Ordinary clear day

Chapter 99 The old lady
Shu Ning was startled, and hurriedly rushed out of the room and asked: "What's the matter?" The girl said: "The old lady passed away, and the wife said it didn't look good, so she told me to come back and invite the girls and young masters to go there together." .”

Shu Ning hurriedly asked someone to hug Xian Ning, but she saw her elder brother Duan Ning rushing into the courtyard and asked, "I heard that something happened, what's going on?" It turned out that he just came back from the outside, and when he heard the servants' comments, he hurried over ask.

Shu Ning told him the matter, and then told him to hug his younger brother. After thinking for a while, she turned around and went into the room, took out the white silk sachet from the dressing box, and stuffed it quietly in her sleeve.

When the three of them rushed to the main courtyard, most of the cousins ​​had already arrived, and then a few more came.Everyone stood solemnly in the courtyard, not daring to make a sound.

Xian Ning said to his siblings: "Put me down, I want to stand by myself." Duan Ning patted him and said, "Good boy, let brother hold you." People hug it."

Shu Ning turned her head and saw Chun Ning, Yan Ning and Qing Ning's eldest daughter Xue Rui were all held by maids and standing by themselves, only Qing Ning's son Derui, who was several months old, was being held by others, so she Duanning asked Duanning to put Xianning down on the ground, then squatted down and said to him: "You can stand by yourself, just be obedient and don't make trouble. Later, sister will make delicious snacks for you." Xianning nodded: "I want to eat Cake." Shuning agreed, and stood up again.

After a while, Rong Bao came in with an old man and an attendant carrying a suitcase, and someone spread the word "Doctor Wang is here", and Mrs. Shen opened the curtain herself to welcome the old doctor into the room.

Voices were faintly heard in the room, but they couldn't be heard clearly.After a while, Wanning came out.She walked into the courtyard with an aggrieved face, and kept looking back.Qing Ning quickly stepped forward and asked, "We came here as soon as we received the news. What's going on?"

Wan Ning said with red eyes: "Grandma had a bad day and finally calmed down. For some reason, she dropped the cup again and suddenly passed out. She couldn't wake up no matter how much she screamed." Her tears suddenly began to fall: " The imperial doctor has a serious face, nothing will happen to grandma, right?"

Qing Ning didn't speak, Shun Ning comforted her and said, "She is always in good health, maybe it's just a moment of impatience, she'll be fine. Physician Wang likes to keep a straight face, so don't think about it."

Wanning was crying, and Li Shi hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, and it took a while before she calmed down.Everyone was still standing in the courtyard, and there was no news from inside for a long time.Wanning wanted to go in to inquire several times, but was driven back to the yard.

Gradually, some people feel tired.Mrs. Li picked up her daughter, and Chun Ning leaned on Shun Ning's thigh, and Mrs. Sitara had already supported Yan Ning.Xiao Xianning, who had insisted on standing by herself, finally couldn't hold it anymore, Duanning picked him up, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.Shuning quietly shifted the center of gravity of her body so that her two legs could take turns to rest.

At this time, an hour had passed since the imperial physician entered the room.

It was so easy to see that the curtain was opened.Zhang Bao and Tong Shi personally sent the imperial physician out, and said some words of thanks respectfully, Zhang Bao kept sending them outside, and Tong Shi didn't turn back until he arrived at the courtyard gate.

Duanning hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Emiang, what's going on inside?" Wanning also rushed over and waited for the answer.Tong's affectionately touched Xianning's sleepy little face, and said: "The old lady has woken up, but her hands and feet are a little inconvenient. The imperial doctor said to rest."

After hearing this, Wanning rushed into the room, shouting: "Grandma, grandma, how are you?" She vaguely heard Nalashi lightly scolded her, and then she calmed down.

Jin Bao walked out of the room, coughed, and the humming sound in the courtyard fell silent.

He said: "The old lady is awake now, she just wants to rest. You all go back to your own room now. From tomorrow onwards, all members of the Ning generation, except Chunning and Xianning, will take turns to serve the old lady. Unless they are seriously ill , no one is allowed to shirk! Let’s go now.” Then without saying much, he turned and went back to the house.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and slowly dispersed according to the words.Shuning and Duanning took their younger brother back to Huaiyuan, after putting him to sleep, they sat in the upper room and waited for their parents to come back.

