Chapter 11 She is used to being alone

After my father came back, the Qin government invited doctors less frequently.

Qin Tian knew that Mrs. Qin had passed half of this level.

She also relaxed half of her heart.

The guards in the mansion probably didn't investigate and deal with anything. The Qin family's mansion was peaceful, and the fact that Liao Shun's body caused Mrs. Qin to faint from shock seemed to be just a simple coincidence.

Qin Guanzhong became more and more busy, and the number of times he went home was reduced a lot. Except for coming back from time to time to go to bed, he only stayed in the study room in the outer courtyard to attend to affairs.

Although they are not separated by a few courtyard walls, for Qin Tian, ​​his father is even more distant.

She used to live alone in a small house for many years, and now of course she can gradually adapt to it.

Changzi did not dare to come back, but she had herbal medicines delivered to Chaoyunxuan. Some were seeds, some were seedlings, and some were old roots. Of course, there were also finished medicinal materials.

If in Zhucheng before, Qin Tian was playing with medicinal materials and meals for fun, now he is getting serious.

She thought, if one day she leaves here and leaves the Qin family, she must have a skill to support herself, right?

After eating in the morning, Qin Tian took the medicinal diet recipe on the desk and continued to flip through the pages.

This thick book on medicinal diet begins with a postpartum recovery meal for women. Qin Tian is just a girl in a boudoir and cannot use this. On the contrary, it is more practical for ordinary people to take care of various problems.

Tiandong Su Ye and the others are in good health and rarely get sick, which is why Qin Tian takes good care of them.

She still flipped through the previous content and looked back, but Su Ye brought a basket of yellow paper over.

"It will be my wife's death anniversary in a month. Uncle Zhou sent yellow paper to the girl. The girl has time to fold some."

In one month, it will be three years since my mother passed away.

Qin Tian's hand stopped while flipping through the recipe book.

This thick book of medicinal recipes has no name. It is not a book printed by a bookstore and circulated in the market, nor is it an isolated ancient book.

It is like a manuscript. The handwriting is not so regular, but every stroke seems to be radiating the warmth of the hand of the person who wrote it.

Qin Tian's fingertips gently touched the beautiful small characters on the heavy book.

This is her mother's handwriting. This book was written down word for word by her mother.

Qin Tian knew that he was not in good health since he could remember. He seemed to have some weak diseases brought from his mother's womb, and he was sick every three days.

At that time, my mother would go to the stove in person almost every day, carefully select the medicinal materials, use the medicinal materials to cook a cup of porridge for her, and add many uncommon dishes.

These medicinal foods have flavors that are rarely eaten by other people, but they have been lingering on the tip of Qin Tian's tongue for as long as she can remember.

It wasn't until she was eight or nine years old, and her health gradually improved, that she was no different from an ordinary little girl, that her medicated diet gradually became less frequent.

At that time, her mother touched her shiny hair.

"After Tiantian is well taken care of, I will feel relieved."

Xiao Qintian looked up at his mother and suddenly asked a question.

"Why does mom know about medicinal food?"

The mother was stunned for a moment when she asked this question, and then she smiled again with her eyes bent.

"I came from elementary school."

What kind of answer is this?

But Xiao Qintian didn't care about it, she said what she wanted to say most.

"I also want to learn medicinal diet from my mother, please teach me!"

At that time, her mother looked at her for a long time and said "ok".

So I picked up my pen and wrote down this thick medicinal diet recipe one recipe after another.

Later, her mother passed away, and the memory of her mother seemed to be devoured by the Nian beast again, with each passing year becoming less and less. Qin Tian couldn't remember many things, and he never thought about exploring them.

The sounds of footsteps and soft voices around the main courtyard continued to be heard.

Mrs. Qin seemed to have reconciled with her father. His father came back these days and stayed in the main courtyard at night.

Qin Tian looked at the medicinal recipe in his hand and suddenly wanted to know why his mother wanted to be his father's wife.

