The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 16
One night, Fang Xiuyi listened to the sound of the children breathing, sleepless all night, her own strength is for the children, behind the strength is endless powerlessness, in this difficult society, life is really not easy, women even No fair job opportunities, at the end of the food chain, let alone a woman with nothing but children!

When the sky was still completely dark, Fang Xiu could clearly hear someone knocking on the door. In the silent night, the knocking sound was very clear and frightening.She dressed carefully, took a stick in her hand, and went to the door.

"Who?"

"Ms. Fang, I am Sandong."

"What's the matter?" Fang Xiuyi thought at the first moment, the Lord Shang Shu asked her to move out so early, right?
"Ms. Fang, come with me quickly. My lord is sick. I didn't eat anything last night. I caught a cold and developed a fever at night. The doctor said to give my lord something easy to digest. Come out quickly." Three Dong's voice was really urgent.

"But, my lord said yesterday..." He said that he would let her go.

"Oh, Chef Fang, I can't take care of so much now. I'm in such a hurry. Where can I find a cook? Hurry up."

Fang Xiu thought for a while, and although she said she wanted her to leave, she seemed to be really sick now, so it seemed disrespectful to ignore her, and besides, this person never felt sorry for them.Forget it, let's take it as repayment.

"Fine then. But, my children—" She couldn't leave them alone, anyway.

"Don't worry, I asked Shi Dashan to come too, let him wait here, and then send them to school."

"Then please wait a moment, I will be right there."

"Hurry up, Chef Fang."

Fang Xiuyi hurriedly tied up her hair with a hairpin, and woke Siyuan up first when she went back.

"Siyuan, my lord is sick, mother went over to make some food. Last time the guard uncle was outside, after Fei Yu woke up, you all ate the leftover snacks, and then he sent you to school."

"Well, I got it, mother. Don't worry, I will take good care of Feiyu." Although Siyuan was sleepy and couldn't open his eyes, he still nodded vigorously to Fangxiu.

"Good!"

Standing outside the door were Sandong and Shi Dashan, Sandong was circling anxiously, looking really anxious.

"Ms. Fang, let's go."

"Guard Shi, I'm sorry to trouble you!"

"Go, Cook Fang, don't worry, I will take care of them."

On the way, Fang Xiu asked about Master Shangshu's condition.

"Do you still have a fever?"

"Well, the doctor has not left, so he just guarded."

"When did you eat yesterday, and what did you eat? Did you vomit at night?" Fang Xiuyi asked according to what he knew about the child, to see what he could do.

"My lord basically didn't eat anything at night, and he vomited once at that time."

"Is the lord awake now?"

"My lord hasn't slept much, and Banxia and I take turns to wipe your body." Sandong continued, "Your lord hasn't been so seriously ill in all these years. Please be more tolerant."

"I know." In fact, Fang Xiuyi was already scolding her in her heart.It was bad luck before I left the Shangshu Mansion. My lord fell ill, and the illness was still threatening. It seemed that after I got better, I had to leave, otherwise everyone would be in bad luck.Such an unlucky fate, even a high official like Shang Shu can't change it, do we have to find someone more powerful?Could it be the man in the palace?Alas, I worry about thinking about it.

Fang Xiuyi walked around the kitchen, thinking about what to do.I haven't eaten since noon yesterday, and I vomited in the early morning. I still have a fever. What can I eat?Finally, at dawn, she made four dishes. One was pimple soup, which was specially added with vanilla and poured with hot oil. The aroma was pleasing to the nose; Just put lean meat and a little chopped green vegetables, and added seasonings; one is millet porridge, and four kinds of pickles, which she usually pickles in those jars; and steamed eggs, which are smooth and tender.

When Sandong came over, he was also surprised, cooking so sumptuously, it seems that he really did not misunderstand the character of Cook Fang, and under such circumstances, she can still take care of adults so wholeheartedly.

"Sandong, take it to your lord, see what you like to eat and what you don't like, and tell me later. Also, ask your lord to eat less."

"Okay. Thank you, Cook Fang."

"Thank you, as long as you are good to the adults. Go quickly."

After Sandong left, Fang Xiuyi tidied up the kitchen and prayed for Lord Shangshu to get better soon. She really didn't want to continue to bear the name of a disaster star. Don't talk about yourself, it's not good for the child. Which child likes to listen to other people's words? My own mother is a disaster star, always bringing bad luck to people.

Sandong brought over the rest, "My lord said he likes to eat steamed eggs."

Fang Xiu looked at the others, and ate some of them, but there was a lot of pimple soup and lean meat porridge, millet porridge and steamed eggs, and only cowpea for pickles.

"I see." Looking at these, she probably knows what adults are going to eat, but if she eats only these, her nutrition can't keep up, so she should cook less in the future.

