The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Song Yuntang nodded.

"Madam is still insightful."

Yao smiled and poured the mahjong cards that Baosheng had brought onto the stone table.

"I was also very hot-tempered when I was young. I don't know if it's because I've gotten older or because I've been spending more time with the ladies out there, but I suddenly figured out a lot of things."

As she spoke, she beckoned the two maids beside her to sit down as well, "Baosheng, Baozhu, both of you sit down and play a couple of games with Miss Song and me."

It would be fine if there were no outsiders on normal days, but today there were outsiders, and the two maids looked at each other, feeling torn.

Song Yuntang smiled faintly.

"Since it is Madam's wish, the two girls do not need to worry too much. I come from a farming family. In my opinion, we are all the same."

After hearing what she said, not only did the two maids develop a good impression of her, but Yao also nodded.

"This lady likes Miss Song's temperament."

Song Yuntang nodded, "Thank you, Madam, for your kindness."

……

After Yao explained the rules of Majiang to Song Yuntang, the four of them played three rounds.

Of these three, Song Yuntang won two, and the other one was won by Yao.

Yao praised her for her quick grasp of the game. "Since Miss Song has already mastered it, it's no fun just playing around like this right now. How about we try some real money?"

Song Yuntang didn't object, but Baosheng and Baozhu looked embarrassed.

"Madam, the monthly salary we have is not enough to cover the loss."

"It's no problem." Yao gave each of them twenty taels of silver. "This is the capital I gave you. If you lose, it's my responsibility."

The four of them started playing like this.

It was Song Yuntang's first time playing, and his luck was ridiculously good.

After an hour, he had won nearly fifty taels of silver.

Baosheng was fine, as she still had ten taels of silver left out of the twenty taels. But Baozhu was in a terrible situation, as she lost all the twenty taels. Seeing that she had lost so much, she no longer wanted to play, so she stood up.

"Madam, I have lost all my money and dare not play anymore."

Seeing this, Yao pushed the cards in front of her to the middle and said, "Baosheng, put the cards away."

"Yes."

After Baosheng returned the remaining ten taels of silver to Yao, he put the mahjong cards back into the box.

Seeing that he had won more, Song Yuntang pushed the silver towards Yao with some embarrassment.

"Madam, why don't you take this silver back?"

Yao hurriedly pushed the silver back.

"You won it, so take it. It's just fifty taels of silver. I'm not so stingy. When we win or lose big, we can give seven or eight hundred taels."

Song Yuntang pursed her lips. Seven or eight hundred taels. So far, all her assets added together are probably only worth this much money. It turns out that it takes time to accumulate foundation.

She put away the silver and looked at Yao.

"Madam, do you have anything else to say to me?"

Yao raised her hand and pretended to cough. After sending away the maids beside her, she moved closer to Song Yuntang.

"It's like this. My master has no concubines, only me as his principal wife. But we only have one child, Ji Tong, so far. I've always wanted to give my master another child, but after giving birth to Ji Tong, my stomach stopped responding. My master doesn't mind, but I always feel that our family has few descendants. I'm afraid that in the future, I'll end up like my mother-in-law, who only has my master as a son."

"So I wanted Miss Song to see if I still have a chance of getting pregnant?" He then said embarrassedly, "To be honest, it's not very likely that I'll still want to have a child at my age. If it's not possible, I won't force it."

Song Yuntang stretched out his hand.

"Let me show it to my wife first."

Yao nodded and placed her hands on the table.

After taking her pulse, Song Yuntang asked, "Madam, has your period been irregular lately?"

Yao nodded and said, "There have been occasional delays in recent months."

"Madam, there's nothing wrong with your body. First, regulate your menstruation and take the medicine to maintain pregnancy. The rest is up to fate."

Sometimes, even healthy young couples may not be able to get pregnant just by chance. Having a child really depends on fate.

As Song Yuntang spoke, he took out paper and charcoal pencil and wrote down the prescription.

Yao took the prescription and gave her instructions in a low voice.

"You must never tell anyone about this. If others heard that I'm still trying to have a child at the age of 31, they would probably laugh at me to death."

Song Yuntang smiled.

"Don't worry, ma'am. Protecting the patient's privacy is every doctor's responsibility. I won't tell anyone."

After Yao put away the prescription, she took out a silver note from her sleeve and handed it to her.

"Even though my mother-in-law asked Miss Song to make a wasted trip today, you still have to pay the consultation fee. This is the consultation fee for both of us, Miss Song, please keep it."

A full fifty taels of silver!

Song Yuntang wanted to refuse, but Yao held her hand and spoke.

"I heard that Miss Song's husband came to the county to study. I believe you will have to visit here frequently in the future. If you don't accept me, I won't dare ask you to come to see me again in the future."

Song Yuntang couldn't resist, so he accepted the banknote. "Thank you very much, ma'am. It's getting late now, and my husband is still waiting at home, so I won't disturb you."

Yao hurriedly ordered, "Baosheng, bring Miss Song's medicine box over here, pick some peppers, and send Miss Song out of the house."

After Baosheng agreed, he went into the house to get a pair of scissors, cut a few peppers and put them in his bag, and handed it to Song Yuntang together with the medicine box.

……

As soon as she came out of Zhu's house, she saw Xu Qingye walking towards her from not far away. When he saw her, the man was obviously stunned.

Song Yuntang and Baosheng said goodbye and ran towards Xu Qingye.

"How did you come?"

Xu Qingye took the medicine box from her hand and said, "Since you haven't come back yet, I wanted to come to Master Zhu to ask for you, but I didn't expect you to come out just as I got here."

Song Yuntang suddenly found it a little funny when the man who had always been steady and calm said this.

"I'm fine. It's just that Madam Zhu dragged me to play mahjong, which took up quite a bit of time."

She tugged at his sleeve.

"We go home."

Looking calmly at the hand that took the initiative to grab his sleeve, Xu Qingye raised the corner of his lips.

"it is good."

Song Yuntang looked at him sideways as he walked, "If I hadn't come out yet, would you really go to Lord Zhu to ask for me?"

Xu Qingye replied calmly, "My wife was taken away by his people. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and if she's missing, then he's the one to look for her."

Song Yuntang couldn't help laughing.

"Did I fail to cooperate with you? If I had known this would happen, I would have come out later."

Xu Qingye had a faint smile on his lips.

"It's not a big deal to watch the excitement."

"Have you ever seen anyone who's not interested in the fun?" Song Yuntang smiled as he walked over to a street stall and picked up a hairpin. "How much is this?"

"Miss, you have good taste. This hairpin is made entirely of brass, and the peach blossoms and short tassels on it are made of agate. If you really want it, I'll give you three taels of silver." The stall owner said, raising three fingers.