Aunt Zhao's happy life

When Rui'er thought about going far away, she couldn't be in the mood to eat well, so she dealt with it in a hurry, dressed neatly, did a little make-up, and then went out with great interest.

Jia Zheng persuaded: "Changsheng will ask the boys to carry things, and it will take half an hour to move the miscellaneous things outside! You just suffered a big loss yesterday, and you can't bear it. Let's be a little longer!"

Although Rui'er agreed, she didn't rest at ease, she had to keep her eyes open and watch carefully whoever came to lift things, for fear of any mistakes.

The sky was dawning, Mrs. Wang came in, Jia Zheng was directing the servants, Rui'er only pretended to be asleep.

Zhenmo and Ruyan gave a blessing, and Mrs. Wang said: "You must do your duty in the future and don't be lazy. The second master is away from home, so I can only rely on you." Then she said to Fugui and Changsheng who were carrying the suitcase: "You two are the second master's confidantes, you can't be negligent outside for a moment, you must protect the second master, and you must be diligent in running errands for the second master, and don't be lazy!"

After instructing her servants, Mrs. Wang went to Jia Zheng and pushed down his hat: "write a lot of letters from outside, tell me and mother about you, so that I can tell the children." Jia Zheng said: "mother I haven't slept well these past few years, don't disturb her now, report a letter for me later!"

While talking, Aunt Zhou walked to the door as if she was afraid of stepping on ants: "Greetings to Second Master and Second Mistress!"

Jia Zheng didn't even raise his eyelids, and just ordered: "Go and see the old lady every day, and help take care of Zhu Er and Yuan Chun." Aunt Zhou was obedient as if she had received an imperial order.

It sounded like it was ready, Ruier opened her eyes, Jia Zheng noticed it immediately, and leaned forward: "How do you feel about yourself?" Seeing Mrs. Wang also approaching, Ruier frowned and panted : "There is a dull pain in the abdomen, the body is very weak, and the eyes are black."

Mrs. Wang said: "How about I go get some nourishing decoction? Grab some to drink before setting off!"

Rui'er pretended to be terribly frightened, and pulled the quilt up to cover her face. Jia Zheng scolded, "How dare you drink your medicine? Do you think your life is too long?"

Mrs. Wang stepped aside silently, and Aunt Zhou took two bundles from the handmaidens Jin Rong and Jin Xiu, and put them beside Rui'er's bedside: "Aunt Zhao, this is prepared for you, it should be useful sooner or later."

Ruier poked out the face covered by the quilt: "What is this?"

Aunt Zhou said: "I think of your bumpy journey, you must eat and sleep in the open air, and your body has just suffered a lot. Last night, I went to the old lady to ask for some high-quality ginseng. You always ask Zhenmo and the others to make you some soup. This One pack is the Ganoderma lucidum received by the old lady on her birthday, or from Beijing Palace. The old lady gave you more than half of it, saying that it can nourish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and it is good for fatigue, insomnia, palpitations, asthma and coughing use."

Ruier said: "Thank you sister!"

Aunt Zhou said: "I'm just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. I should thank the old lady. If my sister is missing something, write to me from time to time. If I can't do it, go ask the old lady." Mrs. Wang said: "It is serious to ask me. , skip me and bother the old lady!"

Aunt Zhou nodded and said, "I also ask Second Mistress!"

Jia Zheng didn't want to hear the conversation go on, so he urged: "Rui'er, get up, we're leaving!" Then he said to Mrs. Wang: "You don't have to stay here anymore, go and see if the children and the old lady are awake. I won't delay."

Mrs. Wang could only turn around and go out, and Aunt Zhou didn't dare to stay, so she went out.

It was already dawn at this time, Ruier followed Jia Zheng out of the Rongxi Hall, took a sedan chair out of the Rongguo Mansion, and then changed to another carriage and rushed to the riverside.Ruier raised the curtain from time to time to look at the street outside, Jia Zheng said: "The sun is out, it's much warmer, I'm wearing too much." Ruier curled her lips and said, "You will feel warm in the car, but after a while you will feel warm when you get on the boat." It's huge!"

When they arrived at the riverside, Jia Zheng took Rui'er to board the boat first, and the servants and maids immediately loaded the personal clothes and things they needed at any time onto the boat, and let the servants of Jia's mansion stare at the rest and put them on the boat behind. .

Facing the early spring wind, Jia Zheng and Rui'er stood on the bow of the boat, watching the fresh green emerging from the bank, and thinking about the new life that had already started, they couldn't help but smile.

Rui'er asked: "Is this the way Miss Min'er got married?"

Jia Zheng nodded: "She takes water along the way, and we have to go ashore to change carriages."

The boat moved forward steadily, and the sound of oars and running water calmed everyone's hearts.Zhen Mo and Ru Yan were humming a song, and the sound of the song touched everyone's hearts lightly and spiritually. Rui'er leaned on Jia Zheng's shoulder and fell asleep in a trance.Even dreams are floating.

Fugui and Changsheng, who got up early in the morning to work hard, also fell asleep, snoring one after another.

Seeing that Rui'er was sleeping soundly, Jia Zheng also quietly closed his eyes.

Not long after, even Zhenmo and Ruyan fell asleep leaning against the cabin side by side.

Only the old boatman and his disciple occasionally whistled at the waterfowl.There are also the cooks Axi and Ale brought by Jia's house, busy with this lunch without fireworks.

