lady, please calm down

Chapter 252 Puppy, are you scared?

23rd, night.

The Chen Mansion in Sajin Alley, where people were being escorted during the day, finally calmed down. Cai Hua just had time to take a breath, but Bai Lu came to report that Mrs. Zhao had also fallen ill.

"The old lady has been very worried these past two days. She can't eat or sleep. She feels unwell and has depressed Qi and blood, causing shortness of breath and chest pain."

After being examined by Dr. Wang and everyone coaxing and persuading, the old lady who had been waiting in front of Mao'er's bed for two days took the decoction and went downstairs to take a rest.

Mao'er's aunt Yan and Cuiyuan were left in the house. Yan sat aside for a long time, crying silently.

It has been two days and nights since the morning of the 21st, but the cat only woke up once.

Seeing that the cat's face gradually turned from the bright red color of the day before to a waxy yellow, and his breathing became increasingly short and labored, Yan knew that it would be difficult for the cat to get through this level.

Cat is not only her niece, but also the family's support.

Qin Yongtai, his uncle who was originally a locksmith, now leads a team composed of locksmiths and copper and blacksmiths to study the "escapement mechanism" in the "Watch Department" of the Iron Smelting Institute.

In the past few months, there has been little progress, but it has not affected the craftsmen's monthly salary of three stipends.

This made the dozen or so craftsmen in the entire 'Watch Department' quite uneasy, as if they had taken the employer's money in vain.

At that time, Mao'er comforted his uncle and said: "Uncle, there is no need to think too much. The officials have said that 'research' cannot be accomplished overnight. As long as everyone tries their best, it doesn't matter if they spend more time. The merchants can afford to wait, and the officials People can afford to wait.”

Qin Yongtai passed these words to his craftsman. The craftsman praised him as "making people kind-hearted", but what he was thinking in his heart was that he was afraid that he was saying this just to take care of his uncle.

After all, how can any employer be willing to support a group of idle people who cannot produce results?
Yan felt that if her niece died, the stable life that their family had finally earned would also be lost.

While he was thinking about it, Cui Yuan, who was guarding the bed, shouted in surprise: "Madam, you're awake!"

Yan heard the sound and ran over quickly.

This is the first time the cat has woken up since the morning before yesterday.

Perhaps the cat's consciousness was not clear enough after being asleep for a long time. The cat's eyes were red due to persistent fever, and he was confused for a while before he could connect the memories before and after.

Then, Peach Blossom Eyes looked back and forth on the faces of Cui Yuan and Yan for a long time, as if because she couldn't find the person she wanted to see, a sudden loss appeared on her haggard face.

Cui Yuan's nose felt sore, she knew that the eldest lady wanted to see Du Tong.
Mao'er's lips closed and she wanted to say something, but she only made two hoarse gasping sounds. Cuiyuan quickly went outside to get the ginseng soup that had been simmering on the small stove.

Outside the bedroom, many maids and servants were guarding. When they learned that the lady had woken up, they all stood outside the door and looked into the house.

Some of them had shallow eyes and were crying with excitement.

Cuiyuan blew the ginseng soup to cool down and carefully fed the cat.

The soup moistened his dry throat. Mao'er gathered some strength and finally weakly said: "Call Sister Cai, come here."

Cai Hua believed it and hurried over.

After a bowl of ginseng soup, Mao'er's spirit improved a lot, but the mood of the people present did not improve at all.

Just because the cat coughed at this moment, he would cough up a ball of blood.

Doctor Wang's face was solemn as she sat by the bed and checked her pulse. Seeing this, an ominous word popped up in the hearts of everyone in the room.

For the past two days, Hu Tou, who had been crying secretly for the past two days, was truly frightened now. He crawled under Mao'er's bed alone, sat in the corner against the wall, huddled up with his arms wrapped around his knees.

He refused to come out no matter who tried to persuade him.

Mao'er probably knew that he couldn't survive this time, so he didn't care to say anything else. When he saw Cai Hua stepping forward, he raised his hand with difficulty. The latter understood and immediately reached out to hold Mao'er's little hand.

The two hands clasped together, which seemed to give Mao'er some more strength. He took the time to say in a weak voice: "Sister Cai, please... a few things."

