Inertia forced Shen Miaozhu, unable to stop, to throw herself at Hu's stomach: "Aunt, get out of the way!"

"Fifth sister-in-law."

"Fifth brother-in-law, step back."

Seeing that Mrs. Hu took a step back and tried to hug Shen Miaozhu who had fallen towards the stove at the corner of the kang, the two sisters-in-law cried out in panic.

Shen Xiao's wife even pushed her sister-in-law away and hugged Hu to prevent her from being dragged down.

The third grandmother's eyes rolled around, and she sat back on the kang, holding her waist and groaning.

In order to avoid hitting her face on the corner of the stove, Shen Miaozhu stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Miaozhu, where are you hurt?" When Mrs. Hu saw that she didn't get up immediately, she felt something was wrong. She wanted to squat down to check, but her ninth brother's wife got there first.

Shen Miaozhu endured the pain in her ankle and stood up with the help of Aunt Jiu: "Just a little help, it's nothing serious. Please help me get out, Aunt Jiu."

Then he turned around and asked, "Third Grandma, don't you object?"

"Go, go." The third grandmother had good eyesight and had noticed that something was wrong with her right foot. She also winked at her eldest daughter-in-law: send her away quickly.

How could Mrs. Hu, who was younger than her, not fail to notice that the child was injured? However, this matter could not be blamed entirely on others. It was because the mother and daughter went out too late.

She secretly said that in the future, she would try not to bring her two children to her relatives' homes unless it was necessary.

When they came out of the inner room, everyone in the hall was waiting. Shen Huai immediately greeted them, "Miaozhu?" He had thought something had happened to his wife just now.

"Seventh brother, go and get the doctor back." His daughter had grown up, and it was not easy for him to support her. He did not ask Qiandao to come and see the child's feet, so he could only quickly find the doctor who had just come to see the patient.

Shen Miaozhu stopped him and said it would be best to go home as soon as possible and apply ice.

So she left on foot, and when she returned home, she was pushed back by Uncle Jiu on a cart.

When Shen Lingzhu saw her senior sister injured, she immediately became furious, completely throwing away her previous thoughts: "Who did it?"

"It's nothing, I just sprained it accidentally." Mrs. Hu pulled her away and let her ninth brother's wife half-carry her into the room.

"Your second sister mentioned applying ice. Do you have any ice left?" The family had saltpeter that Miaozhu had bought from Qixing Temple. When it was too hot, they could make ice to cool down.

"No, I'll go check on my second sister's injury." Shen Lingzhu often injured her feet when practicing long and short distance running.

Mrs. Hu looked at her little girl who ran away from her palm and couldn't help shaking her head. This child could not learn Miaozhu's calmness. She waved her hand and asked her son to go and welcome the doctor.

Shen Lingzhu ran into the inner room and took off the shoes and socks of the senior sister who had just sat down without saying a word. He lifted her legs onto the bed and raised her feet with a small cotton pillow.

Her small hands deftly began to press around the swelling, and she kept asking, "Does it hurt here?"

Shen Miaozhu said it didn't hurt and her bones were not injured, but her ankle was swollen. Shen Xiao's wife next to her kept blaming herself for irritating her mother-in-law.

"Did Third Grandma do it?" Shen Lingzhu immediately grasped the key point.

Shen Miaozhu: "No, it was a complete accident. Aunt Jiu, please help me get a basin of stream water."

"Hey, I'll go right away." Shen Xiao's wife felt very guilty.

As soon as she left, Shen Miaozhu said, "Don't go looking for her impulsively."

"Senior Sister, am I that stupid? Third Grandma is an elder." Shen Lingzhu just remembered her in her heart and sighed, "It's probably because of a conflict with her family.

Don't go there again." Just as the words fell, Mrs. Hu, who had just entered the room, looked back to see that no one was approaching, and said, "You're talking nonsense again. Don't mention anything about bad luck or conflict outside."

"How did it become so swollen in such a short time?" She walked closer to the bed and saw that her eldest niece's right foot was swollen to twice its size.

Shen Miaozhu smiled and said, "It's just a muscle sprain. The swelling will go away in a couple of days.

It’s a pity that I can’t go to Qixing Temple tomorrow to learn how to make my first medicinal meal, nor can I go to the county town with my eldest brother.”

"You're still laughing." Hu lowered her voice and said, "They're fighting between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It's not necessarily a bad thing for my ninth brother's wife to get slapped."

Shen Lingzhu was puzzled: "Huh?"

