However, when the Army Provision Officer Zhao saw his good friend and Miantang peeping out of the window to look at him, the jealousness in his heart overturned the shelf.
When he heard that Cui Xingzhou was going to set out to the northwest initially, although he was worried about the safety of his friends, he has also given some attention to doing other things.
For example, he excitedly went to the North Street courtyard to take over the care of Lady Liu who was abandoned in the town.
But the mansion was empty. Zhao Quan’s heart also became empty.
After careful inquiry, he realized that Lady Liu had gone to catch up with Cui Jiu.
Zhao Quan was somewhat confused for a moment about where the play of “false husband Cui Jiu” was going. Did… Lady Liu found that Cui Jiu was Prince Huaiyang, but she was unwilling to be cheated by him and chased him straight away?
Zhao Quan never thought Cui Xingzhou could carry Liu Miantang into the mansion. Prince Huaiyang is very sober and rational. He will never do anything that makes his mind confused and blinded by beauty.
At most, he was just flirting with her.
Now that the young lady is so infatuated. If she chases him up and pesters him and annoyed Cui Xingzhou, she might get hurt by his words, or be bound to be guilty. By then, what can she do?
Marquis Zhao still remembers that Cui Xingzhou mentioned how to deal with Liu Miantang before, and his cold tone was similar to that of killing a mole ant!
With such a heart occupied over the beauty, Zhao Quan took more effort to raise food, hoping that Cui Jiu would give her some face when he pleaded for the lady.
But he never expected that the love of the fake couple in the North Street mansion would linger till the broken yard in the northwest.
When Cui Jiu came out wearing a half-worn military uniform of the Commander, Zhao Quan was so depressed that he can’t breathe properly. He really wanted to ask Cui Jiu after he calm himself down if he was tired of playing the role of a performer all day?
However, when Cui Jiu saw that his good friend came to deliver the army provision, he showed a sincere smile. He took Miantang’s hand and walked out together and said, “Your nose is so sharp that you can smell it here. Mo Ru, go and get some aquavit from the northwest. Brother Jiayu and I will drink till the dawn.”
Although Miantang had a bad impression of the highly skilled miracle Docter Zhao, he was also in military uniform. He should be like her husband and join the army in times of national disaster.
From this point of view, although Zhao Quan is suspected of being a person who loafs around all day and a black sheep, he is also a hot-blooded man and a person with indomitable spirits.
Therefore, Miantang’s attitude changed a little about Doctor Zhao. Seeing that her husband had asked him for a drink, she asked Servant Li to prepare more cook more dishes, hot soup, and wine with barbecue.
However, Zhao Quan drank the wine with a little vexed feeling. He squinted at Cui Jiu’s old military uniform, looked up and down, and asked, “You made great achievements this time isn’t it, Brother? I wonder how will Prince Huaiyang reward you and promote you to an official position. Otherwise, a bitter Commander will not have a lot of military pay. Wouldn’t your wife suffer?”
Cui Xingzhou looked up at his strange words and said with deep meaning, “Miantang is willing to follow the army for thousands of miles and put life and death aside. How will she care about my rank? Since she has this true feeling, I will not disappoint her in the future and let her live a prosperous life…”
The meaning of this remark is obvious. He means that the beauty has followed him when he went to the gate of hell, how will she leave when she knows that he’s Prince Huaiyang? Besides, he will give her wealth and honor in the future. Brother Jiayu doesn’t have to worry too much while being salty!
Hearing the sound of Cui Xingzhou’s words, Zhao Quan immediately felt like he was in a state of mourning. He felt as if his lady in the Buddhist temple has seethrough the human affair in life.
Yes, although Cui Xingzhou deceived Liu Miantang from the beginning. But Cui Jiu’s good appearance is there! If people don’t know his indifferent temperament, just such a casual and elegant appearance, he will fascinate those women in the love season.
What’s more, Cui Xingzhou is not a poor man who pretends to be a young master to deceive women to sleep. Once the identity of Prince Huaiyang is revealed, which woman is willing to give up such tremendous wealth?
Liu Miantang is a young lady after all. She probably doesn’t need any honor and wealth. She only loves Cui Jiu’s handsome appearance. Otherwise, why did she follow him to such wild places as the northwest without knowing the danger?
On the other hand, his wives and concubines are hard to say.
When they heard that he was going to the northwest, his legal wife said “Amitabha”, stating that she would chant scriptures and pray for him day and night.
However, those beautiful concubines of his cried their hearts out, nevertheless, when asked which one was willing to follow him to the northwest, all of them were suddenly unhealthy. They were either infected with colds or relapsed from old diseases and could not bear the burden of traveling…
After such a comparison, Zhao Quan suddenly felt that his life was boring and extremely empty and lonely.
He wanted to ask how is he worse than Cui Xingzhou? Why does such a loving and righteous young lady not love him?
