General, Madam Called You To Farm

Chapter 79 – Intimacy (1)

On the other side of the town, Su Xiaoxiao was thinking about her conversation with Jing Yi. She was still uneasy and worried, so she went to Chunliu Lane again. 

When Aunt Fu saw her, she arrogantly said: “Why are you coming here again?”

Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips: “Anyway, I’m not here looking for you to buy meigan cai.”

-A bundle of Meigan Cai (梅干菜)
A type of dry pickled chinese mustard. The pickle consists of a whole head of various varieties of chinese mustards and cabbages that has undergone an elaborate process consisting of drying, steaming, and salting. The vegetables are harvested, trimmed before the Qingming Festival, and sun-dried until limp. It is then salted or brined, kneaded until the juices are exuded, and left to ferment in large clay urns for 15 to 20 days. The vegetable is then repeatedly steamed and dried until reddish brown in color and highly fragrant.

Aunt Fu: “……” so angry ah!

Doctor Fu came out: “Mom—”

Aunt Fu angrily said, “I asked you to charge her double the consultation fee. Did you receive it?”

Doctor Fu said awkwardly: “Yes…… Yes…… I have received it.…..”

She became his apprentice.

A nominal apprentice.

But he didn’t dare to say the following sentence.

“Hmph!” Aunt Fu thought that she had succeeded in blackmailing Su Xiaoxiao. So she entered the house proudly!

“Jie1, I want to go to the thatched hut2.” Su Ergou urgently wanted to pee. 

1Jie (姐) : Older sister
2Thatched hut : toilet in ancient china.

“The thatched hut is over there.” Doctor Fu pointed out the direction.

After Su Ergou went to the thatched hut, Su Xiaoxiao asked about the problem of the young man in a brocade robe. 

-Brocade robe / Jin Yi / 锦衣

Doctor Fu said, “There was someone who came, a young man with a sword.”

Bai Ze, Jing Yi’s guard.

Su Xiaoxiao pondered for a moment and asked, “Did he ask you about me?”

Doctor Fu said, “That’s right. He asked me, who are you to me? I said you were my apprentice, then he also asked me who I am, after that he left.”

She had guessed that Jing Yi would investigate her. Fortunately, she had made preparations in advance, otherwise she might not be able to explain her medical skills.

Next, she thought that Doctor Fu would ask her what was going on, who she was, where she came from, and why someone was investigating her.

Unexpectedly, Doctor Fu didn’t seem to care about it. But he solemnly warned: “You must not tell my mother about this. The medical skills of the Fu family are passed on to men, and not to women. If she knows that I have accepted a female apprentice…… even if it is only a nominal one, she will definitely be so angry that she will be hopping mad.” 

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her chin and said, “Well, suddenly I feel like wanting to tell her.”

Doctor Fu: “……”

——

The two siblings and the pair of father-in-law and his son-in-law arrived home at about the same time. 

Everyone finished their day’s work. They were working hard but they were happy.

——Mrs. Qian was unhappy.

She was almost tortured to death.

Su Cheng smiled all over his face and said, “My daughter! I’m back! My son-in-law is also back!”

When they got back home, they were a good father-in-law and son-in-law who loved each other!

The three little ones followed Meiji and Niudan to the village to play. Su Ergou went to call them home for dinner. 

Su Xiaoxiao went into the kitchen and simmered Father Su’s traditional Chinese medicine. While waiting for the medicine, she took the bone-strengthening granules from the pharmacy to Father Su’s room.

-Bone-strengthening granules / Zhuanggu Keli

“What is this?” Father Su asked.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Bone-strengthening medicine.”

“It… it looks like that…” Father Su had never seen such a strange medicine. “It costs a lot of money, right?”

“I met a good doctor and he sold it to me at a low price.” Su Xiaoxiao said and handed him a money bag. “I have made some money from the business in the past few days. You can take these first.”

-Ancient China copper coins. 

-Ancient china money bag / pouch / purse. 

Father Su refused: “I don’t want it. You can take it and spend it yourself!”

Su Xiaoxiao said softly, “I already have it in my hand, and I also gave it to Ergou. Although it is not a lot, as long as we work hard to do business, it will definitely get better and better in the future.”

Father Su’s throat was swollen and painful again. 

He held his daughter’s hand, and held back the urge to cry with a great willpower. He choked and said, “Don’t worry…… Dad will also learn how to farm well……” 

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The Li Family

Mrs. Qian, who was holding a bowl to eat, shivered inexplicably——