Taoist Master Wuwei and Mr. Meng were both here before. Seeing Wei Yan like this, they couldn't help but smile at each other.
After Wei Yan came back to his senses, he looked at Taoist Master Wuwei and said, "Taoist Master should not boil such precious tonic soup for me in the future."
Taoist priest Wuwei smiled and said: "Ginseng is rare and valuable to others, but it is not worth much to me. Just take it with confidence, there are a lot of wild ginseng in the mountains."
Mr. Meng also said: "You don't have to feel sorry. I asked Wuweizi to help you take care of your body. With my friendship with him, a mere ginseng is enough."
Wei Yan was still a little uneasy. He and Wuweizi had never known each other before, and there was really no reason for him to ask the other party to take out such valuable things to replenish his health.
Taoist Master Wuwei saw Wei Yan's thoughts and said: "I am using ginseng to replenish your body now for selfish reasons. I heard from Brother Meng that you have already passed the county examination and the government examination, so you will not have to worry about taking the exam in the future."
No scholar will come back."
"I happen to have a nephew who lives in Fucheng. Last year, he wrote a letter saying that he had a fat boy. If my nephew is good at studying, you can help me take care of him in the future."
Mr. Meng just stood by but smiled silently. He knew that Wuweizi didn't have any nephews at all, so saying this was just to make Wei Yan feel better.
Sure enough, after Wei Yan heard this, he immediately remembered it in his heart and planned to go back from here and ask about Taoist Priest Wuwei's nephew.
From then on, Taoist Master Wuwei used different methods to replenish Wei Yan's body every day.
Zhongnan Mountain is already rich in medicinal materials. Taoist Master Wuwei has lived in the mountains for so many years and has accumulated many precious medicinal materials.
He himself was strong and healthy and had no need for these medicinal materials. And because he was on good terms with Mr. Meng, he took out most of the medicinal materials to replenish Wei Yan's health.
Taoist Master Wuwei's medical skills are much better than those of Shen Xiu, a dabbler, and the medicinal materials in his hands are all of high quality.
Therefore, after Wei Yan lived in the temple for more than half a month, he felt that his body was getting stronger day by day, and sometimes he could even walk on the mountain road for a whole day with Taoist Master Wuwei.
Taoist Master Wuwei advocates the natural way and has an original set of health-preserving exercises.
He gets up early every day, eats only a handful of pine nuts produced in the mountains, and then goes to the mountains to collect medicine. When the sun rises high, he returns to the temple, takes a nap first, and then eats a piece of prepared Polygonatum japonica to satisfy his hunger.
It was even simpler in the evening. A mountain peach and a handful of spring water were his dinner. After dinner, he would meditate for an hour as usual.
Wei Yan tried to follow the instructions and found that eating pine nuts and Polygonatum sibiricum every day not only made him not hungry, but also made him full of energy.
He tried to ask Taoist Master Wuwei, who told him that pine nuts have the effect of keeping the body light and prolonging life for a long time, while Polygonatum odorifera has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing yin. If he can continue to eat these two things for a long time, he will
Then you can be as light and healthy as yourself.
Of course Wei Yan wanted to be as light and healthy as Taoist Master Wuwei, so he insisted on eating these two things to satisfy his hunger during the days he lived in the mountains.
Two or three months later, Wei Yan felt that his body was much stronger and he wanted to stay there again. But Mr. Meng missed the delicious food in the world.
So, one morning in early autumn, Wei Yan reluctantly said goodbye to Taoist Master Wuwei, and set out on his way home with Mr. Meng.
Before leaving, Taoist Master Wuwei gave Wei Yan a large bag of pine nuts and Huangjing.
Wei Yan could not repay Taoist Master Wuwei's kindness, so he solemnly saluted him before leaving.
He and Mr. Meng walked far away and saw Taoist Priest Wuwei looking at them from a distance in the temple.
Taoist Master Wuwei had sworn a vicious oath that he would never go down the mountain in this life. Therefore, the task of escorting them down the mountain was left to the two hunters who had led the way.
Wei Yan and Mr. Meng hurriedly hurried, but still failed to return to Fucheng before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
And Shen Xiu, who was far away in the county seat, did not return to the village to celebrate the festival this year. It was not because Wei Yan was not there, but because she really couldn't spare the time.
The second month after she returned to the county town, she successfully embroidered a double-sided embroidery.
However, she knew Mrs. Ma's character well, so she delayed for half a month before handing over the double-sided embroidery to the other party.