In this way, unless Cui Xingzhou dies in battle, he can take care of his widow in a proper manner. Otherwise, he will not have a chance with Lady Liu in this life…
Zhao Quan couldn’t hide his thoughts. After drinking a few cups of aquavit, he tearfully held his friend’s hand, reassuring him that he could die for the country and that he would take care of Miantang in the future…
Cui Xingzhou only frowned. If he hadn’t been thinking of their mutual friendship, the words of Marquis Zhao hoping him would die was looking for a fight!
A pair of intimate friends here are drinking in place of jeopardy.
But Miantang’s side, however, ate very comfortably.
Because of the outsider man, Zhao Quan, she didn’t share a table with her husband. She only set up a small table for herself in the side room next door.
When Servant Li saw Lady Liu eating by herself, she cooked some snacks that the young lady loves for her.
A small plate of roasted rabbit kebabs is very tender, and the pepper and salt seasoning prepared by Servant Li is also very delicious. Take a small slip of aquavit to go along with it. It tastes delicious.
The wild boar meat was also stewed and cooked. The eggplant pieces and the gourd strips brought by Servant Li from Lingquan Town were added to the small casserole. The sauce was rich and it was sweet to eat on the rice.
In addition, Servant Li also kindly mixed the small pot of aquavit with large sour plum and some sweet glutinous rice wine, which alleviated the intensity of the wine.
Miantang hasn’t drunk for a long time. The food is too compatible with the wine, and she is a bit greedy.
At this time, it began to snow outside the window. Holding the hot wine she poured herself. It was really “The red mud stove makes the fermented grains clear”, and she wouldn’t change it for a fairy!
But she did not know what her husband next door and the highly skilled miracle Doctor Zhao were talking about. They drank and drank. The highly skilled miracle Doctor Zhao even cried, looking very sad.
Miantang asked Servant Li, who came into the house to deliver dessert, what was going on next door.
Servant Li was also angry when she heard the funeral speech of Marquis Zhao. She drooped her eyelids and said, “Marquis Zhao… Mr. Zhao drank too much for a while and was afraid that the Master would have an accident on the battlefield. He was in the mood at that time and cried a few times… Madam, you can just continue having your meal. This is the virtue of men’s drinking!”
Miantang nodded. The escorts of her grandfather’s escort agency did not have any shape when they drank wine too, and there were all big fights. As long as they don’t turn over the table, she won’t disturb the drinking of her husband and his friends.
Miantang has always avoided drinking because she used to take Chinese herbal medicine. Since she came to the northwest, she has stopped taking the medicine, and she does not need to be cautious of what food she eats further. For a moment, she is greedy in drinking. However, maybe it was because she hadn’t drunk for a long time. When she had finished drinking, the alcohol effect came up and she fell asleep in the side room.
She doesn’t know how long she slept, but she suddenly felt that she was moving. When she opened her eyes slightly, she found that her husband was holding herself back to the main room.
“Zhao Quan is drunk. Let him stay in the side room.” Cui Xingzhou said so.
Miantang rubbed against his arm, forced her big eyes open, and said lazily, “I don’t know how did I fall asleep. I haven’t washed up yet…”
The Kang in the side room is somewhat blocked, so it’s hard to avoid feeling cold when sleeping. Cui Xingzhou saw that she was still huddled in the fox fur just now. He felt heartache for fear that she might get sick again.
So he ordered someone to carry Zhao Quan, who had fallen asleep on the hot Kang in the main room, and then carried his young lady back to the hot Kang in the main room.
Hearing that she was going to wash up, Cui Xingzhou said, “Didn’t you go to the medicine shop today? You can’t get dirty at home. I’ll put a wet towel for you to wipe…”
Although Miantang was drunk, she was also shy when she heard her husband say this. She whispered, “I don’t need you. I’ll wipe it myself…”
But how could she get up when her legs were weak from drinking? Cui Xingzhou asked the young servant girl to bring hot water, wrung out the handkerchief, and wiped it up for Miantang.
Miantang lay down and let her husband wipe her pink face. When she arrived at the Wuning Checkpoint, she did as the locals did and no longer put on makeup on her face. Her face was bright and clean, and it was easy to wipe.
Just pressed by the warm towel, it is red and gorgeous, which makes him wonder if she is also pink elsewhere…
Cui Jiu was a little absent-minded, and his gesture slowed down.
But Miantang was beautiful and didn’t know anything. She only rubbed his hand on her cheek, like a cat lying by the stove.
“When are we going to have a baby, husband? I want to have a son for you earlier…” at this moment, Miantang half squinted and said with the effect of the wine.
These words, when they were alone at night, really attracted people.
Cui Xingzhou threw the handkerchief aside and pulled the drunken young lady into her arms.
He also drank the wine, but there was still a trace of clarity, and the words that Zhao Quan was looking forward to his death were uncomfortable. So he just put the tip of his nose against her nose and whispered, “I may die anytime. What should you orphans and widows do then?”
Miantang frowned slightly and didn’t like to hear her husband’s words about death. She only forced her eyes slightly and said with a mouthful, “Which King of hell dares to touch my husband and I will overturn his hall in hell… You should kiss me, husband!”
