Su Ting came alone, holding two cans of oil in his hands, and was watching the diners eating a kind of golden round pastry.
Seeing Yu Jinnian coming out, he hurriedly stood up straight, said "Happy Chinese New Year" first, and then stuffed the small oil can into Yu Jinnian's hand without any explanation: "I don't have anything to take with me at home, these two cans of small ground sesame oil are all for you." Okay." He was afraid that Yu Jinnian would misunderstand, so he quickly explained, "I didn't steal or rob, I earned it by working, so the little genius doctor will accept it!"
Yu Jinnian's hesitation was not because he was afraid that the source of the oil would be unknown, but because he felt that their own family was not rich, and when Bai Haitang needed to nourish his body, it would be better for them to keep these two cans of sesame oil for themselves.
It's just that Su Ting is stubborn, Xu felt guilty for stealing his things before, and insisted on Yu Jinnian accepting them.
"Forget it." It was more or less a wish.
Yu Jinnian took it and put it aside, then led Su Ting to the backyard and asked him about Bai Haitang.
Su Ting said: "Thanks to Mr. Xiao's medicine, Haitang's appetite has improved recently. On New Year's Eve, she not only ate a whole bowl of rice, but also ate an extra egg. Now her complexion is better and she feels a little stronger." He was worried, "The rest of the symptoms are still the same as before, but now he is depressed and often sits alone. I asked him, but he refused to tell me... I think he seems to have something on his mind."
"I can cure my physical illness, but I can't cure my mental illness. When I saw him last time, I felt that he was seriously ill. Although I told him, this illness is not at the point of despair..." Yu Jinnian sighed , "You still need to take care of him, take him out for a walk, don't be bored at home all the time."
Su Ting nodded: "I know."
Yu Jinnian went back to his room to get his pen and ink. When he diagnosed and treated Bai Haitang years ago, he had already silently thought of the treatment method. After five days of spleen invigorating medicine, Bai Haitang's current situation was also within his calculations. He knew it well, so this There is no need to go to the doctor for a while, just copying out the previously prepared prescription.
He said: "This prescription has to be taken for a long time, and it takes about a month and a half to see the effect. There is no rush."
Su Ting understood, and didn't care how many days it took in the middle, as long as he was good to Haitang, he would naturally follow Yu Jinnian's orders.
Before handing over the prescription to Su Ting, he also took out the raw raw milk pill that he had concocted in the past few nights. It is poisonous, but it is actually a dangerous medicine. Dangerous diseases must be cured by dangerous medicine, and as long as the dosage is controlled, it can be regarded as a good medicine.
In his previous life, his ancestor Chen Sicheng spent 20 years writing a book called "Secret Records of Mildew Sores", which is a monograph on mildew sores. It is this book that has caused headaches for all doctors. , helpless bayberry sore has a diagnosis and treatment basis for reference.
The prescription Yu Jinnian uses today comes from the Wuzi Huadu Wan, which contains nearly a dozen medicinal materials such as bezoar, fresh skin, fritillaria, zhihuang, myrrh, gooseberry, etc., which are ground together with a small grain of raw milk Blend it into a new pill to take. Fortunately, Bai Haitang has the favor of a wealthy son like Jiang Bingren, otherwise Su Ting's poverty may not even be able to pay for the medicine.
He was checking for any mistakes in the prescription, and then he listened to Su Ting beside him staring at the prescription and chanting.
Yu Jinnian listened carefully, and found that he was silently trying to figure out the efficacy of the medicine. Some of the words were quite decent, while others were speculative. He couldn't help saying: "One dose of medicine, It’s not as simple as summing and subtracting the medicinal properties of several medicinal materials, but the emphasis is on the coordination and assistance between the medicinal flavors. Just like, the sum of one and one is not equal to two.”
Su Ting was thoughtful, and muttered: "One and one add up but it doesn't equal two..."
"Okay, go grab the medicine." Yu Jinnian folded the prescription and handed it to him.
Su Ting walked back to the front hall and smelled the sweetness of pastry on the tip of his nose. He turned his head and looked at it. It was still the bright golden dots that he saw when he entered the door just now, but the freshly fried ones were even more craving. At the waist, he wanted to buy a copy for Haitang to taste, but he weighed the few copper coins he dug out in the palm of his hand, and then took them back secretly sadly.
