Chapter 249 Concentricity
The wedding wine has been sent, the matchmaker has made a decision, and the financial gifts have been given, and it’s the beginning of autumn in the blink of an eye.
The auspicious day calculated by He Xiazi was on the first day of August.
At this time, the weather is not as hot as the previous days and has begun to cool down. The medical prescription bureau is slowly on the road, and Lu Zhuo is not as busy as before. The emperor specifically allowed Pei Yunying to take a five-day holiday and return home to get married.
Early in the morning, Renxin Medical Center became busy.
West Street Since yesterday, lanterns with the word “happiness” on them have been hung on the trees along both sides of the long street. Firecrackers have been going off since early in the morning, and the ground has been covered with bright red. Acheng carried a bamboo basket tied with red silk and delivered candies from door to door. The neighbors who received the candies would happily reply with auspicious words such as: “Golden boy and beautiful girl”, “Happy marriage for a hundred years” and so on.
From the small window in the courtyard, a few instructions came from time to time.
“It’s a bit low. It would be more suitable if this bun is tied higher.”
In the room, Lu Zhu was sitting in front of the dressing mirror.
Yin Zheng stood behind her, combing her hair, while Lin Danqing lay on the side, giving her careful and serious instructions.
Lu Zhuo had no parents and was alone in Shengjing. Song’s sister-in-law from the shop next door once suggested that Lu Zhuo hire a hairdresser to comb his wedding hair, but Lu Zhuo insisted on asking Yin Zheng to comb his hair.
Along the way, Yin Zheng and she are not related by blood, but they are more than relatives. She hopes that when she gets married, she will be accompanied by relatives.
“Don’t worry,” Yin Zheng flew with her skillful hands, inserting pearl hairpins and gold hairpins one by one, and the black hair was decorated with some dazzling colors, “I used to comb my hair pretty well. I knew I had to dress up the girl a month in advance. I went to Yin Yue Fang and learned from the best lady in combing my hair. I can’t say that I can comb my hair better than others, but I definitely put my heart into it. Besides, the girl is naturally beautiful and looks good no matter how she combs her hair.”
“That’s really good-looking,” Lin Danqing sighed as she sat sideways, “Our sister Lu doesn’t even put on rouge on weekdays. This is the first time I see you wearing a red dress. Who are you trying to impress?”
She spoke exaggeratedly, leaving Lu Chen speechless.
“Actually, I really didn’t expect you and Pei Dianshuai to get together at first.” Lin Danqing sighed, “You two, a palace minister always looks at people from top to bottom, and a medical officer has nothing to think about except making medicine. They were reluctant to give up any chance of getting married, but they ended up getting married, which shows that there is really no reason for marriage in this world.”
“However,” she casually picked up a longan from a wedding basket, peeled it and stuffed it into her mouth, saying in a constricted manner, “What did I say at the beginning? I could tell something was wrong with you two. My eyes are so powerful. . No wonder our ancestors say that we, the Lin family, are the descendants of Yue Lao. With these messy red threads, you can tell who is holding them at a glance.”
Hearing this, Yin Zheng couldn’t help but laugh: “Didn’t Medical Officer Lin once say that our ancestor was Hua Tuo who descended to earth?”
Lin Danqing choked for a moment: “Then Yuelao can also treat diseases and make connections at the same time, so we can do both.”
Lu Chen listened to them talking in the room, feeling amused in his heart, but it diluted the tension of getting married a lot.
Just talking and laughing like this, Acheng came to urge him several times. Yin Zheng put the last hibiscus hairpin into Lu Zong’s hair and let out a long sigh of relief: “Okay!”
Lu Chen stood up.
The woman in the mirror is wearing a gold gauze pleated skirt with large sleeves, covered with a peony-patterned collar and large sleeves. The skirt is delicate and soft. She looks like a red cloud when she moves. Her black hair is pulled up, and she wears a small Crowned with pearls and emeralds. Although the wedding dress is gorgeous, it is not bulky, light and pretty, and perfectly suits her.
Lin Danqing circled around her twice: “Pei Dianshuai spent a lot of money this time. I’m tempted by this wedding dress.”
Yin Zheng joked: “Doctor Lin, don’t be tempted, maybe you can wear it soon. My girl is getting married today. I wonder when will I be able to drink Dr. Lin’s wedding wine?”
