Liu Ruhai calculated that once it comes, he will make peace with it. He might as well wait and see what happens.
He stood up, bowed in front of Marquis Nankang and left. The second steward personally sent him to the second room and reported to the second master: "I heard that the second master is unwell. Our master, the Marquis, asked Mr. Liu to come and take a look."
The second master was playing chess with Qing Ke in the study, laughing and talking.
Liu Ruhai could hear the soft sound of the jade chess piece falling on the nanmu chessboard through the window.
"Oh? Is it the one from Uncle Pingnan's house? The third brother bothered me, but I haven't paid attention to it yet, but he always thinks about my old bones."
Liu Ruhai was thinking about this outside the long black lacquered window. The second master's illness seemed to be a minor problem?
Liancheng said inside: "Although this Mr. Liu is young, he comes from a family of famous doctors, and he has a good pulse. He is especially good at female pulse. The Marquis said that he should be asked to see the root cause of my old aunt's illness. Enter again.
It’s winter. Wouldn’t it make my old aunt suffer?”
There was a sound inside, and then there was the rippled winter curtain of blue brocade. The winter curtain was lifted, and several guests came out of the room. They all looked pale. They bowed their hands to Liu Ruhai and went to the other end of the corridor.
Manager Lian came out to invite him in person: "Second Master, please invite Mr. Liu."
Just as he was talking about living, the second master came out by himself and handed over his hand: "If you are far away, Mr. Shoushi, please come in quickly. I heard that Ping Nanbo gave Mr. Pingnan a alias of Shoushi. It is the so-called blessing, sea and longevity mountain. It is a good allusion. It is not a medical skill.
Not worthy of this nickname."
Liu Ruhai knew that he was a filial son. He was filial to his biological mother and aunt. Fortunately, he could break the two words "Shou Stone" like this and blow it.
No wonder he failed to inherit the title.
No matter how big or small the matter is in the Hou Mansion, it cannot escape the eyes of the gossipy slaves.
Cao went home in the evening. In the evening, he and his parents ate hotpot together and talked about meeting his wife.
She also boasted that his wife liked her very much. Aunt Wu believed it as soon as she heard it and was extremely happy. Mr. Cao smiled proudly. Who is he and who is his daughter? Of course, his wife must take a high look.
She sighed. She originally wanted to comfort her parents, but her heart was also depressed. She took out the medicine bottle she carried with her, poured two pills, and drank it.
She silently picked up the rice, and while she was eating, she heard her father say: "The second master asked a doctor today, and I heard that he had a bad stomach. He endured it for two or three days. Others didn't notice it, but the Marquis did.
"
Cao Xiwan was stunned. She had also heard from the second wife and knew that the second master had a bad gastrointestinal condition these days, but it was just a problem of accumulated food. Why did he ask a master like Liu Ruhai to see him?
She frowned and thought for a moment, maybe there was something seriously wrong that she didn't notice?
Early in the morning of the second day, there was a faint morning light, cold clouds and light snow.
Cao Xi had breakfast in the evening and changed into a thick ginger-red magpie plum blossom coat and a green heavy silk horse-face skirt with lambskin noodles underneath. She was weak and had to prevent her wife from punishing her.
Although she had already made arrangements, there were naturally people interceding on her behalf, but it was better to do less than to do more.
She thought that her wife would not like depressing colors, so she deliberately changed the plain silver comb back into a palace-made gold hair-wrapped silver hairpin with the Chinese character "Ruyixi" before going out.
She stopped people on time at the door of her house and mocked the spy Liu Shusheng who was visiting the doctor as usual.
Liu Ruhai looked at her: "Were you bullied by Mrs. Hou yesterday?"
"What do you think?"
"I don't think so." He smiled.
She thought, this guy finally said something that touched her ears.
"But I wore a lot more clothes today. Are you on guard?" he said with a smile.
