Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 87

The night is quieter, and the moonlight is alluring.

Shen Yuechen lay quietly in Zhu Jintang's arms, leaning against his chest, listening to the steady heartbeat inside, counting silently.

Perhaps it was because he was really going to leave, she suddenly felt a little insomnia tonight, she kept tossing and turning and couldn't sleep well, until Zhu Jintang hugged her in his arms, she finally calmed down.He embraced her, caressing her smooth and delicate back with his big palms, without lust, but very gentle, with each other, quietly enjoying the tranquility and warmth of this moment.

After a while, Zhu Jintang suddenly said, "How many times has my heart beat?"

Shen Yuechen was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, wondering how he knew he was counting his heartbeats, then raised his head and asked in surprise, "What did you say? How did you know?"

Zhu Jintang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, hugged her tightly in his arms, and didn't reply.

Seeing that he was silent, Shen Yuechen raised his eyes to look into his eyes, his eyes were deep, like an unfathomable black pool, and he couldn't see clearly what was inside.

Shen Yuechen suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness, and hurriedly turned his gaze to the bright moon outside the window, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, and then said in a soft voice: "Three thousand 320 six. I have counted to three thousand 320 six , and count the rest after the uncle comes back..."

Hearing this, Zhu Jintang smiled silently, with the corner of his lips sticking to her hair, hugging her warm and soft body, his hard heart suddenly felt an unprecedented satisfaction and peace.That feeling is wonderful and strange.

The long and quiet night is about to pass, and the window is already slightly white, and the air is cool and dewy.

Zhu Jintang went to the main courtyard to bid farewell to the elders early in the morning. The two old ancestors of the family, Zhu Feng and Zhu Jun, his wife and others had all come, had breakfast, and were chatting and waiting there.

Zhu Jintang took Shen Yuechen to greet the two old ancestors, father, mother, uncle and aunt.

Seeing him coming, the old lady hurriedly asked the maid to show him a seat, and moved the chair to her side, and then let Zhu Jintang sit down, held his hand with both hands, and told her carefully: "You must be careful when you go out. See After arriving at your aunt, immediately send a letter to the family."

Zhu Jintang nodded in response.

The old lady turned her head to look at Shen Yuechen again: "Have you packed your luggage?"

Shen Yuechen hurriedly blessed her body, and replied to the old lady: "Yes, everything is tidy."

Zhu Jintang followed up and said: "Don't worry, the old lady, she is well prepared, and will soon pack up all the bed frames in the house."

Hearing this, the old lady raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Shen Yuechen and nodded approvingly: "Well, you are a child who can love others."

Shen Yuechen smiled slightly, bowed her head and remained silent.

At this time, the accompanying chariots and horses had been prepared outside the gate of Zhu's house, and a small copper tripod was also prepared in the chariot, which was full of ice cubes.

Zhu Jintang led Zhu Rong directly from the main courtyard, and along the way there were servant girls kneeling on both sides to salute and kowtow.

Zhu Jintang got on the horse first, tightened the reins, and the young man beside him immediately stepped forward and said, "Master, the old lady ordered you to take the carriage to avoid sunstroke."

Zhu Jintang was riding a tall horse, so naturally he didn't want to sit curled up in the car, and waved his hand to signal everyone to leave immediately.

Shen Yuechen had been standing outside the gate watching him and his followers go away, but Zhu Jintang never looked back and walked gracefully.She stood in a daze for a while, and it wasn't until Chunming came to deliver a message that she immediately regained her composure, looked up again, and there was no sign of anyone.

After Zhu Jintang left, Shen Yuechen's life became much simpler. He only needs to concentrate on housework every day, and go there on time to make morning and evening appointments for his elders. He still lives a very comfortable life.

Although Mama Wu is the mother in charge of the hospital, she still devotes all her energy to the kitchen. From the purchase of ingredients to the daily ration of side dishes, she has to personally take care of everything.Now, she has been told to manage the kitchen in an orderly manner. Although the manpower is tight, she does not waste time in doing things.

After discussing with Wu Ma, Shen Yuechen decided to let the kitchen make a new agreement with the women who bought it outside. From the previous three days, it should be bought once a day, and the weight of various ingredients must be re-drawn before each purchase. , after the order is placed, the cooks in the kitchen will decide the amount of side dishes in each room.In this way, the daily side dishes are all fresh meat and vegetables, and there are very few overnight or leftovers.

In addition, Shen Yuechen saw that there was a small unused space in the back of the yard, so she asked the women to cultivate it, and planted some vegetables and fruits for the servants to eat.

Shen Yuechen let go boldly and handed over the kitchen to Wu Ma. Except for preparing some unique food for the elders from time to time, which needs to be discussed and discussed, everything else is up to her.

The reason why the old lady set a one-month deadline for Shen Yuechen was to examine her ability.She usually looks gentle and quiet, delicate and weak. The old lady is worried that she is too soft-hearted and can't handle things. In the future, she will be despised and neglected by the servants everywhere. So this time, she deliberately ignores the affairs of the west courtyard. Asked, just watched quietly from the sidelines.Fortunately, Shen Yuechen also has her own opinions, and she doesn't want to disappoint her old man, so she handles the big and small things in the yard properly, and behaves in a very orderly manner.

