Xi Jin took advantage of the break of boiling medicine to look at the things Xie Luo brought back. They were all the necessities of life, including rice, flour, grain, oil, needles, thread, and brains.
"I didn't expect you would buy these!" Xi Jin praised.
He is a son of a dignified family, but he actually knows these things needed for survival.
"It's just a question." Xie Luo responded with a smile, "I was in a hurry to bring you the medicine today. I was in such a hurry. There are still a lot of things I haven't bought. I'll take you with me next time."
"Okay." Xi Jin looked at what Xie Luo had brought back and saw that there was a piece of cloth inside. It didn't look like it was used to make clothes. "What is this used for?"
Xie Luo stepped forward, picked up the piece of cloth, walked to the couch, and hung it in the middle of the bed, dividing the original bed into two beds.
Xi Jin looked at it, feeling warm in his heart, and said trustingly: "Actually, you don't have to be like this, I believe you."
Xie Luo lowered his eyes and whispered: "I don't believe in myself."
The more they were under the same roof, the more afraid he was that he would not be able to control his feelings for Jin'er.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing." Xie Luo changed the subject, "Jin'er, look, I also bought a few books."
"Buy a book?" Xi Jin was confused, what are you buying a book for?
Xie Luo was a man who read a lot of poetry and books. Xi Jin had seen his collection of books in Xie's study room, but I'm afraid there were not as many books in Yazhou as he had read.
"Come and take a look!" Xie Luo said mysteriously.
Xi Jin came forward and read the books that Xie Luo brought back. After reading the titles carefully, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You really bought the right books."
"Don't laugh. I went to the town to read. Yazhou Bookstore has a lot of these books." Xie Luo pointed to a cooking book, "Look, I don't know how to cook, so I just want to buy some books." Come back and study it carefully, I can’t let you starve with me, right?”
"But why didn't you ask me if I know how to cook?" Xi Jin asked guiltily.
"I know that you have been studying medicine with the Wei family since you were a child, so you probably don't have much energy to learn cooking. Besides, I can't just point you to cooking for me." Xie Luo said with reason.
"I know a little bit, but it's all medicinal food." Xi Jin told the truth.
In the past, when my aunt was still alive, she was not keen on letting Xi Jin learn cooking. At most, she let Xi Jin learn one or two specialty snacks.
I still remember that my aunt once said: We, Jin'er, will definitely marry the right person in the future. I can't really help you with the cooking. Just know how to make one or two snacks to please your husband. You don't need to learn so much, just oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. , it won’t be good if it ruins our Jin’er’s pretty little face.
However, my aunt was keen on letting Xi Jin learn medicated diet. She said that learning medicated diet would heal a man's body, and it would be the woman herself who would benefit.
Now that I think of what my aunt said in the past, Xi Jin realizes something unusual.
Looking at Xie Luo's handsome profile, Xi Jin blushed for no reason.
"Jin'er, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" Xie Luo stood up and helped her lie down on the bed. "I'll go and see if the medicine is gone for you."
Xi Jin looked at Xie Luo's concerned but confused look, and said in a strange way: "Xie Luo, I will make you some medicinal food next time."
"Okay." Xie Luo nodded, and hurriedly went to see how Xi Jin was taking the medicine.
A few years later, when he actually ate the medicinal food prepared by Xi Jin, he discovered that his wife turned out to be a treasure in cooking.
Xi Jin was lying on the couch, and Xie Luo didn't let her get off the ground. With nothing to do, she picked up the book Xie Luo bought and started reading.
In addition to cooking, Xie Luo also bought some books on growing vegetables and raising livestock. It seems that he is ready to live here for a long time.
When Xi Jin was in her boudoir, she was quite well-read, but she had never read books on this subject. Now that she has read these books, she has come up with a lot of ideas.
Xi Jin walked downstairs, took a pen and paper, and began to write down his thoughts.
Xie Luo brought the medicine over and put it on the table next to Xi Jin. He looked at what Xi Jin recorded with interest: "I didn't expect that you could write so well in small regular script with hairpin flowers."
Xie Luo thought of his aunt Xie Yan. When he was young, his aunt Xie Yan was also a well-known and talented girl in Beijing.
The most talented thing about my aunt is her good calligraphy. Looking at Xi Jin's handwriting now, it is comparable to her aunt.
"When I was young, I often helped my grandfather copy prescriptions. Over time, I got good at it." Xi Jin was very happy to be praised by Xie Luo. "Thanks to the good paper and pen you bought."
"And the Duan inkstone you carried all the way." Xie Luo smiled and sat down, sharpening the ink for Xi Jin. "Don't you blame me for spending so much money on these pens and papers?"
In order to maintain the expenses of the old lady Zhuangzi, Xi Jin did not bring much silver from the capital. The two of them had to live in Yazhou for a period of time, and money was very important.
"You are a scholar, so I can understand your obsession with the Four Treasures of the Study." Xi Jin said with a smile, "Just like my grandfather is also very strict about medicinal materials, and he will not tolerate anything that is slightly defective."
"Jin'er, from today on, I am no longer a scholar." Xie Luo's hand paused, his expression forbearing and decisive, "I have decided to join Vice General Liang's Pioneer Battalion."
Xi Jin naturally knows what the Pioneer Battalion does?