Just as he was about to leave, Yu Jinnian chased him from behind: "Su Ting!"
"Little genius doctor, do you have any instructions?" Su Ting asked.
Yu Jinnian glanced at the plate of pastries on the diner's table, and took out a greased paper bag: "Take this back and eat it, the hot noodle fried cakes are selling very well these days."
Su Ting quickly shook his head: "This is not good, I have already received the great favor of the little genius doctor, how can I still covet these things?"
"Now you have learned to be polite." Yu Jinnian smiled, and Su Ting knew that he was implying that he had stolen his things, so he couldn't help lowering his head even lower. What's more, Su Ting is now under Young Master Jiang's hands. It's not an exaggeration to say that he was tired and thin for two laps. Yu Jinnian doesn't like to always pay old debts, so he passed away after laughing, and handed him the oil paper bag , and found a step for him: "It's not for you, it's for Bai Haitang. He's weak and the medicine is bitter, so he should eat something delicious and sweet."
Because Bai Haitang was mentioned, Su Ting was willing to accept it. He was so grateful to Yu Jinnian in his heart that he almost knelt down and kowtowed to him.
Yu Jinnian couldn't stand this kind of politeness, so he waved his hand and told him to leave quickly.
Su Ting has never dared to tell Haitang that he was kicked out of the academy, let alone that he is now doing some physical work to earn a living. When Haitang asks, he always prevaricates it by writing books and letters for others, and returns. When he arrived at the small courtyard, he took a deep breath, entered the courtyard door and called out "Begonia".
He only heard a chaotic noise inside, he was afraid that something might have happened to Bai Haitang, so he hurried in three steps at a time. Pushing open the door, Bai Haitang was kneeling and sitting on the ground in front of the bed, holding a small broom in his hand. He looked at Su Ting in a panic, his eyes dodged, but his eyes were suddenly dry and sore. There was a layer of wet mist on it.
Su Ting was frightened, thinking that he fell off the bed, and hurried up to help him: "Why did you cry, did you hurt from the fall?"
Bai Haitang stood up on his arm, shaking her head.
Su Ting glanced under the bed, and felt that he seemed a little strange, as if he was hiding something, but he knew that Haitang was now a frightened bird, and she would tremble if she poked her, and he couldn't ask clearly, so she tried her best to talk to him softly. Chat: "Today I went to help someone write a letter for a whole day, and then went to the little genius doctor to get a new prescription, so I came back late... What did you do at home today?"
"No," Bai Haitang whispered, "I didn't do anything, I just waited for you."
Su Ting was a little surprised: "Have you been sitting here waiting for me?"
Bai Haitang was silent for a while, then nodded: "Yes."
Su Ting said: "I have saved money in two days. I'll buy you two chickens and ducklings. Raise some animals and do something. Don't just sit here and think about it all day long. The little genius doctor said that your illness It will be fine, but it will take a while, and it will not be a problem."
"I see." Bai Haitang said.
Not two days later, Su Ting really brought back four chicks and two ducklings, put them in a basket, and rushed home excitedly. Bai Haitang was boiling water. Since Yu Jinnian told him that burning could not cure his illness last time, Su Ting let him touch the fire without worry. He just sat there and stared at the flames in a daze, until he heard a few chattering before turning around. head to see.
He watched Su Ting take out the chicks one by one from the basket. The two ducklings flapped their wings and ran away when they landed. Su Ting chased them for a few steps but failed to catch them. In his hands, soft and fluffy, two little orange-red feet are cool, stepping on the palm of his hand.
The chicken cub is small, as if it would be strangled to death with a little force, Bai Haitang carefully supported it with both hands, looking at Su Ting a little at a loss.
Su Ting smiled: "Isn't it fun? These few don't eat, I keep them for you to play with."
Bai Haitang put the chicks on the ground, and touched the little yellow head with his fingers. It may be that it is very warm beside the charcoal stove, and a nest of chicks are not afraid to swarm over, huddled next to Bai Haitang's small stool and chattering. Call.
Su Ting cooked a simple meal, sat on the bedside and talked with Bai Haitang after eating, and only let him touch Bai Haitang through his sleeve. Said: "In a few days, on the fifteenth day, lanterns will be hung everywhere in the city, and there will be a lantern festival. Haitang, will you go out to watch the lanterns with me?"
