Chapter 207 How is your injury?
On the afternoon of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Meng Changqing stayed in the study until late at night as soon as he could get out of bed. After finishing all the things that had accumulated over the past few days, he jumped back to the office with a rolling pin on his shoulder.
On the way, she met Hu Xiaohua who came to her with medicine, "Mr. Meng is full of energy. It seems that I am here more than necessary."
"Sister Hua, what did you say?" Meng Changqing quickly apologized and promised to take a good rest according to the doctor's instructions from now on and never run around.
Hu Xiaohua held the medicine with one hand and went to help her, "Where is that guy from Bafang? He is always following you. Why is it that when your legs and feet are not good, he is not there?"
"I asked Bafang to go to Liangzhou to deliver a message." Meng Changqing said, "I haven't come back yet. I guess he was left in Liangzhou Mansion by Lord Wei."
"Is there no one else? I heard from my father that the emperor gave you a hundred soldiers, why don't any of them take care of you?"
Meng Changqing was helped inside by her, "Of course, like Bafang, I assigned him to do other things. I just have a little bit of trouble with my legs and feet. It's not a big problem. Why do I have to have someone follow me?"
"You do have a weird personality." Hu Xiaohua said this, and Meng Changqing sincerely asked: "Am I still weird?"
"Aren't you surprised? Among all the distinguished young masters and ladies in the world, who is as easy to get rid of as you are?"
"I'm not a young master or a young lady." Meng Changqing pointed at herself. "I am the seventh-rank magistrate of the county. If an official does not pretend to be easy to talk to, if he does something immoral in the future, others will definitely scold him even more mercilessly."
Hu Xiaohua rolled her eyes at her, "What immoral thing are you going to do?"
"I haven't thought about it yet."
Hu Xiaohua helped her to the room, took apart the cotton strips and applied the medicine again, "It's because she is young, but she recovers quickly, and new flesh is already growing. Although she can move around on crutches, she still needs to get more rest, especially At night, go to bed on time. ”
"Okay, okay." Meng Changqing nodded. "I wash up and go to bed immediately."
"Remember to take your medicine."
The next morning, as soon as Meng Changqing opened her eyes, she saw Mancang guarding her bedside, "It's time for breakfast."
Meng Changqing raised his hand and touched her increasingly thick hair, "You go out first, I will wash up before eating."
Mancang was very obedient and asked her to go out. She waited at the door, no matter how strong the wind was.
Xiaodai came over with the newly made walking stick and saw her standing stupidly opposite the door, her hands stuffed into gloves without knowing it, just exposed.
"The warehouse is full." Xiaodai bent down and asked her, "Why are you standing at the door?"
Mancang glanced at him, then pointed his eyes at the door, "Bring breakfast to the young master."
"Where's breakfast?"
"Inside."
Xiaodai understood, "Master, let you wait outside?"
Seeing Mancang nodding, Xiaodai told her, "It's cold now. The young master asked you to wait outside, and I didn't mean to let you blow the cold wind. Look, there is a small room next door. If the young master asks you to wait again in the future, you can go there." Go and stay inside.”
"Young master can't see me when he opens the door. He must have thought I went out to play."
Xiaodai promised, "No, the young master will call you."
As soon as I finished saying this, I heard a shout from inside: "Mancang, come in."
Xiaodai said, "Look, you can still hear it from next door."
Mancang opened the door and went in to serve Meng Changqing porridge. A full casserole was filled with porridge, plus a newly made pie filled with tofu and chopped vermicelli.
Meng Changqing knew it was made by her mother as soon as she tasted it. She showed off half of the cake before speaking, "Good morning, Brother Dai, have you had breakfast with Mancang?"
"Not yet." Xiaodai put the crutch near Meng Changqing, "Laicai is working on it. I want to bring you the crutch before you go out." It seems that her mother made it specially for her. Meng Changqing asked They, "Would you like a piece of pie?"
Mancang and Xiaodai shook their heads simultaneously.
It's not surprising that Xiaodai rejected Meng Changqing, but it was too strange that the warehouse was full and she didn't want the food that was brought to her mouth. This was a person who even secretly drank a few sips of medicine.
Xiaodai saw Meng Changqing's doubts and talked about yesterday's incident, "Mancang is very concerned about you. Yesterday, Dr. Hu asked her to eat before delivering it to you. Unexpectedly, she didn't even eat the food. After taking your portion, she went here I brought it to you, but my wife picked it up halfway, and she went back to eat.”
Meng Changqing put down his chopsticks, thanked Mancang for his concern, and also thanked Xiaodai for making the walking stick overnight.
After breakfast, I went to the front office and stayed alone in the study for a while.
Look at the untidy desk in front of you, the walking stick leaning on the desk, and the furnishings in the study.
After the pain subsided, she was finally able to calmly digest some information.
Thinking back on every step I took in the capital, I also thought about what things still need to be done here.
After thinking about it, Bafang came back.
Bafang did not come back alone. Meng Changqing heard the announcement that Mr. Futai had arrived and wanted to go out to greet him. However, before he could leave the study, Wei Fangyun and Bafang were already in front of him.
Meng Changqing hurriedly said: "I'm meeting Mr. Futai, but I couldn't greet you..."
Before he finished speaking, Wei Fangyun helped him up and said, "Okay, sit still! We don't care about this between uncles and nephews."
"Uncle, please sit down and let Bafang make tea."
Meng Changqing waited for Wei Fangyun to sit down, then found a nearby chair and sat down.
"How is your injury?" Wei Fangyun asked.
"I'm recovering well, but I still can't exert myself in the past few days."
"You came back with injuries, which made your mother very anxious." Wei Fangyun said, "Be careful in the future. It is not worth taking such a big risk for strangers.
I heard from all directions about what happened that night. I want to thank you for escorting my wife and daughter back home. Otherwise, they would be the ones in danger. I have already written home to inform my wife that I don’t have to go back to those banquets. ”
"My uncle and my nephew had the same idea. When I said goodbye to my aunt that night, my nephew said exactly this to my aunt."
Wei Fangyun smiled, took the tea from Bafang, and blew on the tea leaves floating on the water.
"I received the package you brought. I'm sorry that you are still thinking about me even though you are in pain."
"Uncle, I really can't take the credit for this. Thanks to Bafang for taking care of everything."
Wei Fangyun nodded to Bafang, and then said to Meng Changqing: "Tell me about the attitude of your superiors towards your encouragement of people to move to Beishan County."
Meng Changqing said truthfully: "The higher-ups didn't discuss this matter much, but more about whether I was guilty or not."
"I thought about it. When discussing matters in the government, they never discuss matters on their own merits. Instead, they mostly use matters to influence people and then influence their positions." Wei Fangyun said, "As far as what you are doing, it will not harm the interests of other people at the moment." , as long as other magistrates in Liangzhou have no objections, they should not be so hesitant
They are still afraid of the person behind you. ”
Meng Changqing replied vaguely: "Maybe."
(End of chapter)