Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 184

"Don't see me off. We are leaving now."

Jiang Yipei waved to Chen Nuo and helped Jiang Suying get on the carriage. Because they were going back to her mother's home to visit relatives, Jiang Suying was dressed quite decently - Jiang Suying had never worn such formal clothes in such a long time since she came to the ancient times, and she was quite uncomfortable with it.

It's impossible to get on the bus without someone to help you.

The Jiang family's coachman sent Jiang Xiumian and Jiang Xiaomi to the Jiang family in town and did not go to the county town with them, so Chen Nuo had to send someone to send them back.

It was already four or five in the afternoon when we came out of Chen Nuo's villa. If we didn't hurry back to town, we would miss the chance to go back to my mother's house.

It was winter, the days were short and the nights were long. Even if the carriage was fast, it would be dark by the time we finally got back to the Jiang family.

"You're back!"

Huang heard the noise, wiped her hands, and hurried out to greet them. She was relieved to see the two of them together, and said with a smile: "Are you hungry? Come in and eat! And this little brother, come in and eat something before you leave?"

This man is the coachman of County Magistrate Chen. He is bringing someone back in such freezing weather. He can't let the person go away hungry!

"No, thank you, Madam! I just sent Lord Jiang and Madam Jiang back, and the county magistrate is still waiting for my reply!"

"You really don't want to eat anything?"

"No!"

"Okay, little brother, walk slowly—" Huang smiled and waved her hand. When the carriage started moving, she closed the door, turned around and held Jiang Suying's hand. She looked so gritting her teeth that Jiang Suying was shocked: "What's wrong, mother?"

"My daughter, if your father really can't be cured, you might as well make him stupid!"

Jiang Suying: “?”

"What's going on?" Jiang Suying asked again in confusion.

People live 29 times a year. Today is the second day of the new year, so it's only been four days. Excluding the time spent cleaning and tidying up at home, it's not easy to get enough sleep. How can there be any conflicts?

"Just ask him yourself!" Huang snorted at Jiang's father and started to turn her face away, not even caring about the fact that not getting angry was the custom during the New Year.

"I...I..." Father Jiang looked aggrieved, but he couldn't speak. Finally, he made up his mind: "I just want to sleep in a separate bed from you! We have rooms at home, so what's wrong with sleeping in separate beds!"

I didn’t dare to say it at first, but now that I say it, I suddenly feel extremely wronged: “What’s wrong?!”

It’s really not his fault!

They didn't sleep together when they were in Yunling Mountain, and when they returned home they were suddenly asked to sleep together. Who could accept that?

He was a young man, sleeping in the same bed with an old lady. Not only was he startled when he woke up in the middle of the night, but he suddenly remembered that the old lady was his wife, a wife who was more than 30 years older than him. Do you know how he felt at that moment?

I know this is the fact, but I feel wronged and can't accept it at all!

Ah this...

Jiang Suying didn't expect this to happen. She didn't know how to deal with it. She was so anxious!

Suddenly, she thought of a word——

Old wife, young husband.

It's not an old man and young wife in the traditional sense. The rich woman keeps a gigolo. The gigolo has a young body and a sweet mouth, but her father has the body of an old man but the heart of a strong man!

Besides, Huang was in good shape. Although she was not an official's wife who could order servants around and never had to do housework, her family was wealthy and she had helpers. She only had to do housework on a daily basis, which was an easy job. She looked younger than the average old lady. Even Old Lady Yang couldn't compare to her. After all, Old Lady Yang worked too hard when she was young, and no amount of work could make up for it.

But for her father, it is still unacceptable!

No matter how young an old lady is, she is still an old lady!

What?

What should I do if I encounter this situation?

Jiang Suying looked at her sulking mother, her father who was forcing himself to be wronged, the children who were watching the show, and her useless husband. Her nephews were watching from the side. Her brother and sister-in-law not only did not help, but also desperately winked at her, meaning that she should quickly persuade her father and coax her mother. The two started quarreling on the first day they returned home, and the quarrel almost broke up the family.

"..." Jiang Suying couldn't persuade anyone. She could only look to her grandfather for help.

Old Doctor Jiang coughed lightly. He actually didn't know how to take care of it. As a father-in-law, it was really not easy for him to interfere in the affairs of his son and daughter-in-law.

But since his eldest granddaughter had signaled him, he could only say, "Okay! It's New Year's Day, and Yingniang finally came back. Don't get mad!"

