Chapter 016 Dad’s dad is called Grandpa
Fortunately, the place the boy took Chen Ning to was not far away and not remote. It was Anfu Temple in the county town.
Anfu Temple was originally a Taoist temple, but a few years ago, all the Taoist priests in the temple were dispatched to fight against Japanese pirates, and none of them came back. They left a will to hand over the temple to the county government for management to accommodate the homeless poor people.
Seeing that they were in Anfu Temple, Shen Ning's vigilance was dispelled. When she followed the young man into Anfu Temple, she saw that the courtyard of the Taoist temple was full of people in tattered clothes.
Although Anfu Temple takes in these poor people, there are too many poor people in the world and it cannot take care of them all. Therefore, you can rest for free in the inner courtyard of Anfu Temple, but if you want to live in the houses, you have to pay a certain amount of silver.
Compared with other accommodations, the charges here are already extremely cheap, but some people still cannot afford it, so they sleep under the corridor in the courtyard to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Shen Ning followed the young man into a room and was stunned as soon as she entered.
The room was not big, but there were more than a dozen people crammed in... They were all teenagers, and the one she brought here looked the oldest.
"Brother Yuanyue, who is she?" A young man suddenly sat up, obviously weak, but Shen Ning saw that the young man's hand reached behind his back as if holding something.
The young man named Yuanyue who brought her back whispered, "Doctor, she knows medicine."
The young men looked at each other, all gloomy and wary. The young man who asked the question still had his hands behind his back, looking at Chen Ning quietly.
Shen Ning didn't look at him, but walked directly to the girl who was placed on the bed and started to take her pulse again.
It was indeed a poison, but the toxicity was very strange... Her memory of her previous life was not perfect, but it was almost there. She quickly searched her mind for the medical records she had learned.
Afterwards, he lifted the girl's eyelids and looked at her eyeballs, tongue coating, and fingernails and toenails.
After a while, Shen Ning stood up: "I'm not sure I can cure it yet, but maybe I can suppress the toxicity temporarily, and then try slowly."
The young man Yuan Yue's eyes suddenly brightened: "Really?"
The boy who had been cautious in asking questions pursed his lips and said, "Brother, do you believe him?"
Yuanyue stopped talking.
Shen Ning smiled and said, "You don't have to trust me. I'll write a prescription and you can go get the medicine and boil it yourself. If it works, we'll talk later."
She went out to find the temple's manager to borrow paper and pen. After she left, someone spoke in the room again.
"Brother Yuanyue, if we are discovered, we will all die."
Yuan Yue said indifferently: "You will die if you hide here."
No one spoke.
Yuanyue added, "Let's try her prescription first. July can't stand it anymore."
Now, no one said anything...
Shen Ning borrowed a pen and paper and wrote down the prescription, but when she returned to the outside of the house, she saw a group of people blocking the door with ferocious looks.
"With so many of you living in one room, I'm being kind enough not to charge you any extra water bills. Now that you can't pay the rent, you still want to shirk your responsibility? Get lost!"
The leading man, wearing a royal blue robe with gold edges, held a stick in his hand and slammed it against the door: "Get out of here!"
In the room, Yuanyue silently carried July on his back, and the other boys also helped each other to stand up.
Looking at the group of embarrassed and silent children, Shen Ning stepped forward: "I will pay for their room."
"You fucking..."
The man holding the stick cursed and turned around, but when he saw Shen Ning, he was stunned at first, and then his expression immediately softened: "Young lady, what is your relationship with these people?"
He introduced himself: "I am Pan Jinlian, the manager of this area. What is your name, young lady?"
Shen Ning's smile didn't reach her eyes: "How much is the room fee?"
Seeing that Shen Ning didn't respond, Pan Jinlian snorted coldly: "The room fee is not expensive, five cents a day, but there are so many of them, we can't book another room."
Chen Ning took out three taels of silver and said, "Then please give them five rooms, and reserve them for the twelfth day first."
Pan Jinlian took the silver with a chuckle, his fingers rubbing restlessly against the back of Shen Ning's hand, but Shen Ning quickly dodged.
Thinking that these children still had to live here and she herself would not stay here for long, she forced herself not to kick this guy.
She walked over to Yuanyue and said, "I've paid for the room. Come on, go in first."
A clerk had already handed over a few more keys. The boy, who had been wary before, took them without saying a word. Yuanyue put July back on the bed, and the boys all returned to the room and closed the door.
Blocking the outside world from view, Shen Ning took out two taels of silver and handed it to Yuan Yue: "Use this money to buy medicine and eat. I'll come back later when I have time. Remember to give her light food, avoid raw, cold and greasy food."
Yuan Yue pursed her lips, paused for a moment, reached out to take the silver, and still did not speak.
"Then I'll be leaving first."
Shen Ning turned and went out.
But I never expected that when I arrived outside Anfu Temple, Pan Jinlian was still there. When he saw Chen Ning, he immediately came over.
"Where are you going, young lady?"
"I am the magistrate's wife's brother-in-law. This entire area of East Chang Street is under my jurisdiction. I don't know you, young lady. What's your name? How old are you?"
Shen Ning took a deep breath, then smiled and said, “Dad’s father is called Grandpa.”
Pan Jinlian was a little confused: "What?"
Shen Ning added: "Dad's mother is called grandma."
Pan Jinlian:?
Shen Ning continued to hum as she walked forward: "Mom's father is called Grandpa, Mom's mother is called Grandma, Dad's sisters are called Aunt..."
Pan Jinlian came back to his senses and realized that he had been fooled. He spat at Shen Ning's back.
"Bah, little bitch, I've never failed to get the woman I like!"