The delicate and fragrant young lady is in his arms. If he remains indifferent, he will be either a eunuch or an old man in the twilight!
Cui Xingzhou is also a young man. How can he resist the deliberate temptation of Miantang? At the request of the beauty, he calmed her lips with the sweet smell of plum.
At that moment, Cui Xingzhou’s early plans all disappeared. Although he was a gentleman, he drank a lot of wine into his stomach. At this time, he was excited by her words.
Didn’t she want a baby? He promised that she would be pregnant in the morning!
However, just as Cui Xingzhou’s blood was boiling, the young lady who had just been kissed and giggled by him unexpectedly fell asleep with her head tilted…
Cui Xingzhou’s eyes were red for a moment. He felt that all the drinkers in the world, regardless of men and women, were so irresponsible!
He clenched his teeth and fell to the side, wondering whether he would practice another set of boxing against the cold wind on a snowy night.
……
When he got up the next morning, Miantang slept very well. She stretched her waist, looked side way at her husband’s face, and then leaned over. She touched his face with her long finger.
With such a touch, Cui Jiu woke up, but his eyes were bloodshot and not very clear.
Miantang is used to her husband. According to him, he has been suffering from persistent insomnia and has been unable to sleep well.
Although it is a persistent disease, Miantang feels sorry for her husband. Taking advantage of Zhao Quan’s presence today, she had to ask Servant Li to ask Zhao Quan if there was any prescription for insomnia.
Early in the morning, Zhao Quan slept in a daze in the side room, so when he woke up, he simply got up, sat down on the small stool in the small kitchen, and drank the sobering hot rice soup brought by Servant Li.
He will hurry back to the Jinjia Checkpoint with Cui Xingzhou to hand over the matters of army provision he escorted.
Servant Li had just sent hot water to the main room. At the request of Lady Liu, seeing that Marquis Zhao’s face was a little better, she asked him to help work out a prescription for insomnia.
But after Servant Li finished, Marquis Zhao felt that Servant Li was making fun of him. Others may not know. Can Cui Jiu have insomnia?
He never knew this guy had such a chronic disease… Wait a minute. Could it be that Cui Jiu’s red curtain is so enchanting that he doesn’t sleep much all night?
After having a great time yesterday and still finding a way to tell him that he is a loser. It’s simply forcing people to cut off their responsibilities and end their friendship completely!
At that moment, the highly skilled miracle doctor was so angry that he didn’t even eat breakfast. When he went out and got on the horse with his servant, he shouted at the main room, “Cui Jiu, I’ll wait for you in the camp! And… You are so incontinent. Be careful not to lose your energy before you reach middle age, and there will be no more scenery on the couch…”
Miantang was just getting up to comb her hair. After hearing Zhao Quan’s jealous shouting, she could not understand the meaning of it. She only thought that Zhao Quan’s meaning was that her husband had suffered from serious insomnia and needed to be treated immediately!
She couldn’t help looking back at her husband with a worried face and said, “What should I do? If Mr. Zhao’s words are true, isn’t it that you can’t make it, husband?”
Cui Xingzhou was lying on the Kang to make up for his sleep, but when she heard Lady Liu say that he “can’t make it”, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled meaningfully at her, “When the war is over, I will let you know if I can…”
At daybreak, Cui Xingzhou finally got up and did not even bother to eat breakfast. After putting on his clothes, he wore a bamboo hat and return to the camp.
Miantang leaned against the gate of the mansion and looked anxiously at her husband’s back. What she thought were all Doctor Zhao’s words.
No, she has to read the medical books diligently to see how to match the prescription of medicine for insomnia… How can her husband, who is young, be exhausted and die on the couch?
With this in mind, after eating, she packed up and went to the pharmacy to remove the door panel and start the business.
Although all the doctors in the city ran away because of the war, the Cui Ji medicine shop she opened became the only one in the town. However, the prescription she prescribed was either too strong or ineffective. Gradually, the people in the town also knew that the lady was a flower-like decoration. She looked smart and talked about pharmacology. But if the people were to try her prescription, they will tend to have diarrhea till their two pairs of liver and intestines are light!
Therefore, although the medicine in the Cui Ji shop is good, the boss is not very reliable. If they have a prescription, it’s fine. Otherwise, don’t expect her to find any good medicine.
So if it wasn’t a serious illness, no one dared ask her to prescribe the medicine.
It was a little cold in front of the shop. However, Miantang doesn’t care about the quality of her business now. In these years of war and chaos, her original intention was just to make it convenient for the officials and family members in the town and help her husband.
Now that her imported cart of Croton has made great achievements for her husband. Whether she makes money or not is not very important.
So in the next few days, if someone came to get the medicine occasionally, she asked the shop assistant to get it. For the rest of the time, she sat on the counter, concentrating on her medical skills.
However, the more she looks at it, the more she feels that she’s not a doctor. If she compares her husband’s symptoms with those in the medical book, her husband doesn’t look like he is weak and sleepless. Instead, he looks like he is full of internal fire and needs to be properly vented!
