Chapter Twenty-Four Naughty

  Inside Mr. Chen's house, the doors and windows were open, making the room bright and airy, unlike the gloomy darkness of the previous day.

  Jiang Yao took out the golden needle case.

  Li Taigong hesitated for a moment at one side.

  Yesterday was an emergency and couldn't be avoided, but today it's still in front of me, isn't that a bit too much?

  "Cheng Niangzi, do I need to avoid it?" he asked.

  The one who can cure Old Master Chen's incurable disease must have a unique and secret recipe, how could it be casually revealed to other doctors.

  The young junior is too shy to speak up, and as a senior, he should know better.

  "It doesn't matter," said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  Li Taizhen was overjoyed.

  "You've seen it, but you still can't learn." Chong Jiuniang continued.

  Can't this girl speak without gasping for breath?

  Li Taibai's face turned black.

  "Miss, who is your teacher?" he asked again.

  Everyone knows a famous doctor, but it's worth seeing which one has taught good apprentices.

  Jiang Yao thought for a moment.

  "I don't remember," she said.

  Can't remember? What's this all about?

  Forget it then, Li Taoyi flung his sleeve and sat down beside him.

  As for what others think, whether it's a misunderstanding or not, Cheng Jiaoniang doesn't care. From initially being anxious because she couldn't say complete and detailed words, to now getting used to it.

  Those who want to understand will naturally understand; those who don't want to understand won't understand no matter what you say. It's better to just leave it as is.

  Jiangniang stretched out her hand, and the maid hastily knelt down to help her roll up her sleeves.

  Chen Shao personally helped his father take off his clothes on this side of the bed.

  "Yesterday, you were still in a daze and didn't know the pain," said Jingniang, picking up a long needle and looking at Old Master Chen. "Today, your senses are all awake, it will hurt a lot."

  Mr. Chen smiled weakly.

  "My daughter, being ignorant and unaware is the most painful thing." He said with a trembling voice.

  "That's just what you think, a true feeling, but it's not like that." said Jingniang, and then she started sewing.

  Chen Shaokui sat at the head of his father's bed, clearly hearing his father let out a cry of "ah". His bitter and worried face suddenly changed color, his hands grasped the bedding beside him, and a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

  It hurts so much....

  Chen Shao clenched his fists involuntarily.

  Li Taizhen was also watching at this time, but he was looking at Cheng Jiaoniang, watching her needlework technique and guessing her strength.

  Having seen it but still can't learn it? Humph, is there anything in this world that can't be learned?

  But he looked and looked, really couldn't guess, seemingly light, this woman's forehead also showed fine sweat.

  Mr. Chen finally didn't hold on until the twenty-fourth needle was finished and fainted halfway through.

  She woke up again and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang who was sewing, letting out a long sigh.

  "Perhaps it's better to be ignorant and unaware?" she said.

  Mr. Chen smiled wryly.

  "He said, 'I would rather die than live without dignity, and I will not give up until I am dead.'"

  Jiang Yao curved her mouth and didn't say a word.

  "My daughter," Old Master Chen said weakly, "If I had let you treat me back then, would it have ended up like this?"

  Chen Shao and Old Master Chen gave Qiaoniang a secret signal on the side.

  Patients need comfort, doctors should all know this.

  "Of course not," said Cheng Jiaoniang. "At that time, there was no need to take any action, just three cups of yellow wine and a dose of medicine."

  That's all.

  Chen Shao and his brother exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

  "No." Chiang Niu said again, thinking of something.

  Mr. Chen looked at her with some expectation.

  "Two cups of yellow wine." said Cheng Jiaoniang, "At that time, I had already given you a cup of yellow wine."

  Girl, one must be kind and generous when interacting with others.

  Mr. Chen Shao and Mr. Chen Si looked at Cheng Jiaoniang, wanting to speak but unable to utter a word.

  Watching the daughter-in-law walk out, Chen's father and son let out a sigh of relief at the same time. The medicine had also arrived, and the two brothers waited to take it.

