Chapter 003 Divide the peach
In April in Yanling, the flowers are getting worse and worse.
Gu Jinzhi and his younger brother Gu Xuanzhi sat on the kang and ate peaches. She listened to her parents talking about her aunt's condition and gradually lost interest and turned her eyes out of the window.
She saw her aunt today. She was not seriously ill. She could get better after taking the right medicine.
The brocade is half open, and the cherry trees under the window are full of pink cherry blossoms. The wind rises, the fragrance is gentle, and the ground is shattered.
The sunset is lazy, reflecting the golden curtain hook hanging from the brocade curtain, shining with golden light. The brocade curtain is soft and silently lying in the corner of the curtain, silent.
Afterglow, my brother's eyes, which were clearer than autumn water, moved with luster and tried very hard to gnaw peaches, looked like a small pet.
Gu Jinzhi likes his younger brother very much.
"... The eldest brother said that the sister-in-law misses Sister Jin and Brother Xuan, which must be an assay." The mother's topic was transferred from the mother's sister-in-law to the letter of Gu's uncle Gu Yantao, "We have been in Yanling for six years, and the eldest brother never writes letters. Why should we take our children back to Beijing to have a look this time?"
Father shook his head.
Yesterday, they received a letter from Gu Yantao, the uncle of the capital, asking their parents to take the elderly and children back to Beijing, saying that the family missed the old man and Gu Jin's family very much.
My mother didn't believe it at first.
Uncle Gu Yantao is not so kind.
"Do you want to go back?" When the mother saw that her father was silent, she suddenly asked him.
Although Yanling is his father's ancestral home, his father is a person who grew up in the capital. He was not used to the diet of Yanling in the past few years, and he has gradually got better in recent years.
The capital is my father's hometown.
My mother is from Yanling, and she grew up here. It is the best thing to be able to return to his hometown by serving the old man.
My mother doesn't want to go back to Beijing.
"The year after next is spring. If you can go back to study, you don't have to go back and forth in the spring, which is not bad." Father said it for a long time.
He is 30 years old. I passed the exam when I was 22 years old. It's just that in the next few years, he has not made any progress in his studies and has been unable to go to school.
In the spring of the year after next, my father will definitely participate.
"Don't you want to go back?" After his father finished speaking, he found that his mother was silent and did not answer.
My mother knew my father's thoughts, and my uncle's letter made my father want to move back to the capital. The question she just asked was just to test him. After confirming, the mother hesitated.
Of course she doesn't want to go back.
"No." The mother lied, "Let's come to Yanling to serve the old man. If the old man doesn't leave, it's not easy for us to leave. I heard what the old man meant. He was probably used to living in Jiangnan and didn't want to go back to Beijing..."
The father showed a little helplessness.
"Mom, where are we going?" Gu Xuanzhi suddenly asked.
He followed his parents south when he was one year old, and then he has been in Yanling. He doesn't remember the capital at all.
My mother looked back at Gu Xuanzhi, with a doting face, held him in her arms, carefully wiped his hands with a veil, and wiped off the peach juice.
"The capital." Mother smiled and coaxed Gu Xuanzhi, "Brother Xuan, do you want to go to the capital?"
The father also looked at it with a smile.
Gu Xuanzhi was a little at a loss. He looked at his parents blankly and asked Gu Jinzhi, "Seventh sister, do you want to go back?"
He threw the question his mother gave him to Gu Jinzhi.
Gu Jinzhi is the eldest daughter in the third room, but she has two uncles and six cousins. In terms of sequential teeth, she ranked seventh, so the family called her seventh girl, and the two younger brothers called her seventh sister.
"I don't want to." Gu Jinzhi said.
She also spent six years in the capital. The six years from birth to toddler are not very boring, but there must be no interesting memories.
Back to the capital, the family lived together, not to mention the crowd, the crowds and things were complicated, and Gu Jinzhi didn't like it. Like now, the grandfather, parents and younger brother's family are better and more like the family structure of later generations.