At noon, everyone woke up one after another. A Xi and A Le took out the prepared dishes and arranged them. There were diced chicken and meat, as well as dried fragrant and braised bamboo shoots. They looked quite hearty.

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "I thought I had to live by drinking the wind, but I didn't expect the dishes I brought were so good."

Axi said: "These can't be kept for too long. Let's see if there is a prosperous place along the coast in a few days, so we can prepare some. Although it's not as good as hot food, it's not bad. The old man also liked these dried meat pancakes!" "

So the group of people got into the cabin, ignoring all the details of Jia's house, they all started to gobble it up.A sudden change of taste, unexpectedly everyone has a big appetite.

The farther you go, the more desolate it becomes. The two sides of the bank are gradually deserted, and the birds are singing and the monkeys are singing.Where the mountains are high, the sky is blocked out, and it seems to be cold all of a sudden at night.There are also narrow and turbulent places, which knock people up from their seats and fall to the ground again.

There were very few people on the boat, especially the girls, who vomited and complained incessantly.

Although Rui'er has been resold by Ren Yazi many times, she has never traveled far in the past ten years. In such a turmoil, she was so dizzy that she called her mother, her head hurt like it was about to explode, and all she vomited was bitter water. , and then the bitterness disappeared, and I couldn't stop retching.Jia Zheng wiped the filth for her with a handkerchief, and hugged her tightly, but Rui'er said weakly, "Don't, let go of me, if you tie it tight, you'll feel sick even more..."

The cooks and maids were too busy to take care of themselves, dizzy and vomited, the boys were also staggering on this spinning boat, and Jia Zheng himself was sweating profusely, flustered and short of breath.

Rui'er asked the old boatman: "Grandpa, you often commute on this road. How long ago did you have a place to live?"

The boatman said: "Today there is no hope. I only traveled more than 100 miles. Tomorrow, I will walk another [-] miles. There are shops where I can stay and eat."

When Ruier heard this, she became even more frustrated: "Are we going to sleep on this leaky boat? Could it be that we fell into the water in the middle of the night?"

The old boatman said with a smile: "I will find a stable place to anchor, don't be so particular! You see, although this boat is not very big, there are two or three bunks, and you get out after three rooms. You think those who are rushing to take the exam How can a scholar afford such a boat? Their boat doesn’t even have a shelter from the wind and rain! Every time the exam starts, I don’t know how many scholars along the way faint from hunger and cold!”

Rui'er said: "The boat on which the four girls of our family got married is as high as two floors. It is big and spacious, and it has everything in it!" The old boatman said: "Amitabha! Who is it, can we not bring out the best when we meet up? We are not bad at all!"

As night fell, Jia Zheng saw that everyone was so dizzy that he couldn't move, so he told the boatman to stop, and everyone ate some dry food and rested.Jia Zheng and Rui'er lived in a small shop, Zhenmo and Ruyan were crowded together, the cooks were crowded together, and the rest of them just spread some thin wadding and lay on the floor.The evening wind made the boat rock gently, everyone seemed to be lying in a big cradle, there was no noise of people, cars or horses, and no energy to chat and laugh, and they all fell asleep soon.

The next morning the boatman started to go on his way again, but Rui'er refused to get up, lay on the small bed, vomited and fainted for a while, and said that her stomach hurt badly, and she felt like a needle was pricking her brain.

Zhen Mo said: "Aunt Zhao just suffered a big loss the day before yesterday, and she came out to suffer without rest. It's no wonder she can bear it!"

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "There are ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum in the package, is there a way for her to eat some?"

Ruyan said: "Then we can only dock at night, and then we can find a way."

Jia Zheng watched Rui'er curled up in bed, her veins were bulging, her palms were scratched, and she was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.

Everyone is also dying, not only Rui'er.

After finally surviving until evening, the old boatman said: "About two or three miles ahead, there is a small town with a few simple inns. Clean up and get ready to go ashore!"

Jia Zheng helped Rui'er get up, and told the servants on the boat behind to take good care of their finances and not to be negligent, so he hurried to find a place to live.Searching along the road, there was only one "Xianglai Building", which looked relatively new, and they had no choice but to live in it.

Seeing the bed, Ruier rushed over as if she saw her own mother, fell on the bed, and got under the covers. Jia Zheng hurriedly took out ginseng and ganoderma, and asked Changsheng to accompany Ruyan to the store to help make soup.

That night, after everyone was full, they couldn't wait to lie down on the big bed.Jia Zheng ordered people to bring wine and meat soup to the servants guarding the boat, and personally fed Rui'er ginseng soup.When everyone had rested, Jia Zheng also lay down next to Rui'er.

Rui'er said weakly: "Second Master has worked hard!"

Jia Zheng said, "You've lost weight in just two days! Maybe I shouldn't insist on asking you to come with me, I'm too selfish!"

Rui'er forced a smile and said: "I am willing, just because I am not healthy enough to cause you trouble."

Jia Zheng said: "It's only two hundred miles away! The journey is still long, I'm afraid I'll break you down! I can never forgive Wang Shuhui for making you like this, otherwise you wouldn't be so pitiful!"

Rui'er said: "I'm afraid that if I don't live to the end, if I die on the way, it won't disappoint me to follow your heart!"

Jia Zheng stretched out his hand to cover her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense! I forbid you to say such unlucky words! You will stay with me for the rest of your life. Without my order, you are not allowed to be a deserter!"