Lin Danqing was shocked, and pretended to accuse him: “You are a young girl, how can you talk like my aunt? Our ancestors taught you not to give up the entire garden for one flower. I haven’t had enough fun yet. Besides, How can it be interesting to watch other people’s love affairs when you’re having **** yourself?”
He turned around again, took out a small box from his arms and handed it to Lu Chen: “Nuo, this is a gift for you.”
Lu Yan opened it and took a look. He was barely dazzled by the contents of the box. It turned out to be a heavy, large golden lantern with the word “happiness” written on it.
Lu Chen was confused: “This is…”
“You married into the Pei family alone. Although Pei Yunying seems to treat you well, it’s better to keep something for yourself. What can we do with the little salary money from our medical hospital? It’s not even enough to buy snacks. From Sunan After I came back, I kept all the rewards for treating the epidemic in exchange for silver, and asked Baoxianglou to give you this golden lantern.”
“It’s a bit vulgar, but gold is sometimes much more useful than those fancy jewelry.”
Lu Zhuo looked at the big gold lantern. The lantern was not exquisitely crafted, and in the eyes of others, it might be said that it was “ugly”, but it was solid enough, and at first glance, it was for real value.
She suppressed her laughter, closed the box and asked Yin Zheng to help put it away, and said sincerely: “Thank you very much.”
“You’re welcome,” Lin Danqing approached Lu Yan, “However, Pei Yunying gave so many betrothal gifts. I heard that the owner of your medical clinic also gave you a dowry. What are they?”
“dowry…”
Speaking of this, Lu Chen’s expression moved. He didn’t know what he thought of, and he laughed.
At the same time, under the plum tree of the medical clinic, street watchers crowded the door. Tailor Ge asked while eating melon seeds. “Shopkeeper Du, your doctor Lu is out of office, what kind of gift can you, the boss, give you? Just give him a basket of wedding candies, right?”
“Go, go,” Du Changqing was furious: “Am I the kind of person who is petty? Not to mention Dr. Lu, even if the plum tree in front of our medical center gets married, there must be a few golden lanterns hung!”
“Oh?” Widow Sun was curious, “How many golden lanterns did you hang for Doctor Lu?”
“Superficial,” Du Changqing snorted, “It’s better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. What I give is naturally the best.”
He said, looking particularly proud.
Lu Zhuo was very poor. He worked as a medical officer in the hospital for a year. He earned nothing except the two hundred taels of silver he gave him after the spring examination. He worked for a year in vain. Du Changqing was so angry that he wanted to pry him away. Lu Chen’s mind took a look at what he had been doing this year.
Lu Zhuo was alone and poor, but Pei Yunying’s family had a great business and he was working as an errand in the imperial city. Du Changqing thought about it and was unwilling to swallow this breath, but if he seriously collected the dowry, even if he added up all the money in Renxin Medical Center, he would still be far behind the other party. After thinking about it for a long time, I came up with a clever plan.
Du Changqing decided to let Lu Yan join the medical clinic as the second owner of the drug store.
Lu Zhuo doesn’t have to pay any money on weekdays. He only needs to deliver the medical prescriptions on time and attend the clinic conscientiously. Every penny earned by Renxin Medical Center in the future will be half of Lu Zhuo’s.
Of course, he would never admit that he hoped that Lu Zhuo’s prescription would help the medical center prosper.
Du Changqing felt that he was a genius for coming up with this good idea.
“In this way, Dr. Lu has suddenly changed from a sitting doctor to the second owner of the medical clinic, which sounds very respectable. Furthermore, no matter how much money is given in exchange for a dowry, what if someone who kills a thousand people and steals it for himself? How about it? According to what I said, the profits will be distributed on time every month. If one day he gets divorced and is thrown out of the house, he can still have a place to live and not go to the streets to beg for food. If he wants to quarrel with Dr. Lu, he has to be careful. , I have the support of my mother-in-law.”
Acheng was speechless: “My boss, Dr. Lu is not married yet, so you curse him to get married. Isn’t that bad?”
“What can’t be said about this?” Du Changqing disagreed, and taught him a sincere lesson, “Parental love is far-reaching, you don’t understand.”
Just as she was talking, another kid in red came outside to apply makeup.
When a bride gets married, she always has to pay for her wedding several times before setting off. The little boy said: “Please help me, Shopkeeper Du, to remind me. The groom is already on his way.”
Du Changqing rushed to the backyard several times with a displeased look on his face.
When I urged him for the third time, there was gradually movement in the courtyard.
