Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 65

In August, the sun is burning like a fireball on people's bodies, and the bursts of cicadas add a bit of irritability to the scorching air.

Wen Yue sat in the stuffy carriage with shopkeeper Mo, the small ice basin didn't help much, and shopkeeper Mo's sweat continued to flow down his cheeks.The same goes for Wen Yue, regardless of her image, she kept shaking the handkerchief, trying to create a coolness for herself.

"Miss Fang, if you keep at it, you'll be at Zhu's house soon." Shopkeeper Mo said as he wiped his sweat off the carriage curtain.

"Shopkeeper Mo, you can go and deliver it yourself, why do you have to go with me?" Today Wen Yue and Da Chuan came to deliver skirts to Shopkeeper Mo. Shopkeeper Mo said yes after reading it, and immediately decided to go to Zhu's mansion immediately Go, but before leaving, he insisted on asking Wen Yue to go with him, saying that Wen Yue had changed her tricks, and if the Zhu family asked, it would be easier for her to explain.

Wen Yue couldn't help stroking her forehead. Is shopkeeper Mo thinking too much? It's just an embroidery pattern. As long as it looks good, why do you need to explain so much?Shopkeeper Mo is too thoughtful!But Wen Yue couldn't stand Mo shopkeeper's constant persuasion, so she had to follow his advice.

Thinking that it was so hot sitting in the car, Wen Yue felt anxious, and looked back from the car window, Da Chuan was still following behind in the bullock cart, she felt relieved and distressed, don't get sunstroke .

Shopkeeper Mo sat across from Wen Yue, and Wen Yue's actions naturally did not escape his eyes. Seeing the children's way of expressing affection from the air, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.This couple is really interesting, he just suggested that only he and Miss Fang come to Zhu Mansion, because even if Fang Dachuan goes with him, he will be left in the outer courtyard, it doesn't make any difference whether he goes or not.But who would have thought that Brother Fang promised well, and then drove up to him in a blink of an eye. This is really interesting, interesting.

The car finally stopped, and after getting off the car, Wen Yue saw that they were parked at the back door of Zhu's mansion. It seemed that they were not even qualified to enter the mansion through the corner gate.

Fang Dachuan came to Wen Yue's side quickly, and before he could speak, shopkeeper Mo said with a smile: "Brother Fang, don't worry, I promise to return your wife to you safely."

Fang Dachuan laughed "hehe" twice, and even bowed to Shopkeeper Mo without blushing, and said, "Shopkeeper Mo, then my wife will please you, and I will wait here for you to come out."

"Hey, you kid!" Shopkeeper Mo pointed at Fang Dachuan with a smile, and said to Wen Yue, "Miss Fang, come with me."

"Yue Niang, I'll wait for you here!" Fang Dachuan quickly added.

"Okay, wait for me!" Wen Yue quietly scratched Da Chuan's palm below, seeing that his face was blushing, and then left with shopkeeper Mo in satisfaction.

Under the guidance of the old woman, Wen Yue and the shopkeeper Mo walked for almost two sticks of incense, and changed each other every time they passed through a door, until they entered a more exquisite courtyard, and brought their The mother-in-law said flatteringly to the woman in pink standing at the door: "Hey, it's Miss Chunyan, why are you here? Why are all the girls in the yard hiding? Let the girl suffer here!"

"It's not as serious as you said, they are all servants, whoever is different!" The woman in pink looked indifferent, and was not complacent because of the woman's flattery. "Shopkeeper Mo, come with me!"

Following Chunyan into a side hall, after the little girl served tea, Chunyan said, "Master Mo, who is this lady?"

Shopkeeper Mo, who had just sat down, stood up again, and said to Chunyan: "Miss Chunyan, she is Xiu Niang. I am afraid that if your house has any requests, I will bring her here as well."

Chunyan nodded, thought for a while and said, "Okay, then let her come in with her things. Our young lady is at Madam's place, so you can wait here."

"My lady, come with me!" She winked at the little girl on the side, and the little girl stepped forward to take the bag from shopkeeper Mo, and the three of them left the side hall together.

Passing through several hanging flower doors and entering a spacious courtyard, Chunyan, who had been quietly observing Wen Yue, nodded secretly in her heart. She is a well-behaved woman, not like the ignorant woman who looked around and was annoying. "My lady, let me tell you one more thing. Although our Zhu family is a merchant family, we are also a well-behaved family. When we meet your wife in a while, don't talk nonsense, and don't look around. Let it go, do you understand?"

Although Wen Yue didn't like her aggressive appearance, she still nodded with a smile and thanked her.After going up three flights of steps, Chunyan said to the two little girls standing at the door: "Go back and tell me that someone from Jinxiufang is here!"

