When Zhou Xiaoxiao woke up, she found herself lying on a large bed with intricate patterns.
On the bed hung an elegant ink-washed curtain and covered with a brocade quilt. She opened her eyes, and two young maids opened the curtains and asked softly. There was also an older aunt who lightly stepped forward to check her injuries.
The aunt was not tall, with a sleek bun, plain and simple clothes, and kind eyes. She touched Zhou Xiaoxiao's forehead with her dry and warm palm. Only then did he turn his head and instructed: "Quickly go to the ward general and his wife, the girl is awake."
Zhou Xiaoxiao wanted to speak, only to find that her throat was dry and painful as if it had been smoked, and her whole body was weak as if she had collapsed.
The aunt held Zhou Xiaoxiao down and said, "Don't be impatient, girl, and lie down for a long time. You know that you just turned around in the gate of hell before you earned your life from Yama. This is how you will turn around, how dare you make a fool of yourself. move?"
She took a bowl of thin rice soup from the maid, and slowly fed Zhou Xiaoxiao a few spoonfuls.
Zhou Xiaoxiao just took a breath and felt a little more fireworks.
Zhou Xiaoxiao nodded slightly at her, showing a questioning expression.
"The girl is now in General Dingyuan's mansion. The old husband's surname is Wu, and he is a specialist in trauma. The old lady has also learned a little bit of fur over the past few decades. The girl is injured on the shoulder, and it is inconvenient for ordinary doctors to diagnose and treat. I can't find it here. Female doctor, I will go into the house to take care of the girl's injury. You can just call me Aunt Wu."
Zhou Xiaoxiao asked Yu Xingzhi three words by mouth shape.
The Aunt Wu replied: "The girl wants to ask about the condition of Fifth Master Yu, so that she can rest assured that Fifth Master and you are both blessed and fortunate. The General's Mansion, you two are covered in blood, and your life is on the line, making everyone panic. The fifth master's injury is complicated, and it is inconvenient to fight against Fengxiang's inconvenience in this remote place. I went. The girl has been in a coma for more than half a month. Tokyo has already sent a letter a few days ago to inform the fifth master of the injury. I think that there are many saints in the Xinglin forest in Kyoto, so it should be safe. However, the girl is traumatized and should not be moved. It is more secure. The general and his wife have invited the surgeons here all over the place, and they have specially picked up the old man to take care of him. God is pitiful, but God blesses you, so you can be expected to wake up."
Zhou Xiaoxiao felt relieved when she heard that Yu Xingzhi was safe and sound. She even had the time to grin at the kind-faced aunt of the Wu family.
He is a cheerful and strong child, Aunt Wu thought to himself.
Her husband was originally a military doctor under the lord of the country. He followed the old lord for many years. After he retired from the army, he couldn't let go of his love for the robe. In addition, he was lonely and had no descendants and no relatives, so he brought his old wife here in Fengxiang. He took root and opened a hospital specializing in falls.
The generals and soldiers in the army often come to his home whenever there is a high mountain or a low water. After the second master of the Yu family took over the garrison here, he also communicated from time to time.
His family has this relationship with the Yu family, so he did not shirk when he asked her this time, and he also took special care of Zhou Xiaoxiao.
While talking here, I heard someone say outside the house: "The madam is here."
Immediately, a little girl opened the curtain, and saw a number of girls and women surrounded by one person entering the door. This person's clothes were not too luxurious, but he had an air of zhilan and jade tree of his own.
Zhou Xiaoxiao knew that this was General Dingyuan's wife, Xia Qinglian, Yu Xingzhi's second sister-in-law.
But seeing her face is like a full moon, her skin is like sebum, her eyes are gentle, and she is amiable.
Although he walked quickly, the hem of the skirt was not messed up at all, just like a lotus stride. She sat down on the edge of the bed and asked earnestly. Raising his hands and feet, every time he sits and moves, there is a sense of wisdom from a family of poetry and calligraphy.
This is the young lady from the ancient noble family. According to legend, the demeanor of the lady of the family can be seen with her own eyes. Zhou Xiaoxiao expressed her conviction.
However, she couldn't get up, she could only smile lightly to express her gratitude.
In a short while, two more women brought a screen and placed it securely before inviting a doctor in.
The doctor inquired carefully through the screen, and the Wu family aunt opened the wound and checked the package and reported it one by one.
Then another maid put down the flower tent and brought the pillow, only let Zhou Xiaoxiao stretch out one arm, and covered her palm with a handkerchief, revealing the pulse of her hand.
The gentleman just turned around the screen and examined it carefully for a moment, before getting up and saluting with Xia Qinglian.
Xia Qinglian said: "Sir, please ask the outside world to speak, and the general will be waiting outside." The doctor dared not speak and left the room.
There was a man outside the house with a low voice: "Mr. Lao, please have tea here." But it was Yu Xingzhi's second brother, Yu Xingyi, who was staying outside.
After this cumbersome process, Zhou Xiaoxiao wanted to cry without tears.
I am traumatized, arrow wound, penetrating wound.
Brothers and sisters, this place is separated by several layers of clothes and curtains. The doctor can only touch his wrist. It is a miracle that he can see it well. No wonder I was in a coma for half a month.
Zhou Xiaoxiao complained back and forth several times in her heart, comforting herself that since she has crossed over, she can only follow the customs of the country, and it is good to get used to it.
