Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

After the funeral, I stayed at the monastery for a few more nights before returning home.

Shisheng did not take off the black skirt. Although the funeral ceremonies in that period were not as complicated as they are in later generations, and the Western medicine was not as particular as the Chinese in this regard, the etiquette of wearing mourning clothes for relatives was still there, but it was not so strict later. For example, before little Shisheng, he only wore black clothes for his mother for about two months. After two months, he could wear dark clothes close to black. In fact, the color of these clothes was not much different from the daily clothes worn by ordinary people. Although colorful and luxurious clothes were indeed popular in that period, for the common people at the bottom, such clothes would basically only appear on people with money and status, and the nobles made up the vast majority of them.

Therefore, even if Shi Sheng wore dark clothes every day in the following days, it did not attract much attention. After all, most people wear dark clothes, especially in hot seasons. Dark clothes are more resistant to dirt and can reduce the washing cycle.

Later, John was in charge of the birth of Shi Shengzi. He had deliberately concealed Shi Shengzi's background. The neighbors said that they only knew that Shi Shengzi was an orphan with both parents dead. But they knew very little about where Shi Shengzi came from and what his parents did. He had done it for the sake of protection. If Yao knew about Shi Shengzi, he would probably target Shi Shengzi's rich dowry in the future. Moreover, if Shi Shengzi's current whereabouts were known by his relatives, they would definitely come after Shi Shengzi.

Before they successfully completed the adoption procedures, the three members of the Neng family felt that no matter how careful they were, they could not be too careful.

If the later son uses the character "Zi" given by his parents, it means that he loves his son and at the same time belongs to little Shisheng. Shisheng even thought about changing his name.

Later, I got the good news. A few days later, Komunining, the lawyer I hired, sent me a letter. The letter explained the current progress of the inheritance, which was very smooth. If there was an accident, I would be able to get my inheritance in a few months. Later, Komunining told me in the second half of the letter that the progress was smooth and only part of the property in Xiaoshisheng's hometown was returned. There was no progress on the property in other cities and countries because many of the pharmacists sent there were still on the way.

Of course, Little Stone was not too low-key when he was born on Oppets Street. As a member of the family of John and John, he would be noticed by the medicine for a while, not to mention that because of John's support, the changes in the family were indeed a bit big. Later, he said that there were suddenly two tall horses in the house because of the changes in the three medicines.

After the funeral, Shi Sheng felt that the atmosphere at home was still depressing. He noticed that the couple had an obvious disagreement with each other. In order to change the atmosphere, Shi Sheng gave him the gift box he had prepared earlier.

Like Bayard, John got a pair of deerskin gloves, and even the style was very different, except that the stone was embroidered with his name on the inside to distinguish them. But the bracelet he got was similar in style to Bayard's, a hollow copper bracelet inlaid with colored stones, and even made of grape quartz. Later, like Bayard, the color of the bracelet was deeper and richer, almost like emerald, which looked more elegant and noble, and it showed his temperament when worn.

More importantly, when Shi Sheng first bought the natural grape stone, he said that it was just a rough stone that looked worse than ordinary stones, so he sold it to He Youtao. He didn't know what the natural rough stone was, but he planned to disguise it as jadeite rough stone to deceive the customer who knew the goods. However, Shi Sheng exposed his plan on the spot. After a lot of bargaining, he finally bought a few pieces of grape stone in a package at a very low price.

The main reason is that at that time, the gemstones that are more famous in later generations, such as peridot, had not yet been discovered, and some raw stones were too inconspicuous. If merchants wanted to deceive merchants by pretending that they were raw jadeite stones, they would just put them on display and sell them.

The reason why Shi Sheng could discover its value was entirely because of his cheating skills. Later, he found out that it was a piece of cake. Now that he had seen through the tricks of this unscrupulous businessman, he could no longer blame himself.

In fact, I think that if you have a golden finger in the modern world, it will be very difficult to gamble on stones in the future.

But now, the completely changed appearance of Prehnite and the gemstone produced in the eyes, will the real son and the nobles say it?

"Go ahead, this thing is too valuable, I can't take it back!"

The child thought that the bracelet was cargo from a caravan or a gift from a mother-in-law. Although it was made of red copper, the gems on it looked like a good thing. It was like the gems on the necklace that a noble woman took off from her body when she was delivering a baby. When the maid was picking it up, she was so nervous that she almost dropped it and was scolded by the mistress.

She even felt that the gems on the bracelet in front of her were more dazzling than the gems on the necklace she had seen before, and were as crystal clear as grapes that had been washed in water.

Mr. Shi didn't tell me about the bracelet, but only explained: "You've seen this kind of gemstone before. It's called prehnite. It's not as precious as you think. Don't be fooled by its appearance. In fact, its price is much lower than the crystal beads I bought."

In that era, due to the difficulty of mining, the price of crystal was not inferior to other gemstones. However, before the birth of the rock, the quality of crystal beads was very good, and even poor nobles would be willing to wear them. Only slightly wealthy commoners would buy them and make them into jewelry. In fact, it was cheaper to buy a few pieces of grape quartz than crystal beads. To be honest, before grape quartz mines were discovered and mined in large quantities, grape quartz was probably a relatively rare gemstone.

The premise is that medicine can discover its value.

After the stone is grown, how can the quality of the peridot itself be good? If it is good, the unscrupulous merchants will probably cut it into gemstones and sell it as expensive jadeite, and then use it as a raw stone to make fakes and deceive people. The reason why people think it is more brilliant is just because the processing technology of the gemstone is different. And the jadeite necklace I saw before is actually very special. It is just that it is more precious because it is big enough.