"Dad!" Huang's eyes widened in disbelief. There was actually no one in this family who understood her. She knew that she really couldn't argue with a patient...but...but...

Let her suffer so much injustice.

Huang's eyes suddenly turned red.

How old is he? He hasn’t cried in so many years. Ah, this damn old man!

Huang looked up at the sky, afraid that tears would fall accidentally. The whole family, young and old, were there, and how could a grandmother cry?

Jiang Suying quickly patted her back soothingly. She felt a little distressed, but didn't know how to comfort her. Should she scold her father?

It’s not impossible, but will scolding be useful?

It’s really worrying!

(⊙o⊙)!

Jiang Suying even began to reflect on whether her medical skills were not good enough, as why she hadn't cured the patient yet!

After a while, family conflicts are imminent. If this continues, even if her father recovers one day, there will be a rift between the couple!

No, there are cracks now!

"Ouch!" Doctor Jiang saw that his daughter-in-law was about to cry, so he quickly said, "Huang, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about him! I'm talking about Jiang Shi! Jiang Shi! I'm talking about you! Do you hear me?! Don't get mad!"

"I heard you, Dad!"

Although he was reluctant, Father Jiang quickly responded to his old father's words. It was because he was beaten when he was young and was scared, so it was a conditioned reflex.

Although he was no longer beaten when he got older, this was a kind of "rejuvenation". The dead memories suddenly began to attack him again, and he was as afraid of his father as he was yesterday. This showed that the old father's authority was very profound.

"Okay, let's eat."

Old Doctor Jiang sat up at the head of the table and told the children to take their seats, eat quickly, shut their mouths, and talk less!

The Jiang family has a lot of land. Although they don't farm it themselves, they always hire temporary workers during the busy farming season. This time, they listened to Jiang Yipei and hired quite a few temporary workers. With the help of the harvester, they harvested a huge amount of grain, but they really didn't have any meat or vegetables. The meat and vegetables used for the New Year were all provided by the Jiang family.

Jiang Yipei gave quite a lot, after all, he couldn’t be too stingy to his current father-in-law.

Furthermore, the Jiang family lived and ate together with the Jiang family, so they naturally knew something about their financial situation. Although they didn't know where the fresh fish and meat of the Jiang family came from, they subconsciously felt that they had means of preservation. For example, the ice used by wealthy families could keep food for a long time.

After all, the fresh fish was cooked and eaten when they returned to the Jiang family’s old house, so they thought that the Jiang family’s old house had an ice cellar and that the fish was well preserved and had not been flooded.

Jiang Ji had also asked Jiang Yipei this question, which made Jiang Yipei no longer have to make excuses and he just admitted it directly.

Yes, there is an ice cellar with some meat stored in it. Come, take some home!

Then they asked Jiang Xiaomi to throw the meat into the snow and freeze it for two days. When it was frozen hard, they could take it home. They could just put it in the yard outdoors. The ice would not melt if the weather was not warm.

To entertain guests today, Huang and her daughter-in-law Lan tried their best to put together six dishes, only two of which were meat dishes, and the others were basically the same dishes cooked in different ways. But this was already very difficult.

"Come! Eat!" Huang picked up half a fish head and gave it to Jiang's father. The meaning was very clear: eat what you need to replenish your body, so replenish your brain!

Father Jiang's chopsticks got stuck. He looked at the fish head in the bowl, then at Huang's chopsticks...

Huang: "..."

Her heart was choking!

It's her who's troublesome!

"These chopsticks are clean!" Huang took a deep breath and told herself again not to get angry on New Year's Day. Then she picked up the fish head that Jiang's father had taken a bite of and took a big bite: "Eat it if you want, or not. If you don't want to eat it, forget it!"

Father Jiang: “…”

Ahhhh, he’s eaten that fish head!!!

Jiang Suying and others ate in silence. Although they all felt that Jiang's father was too pretentious, they didn't say anything.

But what can I say? Because of the incident before the meal, everyone's appetite was average, especially Huang. It was like there was a stone blocking her chest and lung. The fish bone clearly didn't pierce her lungs, so why did she feel suffocated even when she took a breath? !

Not to mention eating, even dragon meat has no taste.

The Jiang family lived well in the early days, but after the disaster in the later days, Jiang Suying and her family survived not long after. And no matter in the early or later days, they never went hungry, so there were times when they couldn't eat.