The more she looked at it, the more confused she became. After a few days, she was somewhat disheartened and lost her original high spirits.
The snow that had been falling for several days had finally stopped. She asked Fan Hu and some shop assistants to clean the snow in front of the door.
She put down the book, moved her neck, and decided to go to the medicine cabinet to prepare a pair of refreshing herbal tea for herself.
At that moment, the sound of the wheels of the carriage came suddenly. Miantang looked up and saw that it was a carriage parked in front of the medicine shop.
An old woman came in sweating and asked, “Where is the doctor on duty in the hall? Come and see my madam quickly. She… She is experiencing hard labor…”
Miantang hurriedly said, “We don’t have a doctor in this shop. nanny, you should go elsewhere quickly to avoid delay…”
Looking at Miantang’s posture, the old woman felt that she was proficient in medicine. She knelt in front of Miantang with a plop, “The heavy snow has blocked our way in recent days. We can’t go too far. It is said that you are the only medicine shop in the area. Please give a helping hand to save my madam!”
Liu Miantang is not unwilling to help, but she knows her skills. If she takes the case, it will cause two lives.
The most urgent task is to find someone who really understands medical skills. Liu Miantang hurried to the front of the carriage and opened the curtain. A young woman was lying in the quilt, her belly was high, and crying in pain.
Seeing this, Miantang no longer hesitated and immediately called the shop assistant to go to the Jinjia Checkpoint to find Mr. Zhao to save the patient.
If she remembers correctly, Zhao Quan said that he would return to the State of Zhen after handing over the army provision. And the Wuning Checkpoint is the only way he must go through.
She hasn’t seen any motorcade in the past few days, so Liu Miantang is sure that Mr. Zhao hasn’t left yet. If God favors her, maybe she can see Mr. Zhao on the way to the Jinjia Checkpoint!
That shop assistant used to be the secret sentry on North Street. Now he has changed from dark to light. He is also a shop assistant. He is naturally familiar with horse riding. After taking the command, he turns over and goes to the Jinjia Checkpoint to hire the doctor.
Miantang asked the nanny to help her madam down from the carriage and entered the wing room behind the medicine shop for a rest.
Otherwise, it would be cold outside the shop, and the lady who was about to give birth could not bear it.
At that moment, maybe the pregnant woman moved too much. The pregnant woman frowned with pain and involuntarily speaks. Miantang could hear it clearly. That sentence was not the language Chinese they used in Central Plains, but vaguely like the language of barbarians outside the Checkpoint.
When the pregnant woman finished, her nanny, who was holding her by the side, turned pale.
The madam of her family is not a lady from the Central Plains, and it is precisely because of this that the well-known midwife doesn’t want to help her deliver.
Now the barbarians outside the Checkpoint have attacked the city and occupied the territory. She doesn’t know how many border citizens have been killed. The citizens in these border villages and towns all change the color of their faces when talking about barbarism, and hate those foreigners to the bone.
So even if they take a huge amount of gold and silver, most people don’t like to come and deliver for their madam. What’s more, they don’t have any extra money in their hands. In the end, that nanny can only deliver herself to save money for her madam.
However, her madam is having her first child, and she doesn’t know whether the baby is in the wrong position or for some other reason. After a long time of trouble, the child just didn’t come out. The nanny had no choice, so she set up a carriage to find someone.
Who would have thought that her madam was in great pain for a moment and could not help but say something in their barbarian language? If the boss of this medicine shop turned them out, what would she do?
The people on the other side looked at the pregnant woman. Although she was very beautiful, she did look a little different from the Han people.
However, to the surprise of the nanny, Miantang still let them wait in the wing room as usual after she was stunned. She also kindly brought a bowl of brown sugar water to the pregnant woman, so that she could replenish her strength.
The woman also knew that she had just made a mistake, so she looked at Miantang gratefully and said nothing. She only bit the back of her hand and secretly endured the contractions.
In fact, Miantang was shocked just now. It was not because she was disgusted that this woman was a barbarian outside the Checkpoint, but because she was surprised that she understood what this woman said!
Miantang can never remember that she once learned the language of barbarian. But why did she know clearly just now that the woman said “If I can’t make it…”
Miantang suspected that she was hearing hallucinations for a moment, and hoped that the woman would say more words.
Perhaps the pain was too severe. The woman had endured for a while and then began to roll in pain. She also talked to her nanny again.
This time, Miantang could hear clearly. The woman said tearfully in the corner of her eyes, “I can’t take it anymore. Please cut open my stomach. Maybe the child in my stomach has a chance to live…”
It seems that the woman can’t hold on any longer. She only wants to die alone and save her child so that her child can survive.
It’s just that the words are too heart-wrenching and make people cry. Miantang was touched for a moment, and suddenly opened her mouth and replied, “Why did you give up this early? Be strong. The doctor will arrive soon, and he will surely keep both mother and child safe…
After saying this, don’t mention others, Miantang herself was stunned. Oh My God, why can she speak in such a fluent foreign language?
