Chapter 223: Relatively Plain
In the evening, three young men came to find Shi Xiaoliu, blushing and shyly asking, "Brother Xiaoliu, can you make a decoction to calm the nerves?"
Shi Xiaoliu went straight into the kitchen and got them three packets of tranquilizing medicine: "Take it back and use it."
The three of them reached out to take the medicine package and were about to stuff silver into Shi Xiaoliu's hands, but Shi Xiaoliu refused to take the money.
He smiled and said, "There is only one medicine that I bought from the pharmacy. Please give me ten copper coins."
The three young masters looked at each other, and the oldest one took out ten copper coins from his pocket and gave them to Shi Xiaoliu, saying to him, "Brother Xiaoliu, these are for our family."
Shi Xiaoliu nodded: "I understand."
After the three young men left, Shi Zelan saw the look on Shi Xiaoliu's face and said with a smile, "I heard from my uncle that you still want to be a teacher in the lecture hall in the future?"
Shi Xiaoliu looked at her and said, "I haven't changed my mind. What about you?"
"I can't be a teacher. I don't have your patience to treat everyone who asks for advice."
That night, the three of them spent it without even having a single dream.
In the morning, Xiao Yingzi came to play with Shi Zelan and said to her, "Why did you go to that lake to play?"
"I heard from people on the street that the lake over there is quiet and not crowded."
"My mother said that there used to be a lot of people visiting that lake, but since something happened a few years ago, people in our city don't like to visit that lake anymore."
"What happened in the past few years?"
Xiao Yingzi looked around and whispered to Shi Zelan, "During the festival that year, many people went to the lake to cruise, and the carriages of the wealthy families blocked the road over there."
Shi Zelan waited until Xiao Yingzi finished her story, and then she talked about the grand occasion of that day, and then he slowly got into the topic.
“There is a young lady from one family, no, I heard there are young ladies from several families, and they usually don’t get along with each other.
They met by the lake that day, and then for some reason they started arguing.
One of the ladies fell down, and then..."
Xiao Yingzi stopped, and Shi Zelan was anxious: "This lady is gone after falling?"
"Xiao Lanzi, she is living well, but none of the other ladies are doing well."
Xiao Yingzi finally told Shi Zelan the whole story: "Other girls had broken legs, injured faces, and even broken hands. The worst-case scenario was that her husband's family later broke off the marriage."
"They are all alive and well, very good."
"They were fine, but a child next to them broke his leg and lost his way to success."
Shi Zelan was speechless and looked at Xiao Yingzi: "This luck is not too good."
Xiao Yingzi looked at Shi Zelan and said, "Fortunately, your two brothers did not take the imperial examination. The three of you had bad luck."
Shi Zelan agreed with her. She was inexplicably plotted against, so she felt that the three of them had been unlucky these days.
Shi Zelan told Xiao Yingzi about going to the Taoist temple to help, and Xiao Yingzi's eyes lit up: "Can I go with you?"
Shi Zelan pointed in the direction of her home and said, "Go ask your elders for their opinions first."
"I'll talk to my mother. She won't object."
Shi Zelan just smiled. She thought that Aunt Liu would object to Xiao Yingzi's trip this time.
As she expected, after hearing what her daughter said, Aunt Liu immediately shook her head in opposition.
"Xiao Lanzi went to the Taoist temple because she had important things to do. If you go, you won't be able to help. I'll have to trouble Xiao Lanzi to take care of you."
"Mother, I also know a few medicinal herbs?"
"Your mother also knows a few medicinal herbs. Do I dare to tell others?"
"Why not?"
"I was afraid that people would laugh at me because there was only a layer of water in the bucket, but I wanted to spread the word that the bucket was full of water."
Xiao Yingzi's face suddenly turned red: "Mother, I'm not the kind of frivolous person."
"You're not. Just stay home this time."
Xiao Yingzi came over to talk to Shi Zelan and repeated what her mother said. After listening, Shi Zelan sighed: "Your mother really cares about you."
After Xiao Yingzi left, Shi Zelan was curious about the relationship between Xia Yu and his mother: "Xia Yu, are you close to your mother?"
“We were close when we were kids, but now that I’m older, my mom says she has her own business to attend to.
My father took me out to travel. ”
"Your mother is so kind. I wonder if my mother has the same personality as your mother."
Xia Yu looked at Shi Zelan for a while, and whispered, "Sister Lan, your mother and my mother have completely different personalities.
My mother said that your mother was raised like a treasure by her family, and she has a much brighter personality than my mother.
When my mother was at her parents' home, everything was ordinary for her. She said that it was a special accident that she married my father. ”
"My mother should be extremely beautiful, but when I look at the people of the Lou family, I don't think they are particularly outstanding in appearance."
Xia Yu thought about it seriously, and said to Shi Zelan: "The Lou family members are generally outstanding in appearance. You have a prejudice against them and don't recognize their beauty."
Shi Zelan just smiled and said, "Perhaps my master and Master Fenghuang are both exceptional people. They have raised my aesthetic standards for the people around me."
"So what kind of person am I in your eyes?"
Xia Yu couldn't help but ask Shi Zelan, and after examining him, she said bluntly: "You look OK, at least I like you."
"What about Xiaoliu brother?"
"My brother is naturally good in many ways."
Although Shi Zelan seldom calls Shi Xiaoliu "brother", she recognizes Shi Xiaoliu as her brother in her heart.
"Huff.
When Uncle Beichen comes back one day, I would like to hear what you think of him. ”
"That depends on my relationship with him as father and daughter.
If we had a close relationship, he would naturally be a thousand times better in my heart. ”
"Sister Lan, are you worried that he will treat you badly?"
"Don't worry, I'm old enough now and don't need my parents' care anymore."
At night, Xia Yu and Shi Xiaoliu whispered, "Do you think Uncle Beichen will be nice to Sister Lan when he comes back?"
"Of course she will be fine. Sister Lan is his eldest daughter."
"Xiao Liu, the bond between parents and children also varies."
Shi Xiaoliu was a little worried: "Xia Yu, what news have you heard about Uncle Beichen?"
“I haven’t heard any news, but I know that Lan Jie’er’s mother is not so gentle.
She and Lan Jie'er have been separated for too long, if she doesn't like Lan Jie'er.
Even if Lan Jie'er wants to get close to her, it might not be that easy. ”
Shi Xiaoliu's expression became serious, and he said to Xia Yu, "Don't tell Lan Jie'er about this. Maybe after Auntie comes back, she will treat Lan Jie'er well."
Xia Yu sighed softly. When his father and uncle were chatting together, they said that judging from Lan Jie'er's appearance, she had a rather dull relationship with her mother.
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