When Zhang Bao and Tong Shi came back, it was almost dawn.When they saw their two sons and daughters falling asleep on the table, they were both funny and distressed, so they hurriedly woke them up.

Shuning's mind was still a little unclear, but her brother asked, "How is the old lady doing now? Did she have a stroke?"

Tong replied: "It's a stroke. She woke up again in the middle of the night. She is awake, but her hands and feet don't work very well, so she can't do anything without her. You, Ama, and I will sleep first, and you will also go back to sleep." Go to the room to catch up on sleep, and in an hour or two, go to the main courtyard for shifts."

After hearing this, Shu Ning obediently went back to the house with Duan Ning. After a good night's sleep, when she woke up, it was already Chen Shi.Shuning hurriedly cleaned up, and after eating a bowl of porridge, she and her elder brother rushed to the main courtyard, just in time to replace Nalashi and Wanning.

========================= I am the dividing line after two days ====================== ==
Shuning's feelings now are very complicated.

In the past two days, she and other siblings and sisters-in-law took turns taking care of her grandmother. Seeing the old man's frail appearance, she felt that life was really unpredictable.

Once upon a time, this old lady was also the one and only one at home, and everyone was overwhelmed by her.With just one word from her, her mother Tong's face turned pale, her heart felt bitter, and she obediently accepted the eyeliner she had inserted.Because of her insistence, the uncles had no choice but to let the so-called mage disturb their grandfather's rest; because of her connivance, they could only endure the nonsense of her natal nephew.But no matter how noble and domineering she used to be, now she can only lie weakly on the bed, eat and dress, and is at the mercy of others.

Shu Ning originally resented her, blamed her for being angry with her parents for no reason, and blamed her for always wanting to insert a concubine into her home to destroy their parents' feelings for selfish reasons.Even now that she can't move her whole body below the neck, she still curses all the time, sometimes saying extremely ugly words, without even considering that the granddaughters around her are just teenage girls.But now, Shu Ning felt that the bit of resentment towards her in her heart had almost disappeared, because now she was nothing more than a sick and weak old man, and even had to be helped to urinate.

Because of this thought, when Shuning served the old grandmother, although she couldn't say how hard she was, she was always careful and gentle. She would carefully wash the old man's face and comb her hair, and make her look as visible as possible. Turn her over often to prevent her from sweating on her back.

She didn't know what other people would think of this. The old lady didn't react, but Wanning knew it well. Once, she even whispered thank you to her in private, which made her a little baffled.It can be seen that Wanning has true feelings for the old lady, but upon hearing this thank you, Shuning felt inexplicably upset: Could it be that you are her granddaughter?Are you the only one who can take care of the old lady?What do you take everyone else for? !
Seeing the sun go down, Shu Ning had been serving the old lady for most of the day, and she felt tired and hungry. When she saw Li Shi and Fang Ning appear, she felt relieved—finally she could change shifts.

Mrs. Li smiled at her, took out a bowl of porridge and some side dishes from the food box, lowered her body and said to the old lady: "Old lady, grandson's daughter-in-law made some porridge and side dishes for you, you can use some ?”

The old lady turned her face away and said hoarsely, "I don't want to eat this, is there any bird's nest porridge for this morning?"

"Old lady, bird's nest porridge is sweet, it's not good for you to eat too much."

"Nonsense, bird's nest is the most nourishing. Our family is not so poor that we can't even afford to eat a few taels of bird's nest. Or do you think I'm useless, and you can't bear to spend this money?!"

Li had no choice but to put away the porridge and go back to the kitchen to make bird's nest.As soon as she left, the old lady scolded the younger generation for planning to starve her to death.Fang Ning was a little at a loss, got a reminder from Shu Ning, went to the small kitchen in the backyard to look for it, brought a bowl of ginseng soup, and fed her half a bowl, and finally calmed her down.

Seeing that nothing happened, Shu Ning quietly left the room, and was about to walk out along the corridor when she saw Cuilian, the maid beside the old lady.Strange, she was still in the room just now, when did she come out?

Out of past experience, Shu Ning didn't have a good impression of the girl with the word "cui" in her name, let alone this person was by the old lady's side.She nodded slightly, and asked casually, "What's in the basket?" Cuilian smiled flatteringly, "It's bird's nest porridge. The old lady didn't finish eating this morning, so I put it away. I heard that she wants to eat now." , let’s hurry to heat it up.”