Now that things have happened, Cai Hua did not give any pretentious and false comfort. She simply said: "Tell me, I will do whatever I can for you."

"The tiger head is young, please take care of me."

"Ah."

"Guardian, I also need to ask my sister."

After all, he was a little unwilling. After Mao'er said this, a crystal teardrop slipped out of the corner of his eye.

This scene almost brought tears to Cai Hua's eyes. She raised her hand and rubbed her nose, and said in a pretending relaxed tone: "Little wild cat, are you giving up now? Show off the energy you had when we first met, and you won't do it again." Just hold on, and this disease will be over. From now on, we will continue to fight. It would be too boring for you to be so cowardly."

With tears in her eyes, Mao'er squeezed out a tired smile, stared blankly at the bed tent directly above her, and murmured in a hoarse voice: "Sister Cai, there's no way I can fight with you, cough cough, I can't fight you. Actually... cough cough. , I have not had much knowledge since I was a child, and I am not very courageous. Over the years, I have only relied on the support of the officials to achieve this amazing thing. My sister can help the officials more than me. I will thank you for your hard work in the future."

These words are sincere, reflecting Mao'er's reluctance to leave the world and officials, as well as the hardships along the way.

Even the sharp-tongued Cai Hua didn't know what to say.

"Sister, can Cat ask you one more thing?"

"Ok?"

At this time, she saw a timid smile appear on Mao'er's sallow little face, and she heard her whispering embarrassedly: "The official and I got married in a hurry. He promised me that he would marry me again after he helped me find a relative." I said... ahem, but later, he probably forgot about it. Sister, can you help me find a tailor to make a wedding suit? Before I leave, I... I want to wear it."

Night, Xu time.

The dining room of the back house of the government office.

Chen Jingyan's family, who was very particular about eating without speaking, finished eating in silence. Zhuan Yun, a newly recruited maid by Chen Jinyu, came forward to serve tea and helped the family rinse their mouths. Then Chen Jingyan asked his wife, "You can see her when she goes to the back house today." Is that enough?"

Mrs. Tan shook her head and whispered: "Then the Cai family's daughter stopped us downstairs to have tea, and no one was allowed to go upstairs to visit."

Chen Jingyan couldn't help but shake his head, "I haven't left yet, so Madam Cai can't wait to become the master of the Chen family's back house?"

"Not necessarily. From what I saw today, Madam Cai seems to be afraid that too many people will disturb Zhao Renren's rest."

Mrs. Tan explained, but Chen Yingjun on the side said: "Father, mother, are you really in trouble?"

Chen Yingjun had great respect for Dutong and his wife, and was very sad that Mao'er was seriously ill. The doctor who visited Chen's house in the past two days revealed that there was really no way to save Zhao's life.

"Caizhou Five Days Talk" was already quietly writing an 'obituary', but Chen Yingjun was hoping for a miracle to happen, so he asked one more question.

Mrs. Tan sighed, but Chen Jingyan said: "According to Dr. Zhang of Huichun Hall, wind and evil can enter the lungs, and I'm afraid it's only in these three or four days."

"Won't Chen Dutong come back and take a look?"

"Shouzhou is six hundred miles away. No matter how fast he is, he will not be able to come back until the day after tomorrow."

"Hey, everyone says that Mr. and Mrs. Chen Dutong are a very loving young couple. I hope they can see each other one last time."

The dining room fell silent.

Chen Jinyu, who had been silent all this time with her eyelids drooped, suddenly stood up and bowed to her parents, turned around and waved the seal cloud, as if she was going back to her room to rest.

"Ayu~"

Chen Jingyan suddenly remembered something, called his daughter, and said, "Mao Zhi will come to Caizhou in a few days, take him around."

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Chen Jinyu's back froze slightly, and then turned around, her beautiful face unruffled, her eyes drooping, "I want to teach daddy that the newspaper office is busy now and my daughter can't spare any time."

"Huh? The work in the newspaper office is just a temporary errand to pass the leisure time. Why do you want to do it as a regular businessman? Your daughter's family is finally going to get married, you..."

"If daddy is free, daddy will go with him, but I'm not free anyway!"

