Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 181 Jealousy

At noon, Song Ying went to prepare medicinal food as usual. As soon as she arrived at the kitchen, several maids who knew about it in the morning came up to her, all with curious looks on their faces.

Xiao Lu was on good terms with Song Ying, so she couldn't help but ask, "Sister Song Ying, did Doctor Lin really accept you as his disciple?"

Speaking of Doctor Lin, Song Ying couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. He was the first adult who understood her grievances and choices. She felt that Doctor Lin was different from most people in the village.

She smiled and nodded, "Yes, I just prayed yesterday at noon."

"No wonder you spent money to prepare a feast yesterday at noon. It turns out you wanted to become my disciple!"

Xiaolu suddenly realized, and then asked curiously: "Is your father a scholar?"

After asking, without waiting for Song Ying's answer, she hurriedly explained: "Sister Chunliu said that she recognized your second uncle as the farmer who often sold eels to the wealthy families in East Street. Farmers don't hire teachers specifically for their daughters."

In fact, as early as when Song Ying came to the Shen Mansion, her patched clothes had already made the maids in the Shen Mansion very confused, and they asked her many times, both openly and secretly.

At that time, Song Ying didn't want to reveal his background, so he was either vague or evasive, without revealing anything.

But things are different now. Doctor Lin has accepted her as his disciple. Even if the masters of the Shen Mansion, such as Princess Shun'an, know her background and are unhappy about it, they still have to follow Doctor Lin's ideas.

After all, the temporary worker was hired to help Doctor Lin, so the most important thing was that he had to please her.

Apprentices are even more different.

As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. Since Song Ying became Dr. Lin's apprentice, she was almost like her daughter and a lifelong relative.

How could you leave someone else's genuine apprentice unused and hire a temporary worker instead? Isn't this an slap in the face of Doctor Lin?

Therefore, Song Ying said openly: "No, my father is just an ordinary farmer. This year my little cousin is six years old. My family sent him to school. I urged him to review his lessons every day. He learned a little bit after watching him."

The girls were simply jaw-dropping.

"Can you learn it just by watching?" Xiaolu looked at me with an expression that said, "Sister Song Ying, don't joke with me."

"You just learned it this year?" A maid caught another point of attention, "You also learned medical theory this year? In less than a year, you learned to read and learned medical theory?"

As long as someone is really interested in asking about these things, they can naturally find out. Song Ying did not hide it and told them how she had learned to identify herbs little by little since last year. She just did not mention the fact that they were making money without telling their family.

When the maids finally finished digesting the food, Xiaolu was even more impressed by Song Ying, "Sister Song Ying, you are so amazing!"

Where there are those who admire, there are naturally those who are jealous.

Someone couldn't help but say sourly, "Isn't it amazing? An orphan girl from a mountain village without a father is now stronger than the rest of us and has become Doctor Lin's apprentice."

Among the maids in the big kitchen, many were born in the Shen family, and only a small number were sold from outside. Some of them were literate.

Miss Qing, who had been responsible for assisting Doctor Lin, moved back to Qingshui County from the capital. She got married in the capital and did not come to Qingshui County. Many people were eyeing this position and were trying their best to follow Doctor Lin in making medicinal food.

However, Doctor Lin didn't like any of them, not even the second-class maids around his masters, and insisted on finding someone who understood medicine.

When Song Ying came, they thought she was some important person, but they didn't expect that she was just an orphan girl from a mountain village without a father, and her so-called medical knowledge only included some knowledge of herbs!

In this case, Sister Chuntao can do it too. She has been in charge of the old lady's medication for many years, and has learned some medical knowledge through observation and observation.

I really don’t know what Doctor Lin was thinking. Not only did he agree to let such a person help her, he also accepted her as his apprentice!

Song Ying has always been keen on observing people's words and expressions, and she immediately noticed that the attitudes of several people towards her had changed.

This was all within her expectations, so she didn't take it to heart. She said goodbye to everyone and went to prepare the medicinal food alone.

Unexpectedly, two days later, when Chuntao came to get the medicinal food, she did not leave as usual, but said: "Sister Song Ying, don't rush to clean up, the old lady wants to see you."

"see me?"

Song Ying was a little bit nervous, guessing that it must be his master who told County Lady Shun'an about what happened that day. He didn't know what County Lady Shun'an would think.

She put down the dishwashing loofah, quickly washed her hands, and followed Chuntao to the main courtyard.

The main courtyard was as quiet as ever. The maids coming and going were almost silent in every move, and the entire courtyard was solemn and hushed.

In such silence, Song Ying's footsteps seemed a little loud, so she quickly lowered her footsteps to avoid breaking the solemnity of the yard.

Lifting the brown curtain with the word "Fu" on it and entering inside, the rich sandalwood scent goes straight into your nostrils.

The moment he entered the door, Song Ying took a quick look and did not see his master. Instead, he saw Mother Fang and a maid from the kitchen.

After Chuntao was busy serving Princess Shun'an her medicinal meal and helping her wash up, Princess Shun'an called Song Ying forward to question her.

"Are you the one who prepares all the medicinal food now?" asked Princess Shun'an.

"To answer the old lady, I do most of the work by myself. When I encounter something new, I have no experience. After the master teaches me, he will watch me do it several times."

Although in most cases her master only watched her do it once and then let her do it, in order to show her respect for County Master Shunan, she cautiously said that she would do it a few more times.

Princess Shunan held up a handkerchief and pressed the corner of her mouth, then said slowly, "The medicinal food is cooked well, and tastes the same as your master's."

"As long as you're satisfied."

"The ginseng and black plum tea I made yesterday was also good. What ingredients did you use?"

Song Ying was a little surprised. When did Princess Shun'an start to care about these things? But she still reported in detail: "Madam, I used black plums, ginseng, licorice, and rock sugar. Three black plums, 14 cents of ginseng, and 8 cents of licorice. Since you don't like sweet things, I only put one rock sugar."

"You remember it very carefully. No wonder your master always says you are careful. However, I am sure that only 14 cents of ginseng were taken. How come the kitchen is missing 50 cents?"

Song Ying was stunned for a moment, then slowly realized that there was a shortage of ginseng in the kitchen, and she suspected that she had stolen it.

She raised her head and looked at Mother Fang standing next to her and the maid behind her. It turned out that they were not here to bring extra food to County Lady Shunan, but to deal with the incident of missing ginseng.

After thinking for a while, Song Ying looked at the Shun'an County Lady and said, "Madam, do you mean that someone told you that I stole it?"

As she spoke, she also looked at Fang's mother.

Mother Fang said quickly, "It wasn't me who said you stole it. It was Xiaofu. This girl said she saw you take the ginseng with her own eyes."

As soon as she finished speaking, the maid behind her stood up and said, "Old Madam, everything I said is true. It was indeed Song Ying who took the ginseng!"