He thought in his heart that Bai Haitang might not be willing to go out to meet people, so he deliberately said that he was "accompanying him" to go out. Bai Haitang was soft-hearted, and as expected, he nodded in agreement, but he had a request: "Tinglang, don't go to crowded places." .”
How dare Su Ting refuse to agree: "Okay, don't go, just take a look around by the river."
A chick crawled out from under the bed, struggling to grab something on its body.
Su Ting lowered his head to see it, and picked up the chicken to have a look, but he didn't know where it was wrapped with a circle of red silk thread. He asked strangely: "Where did the red thread come from?" He said and helped to rescue the chicken.
Bai Haitang was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and said, "I don't know... Maybe it's because I didn't clean it up somewhere."
Su Ting glanced at him, a little confused.
This day the oil factory was working late, Su Ting didn't go out until he took a nap with Bai Haitang, and before leaving, he helped Bai Haitang tuck the quilt, seeing that he was sleeping soundly, with a soft and handsome face quietly lying on the pillow, Some thin, some pale. Su Ting slowly leaned down, almost touching Haitang's lips, Bai Haitang suddenly moved.
Su Ting retreated guiltily, seeing that he just turned over in a deep sleep. It's just that once the matter was interrupted, he felt embarrassed to try again. He looked at the bedside for a while, said softly "I'm leaving", and then got up and left.
What Su Ting didn't know was that as soon as he went out, someone who was sleeping soundly on the bed opened his eyes.
Bai Haitang put on her clothes, covered her head and face with a sackcloth, carried the small basket and went out quietly. After turning a few corners, I entered a shop at the entrance of the alley with a secretive expression. Just as I stepped through the door, I saw an aunt in the shop who was talking to someone, and hurriedly bowed her head and exited.
Unexpectedly, the other party's sharp eyes also spotted him, and hurried over to stop him: "Haitang? Is it Haitang?"
Bai Haitang had no choice but to stand still, and reluctantly responded to her: "Thank you, Madam..."
Back then, few people knew about the fact that he sponsored a scholar, but Bai Haitang was a little smug about his respectful life, and couldn't help but want to share it with others. Mother said a few words, it was Mrs. Xie in front of her. Aunt Xie is a kind person. Even if the man died, she still joined the theater troupe for more than ten years. She watched Bai Haitang grow up. To Bai Haitang, she was someone she could complain about.
A few years ago, Aunt Xie met a man who treated her well, so she remarried and left the theater.
When we met again today, Bai Haitang saw that she was in high spirits, she must be doing well, and while comforting her heart, she couldn't help feeling that things were right and wrong.
"It looks like you." Aunt Xie said happily, "I heard that you won't be on stage anymore, that's fine, living a peaceful life is better than anything else."
"En." Bai Haitang replied vaguely.
Aunt Xie said: "Although my current man is not very promising, but he is honest and honest, and now he is working in an oil factory. He also said two days ago that your family's work is very fast, no The foreman of the oil workshop appreciates those who don’t feel tired but not tired. The manager also said that it’s a shame to think of him as a scholar to improve his talent, and he is about to promote him to be an accountant!”
Bai Haitang was stunned for a moment: "...you workshop?"
"Yeah! Haitang, if you want me to tell you, it's okay for a man to make progress, don't ask him to get ahead, if he is down-to-earth and kind to you, that's serious business. I think your family, Ting, is pretty good. If you become an accountant in the future, maybe you can be promoted to a manager." Aunt Xie was only concerned about reunion, but she didn't notice the change in Bai Haitang's face.
"Mrs. Xie! I, I still have something to do... let's go first." Before Mrs. Xie finished her compliments, Bai Haitang hurried away with the basket in her hand.
Aunt Xie wondered from behind, "Didn't you buy anything?"
Bai Haitang went back to the small courtyard with a dull head, closed the door, and the basket between his elbows fell to his feet along his arms. With a clang, he slowly slid down with his back against the door panel, his eyes were empty, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. . It wasn't until a little chick ran over and pecked his fingers that he felt some itching on his face, and he raised his hand to wipe it, and it was wet.
He lifted the chicken up and shut the door, walked to the bed staggeringly, knelt down and dragged out a box from the bottom of the bed.
When I opened the box, there were some worthless wood-carved jewelry, wooden bracelets with wooden hairpins and wooden rings, and a pair of red silk ear strings decorated with small wooden beads. A sewing basket was pressed into the box, and a bright red corner was exposed from the bottom of the basket.