After much persuasion, Shi Sheng finally accepted the gift. It seemed that it was actually better than the shrimp caterpillar. After receiving it, he would wear it on his wrist, and he would not let it go until he saw the look of love.

Later he said that he had never received a gift from Stone for nothing, so he gave Stone a pair of gold earrings that he wore when he was young. His parents also specially made a dowry for Stone when he got married, and John customized a shelf similar to a bookshelf for Stone to put things in his bedroom.

We’ll talk about it later.

The two gifts were a little extra, and although John couldn't feel it on the surface, they both thought it was because of their own happiness, so they felt particularly refreshed and in good spirits.

Although John wore the bracelet every day, he hid it in his sleeve so that it would be easily discovered. However, John also had a pair of gloves that would be seen by the neighbors and customers in the store after he put them on. He said that he hid it in the back of his hand. Whenever the medicine doctor asked about the two-finger gloves, John would praise Shisheng for his good needlework skills. When the medicine doctor asked about them, Shisheng told him that he had never said that before, and only said that the little girl had seen him wear them before.

Then Shi Sheng started to help the couple run the store and found that they would come to the herbal medicine shop from time to time to ask how to make gloves, and the girls were generally of different ages. It seemed that the old man deliberately gave this opportunity to communicate with the young girl. After Shi Sheng realized the deep meaning of this, he went to the old man to share his knowledge. Finally, a group of girls brought tools and chairs to the door of the herbal medicine shop, gathered around the herbal medicine shop, and did needlework while basking in the sun.

Although there is no colonnade outside the herbal medicine shop, there is a cloth tent. Under the tent, there is a pallet extending outward from the windowsill, with natural herbs on it and a few jars of fruit wine and beer underneath. The herbs produced here are sold outside because they taste good. Occasionally, customers will buy herbs from the pharmacy. Shi Sheng's main job is to watch the pallets inside and sell beer for money. If a customer wants to buy herbs, he knows what is needed and Shi Sheng will help the customer get it. Later, he knows that the customer needs John, a natural doctor, to come in. But this kind of situation is not common because John is only a half-baked doctor and cannot see patients directly. So patients with real diseases will go to real doctors, while Li Li often knows what they need to buy and is a customer because the herbal medicine shop's products are cheaper than doctors.

After observing for a few times, the couple found that as long as they taught Shisheng once, he would be able to remember the names and uses of the herbs in the store, and would be more adept at dealing with customers. They were really surprised by his cleverness, and the son was very happy afterwards. Who wouldn't be happy with such a smart child?

Now there is always a group of older girls gathered under the tent, talking and doing their work, it looks more lively than before. Every time he sees the scene at the door, he always looks happy. Sometimes he will tell the girls that he is ready to eat and drink, and then he will leave the store to Shisheng without worry, and go out to socialize or work, while John comes to the store on time every day.

There was no big drugstore in the store, and he could eat and drink, and chat and laugh with his friends. The children on the street all started to run to Shisheng's shop. There was a little boy who would eat and drink for free, and then be taken home by Shisheng's father with his ears twisted to teach him a lesson. But next time, Shisheng would not mind. He said that his family did not provide any good things for him, only cheap dried fruits and boiled water. Shisheng did not eat any of them himself, but was reluctant to give them to the children. He could spend a few dollars every day. And sometimes he would use snacks to treat the children. Later, each family would prepare snacks in the shop and tell his friends to share them. So no one took advantage of whom, but over time, the relationship between them became better.

At this time, Shi Sheng was making friends with the girls, and the atmosphere on the street became more and more intense. Later, when the girls came to the street, they would get together and become very active. They would even follow his lead and talk to him about everything, and even give him advice.

It's actually strange inside. The stone creature is bigger than its shell, and it has lived independently for a long time. It usually behaves like a little kid. In addition, it has a good way of making friends. Under the covers, how can a really young girl resist it? How about a young lady-type bathing partner? Especially on the street, the children who want to play with stone creatures are mostly those with a big age difference or younger. In fact, most of them prefer to play with older girls, but older girls can take care of children. They think they can play together after getting along well, but there is no time to go.

Because girls over fifteen years old at that time are basically either married or engaged, and they are busy with many things all day long, so how can they have the time to play with other children?

When Shi Sheng heard one of his friends say that his fifteen-year-old sister was going to get married in the second half of this year, he was stunned for a while before he remembered that most people get married very early nowadays, especially girls. Not to mention those who get married at the age of fifteen, some may even get married and have children at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Therefore, for young wives, childbirth will become more dangerous, and a few poor women will die in childbirth.

And having an experienced midwife who can help to a certain extent to overcome critical moments is naturally more valuable.

How can you hire a midwife during childbirth? Although she may not be able to give birth to a child and has not yet raised the child, her midwifery skills are well-known far and wide, and even many other districts come to her because of her reputation. In the past, ordinary women in ordinary families had to work hard to give birth by themselves, and would only seek a midwife after giving birth. Most of them were first-time mothers, and even those who had given birth several times were basically not willing to spend money to hire a midwife. Therefore, the work during childbirth was not too much, and the midwife's family was usually wealthy and aristocratic, and they would go through a smooth delivery process. The former would pay the mother more, but the employer would be more picky and difficult to serve, while the latter would usually not be in a good condition when they came to ask for help.