Volume 1 Chapter 129 Moving House

  After having breakfast, Li Changhe reported on the situation of the pharmaceutical factory. Zhen Shi Niang then brought Qiu Ju and Dong Ju to the new house bought by Yu Bo.

  Shen Zhongbo urged to turn the backyard upside down, Zhen Shiniang thought for a night and decided to take it over, letting Qiuju lead a small servant girl to serve Jian Wu and Jian Wen living there. On the one hand, it prevented the ancestral house from being too crowded and noisy, and on the other hand, she didn't have to worry about Shen Zhongbo making a sudden attack, descending from the sky in the middle of the night.

  The house had only three rooms, but the area was very large. The east room had a heated floor that could sleep seven or eight people. Zhen Shi Niang had someone partition off a warm pavilion for the maids to live in and turned the kitchen into a living room. A red wooden screen with a floral pattern was placed at the entrance, separating it into a corridor. The west room was specially converted into a study. The overall layout was settled, and Zhen Shi Niang did not interfere with the rest of the arrangements, leaving it entirely up to Jian Wu and Jian Wen to decide. They pasted their favorite paintings on the walls, chose their favorite decorations, and placed their favorite toys around, making Jian Wu and Jian Wen extremely happy.

  "...... Can I name our courtyard?" Jianwen pulled Zhen Shiniang's hand, pointing to the door frame, "Let's carve a plaque and hang it above!"

  Three thatched cottages also have a name?

  Zhen Shining found it amusing.

  But looking at her son's serious face, Zhen Shi Niang didn't want to spoil his mood. Thinking that there wouldn't be any adults coming here and it was just a group of their young friends, she nodded, "Alright." Lowering her head to look at Jian Wen, "The residence of Yang Zi Yun in Western Shu is simple and humble, and it also has the name Cao Xuan Tang. What do you think we should name this place, Brother Wen?"

  "Rushangzhai!" Jianwen stood up straight with a serious expression, "I want to become a great merchant first, then a Confucian..."

  Is there such a naming?

  Zhen Shining was choked by a mouthful of saliva and started coughing violently.

  Jian Wu pushed the door open and came in, just hearing this, he immediately glared, "What a ridiculous name, it's unbearable!" He shook his head vigorously, "No way. No way, this is my courtyard, you absolutely can't make a mess! I have to come up with a loud name..." He thought seriously for a moment, "Let's call it the Overlord's Residence!" With his head held high and chest out, he glared at Jian Wen, looking exactly like a little overlord.

  "I got up first!" Jianwen's face turned red.

  "This is my courtyard!"

  "It's mine too!" Jianwen refused to back down, "I'm the older brother. What I say goes."

  "Your sister said you're only one hour older than me!"

  ……

  They had another quarrel over a single word.

  Zhen Shining has one head and two big ones.

  Both names are too childish, and she doesn't like either of them. But this is a child's preference. They're still young, they like to hang their ideals high on the doorframe and then tiptoe towards them step by step. She has no reason to use an adult's will to obstruct them. Watching the two arguing incessantly, Zhen Shimu simply walked into the east house to see Li Changhai leading people to measure and arrange furniture.

  This house belongs to them, and the name is still up to them to decide.

  Was Jianwu's fist hard and unbeatable, or did Jianwen ultimately display the elegance of a Confucian scholar, retreating a step to reveal a vast and open world.

  The three small grass houses of the two brothers were officially named "Bawang Residence" from then on.

  Jian Wu was also very righteous. Seeing that his brother had finally given in, he also agreed to give him the entire west wall of the study room, allowing him to put up bookshelves and display his favorite books.

  Looking at Jian Wu's smug face, Zhen Shi Nang's temples throbbed. This child has been spoiled too much and is too overbearing, liking to act arbitrarily on everything. Will he have no luck with women in the future and be unable to marry a wife?