Bai Haitang stretched out her hand to touch it, then pursed her lips suddenly, shut the box and pushed it back under the bed.
A bowl of noodle is in the back kitchen, and the hot water is boiling.
Yu Jinnian ran in with a flour bowl, first poured half a spoonful of oil on it, then poured the raw flour into boiling water and stirred quickly, this is the so-called method of hot noodles. Feeling that the dough stirred under the chopsticks was getting stronger, I shoveled it out and put it on the chopping board, then grabbed a piece of dough that had been raised, and kneaded it together.
The small noodles are wrapped with brown sugar, white sugar, and red bean paste stuffing, and when fried in a pan, it becomes a hot noodle fried cake.
These past few days, the sale of hot noodle fried cakes is really booming. The diners in the front hall are nodding their heads, and they have to go to work early in the morning. As soon as the genius is bright, they order fried cakes for morning food, accompanied by a bowl of soy milk. , A plate of pickled melon kimchi, salty and sweet. The red bean paste stuffing is good. Once the brown sugar and white sugar stuffing is put into the oil pan, it will quickly turn into sugar water. When the diners take a bite, it will flow out from the opening.
It is the warmth that melts into the hearts of the people, and the sweetness is sweet to the stomach and spleen.
It's not just fried cakes, but also all kinds of sauces and raw Lantern Festival that many diners ordered years ago, all of which have to be picked up before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Yu Jinnian had a small plan in mind, and he didn't want to be trapped in the kitchen on the Lantern Festival, and wanted to go out with Ji Hong to visit temple fairs, watch lanterns and guess riddles. His subordinates were too busy, so he recruited Duan Ming and Shi Xing in a pretentious manner, and asked them to help together.
Walking under the eaves, Yu Jinnian frowned and thought for a while, always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it, so he shook his head and gave up, and hurried to the front hall to entertain the guests.
In the past two days, Ji Hong didn't know what he was doing with Min Xuefei. He spent more time in Fang's Inn than in a bowl of noodle restaurant. Look straight out. It is impossible to say that he doesn't care about Min Xuefei. After all, the second son of the Min family and Ji Hong grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Long before Yu Jinnian appeared, they talked at night and held candles together, let alone they There is also a second brother in contact.
In terms of closeness, Min Xuefei is far more familiar than him who has known each other for less than half a year.
Yu Jinnian knew that his thoughts were biased, at least he should believe in Ji Hongcai.
He lay on the cabinet, tilted his head to see the ice and snow gradually melting outside, and secretly sighed in his heart: Maybe love really makes people blind! Once you really care about someone, you can't help paying attention to his every move. Even the swaying of flowers and grass around him is a hint of something deep.
Qing Huan glanced at him, and said amusedly, "Brother Nian can even sigh."
Yu Jinnian said: "Why don't I sigh!"
Qing Huan wiped the table and said, "I always feel that Brother Nian has a good temper and never gets angry or angry. Is Brother Nian worried because he is too attractive?"
Yu Jinnian was amused, he raised his hand in a fierce gesture, and said intentionally, "Believe it or not, I'm going to show you how angry I am right now?"
Qing Huan suddenly jumped away, ran to the front of the store and suddenly shouted: "Oh, Mr. Ji is back."
"Where is it! Let me take a look." Yu Jinnian sneaked out from behind the counter, squeezed to the front of the store to look around, but the road was bustling with people, but there was no such thing as his favorite Yushu Lanzhi. Qing Huan was lied to, and immediately wanted to beat someone aggressively.
The two chased after them to the backyard. Qing Huan's legs and feet were bad, and she couldn't run anymore. She bent down and supported her knees, and panted with a smile, "Okay, okay, spare me, bro! I don't dare anymore!" As she said that, she raised her head and said again: "Oh, Mr. Ji is really back!"
"Again? Believe me, I'm a puppy!" Yu Jinnian snorted with his hips on his hips, "Will I fall for the same trick a second time?"
Suddenly there was a deep chuckle on the back: "What's going on?"
Yu Jinnian froze, staring at Qing Huan.
Qing Huan shrugged and said, "I told you that Mr. Ji is back, you just don't believe me", and then ran away.
Ji Hong came over, raised his hand and rubbed the boy's head, and asked, "Who is the puppy now?"
