Chapter 27 Delivery of Goods

  "Is anyone home?" A loud voice came from outside the door, accompanied by a series of knocks. "I'm Xiao Si, here to deliver goods on behalf of Rong Sheng Gongzi."

  Delivering goods?

  Three people in the room, you look at me, I look at you.

  Qiu Ju suddenly jumped up high, "I'll go take a look!"

  "Be careful, make sure you're accurate before opening the door." Zhen Shi Niang also stood up with the help of the bed frame.

  He was the second pillar of the grain shop, pushing three or four bags of rice and flour, a large bucket of oil, etc. at the door. Qiuju often went to buy grains and recognized him, so she quickly opened the big door, "Second pillar brother, what are you doing?"

  "It was Old Master Rong who bought the rice noodles and had Xiao'er deliver them over." Er Zhu's face was full of smiles, "He said that as long as he mentions Rong Sheng, you'll know what it's about."

  "It's General." Qiu Ju turned her head to look at Zhen Shi Niang who followed out.

  "Bring it on." Zhen Shi Niang ordered.

  Just after sending away the second pillar, a butcher's apprentice arrived with twenty catties of pork. Next, an apprentice from the brocade workshop brought over several sets of brand new bedding. What made Zhen Shi Niang cry and laugh at the same time was that Li Qi's wife from Rui Xiang Medicine Shop personally delivered two catties of donkey hide gelatin, "It's a goods ordered by Rong Da Ye, let me deliver it to you."

  Watching Li Qizhen's wife with a puzzled expression, Zhen Shiniang vaguely explained: "...... I accidentally saved the general's concubine last year, probably he came to repay the kindness." She also said, "The general heard that my surname is Jian and asked if it was the Jian Dafu who made donkey-hide gelatin, saying he wanted to help me contact the hospital to send the gelatin."

  Li Qi's wife's expression suddenly became tense, "Did Ah You agree?"

  Zhen Shi Niang burst out laughing, “...If I agreed, why would he still let you deliver the donkey hide gel here?” Her expression suddenly turned serious, “I'm not feeling well, and I was also afraid that if the hospital needed it urgently and in large quantities, I wouldn't be able to supply it, so I lied and said that the donkey hide gel wasn't made by me.” She quietly looked at Li Qi's wife.

  Li Qizhen's wife wiped her sweat and said, "Don't worry, Ah You, I absolutely won't reveal your identity."

  It's a joke that she would send goods to the hospital, her family's pharmacy business would immediately plummet. It's all because Jianji Agarwood became famous that her pharmacy has today's prosperity.

  This money tree, she's going to hold on to it tightly.

  A thought flashed through her mind, and Li Qizhen's wife's face turned even more charming.

  Zhen Shining nodded in satisfaction.

  See off Li Qizhen's wife, and the three masters and servants looked at each other in a room full of things.

  The magpie looked puzzled, "Since we've already said our goodbyes, General, why are you still sending these?" Don't let people misunderstand.

  "I don't know." Zhen Shi Niang said with a self-mocking tone, "Probably he wants to bribe me so that I can divorce him happily?" But in her heart, she sighed, "He doesn't allow me to show my face again, what a selfish and overbearing man!"

  This morning she said that she doesn't socialize with outsiders, and these firewood, rice, oil, and salt won't fall from the sky. He immediately sent over these firewood, rice, oil, and salt, showing his sincerity.

  "Miss didn't say a single serious word." Xīquè shook her head in dissatisfaction.

  "He sent it over, so we'll eat!" Zhen Shiniang said calmly.

  She was still his nominal wife after all, and he came to stay for one night. She served him without any ambiguity.

  The magpie let out a sigh, if it weren't for Xiuniang reminding her, she would have been delighted to see these things. Now, she wouldn't foolishly think that Shen Zhongge had changed his mind and wanted to treat her mistress well. "This person's thoughts are truly becoming more and more incomprehensible."

  She shook her head again, and a layer of gloom settled over Xiao Que's heart.

