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Chapter 21: Is this ringworm?

  Mrs. Li's eyes widened, what did you mean by this?

  Feng Yu Huan said again, "Father clearly said he would arrange for us to live according to the rules of the aunt's household, but I didn't expect that the aunts in the Feng manor would eat such meals. This life is much worse than in Xi Ping Village! You say, Father sent us away, isn't it just to let us live a better life? Father is really loyal and righteous!"

  Madam Yao and Feng Zi Rui were holding back their smiles, while Nurse Sun had a relieved expression. The current Second Miss was really different now, she would no longer be bullied by anyone in the manor, not only would she not be bullied, but she also learned how to counterattack. From the time they entered the manor until now, which one of those who came to provoke her got the better end of it?

  Li Auntie and Man Xi Bao Tang also collapsed, so what's the next step? This second miss completely doesn't follow their pre-planned routine! Didn't they say that Yao Shi is weak-willed and can be easily manipulated, and Second Miss has a cold personality and never argues about anything? But why does this Second Miss not only argue, but also argue in such a sensational and dramatic way?

  And then there's Yao, is this the appearance of being weak and arbitrary? Although others don't say anything, they are polite to them, but as soon as something happens, she immediately looks at her daughter with a glance, completely in the rhythm of closing the door and letting the second lady go!

  Mrs. Li's hand was still being grasped by Feng Yuexiang, and she began to sweat on her forehead. She gritted her teeth, secretly exerted herself, and prepared to make a desperate effort to pull her hand back.

  As a result, the strength was too great, and it just so happened that Feng Yu Heng suddenly let go of her hand, causing Li Mama to "ah" loudly as she sat down on the ground.

  Man Xi and Bao Tang hurried over to help, just as Feng Yu Heng said: "Hurry up with your work, I don't see the courtyard being very spacious either. Everyone should hurry up a bit, tonight you all shouldn't go to the kitchen to eat dinner, these meals are left for you. Alas, the food served to the concubines and illegitimate children in the Feng manor is already so poor, who knows how they treat their servants."

  She spoke with a serious expression and a worried face, looking as if she was really concerned about the food for Li's family.

  Mrs. Li was completely speechless, and with the support of Man Xi and Bao Tang, she walked into the courtyard, thinking to herself that she must find an opportunity to talk to the madam about this, as the second young lady was completely different from her previous impression!

  Everyone else had left, and Feng Zirui finally cracked a smile, even Yao Shi and Sun Nian's faces relaxed into smiles.

  Yao smiled and shook her head, "Ah Huang, you really are..." She didn't know what words to use to describe him, and the words got stuck in her throat.

  It was the old lady Sun who took over: "The second young lady is really too impressive!" She said, comforting Mrs. Yao, "Madam, don't blame the second young lady, you haven't been in the mansion for years and don't know that the current Feng Mansion is not the same as it was three years ago. If the young lady still had her original temperament..." she pointed to the food on the table, "we would only have a share of starving to death."

  "Yao nodded, 'I know all about it, no need to blame Ah Huang. We just have to think about how to spend our days. If every day is like this, what will we eat?'"

  Feng Yu Huan grasped Yao Shi's hand to give her strength, "Mother, don't worry, let them continue like this, we won't starve." Then she asked Sun Nian: "Nian didn't eat either?"

  He nodded awkwardly at the other person, then pulled out another piece of Hershey's from his sleeve and said, "Have a little something to eat first. We bought it on the road and we all had some earlier. This is specially left for you, Auntie."

  Grandma Sun gazed at the thing she handed over, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

  She watched Yao's family grow up, and personally raised Feng Yu Huan and Feng Zi Rui. At some point, she thought that these two would never come back, but now they can eat the pastries handed over by Ah Huan.

  The wife quickly turned around and wiped her face with a towel, then took the thing and brought it to her mouth. After eating, she finally calmed down and exclaimed: "What is this? It's so delicious!"

  "Sister's things are always the most delicious."

  Feng Yu Huan didn't want to explain what the thing was, so she quickly changed the subject: "Sun Auntie, go back to the kitchen in a bit and see if you can get some raw ingredients, bring some firewood too, we'll make dinner ourselves tonight."

  The old lady thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright."

  "If we really can't get it, then ask them for some scraps. Those leftover bits and pieces from the dishes they cut up, as long as they're clean, we can bring them back and still make something delicious."

  The cleaning work in the willow garden lasted until 4 pm, and Li's mother and two maids were both tired and hungry, their clothes were dirty, and their makeup was smudged, they had long lost the dignity of a first-class servant.

  The old lady Sun brought the untouched lunch to the side room, and several people looked miserable but were really hungry, so they had to eat.

  On the other hand, Feng Yu Heng used the leftover ingredients that Sun Mama had brought from the large kitchen to cook her own meal.

  From time to time, she would take out two eggs from the space and add some Chinese medicine that nourishes the blood into the porridge. Years of living in the mountains had left both mother and daughter slightly anemic, but nourishing their bodies couldn't be rushed, and she also had to be mindful not to arouse suspicion with the things she took out.

  A delicious dinner, although there was no meat, but fortunately it had been handled by Feng Yu Heng's hands, and with the help of some small things from the pharmacy, it was a must to be delicious.

