There is rustling under the high cabinet...

It was a little wild cat, its fur was a little dirty, its back fur was yellow, its belly, and its hooves were white. It looked a bit like an orange cat, but its color was more golden. Only a small head poked out, looking at her curiously.

Xin Yi sighed and put down the stick.

"Come out."

The cat lay motionless on the ground.

One person and one cat were in a stalemate.

Looking at each other for a moment, Xin Yi didn't know what he thought of and suddenly laughed out loud.

"It's you."

She brought a straw rope over. She thought the cat would ignore her, but it turned out to be a bold cat. She gave a low "meow" and slowly walked towards the straw rope. Xin Yi grabbed her back.

hair.

The cat meowed and meowed, but its struggle was not strong.

"Are you hungry?"

Xin Yi hugged it over, ignoring its sharp claws and her freshly bathed body, and spoke to her in a gentle voice.

"On the day of the heavy rain, was it you who broke into my donkey cart?"

"Meow~"

"Little thing, you scared me, but you ran away... Where have you been these days? Look how dirty you are... Oh, lick my hand, good boy, my sister will take you to find food right now..."

Xin Yi stroked the kitten's soft fur while walking and couldn't put it down.

"From now on, you will be like my sister. What name should I give you?"

The next day, before Xin Yi could think of a name, San Nian shouted against her title.

"Call me mother. Just like us, we call her mother. She can't call her sister - if she is mother's sister, isn't she our cat aunt?"

Xin Yi was stunned for a moment and almost laughed out loud.

"Then you three choose a name for your sister."

"Rhubarb." There is nothing creative about it.

"No, it's so small, it should be called Xiao Huang." Er Nian objected.

"Orange. Mom, call her Orange." San Nian was the smallest, and for fear that Xin Yi wouldn't notice her, she jumped up and shouted non-stop, with the loudest volume.

The three children kept arguing.

Xin Yi took the medicinal materials, pestle and mortar and placed them neatly in front of the three little ones.

"Who told me, what is this?"

"Lilac." They said in unison.

"Male or female?"

The second thought is to answer the male, the third thought is to answer the female, and the single thought is not to answer.

Xin Yi glared for a second and then asked: "Is the male bigger or the female bigger?"

The third thought was to answer "Female is bigger", the second thought was to answer "Mother is the biggest", and the first thought was still no answer.

Xin Yi looked at Er Nian and felt dumbfounded, but when he thought about it, he said "mother", so he stopped arguing with him and handed the fried cloves to them.

"Whoever grinds the finest clove powder will have a kitten named after her."

I thought aloud three times and went to work happily.

The second thought scrambled to get in front of his brother, but the first thought was much slower. This child is deep-thinking and talks little. He is very steady at a young age and looks like an older brother.

The whole family was noisy.

The scent fills the house...

At this time, Xiang Ling's voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Mr. Cui, who are you looking for?"

Then I heard Mr. Cui ask.

"Is your wife here?"

…

Xin Yi didn't wait for Xiang Ling to communicate, then opened the door and walked out.

"Doctor Cui have something to do with me?"

Mr. Cui smiled and said, "Come and ask for a cup of tea. Your courtyard is very unique."

Xin Yi welcomed him into the living room, and his husband silently brought him tea and snacks. It was rose water brewed by Xin Yi himself. It was sweet and refreshing. Mr. Cui took a sip and looked at the unusually decorated living room, and smiled with emotion.

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"The little lady has established her own business, and her life is becoming more and more prosperous."

Xin Yi smiled: "Thanks to Dr. Cui for speaking out, otherwise, I wouldn't be as comfortable as I am today. So, Dr. Cui doesn't need to be seen outside. If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it."

The ancient man was a whiny person and liked to make detours.

Xin Yi didn't have the patience and went straight to the point.

Mr. Cui smiled gently and took out a silk purse from his arms.

"I was entrusted by Cao Duzhi to be the messenger for the young lady. I stopped by to ask for peace of mind for the young lady."

Cao Yi?

Xin Yi really didn't expect it and pursed his lips in silence.

