People in the village always go to bed early and go to bed after dark.
The only exception was the village chief's family that night, because the little girl did have a fever that night, and the whole family was in trouble. After all, even Lu Anran sent Chunmiao over to pay attention to someone else's house.
Footsteps came and went outside. Lu Anran was extremely tired but couldn't fall asleep for a while. He finally got a little sleepy, but he was always woken up by the passing movement.
After going back and forth like this several times, Lu Anran couldn't sleep well, and was woken up by a sharp cry, and then an even noisier sound, like many people, and the footsteps were messy and rapid.
Lu Anran had just sat up, wrapped in a short coat, when Chun Miao came in from the cold air, wrapped in a short coat, "Miss, don't get up, it's very cold outside."
"What's wrong?" Chun Miao lit the lamp, only to find that her face was red from the cold, and moisture was falling from the hair on her head. It looked like the snow had just melted.
"It's the village chief's second son. He hasn't come back yet in the evening. I sent someone to look for him and found that he fell down the mountain road while drunk." Chunmiao covered the oil lamp with one hand and put it on the table beside Lu Anran's bed, while saying: "It's okay. Discover it early, otherwise something could happen if it's freezing outside all night."
Lu Anran tightened her clothes and leaned against the bed, "Are you okay?"
"My legs are broken and my body is frostbitten." Chunmiao helped Lu Anran tuck in the quilt, "But the doctor in the town stayed overnight and is seeing a doctor."
Lu Anran looked out the window. It was not as dark as he imagined, but he saw a glimmer of light, "It's snowing."
"Well, miss, go to bed quickly. I don't know how many days it will snow in a row. Xu Jia said that while the road is not frozen yet, we have to set off early tomorrow, otherwise it will be difficult to leave."
Lu Anran nodded: "There are some medicines on the carriage. See if there is any shortage there, and send some over as appropriate."
Not long after Chun Miao went out, it was late at night, and the movement outside was getting smaller and smaller. It seemed that the patient had settled down, and all the extra people had returned to the room.
It was especially quiet at night when the snow fell. Lu Anran read for a while under the oil lamp next to the bed, until tiredness came over him again, so he turned off the lights and went to sleep.
I don't know how long I had been sleeping, but a loud noise came from the ground, shaking the window lattice three times, and even the ground shook, waking Lu Anran again.
The sky was bright, but it was hard to tell what time it was. Snow was flying all over the sky outside, and the sky and the earth were covered with white.
There was movement in the yard very quickly. Through the window paper, different figures could be seen running around. It must have been that the sound was so shocking that it shocked the whole village.
As a competent nurse trained by the Lu family, Xu Jia naturally went to investigate immediately. Now he stood outside the door of Lu Anran's room and turned to report.
"A mountain collapsed on the road out of the village. The rest is fine, but we can't walk for the time being."
Chun Miao asked on his behalf: "It's just that the snow was a bit heavy, why did it collapse?"
Xu Jia seemed to have asked the locals, and immediately said: "It has rained a lot here a while ago, and the soil on the mountain has been moistened and loosened. It was not very strong. Coupled with the heavy snowfall last night, it collapsed a small amount." A hilltop."
Lu Anran said: "Is it possible to take a detour?"
"There is only one road from Yinjia Village to the Wangdu. If you take a detour, you have to go over the mountain from the east and pass through Wangjia Village." Xu Jia calculated and said: "Not to mention the heavy snow now blocking the road, even if the road is smooth on weekdays, If we walk for about half a month longer, we have to consider the possibility that the road at the other end will also be blocked by rocks..."
Lu Anran sighed: "It's better to wait."
"That's right." Xu Jia thought that with the weather like this, it was too dangerous to take the unknown path, and it would not be easy for the carriage to pass. Even if the official road was passed, they were still walking cautiously.
Later, Lu Anran asked Xu Jia to ask Village Chief Yin again. He knew that it would take more than ten days to clear the entire road, but as long as a small area was cleared just enough for the carriage to pass, and with the help of Xu Jia and other nursing staff, it would probably take about three to five days. .
After weighing the matter, Lu Anran decided to wait for these three to five days.
Breakfast was delivered by Village Chief Yin's second daughter-in-law, Wei, a woman who was dressed more coquettishly than she looked.
Chunmiao was very unhappy with the way the woman looked around after entering the door. Among the Lu family tutors, this seemed very unruly.
"The food in the village is simple, can't the young lady get used to it?" The woman stood nearby, raised her hand to caress her temples, and smiled with a charming look in her eyes.
Chun Miao frowned and was about to speak when she heard Lu Anran say: "Excuse me, Madam, Chun Miao." He winked at Chun Miao.
When Chun Miao was unwilling to give Wei a few gold leaves, she then said: "I will continue to bother you for a few more days. I hope my wife and family will accept her."
"Anyway, the young lady must have come from a wealthy family. Now that she is living here, all the ancestral tablets that can be illuminated are shining." Mrs. Wei said a few more words with a smile, twisted her waist and went out.
Chun Miao closed the door and muttered: "My eyes are open when I see money."
"When you're out, talk less and watch more." Lu Anran took a sip of porridge. Naturally, it was incomparable to the food at Lu's. However, he had eaten dry food on the road a few days ago. In comparison, it was good to feel hot in the mouth. .
After the meal, the snow, which had stopped for a while, began to fall again.
When it snows, there is cold air everywhere in the house.
Chun Miao added silver charcoal to the sleeve stove, took some vanilla and put it on top to drive away the charcoal smell, and handed it to Lu Anran, "It's windy outside the window, miss, be careful not to blow it."