Somehow, Chen Jinyu suddenly became angry.

August 25.

The end of the hour.

At the east gate of Caizhou, the Huai Army's Niuziying Camp was standing on the city wall. Liu Daniu, the Marquis of Yu, stood on the city wall, holding on to the wall, overlooking the thousands of miles of vast wilderness under the morning sun. Thinking of the eldest lady's serious illness, he felt depressed.

How could a person like the Bodhisattva, the Great Lady, have suffered such a disaster? Is God blind?
While I was thinking about it, I saw a line of smoke in the distance, approaching from far away, heading towards Caizhou City.

At this glance, he knew that there was a cavalry team galloping. Liu Daniu was immediately alert and hurriedly ran down the city wall and stood guard at the city gate.

After just a few tea breaks, the horse team quickly approached the city gate.

Liu Daniu immediately dispersed the nearby people, and then ordered the sergeants to form an array.

After a few breaths, both sides could see each other clearly in their respective sights.

On the other side of the cavalry, a young man saw the sergeants standing ready in front of the city gate and hurriedly shouted: "The person coming is Chen, the commander of the left-behind commander in Caizhou, the person coming is."

Liu Daniu could tell that the young man who spoke was none other than Liu Maodan, his employer's personal soldier from the same village. Taking another closer look, he saw that the man sitting on the horse, who was a head taller than the others, was none other than Yao Changzi. It was Shen Tietan, the former coach of the joint defense team.
At this point, Liu Daniu was convinced that the person coming was his employer, and he quickly called his brothers to let go of the city gate.

More than ten cavalrymen passed by the sergeant at lightning speed without stopping.

There was a rush of horses in the city, which immediately caused a panic.
It's very different from Chen Dutong's previous style.

However, just now Liu Daniu could be seen. Everyone's face was covered with dust, and their faces seemed to be covered with mud shells.

At the moment when they missed each other, I could even see the owner's red eyes full of bloodshot eyes, and he didn't know how long he hadn't slept.
Thinking again of his boss's wife who was seriously ill at home, Liu Daniu sighed secretly.

It's the beginning of time. "Xu~"

Outside the gate of Chen Mansion, after a burst of horse hooves, Chen Chu turned over and jumped off his horse.

If the guards at home hadn't heard Mao Dan speak and saw the conspicuous eldest son, they almost wouldn't have recognized Chen Dutong.

After entering the mansion, Chen Chu dragged Taoist Wugen, who was already exhausted, and strode towards the back house.

However, the closer he got to Liu Jin's inner house, the heavier Chen Chu's footsteps became, as if he was a little scared.

After a while, we finally arrived at the inner garden.

In the distance, beside the corner gate, an ox cart stopped. Bai Lu had tears on her face. She was leading a group of maids and servants to carry linen, yellow paper, incense and other items from the cart.
Chen Chu's body suddenly felt numb, his legs felt like they were filled with lead, and he couldn't move another step.

At this time, Bai Lu also saw Chen Chu. She quickly wiped the tears on her face and ran forward to greet him, "My lord is back."

This sound seemed to wake Chen Chu up, and it was also like a fuse that suddenly caused Chen Chu to explode.

I saw him taking two steps forward with his long legs, whipping out his sword and slashing at the linen on the bullock cart, shouting like a madman: "Who told you to prepare these things! Burn it, burn it, give it all to me." Move away, these things are not allowed in the house!”

Bai Lu was frightened. In her impression, Mr. Dutong always had a smiling and friendly look towards his wife, aunts, and maids. It had never been so scary before.

Cai Hua could naturally hear the noise in the garden. After walking downstairs quickly, she saw Chen Chu who looked like a maniac and quickly called out softly, "Puppy, puppy."

As if there was magic, when Chen Chu heard Cai Hua's voice, the crazy flames in his eyes gradually extinguished.

"婳婳儿"

When he opened his mouth, it was a hoarse voice that was extremely trembling.

Cai Hua slowly stepped forward, held Chen Chu's knife-holding hand, and used her other hand to open Chen Chu's fingers one by one, and took away the knife in the latter's hand.

She didn't exert much force, but Chen Chu cooperated like a puppet.

