in spring

Chapter 149 Substitution
Huo Yi was startled when she heard this: "Is the injury serious? Help her into the house quickly!" Then she turned around and called, "Chun'er go get the medicine, Sang'er go get the doctor! Hurry up!"

Chunying hurriedly dropped the luggage in her hands, ran to the warm pavilion in the main room and found the medicine box.I don't know if it's because the aunt is weak and sick, and Miss Huo and Aunt Qing are not in good health. The Huo family has prepared medicine boxes all year round, which contain proprietary medicines that can be used for common diseases and injuries. A recipe handed down in the family is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy and brewed at any time.Chunying cleaned the room every day and had to be reminded by Linglong, so she naturally knew which one to use.Immediately, he dug out a box of ointment and a pack of white cloth belts, and hurried back to the main hall.

Aunt Qing drove away a bunch of idlers and took off Linglong's shoes and socks herself, only to see that her ankle was almost twice the size, it was red and purple, the injury was really serious.Linglong was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on her forehead, she clenched her teeth, barely holding back her moans.Aunt Qing hurriedly took the ointment from Chunying, applied a layer on the wound, rubbed it gently, Linglong couldn't hold back for a while, hummed softly, and tears came down.

Chunying said anxiously: "Isn't that okay? I'm afraid that the joints will be dislocated, so I'd better let the doctor have a look and apply the medicine after straightening the bones."

Aunt Qing had no choice but to throw away the ointment, complaining a bit: "I have to wait, Linglong too, why are you so careless? What time is it now? Miss Ming'er is about to go out, but you are here to make trouble!"

Linglong bit her lips aggrievedly: "I wanted to check the candlelights everywhere, so I went down the steps, but I didn't see anything on the ground, so I twisted my feet when I stepped on it. Maybe some girl is lazy They haven't been cleaned up, and when I turn around and ask, I'll definitely have their skins peeled off!"

Huo Yi frowned, walked outside the door herself, and looked back and forth by the light of the lantern in the corridor. Chunying saw that the light was not enough, so she hurriedly took a candlestick from the cabinet to illuminate it.After Huo Yi checked clearly, he came back and said, "There is nothing under the steps."

Linglong was very surprised: "How could it be? I just clearly felt something rolling under my feet, it seemed to be a small wine glass, but..." She thought for a while, "It seems that there is more than one! I also met one next to me! Remember The other foot seemed to kick one as well."

Aunt Qing frowned and said: "People in our courtyard don't drink, where did you get the glass? Don't talk nonsense." Linglong was about to defend herself, but Huo Yi stopped her and said, "Forget it, even if there is, there are so many people in a hurry, most likely I was picked up by someone. You are so badly injured that you will not be able to leave the house tomorrow, and take good care of it. Aunt Qing will choose another girl for me."

Although Linglong was not reconciled, she had no choice but to agree, and after a while, Sang'er invited the doctor, and Huo Yi ordered the maids in the courtyard to be restrained, not letting them go out of the room, and took Chunying and others to hide in the room. Aunt Qing led a woman from the Huo family to entertain her.

The doctor is six or seventy years old, and he is used to by the Hou family. He knows the rules, and he dare not look around randomly. After Aunt Qing finished explaining the reason, she quickly glanced at Linglong's feet, and after stammering an explanation, she began to set the bone. Seeing this, she dared not be rash, so she dawdled for a long time, but she didn't dare to be cruel, the pain was so painful that Linglong bit her handkerchief and shed tears for a long time, before it was over.The eyes of Aunt Qing and the woman were almost red, and the old doctor also knew that he was wronged, so he wrote the prescription timidly, and then retreated.

Aunt Qing said angrily: "Where did the old man come from, so useless! Who invited him here?!"

Outside the door, Sang'er was terrified, and was afraid that Aunt Qing would blame her, so she hurriedly said: "This is the doctor that the manor usually invites, and the servants of the mansion, no matter who suffers from bruises, he is invited to treat them. Never went wrong."

Aunt Qing was furious: "This means that nothing has gone wrong?! Even the girls of the Hou Mansion are so delicate, how can they bear this pain?!"

"Okay, Auntie." Huo Yi came out from the inner room, "Maybe this doctor is not used to our family's rules, so he dare not do anything? Hurry up and give Linglong some medicine, and then carry her back to her room. It's getting late. There is business tomorrow."

Aunt Qing had no choice but to calm down, handed the prescription to the mother-in-law, and ordered her to go out to get the medicine tomorrow morning, and asked Chunying to apply the Huo family's ointment for Linglong.