However, when the Army Provision Officer Zhao saw his good friend and Miantang peeping out of the window to look at him, the jealousness in his heart overturned the shelf.
When he heard that Cui Xingzhou was going to set out to the northwest initially, although he was worried about the safety of his friends, he has also given some attention to doing other things.
For example, he excitedly went to the North Street courtyard to take over the care of Lady Liu who was abandoned in the town.
But the mansion was empty. Zhao Quan’s heart also became empty.
After careful inquiry, he realized that Lady Liu had gone to catch up with Cui Jiu.
Zhao Quan was somewhat confused for a moment about where the play of “false husband Cui Jiu” was going. Did… Lady Liu found that Cui Jiu was Prince Huaiyang, but she was unwilling to be cheated by him and chased him straight away?
Zhao Quan never thought Cui Xingzhou could carry Liu Miantang into the mansion. Prince Huaiyang is very sober and rational. He will never do anything that makes his mind confused and blinded by beauty.
At most, he was just flirting with her.
Now that the young lady is so infatuated. If she chases him up and pesters him and annoyed Cui Xingzhou, she might get hurt by his words, or be bound to be guilty. By then, what can she do?
Marquis Zhao still remembers that Cui Xingzhou mentioned how to deal with Liu Miantang before, and his cold tone was similar to that of killing a mole ant!
With such a heart occupied over the beauty, Zhao Quan took more effort to raise food, hoping that Cui Jiu would give her some face when he pleaded for the lady.
But he never expected that the love of the fake couple in the North Street mansion would linger till the broken yard in the northwest.
When Cui Jiu came out wearing a half-worn military uniform of the Commander, Zhao Quan was so depressed that he can’t breathe properly. He really wanted to ask Cui Jiu after he calm himself down if he was tired of playing the role of a performer all day?
However, when Cui Jiu saw that his good friend came to deliver the army provision, he showed a sincere smile. He took Miantang’s hand and walked out together and said, “Your nose is so sharp that you can smell it here. Mo Ru, go and get some aquavit from the northwest. Brother Jiayu and I will drink till the dawn.”
Although Miantang had a bad impression of the highly skilled miracle Docter Zhao, he was also in military uniform. He should be like her husband and join the army in times of national disaster.
From this point of view, although Zhao Quan is suspected of being a person who loafs around all day and a black sheep, he is also a hot-blooded man and a person with indomitable spirits.
Therefore, Miantang’s attitude changed a little about Doctor Zhao. Seeing that her husband had asked him for a drink, she asked Servant Li to prepare more cook more dishes, hot soup, and wine with barbecue.
However, Zhao Quan drank the wine with a little vexed feeling. He squinted at Cui Jiu’s old military uniform, looked up and down, and asked, “You made great achievements this time isn’t it, Brother? I wonder how will Prince Huaiyang reward you and promote you to an official position. Otherwise, a bitter Commander will not have a lot of military pay. Wouldn’t your wife suffer?”
Cui Xingzhou looked up at his strange words and said with deep meaning, “Miantang is willing to follow the army for thousands of miles and put life and death aside. How will she care about my rank? Since she has this true feeling, I will not disappoint her in the future and let her live a prosperous life…”
The meaning of this remark is obvious. He means that the beauty has followed him when he went to the gate of hell, how will she leave when she knows that he’s Prince Huaiyang? Besides, he will give her wealth and honor in the future. Brother Jiayu doesn’t have to worry too much while being salty!
Hearing the sound of Cui Xingzhou’s words, Zhao Quan immediately felt like he was in a state of mourning. He felt as if his lady in the Buddhist temple has seethrough the human affair in life.
Yes, although Cui Xingzhou deceived Liu Miantang from the beginning. But Cui Jiu’s good appearance is there! If people don’t know his indifferent temperament, just such a casual and elegant appearance, he will fascinate those women in the love season.
What’s more, Cui Xingzhou is not a poor man who pretends to be a young master to deceive women to sleep. Once the identity of Prince Huaiyang is revealed, which woman is willing to give up such tremendous wealth?
Liu Miantang is a young lady after all. She probably doesn’t need any honor and wealth. She only loves Cui Jiu’s handsome appearance. Otherwise, why did she follow him to such wild places as the northwest without knowing the danger?
On the other hand, his wives and concubines are hard to say.
When they heard that he was going to the northwest, his legal wife said “Amitabha”, stating that she would chant scriptures and pray for him day and night.
However, those beautiful concubines of his cried their hearts out, nevertheless, when asked which one was willing to follow him to the northwest, all of them were suddenly unhealthy. They were either infected with colds or relapsed from old diseases and could not bear the burden of traveling…
After such a comparison, Zhao Quan suddenly felt that his life was boring and extremely empty and lonely.
He wanted to ask how is he worse than Cui Xingzhou? Why does such a loving and righteous young lady not love him?