The reason why Yazhou became a place for exiles was not only because it was far away from the capital and was located in a remote place, but also because it was an important place where the imperial court was stationed in the southwest.
The garrison in Yazhou lost a lot of troops every year in order to resist the invasion. Therefore, someone in the court proposed that the refugees be allowed to join the vanguard camp and rush to the front in every battle. If they can be lucky enough to perform meritorious service, they can be exempted from the crime of exile.
At that time, Shangguan Ba joined the Pioneer Battalion. When encountering a war in the Pioneer Battalion, he rushed to the front and thus made many military exploits.
Sometimes, when Xi Jin couldn't receive a letter from him for several months, he knew that he must have been injured again.
He suffered like this for more than two years, and just when he was about to be exonerated, he was suddenly assassinated.
Every time I think about this, Xi Jin feels unbearable pain.
Shangguan Ba's death is like a scar on his heart. Every time he is almost healed, but when he thinks about it, the wound will be reopened and blood will flow out.
Now, Xie Luo is also going to join the Pioneer Camp, so Xi Jin naturally doesn't want him to go.
But she knew that as the legitimate son of the Xie Mansion, Xie Luo had his responsibilities and responsibilities.
Xi Jin's eyes darkened and he sighed: "Since you have made a decision, I will definitely support you, but you have to promise me that you must protect yourself and don't let yourself make any mistakes."
Xi Jin said, tears filling his eyes: "I promised my grandmother that I would return to Beijing safely with you to meet her."
"Okay." Xie Luo's eyes were slightly red, and he was full of emotion, "Jin'er, I promise you that nothing will happen to you."
Xie Luo knew that she must be thinking of Shangguan Ba, and he also knew that Jin'er really cared about him and didn't want anything to happen to him.
Xi Jin wiped his tears and changed the subject: "Xie Luo, I see our house has a yard. When we go to town next time, we will buy some hoes and cultivate it. It is spring now. Plant some vegetable seeds and you will have a good harvest in a while.”
"Madam, she really learns and uses it, she is extremely smart!" Xie Luo said with a smile.
"That's natural." Xi Jin pointed to the books on the table, "I don't know who wrote the book. It's really useful."
"When I went to the bookstore in town, I just wanted to buy some paper and pens to prepare. I didn't expect that the bookstore was full of these books. I thought that most of the people who came to Yazhou were exiled from Beijing. The rich people were mostly poor people. It’s a person who is not diligent in all aspects of his life, so he took this step.”
"Anyway, these books are really helpful to us!"
Xi Jin wiped away the physical discomfort he had felt over the past few days and felt refreshed.
Next, in addition to trying to find out the cause of Shangguan Bao's death, she also has many things to be busy with, which is really the best thing.
"Don't worry about it for now." Xie Luo tidied up the books on the table for Xijin and put the medicine in front of her. "Drink the medicine first. If you don't drink it, it will get cold."
"Okay." Xi Jin is a doctor himself, so he naturally knows how valuable these medicines are. What's more, these medicines were bought by Xie Luo after his shoes were worn out. He can't let him down.
Seeing Xi Jin finish the medicine in one breath, his beautiful eyebrows were tightly knitted together in pain, but he didn't say a word of pain.
"It was my fault. I should have bought you some candies if I had known earlier." Xie Luo regretted, "I will definitely buy them for you next time I go to town."
Xi Jin felt warm in his heart and said, "Why do you always bring some candy to coax me? Do you treat me like a child?"
"Isn't my wife just here to coax her?" Xie Luo said very naturally.
Xi Jin ignored her shyly and just took the cooking book: "It's getting late, what should we eat for dinner?"
"Ma'am, are you planning to learn how to cook now?" Xie Luo held his forehead and sighed, feeling that today's dinner might be hopeless.
Xi Jin pointed to a noodle dish in the book and said boldly: "Believe me, I don't know anything. Why don't we make dumplings?"
"Can you meet me?" Xie Luo said with a skeptical attitude.
Xi Jin looked at the not difficult steps in the book and gritted his teeth: "You should be able to do it."
Xie Luo continued to ask: "Are you going to trick someone into trap?"
"Yes." Xi Jin secretly rejoiced. It was just a matter of mixing several ingredients together. It was not difficult.
Seeing Xi Jin's pretense, Xie Luo was aroused, but when he thought about it carefully, he sighed: "I didn't buy meat or vegetables."
Xi Jin put down the book and sighed: "Then what shall we eat?"
After finally getting to Yazhou, I thought I could eat something serious, but I didn't expect that I failed because I didn't know how to cook.
If I had known this earlier, I should have learned some cooking skills from the sisters-in-law at Zhuangzi.
"You, you'd better have a good rest." Xie Luo helped Xi Jin sit down, "I bought rice and I'll make porridge for you."
"You can make porridge." Xi Jin said in surprise.
"Yes. When I was a kid, my aunt was ill, so I learned how to cook it in the kitchen. I still remember it vividly."
"Your aunt treats you well?" Xi Jin knew that Xie Luo's aunt Xie Yan was a famous beauty in the Great Yan Dynasty.
"Well, my mother is in poor health. She spends all day either on her bed or in the Buddhist hall worshiping Buddha. She rarely pays attention to me. I was raised by my aunt. It's a pity that she couldn't let her see me succeed."
While Xie Luo was washing the rice he bought, he chatted with Xi Jin...
