Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"If you have any questions, Madam Du, you may just ask directly." Erlang saw that she was thinking in a roundabout way, so he said.

Du Wenxiu smiled awkwardly. How should she ask a child about matters between men and women?

"I didn't show any concern when you had a fever yesterday. How long have you been in Dongxing County?"

Du Wenxiu chatted casually about family matters, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Erlang stared at her, pursed his lips, and said after a while:

"Captain Lu took me out of the capital on a fast horse. In Sanqing County, I met Lu Erniang, who came to pick me up. Along the way, we called each other husband and wife to hide our tracks."

Erlang started from the beginning and saw the expression on Du Wenxiu's face change again and again.

"Don't worry, Madam Du. The two of them are of course polite. Lieutenant Lu is out on the road, while Madam Lu is in the carriage taking care of me, pretending to be visiting relatives in Dongxing County."

"It was just that it rained heavily at night and I didn't dare stay in an inn, so I caught a cold and had a fever."

Du Wenxiu nodded with a wooden face and said, "In that case, Erlang is ill for the first time, so he should rest well. If you think there are too many people for dinner, ask Qiuyun to come and serve."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door. After taking a few steps, he ran into Qiuyue who had returned from Zhao's house.

"Grandma, Grandma Zhao said she's going out in the afternoon. If you have something to do, why not go over now?"

Du Wenxiu nodded after listening to this, and led Qiuyue out of the corner door and turned to the side door of the Zhao family.

After receiving the instructions, the gatekeeper led Du Wenxiu through the garden and the corridor to the main house and reported in.

Immediately, Grandma Zhao came out, took Du Wenxiu's hand and walked inside.

"Oh, what's so urgent that you can't wait even a moment?" Grandma Zhao asked with a smile.

As soon as he entered the room, the cool air that hit him made Du Wenxiu feel refreshed. At a glance, he saw an ice basin in the middle of the room.

"Sister really knows how to enjoy herself. She uses the ice so quickly." She teased without responding.

Grandma Zhao looked pleased and said, "I have been afraid of heat since I was a child. If there were no ice in this summer, I would have died many times over."

Du Wenxiu smiled slightly, and sat down with Grandma Zhao as host and guest, then said:

"It's a small matter, but I'm afraid that my sister will be busy and won't be free for a while, so I have to shamelessly make this trip."

Grandma Zhao looked puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?"

Du Wenxiu then told her about Cheng Suying, but Grandma Zhao slammed the table:

"Oh, it turns out that Miss Cheng is at Miss Du's place. It's so hard for me to find her."

Du Wenxiu was startled, and Grandma Zhao continued, "Madam Du, do you know that Madam Cheng is an expert at using silver needles? Others can't learn from her."

"My mother suffered from severe leg pain every time it rained. She happened to find Ms. Cheng and had two acupuncture treatments. The pain lasted for three months."

"Later, when I went to Ci'an Hall, I heard that she had left because of family matters. It was difficult to find her, so my mother had to endure it."

"As children, how can we feel good when we see our parents in so much pain?"

"Now that we have found someone, it couldn't be better. Madam Cheng's affairs will be in my hands, don't worry."

Grandma Zhao was a quick talker. She said a lot of things and finally patted her chest and made a promise.

Du Wenxiu had not yet recovered from the coincidence and murmured:

"Sister, how do you plan to help Madam Cheng solve this matter?"

"Well, don't worry about it. I promise to take care of it for you. You don't have to worry about it anymore."

Grandma Zhao waved her hand, showing an attitude of "no one else can do it but me".

After chatting for a while, Du Wenxiu got up in a daze, not knowing how to walk back home.

I have prepared a lot of things to say, but before I even explain the matter clearly, it can be done?

Why do you think it's so unreliable?

After thinking it over, Du Wenxiu decided to go to the workshop. It happened that Cheng Suying was not busy and was teaching her younger sister to recognize medicine.

Du Wenxiu looked confused and went to find a chair to sit down. Seeing her like this, Cheng Suying couldn't help but smiled and asked:

"what happened?"

After Du Wenxiu explained the matter, Cheng Suying suddenly understood.

"So this Sister Zhao is the daughter of a merchant. Yes, the old lady of the merchant often had leg pain and asked me to give her acupuncture several times."

"Afterwards, I left Ci'an Hall and lost interest in medicine. That's why they didn't find me, right?"

"What could it be that she said she had a way to punish that family? But please don't let anything go wrong."

Du Wenxiu was a little worried, so Cheng Suying simply asked Cheng Xiaomei to identify the medicine and sat next to Du Wenxiu.

"Since she said she could do it, there's no need to worry."

"This merchant is not like us ordinary people. He has a large family and a lot of wealth. Grandma Zhao married Mr. Zhao, but she was also marrying down."

After explaining the affairs of the Zhao family and the merchants, Du Wenxiu suddenly understood.

Grandma Zhao is the sixth daughter of a merchant family. She has been strong since childhood and climbs up and down like a tomboy.

That day she climbed up the tree and couldn't get down. The maids and old women surrounded her, but no one could get her down.

So she sat on the tree and cried. It happened that her third brother brought the young Master Zhao home to reminisce about the past with his mother. When he heard his sister crying, he volunteered to climb the tree to save her.

But when he was halfway up, Miss Shang Liu cried so hard that she lost control and dropped his hand, falling straight into the pond below.

None of the dozen or so maids and servants on the shore could swim. Seeing that Miss Shang Liu, who couldn't swim, was about to die, Mr. Zhao didn't even bother to take off his clothes and jumped into the icy pond to rescue Miss Shang Liu.

In public, the outsider hugged her tightly through her clothes. Grandma Shang had no choice but to marry the sixth daughter to the Zhao family and make her Grandma Zhao.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhao was also very capable. He married Mrs. Zhao and, with the help of his wife's family's influence, he was able to build a world for himself. He was truly a man of character.

Du Wenxiu understood what was said, but was still confused: "What is Grandma Zhao thinking about doing for us? Does she have any dealings with that family?"

"I don't know, but since she said so, let's just wait. Even if it doesn't work, we can think of other ways. There's no need to rush now."

Cheng Suying shook her head and let go of her hand.

This matter is not a big deal, it's just annoying.

Whether it will succeed or not, since I have given my guarantee, we will just have to wait for the news in two days.

Du Wenxiu was originally afraid that she would be anxious, so in this way, she put her mind at ease.

Seeing Cheng Xiaomei stealing glances at her from time to time, she couldn't help laughing, so she said she was going to buy groceries and took Cheng Xiaomei along to help.

Cheng Suying knew that there were many people at home recently, so she didn't say anything. She promised to come over when she was free in the evening, to help if there was anything, and to eat if there was nothing else.

Walking down the street and buying a lot of vegetables, Du Wenxiu thought that he would have to buy so many vegetables every day in the future, which would take up his time, but that would not do.

"The celery today is good. Why don't we buy some and make some stewed noodles with soybean paste?"

Cheng Xiaomei also said yes repeatedly, her throat moving slightly, as if she swallowed her saliva several times.

After the vegetables were bought, the vegetable vendor carried two full baskets to the house and handed them to Old Yang to carry in.

"We have to buy so many vegetables every day, and it takes a lot of time just to buy them." A Luo looked worried.