After dinner, the family gathered around the big stove and warmed themselves. Jiang Xuan opened the doors and windows a little and came over immediately, sitting next to Jiang Suying: "Aunt, I have some questions to ask you!"

Doctor Jiang: “???”

"What question? You asked me? I couldn't answer it?"

It's no wonder that Doctor Jiang thought this way. After all, these two boys asked their father about small problems, and his father would not ask him again. He has always been the top medical skill in this family.

But now he searched his mind and had no memory of this kid asking him for advice these days. He couldn't help but wonder if he was too old and starting to forget things.

"No!" Jiang Xuan shook his head: "I thought my aunt would be back in a few days, so I thought of asking her directly instead of asking you."

Okay! !

Old Doctor Jiang almost blew his beard. It seemed that his position as the top medical expert in this family had been completely replaced.

He suddenly realized that ever since Yingniang came to save him and her father, the two brats in the family had never asked him for medical advice again. He was busy learning acupuncture at the time and didn't pay attention for a while.

But it's okay, Doctor Jiang thought, Yingniang is a good doctor, they can learn from her and then develop Baicaotang. After all, Baicaotang will belong to these two boys in the future.

As for his son...

When Doctor Jiang looked at Jiang's father, there was a hint of disgust on his face.

Jiang Shixu noticed that someone was looking at him unfriendly. He turned around in confusion and saw his father's face, which was much older than he remembered. He was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

He was holding a stick in his hand, digging for something in the fire. There was a "pop" sound, and he was startled. He clenched his fists to block his chest and leaned back, pouting: "Oh my god - you scared me!"

Old Doctor Jiang closed his eyes. He didn't dare to think whether he could see this fool being cured by Ying Niang before he closed his eyes. If he thought about being 20 years old every day, pretending to be 50 years old, and making expressions and movements of a 20-year-old every day, who would dare to come to Baicaotang for treatment - the boss was seriously ill.

Jiang Suying went to the side to answer questions for Jiang Xuan and Jiang Hu. Jiang Xiumian felt bored after warming himself by the fire for a while and wanted to go back to the room to lie down. Jiang Xiaomi stretched out her hand and asked him to pull her up, as she also wanted to go back to write her lesson plan.

Work starts on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year!

The two of them entered a room respectively. The room Jiang Xiaomi lived in was Jiang Suying's boudoir before she got married, and Jiang Xiumian lived in an ordinary guest room.

Most people had left, and only Jiang Yipei, old doctor Jiang, Jiang Ji, and Jiang Shi were left in the main room.

"Grandpa." Jiang Yipei said to the old doctor Jiang next to him, "County Magistrate Chen wants to hold a free clinic at Baicaotang in the county town in the near future. He would like to hire you in the name of the county government. What do you think?"

"What's there to think about? The county magistrate has spoken, so how can we refuse?" Doctor Jiang adjusted his beard and said, "Besides, it's not for free, and there's money to be made, so why not do it?"

Jiang Yipei couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "I thought you were going to say that it's your duty to help the people of Luoshui County?"

"That's County Magistrate Chen's business. We ordinary people just need to do our own part. However, over the years, whether in the county or in the town, we have relied a lot on County Magistrate Chen. We should support his orders if we can. Moreover, when we were in the mountains, County Magistrate Chen also asked us to treat the villagers. We were able to open a free clinic under such limited conditions. We can't fail to do so when we return to the county!"

Jiang Yipei reminded: "This is easier said than done."

Doctor Jiang nodded: "Don't worry, Grandpa knows what's going on."

"That's fine." Jiang Yipei nodded: "As long as you agree, I'll have someone notify you of the specific time when the time comes!"

"Hmm?" Doctor Jiang asked, "Shouldn't we be able to start the free clinic after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?"

In ancient times, the New Year celebrations were the same as they are today, where people could start working on the seventh day of the first lunar month.

"There's something. Don't ask too many questions. Just listen to me." Jiang Yipei winked at Doctor Jiang.

Doctor Jiang nodded immediately, indicating that he understood, and changed the subject: "I've been back in the town for a few days, and I found that the governance of this town is not as good as your Jiangjia Village. We have been back for so many days, and there is still a lot of garbage on the streets of the town."

"Really? Why didn't I see him when I came back from town?"

"Dad has organized people to clean up. We can't have a dirty New Year!" Jiang Shi said.

His fire stick caught fire, and he was afraid of burning his hands, so he simply threw it into the stove.