There was also a charcoal stove burning on the ground, and the smell in the room was a bit strong, so Lu Anran asked Chunmiao to open half of the window for ventilation.
Seeing that Lu Anran was not moving, Chunmiao knew that she was suffering from laziness, so she simply stepped forward to close the window, but she saw a figure passing by in a hurry. When he reached the window, he suddenly stopped, as if he didn't know who lived here. , a flash of astonishment flashed in his eyes, he put his hands together and bowed slightly.
Chunmiao frowned, clicked, closed the window, and said fiercely: "Even ordinary people can't tolerate your blatant peeking, let alone my young lady, who has eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard."
"I'm shocked, Miss. I apologize." The man's voice came from outside. After waiting for a while, no response was heard from inside. He moved his feet and turned around to leave.
Chun Miao opened a small crack and happened to see the man's back disappearing into a room. She curled her lips and said, "Humph, a country boy, there are no rules!" He pretended to bow like a scholar, so why were he pretending to be polite?
The wind blew through the cracks, and the brocade cloth that Lu Anran always wore on his face rippled like water waves. His eyebrows were calm and he asked, "Who is he?"
"Village Chief Yin has a son." After Chunmiao explained, he added, "He is the father of the little girl who fell into the river yesterday, and he is also the husband of the female ghost we met when we entered the village." Speaking of female ghosts, Chunmiao's My body couldn't help but tremble.
I heard about it early in the morning when Chun Miao was fetching water. The little girl suffered from fever several times during the night. The old doctor took turns switching between the uncle and nephew all night, and almost fell down.
"If you go and see me, miss, I might be cured a long time ago." Chunmiao is very confident in her miss's medical skills.
Lu Anran shook his head: "Don't go out and talk nonsense like this in the future."
Chunmiao pursed her lips: "My maid is telling the truth. My medical skills are superb. Even the ordinary medicine for bruises is better than the one in Mengdu Medicine Hall. It is their blessing to have you see a doctor."
Lu Anran held the stove with both hands and looked down at his fingers. They were green and slender, with light pink fingertips. They rested on the plum pattern of the sleeve stove and trembled slightly.
Are you highly skilled in medicine...?
The woman's bright, trusting eyes seemed to be right in front of her. Even though she was in pain and couldn't breathe, Lu Anran couldn't help but be deeply shocked by the trust she poured into her.
"Miss, please give me an injection. I, Hong Gu, deserve to die. I have relied on Miss's great kindness. It is not such a disgraceful death. Hong Gu will not forget it in this life."
Lu Anran raised her head and looked at the heavy snow outside the window. In the end, she saved Hong Gu's life, but she lost her body.
Guilty?
Lu Anran's face was confused for a moment. Afterwards, she had guessed the other party's purpose, and she got the admission ticket to Jixia Palace as she wished. Besides, feeling guilty seemed too pretentious.
Apart from the slight discomfort, it was more of a regret. If it hadn't been the first time for acupuncture, she could have reduced the damage to almost nothing.
The old man was right. She had the talent to study medicine, but she lacked the compassionate nature of a doctor.
I went to Jixia Palace not only to improve my medical skills, but also to find my own way of medicine.
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Fortunately, the snow stopped after lunch, the clouds dispersed in the sky, and the sun shone faintly on the clouds, bringing out a fluorescent white.
Lu Anran wanted to go see the collapsed mountain road in person. After going out, he found that although the snow stopped and the weather looked better, the air was even colder.
"Miss, please go back to your room first. I will wait until the servant goes to the carriage to find a cloak for the lady before going out." Yesterday, I only planned to stay for one night, and most of the things were not moved out of the carriage.
Lu Anran did not follow Chun Miao's wish and went back to her room. Instead, she walked forward along the cleared path in the courtyard. After taking a few steps, she suddenly raised her head as if sensing something.
The room next door was supposed to be occupied by Village Chief Yin and his wife, but now it seems that they have been replaced.
The windows were wide open, and they were used to enjoy the cool air in the summer. The hard-to-find snow fox furs were spread on them. A man was leaning with his forehead on one hand, and the clothes on his body were made of gold brocade worth an inch of gold.
He lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was asleep.
He hooked an empty wine glass with his tail finger and shook it gently. The drop of wine at the bottom of the glass seemed to be falling, the water was shining, and the lining of the finger bones was like jade, as if it was integrated with the wine glass.
The snow light fell on half of the face, and the face suddenly came like a spring breeze, blowing away the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers hidden under the white snow.
A word suddenly popped into Lu Anran's mind - half of the city.
He frowned, but suddenly a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Lu Anran was startled by that smile and suddenly felt out of sorts.
Unintentionally, she stared at a man for too long.
It was at this time that the man let out a low laugh, raised his eyelids slightly, stretched out his brocade sleeves, and showed off his half-collapsed splendor, his snow-colored brows were dotted with ink on the mountains and rivers.
"Ugly girl, what are you looking at?" Her voice, moistened by wine, was hoarse, accompanied by a low laugh that was unspeakably scornful.
Lu Anran pursed her lips and blurted out: "Look at the sky and the earth, the scenery here is unique." After saying this, she regretted it.
Lu Anran was not such a serious person on weekdays, but this person was really irritating, not because of his ugly girl tone, but because his tone was too arrogant and she didn't like it.
The man didn't seem to expect that she would come back to tease her, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he slowly sat up straight.
In an instant, Lu Anran felt that Feng Xue was fascinated by the face in his eyes, with lips like begonias and brows like ink, written lightly and slowly, which had long since become the most beautiful person in the world.
