In April in Yanling, the flowers are getting better and better.

Gu Jinzhi and her younger brother Gu Xuanzhi were sitting on the kang eating peaches. As she listened to her parents talking about her aunt's condition, she gradually lost interest and looked out the window.

She saw her eldest aunt today. She is not seriously ill and can be cured by taking the right medicine.

The brocade window is half open, and a cherry blossom tree under the window is full of pink cherry blossoms. The wind blows, and the gorgeous and rich fragrance slowly spreads, and the ground is covered with pale pink stamens.

The lazy sunset reflects the golden curtain hooks hanging on the brocade curtains, and the golden light shines. The brocade curtains lie softly and silently in the curves of the curtain hooks, making no sound.

Looking at Yuhui, his younger brother's eyes, which were clearer than autumn water, shone with luster as he gnawed the peach very hard, looking like a little pet.

Gu Jinzhi likes his younger brother very much.

"...Eldest brother said that my sister-in-law misses Sister Jin and Brother Xuan. This must be an excuse." The mother's topic shifted from the sister-in-law of her natal family to the letter from Gu Yantao, the uncle of the Gu family, "We have been in Yanling for six years, and the eldest brother has never

If you don’t write a letter, why should we take our children back to Beijing for a visit this time?”

Father shook his head.

Yesterday, they received a letter from Gu Yantao, the uncle in the capital, asking his parents to take the elderly and children back to Beijing, saying that the family missed the old man and Gu Jin's family very much.

My mother didn't believe it at first.

Uncle Gu Yantao is not so kind.

"Do you want to go back?" Mother suddenly asked him when her father didn't speak.

Although Yanling is my father's ancestral home, my father grew up in the capital. He was not used to Yanling's diet in the past few years, but he has gradually gotten better in the past few years.

Beijing is my father’s hometown.

My mother is from Yanling and she grew up here. It is the best thing to be able to return to her hometown by serving the old man.

My mother doesn't want to go back to Beijing.

"The year after next will be Spring Festival. It would be nice to be able to go back to study and not have to travel back and forth during Spring Festival." Father said after a while.

He is thirty years old this year. He passed the national examination when he was twenty-two years old. However, in the past few years, his studies have not improved and he has been unable to enter school.

In the spring of the next year, my father will definitely attend.

"You don't want to go back?" After my father finished speaking, he found that his mother was silent and did not answer.

Mother knew what her father was thinking. The uncle's letter made her father want to move back to the capital. Her question just now was just to test him. After confirming it, mother hesitated.

Of course she doesn't want to go back.

"No." Mother lied, "We came to Yanling to serve the old man. If the old man doesn't leave, it will be difficult for us to leave. I heard from the old man that he is probably used to living in Jiangnan and is unwilling to return to Beijing...

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My father looked a little helpless.

"Mom, where are we going?" Gu Xuanzhi suddenly asked.

When he was one year old, he went south with his parents and stayed in Yanling ever since, without even remembering the capital.

The mother looked back at Gu Xuanzhi with a look of doting on her face. She held him in her arms and carefully wiped his hands with a handkerchief to wipe away the peach juice he had bitten.

"The capital city." Mother smiled and coaxed Gu Xuanzhi, "Brother Xuan, do you want to go to the capital city?"

My father also looked at me with a smile.

Gu Xuanzhi was a little at a loss. He looked at his parents blankly, and then asked Gu Jinzhi: "Seventh sister, do you want to go back?"

He asked Gu Jinzhi the questions his mother gave him.

Gu Jinzhi is the eldest daughter in the third family, but she has two uncles and six cousins. In terms of order, she ranks seventh, so her family calls her Qi Miss, and her two younger brothers call her Qi Sister.

"I don't want to," Gu Jinzhi said.

She also stayed in the capital for six years. The six years from birth to toddlerhood could not be said to be boring, but they certainly had no interesting memories.

Back in the capital, the family lived together. Not to mention crowded, there were many people coming and going, and Gu Jinzhi didn't like it. Like now, the family structure of grandfather, parents and younger brother is better, more like the family structure of later generations.