Mr. Cui smiled and said, "Cao Du pointed out that Miss Cao offended my wife that day on the Yunqi Bridge. Now she has learned a lesson and is staying at home to think about her faults. This is what Miss Cao asked him to send to you to apologize..."

Will Cao Yilan be willing to apologize to her?

I'm afraid I was forced into helplessness.

Xin Yi took it and saw that there was a hairpin in the purse.

The hairpin head is a magnolia carved from mutton-fat white jade, with gemstones as its core and silver as its branches. It is simple and elegant, with exquisite workmanship, and is so lifelike that it seems to exude a faint fragrance...

For some reason, what came to her mind was Cao Yi's clean and handsome face.

"This magnolia hairpin is too precious, and I deserve it. Please tell Cao Du that I am not a grudge-bearing person. What happened is over. In the future, as long as Miss Cao doesn't trouble me, I won't cause any trouble."

she……"

Xin Yi said and pushed back. Cui Langzhong quickly refused and waved his hands straight.

"I am just an errand boy. I am entrusted by others to do my duty of loyalty. I give things to the young lady. There is absolutely no reason to take them back..."

"Mr. Cui." Xin Yi looked at his knuckles and suddenly asked, "Can you play the erhu?"

Cui Langzhong laughed.

"If you are not good at a skill, you are not very good at it. Why do you ask this, young lady?"

Xin Yi sat back and smiled slightly.

"It's nothing, I see you have calluses on your hands."

Xin Yi doesn't know how to play a musical instrument, but she took an interest class when she was a child and learned Erhu for a few days. Erhu master has that kind of calluses and even joked that "people who play musical instruments don't have good hands."

Each musical instrument has different stress points and friction points. When playing the erhu, the left hand that presses the strings will leave two marks. The right hand that holds the bow has thick and heavy calluses on the thumb and index finger.

"Doctor Cui."

Xin Yi narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked: "In the first year of Qingli, there was a fire in Zhangjiacun. Do you remember it?"

"The first year of Qingli?" Cui Langzhong seemed startled, frowned and thought for a moment, "It seems like this is happening?"

Xin Yi reminded him, "In the north of Zhangjia Village, a family of eighteen people and their medical hut were burned to the ground..."

Mr. Cui raised his head and concentrated, thought for a while, stroked his beard and nodded.

"It's true. It's been so long that I'm a little confused. Later, a white pagoda was built at the location of the medical hut. However, within a few years, the white pagoda was struck by thunder. After it was damaged, people thought it was unlucky, so they left it alone.

After repeated repairs, it gradually became dilapidated and no one set foot in it."

Xin Yi: "The male owner of the family that died was Chen Chusheng. He was originally a medical officer at the Hanlin Academy. Because he offended the official family, he was demoted and dismissed. He lived in seclusion in Zhangjiacun and practiced medicine in a house..."

Mr. Cui was shocked: "Where did the young lady learn about this?"

Xin Yi smiled, avoided the topic, and stared at Cui Langzhong's face.

"Mr. Chen died so tragically. He practiced medicine all his life, and he was a master of his generation. He devoted his whole life to learning. It took him eighteen years to revise Materia Medica and compile a medicinal book. The "Jianji Jizhong Prescription" promulgated by the imperial court this year included his compilation.

A medical prescription book. Such a person who worked hard for the country, the people and the development of medicine was burned alive..."

Mr. Cui sighed.

"The disaster will last for thousands of years, but good people will not last long. This matter has been going on for a long time..."

Xin Yi still said to himself: "Mr. Chen had a virtuous wife, a family full of children and grandchildren, and a little daughter who loved her as much as jewels... They all died in the fire.

"An old man from Kaifeng Mansion said that his little daughter had been violated before her death... but she still doesn't know who did it."

Cui Langzhong pursed his lips, "Why do you think this little lady is talking about this?"

Xin Yi's eyelids drooped.

"We are both doctors and feel the same way. Even if the world forgets him, Doctor Cui shouldn't forget him, right?"

She raised her eyebrows and smiled, looking at Mr. Cui's pale and uneven face, "I heard that Mr. Cui was the first to rush to the fire that day, and was burned trying to save others... How could you forget such a big thing?

"

Cui Langzhong stopped.

After a while, I heard him sigh quietly.
Chapter completed!