Zhiyun nodded: "Well, indeed, madam is very thoughtful." After speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Yao Shi: "Mother, I just said that I want to go back to Dezhou to hold a wedding for Shen Yuechen, so, In the past few days, you are watching and preparing, and pack up the things you needed in the past."

Yao's complexion sank when he heard that, "It's very good, why do you have to go back to do it, the master is an official in Laizhou, so the marriage can be done here to be more dignified."

Shen Zhiyun sighed softly: "Mother has mother's plan, we as children should follow her will. Madam, you have suffered a lot." After finishing speaking, he slowly raised his hand, half-joking at Yao Shi He arched his hands, meaning please.

Yao shi let out a "puchi" laugh, and said angrily, "Master, don't lift up my concubine, I can't afford it."

Shen Yuechen had lunch with the old lady, and said he was going to pay his respects to his father and mother.

The old lady felt that she was filial, so she ordered someone to take two boxes of top-quality blood swallows from the room, and told her to eat them on time when she went back, so as to take good care of her.When they arrived at Shen Zhiyun and Yao Shi's place, Yao Shi also rewarded her with a lot of supplements, and took out a prescription in black and white, quietly stuffed it into her hand, and said softly: "This is the medicine from a famous doctor in the capital from my mother's family. The ancestral secret recipe that I asked for there. Please keep it, and it will definitely come in handy when you come to Zhu's house in the future."

Seeing Yao's pointed smile, Shen Yuechen immediately understood, looked down at the prescription folded in her hand, and said to herself: Come to think of it, this is the legendary secret method of childbirth.

The old lady and Yao shi took such pains and pains to let her recuperate her body, probably to let her give birth to a son and a half daughter early after entering the door, so that mothers are more expensive than children and consolidate their status.

Shen Yuechen returned to her room, looking at those brocade boxes, big and small, piled up, feeling sad.

Now, although everyone around me smiles kindly and kindly, they don't know what kind of thoughts are hidden under each smiling face. What they say is for her sake, but what they think in their hearts is for her. Own.

For the first time, Shen Yuechen felt that it might not be a good thing for her to marry into the Zhu family like this. She squeezed the folded prescription under her sleeve, and secretly hid it in her sleeve. Keep this recipe.

A few more days later, Shen Yuechen's little life came, he was bedridden all day long, even Qiang An couldn't go on time, the old lady and Yao shi thought she was ill, they were shocked.

However, Shen Yuechen's behavior like this is already an old problem. Wu Ma has served her for many years, and every time she will boil ginger and brown sugar water for her and prepare a hand stove for warming up.

The old lady and Yao Shi came to visit Shen Yuechen, but they saw her pale face, lying on the bed sweating from the pain, looking like she was suffering.

The old lady frowned and said, "Oh, why does it hurt so much? Do you want to invite the doctor to come and have a look." She remembered that she had heard Wu Ma say before that Shen Yuechen would have unbearable abdominal pain every time he came here.She didn't care about it at the time, she just felt that she was young, so it was not a big deal if she was in pain, but when she saw it today, she couldn't help being startled, she turned to look at Mama Wu and said, "Does it hurt like this every time?"

Wu Ma nodded: "It's been like this all these years."

Hearing this, the old lady said in a more emphatic tone: "I'm confused, since it's an old problem, why don't you invite a doctor to come over and have a look." After she finished speaking, she ordered Nanny Li to invite the doctor over immediately.

Wu Ma replied truthfully: "I asked the doctor to look at it before, they only said that the young lady's body is cold, and she is born like this..."

The old lady shook her head when she heard it, and looked at Shen Yuechen's face again, becoming more and more anxious.

After a while, Nanny Li lifted the curtain from the outside and came in, followed by an old man in robes with gray temples and a handsome beard. This man was Lu Qiufeng, the old head of the Laizhou Charity Hall, and a well-known doctor in this area.

When Shen Zhiyun occasionally felt unwell, he was always invited to see him, and he trusted his medical skills very much. Moreover, Lu Qiufeng had a very tight-lipped mouth, never made irresponsible remarks, and was very principled.

Nanny Li walked up to the old lady and said softly, "Ma'am, Doctor Lu is here."

Doctor Lu bowed to the old lady and Yao Shi, only to hear the old lady say: "This is my eldest granddaughter, she suffers from unbearable abdominal pain every day, please take a good look at it."

When Lu Qiufeng came over, he had already heard Nanny Li explain the situation clearly, nodded and said nothing, looked at Shen Yuechen who was lying on his side on the couch, walked over slowly, lifted his robe and sat on the small stool beside the bed, Looking at the green gauze curtain in front of him, he said in a low voice, "Miss You Lao, stretch out your left hand and let the old man diagnose your pulse."

While talking, he asked for a handkerchief from the servant girl, gently unfolded it, and covered Shen Yuechen's outstretched wrist, then stretched out two fingers to gently put it on, closed his eyes and meditated.

For a while, the room was silent.

Lu Qiufeng consulted for a while, then raised his hand, frowned slightly and said: "Miss has kidney deficiency, cold palace, abdominal pain during menstruation, cold hands and feet, you need to take good care of it."

When the old lady heard the words, she immediately asked: "Is it a serious problem?"

Lu Qiufeng neither nodded nor shook his head, just said: "At present, there is no serious problem, but if you don't take care of it carefully, it will inevitably lead to serious illness in the future, and it will not be easy to conceive."

When the old lady heard this, her face darkened, and she suddenly became concerned.

Lu Qiufeng got up and went outside to prescribe prescriptions, the old lady immediately ordered the maids in the room, saying: "I am so good to serve you young lady, don't be negligent." After speaking, she took Yao Shi to the outside room.

Seeing that Lu Qiufeng had finished prescribing the prescription, the old lady seemed worried, "How long will it take her body to recuperate at most?"

Seeing that the marriage is coming soon, no matter what, she has to take care of her body.

Lu Qiufeng stroked his beard and said, "It's not a day's cold to be frozen three feet. The eldest lady is born with a cold body, and her body is easily attacked by cold evil spirits. Everything has to be considered in the long run. It must be done slowly, not in a hurry. Now it is time In summer, Miss also has to be careful with her diet, watermelon, pears, mung beans, rock sugar and other foods must be eaten in moderation, and it is best to eat them heated."

The old lady sighed inwardly, glanced at Lu Qiufeng, and said in a low voice: "Doctor Lu, my granddaughter is already engaged, so today's matter is of great importance, please keep your mouth shut and don't make any extraneous incidents. "

What the Zhu family valued most was the issue of offspring. If they knew that Shen Yuechen was born with a cold body and was not easy to conceive, they would probably call off the marriage.

(End of this chapter)