  What she hated the most was Shen Zhong's stubbornness, Zhen Shi Niang began to worry about her son's future, "Should I change this habit of his?" Zhen Shi Niang thought to herself, after thinking for half a day, she shook her head, "Since he didn't have a father from a young age, if the child isn't more overbearing, when she's gone, he'll be bullied to death."

  If you're too weak, you'll be bullied by your daughter-in-law in the future, right?

  The thought of her own son being taken away, controlled by another woman made Zhen Shi Niang's heart feel uneasy for no reason. She raised her head and saw the two little brothers discussing how to build a nest for Xiao Hei outside the thatched cottage, and couldn't help but shake her head with a smile.

  The child is only five years old, what's she worried about in such a muddle?

  Just then, Xia Ju hastily came over and said, “...The general is back.”

  Zhen Shiniang's body shook, "...... How did he come back again?"

  The leader is back, Zhen Shining doesn't dare to stay any longer, and instructs Qiuju for a few sentences, "Take care of Wen Ge and Wu Ge, let them have fun here." Zhen Shining returns to the ancestral mansion with Xiaohui in a hurry.

  Seeing Shen Zhong's gloomy face, Zhen Shi Nang guessed that he hadn't gotten over his anger from last night, so she personally went to the kitchen and stir-fried four small dishes, and also baked a pot of pancakes.

  It's better for enemies to make amends than to become entangled. He is always the boss, her breadwinner, so no matter what, she still has to try her best to maintain a good relationship with him.

  As expected, seeing her personally cooked dishes, Shen Zhong's mood greatly improved.

  After finishing dinner, he proactively stretched out his hand and asked her to change the dressing.

  "General, aren't you returning to the capital today?" asked Zhen Shi Niang, seizing the opportunity.

  "...I went to the Fenggu Valley camp." Seeing Zhen Shining raise her eyes, he hurriedly emphasized again, trying to cover up, "It's close by, just in time to come back and change the dressing." As he spoke, he remembered that when he saw Zhen Shining return from outside this afternoon, there wasn't even a single maid by her side. "How did you go out without bringing any servants?" He had been holding this in for an entire afternoon. Whenever Chu Xinyi went out, she was always surrounded by a crowd of people.

  Zhen Shi Niang's hands paused for a moment as she unwrapped the medicine, before she understood and lowered her head to continue, "The home of Ji Kuai's wife is just a few steps away, one step and you'll be there."

  Ba Wang's house is next to Xi Que's mother-in-law's house. Earlier, Zhen Shi Niang had told Shen Zhong Ge that she was going to Xi Que's mother-in-law's house.

  "...Next time, remember to bring a few more maids!" His body was originally not good, and on such a cold day, he actually ran around everywhere by himself. Just thinking about her accidentally slipping and falling made Shen Zhongge's heart tighten with anxiety, and he felt stifled all afternoon.

  "I understand." Zhen Shining softly responded, but in her heart she thought, "If I bring a group of people dressed up in fine clothes to visit the neighbors, won't it scare them off?" Although Wu Tong Town also had wealthy families, the area where she lived belonged to the commoner district. Among her left and right neighbors, apart from her own household, she hadn't seen anyone else with maids.

  "What kind of medicine is this?" Seeing her gentle response, Shen Zhongjie's gaze also softened, his eyes fixed intently on Zhen Shiniang's movements.

  Yesterday, he saw her dig out a lot of rotten flesh with his own eyes. Today, the palm of her hand is not swollen, although it still hurts a bit, but compared to before she treated it, it's already heaven and earth. He knows from personal experience that this medicine is better than all the knife wound medicines he has ever seen.

  Leading troops in battle, he discovered a superior wound medicine for knife injuries, Shen Zhongjie was more excited than anything else.

  "Cloud......" The four words "Yunnan Baiyao" almost slipped out of his mouth.

  This medicine is made by her on the basis of Yunnan Baiyao, which not only stops bleeding and activates collaterals, but also heals wounds without leaving scars after healing.