In this way, unless Cui Xingzhou dies in battle, he can take care of his widow in a proper manner. Otherwise, he will not have a chance with Lady Liu in this life…
Zhao Quan couldn’t hide his thoughts. After drinking a few cups of aquavit, he tearfully held his friend’s hand, reassuring him that he could die for the country and that he would take care of Miantang in the future…
Cui Xingzhou only frowned. If he hadn’t been thinking of their mutual friendship, the words of Marquis Zhao hoping him would die was looking for a fight!
A pair of intimate friends here are drinking in place of jeopardy.
But Miantang’s side, however, ate very comfortably.
Because of the outsider man, Zhao Quan, she didn’t share a table with her husband. She only set up a small table for herself in the side room next door.
When Servant Li saw Lady Liu eating by herself, she cooked some snacks that the young lady loves for her.
A small plate of roasted rabbit kebabs is very tender, and the pepper and salt seasoning prepared by Servant Li is also very delicious. Take a small slip of aquavit to go along with it. It tastes delicious.
The wild boar meat was also stewed and cooked. The eggplant pieces and the gourd strips brought by Servant Li from Lingquan Town were added to the small casserole. The sauce was rich and it was sweet to eat on the rice.
In addition, Servant Li also kindly mixed the small pot of aquavit with large sour plum and some sweet glutinous rice wine, which alleviated the intensity of the wine.
Miantang hasn’t drunk for a long time. The food is too compatible with the wine, and she is a bit greedy.
At this time, it began to snow outside the window. Holding the hot wine she poured herself. It was really “The red mud stove makes the fermented grains clear”, and she wouldn’t change it for a fairy!
But she did not know what her husband next door and the highly skilled miracle Doctor Zhao were talking about. They drank and drank. The highly skilled miracle Doctor Zhao even cried, looking very sad.
Miantang asked Servant Li, who came into the house to deliver dessert, what was going on next door.
Servant Li was also angry when she heard the funeral speech of Marquis Zhao. She drooped her eyelids and said, “Marquis Zhao… Mr. Zhao drank too much for a while and was afraid that the Master would have an accident on the battlefield. He was in the mood at that time and cried a few times… Madam, you can just continue having your meal. This is the virtue of men’s drinking!”
Miantang nodded. The escorts of her grandfather’s escort agency did not have any shape when they drank wine too, and there were all big fights. As long as they don’t turn over the table, she won’t disturb the drinking of her husband and his friends.
Miantang has always avoided drinking because she used to take Chinese herbal medicine. Since she came to the northwest, she has stopped taking the medicine, and she does not need to be cautious of what food she eats further. For a moment, she is greedy in drinking. However, maybe it was because she hadn’t drunk for a long time. When she had finished drinking, the alcohol effect came up and she fell asleep in the side room.
She doesn’t know how long she slept, but she suddenly felt that she was moving. When she opened her eyes slightly, she found that her husband was holding herself back to the main room.
“Zhao Quan is drunk. Let him stay in the side room.” Cui Xingzhou said so.
Miantang rubbed against his arm, forced her big eyes open, and said lazily, “I don’t know how did I fall asleep. I haven’t washed up yet…”
The Kang in the side room is somewhat blocked, so it’s hard to avoid feeling cold when sleeping. Cui Xingzhou saw that she was still huddled in the fox fur just now. He felt heartache for fear that she might get sick again.
So he ordered someone to carry Zhao Quan, who had fallen asleep on the hot Kang in the main room, and then carried his young lady back to the hot Kang in the main room.
Hearing that she was going to wash up, Cui Xingzhou said, “Didn’t you go to the medicine shop today? You can’t get dirty at home. I’ll put a wet towel for you to wipe…”
Although Miantang was drunk, she was also shy when she heard her husband say this. She whispered, “I don’t need you. I’ll wipe it myself…”
But how could she get up when her legs were weak from drinking? Cui Xingzhou asked the young servant girl to bring hot water, wrung out the handkerchief, and wiped it up for Miantang.
Miantang lay down and let her husband wipe her pink face. When she arrived at the Wuning Checkpoint, she did as the locals did and no longer put on makeup on her face. Her face was bright and clean, and it was easy to wipe.
Just pressed by the warm towel, it is red and gorgeous, which makes him wonder if she is also pink elsewhere…
Cui Jiu was a little absent-minded, and his gesture slowed down.
But Miantang was beautiful and didn’t know anything. She only rubbed his hand on her cheek, like a cat lying by the stove.
“When are we going to have a baby, husband? I want to have a son for you earlier…” at this moment, Miantang half squinted and said with the effect of the wine.
These words, when they were alone at night, really attracted people.
Cui Xingzhou threw the handkerchief aside and pulled the drunken young lady into her arms.
He also drank the wine, but there was still a trace of clarity, and the words that Zhao Quan was looking forward to his death were uncomfortable. So he just put the tip of his nose against her nose and whispered, “I may die anytime. What should you orphans and widows do then?”
Miantang frowned slightly and didn’t like to hear her husband’s words about death. She only forced her eyes slightly and said with a mouthful, “Which King of hell dares to touch my husband and I will overturn his hall in hell… You should kiss me, husband!”
