Xiangyun thought she was hiding well, but she didn't expect to be directly called by the host. She tilted her head and looked at Zheng who was holding her.
Zheng's face was red. Hiding behind the screen and peeking was an uncivilized behavior. Now that she was caught, it was even more shameless.
She hurriedly walked out and knelt down in front of the rich man. After stumbling for a long time, she could only say a few words.
"Sir, spare your life, it's my fault, it's my fault."
Only then did Butler Li realize that there was still someone hiding in the room. His eyes towards the Lin family lost the friendliness he had shown before, and he explained to his master with his hands raised.
"Master, this is Mrs. Lin's daughter-in-law, and the girl in her arms is her granddaughter. I don't know when they sneak into the house, so I'm going to call someone to kick her out..."
Xie Yuan raised his hand and interrupted the housekeeper's words. He stared at the baby girl in the woman's arms with a pair of steady black eyes. He saw that she was also looking at him with her black eyes rolling. Her fair face was so tender that she could keep up with him. It is like mutton fat jade, which makes people feel happy when they look at it.
His heart softened for no reason. For some reason, he saw a familiarity in the little girl's eyebrows. She was smart and pretty. The small figure reminded him of how cute and clever his sister was when she was a child.
"How old is the child?"
Mrs. Zheng was frightened and confused, but Mrs. Lin answered her question for her.
"Sir, my A'bao was just one month old yesterday."
"A Bao...A Bao, like a pearl, is a good name."
The adults are dressed in rags and their accents are mixed with dialects. You can tell at a glance that they fled from the countryside, but they are able to raise their children to be fat and healthy.
Just look at the swaddling clothes wrapped around the baby girl. Although the fabric is not expensive, it is clean and comfortable. It is already the best thing a family like this can get, which shows how much the Lin family feels for this little guy.
"It's a coincidence that I also have a niece who is just one month old. Her temper is not as quiet as your granddaughter's. Yesterday's full moon ceremony was a noisy day. If she were here, the two children might not be able to play together."
Jin Gui, the young lady from a wealthy family, is not comparable to someone like the Lin family. Let alone playing together, even if they are standing on the same piece of land, they have to avoid her.
Mrs. Lin knew that the master was just being polite, so she lowered her voice and said respectfully: "A country girl is afraid of life. She is not as experienced as the young lady in the house."
What he said was true. Xie Yuan couldn't help but think of the gifts his niece received at the full moon ceremony. He picked out one at random. They were all riches that the little girl in front of him would never see in her life.
The gold bracelet that Guang's niece smashed yesterday was enough to support the Lin family for several years.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Xiangyun stretching his neck and looking at him, his long eyelashes blinking, and his little eyebrows that had just sprouted some color were knitted into small twists.
"What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?" After saying that, he stretched out his hand to call Zheng to come forward.
Mrs. Zheng quickly got up and walked to the bedside with Xiangyun in her arms. She saw the wealthy man reaching out to tease his daughter and looking at her husband nervously.
Lin Laosan was also worried, fearing that his daughter would do something wrong and offend the noble man. He was even more afraid that the rich man's hands would seriously hurt Ah Bao, and then his heart would be broken.
Xie Yuan, on the other hand, had no idea what he was doing, which scared his parents to worry.
He was so excited about teasing that he picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus candy cake beside the bed and put it on the tip of Xiangyun's nose. Seeing her chubby little paws reaching out to grab it, he raised his hand and the little guy only had time to grab his wrist and shake his head. While protesting, his eyes followed the pastries, which was very interesting.
Xiangyun took the opportunity to quickly check on the patient's condition and had a general direction for the next diagnosis and treatment.
At this time, the maid came in carrying a medicine bowl.
"Master, today's medicine has been delivered." Manager Li took the medicine bowl, "It's still the same medicine as before. Doctor Gou increased the dosage and added a few herbs that protect the liver and strengthen the spleen. You are now Do you want to drink?”
Xie Yuan waved his hand. After drinking the medicine for half a month, even the air he exhaled was filled with the bitter taste of medicine dregs. Nothing tasted in his mouth. It had no effect anyway, so it was okay not to drink it.
Manager Li nodded and his eyes fell on Mrs. Lin.
"Ms. Lin, why don't you help us find out how effective the medicine Dr. Gou prescribed is? Is there anything that needs to be improved?"
He had heard people say that some powerful doctors could smell the breath and recognize medicinal materials. Although he didn't have high hopes for Mrs. Lin, he still wanted to try her skills.
The maid brought the bowl to Mrs. Lin, and Xiangyun stretched her neck to look over curiously.
She had seen her grandma's sense of smell last time by the stream. Manager Li made it clear that he wanted to test grandma's ability, but he couldn't let him underestimate her.
The bitter smell of medicinal dregs spread in the room. The bitter taste can be smelled in ordinary people's noses, but when it reached the tip of Mrs. Lin's nose, it instantly transformed into countless medicinal materials.
"There are... four qian of astragalus, three qian of wolfberry, two qian of atractylodes, two qian of angelica, and half of a root of salvia. Boil it slowly over low heat, filter it three times, and boil it again. Butler Li, am I right?"
There was silence in the room, and everyone's attention suddenly shifted from Mrs. Lin to Butler Li.
Butler Li was so surprised that he could fit an egg into his mouth. If he hadn't brought the Lin family with him since he entered the house, he almost thought that Mrs. Lin knew the prescription list in advance.
"Yes, exactly the same. Old sister is really amazing."
When Lin Laosan saw that the other party had even changed his title, he immediately became happy. His mother was so powerful.
After a while, he fell into deep thought again, what happened that made his mother give up her career as a doctor? He didn't even know she had these abilities before, and always thought her mother was just an ordinary woman like countless women in the village.
"Click...cluck..." The baby's joyful cheers rang out, attracting everyone's attention. Xiangyun's two little palms kept flapping, excited and exciting. Grandma is so awesome, oh ho!
Xie Yuan was also amused by her smug look. He didn't expect that a Shanye family could be an extraordinary doctor. This skill was rare even in Kyoto.
"I wonder who the old lady studied under?"
Mrs. Lin picked up her granddaughter and was smiling happily. When she heard this, her face became gloomy.
"Master, he has passed away a long time ago. I am just the most incompetent of his subordinates. I am afraid of humiliating the master, so it is better not to say anything."
Xiangyun's black grape-like eyes stared at her grandma without blinking. She always felt that grandma's words were very sad. She put her hand on Old Mrs. Lin's cheek and comforted her gently. Old Mrs. Lin was originally feeling depressed thinking of some old things, so she lowered her head. Seeing the distressed look in her granddaughter's eyes, she couldn't laugh or cry.
Her precious granddaughter is very precocious, and I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Manager Li completely changed his attitude. He would naturally treat capable people with courtesy: "Then do you think my master should continue to drink this medicine?"
"The treatment method is to mend the sore with flesh and tear down the east wall to mend the west wall."
"You mean, Doctor Gou's medicine has no effect?"
Mrs. Lin weighed her granddaughter in her arms, found a comfortable sitting position for her, smiled and did not answer.
However, Xiangyun understood what grandma meant. It was not a glorious thing for a fellow doctor to undermine his colleagues. It was hard for Mrs. Lin to say too much, lest she be resented by others, so she could only let the housekeeper figure it out.
Butler Li couldn't help but ask further questions, so he could only ask Mrs. Lin to write another recipe. Xiangyun took the opportunity to come over and have a look.
She had graduated from a prestigious school in her previous life, but she had to live a new life and become illiterate.
