Chapter 163 Old Friend
163 Old Friend
The farmstead was large and open. There were fields, rivers, and mountains that made it self-sufficient.
After 200 years, when she was in this familiar and unfamiliar environment, memories rushed back.
She had planned it well, but in the end…
Things didn’t go as planned.
The girls reined in their horses in front of the farmstead. The horses neighed with a cold breath of air.
Juan Bi was the first to dismount and knock on the door.
When the steward of the manor heard that it was his lady, he was overjoyed. He quickly brought people to welcome her, and the manor door opened.
This area was remote, and not many people usually came. Today, so many delicate guests came at once, shocking the entire manor.
Gu Yanfei instructed the steward of the manor to send people to the various prefectures in the capital to inform them so that Wei Jiaoniang and the others’ families would not worry.
Then, she got someone to move the old woman to the east wing.
Lu Qin and the other girls were summoned to the hall to sit down. The maidservants accompanying them also went to help boil water.
Only Wei Jiaoniang followed Gu Yanfei to the inner room of the east wing. The unconscious old woman was moved to a couch by a few servants.
When she first discovered the old woman on the way, Gu Yanfei had only roughly checked her injuries. Now that there was a place to settle down, she carefully checked her pulse and asked Juan Bi to check her limbs and torso.
The other parts of the old woman’s body were uninjured. Only the back of her head had been struck by something hard enough to cause this fatal wound.
By now, the scalp wound had stopped bleeding and was even showing signs of healing.
“Not bad.” Gu Yanfei smiled and looked at Wei Jiaoniang.
Wei Jiaoniang raised her chin proudly and winked at Gu Yanfei.
After Gu Yanfei taught her the Disease Removal Talisman, Wei Jiaoniang had long wanted to find an opportunity to give it a try, but she could not cut herself before treating it… This was too stupid.
Just now, when she was on the road with the old woman, she had been drawing Disease Removal Talismans repeatedly.
Even if it only succeeded once out of 10, the effect was not bad, and the bleeding had stopped.
Gu Yanfei looked at her and smiled. The two of them exchanged a tacit secret.
Yes, I’m amazing! Wei Jiaoniang was so happy that her tail was about to curl up.
As long as the bleeding stopped, the wound would not be a problem. Gu Yanfei instructed, “Juan Bi, get someone to get some cold water to clean the wound, and get some clean white cloth.”
Juan Bi left, and a moment later, she led a delicate-looking servant in her 30s. Juan Bi carried a rough cloth and scissors, while the other servant carried a basin of water.
The servant approached the bed with a basin of water. When she saw the person on the bed, she was suddenly stunned and blurted out, “It’s Granny Pang!”
“You know her?” Gu Yanfei raised her eyebrows.
“Yes.” As the servant placed the basin on the bedside table, her gaze kept drifting to Granny Pang. After a while, she came back to her senses and nodded. “Miss, Granny Pang is the late Madam’s wet nurse.”
This farmstead was Madam Xie’s dowry. The people inside were all attendants brought over by Madam Xie, so they naturally recognized her wet nurse.
The servant hesitated for a moment before continuing, “Granny Pang made a mistake a few years ago and was chased out of the Marquis Mansion. It was said that… she treated the Third Lady poorly.”
Thinking of Gu Yunrong’s identity, she looked a little hesitant.
“…” Gu Yanfei blinked and was slightly stunned.
Mother’s wet nurse?
Now that she said it, she had a vague impression.
In her previous life, around the Spring Festival, a person who claimed to be her mother’s wet nurse came to the Marquis Mansion to pay her respects. However, by the time she found out, it was already too late, and she had long been sent away.
By the way, at that time, the servants called her Granny Pang.
But later, she never heard from Granny Pang again.
Counting the days in her previous life, Granny Pang seemed to have only come to the Marquis Mansion in these few days.
Gu Yanfei’s black eyes were so deep that they could not be seen. She stared fixedly at the unconscious Granny Pang and felt a complicated feeling in her heart. She could not tell if she was disappointed or sad.
After sitting quietly for two breaths, she asked the servant to cook some ginger soup for Lu Qin and the others.
The servant responded repeatedly. After bowing a little restrainedly, she hurriedly retreated.
Juan Bi followed Gu Yanfei’s instructions and cleaned the area around Granny Pang’s wound with cold water. She applied some ointment and finally bandaged it with a white cloth.
“Juan Bi, find someone to take good care of her first. She…” Gu Yanfei glanced at the pot. “She’ll wake up at about a quarter past eight.”
After saying this, she affectionately took Wei Jiaoniang’s arm and went to the hall in the front courtyard.
At this moment, Gu Yanfei’s emotions had already returned to normal. She smiled as if nothing had happened.
Outside, the snow fluttered. All she could see was whiteness and thickening snow.
Lu Qin and the other girls had already drunk the ginger soup. They looked satisfied and smiled.
With a place to shelter them from the wind and snow, they were all at ease. They drank tea and ate snacks. The worst case scenario was that they would spend the night on this farmstead.
Seeing Gu Yanfei and Wei Jiaoniang come hand in hand, the girls put down their cups and asked with concern,
“How are the old lady’s injuries?”
“Did you hire a doctor?”
Wei Jiaoniang tugged at Gu Yanfei’s sleeve and replied evasively, “She’s fine. This time, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda.”
She hurriedly changed the subject in the next sentence. “I’m hungry. What’s good?”
When the girls heard that the injured person was fine, they were relieved. Lu Qin was the first to say, “This plum blossom cake is not bad. It’s soft and delicious!”
“And this pine nut is also very sweet.”
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The girls chatted and laughed, filling the hall with bustling activity. Even the howling snow outside the hall was suppressed.
The snow finally showed signs of easing.
The carriages of the various manors arrived at the manor one after another. Only the Dingyuan Marquis Household had not arrived.