Shen Ning avoided the plague god, and then went to Rong Kangji to buy a lot of things, and was respectfully sent to the door by Xiao Baiyan.
When he reached the door, Xiao Baiyan still didn’t give up: “Madam Shen, is there no white sugar at home recently?”
Chen Ning looked at him helplessly, and said with a sullen smile: "The white sugar was too scarce last time, and many people asked about it recently."
Chen Ning is now a man with more than two thousand taels of silver, so naturally he doesn't want to attract attention because of this small amount of money, so he just brushed it off.
White sugar is a good business, but it is not advisable to get involved in it for the time being.
After leaving the city gate, she took an ox cart to Qingyuan Village and headed back... After all the trouble, it might be a bit late to go home, and the little fool would probably come around her and complain about being hungry again.
Just as Shen Ning was sitting on the ox cart and rocking back comfortably, in Qingyuan Village, in the yard of Shen Ning's house, Xiao Nanchen was sitting at the stone table under the osmanthus tree in the yard reading a letter.
The golden eagle stood beside the chicken coop, staring at the hens huddled together and shivering, then turned around and cooed at Xiao Nanchen.
Want to eat.
Xiao Nanchen knew what the bird was mumbling without even looking up: "You can't eat it."
The golden eagle moved back and forth with its wings on its back, and after a while, it cooed again.
Still want to eat.
Xiao Nanchen set the letter on fire, turning it into ashes on the ground. He then looked up and said, "You can't eat it."
The golden eagle's head drooped...
At this moment, Xiao Nanchen suddenly heard voices coming from outside the courtyard wall.
“Qingsong, tell me, does Madam Shen really have to mourn for three years?”
Zhao Shuan blushed a little, but still asked hesitantly, "Is three years too long? One year is fine nowadays. If it's three years, she will be twenty years old by then."
Shen Qingsong was puzzled: "Aren't you here to change the medicine? You don't care how long she mourns. I can change your medicine even if she mourns."
Someone next to him was speechless: "Shen Qingsong, are you stupid? Shuanzi is obviously attracted to your sister."
Shen Qingsong sneered when he heard this: "You really have your eye on Chen Ning? Have you forgotten how she courted Pei Yuanzhou in the past... Why marry a woman like this who is restless and has so much strength? I tell you, if she cheats on you in the future, you won't be able to beat her."
Shuanzi obviously disagreed: "I don't think she is that kind of person. You forgot how sad she was when Zhao Mu was buried. She almost committed suicide for love. Besides, she is so kind to that silly uncle now. She also knows medicine and treats everyone at a low price... I think she is a good person."
Shuanzi seemed to have made up his mind: "I want to marry Chen Ning."
Shen Qingsong curled his lips: "Will your parents let you marry a widow?"
Shuanzi said firmly, "My parents don't have the final say... I will wait until she finishes the mourning period, and then I will propose marriage."
In the yard, Xiao Nanchen frowned.
Where did this come from?
A few days later, Chen Ning suddenly realized that the hens at home had not laid eggs for several days.
She was making a hot pot with a mushroom soup base. While chopping vegetables, she asked Xiao Nanchen, who was sitting in the yard eating candy, "Anan, have you hunted hens these days?"
Xiao Nanchen was a little confused.
Is he crazy? Why is he beating chickens for no reason?
Holding the lollipop made by Shen Ning in his mouth, Xiao Nanchen shook his head and said vaguely: "No."
Shen Ning muttered: "That's really strange. It hasn't laid eggs for four or five days. Is it not frightened or sick?"
Xiao Nanchen paused, and suddenly remembered the golden eagle standing next to the chicken coop that day.
After a moment of silence, he stood up and walked out of the yard...
It wasn't him who did it anyway, so what does it have to do with him?
Chen Ning just felt it was strange, but didn't think much about it. If she doesn't lay eggs, then she doesn't lay eggs. Anyway, she has enough money now. At worst, she can just kill her and drink the soup.
Outside, Xiao Nanchen walked out of the yard and looked at the curling smoke from the village and the green mountains and clear waters in the distance. He sat outside the door with a lollipop in his mouth.
In fact, this kind of life is pretty good. These people don’t have too many worries. Although they have to work and it’s physically hard, they enjoy eating whatever they want and fall asleep soundly at night. They are poor, but comfortable.
Thinking of the investigation clues he had received recently, Xiao Nanchen lowered his eyes and laughed at himself.
Everyone thought that he was a noble and extraordinary person with great military achievements, but who would have thought that he was just a poor guy.
Even Shen Ning's cunning and greedy aunt loved her son so much, even though her son was an idle good-for-nothing.
And he, from childhood to adulthood, had been desperately trying to win that person's love, but in the end, he was stabbed harshly...
"Hey, little fool, what are you eating?"
Shen Qingsong came over nonchalantly, and when he smelled the aroma of food wafting from Shen Ning's yard, he couldn't help but sniff.
I've heard recently that Shen Ning is a very good cook and the food she makes is delicious, but this damn girl doesn't even give them a bite to eat. She's so stingy.
Seeing the stick in Xiao Nanchen's mouth, Shen Qingsong suddenly remembered that he had just heard the kid from the headman's family say yesterday that the lollipops made by Shen Ning were delicious.
This is candy, and his brother didn’t even get to eat it. The dead girl is so generous to this fool.
Shen Qingsong chuckled and reached out to pull the lollipop out of Xiao Nanchen's mouth: "Here you go."
But the next moment, he suddenly heard the sound of wind in his ears, and when it hit the ground heavily, Shen Qingsong realized what had happened.
He was kicked away...
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