Gu Jinzhi likes this.

The parents laughed when they heard her answer. Like ordinary parents, Gu Yanzhen and Song doted on their children. They were very happy when they heard their children's interesting answers.

His father even asked Gu Jinzhi jokingly: "Why don't you want to? The capital is much more fun than Yanling."

The prosperity of the capital city is unmatched by Yanling.

"That's you." Gu Jinzhi said, "I can't go out, and I can't have any fun!"

My father was stunned.

The mother burst out laughing.

Gu Xuanzhi also chuckled.

My father couldn't help but laugh too.

The house is full of joy and warmth.

While they were talking and laughing, the maid from outside came in and said: Aunt Hong has come to pay her respects with her nine-year-old concubine Gu Xiuzhi.

The silver-red felt curtain was lifted, and Aunt Hong, who was wearing a lotus-colored embroidered gown, led Gu Xiuzhi in and bowed to her father and mother respectively.

The mother was still hugging Brother Xuan, but most of the warm smile on her face had disappeared.

She dislikes Aunt Hong very much.

Aunt Hong's original name was Hong Lian. She was once her mother's maid, and her mother trusted her the most. Later, all the maids around her were let go, and Hong Lian was left alone to find a good family for her.

But Hong Lian climbed into her father's bed.

Gu Jinzhi was two years old when she learned that Hong Lian was pregnant. She saw her mother crying and making trouble, and forbade her father from getting close to her and Jinzhi. She drove her father to the study room outside the courtyard to sleep, forcing her father to sell Hong Lian.

go out.

My father agreed and even went to ask Ren Yazi himself.

The eldest aunt and the second aunt saw the two of them messing around, so they came together to persuade them.

Mother didn't let go.

Those days were very noisy.

Hong Lian was sent to Zhuangzi.

At that time, the eldest aunt thought that if Hong Lian gave birth to a daughter, she would take the child and send Hong Lian away. But Hong Lian was lucky and she gave birth to a son.

The eldest aunt ignored her mother's cries and took Hong Lian and her son back.

My mother also gained a reputation as a shrewd and jealous person and became a joke that year.

But from then on, the father did not dare to look at Hong Lian and her son. The lives of Hong Lian and her son were in the hands of their mother.

Later, Gu Jin and his family left the capital.

Where did the mother fail?

She won!

Living life, like a fish knowing whether it is warm or cold when drinking water, my mother has never been willing to compromise.

Today's Aunt Hong is docile and well-behaved, and is respectful in front of her mother. If she hadn't made such a fuss, why would she be like this?

"Begonia, go get some more peaches for the eighth young master to eat." Mother calmly ordered the maid beside her.

Gu Xiuzhi ranked eighth.

The peach was served, and Gu Xuanzhi also wanted to eat it.

Gu Xiuzhi lived with Aunt Hong and had nothing but three meals a day. Her mother never gave them anything new or interesting.

Her mother was very doting and gentle to Gu Jinzhi's siblings, but she was a little harsh to Aunt Hong and her son. Gu Jinzhi thought that her mother, Song Pan'er, was definitely not a good person!

Seeing peaches, Gu Xiuzhi was also greedy.

Gu Jinzhi took the crystal plate Haitang brought in and refused to give it to his two younger brothers.

Gu Xuanzhi pouted.

Gu Xiuzhi hid behind Aunt Hong.

Aunt Hong's eyes flashed with pain.

"...Peach bloats your stomach, and eating it will hurt your food." Gu Jinzhi first said to Brother Xuan, "You have already eaten one, you can't eat any more."

Then, she said to Gu Xiuzhi again, "Brother Xiu, you were still vomiting yesterday. Have you taken the medicine I prescribed for you? You had stomach qi that was out of balance and the qi went up, so you vomited. Eating peaches made it worse.

No. You take two more doses of medicine, and after you finish eating, I will ask someone to give you a peach."

Gu Yanzhen glanced at her daughter.