Fortunately, there is this aunt of the Wu family, probably because she is quite old, and she has been with her husband who has been a military doctor for many years.
Xia Qinglian saw that Zhou Xiaoxiao was dying, and said that she was worried about the injury in her heart, so she comforted her with a few words, and said that she would just rest in peace here. What to say.
The words are gentle and the heart is sincere, which makes Zhou Xiaoxiao grateful. Xia Qinglian persuaded her for a while, fearing that Zhou Xiaoxiao would get tired of thinking, so she led the crowd away. Aunt Wu and a few maids were left to take care of him.
Zhou Xiaoxiao is now recuperating in peace in the general's mansion.
The gossip is resting, and it's more than a month in the blink of an eye.
Because of the meticulous care in the house, and Zhou Xiaoxiao's muscles and bones were strong, he recovered as before in less than a month.
It was probably because he used a lot of various nourishing products, and he didn't need to work in the wind and the sun. The color was more fair and radiant than before the injury, and his complexion was radiant. Living in the mansion and the general's wife also get along well, and the two are called sisters on a daily basis.
One day, Dingyuan General Yu Xingyi's barracks was over, and he returned to the mansion. He saw his wife, Xia Qinglian, sitting in the room, holding a letter, frowning on her brows, as if she was worried.
Then he asked: "What troubles Madam, you can tell your husband to know."
Xia Qinglian handed over the letter: "Today, my mother sent a letter to the family, but it made the slave family embarrassed."
Yu Xingyi frowned after reading the letter.
Xia Qinglian pondered and said: "The fifth uncle has always been gentle and courteous, and he has never heard of a slight disobedience. I don't know why, but I don't know why my mother is so angry? There is almost no room for it."
"The situation in the DPRK is so urgent, so I have the mood to think about these things. They are really..." Yu Xingyi closed his mouth, one was Gaotang, the other was a younger brother, and the swear words that were used in the military camp had to be held back, "Don't worry about it. What does mother think, what do you think of this girl Zhou's character?"
"If it's only about character, Sister Zhou is very special." Xia Qinglian thought for a while, "There is no woman I know who is so hearty and generous, but she is not vulgar and rude, and I have had a relationship with her for more than a month. A few points."
"Madam has a noble and pure character. It is rare to see you compliment others like this. In this case, I will write a letter to reply to my mother. After the fifth brother will pick up his wife, we will send Miss Zhou to Beijing, set up a few tables of wine, and be hired as a concubine. That's it. After all, there is a life-saving grace in front of you, so you don't have to talk about it."
Xia Qinglian couldn't help laughing. She knew that her husband was a little slow in these aspects: "If you are just hired as a concubine, why is this? Could it be that your husband didn't read the letters carefully?"
"Marriage is based on the good of the two surnames, and respect is the words of the matchmaker ordered by the parents. The fifth brother is the direct son of the public government of our country, and he has both fame and fame. How to marry the common people is simply absurd! His rebellious words, Don't mention it again. I think he was just young and frivolous, not familiar with the world. The mother is not overly nervous, and the fifth brother has been sensible since he was a child.
"Concubine doesn't think so. Fifth Uncle is also considered to be a concubine who has grown up since he was a child. Everyone knows that he is gentle and elegant, but they don't know that he has a arrogance in his heart. Change." Xia Qinglian frowned, "Besides, the girl this week is afraid that she will not want to be a concubine."
Yu Xingyi was displeased: "Could it be that she still hopes to be the head young grandmother of our country's government."
Xia Qinglian touched her husband's forehead with a finger, and said with a smile, "Do you think that there are only men from the government's manor in the world who can marry? You don't want people to find another good man, to be a flat-headed couple, a lady of the main house?"
"Can she think that?"
"According to the observation of the concubine during this period, Miss Zhou should be like this."
"Since it's like this, I'll ask Madam to accompany her and ask her to come out to see her. Putting this aside, she sacrificed her life to save the fifth brother after all. I need to thank her in person."
Zhou Xiaoxiao lived in the General's Mansion for these days, but he never saw Dingyuan General Yu Xingyi in person.
On this day, the general's wife personally invited him, and General Dao invited him.
He straightened his clothes and followed Xia Qinglian all the way to the main room, where he entered the main room.
I saw an eight-foot-long high-ranking official standing in the room, wearing a silver-patterned flower robe, a golden crown with hair, and a bee waist. His face was five-point similar to Yu Xingzhi, but it added a bit of chill.
Zhou Xiaoxiao knew that this was Yu Xingzhi's second brother, Yu Xingyi, and was about to cross his hands to salute, but was supported by Xia Qinglian, so please sit in the middle of the hall.
That Yu Xingyi immediately pushed the golden mountain down the jade pillar, turned over and bowed six times.
Zhou Xiaoxiao was taken aback and was about to help each other when suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he instantly understood the meaning of his move.
If Yu Xingzhi and I can continue to communicate, then his family will not be like this. Since his brother, as a third-rank official, bows down to bow down, it means to liquidate the kindness and end the relationship.
After thinking about this festival, Zhou Xiaoxiao also slowly sat up and firmly accepted the six great gifts. She just stretched out her hand to support it, and said calmly: "Why did the general give such a great gift, the slave family can live and bear it. Sorry."