Wang Ping'an sat behind the desk, looking at the big plates and small dishes on it, secretly sighing in his heart: "If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have accepted this companion reader. Goodness, just one day has passed, and internal family conflicts have already arisen!"
Korain Wu had just arrived, and naturally wanted to make a good impression on Wang Ping'an. She was adopted by Aiyidin's sister from a young age and received a good education. After entering the Hamiti family with Aiyidin's sister, she received comprehensive education. Her identity is special, Hamiti raised her in order to marry her off, to make connections with officials and nobles, specially invited several masters to teach her various skills.
Ke Lian was skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and cooking, with no exceptions. Whoever Hamiti gave her to would quickly win the master's favor. Hamiti owed his life to Wang Ping'an, so he sent Ke Lian into the Wang household, both to repay Wang Ping'an and to let her learn some medical skills.
When Ke Lian heard that she was to be given to Wang Ping'an, she was truly delighted. Being given to Wang Ping'an was far better than being given to the old lecher. Not only were they of similar age, but also since Wang Ping'an had not yet taken a wife, she could gain great advantage from this situation. As long as she won Wang Ping'an's favor, it was possible that in the future she would not have to be a concubine and could directly become his legitimate wife. For a girl of her status, being able to become a legitimate wife without being reduced to a plaything was already an enormous stroke of luck.
She had entered the Wang family, only to discover that things were not as they seemed. By King Ping's side was a childhood sweetheart and adopted daughter-in-law, which made things complicated. Even if King Ping did not marry a noble lady in the future and chose a wife from those around him, he would still have to choose Ding Danru first before considering her, but Ding Danru clearly did not like her, so wouldn't her future days be difficult?
Ke Lianwu got up before dawn to make some flatbreads with sheep's milk and flour, as well as four plates of grassland snacks. As soon as Wang Ping'an woke up, she immediately brought them over.
Ding Dan saw that she was so diligent in serving Wang Ping'an, and her sense of crisis surged. She quickly ran to the kitchen, personally cooked some plain porridge and small dishes that Wang Ping'an usually loved to eat, made a few more, and brought them all to the study together.
Then, Wang Ping'an looked at the table full of breakfast, shook his head and sighed. These two little girls had been competing with each other since they met, and would continue to quarrel in the future. He pointed to the large plates and small dishes, saying: "You've made so much food, enough for me to eat for five days and still have leftovers. Isn't this a waste? Alright, you two sit down too, let's eat together. Don't make so much food again in the future."
Ke Lianwu responded with a soft "en", and sat down very obediently and gently to the left of Wang Ping'an, planning to have breakfast together.
"Good heavens, you barbarian woman from a foreign land, truly have no manners and don't understand etiquette. How can a servant sit at the same table as her master to eat? Quickly get up and go sweep the courtyard!"
Ke Lian hummed and said, "You don't understand the rules. Whatever Young Master tells us to do, we have to do it. You're not listening to Young Master's words, that's what's not understanding the rules. I think you should go sweep the yard, one of me is enough to accompany Young Master!"
Two little girls, four big eyes staring at each other with anger, their small mouths pouting at the same time!
"Wang Ping'an hastily said: 'Alright, alright. Dan Ruo, you sit down, everyone eat together, after eating I still have to study!' Only then did Ding Dan Ruo sit down beside his right hand."
As soon as Wang Ping'an started eating, he immediately regretted it. If he had known they would be like this, he might as well have sent them both to the kitchen together. Ke Lianwu picked up a strip of meat and put it in his bowl, saying: "Young master, try some of this!"
Ding Danruo immediately stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the shredded meat from Wang Ping'an's bowl and threw it onto the table, saying: "The young master won't eat what you cooked, it's all smelly! Young master, eat this!" She then put a small piece of pickled vegetable into his bowl.
Ke Lianwu faced the challenge, not retreating in the slightest. She immediately picked up her chopsticks and scooped out the small salted vegetable from Wang Ping'an's bowl, throwing it onto the table with a "clatter". She said: "Young master, eating this will give you diarrhea, you'd better eat what I made!"
"Stop!" Wang Ping'an could no longer bear it, pointing to the door and saying: "You two go eat in the kitchen, I won't call you back, don't come back!"
Two little girls stood up with a look of reluctance, and when they left the study, they really took three glances back at Wang Ping'an, hoping that Young Master would call them back.
Wang Ping was also hesitant in his heart, wondering if he had been too severe. Why not call them back? Just as he was hesitating, the two little girls came out of the door and immediately started blaming each other. Ke Lianwu said: "It's all your fault, the young master originally wanted to keep me, but drove you away!"
"It should be your fault, Master has never driven me out of the study before, this is the first time, it's all because of you!" Ding Dan retorted.
Wang Pingan didn't hesitate anymore. What he had just done was right, and he should drive the two of them out and stay in the study room to continue reading and writing.
