Chapter 6: The Wet Nurse

  "Oh my! Grandma Zheng is so fierce! This is getting out of hand." Sheng Siyan followed with a ruckus, her small face smiling as brightly as rose petals.

  Everyone was stunned, and then she suddenly changed her tone and said: "But my mother is also very powerful. She says that if she can cure it, she will definitely be able to cure me."

  Cut! You're just bragging!

  Many children in their hearts despise Sheng Siyan for talking big, and on the surface they naturally follow with some disdain.

  These children have not yet reached the age where they can hide their true intentions.

  Of course, Sheng Siyan couldn't see them, even if they had a look of disdain on their faces, she wouldn't know anyway.

  But someone looked unhappy.

  Wang Er Ge bent down and picked up Si Yan, saying to the village children: "Si Yan's mother Wang Da Niang is indeed very fierce." Then he stared at the 7 or 8-year-old boy who jumped out first: "Huzi, didn't you have acne last year? Wasn't it Wang Da Niang who cured you? Don't forget the pain of your scars! We country people are kind and don't do unscrupulous things!"

  Many children think so too.

  Zheng's grandmother was so formidable that they had only heard about it from their cousin in the city earlier, but Wang's wife was so formidable that they all had a deep understanding of it.

  Since Wang Danni moved to this village five years ago, there have been fewer people getting sick in the village. They changed their tune and echoed Sheng Siyan, "Siyan is right! Our Wang Danni is no worse than Zheng Danni! What's so great about Zheng Danni? She's just a disciple of Old Master Sheng, if she can't cure it, she'd jump into the river..."

  The cousin in the city was somewhat displeased upon hearing this, but then thought to herself, what kind of world have these country kids seen? Why bother being on the same level as them?

  Besides, Sheng Siyan is a blind girl after all. She helped her mother speak, which was also reasonable. Smiling and teasing Sheng Siyan: "You're right. A dog doesn't despise its poor home, a child doesn't despise its ugly mother. One's own things are always the best. Little sister, you must remember this for your whole life!"

  This sentence sounds normal at first glance, but when everyone hears it, no matter how they listen, it sounds awkward.

  Although Sheng Sihyan was not born to lose face in front of the crowd and argue with people, she also knew that when hitting someone, don't hit their face; when scolding someone, don't expose their shortcomings. Leave a thread for all things, so it's good to meet again later. If you don't want to see each other, one stick will crack your head!

  Sheng Siyan smiled secretly in her heart, turned her head towards the direction where her cousin spoke earlier in the city, and asked softly: "Is your family a big household in the city? Being able to visit and socialize with big households is really making me envious!"

  The aunt in the city heard Sheng Siyan's words and felt very comfortable in her heart, secretly thinking that this young girl was indeed a connoisseur despite her young age. She said with restraint: "My family is not considered a wealthy household, but when the women of wealthy households have something going on, they will always invite my mother to take a look, draw a symbol, or invite a god and so on. You don't understand..."

  Sheng Siyan blinked her grayish-white eyes, clapped her hands and laughed: "Hey, isn't that just Shifu Ah? Your mother can still invite gods to draw talismans?! It's really too amazing! Too amazing! —— Cousin, Siyan is so envious of you!" Her face was full of envy, completely making people unable to guess what her true intentions were...

  But other village girls didn't have Sheng Siyan's mischievous ideas, nor her subtlety.

  They only knew that Shifu was one of the three aunts and six aunts, under the Daxia Dynasty, belonging to the lower nine flows, much lower than their status as farmers in this era.

  "Oh——! So it's three aunts and six grannies after all!"

  "It seems that living in Beijing isn't necessarily better than us!"

  "Sister, you must not despise your mother for being ugly, nor can you despise your family for being poor, remember?" The village children all burst out laughing and also followed suit to tease her back, returning the sarcastic words that the city sister had just said to Sheng Siyan.

  Although villagers are simple and honest, they can still distinguish between good words and bad words, kind intentions and malicious ones.