It's none of your business. She thought, but she was also surprised by the sharp eyesight of this boy.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Cao." Liu Ruhai was actually well-informed, "I heard that there are several old ladies in the building who have retired from the army. If there are one or two who came as dowries, they will know the origin of Mrs. Cao, so I have to remind you.
A few words from Mrs. Hou."
She listened and glanced at him. Was he trying to comfort her? No, he was definitely showing off the news about his purchase?
"Why didn't you take care of my business before?" she asked suddenly.
He was stunned that she suddenly mentioned the old memories from childhood. He smiled slightly at first, then hesitated rarely, and looked at her without saying a word for a long time.
She saw that he was unwilling to mention his childhood events, thinking that he came from a family of famous doctors in Yanjing City and she was a little laundry girl.
He secretly opened a small drug store in the Zizhuqiao area in disguise. He was a small proprietor. She wanted to take over his business and pay five cents for a pot of clothes, but he refused.
Maybe he didn't remember this.
"How is the second master's illness?" She took two steps towards the corner door, then suddenly turned around and came back to inquire quietly.
He was walking towards the entrance of the alley, hesitating whether to explain to her or not. When he heard her voice, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at her with a smile.
Seeing that she had distinct features, tightly wrapped in a black fox fur cloak, and a plain face held up by shiny black fox fur, he tilted the green oil umbrella in his hand to cover the fine snow on her head. He smiled and said softly:
"It's nothing wrong with the second master. It's probably because the marquis is ill. He's using it as a cover-up."
She snorted, rolled her eyes, and turned to leave.
She still knows whether Mr. Hou is sick or not.
"Otherwise you are sick."
Liu Ruhai stood still, "Shall I take your pulse again?"
She turned around slowly and stared at him with a sullen face.
He smiled and said, "I know."
"You know, why don't you ask? Are you free?" She waved her hand and entered the corner door of the Hou Mansion. He knew that she and the Marquis were not close friends, so why did he ask?
She is not pregnant!
"Ms. Cao—please stand still."
"what?"
"Your family also hires a neighbor's sister to do odd jobs. How much does it cost?" He actually chased her outside the corner door.
It was cold, the black-painted corner door had just been unlocked, snow was piled in front of the door, and the woman guarding the door went to warm herself by the fire. She looked at him.
"...What for?" She was annoyed.
"Sister Hong asked me for two liters of rice. The two eldest sisters asked me for four liters. I think it's a bit expensive."
She looked at him with disgust: "They have many children and they don't have enough to eat in winter. You don't lack the money either."
"Okay. How much does your family usually give her?"
"..." She glared at him. Mother Hong came to work last night, and when she asked for four liters of rice, Mr. Liu actually counter-offered, only giving three liters, which is one and a half liters per person. Mother Hong was overjoyed, feeling that the price had gone up.
After all, the Cao family only gives one liter. And she only has two children.
But she thought that Liu Xiaozi was as stingy as the nuns at Chengfu Temple.
"I also asked your father-in-law to help me talk about the rent at Zhou's house. The rent is twenty taels per month. I thought about it, and Mr. Zhou is not short of this money. One, two or five taels is also fine."
"...You're not short of money either!" She couldn't bear it.
"When I was a kid, I opened a drug store and lost my capital. I didn't have any private money anymore, so I became more frugal." He smiled.
She was startled.
This guy's frugality is fake. But are he talking about old things?
Liu Ruhai carried the consultation box on his back and walked slowly towards the entrance of the alley.
There was a person standing at the entrance of the alley. It was Shunbao, the young man in front of the Marquis, waiting for him.
Today he still has to go to the Hou Mansion. He sighed and turned around, thinking that if he saw her in the manor and said soft words to her, would he apologize?
At first, he didn't agree to let her do laundry, but he brought a bag of steamed buns and frostbite ointment for her.
It was Song Chengming who took her away.
Back then, he was young and had not yet set up his own business. The drug store he secretly bought was always losing money. He lost all his private money and owed the clerk wages. How could he take care of her business? There was no way to take her back.