By Jia Xiuzhen

He took out the embroidered quilt and sat upright on the bed, the embroidered quilt was in a mess.

Get up again and go to the window, the clear moon is still there.

Going back to the bedside, touched the purse in the sleeve, took it out and put it under the pillow, wrapped the quilt and lay down but didn't feel sleepy.There are too many things in this day, step by step, it seems that it should be like this, but it has never been thought of. "Don't miss the fairy fate" thinking about the old fairy's words; thinking of the things everywhere, like a beggar suddenly becoming rich; recalling the strange things in the museum for a while, and thinking of the fragrant fruit in the purse again, "Little Yuli "Thinking about this, I was worried about Jialan's symptoms, and when I thought of the magical effect of Lingquan, I relaxed a little; when I turned to how I would tell my wife about tonight's events tomorrow, my heart that had just let go was pulled up again... delusional thoughts Tao Tao, the mind of a mortal, is roughly the same.

It was twilight, and Mo Yu and Madam Xu had already packed up and went outside to wait, "Grandma, Yinzheng is here." Li Wan just squinted for a while, then got up and called someone to come in to wait on him.Dress neatly, let Mo Yu take the pouch under the pillow and put it in the sleeve.Although the Qingyun purse was plain in color, Li Wan could still wear it, but Nanny Xu and Mo Yu knew all about the things on her body, so taking it out suddenly would inevitably hurt her eyes, so she simply put it away, saving a lot of embarrassment.

A group of people walked to Mrs. Wang's courtyard and saw that Aunt Zhao's little girl, Xiao Jixiang, and Aunt Zhou's little girl, Hu'er, were both in the courtyard, so they knew that Mrs. Wang had got up.Now that she entered the outer room, Mrs. Wang's inner room was usually served by two big girls, Mingyue Qingyu, and Jia Zheng's aunt, and Li Wan waited in the outer room.

After a while, Aunt Zhou lifted the curtain, and Mrs. Wang had packed up and walked out.Li Wan rushed forward to greet her, Mrs. Wang nodded slightly, took a string of beads from Mingyue, and asked Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao to go back first, then turned to Li Wan, "Did you come to see Brother Lan? "

Hearing Li Wan say that he hadn't been there yet, he took Li Wan to the west room first.Yun Qiu went up to invite Ann, and Mrs. Wang waved her to get up, and asked, "Is Brother Lan gone from the fever? Did you wake up last night?" Yun Qiu hurriedly reported back, hearing that she was no longer hot, Li Wan I let go of another layer in my heart.

Seeing that Jia Lan was sleeping soundly and her face was much more normal, Mrs. Wang asked Li Wan again: "I heard that you fainted yesterday, are you feeling better now?"

Li Wan bowed his head: "Yesterday I was in a hurry and panicked, which made my wife worry."

Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand to probe Jia Lan's forehead again, "Well, mothers are always like this, come to see it again at night?"

Li Wan thought about the topic, and lowered his head more respectfully, "Yes, my wife is being reckless."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand indifferently, "Forget it, it's all about being a mother." She got up and said, "I feel at ease now, and the time is almost here, follow me to greet the old lady. I'm afraid the old lady will also ask Lan Brother, let the old lady feel at ease by talking about it." Li Wan should be.Mrs. Wang ordered Yunqiu to watch Jialan carefully, and then led a group of people to Jiamu's yard.

There was nothing to say all the way, when Mrs. Xing got out of the car when they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they went to the room together.Yingchun and Tanchun each came with their maidservants, and Xichun was brought over by her nanny. After seeing each other, they all saluted and chatted a little.At that moment, Amber came out and led the crowd in. Jiamu sat on the couch in front of her. Pearl led Baoyu out and greeted Jiamu together.

Mother Jia asked Baoyu to sit beside her, and asked Mrs. Wang, "How is Brother Lan?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up and replied, "It looks better in the morning, the fever has subsided, and I am falling asleep now."

"Well," Mother Jia pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Li Wan, "Are you feeling better today?" Li Wan got up and answered better.

Then Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang: "A few days ago, Zhu'er's daughter-in-law was not very well. Please take care of Brother Lan. I didn't think about it properly. Even with Brother Feng's help, everything inside and outside here It's still quite a lot. Zhu'er's daughter-in-law is also in good health now, let her take care of Brother Gu Lang by herself, and you should relax."