"Yes, Sister Chunyan." The girl standing on the right side of the door echoed into the room first, leaving the little girl on the left pouting angrily.

Not long after waiting, when entering the room, a smiling little girl came out with a bitter face: "Sister Chunyan, Miss let you in!"

Chunyan stared at the little girl for a while, then raised her foot and entered the room. Wen Yue followed behind her carefully lowering her head, looking at the little girl's expression, something bad must have happened in the room .

As soon as she entered the room, she heard the sound of a woman sobbing softly. Chunyan, who was in front of her, stopped and said in a low voice, "Miss, someone brought it here."

"Well! Let it go, Bao'er looks like this now, why am I in the mood to look at clothes!" The woman said, sobbing louder.

"Miss, should I send this embroiderer home?" Chunyan suggested seeing that the lady was not in the mood.

Wen Yue kept her head down and listened to the conversation between the master and servant. When she heard Chunyan say that she was going to send her away, she suddenly felt better.Ever since she entered the gate of Zhu's mansion, Wen Yue has been feeling very depressed, and she is careful not to let out her breath, for fear that she will accidentally offend someone and cause disaster, that would be really unfortunate.

"En!" The gentle female voice sounded again, "Chunyan, go to the house and bring some silver melon seeds."

"Sister-in-law, I wanted to say a few more words to you, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do it today, so I can't let you come here for nothing. I... Before she finished speaking, the sound of a child crying passed it on.

"Bao'er is good, Bao'er is good, it's all mother's fault, it's mother's fault, it's hard to find a quack doctor for you, isn't it, what should I do, what should I do." cried out.

"It's just a prickly heat, why is it so difficult to cure? Bao'er, don't cry! Nanny, nanny!" The child's crying became louder and louder, and she couldn't help but cry and called her nanny everywhere.

Chunyan and another girl in blue came out of the house, anxiously gathered around the woman and said, "Miss, the nanny is going to decoct the medicine, do you want me to go find her?"

"What can I do! My Bao'er." The woman sat on the side and cried bitterly. When she cried, all the girls in the room surrounded her, leaving Wen Yue alone.

Looking at the chaotic room, Wen Yue put all her heart on the child who was neglected by the master girl. Taking advantage of those people not paying attention, Wen Yue walked to the side of the cradle, just one glance, Wen Yue was also startled .This chubby boy who was only wearing a bellyband, who was supposed to be attractive, now looked extraordinarily ferocious, because not only his entire face, but also his body were covered with dense prickly heat rash.

The child was crying so hard, Wen Yue knew that she shouldn't interfere with the child, but out of her instinctive liking for the child, she still couldn't bear to watch the child cry like this.

"The child is crying! Ma'am, girl, the child is crying!" Wen Yue yelled several times, but the girls didn't seem to hear them, they just kept busy around the woman.Wen Yue, who couldn't bear it, stretched out her arms and hugged the baby in her arms, and then rummaged around the cradle, only to find that there was only a satin handkerchief, so she could only make do with one and put it between the arm and the back of the baby's head. It shook slightly.

"What are you doing? Who are you?"

Seeing that the child was comforted, an old but loud voice sounded in the room again. Seeing the child in her arms frowning and about to cry, Wen Yue hurriedly continued to comfort and shake it gently.Turning around, I saw a gorgeously dressed old woman standing by the door, followed by four or five women.

Outside Zhu's mansion, Fang Dachuan, who had been waiting for a long time, watched the corner door open again and again, but it was not Wen Yue who came out of it every time.Just when Fang Dachuan lost all his patience and was about to knock on the door, the corner door finally opened again, and shopkeeper Mo and Wen Yue came out from inside.

Seeing that it was Wen Yue who came out, Fang Dachuan finally calmed down, "Yue Niang, are you alright?"

Fang Dachuan looked Wen Yue up and down carefully, and shopkeeper Mo couldn't stand the nervous look, and pretended to be angry and said, "Okay, Fang boy, who hasn't been young before, what are you showing off! I'm leaving, really People can't stand it!"

Seeing that both Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan were stunned, he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I, an old man, will take a step first, ouch, old people get in the way no matter where they are!"

"Shopkeeper Mo!" Wen Yue yelled helplessly, Fang Dachuan also looked embarrassed, and only Shopkeeper Mo happily got into the carriage and left.

Shopkeeper Mo left, and Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan naturally wanted to stay at this door for a long time. The woman who came in and out always looked at them intentionally or unintentionally, and the defense in her eyes made them very uncomfortable.

After walking in a bullock cart, I arrived at the "Commercial Street" in the town, "Dachuan, stop when you pass by the pharmacy!"

When Fang Dachuan heard that Wen Yue was going to the pharmacy, he was a little anxious: "What's the matter? Yue Niang, why are you feeling uncomfortable? Let's see a doctor."

