Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 219 Bringing Meat

Luo Yanxing: ???

"What familiar person?"

"That passerby who you said looked like a female ghost in the noodle shop just now, that was Aunt Lian!" Song Ying frowned, "How did she get out?"

Luo Yanxing recalled the face of the passerby and was stunned. "Aren't concubines in wealthy families said to be beautiful? She looks so creepy, why would Shen Zhuangyuan marry her as his concubine?

Hey, isn't Shen Zhuangyuan's wife the daughter of a county prince? If he marries a county prince's daughter, can he also marry a concubine? Aren't you afraid that the county prince will beat him to death?"

"The concubine was carried, not married together." Song Ying corrected her wording and explained: "Concubine Lian was forcibly given to Shen Zhuangyuan by the son of the former prime minister."

"First Minister? What kind of position is this? Is it higher than a prince?"

Song Ying didn't understand much about officialdom. She usually interacted with maids and old women, and they didn't know much.

It’s just that the Prime Minister’s position is very high. Every day many officials go to his house to ask for an audience, and they line up in a long queue. If you give gifts to his doorman and butler, if the gift is too small, they can’t get in at all; if the gift is too large, even if the family has no background, they can’t get in.

Several elderly women even expressed with great pride that Mr. Shen was a disciple of the former richest man and was highly valued by him, so he did not have to queue up to give gifts every time he went there.

Luo Yanxing glared: "Are you sure he wasn't allowed in because he's the prince's son-in-law?"

"No. I heard that there was a prince's son at that time, who was also a prince. He was very jealous that Shen Zhuangyuan didn't have to queue up to enter the prime minister's house. He would say something sarcastic every time he met Shen Zhuangyuan."

Luo Yanxing was confused. In her impression, the most honorable person was the emperor, followed by the empress dowager, the queen, the princes, the emperor's relatives. How could outsiders have more power than the emperor's relatives?

"We have nothing to do with the affairs of these officials and dignitaries anyway, so let's not talk about it." Song Ying changed the subject, "I'll keep an eye out for you to see which store has work suitable for you."

After hearing what happened in the Shen Mansion, Luo Yanxing didn't dare to go there again and agreed.

"It's getting dark early now. I'll go to the clinic to get the backpack and then I'll have to go back quickly. You better be careful in Shen's house."

As they were going to Yunxiu Building, which had better shops, it was inconvenient to carry the backpack, so Luo Yanxing left the backpack at the clinic.

"We have to go back quickly. The road is hard to walk on in the snow, and it will be even harder to walk after dark." As he spoke, Song Ying suddenly remembered something and said, "Let's go to Zhuangyuanfang. I'll cut a piece of meat and you can bring it back to my grandmother and the others."

"You have just started giving acupuncture to people and haven't made much money yet. Use it for your own use first and then take care of your grandmother later." Luo Yanxing strongly disagreed. The Shen Mansion was so dangerous, her top priority should be to save enough money to move out of the Shen Mansion.

"Today is my birthday. I have to remember the kindness of my grandmother and second aunt, otherwise I would not be alive today." Song Ying raised the corners of his lips, his eyes full of sarcasm.

Luo Yanxing thought about it and decided that she couldn't hide the fact that they bought snow jackets to celebrate her birthday, so she had to wear the clothes. Otherwise, Grandma Song Ying and the others would definitely tell everyone that Song Ying bought such expensive clothes for her birthday, but completely forgot the kindness of her second aunt in raising her and her filial piety to her grandmother.

She could imagine how they would scold Song Ying. Luo Yanxing sighed, "Let's go to Zhuangyuanfang."

Song Ying then instructed, "When you go back, be more open about it and let as many people as possible know that I specifically asked you to bring the meat back to honor my grandmother and her family."

Luo Yanxing: "...Last time you went back, everyone knew about it. Did you do it on purpose?"

Song Ying nodded, "I understand now. I have done something good and fulfilled my filial piety, so that my grandmother and the others won't forget it and will accuse me of being unfilial."

Luo Yanxing was amused and sad at the same time. "Okay, I'll carry the meat in my hands as soon as I enter the village, and tell everyone I meet that Song Ying asked me to bring it back to honor her grandmother and second aunt."

She was just joking, but Song Ying agreed with her idea and nodded vigorously, "That's a good idea! Then you can say you bought new clothes, but you were worried that the pork fat would stain them, so you had to carry them in your hands."

With the temperament of the people in our village, they will bring it up without you even asking them to bring it up. Well, they would probably say:

She pinched her throat and imitated the villagers' tone and said, "Yanxing, how could your parents be willing to buy such a big piece of meat today?

Oh, no, now that you can make money, they should say: Hey, buy some meat! Did you buy it? Or did your parents pay for it?"

