This old woman shouted really loudly, and even though the people were still in the courtyard, the sound was heard all over the house.
There was silence behind Jiafu, not hearing the slightest movement.
Mrs. Pei was still sitting like that, her figure seemed to freeze, she suddenly held up the cane lying on the side, and she stood up straight, just when Jiafu thought she was about to step out, but she Stopped, stood for a moment, and slowly sat back down. And Fangcai is no different. The hand was tightly holding the cane faucet, and several blue veins appeared on the back of the hand, which were clearly visible.
Footsteps were heard in the courtyard. Jiafu turned back subconsciously and looked out through the carved jacaranda window in front of her.
In the middle of the night, in the dark blue night sky, a half-round faint mirror moon hangs diagonally, the frost of the early winter night is deep, and the old wood rhinoceros outside the window has a thin layer of white frost on its branches and leaves. A figure wearing the stars and stepping on the moon, came from the thick night, walked through the gate of the courtyard, strode in this direction, and cast a long shadow on the corridor behind him.
The figure is getting closer, the footsteps are getting faster and faster, a few steps up the steps, stepping on the threshold, the lamp shadow shakes slightly, and the man turns in from behind the double door.
This is a young man, bright as jade and graceful as pine. As he got closer, the light illuminated his complexion, and it was slightly pale as if it was not bloody, but this did not detract from the ray of ease between his brows, on the contrary, his eyebrows were more like ink paintings and his eyes were clear. He was more than a head taller than Jiafu, slightly thinner, with straight shoulders, walked in, looked at the door beside Jiafu with two eyes, got closer and closer, passed in front of her, and was only halfway away from her arm distance.
Jia Fu could see clearly, the frost dew wet his temples, and the cloak that was the same color as the night on his shoulders also revealed a bit of wet and cold air.
At first glance, she recognized him as Pei You'an.
She was inexplicably nervous, and she was a little bit inexplicably excited, with a small heart hitting him like a deer, her eyes staring at him without blinking. Moved with his figure, and when he came to the front, he subconsciously blurted out: "Big cousin!"
Pei You'an didn't seem to notice her existence at first, someone had already passed her, she turned her head when she heard the sound, and glanced over her face.
He didn't respond, his eyes only fixed on her face.
In his pupils, it was as dark as the night, and under the light of the lights, it was as transparent as water. Although it was impossible to touch, the feeling of cold indifference came over him.
Jia Fu's face was hot and a little embarrassed.
He didn't even recognize who she was.
She opened her mouth, still hesitating whether to remind him who she was. The man in front of her seemed to finally recognize her, raised two beautiful eyebrows, nodded slightly at her, and in response, turned to follow her. Yuzhu came up: "Is grandma in there?"
His voice was cool and low alcohol.
Yuzhu nodded and said in a low voice, "It's just inside. It's so late, and I still refuse to go to sleep... I didn't expect the uncle to actually come back. I don't know how happy the old lady should be..."
Her eyes were red.
Pei You'an turned around, stopped in front of the curtain, paused, and said inwardly, "Grandmother, the unfilial grandson You'an has returned."
The house was silent.
Pei Youan lifted the hem of his clothes, and Yuzhu was busy handing him a kneeling pad. He had already knelt down on his knees, and knocked three times inward through the door curtain: "You'an came late and couldn't celebrate his grandmother's birthday in time. Grandmother Fuhai Shoushan, Tang Xuan Yongmao , every year today, every year today."
There was still no sound from the curtain. Pei You'an touched the ground with his forehead, unable to kneel for a long time.
After a long time, Yuzhu said, "Old Madam... It's cold on the ground, the uncle thinks that he has come from a long way, but he is still wet..."
After a while, Mrs. Pei's voice rang: "Get up! Do you want to get sick again and ask me to worry about you again?"
Pei You'an immediately got up from the ground, opened the curtain and walked in.
