At noon, Xiao Guo laid out a large table of dishes. The ingredients were all produced in his own village, and they were all good. Coupled with the master's skill, even Shen Tianshu couldn't help but take a few more bites.
Li Zian secretly wrote down a few of her favorite dishes and planned to ask her aunt to send more to the palace later.
After applying ice twice more in the afternoon and applying medicine, Li Zian's knee swelling has basically subsided.
In the evening, when everyone was sitting together to prepare for dinner, Li Zian said: "It's nothing serious. I won't bother my aunt here. Zihan's presence here is enough to trouble you and uncle. We will go back to the city early tomorrow morning." ”
"I don't like to hear what you are saying." Xiao Guo said, "I picked up Zihan myself, why are you causing me any trouble?
"Now that the concubine, the prince, and the princess are not at home, and it's hot in the city, why are you in such a hurry to go back? It's better to stay in the village for a few days to relax."
Li Zian looked at Shen Tianshu after hearing this.
It didn't matter to him, it didn't take him an hour to ride from the city.
If something happens in the palace, just send someone over to deliver a letter, but I don't know if there will be any problem if Shen Tianshu doesn't come home for several days.
Moreover, the two of them had just communicated with each other, and he really didn't want to be separated from Shen Tianshu at the moment.
The scenery on my aunt's side of Zhuangzi is nice and leisurely, and I don't have to hide from others. It would be good to stay for a few more days.
Although Li Zian didn't speak, there was no way Shen Tianshu could miss the anticipation in his eyes.
Anyway, with Li Zihan as a shield, Shen Tianshu felt that the problem shouldn't be too big, so he nodded lightly.
Li Zian's eyes immediately showed a smile, and he even boldly grabbed Shen Tianshu's hand directly under the table.
Shen Tianshu was afraid of being discovered, and was afraid of moving too much to get rid of him, so he could only pinch his palm, trying to get him to stop quickly.
Who would have thought that her moment was not painful or itchy to Li Zian at all, and he didn't take it seriously at all.
Shen Tianshu had no choice but to save the country and said to Li Zihan, "Isn't Zihan coming over to sit down?"
"Is that okay?" Li Zihan ran over in surprise.
Li Zian had to let go and let his sister squeeze in between him and Shen Tianshu.
Someone asked someone to add an extra seat for Li Zihan, and Shen Tianshu took care of her throughout the meal.
Seeing Shen Tianshu's patience with Li Zihan and the harmony between the two of them, Xiao Guo couldn't help but nod.
Although children may not be very sensible yet, they are the most able to feel the likes and dislikes of others.
If Shen Tianshu didn't treat her sincerely, Li Zihan wouldn't be so clingy to her.
After dinner, Mr. Guo invited Shen Tianshu and said, "Mrs. Tong, do you want to go for a walk with us? We will go to the village every day after dinner."
Shen Tianshu immediately turned his attention to Li Zian. If he went out to spread the news, he would definitely not be able to go because his knee was injured, so he would have to stay by himself.
Li Zihan took Shen Tianshu's hand and said coquettishly: "Sister, come with us!"
"Go and have a look. I'll go back and take a rest." Li Zian said, "Auntie wants to show you how well she tidies up her farmhouse!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo immediately held Shen Tianshu's hand and said with a smile, "Isn't that right? He has been here many times, and this is your first time here. Naturally, I want to show you a good life."
After dinner, the sun has not set yet, but it is already so hot during the day and the light is much gentler.
Walking on the path, there are fruit trees hanging with fruits on both sides, and the mountain wind blows slowly from time to time, which is really refreshing.
On Shen Tianshu's left hand was little Guo, who was introducing a few words from time to time. In his right hand was Li Zihan, who was jumping up and down. When the breeze blew on his face, he was in a trance. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he was so leisurely.
No wonder Li Zian said that Mr. Guo was a wonderful person, and that he could live such a life, even for a god.
A few people were walking when they suddenly heard bursts of crying from a distance, breaking the peace of the evening.
"Go and see what's going on?" Mr. Guo looked a little confused and sent his servants to find out.
The maid came back quickly and said, "Madam, the child of a sharecropping family is seriously ill and is asking for help."
Before Xiao Guo could speak, Shen Tianshu frowned.
If you don’t call a doctor if you are seriously ill, what will happen to you? Isn’t this nonsense?
"Mrs. Cheng, can we go over and have a look?" Shen Tianshu asked.
"It would be great if Madam Tong doesn't dislike her." Little Guo didn't expect that Shen Tianshu would say this, and immediately asked the maid to lead the way.
The tenant farmers depended on their families to earn a living. They all lived near the fields and walked a short distance along the field ridges to reach the place.
The courtyard door was not closed, so everyone went in directly.
I saw a woman sitting in the yard with a child about one year old in her arms. The child's face was red, his teeth were clenched, and his limbs were twitching frequently.
An old man was trying to ward off evil spirits from his child.
He was holding a big rooster in his hand, pinched the comb to bleed, and applied it on the child's forehead, and then plucked out the rooster feathers and put them on it.
"Grab a ladle of water!" He shouted, took the ladle, and dropped the chicken blood into it.
He then put aside the rooster, gestured with the water, and muttered something for a long time.
Finally, he handed the ladle to the woman and said, "Feed the child and drink this water. The evil spirit will disappear immediately and he will be fine soon!"
Seeing that the woman really wanted to give the child water as promised, Shen Tianshu couldn't help but interrupted: "Aren't you guys making nonsense!"
The old man turned around following the sound, frowned and asked, "Who are you and why do you interrupt my casting of spells to drive away evil spirits?"
However, when the child's parents saw little Guo, they immediately called her madam and stood up to salute.
When the old man heard that it was the master's family, he immediately became scared.
"Since you don't believe me, then please hire someone else!"
He dropped these words and walked away.
The woman became anxious when she saw this, and just when she was about to make a sound to persuade him to stay, Shen Tianshu stepped forward and said, "I'm here to take a look at the child."
Seeing that Shen Tianshu was wearing a mask, the woman thought that she was traveling with the old man, and there was little Guo standing next to her, so she nodded in agreement.
"How is the child?"
"I woke up in the morning with a slight cough and fever, and I was not energetic. I thought I caught a cold last night, but I didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, I suddenly had a severe fever in the afternoon and fell into a coma."
"Bring a needle and a candle over here." Shen Tianshu said.
The child's father hesitated for a moment, and then went to get it when he saw little Guo nodded.
Shen Tianshu lit the candle, put the sewing needle on it and burned it for a while. After it was no longer hot, he pricked the Shixuan point on the fingertip of the child's right hand until it started to bleed.
The children's parents felt distressed, but they also hoped that it would really work.
Unexpectedly, all five fingertips were pricked, and the child was still unconscious.
The woman suddenly pushed Shen Tianshu away, hugged the child into her arms, broke down and cried bitterly: "Stop pricking! Stop pricking! Our fingers are connected to our hearts, my son is in so much pain..."
