The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 235 - 167: An Exceptional Memory

She didn’t say it, but everyone knew it anyway.

After dinner, the family sat idly together, as usual, chatting about everyday matters.

"Today Chun Nuan started teaching Muyang to recognize medicinal herbs, and this child surprisingly learned them all." Mrs. Xu told the family, "Maybe one day, this child Muyang will become as skilled as Chun Nuan."

"That’s great; in that case, the Xiao family will have another doctor."

Mrs. Xu felt this was excellent. Her daughter was skilled in medicine and pharmacy, and her son was studying medicine and doing business; the third family’s Mrs. Huang had already mentioned that her son was pursuing academics. It would also be good if someone in the main family could learn. It would mean one more person to share the burdens of the Xiao family.

"Our Xiao family is a family of medicine; the tradition must be passed down. Muyang would be the fourth generation, right?" Mrs. Xu joked, "Chun Nuan, when you have time, you should teach this child more. As his aunt, don’t keep your skills to yourself, but pass on your medical knowledge to him."

"Aunt, don’t worry, as long as Muyang is willing to learn, I will definitely pass on the Xiao family’s ancestral skills to him."

Speaking of which, the Xiao family is not like other families where skills are passed to sons and not daughters.

However, Chun Nuan thought that after her mourning period, she would get married, and whether the Xiao family’s medical skills were passed to Chun Ning or Muyang, it was the right thing to do.

As the children of the Xiao family, they enjoy the Xiao family’s fortune and should naturally bear the responsibilities of the Xiao family.

In this regard, she had a clear conscience.

Zhu Lingling had long known her son was smart, and like the third aunt, she fantasized about her son achieving the highest academic success. But she was also more aware of the current situation of the Xiao family and could accept that Xiao Muyang took the path of studying medicine.

"Second sister, in the future, I’ll have to trouble you to look after Muyang more." Studying medicine under Chun Nuan, Zhu Lingling immediately expressed her gratitude to her: "If there’s anything you need from me, I will definitely help without hesitation."

"Eldest sister-in-law, I don’t really need you to do anything." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Oh, there’s something, I’m sure." Mrs. Xu laughed.

Chun Nuan didn’t know what she needed from her eldest sister-in-law.

"Look at this child, so careless, there are only nine months left until the mourning period ends." Mrs. Xu said, "After mourning, the Zhao family will come to push for the wedding, and Nuannuan needs to get married; it’s time to prepare Nuannuan’s dowry."

"Ah, right, look at this situation, even I forgot about it." Mrs. Xu felt very guilty: "It’s unfortunate about the dowry I had prepared for Nuannuan."

Back then, she had a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, a son and a daughter, and Mrs. Xu was delighted.

From the third-day celebration to the full-month ceremony, and then the first birthday, all the valuable gifts received were stored and recorded in the small warehouse.

She vowed to prepare a good bride price for her son and a grand dowry for her daughter.

As a mother, she naturally hoped her children would have the best.

Year after year, she put a lot of good things into the small warehouse.

Who would have thought, the children hadn’t even had the chance to grow up before the Xiao family was confiscated.

The precious items in the small warehouse were all seized.

Now, her son was in the Northern Desert, at the age to marry but unable to make arrangements; her daughter was of marrying age, but her dowry was still empty.

It’s not an exaggeration to say, Chun Nuan’s dowry needs to be earned by herself.

As a mother, Mrs. Xu felt helpless and frustrated.

"Let’s forget about handcrafting the wedding dress." Chun Nuan waved her hands quickly upon hearing this: "I really don’t have the free time, my hands are better with needles for medical use; if I work a needle for embroidery, the result might be unbearable to look at."

"You, child, so you do know your embroidery skills are terrible."

Mrs. Xu was both amused and annoyed: "Back then, when I tried to get you to learn embroidery, you wouldn’t listen and couldn’t sit still for the time it takes to burn an incense stick before disappearing. If it weren’t for your grandfather’s interference, I would have been tempted to tie you to the sewing stool."

"Luckily, you didn’t force Nuannuan to learn embroidery; otherwise, our family would have been left with nothing to rely on in tough times." Mrs. Xu teased with a laugh: "Even if you had the leisure, you wouldn’t have the time. But you can buy the fabric first, stitch a couple of opening stitches, then leave the rest to us. When we reach the final part, you can stitch the finishing touches, and that counts as your handiwork."

"Haha, right, that works too; do you know any princesses who embroider their own wedding dresses? They’re all made by the Imperial Household, right?" Zhu Lingling said, "Don’t worry, second sister, your sister-in-law will make sure to help you with the wedding dress."

"Thank you, Aunt, Mother, and third aunt for all the effort."

I have to say, it’s nice that my family doesn’t forcibly demand I embroider my wedding dress.

If left to my personality, if I were forced to embroider a wedding dress, I would rather not get married!

"How unfortunate about our Nuannuan’s dowry..." Mrs. Xu was always too ashamed to mention.

"Mother, don’t worry. Whatever we have will be enough. It’s okay if there isn’t much." Chun Nuan didn’t care about the dowry. It’s true that the seized Xiao family couldn’t provide a proper dowry, but she believed the Zhao family would understand.

"Sister, don’t worry, I’ll prepare a decent dowry for you." Chun Ning said, "Next month, I’ll also go to Shuzhou with Brother Zhao."

"Chun Ning, can we go to Shuzhou?" Mrs. Xu was a little worried; what if they couldn’t leave Changzhou?