Chunying lowered her strength as much as possible, but Linglong kept sucking in air-conditioning. Finally, after applying the medicine and bandaging her, when the daughters-in-law were looking for a stretcher, Linglong suddenly grabbed Chunying and whispered: "I can't Going out with Miss, you have to wake me up, no mistakes are allowed along the way!"

Chunying was in pain from being caught by her, and hurriedly said: "I know, I know, I will definitely serve Miss well, don't worry, there will be many people following me tomorrow, Miss Biao will be fine."

Linglong stared at her twice, then let go of her hand, allowing others to carry her onto the stretcher.

One Linglong was missing, and when Ms. Huo went out, there was only Chunying by her side. Aunt Qing called all the older maids in the yard over, asked them carefully, and hesitated between Shi'er, Yulan and Nanqi After a long time, he finally chose the indifferent Nanqi instead of Linglong.

Nan Qi was originally the first-class girl in the second young master Li Chang's courtyard. Although she had never served the young lady, she was familiar with all the business rules, so she quickly packed her luggage and asked Linglong for travel arrangements.Chunying was by the side, feeling that she was very neat in her work, although her face was cold, she would not deliberately put on airs, and she was secretly relieved.

But when we set off on the second day, things changed.Miss Huo had already bid farewell to her aunt, old lady, and wife, and she was about to get into the sedan chair. When the mother-in-law counted the number of people accompanying her, she found that Nanqi was missing. When asked about Chunying, Chunying only remembered leaving the old lady. I still saw her in the yard, but I haven't seen her since I left the second gate.

After hearing the reply, An Shi said: "Where is there any reason to let the young lady wait for the girl? This Nanqi is becoming more and more unreliable in doing things! Since this is the case, it is not for her to delay Yi'er's trip, old lady , or should the daughter-in-law send another good girl to wait on her?" The old lady agreed.

The one sent by An's was none other than Yulan.When Huo Yi heard the report in the sedan chair, she didn't say anything and only ordered to leave.

Chunying, Yulan and the other two wives of the Huo family each took a small green cloth sedan chair and followed Huo Yi's sedan chair.It was the first time for Chunying to sit in a sedan chair, at first she thought it was fun to jolt around, but after a long time, she became dizzy and dizzy, feeling that breakfast was about to be jolted out.After finally enduring it for more than half an hour, and resting for a while, I arrived at the Huo family's old house.

The Huo family's old house is located in the west of Midtown, and the high walls of the imperial city can be seen from a distance.The facade of this house is not big, the red paint on the door has also peeled off, and a pair of white lanterns hang under the eaves, which looks a bit down and out.After entering the main gate, he soon arrived at the second gate. Chunying followed the mother-in-law's instructions and got out of the sedan chair to help Miss Huo.

The Huo family's housekeeper and several maids had been waiting on the second door for a long time. When they saw Miss Huo, they hurried up to salute.Chunying guessed that they were all Miss Huo's maidservants. After asking, she found out that some of them named Dong'er, Li'er, Ju'er, and Rui'er were the second-class maids beside Miss Huo. The ones named Xuechan, Lanlong, Qingdie and Lizhu are serving the aunt.

Dong'er is the most talkative person, knowing that Chunying and Yulan were sent by the Hou Mansion to wait on her young lady, so she came up to say hello with a smile.Chunying chatted with her for a few words, and found that she was a warm-hearted person, so she got close to her.On the contrary, Yulan was a little absent-minded, her eyes were only on Huo Yi and the housekeeper.

The pleasantries at the second door did not last long, Huo Yi soon entered the main courtyard.The heir and Mrs. Zhang were already waiting in front of the court, and Jinxiu was also standing beside her.After the two parties greeted each other, Huo Yi kindly took his younger brother's hand and walked into the hall to sit down. He asked his aunt about the current situation, and asked his younger brother about his recent homework.Jinxiu answered for Huo Rong one by one.

Huo Rong's small face seemed to be disturbed, and he stammered and recited a text, but to his surprise, the big sister didn't blame him, but said: "My brother is still young, as long as every day It is enough not to forget your homework every day, you don't have to push too much, the most important thing in a man's family is integrity and reason."

Mrs. Zhang smiled. Although she didn't agree with it a little bit in her heart, she felt that her niece's words made sense, so she didn't say anything. She just took out a few pieces of paper from her sleeve, put them on the table, and said softly, "This is what my husband ordered me to return." For my niece. He is an official of the imperial court, and his salary is guaranteed. Our husband and wife appreciate the kindness of my niece, but I'd better ask my niece to take back these deeds."