Her father would not come back once every month or two. Even if he came back, he would only say a few words, spend the night in the study and then leave. She did not even remember any intimacy between her father and mother.

She thought this was ordinary before, but when she saw how her father treated Mrs. Qin, she realized that it was not ordinary.

Her father didn't treat her mother even one-tenth of the way he treated Mrs. Qin.

Maybe this is the difference between the main room and the outer room?

Qin Tian didn't understand. He looked at the basket of yellow paper and the thick books under his hands. He couldn't settle down to do anything, so he had to get up and go to the courtyard.

The two rows of green bricks on the side near the courtyard wall were temporarily lifted up, and various herbs were planted, some of which even bloomed during this season.

Qin Tian picked up the hoe and loosened the soil for his herbs.

These are the wealth left to her by her mother, and may be what she will rely on in the future.

*

"Chaoyunxuan is no different from before. The girl only reads books, feeds rabbits and grows herbs. The young man named Chang Zi can't do anything except buy herbs for his master and send them over."

Fu Wen had doubts about whether the name of the herb contained some meaning that they could not decipher, but after researching it with people in the military, he could not find any clues of code words.

Qin Shen was silent for a few moments before asking.

"Where did she learn about her medicinal diet?"

Although there are such things as medicated diets among the people, it is not easy for ordinary people to have enough food. The so-called medicated diets are just folk recipes and not systematic.

But judging from what Qin Tian said, it was obvious that what he learned was not just earthwork or superficial knowledge.

"Hui Ye, it was taught by the aunt's wife, that is, the girl's biological mother. The aunt's wife seemed to be a maid from a wealthy family, so the maids and servants in the small courtyard, including the girl,

The rules are correct."

It would not be surprising if a maid from a wealthy family knew something about medicinal food.

But Fu Wen shook his head again, "It's just a subordinate's speculation. The master has very secret arrangements in Zhucheng, so I can't find out anything. As for the wife from the outside wife being a maid in that house, I don't know."

."

After more than ten years, no clues have been revealed. What happened inside is not something Qin Shen can find out if he wants to.

"Let's stop right now."

It would be bad if his father found out that he was investigating his affairs in Zhucheng.

Qin Shen pinched his forehead. There were still many things he couldn't understand about his father.

He only gave orders.

"Continue to keep an eye on Chaoyunxuan, but don't relax in other areas."

Maybe there are people hiding deep outside Chaoyunxuan.

"yes."

*

Main courtyard.

Mrs. Qin is indeed much better. Although she has little energy while sitting in the transaction, she can still say something.

But before dinner in the evening, Mrs. Qin thought of something and said something to Qin Guanzhong.

"No matter what, your daughter is the daughter of the Qin family. As my aunt, I have no intention of treating my concubine harshly. She should be allowed to eat with us."

Otherwise, it would look very pitiful for the three members of the Qin family to have dinner and leave her alone as a little girl who has not yet grown hair.

Qin Shen remained speechless and only glanced at Qin Guanzhong.

Qin Guanzhong was a little surprised by his wife's suggestion, but after thinking about it for a while, he decided to forget it.

"You're not feeling well, you'd better wait until you're well before she comes to say hello."

As Qin Guanzhong spoke, he asked someone to lay out the tablecloth.

"Besides, she's used to being alone."

I don't know whether he was comforting Mrs. Qin or himself, but there was a hint of sadness in his voice.

Mrs. Qin snorted lowly.

"Is this what you're used to? You're a good father, but you're really not that good."

"really."

Qin Guanzhong did not deny it, nor did he ask anyone to call Qin Tian over. Instead, he changed the subject and said something else to Qin Shen.

The father and son first talked about the recent military affairs in various places in Qingzhou, and then Qin Guanzhong said.

"I have to go to Jinan Prefecture the day after tomorrow. It will take some time to go back and forth."

"So urgent?" asked Mrs. Qin, who had just returned from overseas not long ago.
To be continued...