Shuangjing Alley is an old street in Yongzhou Prefecture. It is named after there are wells at both ends of the alley.
The people living on the old street are basically local households in Yongzhou Prefecture, who have lived here for seven or eight generations.
There are more than a dozen families in the alley who have been neighbors for many years. They know each other well and have a good relationship. They are really closer than relatives.
Early that morning, everyone in the alley had already had breakfast. The men went to work when it was time to go to work. The women tidied up the house, each carrying a basin, and went to the well. While everyone was washing clothes, they chatted about family affairs.
thing.
"That girl from the old Qiu family has been back for a while, right? Why don't you go back to the Shen Mansion?"
"Did you make a mistake and get kicked out of the Shen family?"
A woman waved to everyone, leaned over and whispered mysteriously: "When I go shopping these days, I always see Aunt Qiu, either buying pig trotters or stick bones, both of which are good for the body.
The thing, you think, could it be..."
She didn't say the next words, she just sat up straight and gestured with her hands in front of her belly.
Everyone understood what she meant at a glance. They were kicked out of the house because they suspected Mingyu was pregnant.
"Then what are the plans of the old Qiu family? Are they going to buy delicious food? They are very generous."
"You must be planning to give birth to the child!" The woman who just spoke said with a determined look on her face, "As long as a son is born by then, the tide will naturally rise, and a mother will be more valuable just because of her son!"
"Auntie, as the saying goes, you can't talk nonsense, and you can't eat food randomly. Are you a doctor or a stable woman? Have you seen someone pregnant with your own eyes? You can just open your mouth to accuse someone of their innocence, but you can really say it out loud.
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"Hey, what does it have to do with you if we wash our own clothes and talk."
"You said I can't control other people, but you're talking about the maid in my room, and you don't allow me to say a few words for her?"
Shen Tianshu came here specifically to see Mingyu. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the car at the entrance of the alley, he heard several women chewing their tongues by the pool and couldn't help but retort.
"The maid in your room? Isn't she in the Shen Mansion..." The gossiping woman realized belatedly, isn't this person from the prefect's house?
Minghui said: "Sister Mingyu was injured to protect the master. Not only was she rewarded by the master, but our girl was also rewarded with money. Let alone a meal of pig's trotters and ribs, we can afford to eat it every day!"
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The faces of the women who were doing the laundry were confused and they didn't know what to say. They watched Shen Tianshu and Minghui go straight to Qiu's house.
"Good fellow, the Qiu family is about to become prosperous. Even the girls from the prefect's family have come to visit in person."
Minghui stepped forward to knock on the door, and it was Qiu Jun who came out to answer the door. As soon as the door opened, she was startled when she saw Shen Tianshu.
"Hey, why is the big girl here? Please sit down in the room." Qiu Jun quickly invited people into the room. "We are afraid of dirtying the girl's feet in such a messy little place."
"I have nothing to do today, so I came over to see Mingyu."
"This girl is really lucky. She actually came to see her." Qiu Jun said and led Shen Tianshu to the main room. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted to the west room, "Mingyu, come out quickly and see who is coming."
Already?"
In fact, Mingyu's injury was not serious, neither her vitals nor her muscles were hurt. However, because the dagger was stuck in her shoulder, her right arm could not move widely until the wound healed, so Shen Tianshu simply asked her to recuperate at home.
, and then return home after the New Year.
Mingyu was wearing her mother's loose cotton jacket and cotton trousers at home. She couldn't even tell that she was wearing a bandage and medicine on her shoulders. She walked out of the house wearing a pair of big black cotton shoes.
"Who is here...ah..." Mingyu saw Shen Tianshu at the first sight, and turned around and ran back to the house in fright, "Brother, why didn't you tell me in advance that the girl was here? What do I look like?"
"There are no outsiders, why are you hiding?" Shen Tianshu went directly into the room and saw many rags and needlework spread out on the kang table. He frowned and said, "You have injured your right shoulder, what are you doing needlework? What do you want to do? Take it back to the house and let Mingxiu make it for you."
"Girl, I listened to your words and stayed at home to recover from my injuries. I still want to go back to the house early to serve the girl!" Mingyu said, "My sister-in-law wants to make a quilt for my little nephew. I can only help. I don't need to do anything to choose the fabric."
In the east room, Mingyu's parents were also alarmed, and they all came out to present to Shen Tianshu.
"Don't be polite, you two. Let's discuss our own things." Shen Tianshu saw that Mingyu's father was not walking smoothly and asked, "Is Uncle Qiu's leg injured?"
"Yes, my father accidentally fell out of the car a few months ago and injured his leg. He hasn't recovered yet!" Qiu Jun answered helpfully.
"Are the bones broken?" Shen Tianshu asked.
"That's not true, but I don't know what's going on. My right leg hurts whenever I exert force. It's getting better now. I didn't dare to walk on the ground for the first two months."
"Go inside and roll up your trouser legs so I can take a look!" Shen Tianshu didn't know about it before, so forget it, but now that he happened to meet him, it was just a convenient thing to help him take a look.
Mingyu was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Dad, go sit on the kang, roll up your trouser legs, and let the girl take a look at it for you. Our girl's medical skills are really good!"
But Old Man Qiu waved his hands and said, "I'm such a bad old man, how can I let a girl show me my legs? I can't do it."
Shen Tianshu said to Qiu Jun: "Take your father in and change into a pair of summer pants. The thinner the better, I'll take a look after you change them."
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Qiu also said: "You old man, the girl is so kind-hearted that she doesn't dislike you. You even picked up Qiao. Come into the house and I'll find you a pair of pants to put on. If I can remove your legs Once it’s cured, it will save the children from having to worry about it.”
After hearing that even his own wife said this, Old Man Qiu went into the house and changed into a pair of linen pants, then came out with his legs tucked coquettishly.
"Come up and sit here." Shen Tianshu pointed towards the kang and asked Old Man Qiu to sit on it. His calves were hanging outside the edge of the kang. She stretched out her hands and touched her knees, then along her calves to her ankles. She felt like Probably quite a few.
"Uncle Qiu, when you fell from the car, did the knee of this leg hit the ground first?"
"Isn't that right!" Old Man Qiu said with a shocked look on his face, "How did the eldest lady know?"
Shen Tianshu pressed his fingers against the bones in front of Old Man Qiu's knee and moved up and down. Seeing the painful look on Old Man Qiu's face, he stood up and said, "I injured my kneecap when I fell, but when I saw the doctor, I only hurt my kneecap." I was given medicine to reduce swelling and blood stasis, so now my knees hurt whenever I exert force."
Old Mrs. Qiu patted her thigh worriedly and said: "Oh, this is where we go to Hua'antang for treatment. No wonder people recently said that you can't go to Hua'antang. The doctor there is just a quack! You said that we didn't know at the time that we should go there to see a doctor. The money spent is more than other medical clinics! Girl, can this old man’s leg be saved?”
"It's no big deal, I'll give you a prescription."
Mingyu quickly went to his second brother's room to find some paper and pen and handed them to Shen Tianshu.
Shen Tianshu wrote down the prescription three times, five divided by two, and handed it to Qiu Jun, saying: "Take the medicine according to the prescription, apply hot compress for an hour every night, and it will be fine for half a month. But this winter, you must be extra careful not to freeze your legs. Otherwise, it is easy to get the root cause of the disease.