Gu Jinzhi likes this.
When the parents heard her answer, they all laughed. Like ordinary parents, Gu Yanzhen and Song spoil their children. They will be very happy to hear the children's interesting answers.
My father even asked Gu Jinzhi funnyly, "Why don't you want to? The capital is much more fun than Yanling.
The prosperity of the capital is unmatched by Yanling.
"That's you." Gu Jin said, "I can't go out, and I can't play anything fun!"
My father was stunned.
Mother laughed.
Gu Xuanzhi also giggled.
My father couldn't help laughing.
The room is full of joy and warmth.
As he was talking and laughing, the maid outside came in and said: Aunt Hong came to say hi with her nine-year-old brother Gu Yuzhi.
The silver-red felt curtain was raised, and Aunt Hong, who was wearing lotus-colored makeup, led Gu Yuzhi in and saluted her father and mother separately.
My mother was still holding Brother Xuan, but most of the warm smile on her face was restrained.
She doesn't like Aunt Hong very much.
Aunt Hong's original name was Hong Lian. She used to be her mother's dowry maid, and her mother trusted her the most. Later, all the maids around her were released, leaving Hong Lian alone, ready to find a good family for her.
But Hong Lian climbed into her father's bed.
When he learned that Hong Lian was pregnant, Gu Jinzhi was two years old. When she saw her mother crying and making noise, she didn't allow her father to get close to her and Jinzhi. She drove her father to the study of the outer courtyard to sleep, forcing her father to sell Hong Lian.
My father agreed, and even went to call people's teeth by himself.
When the eldest aunt and the second aunt saw that they were messing around, they joined together to persuade them.
Mother doesn't let go.
It was very noisy in those days.
Hong Lian was sent to Zhuangzi.
At that time, the eldest aunt thought that if Hong Lian gave birth to a daughter, she would take the child over and send Hong Lian away. But Hong Lian had a good life, and she gave birth to a son.
The eldest aunt took Honglian's mother and son back regardless of her mother's crying.
My mother also became famous for being jealous and jealous, which became a joke that year.
But from then on, the father did not dare to look at Hong Lian's mother and son, and Hong Lian's mother and son's life was in the hands of his mother.
Later, one of Gu Jin's family left the capital.
Where did the mother lose?
She won!
Life is like a fish drinking water and heating, and my mother has always refused to be willing to complete it.
Today's Aunt Hong is docile and obedient, respectful in front of her mother. If it hadn't been so much trouble, why would it be like this?
"Bangonia, go and get some peaches for the eighth young master." The mother lightly ordered the maid around her.
Gu Yuzhi ranked eighth.
The peach was served, and Gu Xuanzhi also wanted to eat it.
Gu Yuzhi lives with Aunt Hong, except for three meals a day. What a new coincidence, my mother never gives it to them.
The mother is very doting and gentle to Gu Jin's sister and brother, and she is more harsh on Aunt Hong's mother and son. Gu Jinzhi thought that her mother, Song Paner, was definitely not a good person!
Seeing the peach, Gu Yuzhi was also greedy.
Gu Jinzhi took the crystal plate brought in by Begonia and did not give it to his two younger brothers.
Gu Xuanzhi pouted.
Gu Yuzhi hid behind Aunt Hong.
Aunt Hong's eyes flashed with pain.
"... Peaches increase the stomach, and it will hurt the food if you eat it." Gu Jinzhi said to Brother Xuan first, "You have eaten one, and you can't eat it anymore."
Then, she said to Gu Yanzhi, "Brother Yan, you vomited yesterday. Did I take the medicine I prescribed for you? You already had a loss of stomach qi, and your qi was against the top, so you vomited. It's even worse to eat peaches. Take two more doses of medicine, and I'll ask someone to give you the peaches after eating.
Gu Yanzhen looked at his daughter.
He also knew that Gu Yanzhi vomited the day before yesterday. Jinzhi prescribed the medicine and was fine after taking the medicine.