Madam Ma didn't know much about double-sided embroidery, but she had heard people talk about it, so she asked Shen Xiu to get one for her.
Now after she got the double-sided embroidery, she just looked at it and gave it to the maid.
Shen Xiu was very angry at her behavior at that time. The things she had worked so hard to embroider were treated like this by her.
But she also knew Mrs. Ma's personality, and she was the one who got angry in the end when she argued with her.
After Shen Xiu endured this sigh, she returned to the shop and asked Lonicera to go home and rest for a while. She planned to close the shop for a while to prevent Mrs. Ma from visiting again.
Her move was not redundant at all, because Mrs. Ma later remembered that Shen Xiu had embroidered a multi-part tent for Wen Min, and wanted Shen Xiu to embroider a multi-part tent herself.
But the shop was closed, and Mrs. Ma was left empty-handed.
But Mrs. Ma soon had other thoughts, so she put the matter behind her.
Shen Xiu only heard about this later. She was really annoyed by people like Mrs. Ma.
Although official wives like Wen Min are not easy to get close to, they are still reasonable. After we get to know each other and find out their personalities, we can still talk and have a chat.
But a stupid woman like Mrs. Ma only knows how to run rampant in the county town and say the right thing by relying on her husband's status.
Not only did she not pay a penny for the double-sided embroidery that Shen Xiu gave her, but her attitude was also very contemptuous.
Not to mention the embroidery shop, they never received a penny for the clothes they made for Mrs. Ma.
Huiniang talked to Shen Xiu, and she also felt that Mrs. Ma was too ugly. The embroidery shop only lost some materials and labor money to make a few clothes, so it could still be afforded.
However, Mrs. Ma also did not pay any money when buying jewelry. This made the pearl shops and silver shops in the county now afraid of Mrs. Ma.
"I heard from the shopkeeper of the pearl shop that they plan to move the shop to a neighboring county. If they continue like this, they will lose all their capital sooner or later."
Shen Xiu sighed: "It's a pity that I have no connections in the neighboring county. If I had connections, I would also like to open a shop there."
Huiniang advised her: "As a county magistrate, Magistrate Shi will leave office in three to five years at most. Maybe after Magistrate Shi leaves, a good official will come!"
Shen Xiudao: "I hope so. But if there is another corrupt official, the people in the county will be really unlucky."
Huiniang hesitated and said: "Probably not!"
Shen Xiudao: "I have been thinking about one thing recently. Is there no one to take care of Mrs. Ma? Isn't that County Magistrate Shi afraid that these things will be reported to the censor?"
Huiniang said: "Don't tell me that Magistrate Shi is okay. Speaking of Magistrate Shi, he is really not as good as Magistrate Zuo. Isn't it the autumn harvest recently? In the past, Magistrate Zuo only acted according to the rules, but Magistrate Shi
After taking office, taxes were increased by a full 20%."
"Twenty percent tax?" Shen Xiudao, "Will he let the people live like this?"
Huiniang said: "He doesn't care about the life and death of the people. I heard that he did this just to make his political achievements look better, so that he might be promoted in the future. It's just that he was born as a county magistrate, and he still wants to be promoted.
I think he should be content as a county magistrate."
When Shen Xiu heard the word "Xian Cheng", she thought of Luo Gong.
She had just finished embroidering the orchid book Luo Gong wanted a few days ago and asked Qu Huan to pick it up.
When Qu Huan came, he asked Shen Xiu why he closed the shop.
Shen Xiu then talked about Mrs. Ma.
Qu Huan said: "Luo Gong is also very annoyed with this Madam Ma. Madam Ma heard about his life experience somewhere and insisted on being a matchmaker for him. She said that she is Madam Ma's niece."
"Of course Luo Gong didn't agree, so he declined the marriage. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ma filed a complaint to County Magistrate Shi. Now Luo Gong is not very satisfied with his affairs. County Magistrate Shi is not openly embarrassed.
, but I can’t help but give him little shoes to wear in private.”
Qu Huan said: "Luo Gong was so angry that he said that one day he was really pushed to the limit, so he wrote a letter to the imperial censor to impeach County Magistrate Shi."
However, impeaching a Shangguan is not a trivial matter after all. So Luo Gong can only hold back for the time being.
Now when Shen Xiu heard Huiniang mention the word county magistrate, she suddenly felt that if the only person in Huai'an County who could compete with Magistrate Shi was Luo Gong.