Huo Yi was startled, and quickly glanced at Yulan and Chunying, then pushed the deed back with a smile, and said, "Uncle and aunt are overwhelmed, maybe the sender didn't make it clear? This is Yi'er's compliance." Before his death, his father ordered the housekeeper to buy [-] hectares of sacrificial land in the middle of the capital. It was originally for the Huo family's great success. I am young, and my mother has to take care of it, so I can’t take care of this property, so I have to entrust it to my uncle. I also ask my uncle and aunt to spare no effort to help my brother.”

"This..." Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment, and had no choice but to put away one of them, "Then this family..."

Huo Yi still smiled: "The family in this house also has children, and Yi'er sent them to take care of the fields. Presumably, my uncle is a scholar, and he is impatient with these mundane tasks. He just leaves all the trivial matters to his family, and only sends people there every quarter. Just ask."

Zhang's heart moved, and she put it away: "I will tell my husband, please rest assured that my niece and daughter, this property, we husband and wife will take good care of it, and when Brother Rong grows up, we will return it with a lot of money. give him."

When she said this, everyone in the hall had different expressions. Jinxiu whispered a few words into Huo Yi's ear, and the latter's expression darkened: "Why are you so ignorant, uncle and aunt? Don't say that Brother Rong is your relative." Flesh and blood, Yi'er is also uncle's niece. Yi'er knows that there are people spreading gossip outside. Uncle is a decent person, so he can't bear it. It's just that Yi'er lost his father when he was young, and his mother is sick. Although his grandmother and uncle are good, they are relatives with different surnames. , I hope uncle will take pity on you, and don't alienate Yi'er and younger brother just because of a few gossips from other people."

Zhang's expression seemed to be moved, and she quickly comforted Huo Yi, because she had been away from home for a few days recently, and she couldn't let go of her husband and eldest son at home, so she planned to go back.Huo Yi ordered someone to prepare a gift for her, including a few books copied by himself and some medicinal herbs, and then he personally took Huo Rong all the way to send her out of the second school.

Chunying followed Dong'er, and under Jinxiu's command, she and the wives sent the luggage they brought back to the young lady's yard. The latter asked about the daily life of the two hostesses in the Hou's mansion, especially the old lady's a few days ago. wife's condition.Chunying answered one by one, only to realize that Yulan hadn't followed.While in doubt, Ju'er walked in and said to Jinxiu: "Miss asked elder sister to go, it seems that there is something to discuss."

Jinxiu hurriedly ordered Dong'er to take Chunying to the room to settle down, and left in a hurry.When Chunying arrived at the new room, she found that although the room was old, all the furniture was newly purchased. Not only was the quality good, but everything was exquisite, even better than the ones she used in the Hou Mansion.

Dong'er smiled and said: "Miss has always treated us very well, and she has never been stingy. If you want anything, just tell her. As long as we serve well, there is nothing Miss will refuse."

Chunying's heart moved slightly, but she soon came to her senses, she already had Zhou Nian's way out, and she didn't need to think about anything else.But if Miss Biao is really so talkative, it would be a good place for her parents and brother to come over.

She was still in a trance, Dong'er saw her when she turned around, and smiled and pushed her: "Why are you in a daze? Get it ready soon, and there is still someone to wait for the young lady. You pack it up soon, and go outside for tea." Take a look at the room, it is what I saw when I came in, there is a osmanthus plant in front of the door, if there is hot water, I will fetch a basin, wait for the lady to wash her face, and I will go find a towel."

Chunying hurriedly stuffed the clothes in the baggage into the closet, straightened her hair and clothes, went to the tea room as she said, filled half a pot of hot water, and mixed it with cold water. After trying to find that the temperature was moderate, she held it Go to the lady's room.

Just after turning the corner, a person ran up to her face, and bumped into her. Chunying was so frightened that she jumped two steps away, and the warm water in the basin splashed half of her sleeves.She looked up and found that it was Yulan who bumped into her, so she said angrily, "What are you running for?! Didn't you see anyone?!"

Yulan's face turned pale, her eyes flickered, she squeaked twice, and ran away without saying a word.Chunying could only admit that she was unlucky, seeing that the water was enough to wash her face, she didn't turn around and hit another one, and sent her directly to the room.

Before entering the door, she saw Jinxiu standing under the eaves, looking over with a blank face, and couldn't help but panic in her heart: "What... what's wrong?"

Jinxiu said indifferently: "It's nothing - where did you come from, did you see anyone?"

Chunying frowned: "Yes, Rui'er is carrying some women with her, and Yulan just ran over and almost knocked me down."

"Oh?" Jinxiu slowed down her expression and smiled faintly, "I see..."

She smiled warmly, but Chunying felt a little bad.Could it be that Yulan did something bad?
(End of this chapter)