  The cousin in the city blushed, unexpectedly blurting out her family's true circumstances without realizing it...

  Her cousin was also surprised and asked: "So your aunt is doing this? I've never heard you guys mention it before?"

  The girl in the city hung her head in shame, flipped her long braid and ran towards the east of the village.

  The village children scattered in all directions.

  Wang Ergou smiled and asked Sheng Siyan, "Do you want to go for a walk?"

  Sheng Siyan nodded, got up from his body, and pointed to the small hedgehog at his feet with a straight face, "I'm going to take Ah Cai for a walk, it's getting fatter and can't eat much."

  The round and rolling little hedgehog curled up into a small ball with an innocent face, indeed looking very chubby.

  Wang Ergou patted her head, smiled and said: "Go ahead, I'll follow you from behind. After walking a circle, come back home for dinner. Although there's sunshine in the twelfth lunar month, it's still cold after staying out for a while."

  Sheng Siyan nodded and shook the rope tied to Acai, "Let's go, Acai, lead the way!" He said, following behind Acai as they walked forward.

  Wang Ergou walked behind her, thinking about what had just happened, and felt that there was something strange about it.

  It wasn't until he sent Sheng Siyan back home and returned to his own home for dinner that he suddenly slapped his forehead, remembering the place where something didn't feel right during the day.

  It turned out that he remembered, when Sheng Siyan pointed at Ah Cai who was leaning against her feet with his finger, the position of that finger was exactly right, not a single bit off! —— completely different from the times before when he randomly pointed.

  Wang Ergou thought to himself and couldn't help but secretly smile.

  His younger brother saw him like this and sneered: "Second Brother, are you going to marry a daughter-in-law? You're delighted!"

  "Daughter-in-law? What daughter-in-law?" Wang Ergou immediately perked up his ears and asked back.

  "Have you come to your senses?" His younger brother curled his lip again, "The cousin of Chunni's family from the east village has arrived. Our mother went to their house for a match and said she is a very good girl, wanting to tell you to take her as your wife, did you know that?"

  "Chunni's cousin? The one who came from Beijing today?" Wang Ergou asked casually.

  The king's father and mother also came to the table for dinner, talking about Chunni's situation, with great satisfaction in their words.

  Wang Ergou stroked his chin thoughtfully and asked, "Did they say what her family does?"

  "He said he was doing some small business." His mother served rice to the children at the table.

  Wang Ergou chuckled and said: "Doing a small business? How did I hear today that her mother is Shifu Po? The Shifu Po of San Gu Liu Po!"

  "What?! Is this true?! Who told you?!" His father immediately put down his chopsticks and asked seriously.

  Farmers marrying wives, although not as solemn as wealthy families, are definitely clean and honest.

  Three aunts and six grannies are of low character, they like to go from door to door gossiping and causing trouble, if one marries into the family, the household will be in chaos.

  Men who marry women with three aunts and six mothers-in-law are also of lowly origin.

  Wang Ergou said: "I heard it from Chunni's own mouth. Her mother often goes to the wealthy families to draw talismans and invite gods, what is this if not a master?"

  His parents exchanged a glance, shook their heads and said: "Fortunately, we knew in advance. Otherwise, if this marriage were to be concluded, it would be too late to regret it later. I'll go back to Chunni's house tomorrow and say that our family is out of reach, let them find another one."

  Chunni's cousin didn't know that just because she had a few more words during the day, she lost a good marriage...

  But the mastermind behind this matter, Sheng Siyan's little friend, had long forgotten about it. She had just taken a medicinal bath and was sitting on the bed, leaning against Wang Shi's chest, listening to Wang Shi read her medical books.

  Although she is blind, her memory is very good. These things, Wang recites once, and she remembers them firmly.

  After Wang discovered that she had this skill, she let Sheng Siyan memorize all the medical books at home, burning one after finishing each book...

  New book is coming, don't expect too much, please be more tolerant...

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