So, Fang Xiuyi, who was going to leave, once again devoted herself to the great cause of helping Master Shangshu recover his body.Every day I think about how to cook for He Huai'an, and every night I try hard to recall what I ate and what I would do in my previous life.It can be said that she is exhausted, she feels that she is more worried than the emperor.There are still so many people under the emperor's command to help share the burden. He is a bare commander, and if he can't do it well, he will lose everything, and even if the emperor can't do it well, no one dares to say anything.

He Huai'an recuperates from illness every day. The last time he was sick, he was forced to pretend to be sick. This time he was really sick.After listening to Chen Liu's investigation report that day, I felt that I seemed to have misunderstood the cook, and I was quite satisfied with the cook's craftsmanship.However, how could he bow his head and admit his mistakes to a cook as a dignified minister.He thought that if Chef Fang left the Shangshu Mansion, her life might be more difficult, and those two lovely children might suffer along with her. No matter how strong she was, she couldn't stand the repeated torture of reality.For the first time in his life he felt compassion.

In the past, when faced with killings and unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, even though Sandong and Banxia were taken in, they never had any compassion, but now they have compassion for this mother.In the evening, Banxia bought him Minglou's food from outside. It is said that the cook sold it to Minglou, but he didn't want to eat it at all. After taking a bath at night, he couldn't sleep, so he just stood around in the yard After a while, maybe because she was wearing too thin, she started to have a fever in the middle of the night, and she was always groggy.When he woke up the next day and saw the food that Sandong brought over, he knew it was made by that cook Fang, and he felt relieved inexplicably, as if his body was also much lighter.He didn't ask, Sandong and Banxia didn't say anything, everyone just pretended to be stupid.

On the afternoon of the third day, Lord Shangshu finally stopped having a fever, and all that was left was to recuperate, drink, and rest.But the people who came at night brought a bad change to the atmosphere that had just improved.

This person was sent by He Huaian to inquire about his family.Back then, on the second day of his wedding, he left home to take the exam in the capital without even seeing his bride's face clearly. Unexpectedly, he fell ill before the first exam, and he didn't take the scientific exam again until three years later.It wasn't until half a year after he became a fifth-rank official that he excused that he hadn't heard from his family for several years, so he asked for leave and returned to his hometown.Unexpectedly, there was no one in his hometown, the houses collapsed, and everything was deserted.His heart sank to the deepest point at that moment, and he didn't feel anything anymore.His old mother, his new wife, several houses in the family, and a small courtyard of the family are all gone.At that time, he passed out on the original ground of his house, and he woke up after being in a coma for three days.It was only later that I learned that the flood had flooded my home, and the plague had not spared my family and fellow villagers.More than half of the people died, and I don't know how many people were buried in that underground.He asked someone to dig three feet into the ground and found the bones of many people. He didn't know which ones were his mother and wife. As long as he found them, he buried them all.He was not reconciled to hearing that there were still people who escaped, so he kept sending people to inquire, wanting definite news, even though he knew that the old mother, wife, and mother-in-law were all weak, and might be gone long ago, but really not reconciled.Finally, now, the person who sent out has news back.

"My lord, please punish us for our ineffectiveness." Chen Lu is Chen Ming's eldest brother. He has been investigating this matter for the past few years, but there has been no definite news.

"I don't blame you, let's talk about it." He Huai'an actually didn't have any hope, but he was always stubborn, and always felt that there seemed to be a miracle.

"There were not many people who escaped at that time. Even if they escaped, most of them died on the road. A few people survived, but they all changed their names and surnames. In addition, they re-registered their household registration a few years ago, so it is difficult to investigate. .Last month, we managed to find a few survivors. But for some reason they are reluctant to say more.”

"What did they say?"

"After they escaped, they first went to the nearest Wencheng County, but Wencheng County knew about the plague and refused to let them enter the city, so they diverted to Jianning Mansion in the south, and there were not many people left. , for fear of being known by others, they all concealed their origin and life, and some people went to Taizhou. The people were not so concentrated, so no one doubted them. Later, they no longer dared to say their ancestral origin. Therefore, it is not It's easy to find out." Chen Lu continued, "To the old lady and madam, they all said that they have never seen it, it seems that they have not left the village."

Not leaving the village means that there is no possibility of survival at all, but in that case, even if they go out, how long can they live?
"Any more?"

"It may be that the subordinates are more suspicious and always feel that they are hiding something, but what they said is the same, there is really nothing suspicious. We even threatened secretly, but their statement has not changed."

He Huai'an didn't say anything more, he had already given up hope, but he was unwilling to admit it.

"You all go down." He Huai'an waved his hand and stayed alone.

(End of this chapter)