  Sun Aunt immediately decided that from now on, she would go to the big kitchen every day to ask for leftover ingredients. Of course, cooking couldn't always be left to Miss, it was still up to her.

  But Feng Yuexiang didn't think so. She said, "I'll still do the cooking. I know some medicine and how to match ingredients to help Mother regulate her body."

  "Why don't you tell me, Second Miss, how to pair these ingredients?"

  "It's not necessary to go through so much trouble." Feng Yuexiang smiled and said, "Over the years in the mountains, I've gotten used to it. As long as Mother and Zirui are taken care of, that's all that matters."

  She said so, and Sun Shangshu couldn't argue anymore. However, regarding the fact that she had eaten at the same table as her masters today, she still had some thoughts: "Tomorrow, I'll just eat with Li Shangshu and the others again. This way will be more proper, in case it gets passed on to Madame Wang, it would be troublesome."

  Feng Yu Huan did not insist on this either, but only instructed her: "Li Nian and those two maids are not good people, be careful with everything."

  Miss, rest assured that I will keep a close eye on their little movements and report back to the second miss if anything is discovered.

  The Liu Garden has three main rooms, each occupied by one of the three masters. As Zi Rui is still young, Feng Yu Heng lets Sun Shi accompany him in his room.

  A room was partitioned off for Manxi and Bao Tang to live together, while a smaller one was arranged for Li Mama.

  With the precedent of lunch, Feng Yu Heng had made preparations for sleeping arrangements. She intentionally let Li Shun Hua go get the bedding and emphasized that there would be no special treatment, masters and servants would receive equal treatment. Whatever Li Shun Hua and the others used, the three masters would also use.

  In this way, Mrs. Li took the best quilt for herself in order to live comfortably.

  Sun Aunt helped the three of them make their beds, Man Xi and Bao Tang were very considerate, without being told, they started to prepare hot water for washing up in each of the three main rooms, Li Aunt also boiled hot water ready for everyone to bathe.

  The one who was serving Feng Yuexiang's bath was Manxi. She had previously noticed that Manxi had applied a very delicate layer of henna on her fingernails, but this little girl didn't think that after entering the Liu Garden she would do rough work for a whole day, and the henna on her fingernails had long since fallen off in patches. It was precisely because of this that the small problem exposed on her fingernails was completely taken in by Feng Yuexiang's eyes.

  The surface of the fingernails on all ten fingers have depressions and grooves, with severe cases forming cracks. The thumbnails on both hands have started to thicken, turning a deep brown color, with very serious sedimentation. The exposed colors of the other nails are also relatively dull.

  This clearly is ringworm.

  In the past, people didn't understand what ringworm was, especially the maids in this big house. If they got this disease, they wouldn't dare to see a doctor, for fear of being kicked out of the house if it got out. The masters and mistresses didn't care whether you were a high or low-ranking maid, nor did they care whether the illness was contagious or not; as long as it threatened their own health or offended their eyes, they would definitely drive you far away.

  Man Xi poured water into the wooden bucket and saw Feng Yu Heng standing on the side, staring at her without changing her clothes or bathing. She found it strange and called out: "Second Miss?"

  Feng Yu Heng stared straight at her hands, and hummed, earlier when she poured water, the water had overflowed from the full bucket and this girl had even kindly reached into the wooden bucket to test the water temperature.

  So, she had even more reason to be pleased - "It's great, although I'm not favored in the Feng manor and am even considered unwelcome, at least everyone who sees me has to call me Second Miss. If the second miss of the Feng family suddenly comes down with a strange illness, with strange growths on her nails and skin, do you think the Feng family would throw me out directly or find a doctor to treat me? And conveniently investigate the cause of my illness?"

  She had barely finished speaking when, overjoyed and subconsciously, she withdrew both hands into her sleeves, causing the wooden basin in her hand to fall to the ground with a loud "crash", splashing water everywhere.

  "Second Miss, what makes you say such a thing?"

  "Feng Yu's palm slammed onto the table, 'How dare you say such a thing?! I never thought my father was such a sentimental and righteous person, yet he actually supported that venomous Shen family to rise to power. The esteemed Madame Feng of the Feng Manor, actually sent a maid with eczema to serve me in my chambers, isn't this just a ploy to transfer her illness to me and bring about my demise?!'"

  She said the two words "Jia Xun", Man Xi didn't understand what was going on, this girl was so scared that she knelt down with a thud, and without caring about the status of the second young lady in the mansion, she started knocking her head loudly.

  "Spare Miss Two's life! Spare Miss Two's life!"

  Feng Yu Huan pulled a chair for herself and sat down, not speaking for a long time. Only when her emotions had stabilized slightly did she continue: "Although it's extremely impolite for an illegitimate daughter like me to criticize the legitimate mother, but what the legitimate mother has done is also nothing to be proud of."

  "This... this has nothing to do with the madam." Man Xi was so scared that her legs were trembling, "It's just me... Madam doesn't know anything about it, please don't tell madam, Second Miss, please have mercy on me!" Man Xi started another round of kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.

  Phoenix feather duster on the top of the ancient people's disease, can't even let her speak? Dizzy for a while, she said it was still useless?

  "If you continue to be like this, I'll go tell the mistress right now." She spoke with a threatening tone, "And also inform grandma about it. This isn't something to be taken lightly, if things get out of hand and someone gets sick, it won't end well."

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