Chapter Twenty-Two His Words

  Old Mr. Chen's house was in a mess and soon spread throughout the entire courtyard.

  "Wake up!"

  "I knew it!"

  "Heaven knows, I said I'd wake up at the latest in the morning, and I really did!"

  Chen Shao excitedly spun around in circles.

  "Hurry, hurry and invite Mrs. Cheng." He said with a trembling voice.

  Several maids rushed out at the sound of her voice and were stopped by Madame Chen.

  "Sanlang, didn't Chang's daughter say that she should take her medicine when she wakes up and shouldn't be woken?" she said.

  Chen Shao stamped his foot.

  "What she said was just a casual remark, don't take it seriously, she's just showing off her confidence." He said, waving his hand, "How can you listen to what people say and take it as gospel? Hurry up and go."

  To facilitate medical treatment, the residence of Cheng Jiaoniang was arranged to be very close to that of Old Lady Chen. While it was bustling on her side before dawn, it remained quiet as usual on this side.

  There were fewer lights in the courtyard than elsewhere, and the house was even darker, indicating that people inside were still asleep.

  Of course, the quiet refers to the servant of Jiangniang, and the four maidservants of the Zhou family were already sleeping uneasily. Hearing the commotion, they hurried out to take a look several times.

  At this time, a servant woman from the Chen family came over and was greeted with excitement and tension.

  "Sisters, how are you?"

  "The young lady is a divine doctor, the young lady is a divine doctor." The Chen family maids chorused in unison, their voices filled with reverence. "The old master has indeed awoken, please quickly invite the young lady."

  It's really awesome!

  The Zhou family servant woman was overjoyed and looked at the Chen family servant woman with great respect, feeling very pleased in her heart.

  "Sisters, wait a minute, we'll go and call." They said immediately, turned around and ran towards the main house. Before they took two steps, the door was pulled open by someone, and a figure stood out.

  You're not sleeping either, and you're also worried about the commotion over there, pretending to be calm.

  The Zhou family's servant woman thought to herself, just as she was about to go forward and pay her respects.

  "What are you doing?" The maid's low, discontented voice came first.

  "Sister, quickly tell the mistress, old master is awake." The maidservants hurriedly said with a smile.

  "She's awake, so she's awake. It wasn't said that taking medicine would make her better, don't disturb the young mistress." The maid said in a low voice.

  All the servants in Chen Jia's house were stunned.

  "Miss Half Cinnamon." A maid from the Zhou family collected her smile, with a hint of displeasure warning, "You don't understand this kind of medical matter, it's better to go and tell your mistress before making a decision."

  The maid let out a snort of laughter and took two steps outside, not forgetting to pull the door shut behind her, as the noise continued to carry inside.

  "I don't understand, do you?" she asked in a low voice.

  This impudent little girl!

  The women's faces turned red with anger. They were all trusted servants by Madame Zhou's side, and you, a mere maid in front of your cousin, dared to be so rude!

  "Is this how the Cheng family treats its servants?" a maid said with a scowl.

  Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a maid who scolded her.

  "What's wrong with you, Zhao family? Go away! Can't you understand human language?" she said in a low voice.

  The women were shocked and immediately felt ashamed.

  "You wretched servant girl, you are indeed impolite, hurry up and get a beating." they shouted.

  If this weren't at the Chen's house, such an impudent maid would have been slapped down long ago.

  The maid stood under the eaves, looking at the four servant women. The sky was about to brighten but had not yet done so, and the lamplight grew increasingly dim, casting an unclear shadow on her face.

  "What did you say? Are you going to hit me?" she said with a smile again, "It's true, such rudeness deserves to be beaten."

  The maids in Chen's family have all been driven silly.

  What's going on...

  Chen Shao paced back and forth in the room, looking out the window with a sigh of anxiety.

  "Why hasn't he come yet? Why hasn't he come yet?" he said to himself.

  "Here." The servant woman outside the door shouted.

  Everyone was overjoyed and rushed to welcome them, but it turned out that only two maidservants hurried in, with no one else following behind.

  Chen Shao and others were slightly surprised.

  "The maid said that the young lady said not to disturb her sleep, when she wakes up, she will take the medicine herself, and she will come over after she wakes up." The servant woman replied timidly.

  Madam Chen couldn't help but glance at her husband.

  It's not what you say but how it is heard.

  Chen Shao was stunned, this daughter-in-law...

