The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

"Young mistress, the young master has sent a letter."

Bai Zhi happily took a letter from home and entered the courtyard.

"Young mistress, please leave the boy to me. Please read the letter."

"Okay." Chunnuan handed her son Yuanyuan to Baizhi: "He'll be hungry soon, let the wet nurse take him to feed him."

"Yes."

Bai Zhi carried the boy to the side room, where she saw the wet nurse folding clothes for him.

"Aunt Chen, the young mistress says the young master must be hungry."

"Okay, right away."

Aunt Chen immediately put down her clothes, washed her hands, took the child from Bai Zhi's arms, and lovingly touched his face.

In just six months, the baby grew up plump and healthy from her nursing, and was very well-behaved.

"Sister Chen, you feed the boy. I'll go out now."

"Go ahead, young man will fall asleep while he's eating."

Bai Zhi nodded. This wet nurse was a good one, and she could entrust the boy to her with peace of mind.

After Bai Zhi left, Chen Sao urinated on the child, cleaned him up, and then washed her hands before feeding him.

Watching the little one suckle so hard while feeding him made me realize that the young mistress of a wealthy family was truly extraordinary.

This young mistress is very kind and speaks softly. Her only requirement is that she be hygienic.

In the courtyard, Chunnuan looked at Zhao Minghua's letter home, her face flushed slightly, and then she smiled shyly.

A man is a boy until death; how should his letters be written?
Aren't you afraid of being seen and laughed at?
However, his previous efforts finally paid off.

The Third Young Master Zhao, who was considered a playboy by the world, suddenly became a righteous merchant and even an imperial merchant. How surprised the Zhao family must have been when they heard this news.

Hmm, I'm quite looking forward to seeing Mrs. Zhao and the others' expressions.

Hmm, Zhao Minglang, the second young master of the Zhao family, has found a girl he likes?

When Chunnuan saw this news, she sighed: Qiuyan still couldn't become her sister-in-law after all.

I was also worried for her: Qiu Yan's situation in the capital was very precarious.

I just hope she can successfully find a husband among those listed.

Sometimes you have to take a gamble; don't be afraid of everything and end up with nothing.

"Young Madam, lunch is ready..."

"Go to the front kitchen and tell them I'm going to have lunch with my mother today."

Springtime in the Zhao family was incredibly comfortable, with the small kitchen and large kitchen switching freely between them.

Everyone says that once you get married, you have to serve your parents-in-law, but Zhao's parents-in-law never made her serve them for even a single day.

Going to pay respects to her was entirely up to her mood.

Of course, it wasn't that Chunnuan was rude and didn't pay her respects, but rather that she was sometimes really busy. When she was engrossed in researching pills and fragrances, her schedule became unpredictable, and she couldn't even take care of her own son, let alone her in-laws.

"Yes, young mistress."

Mrs. Zhao, Zhou, was naturally delighted that Chunnuan would come to the front hall for a meal.

Where is Yuan-ge?

Seeing that Chunnuan had come alone, Zhou quickly asked.

"After the wet nurse fed him, he fell asleep."

“This child can sleep well.” Zhou nodded: “Nuan Nuan, you really know how to take care of your body. Look at Yuan Ge’er, he’s just a little fat pig. He eats and sleeps all day long, and he changes every day. He’s completely different every three days.”

Zhou couldn't get enough of her grandson. She would hold him for one or two hours every day, even if it made her back ache.

The reason Zhou said this was because her eldest grandson, Zhao Yongfu, was frequently sick and catching a cold.

My family runs a pharmacy; three generations of our ancestors were doctors. Even so, we can't guarantee that our child won't get sores and illnesses; his constitution is just too weak.

The Zhou family has been searching for the reason for years, but they have never been able to find it.

It wasn't until Chunnuan became pregnant and gave birth to Yuanyuan that Zhou suddenly realized: her daughter-in-law was too delicate and didn't know how to raise a child.

As the saying goes: A strong mother means a fat son.

The eldest daughter-in-law was very delicate. When she was pregnant, she couldn't eat this or that, and she would often lie down for half a day. In the late stages of her pregnancy, she became even more anxious, unable to eat and moving around much. She and her child suffered a lot during childbirth.

Later, the daughter-in-law recovered somewhat during her postpartum period, but her eldest grandson still couldn't get enough breast milk, and several wet nurses were changed, but none of them helped.

The old man was a senior doctor who had seen many difficult and complicated diseases, but he was helpless when it came to his great-grandson.

It's no exaggeration to say that my eldest grandson is a year old but doesn't weigh as much as my half-year-old grandson, and he's not as cute either.

Oh dear, you can't think like that. I'm the children's grandmother, and I have to treat everyone equally.

However, to be honest, because of the saying "love me, love my dog," Zhou felt that she was far more satisfied with her daughter-in-law Chunnuan than with her eldest daughter-in-law.

"This is the time when children eat and sleep repeatedly."

Chunnuan didn't take credit: "Mother, isn't Father coming home for lunch?"

"We should go to Changzhou today," Zhou said. "I heard there's been a problem with the medicinal herbs there."

"what is the problem?"

“Inferior goods are passed off as superior ones.” Zhou sighed. “I never thought that after so many years in this business, we would encounter something like this. These herbal medicine merchants are really heartless. This is medicine, after all. If something goes wrong, it could lead to a death lawsuit.”

"People's hearts are no longer what they used to be."

As spring warms, one might think that no merchant is without cunning; the reputation of a cunning merchant is never undeserved.

"That's why our family doesn't allow our third son to go into business," Zhou said. "The old man said that business people are all cunning; some money can be made, and some can't. Our family is honest and upright; we don't do that kind of lousy business..."

Spring warmth arrived, and her hands were already inside her sleeves before being taken out again.

The mother-in-law keeps saying she doesn't do business or commerce. What would she think if she knew her precious youngest son had already become a royal merchant?
We should tell my father-in-law about this first, since men are generally more resilient.

Wait, didn't Zhao Minghua write a letter home to his parents to report to them?
Is it only up to me to be the one to stick my neck out?
The thought of this possibility filled Chunnuan with mixed feelings.

This person really has the potential to be a shrewd businessman; he actually tried to scheme against her!

I had lunch with my mother-in-law; as spring warmed up, I devoted myself to spending time with her.

"Nuan Nuan, are these dishes delicious?"

Knowing that Chunnuan was coming for a meal, Zhou specially asked the kitchen to prepare her favorite dishes.

"Very good, thank you, Mother."

"What are you thanking me for? Many of the dishes you made were taught to me by the cooks in the small kitchen."

The cook in Chunnuan's Little Kitchen would often bring her new recipes to try, and over time, Zhou's tastes became the same as Chunnuan's.

"That's great. They share what they need, so they can make the dishes we want to eat."

Chunnuan prefers milder flavors, while Zhou, despite her advanced age, still craves strong flavors and can't live without spice, which Chunnuan simply can't stand.

So giving her a small kitchen would be quite convenient.

Unexpectedly, it even changed my mother-in-law's taste, which was an unexpected bonus.

"By the way, Nuannuan, has the third brother sent any letters since he went to the capital for so long?"

Spring is here... there's no escaping it. She'll have to tell her mother-in-law herself. (End of Chapter)