Chapter 547 - Chapter 547: Chapter 547: Made New Clothes for Second Brother_1 (1/2)
Chapter 547: Chapter 547: Made New Clothes for Second Brother_1
Just a neck, not any area deemed private or embarrassing. She had just merely glanced, without laying a finger on him. Was her second brother being overly shy?
Just at this moment, Xiumei walked in. Wei Jinyi handed her the bowl of medicine before making his exit.
Xiumei stared perplexedly at Wei Jinyi’s retreating figure, muttering to herself, “What happened with the prince? Wasn’t he still arguing about who should feed the medicine to miss yesterday? He was eager to keep watch over her through the night, but why would he leave now when she was finally awake? Could it be because staying awake all night made him tired?”
“I don’t know about him, just give me the medicine. I can drink it myself.”
Wei Ruo felt like she’s bursting with vitality. If someone was still feeding her at this point, it would indeed seem overtly dramatic.
Xiumei did not insist on feeding Wei Ruo this time, and handed her the bowl.
Having finished her medicine, Wei Ruo sighed, “I didn’t expect to spend my Chinese New Year’s Eve in such a daze, without even managing to stay awake to meet the new year. Second brother did stay awake, although he wound up keeping vigil over me along with the new year.”
“That’s a good omen, it means all your troubles have been left in the past year, and from now on, everything is going to be prosperously smooth and peaceful,” Xiumei said.
“Meimei, I like your sweet words!”
“Miss, you are the sweet one, you always cheer me up!”
“Meimei, could you cook me some pig’s feet this afternoon?”
“Pig’s feet?”
“Yes, pig’s feet, I just suddenly got a craving for it.”
“But Miss, you just recovered from a serious illness, shouldn’t you eat something lighter?”
“Exactly because I was ill, I need to replenish protein.”
“Then I will stew the pig’s feet for you.” Xiumei compromised.
“I want it to be braised, cooked with soybeans till it is soft and tender, and melts in your mouth.”
“It looks like you have really recovered, Miss. Your appetite is so good.” Xiumei said helplessly.
“I knew Meimei is the best!”
Wei Ruo and Xiumei chatted and laughed for a while, quickly forgetting about the episode that had just taken place.
Wei Ruo was preparing to get out of bed, while Xiumei brought over some new clothes.
At the sight of the new clothes, Wei Ruo’s eyes went soft. These clothes were lovingly hand-sewn by her wet nurse, and had been brought over sometime before the New Year.
“We’re not in the poor, penniless times anymore, yet she is still personally sewing clothes for me.”
Wei Ruo gently touched the clothes, the soft fabric felt just like her kind wet nurse.
At the beginning, Wei Ruo was so young, she could hardly walk steadily or speak convincingly, much less earn money in a reliable way.
She could only occasionally earn some money by chance.
However, the He family’s servants held back the monthly allowance they were supposed to give to Wei Ruo, so she couldn’t afford to buy new clothes during the New Year–her new clothes from those years were all sewn by her wet nurse.
Later, as Wei Ruo grew up, her wet nurse and others began to believe in what Wei Ruo said, and thus started to earn money following Wei Ruo’s advice, gradually making their lives prosperous.
But her wet nurse never broke the habit.
Even now, when Wei Ruo is a queen and her wet nurse was a general’s wife, and helping Wei Ruo manage her businesses, her wet nurse still insisted on sewing new clothes for her for the New Year.
“It’s a pity we can’t spend the New Year together this year, and Brother Xiaoyong can only return after the New Year. Even when he returns, he will go to his own residence in Taizhou prefecture, which is thousands miles away from the capital.” Xiumei said with a hint of sadness.