"No!" Wen Yue approached Fang Dachuan with a smile, and said mysteriously, "Dachuan, I just thought of a business opportunity!"

"What business opportunity?" Knowing that Wen Yue was not uncomfortable, Fang Dachuan turned around and continued to drive in peace. He was really not particularly interested in doing business.It's just that Wen Yue is so excited every time he mentions buying a shop or doing business, so as Wen Yue's man, he must support him unconditionally.

"Let me tell you." Wen Yue smiled, and said with a proud expression: "I went to see the eldest lady of the Zhu family today, and saw that her son had prickly heat all over his body, and he was drinking medicine and washing it with medicine. Yes, the child has suffered. Seeing how pitiful the child looks, I said something extra, telling them that they can wash the child with water boiled with peach leaves. Maybe the Zhu family was really in a hurry, and their old lady went to find someone directly Let’s go to boil water, I don’t doubt it at all.”

"What does this have to do with your business? Do you want to sell peach tree leaf water?" Fang Dachuan seemed to think of something, and burst out laughing.

Seeing Fang Dachuan's inconsiderate appearance, Wen Yue deliberately said unhappily, "Why, can't you?"

"Are you serious?" Fang Dachuan straightened his face, turned his head again, looked at Wen Yue suspiciously and asked in disbelief.

"Of course it's...fake!" Wen Yue deliberately hung him up, and seeing Fang Dachuan's staring boss, she explained with a smile: "I don't sell this, but the effect of the product is similar to this. I want to sell a kind of prickly heat powder, and want to sell comfrey oil! These two things are used on children."

"Yueniang, how do you know so many things I haven't heard of?" Fang Dachuan said with emotion.

Without hesitation, Wen Yue replied quickly, "Because I'm smarter than you!"

After hearing this, Fang Dachuan laughed happily and said, "That's really the case, Yueniang, you are indeed very smart!"

While joking, the car arrived in front of the pharmacy. On the way, Wen Yue had long recalled the prescriptions she had seen on TV in her previous life. She was really relieved to see that all the medicinal materials she needed could be bought here.Don't look at how confident she was when she chatted with Fang Dachuan, but she was really afraid that the few Chinese medicinal materials in her memory would not be available because of the different ages.

Because she didn't remember the dosage, she had to go back and try many times, so Wen Yue bought a lot of each medicinal material, and she was dumbfounded when it was time to check out.For such a little thing, she was charged one tael or five cents, which was far from what she had expected.Don't talk about experimenting and blending, just say that all these things are ground into powder and put together, and it can only be filled in a box the size of the baby prickly heat powder box in the previous life. How can ordinary people afford such a cost? ?

Fang Dachuan saw that Wen Yue had been in a bad mood since she left the pharmacy, and asked with concern: "What's the matter, Yue Niang, did something difficult happen?" Seeing that Wen Yue didn't speak, he continued to persuade: "Yue Niang, Everything is difficult at the beginning, I believe you can do well, really."

Fang Dachuan's comfort made Wen Yue temporarily smile, and sighed, she told Fang Dachuan about the difficulties she encountered.Fang Dachuan also frowned after hearing this. He didn't understand what Wen Yue said at all, but he didn't want to see Wen Yue frowning. After being silent for a long time, he said to himself: "If It would be nice to add something more."

Fang Dachuan's unintentional words were like a light illuminating a traveler in the night, which made Wenyue suddenly enlightened. She slapped her forehead and said softly: "What a fool, why did you forget the most important thing, starch?" what!"

"Ah? Yue Niang, are you talking to me?" Fang Dachuan, who was driving ahead, only heard Wen Yue's words, but couldn't hear what she was saying, and turned his head to look at Wen Yue.

At this time, Wen Yue was already smiling, and she gave Fang Dachuan a thumbs up: "Dachuan, I want to solemnly announce something now!"

"Oh? What's the matter? Could it be that you have figured out a way?" Seeing that Wen Yue no longer frowned, Fang Dachuan drove forward with confidence

"What I want to announce is, Fang Dachuan, you are smarter than me!" Wen Yue burst out laughing, Fang Dachuan also said happily: "Actually, I have always thought so, I was just afraid that I would appear too smart Yes, it hit you."

"Hey, if you say you're fat, you'll be panting." Wen Yue looked around, saw only a few pedestrians on the road, and quickly reached out and pinched his waist, "It hurts, it hurts, I was wrong, lady!" The soft meat was pinched by Wen Yue, Fang Dachuan repeatedly begged for mercy.

Wen Yue didn't dare to make too much noise. Although the small actions between husband and wife are nothing, in this time and space, if she is seen by others, she will definitely be said to be frivolous.After looking around, Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, and directed Fang Dachuan to the oil shop, where they could go home after buying some sesame oil.

(End of this chapter)