The delicate and fragrant young lady is in his arms. If he remains indifferent, he will be either a eunuch or an old man in the twilight!
Cui Xingzhou is also a young man. How can he resist the deliberate temptation of Miantang? At the request of the beauty, he calmed her lips with the sweet smell of plum.
At that moment, Cui Xingzhou’s early plans all disappeared. Although he was a gentleman, he drank a lot of wine into his stomach. At this time, he was excited by her words.
Didn’t she want a baby? He promised that she would be pregnant in the morning!
However, just as Cui Xingzhou’s blood was boiling, the young lady who had just been kissed and giggled by him unexpectedly fell asleep with her head tilted…
Cui Xingzhou’s eyes were red for a moment. He felt that all the drinkers in the world, regardless of men and women, were so irresponsible!
He clenched his teeth and fell to the side, wondering whether he would practice another set of boxing against the cold wind on a snowy night.
……
When he got up the next morning, Miantang slept very well. She stretched her waist, looked side way at her husband’s face, and then leaned over. She touched his face with her long finger.
With such a touch, Cui Jiu woke up, but his eyes were bloodshot and not very clear.
Miantang is used to her husband. According to him, he has been suffering from persistent insomnia and has been unable to sleep well.
Although it is a persistent disease, Miantang feels sorry for her husband. Taking advantage of Zhao Quan’s presence today, she had to ask Servant Li to ask Zhao Quan if there was any prescription for insomnia.
Early in the morning, Zhao Quan slept in a daze in the side room, so when he woke up, he simply got up, sat down on the small stool in the small kitchen, and drank the sobering hot rice soup brought by Servant Li.
He will hurry back to the Jinjia Checkpoint with Cui Xingzhou to hand over the matters of army provision he escorted.
Servant Li had just sent hot water to the main room. At the request of Lady Liu, seeing that Marquis Zhao’s face was a little better, she asked him to help work out a prescription for insomnia.
But after Servant Li finished, Marquis Zhao felt that Servant Li was making fun of him. Others may not know. Can Cui Jiu have insomnia?
He never knew this guy had such a chronic disease… Wait a minute. Could it be that Cui Jiu’s red curtain is so enchanting that he doesn’t sleep much all night?
After having a great time yesterday and still finding a way to tell him that he is a loser. It’s simply forcing people to cut off their responsibilities and end their friendship completely!
At that moment, the highly skilled miracle doctor was so angry that he didn’t even eat breakfast. When he went out and got on the horse with his servant, he shouted at the main room, “Cui Jiu, I’ll wait for you in the camp! And… You are so incontinent. Be careful not to lose your energy before you reach middle age, and there will be no more scenery on the couch…”
Miantang was just getting up to comb her hair. After hearing Zhao Quan’s jealous shouting, she could not understand the meaning of it. She only thought that Zhao Quan’s meaning was that her husband had suffered from serious insomnia and needed to be treated immediately!
She couldn’t help looking back at her husband with a worried face and said, “What should I do? If Mr. Zhao’s words are true, isn’t it that you can’t make it, husband?”
Cui Xingzhou was lying on the Kang to make up for his sleep, but when she heard Lady Liu say that he “can’t make it”, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled meaningfully at her, “When the war is over, I will let you know if I can…”
At daybreak, Cui Xingzhou finally got up and did not even bother to eat breakfast. After putting on his clothes, he wore a bamboo hat and return to the camp.
Miantang leaned against the gate of the mansion and looked anxiously at her husband’s back. What she thought were all Doctor Zhao’s words.
No, she has to read the medical books diligently to see how to match the prescription of medicine for insomnia… How can her husband, who is young, be exhausted and die on the couch?
With this in mind, after eating, she packed up and went to the pharmacy to remove the door panel and start the business.
Although all the doctors in the city ran away because of the war, the Cui Ji medicine shop she opened became the only one in the town. However, the prescription she prescribed was either too strong or ineffective. Gradually, the people in the town also knew that the lady was a flower-like decoration. She looked smart and talked about pharmacology. But if the people were to try her prescription, they will tend to have diarrhea till their two pairs of liver and intestines are light!
Therefore, although the medicine in the Cui Ji shop is good, the boss is not very reliable. If they have a prescription, it’s fine. Otherwise, don’t expect her to find any good medicine.
So if it wasn’t a serious illness, no one dared ask her to prescribe the medicine.
It was a little cold in front of the shop. However, Miantang doesn’t care about the quality of her business now. In these years of war and chaos, her original intention was just to make it convenient for the officials and family members in the town and help her husband.
Now that her imported cart of Croton has made great achievements for her husband. Whether she makes money or not is not very important.
So in the next few days, if someone came to get the medicine occasionally, she asked the shop assistant to get it. For the rest of the time, she sat on the counter, concentrating on her medical skills.
However, the more she looks at it, the more she feels that she’s not a doctor. If she compares her husband’s symptoms with those in the medical book, her husband doesn’t look like he is weak and sleepless. Instead, he looks like he is full of internal fire and needs to be properly vented!
