Chapter 585
·Watch and hear
Zhang Yunniang came to the gate of the Tang family in a carriage. Ashun quickly jumped off the shaft and ran into the yard to inform him. When Zhang Yunniang got off the carriage under the maid's service, Bai Rongxuan was already being pulled by Tang Xueru and rushed all the way.
The three of them greeted each other enthusiastically. Tang Xueru watched the person in her doorman moving things out of the carriage. She asked happily, "Are these all gifts for us?"
Zhang Yunniang said, "It's not just you and Rongxuan, but also the old lady and Mr. Tang, Mrs. Tang's... I have chosen something for everyone, and I don't know if the elders will like it."
She seemed a little cautious.
Bai Rongxuan comforted, "This is your intention, why don't they like it? Don't worry, come into the house quickly and knowing that you are coming, my aunt specially asked the back stove to prepare delicious food, and we will have dinner together at noon."
Zhang Yunniang responded politely, and Bai Rongxuan and Tang Xueru pulled into the door from left to right. The three of them went to see Mrs. Tang first. She was talking to Tang and Huang at this moment. When she saw three girls like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums entering the door, she waved to them happily, "Good child, come to my side and sit." After the few people approached, they held Zhang Yunniang's hand intimately, "Good child, I haven't seen each other for a few days, and it seems that she has grown a lot taller. Is it exhausted to accompany your mother to Xuzhou this time? Have you seen your grandmother? How is the old man's body? Everything is fine?"
Zhang Yunniang answered carefully one by one, "My grandmother is fine, she is very strong, and she has to eat four meals a day, which is more than me. Not only do she have to eat coarse grains, but she also has some dietary tonics. After the meal, she must walk around the yard a few times and knows how to maintain her health very much."
After hearing this, Mrs. Tang laughed and said, "You are still young, so naturally you don't understand the truth here. When you reach our age, you will understand everything. Your grandmother is the one who understands it. I have to learn it as soon as possible. After dinner, let Madam Li accompany me for a few times, otherwise her legs and feet will be even worse. She will not be able to slump in the bed in a few years?"
Madam Li said on the side, "I will take a walk with the old lady for a meal, walk a few more laps, and sleep more calmly at night."
Mrs. Tang asked Zhang Yunniang a few words. Seeing the girls being well-behaved and sensible, she couldn't say how much she liked them. She ordered Mama Li, "Do you put the dining table in Rongxuan's room during lunch and let the three of them eat by themselves, so as not to let go in front of the elders and feel uncomfortable at the dining table."
Bai Rongxuan thanked Mrs. Tang.
Mrs. Tang nodded to them, "Okay, you go and play by yourself, don't have to guard us anymore, just make time to let our mothers talk." She also reminded Bai Rongxuan and Tang Xueru, "It's rare that Yunniang comes to her home. You two must do the best to treat me as a landlord. You can't be negligent. Do you know?"
Bai Rongxuan and Tang Xueru agreed in unison. The two of them pulled Zhang Yunniang to salute the elders and ran to Bai Rongxuan's room. The three of them took their seats, and Xiaoyuan brought tea like a little adult. Zhang Yunniang liked her very much and asked a few words with her little hand.
Xiaoyuan and Bai Rongxuan were okay to deal with each other. When they saw a stranger, they were a little restrained and lowered their heads and replied in a low voice. Zhang Yunniang did not make things difficult for her and gently let go of her hand.
Xiaoyuan ran away in a flash.
Bai Rongxuan asked Zhang Yunniang about what she saw and heard on the way to Xuzhou.
Zhang Yunniang said, "Don't mention it. Before I got on the boat, I was worried. I felt that I would definitely be seasick. I specially asked the doctor to prepare pills before I set off. As a result, after the boat was driving on the water for a while, I found that everything was fine. I was a little floating when I walked, and felt unstable. Every step seemed to be stepping on cotton. Although the cabin was not spacious, it was clean and the sound insulation was very bad. Even if I coughed gently next door, I could hear clearly here. Fortunately, I was my mother on this side and the river on the other side, so I was quite comfortable. I could always hear the sound of water when I went to bed at night. At first, I couldn't sleep at all, which made people dizzy. Later, I gradually adapted. Without the sound of water, I couldn't sleep. Two days later, the boat was parked on the shore without the sound of water, and I slept very uneasy."
"There is such a thing?" Tang Xueru heard it very strangely, "And what?"
Zhang Yunniang continued, "Although everything is fine, Mrs. Chen is a little seasick. According to herself, she has been on the boat twice in total. She didn't have any symptoms of seasickness when she sat last time. She thought she had recovered as time went by. As a result, she turned dizzy and vomited, and she was so drowsy that she was almost unconscious. The woman next to Mrs. Chen came to find my mother and asked her to take a look. The woman had never seen such a scene, and she didn't know what to do for a while. The pills I configured had worked at this time, and my mother quickly took the pills to visit Mrs. Chen. As a result, Mrs. Chen vomited whatever she ate and couldn't feed her. She barely ate three pills but still had no effect at all..."
This time, even Bai Rongxuan became nervous, "What should I do?"
Zhang Yunniang smiled and said, "Don't you worry, hasn't Mrs. Chen been back safely? There are no dangers along the way, and no one is doing anything."
Bai Rongxuan nodded suddenly, "But that's true, but after hearing what you said, I still feel that the scene was very nervous at that time. The boat was sailing on the water, and there was no village or shop behind. What if something happened? Fortunately, your mother is a brave and intelligent person. If someone else changes, she will definitely be helpless."
Zhang Yunniang sighed, "Don't mention it, my mother was also a little confused at that time. Who has ever seen such a scene? Mrs. Chen's face was like gold paper, and she didn't open her eyes no matter how the people around her screamed. The Chen family's mother and servants were so anxious that they only knew how to cry, but it scared my mother."
Tang Xueru said, "Let's go down, don't keep it aside, what's going on?"
Zhang Yunniang said, "Fortunately, there are two boat wives on the boat. They are the captain's wife and relatives, who are cooking on the boat. After hearing the news, they ran over before they could even wipe their hands. After seeing Mrs. Chen's situation, they comforted us not to worry. It was not important, but seasickness was a bit serious. They have seen a lot of cases like this. My mother took out the pills she configured for them. The boat wives said that the pills were too slow to use and were not useful, and it was not as useful as their folk remedies. Then she took a bowl of fish glue made with fish bladder and took it to Mrs. Chen. After a while, Mrs. Chen woke up slowly. Although her head was still a little dizzy, her face was much better than before."
"So magical?" Tang Xueru widened her eyes, "What fish is made of that fish glue?"
"I don't know this." Zhang Yunniang said, "It is said that it was salvaged from the canal. It is very common and not rare. Moreover, this is a folk remedy that everyone knows about boaters. Just boil the fish bladder into fish glue in an iron pot, and it is not troublesome at all."
Bai Rongxuan said, "It can be seen that every line does not have the ability to do every line."
Zhang Yunniang said, "We rarely eat vegetables on the boat, but we have fish every meal. Moreover, the two boat wives have very good skills. They toss and turns and change their ways. Each meal makes people feel very appetizing. At first, I was a little anorexia on the boat, but later I had to eat a bowl of rice every meal."
"It's so delicious?" When the foodie Tang Xueru heard this, her saliva almost flowed out.
Zhang Yunniang nodded with certainty, "Especially a dish of yellow wine and fish, which tastes very authentic. Have you ever eaten fish and fish?"
Chapter completed!