“Coming, coming-” Yin Zheng’s laughter came from inside.
The neighbors who gathered outside the hospital stretched their necks to look inside, and saw Lin Danqing and Yin Zheng helping Lu Shuo slowly walk out. The woman has not yet put on her gold-pinned hijab. She is wearing a crimson crimson gold-pinned skirt, embroidered with a red scarf and a pair of gold fish pendants. She looks like a distant mountain hibiscus, and her eyebrows are picturesque.
She originally had good looks, but her temperament was a little cold. The red makeup on a woman who usually wore plain clothes was particularly attractive, as if the plain flowers were blooming in surprise, and they were incredibly bright.
There was a moment of silence at the entrance of the hospital.
Suddenly, another child came laughing happily: “Here comes the bride! Here comes the bride!”
Du Changqing quickly “shushed” twice to silence everyone, and Acheng brought a small bowl of sesame glutinous rice **** and handed it to Miao Liangfang.
Miao Liangfang sat on the chair at the door of the back berth, put his crutches aside, looked at Lu Zhuo with a porcelain bowl and said with a smile: “Xiao Lu, after eating this bowl of glutinous rice balls, your life will be perfect.”
Hearing this, Lu Chen was moved for a moment.
Before the bride gets married, her mother must feed her a bowl of glutinous rice **** before getting on the sedan chair. When she was in Changwu County, she saw the daughters of her neighbors getting married like this.
Now that her parents and siblings are gone, she originally thought that this link would be omitted, but unexpectedly the person feeding the dumplings became Miao Liangfang.
Lu Zhuo walked over to Miao Liangfang and sat down next to him. Miao Liangfang fed him a snow-white glutinous dumpling.
The sweet aroma of sesame melted along her lips and teeth. Miao Liangfang looked at her and smiled: “Xiao Lu, although you and I are not blood relatives, on the eve of the spring exam, at least I can be considered half of your teacher. It is said that one day is a teacher for life. As a father. Now that you are leaving the cabinet, I will be embarrassed to be your elder.”
Lu Chen smiled and said softly: “Thank you, teacher.”
She had two masters.
One taught her to see the cruelty of the world and the sinister nature of people’s hearts, while the other taught her to be kind and compassionate in medicine, putting the sick first.
The former taught her to pursue, the latter taught her to let go.
The sound of carriages sounded from far and near on the West Street, and Acheng shouted: “The groom’s carriage will arrive at the entrance of the alley soon. Don’t wait any longer and send Doctor Lu to the sedan quickly!”
Du Changqing waved away the crowd. He also changed into a brand new yellow gown today. He was particularly bright among the crowd. He walked up to Lu Yun and squatted down in a few steps: “Come up!”
The newlyweds were all carried into the sedan chair by their brothers at home, and there were several people in Renxin Medical Clinic. This burden could only fall on Du Changqing.
Yin Zheng helped Lu Zhu to lie on Du Changqing’s back. Du Changqing usually looked like he was sitting in the shop like a boneless body all day long. He never thought that his back was very generous, and he could carry Lu Zhu easily as he walked towards the sedan chair. Nagging: “Have you collected the cash check I gave you yesterday? When we get to the Pei family, they will be more arrogant. Don’t be looked down upon by others as soon as you go there. Yin Zheng will accompany you when the time comes. You have brought all your jewelry…”
He spoke very trivially, like a real brother worrying about his sister who is about to leave the house. Lu Chen’s eyes gradually became moist as he listened.
If Lu Qian was still here, it would be Lu Qian who would carry her to the wedding sedan today. Lu Rou would comb her hair, and her parents would feed her her first bite of rice dumplings before going out.
Her family is gone, and she has a new family. Although they are different people, perhaps the warmth, bond, love and concern are the same.
Du Changqing walked all the way talking and scolding Pei Yunying. When he arrived in front of the sedan chair, he put down Lu Zhu and carried Lu Zhu into the sedan chair with Yin Zheng supporting him.
“Raise the eaves—” Acheng cheered outside.
So Miao Liangfang gave the colorful satin and wedding money prepared in advance to the surrounding guests.
“Ouch,” Mr. Hu was squeezed out of the crowd, and several strands of his beard were torn off. He snatched two bouquets of wedding money from the people’s hands, and stuffed a bunch of them to Wu Youcai next to him: “You are talented, what are you doing?” I’m not even old enough to get married, so it’s a good time to be happy with Dr. Lu!”