He also knew that Gu Xiuzhi had vomited the day before yesterday, and Jinzhi prescribed medicine, and he was fine after taking the medicine.

He thought that Jinzhi was touching randomly.

Unexpectedly, she is really well-connected.

That makes perfect sense.

Gu Xiuzhi hesitated and asked timidly: "Do you really just need to take two more doses of medicine?"

Jinzhi nodded.

Gu Xiuzhi showed a smile, pure and without impurities. After all, he was just a nine-year-old child, so he still had innocence.

"Brother Xiu, why don't you thank Miss Qi?" Aunt Hong then realized that she had misunderstood Jinzhi, and hurriedly pushed Gu Xiuzhi to thank Jinzhi.

The mother has never stopped hating Aunt Hong and her son; the father has no feelings for Aunt Hong in the first place, it was just a one-night stand, and he is afraid of his mother's anger, so he is as indifferent to Aunt Hong and his son as strangers.

Gu Xuanzhi was only seven years old and did not understand love or hate.

Gu Jinzhi was even more indifferent.

However, the last time she saw Gu Xiuzhi looked wrong, the doctor instinctively asked Aunt Hong if Gu Xiuzhi was vomiting.

Aunt Hong heard that Gu Jinzhi often treated the maids and even brother Xuan at home, so she took the opportunity to ask Jinzhi to prescribe medicine for Gu Xiuzhi and to get close to Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi opened the door.

Gu Xiuzhi's vomiting was not a big deal at first and was cured quickly.

Aunt Hong used this as an excuse to get close to Jin Zhi.

Just like it is now.

Gu Xiuzhi listened to Aunt Hong's words and said to Gu Jinzhi: "Thank you, Seventh Sister."

Gu Jinzhi smiled.

Haitang took the peach down again.

Mother said to Aunt Hong: "Brother Xiu is not in good health. You should pay more attention to taking care of him. Please don't come to say hello in the next few days."

Aunt Hong said respectfully, "Yes."

The mother asked them and her son to go out.

Nine-year-old Gu Xiuzhi has been following Aunt Hong for a long time and is a bit timid and timid.

The father watched and couldn't bear it, so he told his mother to take Brother Xiu to his side and take care of him. But thinking of his mother's hatred for the Hong family and their son, he swallowed his words.

He didn't dare to mention it.

As soon as the Hong mother and son left, the mother's mood immediately improved.

After eating, Gu Jinzhi and his brother went back to their rooms.

Gu Jinzhi went to her grandfather's study to hand in today's homework. Recently, she not only recited various medical scriptures, but also read the Five Classics, the Three Histories, and hundreds of schools of thought.

As the saying goes: "A scholar who learns to practice medicine can cut everything with a sharp knife." Only by knowing the classics can you grasp the key to attack medicine. Otherwise, if you want to climb a high mountain without a ladder, or want to cross a river without a boat.

Gu Jinzhi didn't feel tired. He had learned all these things in his previous life.

In my previous life, my grandfather always said: Medicine comes from Confucianism, but without reading to understand the principles, it will end up being vulgar and ignorant, unable to unblock changes.

Many of the prescriptions are ancient Chinese medicine. The Classics and History Collection is one of the basic skills for the Gu family to learn medicine, along with the Nei Jing, Difficult Classics, Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, etc.

Therefore, my grandfather Gu Shifei in this life always said that she was born smart and a medical genius descended from heaven.

If you think about it carefully, that's right.

Who has the memory of two lifetimes is not considered a genius?

After handing in his homework, Gu Jinzhi went back to his room to rest.

The days have been quiet for a few days.

On the tenth day of April, my mother thought about my aunt's illness and asked her mother Song to go and take a look.

Song's mother went and came back and said to her mother: "I don't think you're doing well. My uncle and wife have lost a lot of weight. She doesn't have the strength to talk while lying down."

Mother was surprised.

She knew that her sister-in-law's heart was so hot that sooner or later something would happen if she used ice to cool it down.
Chapter completed!