Chapter 26 The Shen Sisters
After Shen Qingqian returned, she immediately took out the herbs she had picked on the road and boiled them in an iron pot on Shen Yong's earthen stove, which was not very good.
The entire team had only five large iron pots, which were placed on mule carts in case of emergency.
There are seven cliff caves in total, and the Shen family's cliff cave was allocated a pot.
Wang Mazi threw away the things before he ran away, and Li Laosan picked them up again. He asked the strong people in the team to pull the carts unloaded from the mules and continue on the road. Even when they met the Jun people, they did not abandon the carts.
There was no other way. Their rations were in the car. Life was important, and food was equally important.
Seeing Shen Qingqian setting up a pot to boil medicine, Liang asked in surprise, "Sister Qian, when did you learn to do this kind of work? What is this for?"
Shen Qingqian said calmly, "I just learned this from Goudan's sister-in-law. Everyone has been hit by the wind and snow today. This medicine can prevent colds, and I want them all to drink some."
Upon hearing this, Liang quickly put down her work and walked over, pulling Shen Qingqian and saying seriously: "Sister Qian, I wanted to say this just now. You said you know a few herbs, so we can just drink them among ourselves. But after all, you haven't learned medical skills. What if something goes wrong by accident?"
Nowadays, women who study medicine will be looked down upon. There are no female doctors even in the palace, let alone among the people.
Master Shen is knowledgeable. Although he does not object to his granddaughters studying medicine, he will not openly support them.
The original person loved reading since childhood. When she said she knew the medicine just now, the Shen family thought she had seen it in a book by chance and did not suspect her.
But Liang was cautious and didn't want Shen Qingqian to take unnecessary risks.
"Mom," Shen Qingqian held Liang's hand and looked at her seriously, "Did anything happen after you drank the potion I gave you?"
Liang was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly realized that no one in their family seemed to have sneezed for most of the day.
She asked suspiciously, "Is your medicine really that good?"
Shen Qingqian nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
Of course, the medicinal effects were not from the herbs she picked up, which had little effect on humans, but from the medicine in the system's medicine box.
She didn't know what the ingredients of the potion were. Even little kids like Shen Qin and Shen Jin didn't catch a cold after drinking it. Anyway, she felt that it was much more effective than real medicine.
Wu also heard the conversation between Shen Qingqian and her daughter. While weaving the straw curtains she had just learned, she said, "Third sister-in-law, please don't stop me. I don't think Sister Qian is that ignorant. If we can drink the medicine ourselves, then outsiders will naturally be able to drink it even better."
In the past, she only thought that the daughter of the third wife was smart, but today she felt that this child was not only smart, but also kind-hearted.
Since Wu had spoken, although Liang still had some doubts, she did not try to stop her.
Most of the Shen family members were not familiar with household chores. Shen Qingqian was alone in making fire and boiling medicine, which aroused the curiosity of Shen Qingman and the others.
"Sixth sister, have you learned so many things just now?"
Shen Qingqian raised her delicate little chin and smiled proudly, "Yes, I said I learn things quickly."
Shen Qingman said ashamedly: "These things should have been done by us."
In ordinary farm families, girls can do everything at a young age. They are used to being wealthy and always want others to do everything for them. They never take the initiative to learn to do these jobs which they used to consider "lowly".
"Yes, Sixth Sister, why don't you teach me how to make fire? I will be the one to make fire from now on." Shen Qingxiao said hurriedly.
The twin sisters from the second house, fifteen-year-old Shen Qingyu and Shen Qingning, also rushed to ask Shen Qingqian to teach them.
Shen Qingqian accepted everyone who came and taught them everything she knew about the stove.
It is not easy for women to live in this society, not to mention that this was in ancient times when the social status of women was extremely low. It is definitely not a bad thing to master more survival skills.
Sheng Ze came in from outside carrying a bundle of firewood and saw Shen Qingqian busy at work.
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