Mrs. Wang agreed.

"I'm late today." Sister Feng was wearing an orange beige embroidered with pastels and hundreds of patterns, and the hem was woven into wishful tassels, reflecting the emerald gold hairpins and red pearls embedded in her head, she was very energetic.Come up and say hello.

Mrs. Wang knew that she came from the hall, so she asked, "Are there a lot of things going on today?" Sister Feng replied, "It's not a big deal, but today is just half a month's shopping, and they need to change two deliverymen outside." Shop, I was delayed for a while."

"Well, it's fine if nothing happens."

Mother Jia asked Sister Feng again, "Is it decided that the girls will be released this year?"

Sister Feng took a refreshing soup from the mandarin duck and presented it to Jia Mu, and said with a smile: "I am going to ask the old lady and the wife to show me. The mandarin duck and amber in the old lady's room have just been brought up. This time There are only a few maidservants who are going to be released. Mingyue and Qingyu in the wife's room are old enough, and the maids in the sister-in-law's place are all dowry, so how to arrange it depends on the wishes of the sister-in-law. The maids have been studying with the nuns for half a year, and they will send them up when the old lady and the lady pick someone up."

Jia Mu took the refreshing soup and drank it.Sister Feng continued, "Besides, I'm thinking about it. Brother Bao, Huan'er, and Brother Lan also have to pick and serve maids. Tanchun Yingchun and sister Xichun's big maids were all arranged last time. Brother Bao followed the old lady. , they are all served by the old lady, and Huan'er and Lange'er don't have any girls to serve them now."

Mother Jia thought for a while, and then said to Mrs. Wang, "Pearl will continue to serve Baoyu, but this person is still in my room. In addition, I will pick from the second-class maids at that time, and don't put the new ones around." You still live with me now, so you don’t need so many people. Serve Huan’er, you can figure it out.” Then he turned to Li Wan and said, “You can take care of all the people in front of you. If there is no manpower, just ask Feng girl. Brother Lan, you should take care of yourself and serve the servant girl. If you have an idea, you should discuss it with your wife." Li Wan got up and said yes.

He also talked about some miscellaneous matters between relatives. Yuanyang asked Jia Mu for instructions and went out to order the dinner.Jia's mother took Baoyu and Sanchun to dinner, and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Sister Li Wanfeng waited on her without mentioning it.When the meal was over and tea was served, Mother Jia asked everyone to disperse, leaving her grandchildren to have fun together.

After returning to Mrs. Wang's courtyard, Mrs. Wang took a few sips and asked Sister Feng and Li Wan to go back to the courtyard for dinner. Then she said to Li Wan, "Come back after you have a rest. Doctor Wang will come over again today." If there is nothing else to do, then move Boy Lan back to your yard. There are many things changing between summer and autumn, and my place is also very chaotic." Li Wan hurriedly agreed.

Sister Feng said: "My son Yangzhou sent a letter saying that it's my aunt, I'm afraid it's not very good."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "I'm afraid the old lady will be sad when she finds out. If you have free time, go to the old lady to talk and laugh more to relieve boredom."

The two of them agreed and said a few words before retreating together.Some servants have seen it and sent letters to their respective courtyards to greet and prepare meals.Sister Feng went by herself, and Li Wan went to see Jialan in the Westinghouse.

Yun Qiu and the new nurse, Nanny Yu, were guarding Jia Lan. Jia Lan was wearing a lake-green gown. When Li Wan came in, he raised his arms at her.Li Wan picked him up and asked Yunqiu, "When did you wake up, did you take the medicine?"

Yun Qiu replied: "Grandma and his wife left after a while and my brother woke up. Because the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor cannot be taken on an empty stomach, Mammy Yu came to nurse my brother and refused to eat, so I asked the cook to boil rice. Come on, I just drank the medicine right now."

Jia Lan frowned at Li Wan when she heard the word "medicine".Yunqiu laughed and said, "Look, I've heard that I don't like taking medicine." Li Wan also thought he was weird.Let the grandma hug Jialan again, and they went back to their yard together.