Yu Jinnian looked back at him, wanting to laugh but embarrassed, rubbed his forehead against Ji Hong's palm for a while, and then opened his mouth inaudibly for a long time: "Wang..."
Ji Hongguan was slightly ashamed, and because of the fight with Qing Huan for a while, his cheeks were pale and red, and his heart throbbed, he raised the boy's jaw and bowed his head to kiss him. Yu Jinnian wrapped his arms around his shoulders, opened his mouth to respond proactively, and at the moment when the stickiness was hard to separate, Yu Jinnian suddenly moved the tip of his nose and pushed Ji Hong away abruptly.
Yu Jinnian wiped his mouth with the back of his hand: "When will those two from the Min family leave?"
"..." Ji Hong was taken aback, "I wrote back and reported that there was snow on the road in the north, and it was inconvenient for vehicles and horses to pass, so the two of them planned to go back to Beijing after the first lunar month. What's the matter?"
Yu Jinnian said angrily, "You smell like sandalwood."
It was only then that Ji Hong realized that the young man was jealous. He smiled and said, "There is incense in his room, how can I not get it. If you don't like it, next time I will have his incense thrown away." gone."
Yu Jinnian said: "That's not what it means..."
Ji Hong went over to hug him, stroked his twisted back with his palm, and said in a low voice: "Don't move, if you stay like this for a while, I will smell like you too. Or you can take me back to the room, Let me get your taste?"
Rubbing the back of Yu Jinnian's neck with his thumb, the provocative meaning was clear, which made Yu Jinnian tremble in his arms. Of course, he understood what Ji Hong meant when he said that he smelled of himself. He was in the prime of his youth. Desires are about to move around, planning in his heart to do him this way and that at night, but he hums: "You are the only one who is shameless."
"Let's go, I'll help you pack the Lantern Festival." Ji Hong pinched his face pretending to be unhappy.
…
In Fang's Inn.
Min Mao sat at the table with side dishes and wine, while watching his second elder brother playing chess with himself, he really didn't understand what fun it was, it would be better to go out and enjoy the scenery of lakes and mountains.
When the black pieces were killed by the white pieces and a large piece of chess was killed, Min Mao finally couldn't bear it any longer. Letting him chatter away and not ask questions was more torturous than tying him to the guillotine. Sitting down beside the chessboard, he said, "Second Brother, what did Third Brother Ji mean just now? What exactly are you discussing these days?"
The chessboard was shaken by him, and two or three chess pieces jumped up.
Min Xuefei remained silent until he had figured out what to do next, and then said: "It's about why Brother Ji died."
"Ah?" Min Mao was still puzzled, let alone why he suddenly brought up Second Brother Ji, "Didn't Second Brother Ji be kidnapped by the Beidi people? Duke Ji was overseeing the army in Northern Xinjiang, and the enemy was red-eyed , sent spies into the customs to try to assassinate, but ended up abducting the second and third brothers Ji by mistake... Isn’t Beidi all exterminated?”
"How did Beidi's spies, a total of 30 elites, sneak into Beiyan Pass quietly, and how did they meet the second brother Ji who went out to watch the flowers just by saying 'by mistake'? The whereabouts of the second brother that day, Even the guards who stayed in the mansion didn't know about it. How could it happen that the people from Beidi who came from afar and couldn't even speak the official language knew about it?... If this matter is not clarified, what happened to Brother Ji is very likely to happen in Ji's case. The family repeats itself, or maybe it is our turn."
Min Mao: "..."
"Beidi people are just chess pieces! Without the black pieces, there will be white pieces. Third brother, I'm afraid there will be such a chaos in the court." Min Xuefei let go of his hand, and the white pieces he just lifted fell on the chessboard with a crackling sound. , broke a peaceful chess game, he stood up with a flick of his sleeves, and laughed, "Your brother Ji San, you are going to be angry with the crown and become a beauty!"
Min Mao: "Which beauty?"
Min Xuefei ignored him, and looked out of the window and said, "Who would have thought that the dignified young master of the Ji family would be seduced by such a little goblin?" Turning around, Min Mao took out a porcelain box from his sleeve and was holding it in his hand. What to put on it, looked like a box of rouge from a distance, he frowned and asked: "What?"
Min Mao said happily: "The little fairy in your mouth made it, second brother, would you try it? It's very easy to use. I won't be afraid of freezing hands anymore!"
Min Xuefei: "..."