  "It was given by Doctor Jian." The voice paused for a moment. Zhen Shiniang turned and said.

  This is not considered lying, she is indeed Dr. Jian.

  "Do you have square roots?"

  Zhen Shiniang stopped in her tracks.

  Of course there is.

  But if she says yes, won't he think that he and Jian Dafu have a deep connection? And then discover that he is actually the famous Jian Dafu? After all, secret formulas are priceless treasures in any era. No one would give away their secret formula to someone unrelated without a reason.

  Seeing her stunned expression, Shen Zhongge also felt that he had asked too much. Even if there was a prescription, how would Jian Dafu give it to her, being neither relatives nor friends?

  Giving some medicine is already a great kindness.

  "Just smiled and said, '...I was just casually asking.'"

  Zhen Shining let out a breath and didn't want to continue the conversation, so she asked instead, "General, have you been at Fenggu Valley Camp for the past few days?" Yu Guang saw Shen Zhongge look up at her and quickly explained, "This medicine needs to be changed every day. If the general can't come every day, I'll prepare the medicine for you to take away, remember to come back in seven days to remove the stitches."

  Shen Zhong's face lit up with a good mood and he smiled. "...... I'll be training troops at Fenggu Valley this month."

  Does he mean to come over every day?

  Zhen Shining was startled in her heart, subconsciously lifted her head, and met Shen Zhongjie's warm smile. For a moment, she was stunned there.

  It was the first time Zhen Shiniang had ever seen him smile like this.

  Have to say, Shen Zhong's smile is very charming and has an absolute lethal effect on women.

  Seeing her staring at herself in a daze, Shen Zhongge's smile grew thicker, and he was about to tease her with a few words. But when he lowered his head, he saw the palm of the hand that had just removed the bandage, and he was taken aback. "What is this?" He stared at the several scars on his palm in shock, which were curved like centipedes.

  "Ah..." Coming back to her senses, Zhen Shi Nang hastily lowered her head and picked up the medicine bottle. "The general's wound is too deep and long, I sewed a few stitches for you yesterday."

  "... sewn a few stitches?" Shen Zhongge dodged her hand, holding up his right hand in surprise, "Can human skin be sewn with needle and thread?" He looked at Zhen Shiniang, "You just said that the stitches would be removed after seven days, did you mean this?"

  Zhen Shining suddenly thought of it, and in this era, there was no mention of suturing wounds.

  My heart skipped a beat.

  In a flash of insight, she blurted out, "The laparotomy mentioned in the biography of Hua Tuo is actually sutured with needle and thread."

  He stared at the suture on his palm in amazement, this suturing technique was really strange, yesterday it was still festering like that, today it already had a healing appearance, for a moment, he thought of those soldiers with severed hands and feet on the battlefield, many soldiers were not fatally injured at first, but they died from rotting wounds that could not heal... If this suturing technique is used in the military...

  How many lives will be saved!

  "...Is this the legendary Chinese suture technique?"

  Zhen Shining secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  "It's stitched with mulberry bark thread..." Calming her mind, Zhen Shi Niang regained her composure and took Shen Zhongjie's injured hand to change the dressing. She said casually, "I also occasionally saw it in a book, saying that stitching the wound tightens the muscles, making it easier to heal."

  Yu Guang secretly glanced at Shen Zhongge's expression, "At first, I didn't believe in these things either. It was that year when the mother hen at home mistakenly ate rat poison, and I couldn't bear to throw them away. So I cut open their gizzards, scooped out the food inside, washed the gizzards clean, and then put in corn that had been soaked in warm water before sewing them back up. As a result, all those chickens came back to life."

  It's not a lie, because it wasn't just one chicken that ate rat poison, but a whole batch. That year she really did perform such a small operation on the chickens. Recalling the scene at the time, Zhen Shi Niang couldn't help but laugh, "Ji Que and Qiu Ju were both stunned..."