The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 26

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第26章 肖春玉生产

京城,吴府,婆子和丫头来来往往匆匆忙忙。

“快去找二爷回来,二少奶奶发动了。”

“叫二爷有什么用,找大夫,请稳婆呀。”

“二嫂不是要在端午节前后才生吗?怎么这个时候发动了?”

“还不是那个小兰那个贱蹄子,昨晚爬了二爷的床,二少奶奶早上醒来听到这个消息一气就喊肚子疼,一疼就是大半天……”

“二嫂也真的是的,男人三妻四妾太正常不过了,她怎么能善妒?”吴芳芳声音很大:“她还以为她是肖家的那个大小姐啊?也不看看自己现在是个什么情况,还管二哥哥这么宽干什么?”

“四小姐,你少说两句吧。”

马嬷嬷都听不下去了:“按说,主子们的事儿我们这些当下人的没权利多嘴,同样是女人,老奴就觉得二爷此事处理得不对。”

“马嬷嬷,你什么意思?”

“四小姐,你还未成亲,等你成亲了就懂了。”

女人何苦为难女人,昨晚小兰那个贱蹄子爬了床,二爷享用了当个通房放一边晾着也没什么,偏偏还特意跑到二少奶奶跟前说要抬了她当姨娘,让小兰敬茶。

二少奶奶当时除了震惊就是愤怒,气得满脸通红,拒绝喝茶,说是为了二爷好,毕竟二爷是在守孝期间纳妾,传出去名声不好。茶没喝,却是打赏的小兰一个银手镯。

结果小兰因为没当上姨娘很是不爽,又仗着二爷新宠,小人得志,嘴上谢过二少奶奶赏后又加了一句:“都说肖府被抄家了,看来果然是真的,难怪二少奶奶拿不出好东西来。莫不是好东西都拿去救济娘家了吧?”

身怀六甲,娘家遭此大难已是悲痛不已,连一个刚抬的妾室都要奚落她几句,偏偏肖春玉又是一个温柔的人儿骂不来人,只把自己气得浑身发抖,肚子发紧,只喊肚子疼。

陪嫁丫头墨兰将她扶进内室休息了半个时辰,也没好一点,没了主意墨兰跑去找了马嬷嬷,马嬷嬷这才安排找二爷,请大夫请稳婆。

偏偏,今天又是夫人回了娘家,大少奶奶去韩府参加表妹的婚礼了,偌大一个吴府,主事的人就是眼前不懂事的四小姐。

听她责怪二少奶奶,马嬷嬷恨不能用一块抹布堵住她的嘴!

心里想的是,等你男人在你怀孕临产前纳妾你就知道火掉到脚背上有多疼了。

“我成亲才不会像她这样呢。”四小姐还语不惊人死不休:“肖家都被抄家流放了,我二哥哥没有休了她都算是她的福气。”

“四小姐,你还是回院子里去休息吧。”

马嬷嬷气得脸都铁青了,虽然她是府中的老人,却帮理不帮亲。

凭良心说,二少奶奶哪一点配不上二少爷了?

当年也是吴府上赶着去求娶的,先夫人眼看不行了,吴家怕耽搁二少爷的亲事要求提前成亲,肖府也没为难他们,一口应下。

肖太医人品贵重,医术了得,在京城,多少权贵人家对肖府都很敬畏的,四小姐耍得一手落井下石的好手段。

“休息就休息,谁喜欢看她生孩子,有事也别找本小姐。”

吴芳转身就走。

马嬷嬷恨不能吐她两口口水。

人,怎么可以薄情到如此程度?
她还记得二少奶奶初进吴家,四小姐可是上赶着一口一个二嫂,叫得很欢实。

二少奶奶在娘家拿回来的一些养颜膏没少送她……结果,二少奶奶的真心都喂了狗!
内屋,肖春玉把吴芳的话听了个一清二楚,紧紧的咬着嘴唇,眼泪直接往外涌。

“小姐,您别哭。”墨兰自己也是一脸的泪痕:“小姐,奴婢听人说过,生孩子的时候一定要养精蓄锐,要养足力气,等要生产的时候才有力气生。”