When Mo Yu saw Li Wan coming, she hurriedly asked someone to bring up the prepared kang table.Li Wan didn't ask Chaoyun and Muyun to serve him, but only asked Mo Yu to serve.I don't know if it's because of drinking the bitter tea spring, or because of practicing Tai Chu Jue, Li Wan feels that the food tastes sweeter than usual.I used a small bowl of Japonica rice and picked up two pieces of vegetarian goose with mushroom juice.

After removing the table, rinsing his mouth and serving tea, Li Wan asked Mo Yuyunqiu and Nanny Yu to eat. "I'll take Lang Ge'er to rest for a while, and I will call you if there is anything to do. Mother Xu is back and ask her to wait for me outside." After speaking, he hugged Jia Lan and sat on the kang by the window in the east room.

After everyone had left, Li Wan took the celadon Buddha belly cup on the table, took out the purse from his sleeve, and took the gourd to pour water.Drinking slowly, Jia Lan stood up while supporting the Kang table, and gestured "tea..." to Li Wan.

"Oh my little ancestor," Li Wan hurriedly put down the teacup and hugged him in his arms, and fed him water again.Jia Lan drank the water and softly called her mother in Li Wan's arms.

"Just took the medicine, do you still have stomach to eat?"

"Eat cakes." Jia Lan likes to eat sweet cakes with milk cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus sauce and rose sauce. He is afraid of delaying the dinner, so he usually refuses to eat more.

"Oh, Lan'er wants to eat cakes." While coaxing Jia Lan to speak, Li Wan stretched out his hand to touch his forehead. He had just fed the spring water, and he was really afraid that he would be covered in black mud and dirt again.Jia Lan giggled with her cheek against Li Wan's hand.

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Li Wan turned around and took out a plain silver spoon and a sweet white porcelain cup from the kang cabinet.After listening to the movement outside, he took out the box of Tuanxiangguo.As a result, Jia Lan saw the box appear out of thin air on the kang, "Huh?" and reached out to grab it.Li Wan opened the lid, took out a fruit, peeled it, put it in a porcelain cup, and fed him with a small spoon.

Jia Lan ate in one gulp, then grabbed Li Wan's arm and stared at the plate in her hand.The pitiful and lovely appearance made Li Wan laugh and feel sorry for her.After eating half of the fist-sized fruit, Jia Lan asked for water, and Li Wan fed him bitter tea spring again. After taking two sips, he turned to Li Wan and said, "Eat the fruit." Li Wan was shocked, "Eat the fruit." Can I go?"

After eating a whole fruit, Li Wan rubbed his stomach and worried that it would support him.He also thought that after drinking the spring water, his appetite seemed to improve a lot, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with Jia Lan, he felt relieved.He put away the box of fruit again, even wrapped the fruit in silk and put it in his purse.

Jia Lan watched Li Wan's actions, and said with wide eyes, "It's gone, fruit." Then she frowned and looked at Li Wan's cuffs, and then turned her head to look at Li Wan, her face full of disbelief.Li Wan reached out and tapped his nose, "You little monster."

Helped Jia Lan to let him spin on the kang to digest food, while thinking at home. "This time, I was reckless. It was just for Lan'er's well-being. I was in a hurry and didn't think about it. I don't know if the imperial doctor can't diagnose Lan'er. He ate Lingguo Lingquan. Thinking about it, that thing is not something that can be seen normally. , I became suspicious and there was nowhere to find it. But what should I say after this, every needle and thread in this room is under the supervision of a special person, and I am a widow, so there is no difference at all. What, if you don't say it, it makes people suspicious.

One is that this adventure of mine cannot be explained, even if I take another [-] steps back, it will not be believed. Who can prove that what I have obtained is a fairy fate, and it may not be impossible to say that I am a fairy!Alas, is it possible that I am sitting on a treasure mountain, but I can't get it out or use it every day?It's fine if it's just me, but there is Lan'er, the elixir of celestial fruit, and I always want to let him receive some blessings.I have to plan for him in the future.If he didn't have such a chance encounter, he would have worked hard to save some money for him, and then taught him to read and write to make a name for himself, but since he had such an adventure today, there is absolutely no reason not to benefit his children and grandchildren. "I couldn't figure it out for a while, "how to do this, where is the key..."