He thought Jinzhi was messing with it.
I can't believe it. She is really clear.
That's right.
Gu Yuzhi hesitated and asked with a little timidity, "Do you really just need to take two more doses of medicine?"
Jinzhi nodded.
Gu Yuzhi showed a smile, pure without impurities. After all, it's just a nine-year-old child, and there is still innocence.
"Brother, why don't you thank Miss Seven?" Only then did Aunt Hong know that she had misunderstood Jinzhi. She quickly pushed Gu Yanzhi and asked him to thank Jinzhi.
The mother hated Aunt Hong's mother and son, and never stopped; the father had no feelings for Aunt Hong in the first place, but it was just a one-night stand, and he was afraid that his mother would be angry and indifferent to Aunt Hong's mother and son like a stranger.
Gu Xuanzhi is only seven years old and doesn't know love and hate.
Gu Jinzhi is even more indifferent.
It's just that the last time she saw that Gu Yanzhi looked wrong, the doctor instinctively asked Aunt Hong if Gu Yanzhi was vomiting.
Aunt Hong heard that Gu Jinzhi often gave the maids at home and even Brother Xuan to see a doctor, so she took the opportunity to ask Jinzhi to prescribe a prescription for Gu Yuzhi and get close to Gu Jinzhi.
Gu Jinzhi opened it.
Gu Yuzhi's vomiting was not a big deal, and it was soon cured.
Aunt Hong used this as an excuse to be close to Jin.
Just like now.
Gu Yuzhi listened to Aunt Hong very much and said to Gu Jinzhi, "Thank you, Sister Seven."
Gu Jinzhi smiled.
Begonia took the peach down again.
The mother said to Aunt Hong, "Brother Yan is not in good health. You have to take more care of him. Don't come to comfort me these days.
Aunt Hong said respectfully.
The mother asked the mother and son to go out.
Nine-year-old Gu Yuzhi has been following Aunt Hong for a long time and is a little timid.
The father looked at it and couldn't bear it. He said to his mother that he asked his mother to take care of Brother Yan by his side. But thinking about his mother's hatred for Hong's mother and son, he swallowed his words again.
He didn't dare to mention it.
As soon as Hong's mother and son left, her mother's mood suddenly improved.
After dinner, Gu Jin's sister and brother went back to their rooms.
Gu Jinzhi went to his grandfather's study and handed in today's homework. Recently, she not only recited all kinds of medical scriptures, but also read the five classics, three histories, and hundreds of schools of thought.
As the saying goes: "Xiu Cai learns to practice medicine, quickly cut salt with a knife." Only when you are familiar with the classics can you hold the key to medical attack, otherwise you will climb high without a cloud ladder, and you will have no boat if you want to cross the river.
Gu Jinzhi doesn't feel tired. He has learned these things in his previous lives.
In the previous life, my grandfather always said: medicine comes from Confucianism, and it is not reading and reasoning. In the end, it is vulgar and ignorant, and it can't unblock change.
Many prescriptions are ancient sayings. The collection of scriptures and history is one of the basic skills of the Gu family's introduction to learning medicine, which is in line with the internal scriptures, difficult scriptures, golden difficulties and so on.
Therefore, Gu Shifei, the grandfather of this life, always said that she was born intelligent and a genius.
If you think about it carefully, that's right.
Who has the memory of two generations, not a wizard?
After handing in his homework, Gu Jinzhi went back to his room to rest.
It was quiet for a few days.
On the tenth day of April, my mother read my aunt's illness and let Song's mother around me have a look.
Song's mother went and came back and said to her mother, "It's not good to see me. My uncle has lost a lot of weight, and she has no strength to lie down and talk."
Mother was surprised.
She knew that her sister-in-law's heart was so hot that she would have something to do sooner or later with ice.
He changed his clothes and told Gu Jinzhi and Gu Xuanzhi's wet nurse to take good care of Gu Jinzhi's sister and brother. His mother took Song's mother to visit her uncle's house.