They chatted about family matters for a while, and Wen Jingyan suggested that he wanted to meet Jiang Erlang, because he was also a doctor and wanted to check Jiang Erlang's pulse.
Naturally, Old Man Jiang had no objection. He immediately got up and took the three of them to his second son's house.
The children in the village followed him from a distance, talking about him all the way, curious about where the distinguished guest came from and why he came to visit the Jiang family.
When passing by Sanlang's house, Old Man Jiang introduced, "This is my San'er's home."
Wen Jingyan saw a big deer in the yard at a glance. There was a saddle on its back, and it was obviously used as a mount for people.
He couldn't help being surprised and asked to go in and take a look.
When I walked into Jiang Sanlang's house, I saw several sheds built in the yard and a large oven. There was a mat under an apple tree, and four little boys were sitting on the mat playing with Kongming locks.
Old man Jiang said with a smile: "The older one is my eldest son's child, and the other one is my second son's. The twins are my third son's."
"Oh." Wen Jingyan smiled and said, "Brother Jiang's family is prosperous."
"Haha, no, no." Old man Jiang stroked his beard and laughed heartily.
Since there was no adult at Sanlang's house, Wen Jingyan couldn't stay there for long, so he followed Old Man Jiang to Jiang Erlang's house.
At this moment, Jiang Erlang was dividing golden ear plants at home. Suddenly, he heard someone coming to visit him, so he hurried out of the bamboo shed.
"Erlang, Mr. Wen would like to come and take your pulse." Old man Jiang said directly.
Jiang Erlang stepped forward to greet them, and they introduced themselves to each other, then they walked into the main room.
Wen Jingyan felt Jiang Erlang's pulse and found that he was indeed in good health. He stroked his beard, nodded and smiled, saying, "Brother Jiang is in good health. Congratulations."
Jiang Erlang scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly.
He almost forgot about his illness, but he didn't expect that someone still cared about him.
After sitting for a while, Wen Jingyan and the other two got up and went for a stroll outside, but they showed no intention of leaving.
When Old Man Jiang saw this, he knew that his family would have to keep some food for them.
Since you are inviting someone to join you for dinner, you must invite someone to join you.
So, Chen Sanyou, the head of the Chen clan, and the master came to the Jiang family for a feast again.
Fortunately, the Jiang family is rich now, so it is no problem to set up several tables a day.
In the past, such frequent entertaining would really bankrupt the family.
At the dinner table, the topic naturally came up: the Jiang family's growing of golden ear mushrooms.
Patriarch Chen and Chen Sanyou wanted to talk but hesitated, but because of the distinguished guests who came today, they did not discuss it in depth.
Then we talked about the rivers, mountains and forests in this area.
Wen Jingyan smiled and said, "This is a place with beautiful scenery. I don't want to leave now."
Patriarch Chen smiled and said, "Old sir, you may as well stay for a few more days. My house is quite spacious. If you don't mind, you can take a rest in my humble room."
I thought Mr. Wen, who was passing by, would decline politely, but unexpectedly, Wen Jingyan smiled and nodded: "It is better to obey than to be respectful. I am sorry to bother you."
Patriarch Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "That's great. I'll ask my family to clean up two rooms for you to live in."
So Mr. Wen and his grandson Wen Hengchuan settled down there.
However, although they lived in the home of Patriarch Chen, they could not eat other people's food and use other people's things every day.
Wen Hengchuan asked his servants to buy food and dishes and send them to the home of Patriarch Chen.
Of course, a lot was also given to the Jiang family.
The grandfather and grandson lived there like this, and walked around every day. They came to Jiang's house and had a very pleasant chat with old man Jiang.
This was the first time in Old Man Jiang's life that he had met such a humble nobleman, so he was naturally willing to chat with him more.
Wen Jingyan was well-versed in medicine and could roughly tell what kind of health problems a person had just by looking at his complexion.
But the Jiang family members all seemed to have rosy complexions and healthy bodies, which made a big difference when compared with the surrounding villagers.
Especially Jiang Sanlang's family. The woman was fair and pretty, and the three children were smart and good-looking. Jiang Sanlang was even stronger and more handsome. If they were not dressed in coarse clothes, Wen Jingyan would have thought that this family was the children of some wealthy family.
On this day, Wen Jingyan and his eldest grandson were taking a leisurely walk in the village and "accidentally" met the little girl of the Jiang family riding a deer.
"Your name is Yingbao, right?" Wen Jingyan asked with a smile.
Yingbao nodded and suddenly thought of Sister Wen.
I wanted to ask Grandpa Wen if there was a girl named Wen Shu in his family, but I couldn't.
Not only could she not ask, she couldn't even mention it.
Wen Jingyan saw that the child had bright eyes and was a man with ideas, so he asked, "I heard from your grandfather that you can already write and read?"
Yingbao: "Yeah, I learned it from Brother Yuanbao."
"Do you want to study medicine?" Wen Jingyan asked with a smile.
Yingbao's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly: "Yes! Grandpa Wen, do you want to take me as your apprentice?"
Wen Jingyan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I no longer accept disciples. However, my family has a clan school and a girls' school. If you are willing and your parents agree, I will take you back to school."
"Where is your home then?" Yingbao asked.
If she were in the county town, she could go, because her father would go to the county town every one or two months to sell golden ears, and it would not prevent her from meeting her family.
"Not in the county. My family is in Yuzhou, nearly a thousand miles away from here."
"It's so far." Yingbao shook her head quickly: "No."
Are you kidding? She had never been to such a place thousands of miles away in her previous life.
Besides, she doesn't want to be separated from her parents and brother.
Wen Jingyan stroked his beard, but he didn't feel any regret.
Yingbao glanced at the old man with white beard, then looked at the young man next to him, and didn't think they had any similarities with Sister Wen.
"Grandpa Wen, do you have a little sister who is eight or nine years old? A little sister who is about the same age as my sister Dani."
Wen Jingyan smiled and said, "That's a lot."
Yingbao rolled her eyes and asked, "What are their names?"
Wen Jingyan glanced at the little girl, and instead of being impatient, he said seriously: "I have many granddaughters in my family, and I can't remember many of their names."
Yingbao felt a little regretful, sighed, and lowered her head dejectedly.
Sister Wen never mentioned the names of her family members, nor did she mention the name of her family's pharmacy, but she seemed to have mentioned once that she had a younger brother named Baoer, which was similar to her name.
But Baoer is usually a nickname, and only the closest people would call it that. Old man Wen didn't even know his granddaughter's full name, so he probably didn't know his grandson's nickname either.
Seeing that the little girl was a little unhappy, Wen Hengchuan asked curiously: "Why did Yingbao ask them their names?"
He had never seen a kid ask such a question before.
Yingbao blinked and made up a lie, "Because I want to play with them. Now my elder sister and the second sister are very busy and have no time to play with me."
Wen Hengchuan held his forehead with his hand.
"I see there is a school in your village. Since you can read, why don't you go to school with your cousin?" It's better than wandering around alone.
"Because the teacher of the school does not allow girls to enter the school." Yingbao said.
Wen Jingyan glanced at his eldest grandson.
Wen Hengchuan suddenly realized that he had just asked a stupid question and coughed uncomfortably.
Hey, talking to a little kid, I accidentally lowered my IQ.
Although the Great Qian Dynasty did not prohibit girls from going to school, girls' schools only existed in those officials or wealthy families, not in small mountain villages like this one.
Not only were girls unable to go to school, many men also did not have the opportunity to learn to read.