"Go make ice." Mrs. Hu drove her away and talked to her eldest niece in detail about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. When encountering a strong mother-in-law, if you don't have the upper hand in the first confrontation, you might as well show weakness first.

Shen Miaozhu listened carefully, even listening to the parts that she disagreed with.

When Mrs. Hu was halfway through her speech, the doctor was called back, but she had no other options except leaving a bottle of medicine.

She doesn't know how to knead or massage the muscles.

When Shen Huai heard that it would take several days for him to get out of bed, he immediately asked Xia Xing to go to the Xia family and pick a girl of similar age to take care of him.

Because they didn't have to wait for Shen Miaozhu to finish class before setting off, before dawn the next day, the Shen family loaded all the bellows in the house and headed to the county town, led by uncle Huang Zongqi and seventh uncle Shen He.

It was a journey of more than seventy miles, and the rented ox carts and mule carts moved at varying speeds. In order to ensure that the bellows were not damaged, the city gates were almost closed when we arrived at the county town.

"Uncle, it's hard to find a place to live now. It's better to find a family outside the city to rest." Shen Lingzhu remembered that his uncle had said that there were too many mixed people living in the inn.

Her suggestion was supported by her eldest brother Shen Xianzhu, who said, "It would be best to stay at a nearby temple."

"Five miles south of here, there is a Taoist temple where pedestrians can rest." Huang Zongqi also agreed. There were more than ten people in their group. Apart from him and Shen He, the only adults were Xia Xing and Shen Songzhu.

When the convoy turned around, Shen Songzhu mentioned, "Tomorrow, I will bring a bellows to my aunt.

Xiao Zhuzi, why don't you go take a look around there? The residents there are all people who can afford rocking chairs."

Shen Lingzhu shook her head. She didn't want to owe Shen Bagu a favor. Even though she knew that the cousin in front of her wanted to resolve the conflict, she would not go.

But the more you don't want to see someone, the more likely you are to meet them. As soon as the convoy arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple, they met Shen Bagu and her mother-in-law who were leaving after burning incense.

When her mother's family came to the city, even if it was Shen Lingzhu, whom Shen Bagu hated, she would still invite them to live at her home.

But Shen Lingzhu, who had already paid her respects to her elders, didn't need to say anything, as her eldest brother politely declined first.

Bagu Shen was about to give up after several attempts at perfunctory attempts, but her mother-in-law looked around and saw that only a little girl named Shen Lingzhu was in the convoy, so she insisted on taking her to her home to stay.

Of course Shen Lingzhu refused to retreat. She saw clearly that Eighth Aunt secretly glared at her no less than three times, so she refused to go and cause trouble.

After finally sending the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law away and letting Brother Songzhu bring two young men to escort them, Shen Lingzhu saw another familiar face as soon as he stepped into the Taoist temple.

This time, she changed her previous indifference and said to her elder brother, "A benefactor has appeared." Then she flew forward and saluted from a distance: "Sir, what a coincidence to meet you here."

Still dressed in her old outfit, Han Yongxi had a good memory and recognized her. "What a coincidence! Is everything okay?"

"Thanks to you, sir, everything is fine." Shen Lingzhu turned around and said to his elder brother, "Brother, we were on the road last time."

"Thank you very much for your help that day." Shen Xianzhu finally saw the appearance of the scholar clearly, and he bowed deeply to express his gratitude.

Han Yongxi hurriedly helped him up and said, "It's just a small favor, not a big gift."

"It is a great help to us." Shen Xianzhu was grateful to those who lent a hand along the way.

While the two men were exchanging pleasantries, a group of government soldiers came on horseback towards the entrance of the Taoist temple, and they all dismounted.

After entering the gate, the man in the front, wearing a red robe, bowed to Shen Lingzhu, oh no, he bowed to Han Yongxi: "I'm sorry to have kept Deputy Envoy Han waiting for a long time. The boat has arrived. Do you think we can set off now?"

Han Yongxi would not delay his official business, so he nodded and left immediately. However, the person who came to pick him up saw that he was having a happy conversation with Shen Lingzhu and his sister, so he asked who one or two more people were.

He said without hesitation that they were the children of an old friend, and then said goodbye to the two siblings.

"Another quick meeting." Shen Lingzhu sighed as he watched him leave, then asked, "Brother, what is the rank of the deputy envoy? The person who just came to pick him up had an ivory waist badge, which is even better looking than Captain Chen's."

However, thanks to this military officer, she learned that the middle-aged scholar's surname was Han.

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