But thinking about it is also funny, generally speaking, a little girl in a strange place would be afraid for a few days, but Lianwu didn't show any fear at all. On the first morning after entering the door, she dared to take action and grab the land, really having the boldness of a Turkic woman. Danruo usually looks weak and delicate, but when faced with threats, she can immediately take action to defend her territory. The courage of Tang women is not inferior to others at all. How did I not discover that this little girl was a fierce girl before?
As he thought, he ate, and after finishing his breakfast, he didn't even bother to call someone in to clean up, but instead pushed the dishes aside and started writing medical books again. He had already written more than 30 prescriptions for treating difficult and complicated diseases, planning to write a few dozen more to make a total of 100, and then revise and edit them before publishing them, which would be considered a contribution to the medicine of the Tang Dynasty.
But the two little girls arrived at the kitchen and continued arguing. Ke Lianwu said: "Dan Ruo, younger sister..."
"You called me 'sister' yesterday!" Ding Dan said with a huff.
Ke Lianwu still wouldn't budge: "Danyu, little sister, just now I saw a young man smiling at you, seemingly having a crush on you. Why don't you marry him and settle down early? I'll give you both a big red envelope as a wedding gift, and when you have children, I'll give an even bigger one!"
Ding Danru was almost faint with rage: "He's laughing at you, laughing that you look like a monster, you must be a monkey transformed, a white-skinned yellow-haired monkey!"
Just then, they heard someone outside the door calling out: "Two young ladies, please give some medicine, I'm in a hurry to save my neighbor!"
The kitchen is located in a secluded corner of the side yard, and for the convenience of transporting dishes and meat, there is a direct gate that opens to the outside. Normally, the Wang family servants do not go through the main gate, but rather this small gate. If villagers have business, they also come to this small gate first, and if they have something to discuss, they will speak with the servants first before going to find the master or mistress.
The little girls saw a middle-aged man standing outside the courtyard, dressed as a farmer, and guessed he was a tenant of the Wang family. Ding Dan asked: "What disease did your neighbor get, and where is he now?"
A middle-aged man, honest and simple, ran with a head of sweat, didn't wipe it off, and anxiously said: "Just now I went to the field to work, found Fusheng lying on the ground, I hurried back to the village to call people, his wife had already led people to carry him home, I came here to ask Dongjia for medicine, looking at Fusheng's appearance like diarrhea, Xiaodongjia is a young doctor, must have good medicine, so I ran over!"
Ding Dan said with a smile, "Diarrhea is just a minor illness, no need to be so anxious!"
The middle-aged man shook his head and sweat dripped from his face, saying: "It's not a minor illness, the person is in so much pain that they've fainted, if we don't save them soon, it'll be too late!"
"No matter if it's a big problem or a small one, Young Master has a way to cure it! You wait here, I'll go and tell Young Master..." Just as Ding Dan turned her head, she found that Ke Lianwu was nowhere to be seen. She quickly turned around to look for her, only to see Ke Lianwu holding up her skirt and running in the direction of the study, already dozens of feet away, clearly trying to rush ahead to tell Young Master first.
"Good heavens! This demon, this demon has a lot of tricks up his sleeve!" She lifted her skirt and also ran towards the study.
The middle-aged man saw it with his own eyes and was moved in his heart. These two little girls were really kind-hearted. As soon as they heard that someone in the village was ill, they ran to tell their master. They are truly good people!
Ke Lian rushed into the study ahead of everyone else, panting: "Young Master, in the kitchen... someone is going to die..."
Wang Ping'an was shocked, threw down his pen and stood up, shouting: "You beat Dan Ruo?" The little girl was just vying for favor, it wouldn't lead to murder, I should have known better than to let them go to the kitchen, where there are knives!
Ding Danru also rushed in at this time and said breathlessly: "Diarrhea is going to kill someone!"
In the kitchen, diarrhea, to take a life? How can you run into the kitchen to have diarrhea, is this reasonable! Wang Ping'an quickly ran out of the house and rushed towards the kitchen. When he arrived at the kitchen, he saw a man standing outside the open side door, looking anxious. He immediately understood what was going on, that the little girl hadn't made it clear, someone had fallen ill, and this man had come to report the news!
A middle-aged man saw Wang Ping'an arrive and hastily came forward, saying: "Young master, you've finally arrived! Fu Sheng's crops are doing well, the old master often praises him, you must save him!" He was anxious in his heart and couldn't get to the point of what he wanted to say.
"Is he at home now? Let's hurry, we can talk on the way, don't waste time!" He quickly walked out of his own courtyard and followed the middle-aged man to Wang Fusheng's house. For a moment, it felt like rushing to an emergency in a past life.
Recently, many friends around me have caught a cold. I hope book friends won't catch a cold and specially offer a simple and effective food therapy prescription for book friends' reference.
Cold mixed Chinese cabbage: Half a catty of Chinese cabbage, cut into segments, blanched in boiling water until cooked, drained and cooled. Then add sesame oil, vinegar, refined salt and monosodium glutamate, marinate to taste, eat at will. Can effectively treat feverish thirst, constipation and diarrhea, simple and practical.