"Hahaha..." Luo Yanxing burst into laughter, "Then I can continue, 'I didn't buy it, Song Ying asked me to bring it back to honor her grandmother and second aunt. Today is her birthday and she is busy and can't leave', right?"

Song Ying nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes!"

The two were so happy that they went to Zhuangyuanfang happily, picked out the pork, and then returned to the clinic.

"Are you back? What clothes did you buy?" Lin Wenxuan asked with concern as soon as he entered the door.

Song Ying and Luo Yanxing took out their snow coats and showed them to him. The bright colors seemed to brighten the room a bit.

Lin Wenxuan's eyes lit up: "So beautiful!"

Hearing this, Song Ying and Luo Yanxing's eyes curved with smiles, "This was recommended to us by Sister Xiao Cui from Yunxiu Tower. She said it was a new pattern researched by the embroiderer."

After showing off the new clothes, Lin Wenxuan asked again: "Have you eaten?"

"I have eaten. Brother, have you eaten?"

Lin Wenxuan sighed and pointed to the stove next to him, "Not yet, wait a while and eat."

"The person who came to me for acupuncture hasn't arrived yet, right?" Song Ying asked again.

"Not yet. The first one this afternoon is Aunt Chen. She will come when she says she will, not a quarter of an hour earlier."

"Then you go eat, I'll get you some medicine."

"Can you do it?" Lin Wenxuan expressed doubt.

Song Ying looked at the prescription on the medicine cabinet and said, "These are the only two prescriptions that need to be taken, right? I'll take my time. You can watch while taking them. No problem."

Lin Wenxuan thought about it and agreed.

Seeing that they were devoted to their work, Luo Yanxing said goodbye and left.

This afternoon, Song Ying was still busy until closing time. After seeing off the last patient, it was already completely dark.

She quickly picked up the lantern and prepared to rush to Shen Mansion, but Lin Wenxuan stopped her, "Junior sister, wait a minute, I'll go tell Master and go to Shen Mansion with you."

"What are you doing so late?" Song Ying was a little confused.

"Ask my aunt to borrow the bronze acupuncture man."

Song Ying's eyes lit up, "Have you thought about it? Do you want to try acupuncture?"

Lin Wenxuan nodded embarrassedly. His junior sister was being called "doctor" left and right, but he, as her senior brother, could only prescribe medicine. It was so embarrassing!

After giving acupuncture to people for some time, Song Ying had complete faith in her master's teaching philosophy and thought her method of learning by reading books and practicing was very good.

She really hoped that more people would recognize her master's religious philosophy, and she would be very happy if Lin Wenxuan could give it a try.

Giving people acupuncture is profitable; once he gets brave enough and learns it thoroughly, his uncle can be more relaxed.

The two of them arrived at Shen's house carrying lanterns. Song Ying went to the kitchen to get the dishes as usual. Because Lin Wenxuan had arrived, she gave Mother Fang 100 coins and asked her to add two more dishes.

100 cents was enough for four or five more dishes, let alone two. Mother Fang happily took the money and quickly asked someone to pack two more meat dishes and a bowl of rice for her.

Doctor Lin was very happy to see Lin Wenxuan coming, and he was even happier when he heard that he came to borrow the bronze acupuncture man.

But he said, "You didn't want to learn acupuncture from me, so why do you want to learn it now? Are you jealous of your junior sister giving acupuncture to others?"

Lin Wenxuan, whose thoughts were touched, said: "..."

Doctor Lin saw that he was right and laughed. "I told you long ago that you should just keep at it and it will be fine once you break your courage. But you insisted on listening to your pedantic master. You memorized so many medical books that you've become stupid!"

If someone else spoke ill of his master in front of him, Lin Wenxuan would definitely get angry with them, but since the person saying that was his great aunt, his master's senior sister, he could only listen obediently.

Even if his master himself was here, he could only endure it silently.

Seeing that Lin Wenxuan was embarrassed, Song Ying tried to smooth things over: "Master, let's eat first. It will be cold soon."

Doctor Lin sat down at the table. Lin Wenxuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Song Ying with gratitude.

In other matters, he could always act well and please his aunt, and her aunt loved him very much. But when it came to his medical studies, her aunt seemed like a different person and her words became very harsh.

Lin Wenxuan privately thought that what his aunt said was actually directed at his master, and he was bearing the consequences for his master.

During the meal, Doctor Lin asked Song Ying as usual about the clinic's current affairs and whether he had encountered any uncertainties or difficult patients.

Song Ying answered them one by one.

Lin Wenxuan was anxious to get Doctor Lin to stop mocking him for not daring to do acupuncture, so he interrupted with a smile: "My good friend from the village came today, and she even went out to buy some nice clothes at noon. They're very nice."

Doctor Lin's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at the small package Song Ying brought: "What clothes did you buy? Take them out for Master to see?"