  "There is more." The servant's wife wanted to speak but hesitated.

  "What's wrong?" asked Madame Chen Shao with a frown.

  "Just now, I went to call the young lady, and the woman from the Zhou family and that maid had a fight... " The servant woman said with her head down, "That maid wants those four women to leave..."

  In fact, it's still polite to say "go back", what the maid said was "get out".

  What?

  Chen Shao swung his sleeves.

  What's going on here?!

  Madam Chen comforted him.

  "I'll go and have a look," she said, hastily beckoning the servant girl to lead the way, and several people quickly left.

  Chen Shao and others on this side let out a sigh of relief with an indescribable feeling.

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, let's take the medicine first," said Li Taigong, handing over the prescription written by the maid according to the instructions of Cheng Jiaoniang to Xiaotong.

  The little boy hurried off to decoct the medicine.

  "Third son, third son, is that...that daughter-in-law coming?" Old Master Chen's hand trembled as he stretched it out from the bed.

  Chen Shaobang walked over and looked at his emaciated father, who was no longer human in shape. It is said that a man has tears but does not easily shed them, only when he reaches the point of heartbreak.

  "Yes, Father." He said with tears, kneeling down and holding his father's hand, "It was all my fault for being unfilial, causing Father to travel far and wide to get to this point."

  "Third brother, don't say that." A paternal uncle came over shaking his head and said, "Didn't the aunt say that Uncle had been ill for a long time? If he hadn't followed you on the road, they wouldn't have met Madame Cheng on the road. At this point, we would really be at a loss."

  Other brothers in the house were busy matching.

  "It's not the right time to talk about this now, but finally there is hope. That Mrs. Cheng said she can cure it, that's good."

  "Medicine is urging medicine."

  Outside the house where Jiang Yao was resting, four maidservants looked embarrassed.

  "Madam is making a scene again..." they said with their heads down.

  Mrs. Chen's eyes swept over them, saying nothing.

  "Taiye's illness is serious, sleeping more or less doesn't matter." A servant woman said, "This is our family affair, let the lady see the joke."

  "Our daughter is young and this girl is also young. Since childhood, no one has taught her well, she doesn't understand things, I'm afraid the mistress will laugh at us." Another one hastily said.

  Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment.

  Logically speaking, this is indeed other people's family affairs, but...

  Her eyes floated in front of her last night after the people from Zhou's family left, and she remembered the expression and words of Mrs. Cheng.

  When facing the people of the Zhou family, they say that the patient cannot move, and as soon as they leave the people of the Zhou family, they immediately say it's not necessary to look.

  It can be seen from this that this daughter is not for the Chen family to show off, but rather seems reluctant to go to the Zhou family.

  Mrs. Chen's hands clenched into fists under her sleeves.

  "Alright, you all go back first," she said. "We are asking her to treat an illness, what if she gets unhappy? You yourselves have nothing to lose, but we will be in a difficult position. Just consider it as your wife being accommodating and tolerant of me for once, and listen to her."

  Four women were stunned.

  The morning light gradually shines into the room, and the sky is bright.

  Jiangniang turned over and stretched out her arm from under the quilt.

  "Miss, would you like some water?" The maid asked from outside the curtain.

  "I want to." said Jingniang.

  The maid lifted the curtain and came in, knelt down, and handed her a cup of warm water.

  Jiang Nang sat up and took a bite.

  "What's wrong, choosing seats?" she asked.

  The maid's face showed obvious signs of fatigue from lack of sleep.

  "I'm not as lucky as you, I need a day or two to get used to a new place before I can sleep," she said with a smile.

  Jiangniang handed her a glass of water.

  "It's not a blessing either." She said, lifting up the quilt and getting out of bed, "Anywhere is the same to me."

  No one knows each other, all are strangers here.

  The maid didn't know how to respond to this topic, and she didn't say anything if she didn't understand it. She helped Cheng Jiaoniang get up.

  Jing didn't ask about Old Master Chen's affairs, so naturally the maid wouldn't bring it up on her own initiative, which left only Yatou, the servant waiting outside, in a difficult situation.

  "Haven't you gotten up yet?"

  "He's already taken his medicine over there, and Master still wants me to come take a look..."

  "Don't you go and rush them, those four people from the Zhou family have been driven away. If they get angry, one sentence will drive you away too, what can you do?"

  Whispers and casual conversations outside, suddenly the door was pulled open, and everyone stood up in silence.