After Mrs. Wen finished explaining the prefix, she began to talk about the content of the medical classics.
Yingbao listened carefully and opened the book for comparison.
This book has never been seen on the market and is probably part of the Wen family's collection.
Mrs. Wen explained the first article once, then read it through with her two children, and then asked them to copy it word by word to deepen their impression.
After the lesson, Mrs. Wen asked her daughters Wen Shu and Ying Bao to ask each other questions to consolidate their practice.
She went straight back to the house.
When she walked into the inner room, she met her husband Wen Yanmin.
She turned her head away, not wanting to pay attention to him.
Wen Yanmin took a step forward, grabbed his wife's sleeve, and whispered, "Zhenniang, you are still angry."
Xiao Zhenniang pushed his hand away and said coldly, "Why should I be angry? I'm already here, how can I go back?"
Wen Yanmin sighed, "It's not entirely without benefit for us to come here."
Xiao Zhenniang sneered: "That's a nice way to put it. Your so-called benefit is that your eldest nephew gave you a medicine shop in Luzhou."
Wen Yanmin touched his nose and coughed lightly. "The medicine shop in Luzhou is really good. It can make a lot of money every year. It is close to here, so it is convenient for us to manage it. That is also father's sympathy for us, not given by Hengchuan."
Xiao Zhenniang closed her eyes, sat down on the edge of the bed, and picked up a medical book to read.
"Zhen Niang, the reason why father arranged for us to come here is not what you think..." Wen Yanmin tried to explain.
The second and third sons refused to come, so the old father had to let the fourth son suffer a little.
But he did not feel wronged, he liked the quiet life in this small mountain village.
Xiao Zhenniang didn't look at her husband, she just said coldly: "I know, he wants us to find some secret medicine, a folk remedy that can cure lung disease, to extend the life of the Empress' only son."
The current emperor has few children, only a son and a daughter born to the queen. Unfortunately, the prince had poor health since childhood and was terminally ill when he was barely nine years old.
In addition, the Empress Dowager was jealous, the relatives by marriage were all-powerful, and seeing that the Emperor was about to have no descendants, all the princes began to get ready to make a move.
"Shh, keep your voice down." Wen Yanmin looked outside, "It's good that you know. This matter concerns the fate of the Wen family, and father has no other choice."
Xiao Zhenniang sneered, "You only realize now that there is no way out? If it weren't for your eldest brother's flattery and patting his chest to make promises, how could he have dragged the Wen family into this?"
Wen Yanmin's eldest brother worked in the Imperial Hospital in the capital. He used to specialize in treating aristocratic families. Later, he somehow got in touch with the Queen's family and promised that he could cure the Queen's only child. However, he ended up in a difficult situation.
Wen Yanmin was silent for a moment, then said to his wife in an apologetic voice, "Now that things have come to this, it is useless to complain any more. Zhenniang, we are one with the Wen family. We prosper together and suffer together. Father asked us to live in seclusion here, perhaps with the intention of protecting us. As for looking for the secret recipe, it was just an excuse."
In such a poor little mountain village where you can see the end at a glance, what kind of hermits and sages could there be
Not to mention the secret recipe, he didn't even have a decent village doctor.
As for the Jiang family, there was nothing special about the three brothers, and old man Jiang couldn't even read a single word.
He would never believe that a family like this could have some unique recipe.
Xiao Zhenniang turned her face away, took out her handkerchief and quietly checked her eyes, sniffed and said:
"I'm not complaining about anything, I just feel sorry for Shu'er and Bao'er. Are they going to stay in this small mountain village for the rest of their lives?"
Shu'er is almost ten years old and will soon be married, but now his family has settled in the countryside. How can they find a suitable marriage for Shu'er in the future
Wen Yanmin pinched his brows and comforted his wife, "When the turmoil in the capital calms down, if nothing serious happens, we may be able to go back. Shu'er Hengyin is still young, so it's okay to wait a few years before returning to our family."
Xiao Zhenniang sighed softly, "I hope so."
After school, Yingbao sincerely invited Sister Wen to visit her home.