“对了,还要吃东西,建兰,你快去厨房给小姐煮几个蛋来,一定要让小姐吃得饱饱的才有力气生小少爷。”

“好,奴婢这就去。”

建兰也是陪嫁丫头,她们的老子娘都在肖府做事,肖家女眷回蜀地时就将下人的身契一并发还了,这份恩情她们永远记得,发誓要伺候好小姐。

墨兰一边给肖春玉擦着汗,一边安慰她,时不时的又跑出去看有没有请到大夫和稳婆。

“章大夫来了。”马嬷嬷道:“城东头的蒋稳婆不在家里,老奴让去城西请张稳婆去了,应该快到了。”

“二少爷呢?”墨兰还是希望此时二少爷能在身边,毕竟小姐是他名媒正娶的正室。

“有人看到二少爷去了学院,四小姐交待过,说二少爷的做学问不能去打扰。”

下人回禀,马嬷嬷心里恨得咬牙,这个吴芳真正是成事不足败事有余。

什么叫不去打扰?

希望以后她嫁的夫君在她生产的时候也不去打扰!

得知夫君没回来,肖春玉的眼泪又流了下来。

他今天早上带了人来敬茶,自己就心死了!

什么夫妻恩爱,琴瑟和鸣不过是自欺欺人。

之前还说不会纳妾,结果,成亲满打满算也才一年,他就纳妾了,更搞笑的是,这还是他亲生母亲的守孝期,不管不顾和丫头鬼混,自己还不能管,真正是蹭鼻子上脸!

这个时候,肖春玉后悔了。

当年吴家上门求娶,祖父曾说考虑一下。

结果没想到她在去珠玉阁的时候遇上了吴二少爷,对她特别不一样,自己就这么被哄了去。

当祖父说吴家人多嘴杂,不是好归宿时,自己却已被姓吴外表迷惑了,最后她如愿嫁给了她一见钟情的夫君。

一直以来,她以为吴二少爷是吴家的例外,对她情深义重。

谁曾想,祖父蒙难,他就变了脸。

肖春玉流着眼泪,此时十分想念自己的家人。

“小姐,蛋来了,小姐,您快吃一点。”

和墨兰一样,没人的时候,她们习惯性还是叫小姐。

“我吃不下。”

肖春玉又痛得呻吟一声。

“小姐,吃不下也得吃。”墨兰道:“奴婢听娘说过生孩子是很费精力的,一定要让自己吃得饱饱的,有足够的力气来生。”

肖春玉抿了抿嘴。

“小姐,为了你,为了肖家,为了未来的小少爷,您也要多吃点啊。”

“好,我吃!”

(本章完)

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

落魄药女养家日常
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The renowned imperial physician, Doctor Xiao, was embroiled in a case of false pregnancy involving a concubine and was executed. Men over the age of twelve were exiled, while the female relatives and young children were granted the benevolence of the Empress Dowager and returned to their ancestral home in Shu. Unexpectedly, the relatives who had been protected by Doctor Xiao turned away a group of women and children, occupying their ancestral property and expelling them from the family. A group of pampered women and children, having nothing to depend on, found Xiao Chunuan, who loved reading and grinding medicine, to be the pillar of the family. She taught her family to wash clothes and cook to survive; she taught her younger sisters to forage for wild vegetables and prepare medicinal herbs; she taught her younger brother to learn business and practice martial arts to strengthen his body, while ensuring that they studied literature and literacy despite three generations not being able to take the imperial exam; she worked hard to earn money and also wanted to help their exiled relatives; her grandmother arranged a marriage for Chunuan, only for the clan leader's daughter to come knocking and cause trouble. Good people are often bullied, and those who are kind are taken advantage of. Old grudges and new enmities are all accounted for. Xiao Chunuan was never one to go easy on others; she was ready to engage in both literary and martial contests!

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