Jinyi Spring

Chapter 6 Family
Banxia made a pot of noodles and the three of them ate at the table.

The Feng family has always treated Aunt Wang and Banxia as family members.

Aunt Wang calls Doctor Feng "Big Sister", and Banxia follows Feng Chuchen and his brother to call Doctor Feng "Big Aunt".

Although they were servants, they only did housework and took care of Feng Bu Ji, and went out to deliver babies to earn money. Doctor Feng and the original owner took care of themselves.

Aunt Wang confiscated part of the money she earned, and kept the rest for herself.

The two of them were not slaves bought by the Feng family from the pawnshop.

Seventeen years ago, Aunt Wang was divorced by her husband's family because she gave birth to two stillborn babies, and her own family also refused to accept her.

She had nowhere to go and was about to jump into the river when she was rescued by Doctor Feng.

Doctor Feng took her home and taught her how to deliver a baby. Later, she became Doctor Feng's assistant.

Because Aunt Wang often accompanied Doctor Feng on her visits to the streets, her reputation gradually spread. Some women who did not seem to have a difficult birth and whose families were poor and did not want to hire the more expensive Doctor Feng would ask Aunt Wang to deliver their babies alone.

Her skills were good, and a few years later she was registered in the Imperial Medical Bureau and became an official midwife.

The ex-husband's family came to her house after hearing about it. The wife her ex-husband married died of illness, leaving behind a son, and the family wanted to marry her back. She could take care of the child and deliver babies to earn money.

Her parents were not happy about it and they wanted to take her back, saying that if she lost her husband's family's money, she would belong to her parents and her nephew would take care of her in her old age.

The two families even fought over her.

Aunt Wang knew the character of her ex-husband's family, and also knew the character of her own family. They only cared about money, not her.

She didn't want to marry anyone else.

It would be better to be a servant of the Feng family so that we can take care of each other.

She could see that everyone in the Feng family was a good person.

So he sold himself and became a servant of the Feng family.

Banxia was a baby that Feng, the doctor, had delivered with great effort. Because the family already had two children, and they thought that the baby could not be kept alive, they brought a basin of water and tried to drown him.

Doctor Feng couldn't bear it, so she took the child home to raise him so that he could keep Feng Chuchen company.

When the girl was four years old, she was cute and smart. The family regretted their decision and wanted to take the child home so that they could sell her for a good price.

Doctor Feng knew what they were planning, so she took out four taels of silver and gave it to the family, as if she had bought the animal for herself.

For fear that the family would cause trouble again in the future, he went directly to the government office to get a slave contract.

Banxia is one year younger than the original owner, and they grew up together.

The whole family, women and children, have lived in harmony until now...

After dinner, Feng Chuchen took his brother for a walk in the yard to help digest the food.

The sky is filled with sunset glow, and the twilight pours down like water, giving everything in the world a layer of warm color.

After coming here, Feng Chuchen especially liked to look at the sky. The morning and evening glows were gorgeous, the daytime sky was clean and clear, and the night sky was bright with moonlight and full of stars, all of which were things she could hardly see in her previous life.

But the yard was bare, with only a privet tree planted, and not even any potted flowers.

In the backyard is a vegetable garden and a chicken coop with seven or eight chickens.

The figure appeared in front of Feng Chuchen again.

She is not tall, with a straight waist. She always wears blue or green clothes, and never wears embroidery. She always wears a wooden hairpin in her hair, and never wears makeup. Her thin lips are tightly pursed, and her nasolabial folds are deep. Even when she smiles, the smile does not reach her eyes...

This is completely different from other images of midwives.

By the way, there is another member in the family, a big dog named Big Head.

This is the third dog my aunt has raised. They not only guard the house, but also accompany my aunt when she goes to bury dead babies or go to remote places to deliver babies.

The name was given by Feng Buji because Datou's head is really big. If it rains, Feng Buji will make fun of Datou, "Datou, big head, don't worry about the rain. Others have umbrellas, but I have a big head."

Ever since his aunt passed away, Datou has been listless and doesn't eat much. After his aunt was buried, Datou would go to the grave every day and lie there all day, returning home only after dark.

Just as I was thinking about it, the gate of the courtyard rang.

Banxia ran to open the door, "It must be Datou who came back."

After opening the door, Big Head walked in listlessly.

It is not the common local dog in the Dayan Dynasty. It is large and round, black in color, with long hair. Its head and mouth are much larger than those of local dogs, and it is extremely powerful.

The villagers said that it was the offspring of a foreign dog and a local dog, while some said it was the offspring of some wild animal and a local dog.

My aunt found it in the mountains two years ago. It was just a little puppy at that time, and my aunt always kept it with her. It was the one who stuck with her the most.

If Datou had gone home with them that day, Feng Qi would not have dared to harm them.

What made Feng Chuchen feel guilty was that Datou seemed to notice something different about her. Last time when she was injured and was carried home, Datou barked at her non-stop, but fortunately he didn't rush over to bite her.

However, I always kept my distance from her.

Banxia went into the kitchen, brought out a large bowl and placed it on the floor, saying softly, "I left this for you, eat it."

Big Head didn't eat, but lay down under the eaves of the back seat, his eyes full of sadness.

It is depressed.

There is no such thing as depression in this era, but it was very common in the past. Not only humans but animals also suffered from it.

Feng Chuchen didn't dare to get close, and looked at it gently from a distance of three steps away.

Big Head is kind to everyone in this family. Once it sees my kindness towards it and this family, it will accept me.

Feng Buji walked over and stroked its fur and said, "You still have me and my sister. We will always treat you well, just like your aunt did. You've lost weight, and my sister and I are very sad..."

After much persuasion, Datou finally lowered his head and ate the food in the bowl. After eating, he lay on the ground again, half asleep and half awake.

The last ray of light in the sky disappeared, and Feng Buji yawned loudly.

Without letting Banxia serve him, Feng Chuchen personally gave Feng Buji a small spoonful of Ganoderma lucidum powder that he must drink every day, helped him wash up, and took him to the north room of the east wing to rest.

This house has three rooms upstairs, three rooms on the east and west wings, and three rooms in the back.

Doctor Feng lived in the east room of the upper house, Feng Chuchen lived in the west room. Feng Buji lived in the north room of the east wing, Banxia temporarily lived in the hall of the east wing to take care of Feng Buji. Aunt Wang lived in the north room of the west wing, and Datou lived in the firewood room at the back.

Feng Chuchen returned to the upper room, lit the oil lamp and went to the east room where his aunt lived.

The big kang took up half of the room. The bedding and pillows on the kang had all been burned, leaving only a kang table and a set of kang cabinets. There was a square table and two large boxes on the ground, and a tall table against the wall with a tablet for my aunt.

In the corner were wooden basins, scissors, herbs for inducing labor and other items used for delivery. Aunt Wang also had another set of these items in her room.

There are also some simple equipment for making medicine, such as scales, medicine pounding pots, medicine grinders, etc.

The two doors of the kang cabinet and a box were locked.

Feng Chuchen first opened the kang cabinet, which contained some medical books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, a box of silver needles, a box of incense for this life, and a small copper incense burner the size of a fist.

The small copper incense burner is used to light incense.

The incense in this life is three inches long, yellow in color, and has a one-inch long bamboo stick at the bottom. There are twenty-two of them in total, and they are placed in a bronze box.

The eldest aunt had taught the original owner how to make this life incense, but the original owner had never made it on her own. The incense contained two precious and rare materials, and two of the least valuable materials.

The least valuable things are the soil and stream water in the green reed marshes.

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