Everyone in the garden breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Sanniangzi taking Dutong's sword.

"Puppy, how can you use a knife or a gun at home? What if you scare Yu Nong who is pregnant?"

Cai Hua raised her head, her charming eyes full of pity. Her eyes, movements, and tone almost spent half her life being gentle to comfort the man in front of her.

"Hua'er, Mao'er, is she gone?" The reason why Chen Chu lost his mind for a moment was because he saw funeral supplies such as linen incense and candles.

"No, hurry up and take a look."

It was the old lady's intention to prepare these things. Since she knew that it would happen sooner or later, it was also her intention to prepare early, so as not to panic and be in a hurry when the thing came, and not be able to give the cat the last dignity.

Knowing that it was not what he imagined, Chen Chu felt relieved and hurriedly dragged Taoist Priest Wugen up to the second floor.

In the bedroom on the second floor, Hu Tou, who was sitting stupidly on the couch, saw Chen Chu, threw himself into the latter's arms and cried loudly, "Brother, brother, please save my sister."

Chen Chu comforted Hu Tou and signaled to Taoist Priest Wugen.

The latter hurriedly stepped forward to check her pulse, and finally came to the same conclusion as Dr. Wang, that wind evil had entered the lungs.
Chen Chu didn't quite understand these Chinese medicine terms, but after listening carefully, he felt that the symptoms were somewhat like chronic pneumonia turning into acute pneumonia.

Although he was not sure, the doctor was at his wits' end, so he had to take the risk and give it a try.

He then took off the school bag that he never left behind during the journey. Among the medicines he always carried with him back then were those for treating dysentery, some for treating colds, and naturally there were also cephalosporin antibiotics for anti-inflammatory purposes.

The three-year shelf life is about to expire.

Chen Chu asked someone to get a medicine pestle, mash the tablets, dissolve them with warm water, and feed them into the cat's mouth bit by bit.

Doctor Wang and Taoist Priest Wugen who were present did not know the reason, but no one stopped Chen Chu.

There is nothing they can do. If the general manager is willing to do whatever it takes, let him do it.
However, what they never expected was that the cat's body temperature actually dropped one hour after taking the medicine.

Antibiotics were particularly effective for ancient people who had no tolerance to drugs, almost like a life-saving elixir.

But Chen Chu wasn't happy for long, as the cat's body temperature slowly rose again.
When Chen Chu fed again, the cat's body temperature repeated the process of falling and then rising again.

The mood of the family alternated between excitement and depression as the body temperature fluctuated.

At dusk, Chen Chu did not dare to continue taking the medicine. Cephalosporin was not a mild medicine. He was worried that if the limit of three times a day was exceeded, the already weak cat would not be able to hold on.

It gets dark at Xu time.

Chen Chu, who was dressed in dust, sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Mao'er's slightly sunken cheeks, and was speechless.

I don't know what to think.

There was a trace of evil energy emanating from his body, so much so that the maids and servants who stayed in the cat's room did not even dare to breathe.

Cai Hua finished her business outside and saw this scene when she entered the house. She couldn't help but stepped forward and wiped Mao'er's face with a wet handkerchief. Then she whispered to Chen Chu: "Don't stay here for the past two days." Yunong is worried, Qin's mother said that she couldn't sleep all night, so you go to Wangxiangyuan to talk to her."

Chen Chu raised his head and wanted to say something, but Cai Hua said first: "Little wild cat, I'm guarding you, are you still worried?"

"All right."

At this time, in the huge Chen mansion, only Cai Hua could persuade Chen Dutong to move.

At Haishi, Cuiyuan, who had gone to the front yard to meet the eldest son, returned to Mao'er's bedroom and took the initiative to say to Cai Hua: "Sanniang, the eldest son said that when he rushed home from Shouzhou, he didn't eat a grain of rice on the way. He asked me to ask. Ask, have you eaten anything since you came back? Don’t be starved."

"Oh?"

This journey has been [-] miles, including today, it has been three days and two nights. If we haven’t eaten yet, our iron body will not be able to bear it.

"Cuiyuan, you stay here and guard the cat while I go to visit the countryside."