  "You all, treat this young lady well," said Old Master Chen. "In a moment of carelessness, no one knows what has been missed."

  Chen Shao brothers nodded in unison.

  Mr. Chen thought of something and smiled.

  "To say this, I'm afraid the Zhou family will feel even more deeply." he said.

  Old Mr. Chen had just woken up and no one had told him about these things yet.

  "Tell me in detail about this girl's background," he said.

  Cao Guanshi led four maidservants into the Chen family gate, where a group of young servants rushed over with sticks and nets.

  "Go to Huoshen Temple, there are many things behind Huoshen Temple..."

  "...there are more empty houses on the west side of the city, there are even more..."

  Yelling and shouting while not paying attention to the road almost got into an accident.

  "What is this?" Cao Guan Shi asked in fright.

  "Let's catch the canary and go." The little servant leading the way said with a chuckle.

  Catch sparrow? At this time?

  This is too much. Is no one in charge of the Chen family? Indeed, when there's trouble at home, people are anxious and unsettled, it's all chaotic.

  When they arrived at Cheng Yaojiao's residence, Cao Guan Shi was stopped again.

  "The young lady is sleeping, you can wait for a while." The maid said.

  There is a servant woman who can't help but look up at the sky, what time of day is this that's neither early nor late nor noon?

  This is when someone else is sick, how can it be more casual than at one's own home?

  Is that okay?

  They looked at Cao Guan Shi.

  Cao Guan Shi respectfully responded with a bow, calmly and quietly kneeling under the corridor.

  "Sister has also worked hard, go and rest soon." He said with a smile.

  It was the ladies of the house and even the maids in front of them who had not received such respectful treatment from Cao, so the servant girls exchanged a glance and hurriedly knelt down to wait under the corridor.

  Fortunately, this time she didn't wait as long as she used to, and soon Jiuniang woke up from her short nap.

  "Those few people didn't know what they were doing and bullied the mistress, and have already driven her to sell everything." said Cao Guan Shi, kneeling under the corridor.

  The door of the house was pushed open, and slightly raising one's head would reveal Cheng Jiaoniang sitting inside drinking water.

  "This is the newly selected person." Cao Guan Shi continued to say.

  The servant girl hastily stepped forward a few steps and made a curtsy to Jingniang.

  "Good." said Jingniang Cheng.

  Cao Guan Shi let out a sigh of relief.

  "What else do you need, miss? Just let me know." he asked again.

  Jiang Nang glanced at him.

  "I want to buy some things, you go with my maid," she said.

  Cao Guan was overjoyed.

  The meaning of "pei" is spending money, but now Cao Guan Shi is afraid that others won't spend their money on them.

  Two women came alone, if they opened their mouths and asked Chen's family for something, it would undoubtedly be another slap in the face of Zhou's family.

  It's okay, it's okay.

  Cao Guan Shi personally led the maidservant out of the Chen family gate.

  "We need some fabric for making clothes." The maid said, looking at the list in her hand.

  Every time after giving birth, her underclothes were all wet through. Her clothes were simple to begin with, and she only brought two or three pieces when she came, so there was no chance of changing them.

  "It was my fault, it was my fault. There are seamstresses at home, I'll go call them." said Cao hastily.

  Men don't care about this, women have to worry about such trivial matters themselves.

  At the beginning, three daughters-in-law from home went to Berlin Temple outside the city. The lady was in a hurry to remind the servant girls to bring spare clothes, only worrying that the morning dew and fine rain would wet their clothes.

  It turns out that whoever is kind to whom is kind, and a child without a mother is really pitiful.

  This thought flashed through his mind, and Cao Guan's back broke out in a fine sweat.

  Are you still not satisfied with how troublesome it is? Don't go looking for trouble when there isn't any.

  "No need, young mistress's clothes are simple, she said she wants to make them herself." The maid said.

  Is this foolish woman also good at needlework? Can she even make her own clothes?

  Cao Guan's affairs were no longer managed by him alone.