  ……

  Chu Xinyi lay calmly on the beautiful couch, with a delicate white jade cup placed beside her, containing pearl powder made from the finest Dongzhu pearls. Chun Hong was half-kneeling beside the couch, gently massaging Chu's cheeks with a green ancient jade stick shaped like a rolling pin, and said in a low voice, "Third Master just sent word that General went to Wutong Town yesterday."

  Third Master is Chu Xinyi's maternal third cousin, named Yang Tao. He was originally a idle person, but after Chu Xinyi became successful, he came to rely on her and was specifically responsible for inquiring about external affairs of the General's Mansion.

  "Going to Wutong Town?" Chu Xinyi suddenly opened her eyes and sparkled brightly.

  He finally decided to get rid of Zhen Shiniang!

  But after being neglected for five years, would Zhen Shiniang be willing to let go?

  She thought of this and pushed Chun Hong, "......you go see if the general is back, which yard did he go to?"

  "Yes." Chun Hong responded with a single word, just standing up, and then heard the bright voice of the little maid outside, "General is well!"

  He's back!

  Chu Xinyi's body shook slightly, "......Quickly, quickly, put these away."

  Quickly putting on her shoes, by the time Chun Hong had tidied up the beautiful bed, Chu Xinyi was already sitting on the edge of the bed doing needlework.

  Born of humble origin, Shen Zhongke had always disliked extravagance. As for these details, Chu Xinyi dared not be careless in the slightest. At least, before she became his official wife, she couldn't let him feel even a little uncomfortable.

  Otherwise, with her heart, she wouldn't have kept those four aunts around until now either.

  "The general is back." Seeing Shen Zhongge push the door and come in, Chu Xinyi put down the embroidery in her hand and went up to greet him. Her eyes fell on the paper package in his hand, and she asked, "What's this?"

  "It's a simple prescription for donkey-hide gelatin." Shen Zhongge sat down in the chair, "Divide a portion out and find someone to deliver it to the Zhong Tang Fu." On the way back, he heard that even Doctor Zhong was unable to cure Xiao Yu's mother's illness, which made Shen Zhongge worry about him.

  "The maid servant immediately sent someone to send it away." Chu Xinyi responded with a sound, "The maid servant heard that this Jian Dafu specializes in treating difficult and miscellaneous diseases that ordinary doctors cannot cure. He rarely appears in front of people, but the medicine is effective, he is a true recluse. General, why not recommend him to Xiao Zhongtang to try?" If Xiao Ye could invite that Jian Dafu to come to the capital city, she would take the opportunity to go and see.

  I heard that Jian Dafu is exceptionally good at treating infertility.

  Shen Zhong's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "As the saying goes, when you're ill, you try all sorts of doctors. This might just work." Then he remembered Xiao Yu's words, "...even with a bunch of people, they couldn't find anyone good, Mother's temper is getting more and more violent, she won't even let me find a bunch of mediocre doctors to bother her." He sighed softly to himself, thinking, "This matter can wait for now, I'll just have to wait until the day I go see this Jian Daifu myself, and then we'll talk."

  Shen Zhong's silence was met with Chu Xinyi's gaze, which shifted slightly as she prepared to speak, but just then Chunlan poured a pot of Tieguanyin and brought it over.

  Chu Xinyi took over and personally poured a cup, but didn't sit down. She opened the paper package, picked up a piece of donkey hide gelatin, and looked at it in the sunlight for a long time. "This is the standard amber color." She tapped her finger on it. "The luster, the hardness, the texture are all ten times better than those of the imperial physician! The donkey hide gelatin from Wutong Town is indeed famous for its quality!" She looked at Shen Zhongjie with joy, "Thank you, General!"

  Shen Zhong Xiao smiled and started drinking tea.

  "General went to Wutong Town, didn't go to the ancestral house to see Big Madam?" Put back the donkey hide gelatin, let Chunhong collect it. Chu Xinyi sat down opposite Shen Zhongke, "Is... is she okay?" She stole a glance at Shen Zhongke's expression with her spare vision.