Since there are bird's nests, why didn't you mention them just now?Instead, the sister-in-law in the lobby was scolded and had to rush to do something else.Shu Ning gave a displeased "Mmm" and walked forward, ignoring her.

Back in Huaiyuan, she wiped off her sweat and shouted, "Ermo, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving to death."

Ermo hurriedly responded: "There are fresh persimmon leaves, girl, eat some first, and you will be able to eat soon." Shuning cheered, took the snack plate, poured a full cup of tea, and drank happily.

Mrs. Tong came over and said, "Are you tired? Have a good rest tonight. Er Niang will go over first tomorrow morning, and you can come back after lunch." Seeing that she seemed to be planning to go out, Shu Ning asked, "Is Er Niang not eating here? " Tong said with a slight smile, "Your aunt has something to discuss with me, please eat with your brother and brother later. You Ama and your uncles have something to talk about, so you won't come back."

Shu Ning complied, and hurriedly ate a pastry, only to feel better in her stomach, and sighed comfortably.

However, she did not get a good rest at night.Something happened to the old lady again.

I don't know if I choked on something while eating. After coughing for a long time, a mouthful of phlegm stuck in my throat.Several wives hurriedly informed their husbands, and went to invite Wang Taiyi to come to see him overnight.

The doctor Wang frowned while taking the pulse, and then asked the patient's diet in the past few days.Mrs. Li said cautiously, and Imperial Physician Wang said: "Although ginseng is a great tonic, but now it is hot, and the patient is old and weak. If he drinks too much ginseng soup, it will not help the deficiency, but will add to the dryness and heat." Although the bird's nest has a nourishing effect, the porridge is sweet, which only increases the phlegm. The patient should have a light diet, and porridge water is the best, so why give her these things?"

Jin Bao turned to look at Na La Shi, but Na La Shi looked at Li Shi, and Li Shi hurriedly said: "Although the porridge and side dishes are prepared, the old lady refuses to eat them, only bird's nest and ginseng soup can be eaten. I made some light soup yesterday, but the old lady didn't drink a sip."

Jin Bao moved his mouth, finally sighed, and asked the imperial physician how the old lady was doing.Doctor Wang talked about medical theory for a long time, and then he came to the conclusion that one should take the medicine prescribed by him, follow his doctor's advice, and never make any mistakes in diet, otherwise the phlegm disease will become more and more serious, which will be very dangerous, and besides the patient Never leave people.Both Jinbao and Nalashi responded one by one.

After this commotion, she could only fall asleep in the middle of the night, Shu Ning felt a little angry in her stomach, and the resentment that had been suppressed was stirred up again: this old lady is very old, and she doesn't know how to take care of her body, she is obviously seriously ill, Or as usual, just do what you love, is it too long-term? !

Early the next morning, news came that the old lady had woken up and ate half a bowl of rice porridge spontaneously, and everyone in the house breathed a sigh of relief.It seems that she really doesn't think her life is too long.

After Shuning finished her meal at noon, she went to the main courtyard to take over from her mother and fourth aunt.But I saw my mother standing respectfully by the old lady's bed, listening to some orders.The maid Cuilian knelt on the ground with her face lowered.

Seeing her daughter coming in, Mrs. Tong didn't say anything, but said softly to the old lady: "Er Niang is really considerate of my daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law is feeling that the housework is heavy and she wants to find more helpers. From now on, Miss Cuilian will be in our house." I will treat her well."

Shu Ning's heart sank when she heard the words, and she looked at Cuilian, only to see her kowtow to Mrs Tong with joy on her face.The old lady seemed to have a chrysanthemum blooming on her face: "I knew that your child is not intolerant. This girl has been with me for three years. She has always been pleasing, and I will leave it to you in the future."

Mrs. Tong responded with a smile on her face, and softly asked Cuilian to kowtow to the old lady, and then went back to the house to pack the clothes and sundries, but the old lady said: "Let's go tomorrow, let her serve me a little longer. Day." A look of disappointment flashed across Cuilian's face, and she immediately responded with a smile.

Tong Shi turned around and left the room with a faint smile on her face, telling her daughter to take good care of her grandmother.Shu Ning responded, but felt a little cold in her heart, turned her head and saw Cuilian's happy look, somehow felt a tinge of pity.

(I don't know Chinese medicine, so if there are any problems with those pulse cases, please ignore them.)
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