Of course Mrs. Liu was prepared. She had never let her two children who were pursuing official careers worry about such things at home.
When she heard Zhou Man ask, she gestured to Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu brought a plate of gold and silver coins to them and showed them, with auspicious words such as good luck and longevity printed on them. Mrs. Liu thought they were still young, so she grabbed a handful and gave them to Man Bao, smiling and saying: "
Let’s play with it.”
Man Bao held a hand full of gold and silver, and was extremely happy.
Mrs. Liu talked to Aunt Liu: "The purses sent from the sewing room are all filled with gold and silver needles. The purses edged with yellow thread are packed with gold needles, and the purses edged with silver thread are packed with silver needles."
She said to Bai Shan and Zhou Man: "You are adults this year. We still have red envelopes for you at home, but when we go outside, you are the ones who give red envelopes to others. If you are closer, you will give red envelopes to those who are further away.
Yes, I’ll give you a silver red envelope.”
Man Bao and Bai Shan nodded in agreement, expressing their understanding.
Today is New Year's Eve, and everyone in the family is busy. The three families have decided to spend the night together tonight, so the meals have to be prepared together.
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zheng arranged tea, dishes and other things. Anyway, they walked around and found that there was nothing they could do, so Man Bao calmly took the medicine box and went out to see Mrs. Mei.
Bai Shan remembered that he had already mastered the moves that Jie Ai taught him last time, so he went to Huguo Temple with her, just in time to ask Jie Ai for advice on new moves.
Jie Hui never expected that he would not let her go even during the Chinese New Year.
Man Bao went to see Mrs. Mei.
I took medicine after the baby was aborted yesterday, and she no longer has any pain today.
Man Bao only gave her a set of needles, and then gave her a new prescription, "Take this medicine for the past five days. You are undergoing confinement now. Do the confinement first, and we will look at the symptoms after thirty days."
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Seeing that Mrs. Mei was not very confident, Man Bao said: "You have a blockage between two discords. The cause has been found. The next step is to clear it up. This cannot be done in one day, and you still have a cold palace."
This disease must be treated in order to facilitate conception.”
She said: "It will take at least half a year to cure this disease. If it doesn't go smoothly, it may take one or two years."
Mrs. Mei was stunned, "So long? Can I still have children in one or two years?"
"Why not? In two years' time you will only be twenty-five, in your prime."
Mrs. Mei stopped talking. She was silent for a long time. She still felt that her father might be more reliable than her, so she said: "Mr. Zhou, why don't you show it to my father."
Manbao has no objection. Anyway, if one patient is treated, two patients will be treated."
But Mr. Mei had an objection. He had never thought about having another child, but when he saw his daughter crying again and again, he was also worried that she would be under too much pressure, so he thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Forget it, agree first, doesn’t it depend on him whether he survives or not?
But since treatment takes such a long time, it would not be good to stay in Huguo Temple any longer.
Mr. Mei wanted to rent a courtyard to live in the capital. When Manbao heard this, he thought for a while and said: "My fifth brother is more familiar with the capital. If Mr. Mei wants to rent a house, he can ask my fifth brother. Maybe he can be there."
Let’s rent a small yard in the city.”
That way it would be easier for her to see a doctor.
Mr. Mei agreed and decided to look for a house first and wait until the child is full term before moving.
Mr. Mei wanted to send Zhou Man down the mountain, but Man Bao refused with a smile and said, "I'm going to visit Master Jie Ai, so I'm not in a hurry to go down the mountain."
Master Jie Ai was eager for Zhou Man to go down the mountain immediately, because if she went down the mountain, Bai Shan would definitely follow her down the mountain.
However, neither of them was in a hurry to go home to celebrate the New Year, and actually stayed in the temple until the afternoon before leaving.
When they returned, all the shops on the road were closed, and there were very few pedestrians. Only a few people passed by in a hurry, all eager to go home for dinner.
Man Bao opened the curtain to look, and happened to see two government officials walking from the other side with sticks. Before they got there, they got into an alley next to them, and used sticks to drive two beggars in rags out, cursing.
: "You are looking for death. The shantang has prepared a house for you for the winter. There will be hot meals tonight. Why are you still wandering on the street? Who is the wretched person who froze to death at night? Come on, walk on..."
As he spoke, he led them to the charity hall in the outer city. When passing by their carriage, a yamen servant and another person said: "It must be Basi's group who didn't let them go. Basi is in charge of this area. Grandma's."
, The adults can’t spare their hands now. When they are spared, they can be punished and see how long they can be arrogant.”
"Okay, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Let's work harder. We will search all these alleys and send everyone to the charity hall. Let the brothers go there in person and tell the stewards inside to pay more attention. Tonight is New Year's Eve, so don't let them go.
It would be better for people to freeze to death outside."
Man Bao frowned and put down the curtain, and said to Bai Shan, "I heard the imperial doctor in the imperial hospital said that one of the three evils among the people is the beggar gang."
Bai Shan was curious, "What about the other two evils?"
"The first is corrupt officials; the second is green forest bandits."
Bai Shan thoughtfully said, "I'll ask Master Jie Ai another day. He also often walks among the people, and he is a monk. His perspective on things is very different from ours. I can understand corrupt officials and green forest bandits, why do they beg?"
Is your son also one of the three great evils?"
"It's not a beggar, it's a gang of beggars."
"Is it different?"
Man Bao shook his head, "It's different. Fourth brother is at home. You can ask fourth brother tonight."
There are a group of people under Zhou Lang who used to be beggars, no, they should be said to be refugees, and they should know more about these things.
Bai Shan will be a local official in the future, and the more he knows about these matters among the people, the better.
When the two returned home, they saw that everyone in the family was beaming with joy. Although the New Year was supposed to be joyful, the joy was obviously filled with excitement, so Manbao couldn't help but ask, "What's so happy about it?" Fang said with a smile:
"Sister-in-law is back. It's Li Zhong's (big head)'s daughter-in-law who is happy. It's such a coincidence that Li Jun is also a little uncomfortable today. Li Zhong's daughter-in-law took a look and she is also happy. The two of them are inseparable. Father-in-law and mother-in-law
I am so happy that I am giving out red envelopes in advance."
Man Bao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he dragged Bai Shan to receive the red envelope.
The two of them pushed forward and grabbed two of them, and said, "Dad, the red envelopes given out today don't count, they will have to be given out again tomorrow."
When Lao Zhou heard this, he snatched the red envelope from her hand and said, "Then you can give it out tomorrow, they all have the final say."
Man Bao caught the opportunity and glared, "Dad, Mr. Bai and the others will hand out red envelopes tomorrow, how dare you just watch? Today is a red envelope to celebrate Sanniang and Lijun's pregnancy, this does not count..."
Qian also glanced at Lao Zhou, snatched the red envelope and gave it to Man Bao, and said to them: "Yes, today's red envelope does not count, I will give you another one tomorrow."
She gave Liu Sanniang and Zhou Lijun double red envelopes, and said with a smile: "You are the only ones who are pregnant. Don't tell anyone outside, so as not to disturb the concubine. But we know it ourselves, so you don't have to get involved in the family affairs. Don't think about it."