The more she looked at it, the more confused she became. After a few days, she was somewhat disheartened and lost her original high spirits.
The snow that had been falling for several days had finally stopped. She asked Fan Hu and some shop assistants to clean the snow in front of the door.
She put down the book, moved her neck, and decided to go to the medicine cabinet to prepare a pair of refreshing herbal tea for herself.
At that moment, the sound of the wheels of the carriage came suddenly. Miantang looked up and saw that it was a carriage parked in front of the medicine shop.
An old woman came in sweating and asked, “Where is the doctor on duty in the hall? Come and see my madam quickly. She… She is experiencing hard labor…”
Miantang hurriedly said, “We don’t have a doctor in this shop. nanny, you should go elsewhere quickly to avoid delay…”
Looking at Miantang’s posture, the old woman felt that she was proficient in medicine. She knelt in front of Miantang with a plop, “The heavy snow has blocked our way in recent days. We can’t go too far. It is said that you are the only medicine shop in the area. Please give a helping hand to save my madam!”
Liu Miantang is not unwilling to help, but she knows her skills. If she takes the case, it will cause two lives.
The most urgent task is to find someone who really understands medical skills. Liu Miantang hurried to the front of the carriage and opened the curtain. A young woman was lying in the quilt, her belly was high, and crying in pain.
Seeing this, Miantang no longer hesitated and immediately called the shop assistant to go to the Jinjia Checkpoint to find Mr. Zhao to save the patient.
If she remembers correctly, Zhao Quan said that he would return to the State of Zhen after handing over the army provision. And the Wuning Checkpoint is the only way he must go through.
She hasn’t seen any motorcade in the past few days, so Liu Miantang is sure that Mr. Zhao hasn’t left yet. If God favors her, maybe she can see Mr. Zhao on the way to the Jinjia Checkpoint!
That shop assistant used to be the secret sentry on North Street. Now he has changed from dark to light. He is also a shop assistant. He is naturally familiar with horse riding. After taking the command, he turns over and goes to the Jinjia Checkpoint to hire the doctor.
Miantang asked the nanny to help her madam down from the carriage and entered the wing room behind the medicine shop for a rest.
Otherwise, it would be cold outside the shop, and the lady who was about to give birth could not bear it.
At that moment, maybe the pregnant woman moved too much. The pregnant woman frowned with pain and involuntarily speaks. Miantang could hear it clearly. That sentence was not the language Chinese they used in Central Plains, but vaguely like the language of barbarians outside the Checkpoint.
When the pregnant woman finished, her nanny, who was holding her by the side, turned pale.
The madam of her family is not a lady from the Central Plains, and it is precisely because of this that the well-known midwife doesn’t want to help her deliver.
Now the barbarians outside the Checkpoint have attacked the city and occupied the territory. She doesn’t know how many border citizens have been killed. The citizens in these border villages and towns all change the color of their faces when talking about barbarism, and hate those foreigners to the bone.
So even if they take a huge amount of gold and silver, most people don’t like to come and deliver for their madam. What’s more, they don’t have any extra money in their hands. In the end, that nanny can only deliver herself to save money for her madam.
However, her madam is having her first child, and she doesn’t know whether the baby is in the wrong position or for some other reason. After a long time of trouble, the child just didn’t come out. The nanny had no choice, so she set up a carriage to find someone.
Who would have thought that her madam was in great pain for a moment and could not help but say something in their barbarian language? If the boss of this medicine shop turned them out, what would she do?
The people on the other side looked at the pregnant woman. Although she was very beautiful, she did look a little different from the Han people.
However, to the surprise of the nanny, Miantang still let them wait in the wing room as usual after she was stunned. She also kindly brought a bowl of brown sugar water to the pregnant woman, so that she could replenish her strength.
The woman also knew that she had just made a mistake, so she looked at Miantang gratefully and said nothing. She only bit the back of her hand and secretly endured the contractions.
In fact, Miantang was shocked just now. It was not because she was disgusted that this woman was a barbarian outside the Checkpoint, but because she was surprised that she understood what this woman said!
Miantang can never remember that she once learned the language of barbarian. But why did she know clearly just now that the woman said “If I can’t make it…”
Miantang suspected that she was hearing hallucinations for a moment, and hoped that the woman would say more words.
Perhaps the pain was too severe. The woman had endured for a while and then began to roll in pain. She also talked to her nanny again.
This time, Miantang could hear clearly. The woman said tearfully in the corner of her eyes, “I can’t take it anymore. Please cut open my stomach. Maybe the child in my stomach has a chance to live…”
It seems that the woman can’t hold on any longer. She only wants to die alone and save her child so that her child can survive.
It’s just that the words are too heart-wrenching and make people cry. Miantang was touched for a moment, and suddenly opened her mouth and replied, “Why did you give up this early? Be strong. The doctor will arrive soon, and he will surely keep both mother and child safe…
After saying this, don’t mention others, Miantang herself was stunned. Oh My God, why can she speak in such a fluent foreign language?