Jiafu held her breath, slowly backed out from the door, stood on the threshold of the outhouse, hesitated for a while, and was about to call Sandalwood to find her mother, but heard footsteps coming, raised her eyes, and the courtyard was screaming. People came, Mrs. Xin, Pei Quan, Mrs. Meng, as well as Pei Xiuzhi, Pei Xiulo and others hurried in, rushed to the door of the old lady's room, and stopped.
"Mother, did the servant say that You'an has returned?"
Mrs. Xin turned her back to Jiafu, and Jiafu couldn't see her expression, only her voice was tense, like a rubber band being pulled at both ends.
Pei Quan and Meng Shi didn't speak, they just waited.
Seeing Jiafu, Pei Xiuzhi's eyes lit up, and he came to stand next to her, hesitating to say anything, Jiafu nodded at him, and turned to Pei Xiulo who greeted him. After entering the door, his eyes were a little erratic, his expression was not the same as usual, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.
"Sister Fu."
Pei Xiuluo will be twenty at the end of the year. She has always done well in her studies. She is polite, smiling and nodding to Jiafu.
My aunt Meng Shi seemed a little unhappy that the kiss didn't work out. Jiafu didn't care about her as much as she used to, but this cousin still looked the same as before, so she shouldn't take it to heart.
"mother-"
Mrs. Xin raised her voice and called again, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and Pei You'an helped Mrs. Pei out.
Mrs. Pei's eyes were slightly red, but the wrinkles on her face were stretched, and she nodded: "It's You An back."
Mrs. Xin seemed to be stunned, looking at Pei You'an, who was already a fully grown man, and her eyes were fixed for a while.
Pei You'an turned to her: "I have seen my mother. I have been away from home for many years, and my mother's health has always been good?"
Mrs. Xin regained her senses with a smile on her face, but even Jiafu could see that her smile was obviously reluctant.
"Okay, okay," she nodded, her lips moving, "it's good to come back, it's good to come back..." She looked at Mrs. Pei, "every year to this day, I will ask someone to clean your yard, just looking forward to it. You go back. I finally came back today, okay, okay… "
"You have to worry about your mother." Pei You'an saluted her, and then turned to Pei Quan and Meng Shi.
Pei Quan hurriedly told him not to be too polite, and Mrs. Meng smiled even more: "You An can be counted back! You have been gone for so many years, one day your second uncle and I don't miss you! I saw you just now, and almost didn't recognize you! I don't know how much better than before, I'm really relieved! Just come back, don't leave again, how can the family be without you?"
Pei You'an said, "I am very grateful to my uncle and aunt for worrying about me."
Meng Shi snorted: "It's all a family, so what are you grateful for? Luo'er, come and see your eldest brother! Your eldest brother is only a few years older than you, and compared with you in terms of literature and knowledge, one is heaven and the other is underground. He is heaven. The Scholars of the Jubilee Dynasty are well-known. Although they were young, they may not even be able to write articles that are comparable to the masters in your Taixue! This time he is back. You have to learn more from him, and I will ask him to read the articles for you. , you are brothers who are at a loss, such an opportunity, outsiders can’t even ask for it!”
Pei Xiulo greeted Pei You'an and said respectfully, "I have seen the eldest brother, and I hope that the eldest brother will take the time and give me some advice."
"I haven't touched the article for many years, and I have long been unfamiliar with writing and ink. Now I am afraid that I am far inferior to you, the third brother. When I come back this time, I don't expect to stay at home for a long time. If you have any questions about the article, I will accompany you. You can learn from each other, but you can.”
Pei Xiuzhi, who had been silent for a while, walked up and said with a smile, "Big brother! If you don't say anything when you come back, I should have gone out of the city to welcome you! If you neglected big brother, don't blame me."
Pei You'an turned to him, smiled and said, "Second brother, you're welcome. I'm not here, grandmother and mother are tired of your filial piety, so I should thank you."
"Oh, they're all my own brothers, where are so many foreigners!" Meng Shi smiled, stepped forward to look at Pei You'an, and sighed: "Sister-in-law, look, You'an is going back tonight, this is for food on the way. How much suffering. Mother has already worshipped here, hurry up to change clothes and eat a hot meal, and it will not be too late to say the rest tomorrow."