Cai Hua was worried and went to Wangxiang Garden, but heard from Qin's mother that everyone had just arrived, had a conversation with Yu Nong, put the latter to sleep and left.
left?
He is not here with Yunong, and he has not returned to Mao'er. Where has he gone?
Cai Hua became even more worried and quickly picked up a lantern and started searching in the garden of the back house.

But under a ten-foot-tall Taihu stone, I saw Chen Chu sitting in the shadow.

Brother Chen, who was granted the title of General Mingwei by the imperial court, the Commander-in-Chief of Caizhou Left-behind Division, the backbone of many brothers, and the leader of Yunong and Maoer, was hiding here alone and secretly weeping.
The sudden appearance of Cai Hua made Brother Chen a little embarrassed. He quickly pretended to scratch an itch and wiped it on his face. He pretended to be relaxed and said, "I'm thinking about something here. Why is Hua'er here?"

Cai Hua didn't reveal it, so she stepped forward and hugged Chen Chu.

One person was standing and the other was sitting. Due to the height difference, Chen Chu's head fell into a gentle mountain.

Chen Chu hesitated for a moment, then opened his arms and put them around Cai Hua's waist.
Quiet garden with gurgling water in the distance.

Cai Hua patted Chen Chu's back with one hand, and stroked the back of Chen Chu's head from top to bottom with the other hand, and said softly: "Puppy, are you scared?"

I still remember that when Chen Chu was on duty in Tongshan, he was beaten up by the imperial envoy Feng Changning and thrown into prison. Cai Hua also asked him this question.

At that time, Chen Chu was neither afraid nor secretly shed tears.

But Cai Hua could clearly feel that Chen Chu was really confused and scared at this time.
Chen Chu didn't respond, but his arms around his waist became tighter and tighter. Cai Hua was choked so hard that she couldn't breathe, but she didn't try to break free. Instead, she said in a gentler tone:

"Maybe your magic medicine can really save the cat's life. Tomorrow, we will go to Qingyun Temple and ask Mr. Sanqing to bring a message to King Yama. If they dare not let our cat go this time, I will accompany you to burn it in the future. Go all over the world to Taoist temples, destroy all the three pure golden bodies in the world, kill all the Taoist priests in the world, make them lose their incense, and starve them to death!"

Madam Cai Sanniang has become more gentle recently, but deep down she is still the daring woman.

The theory of gods and ghosts has always been mysterious. She is probably the No. 1 person who dares to threaten the immortal family.
Chen Chu, however, was like a wronged child, and whispered "Hmm" into Cai Hua's chest. She then smiled, held Chen Chu's head with both hands, and made the latter face up. However, she lowered her head and gently A "pop" was printed on Chen Chu's forehead.

Then he wiped Chen Chu's dirty face with his sleeves, looked down from a high position, and said dotingly: "Okay, my puppy has stopped being childish and it's time to become an adult again. The whole family is still counting on you. Now come with me to have something to eat, and then wash your dirty skin well, don’t wait until the cat wakes up, and when he sees you looking so different from a human being or a ghost, he might think he has arrived in the underworld.”

After saying that, Cai Hua reached back and pulled Chen Chu's arm around his waist, naturally took the latter's hand and walked back to Xiaozao.

"sister"

"Huh? Why do you call me sister?"

"Just now, Hua'er made me feel like a sister."

"Does the puppy have a sister at home?"

"No."

"Then why do you say I look like your sister?"

"You don't understand, you just suddenly burst out with such a radiance of motherhood."

"You mean, I look like your mother?"

"Although it is inappropriate, it can still be used as a metaphor."

"Mao'er said something similar a few days ago. If Mao'er can get through this, I won't mind if you two call me mother."

"Thanks, but I mind"

The lights were dim, but Chen Chu, who was half a head taller than Cai Hua, allowed the former to hold hands. This scene was both inconsistent and harmonious.
Ru'er, who was following behind with a lantern, looked at the two people's backs and couldn't help but admire his wife's admiration.

This man is Chen Dutong, whom everyone in Huaibei knows!

Look, now I am being held by the third lady, she is so docile.
My third wife really has great tricks!

　Let’s make up for yesterday’s first.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)