Next to Hu Yuanwai, Wu Youcai was wearing a scholar’s green shirt, holding the wedding money and smiling.
When Wu Youcai accepted the wedding invitation from Renxin Medical Center, he resigned from the family where he taught for two days and went back to the city to watch the ceremony. Now he is working as a teacher outside the city, and he is enjoying himself. He seems to be more cheerful than before, and he is not as worried as before. I heard that the family where he taught treated him very well. Last year, they politely asked him if he wanted to go down again in the future, but Wu Youcai politely refused.
Sometimes, when people look far away, they feel that the world is vast and not limited to one side.
“Oh,” Wu Youcai turned around when he was hit by someone, and saw a woman in a sarong being pushed back by the crowd. Seeing this, she quickly bowed her head and apologized to him: “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
He Xiu then bent down and picked up the colorful satin that fell on the ground.
She came specially to watch Lu Zhuo get married.
Since Cui Min, the official envoy of the hospital, had an accident, no one has taken up the new envoy for the time being, leaving Chang Jin to do it for him. The new emperor reorganized the court, and both the Medical Office and the Imperial Pharmacy conducted self-examination from top to bottom. The medical workers who were originally assigned to Nan Pharmacy finally got a chance to redress their grievances. Those medical workers who were suppressed and bullied in the past and disappeared from the public can start to make choices again. Just because the original regulations for allocating medical workers in Nanjing Pharmacy were unreasonable, from now on, new medical officers will take turns working in Nanjing Pharmacy regardless of their status.
Mei Erniang also resigned from the Medical Officer’s College and left the imperial city.
He Xiu still stayed in Nanpharmacy, but no longer did errands such as collecting red fragrant catkins. Shi Changpu from the Royal Medicine Hospital thought that she was good at identifying medicinal materials, so he asked the envoy of the Royal Medicine Hospital to Tong Chang Jin to ask for a favor, and asked He Xiu to come to the Royal Medicine Hospital from Nan Pharmacy.
The affairs of Imperial Pharmacy were much easier than that of Nan Pharmacy, and He Xiu was with Shi Changpu, who was the most lazy and perfunctory. The days suddenly became leisurely. After Lu Zhu sent her a wedding invitation, he and Shi Changpu took leave and came to West Street. .
Now the poison in her body has been completely eliminated, and all the rashes on her face have disappeared. She goes home to reunite with her siblings during the tenth day of every month. She feels happy in her heart and the joy is written on her face.
He Xiu took two steps forward, and Lu Zhu also saw her. He Xiu waved to Lu Xi secretly, and Lu Xi laughed, and He Xiu also laughed.
He Xiu felt that Lu Chen was much more relaxed now than when he was in Nan Pharmacy. At that time, the two of them picked red fragrant catkins together in Nan Pharmacy. No matter what happened, Lu Chen always looked calm. Although this calmness made people feel at ease. , but it was like an invisible wall that clearly separated Lu Yan from others.
Now that the wall is gone, the woman smiles a little childishly, just like a woman at her best age who is simply happy for what is in front of her.
Just as he was talking, someone outside suddenly shouted: “Here comes, here comes – the groom is coming -“
The neighbors who were crowded beside the road stepped aside when they heard the words. They saw a carriage approaching at the end of the long West Street. The leader was riding a tall horse with a bright saddle and bridle. He was wearing a red robe with a round collar and a gold medal. Belt, black leather boots, charming and handsome, proud of the spring breeze, coming on horseback.
It’s not like there are no people getting married on West Street, but this is the first time that she wears this red robe in such an eye-catching way.
“Ah,” Widow Sun, who was directly in front, gasped when she saw this face, and pinched the arm of the person next to her excitedly: “What a ‘handsome leader’!”
Dai Sanlang silently endured the pain of Widow Sun pinching his arm beside him and turned his face to the side.
Lu Zhen also heard the sounds outside.
She wanted to open the curtain and see what was happening outside. Yin Zheng’s voice came from outside the sedan curtain, “Girl, you must not come out. The sedan is about to get up, hold it in.”
Lu Zhuo had no choice but to suppress his impulse.
Then I heard the voices of Pei Yunying and Du Changqing saying goodbye outside, and the sedan chair was carried up in a wandering manner.
She felt the sound of the horse’s hooves stop beside her, as if she felt that the other party was watching her from outside, and she felt a little calmer.
There were more sounds of throwing money around outside, and the person carrying the sedan chair shouted loudly—
The sedan has started.