Wen Shu readily agreed and took her shy brother to Jiang's house to see the golden ears in her bamboo shed.
"This is the golden ear that my family planted. It hasn't grown up yet." Ying Bao pointed at the mulberry wood on the wooden frame and said, "When it grows up, I'll give you some."
Wen Shu was curious and looked down carefully at the little golden thing, exclaiming, "This is the first time I've seen fresh golden ears. They look so beautiful."
I couldn't help but reach out and touch it. It was soft and really looked like little ears.
After seeing Jin Er, I went to see the big deer and hens in the deer shed.
Yingbao took a dozen eggs from the egg basket, put them in a basket and gave them to Wen Shu. "My chickens can lay more than a dozen eggs every day. Sister Wen, you can take some back. They are delicious when cooked."
Wen Shu felt a little embarrassed and wanted to decline, but the little kid was too enthusiastic.
"Well, I'll go back and make some mung bean cake for you to try."
Girls' friendship is often built on food.
For example, eating snacks together, shopping for snacks together, and eating at roadside stalls together.
Wen Hengyin was not interested in the gossip between girls, he only liked the majestic big deer.
He secretly reached out and touched it, and when he saw that the deer didn't resist, he couldn't help but feel happy.
It would be so cool if I could ride on it.
A few days ago, when he first saw the little kid riding a deer, he was almost blinded by it.
The little boy unconsciously glanced at the girl with pigtails.
Alas, I can’t open my mouth.
Wen Hengyin lowered his head in frustration.
Otherwise, I will just give her the Nine Rings next time, and let him ride the big deer once in exchange.
After looking at the chickens, the children ran to Uncle Jiang’s pigpen to look at the pigs.
Uncle Jiang's family bought a strong black sow this spring and planned to find a boar to mate and give birth to piglets.
It was the first time for Wen Shu and his brother to see a live pig, and they couldn't help but lean on the low wall of the pigpen to watch the curiosity.
Such a big fat pig grunted and nuzzled at them, begging for food.
Yingbao turned around and ran back home, then ran back again, holding a bunch of shepherd's purse and green vegetables in her arms, and handed them to Wen Shu: "Sister Wen, you feed it."
Wen Shu took them and handed them to the sow one by one.
Seeing the sow eating happily, Wen Hengyin couldn't help but feel itchy and fed her some shepherd's purse.
The sow liked shepherd's purse very much and kept nudging Wen Hengyin's hand with her nose, urging him to give her more.
Wen Hengyin laughed, stood on tiptoe, leaned over to touch the pig's head, and pinched its huge pig ears.
Fun!
Before they knew it, an afternoon had passed and the two siblings reluctantly left, carrying a small basket of eggs given by Yingbao.
After seeing off the Wen siblings, Yingbao returned home happily.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw her two younger brothers standing at the door of her west room, looking at her with resentment on their faces, their little mouths constantly turned down, as if they were about to cry.
Yingbao had no choice but to hug her brother and coax him: "What happened to Xiaojie and Dawu?"
Xiao Jie's nose turned red, and he sobbed and hugged his sister's neck tightly, not saying a word.
Da Wu also leaned on his sister, holding her arm and squeezing into her arms.
Chunniang came over and said with a smile: "Brother, you are wronged. Sister Baoer didn't even take you out to play after school."
Yingbao felt a little guilty, holding her two brothers' hands and said, "Next time, I will definitely take you with me, okay?"
The two little ones nodded.
Yingbao thought for a moment, took out the medical classics from her schoolbag, and said to Xiaojie and Xiaowu, "Sister will read to you."
The two younger brothers immediately ran to bring small stools and sat in a row in front of their sister, their eyes shining like stars.
Yingbao touched their heads with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Now I am reading to you, Xiaojie and Xiaowu will read to me in the future."
To cultivate child prodigies, we must encourage and guide them from an early age, let them get used to and fall in love with studying, and then they can become high-ranking officials to support themselves in the future, hehe.
"Okay!" the two children said in unison.
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#Some people pointed out that the number of dried golden fungus was wrong before, the author has corrected it, and the current number will be used as the standard in the future. Thank you for pointing out the error. #