Shen Yuechen made a promise before the old ladies and wives that she would not make her own decisions in everything, and would always take the initiative to seek Li Shi's opinion first, or find out many old cases first, and make decisions on her own while deliberating, never casually deal with and dismiss others.

The old people in the yard thought she was just showing off for a while, and wanted to put on airs on purpose, but they didn't expect her to be very peaceful and fair in dealing with others, and she did things fairly, saying that one is one and the other is two.

Shen Yuechen was indeed a little harsh on the cost of silver taels, but it was not for the simple purpose of saving money, she had always been very clear about rewards and punishments, and those who did their errands well and properly would get corresponding rewards every month.In fact, she just applied the performance salary learned in her previous life, and kept the monthly salary unchanged, but increased the salary after the performance evaluation.As the saying goes, those who can do more work, and those who can work will naturally get more.

The old lady and Li Shi saw that she had been in charge of things for more than half a month, and she had done a good job. Since then, they have slowly relaxed their minds about her, and they are going to let her continue to take care of her after the one-month deadline is over.

Finally entered September, the poisonous sun disappeared from the sky, and there was a little more breeze for company.

Everything was in order in the capital, and Zhu Jintang sent people back with letters from time to time, roughly setting the return date at the end of September.

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard about it, especially the aunts in each room were even more overjoyed, and they came to the main room to pay their respects more and more frequently.Only Qin Taoxi still went her own way, always saying that she was not feeling well, and she could only pass it once every three to five days.

Shen Yuechen was also quite happy, and didn't bother fighting with her, letting her love her or not.

On this day, Shen Yuechen had nothing to do, so she asked Cao Shi to come over to have tea and talk with Zhu Ying in his arms.

Unexpectedly, after Mrs. Cao led Zhu Ying into the door, a little maid hurriedly came in and said, "Grandma, Aunt Sun vomited again today..."

Aunt Sun is not feeling well, and it's already the fifth day. She throws up what she eats every day... Something is wrong!
Shen Yuechen's eyebrows twitched, a pensive expression appeared on his face, and then he said seriously: "Go ask the doctor to come and see, what's wrong with Aunt Sun?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cao's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and asked hesitantly, "Did Aunt Sun have a bad stomach? She's so good, why did she suddenly get sick?"

Since you are an experienced person, why bother to pretend to be confused with me.

Shen Yuechen looked at Cao Shi and secretly slandered her in her heart, but she smiled and said, "Maybe it's because of the cold weather, maybe I'm really sick. However, for peace of mind, I'd better ask the doctor to come and have a look..." Maybe, maybe there will be some good news!"

A sharp light flashed in Cao's eyes, and he nodded and smiled, but his heart suddenly became uneasy.

Since Zhu Jintang left, Sun Wenpei has been ill, always feeling unwell, lethargic and lazy every day, and has a poor appetite.

She didn't pay much attention to it at first, but she just felt a little bit wrong when she saw that the menstruation of the past two months was delayed.She has never given birth to a child, has no experience, can't make up her mind for a while, and dare not speak up easily, she just wants to live a little longer and think about it.

However, no matter how careful Sun herself was, she couldn't hide it from the sharp-eyed and quick-talking maids around her. They noticed her abnormality early on and naturally reported it to Shen Yuechen.

After Shen Yuechen heard the news, she personally brought Mrs. Cao over to visit Mrs. Sun. She really didn't look well, as if she was really sick, her face was very pale, and she was half-reclining on the bed to take a nap.Her room was also deserted, except for household furnishings, there was almost nothing, even the vases were empty.

Shen Yuechen didn't want to disturb her, but she woke up quickly, groaned twice, opened her eyes to look at the person, and found that it was Shen Yuechen, her eyes suddenly became a little panicked, and she quickly got up and said, "Eldest young mistress, You are here..."

Shen Yuechen smiled lightly, her eyes softened and said: "I heard that you are not feeling well, so I came here to have a look." After finishing speaking, she lightly pressed Sun's body that was about to sit up, and continued: "Your complexion is indeed Not good, I have sent someone to invite the doctor over, you can rest assured."

Sun Wenpei was slightly startled when she heard the words, stretched out her hand and subconsciously stroked her abdomen lightly, then smiled and said: "The concubine is fine, how dare I bother grandma to worry about it."

Shen Yuechen's eyes were sharp, her eyes flickered slightly, she looked at Mrs. Sun, and said gently: "Sister, you are welcome, your body is important, you must not be careless."

While talking, the doctor has been led in by the maid.His surname was Liu, and he was well-known in Dezhou. He would come to Zhu's house from time to time to see a doctor and get medicine for the aunts and women in various courtyards.

Shen Yuechen got up slowly to make way for him. Doctor Liu first saluted her with a low eyebrow, and then borrowed a handkerchief from the maid, gently unfolded it, covered Sun Wenpei's wrist, and stood beside the bed with his head bowed Check her pulse.

There was silence in the room for a while, and everyone waited and had their own thoughts.

(End of this chapter)