Mrs. Xin turned to Mrs. Pei: "Mother, that daughter-in-law will take him to rest first..."
Suddenly, there was a burst of children's cries from the side room, and the sound was extremely sharp.
Mrs. Xin's expression changed: "Brother Quan!"
"Madam! Old lady! Brother Quan is not good again!"
The nurse ran over in a hurry and was stunned when she saw so many people there.
"What happened to brother Quan?"
Madam Xin asked sharply.
The wet nurse woke up and hurriedly said: "Just now, brother Quan woke up and wanted to find his wife, so I brought him over, played for a while, got sleepy, and fell asleep again. I was afraid that the wind would blow, so I went with Miss Yuzhu. , I put my brother to sleep at the old lady's place, and I don't want to be in a good mood, and suddenly I have the previous illness! I screamed and cried all over the body!"
Mrs. Xin's face changed greatly, and she hurried to the side room.
Pei Xiuzhi paused and ordered someone to seek medical attention immediately. Madam Pei also showed anxiety and sighed, "Why is it so good and sick again?"
Jiafu suppressed her guilt and let out a breath. Suddenly, she heard a voice saying, "Grandma, take it easy. Grandma also knows that I used to study medicine when I was young, and I know a little bit about medicine. My nephew is seriously ill. Let's go and see if you can help him relieve the pain before the imperial doctor comes."
Mrs. Pei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes, how could grandma forgot! Go ahead."
Pei You'an walked quickly towards the side room where Jiafu had stayed just now. Madam Pei, Pei Quan and his wife all followed.
Jiafu was very surprised. He didn't expect that Pei You'an had also studied medicine.
Although he only said that he had a little knowledge of medicine, since he took the initiative to see Brother Quan, his medical skills could never really be superficial.
For some reason, Jiafu suddenly felt a little uneasy in her heart. Seeing that everyone was gone, she hesitated for a while, and followed slowly, instead of going in, she just stood at the door and looked in.
Brother Quan was lying on his back on the couch, surrounded by maids and wives. His head, face and skin were red and swollen, and he was crying so hard. When he saw his grandmother and great-grandmother coming, his cries were even sharper. Unusually, several women tried to stabilize his hands and feet to undress him, but he broke free. One woman was accidentally kicked, and with a hoot, she took two steps back and almost sat down. on the ground.
Mrs. Xin was very distressed, and there were tears in her eyes.
Pei You'an ordered everyone to disperse, and he stepped forward and held the child's legs that were kicking indiscriminately. He didn't know how he did it. He bent his thumb and pressed his knuckles against the soles of the child's feet a few times. The child's whole body softened, and he just lay there crying, and took off his clothes smoothly, only to see red rashes on the skin of his body, his face was red and swollen, and his eyelids and lips were swollen.
"A few days ago, it was inexplicably posted once. At that time, I asked an imperial doctor, but I couldn't see why. Today I was already healed, but I didn't want to be good, but I got sick again..."
Mrs. Xin was talking.
Pei You'an rolled up Brother Quan's eyelids, observed for a moment, then leaned over, sniffed Brother Wen Quan's clothes, frowned slightly, thoughtfully, suddenly seemed to think of something, raised his eyes, turned his head to look at the door standing at the door Gave.
Jiafu couldn't dodge for a while, and met his eyes.
His two eyes were as clear as water and as sharp as electricity.
Why did he suddenly look at himself
Did he find something
Jiafu's heart skipped a beat, and at this moment, a layer of cold sweat broke out from her palms.
"How, what do you see?"
Madam Xin asked.
Pei You'an turned his gaze back, pulled Brother Quan over to cover him, and said, "Don't worry about it. Open the doors and windows for ventilation, give him a bath, change all his inner and outer clothes, and then prescribe another pair of pain-relieving medicines. It will heal itself slowly.”