The boys can still finish off so many dishes in one go, as there are a few more of them and they have bigger appetites.
Ye Shiqi, her elder sister, and Si Ma Roui, three young girls, sat at one table, with their little maids standing by to serve them food onto the plates in front of them.
Ye Shiqi felt that the air in ancient July was also quite hot, with the wind blowing by the window at noon still carrying a bit of heat.
Sweating through a al, the maids by their side fanned them diligently. When the young ladies had had their fill, the people around them either ate the leftovers or possibly had als specially prepared for them by the cook. This was arranged by the estate’s supervisor and the waitstaff.
Having been in the Southern region for several years, Si Ma Roui had grown accustod to the local aversion to spicy food.
She quite enjoyed the occasional mildly spicy food prepared for her and would have chili peppers prepared separately if she wanted so heat in her al.
Since coming to the South, her consumption of spicy foods had decreased significantly, an adaptation to the local climate and water quality.
She particularly enjoyed dining at Ye’s Mansion and the Ye family estate, relishing the experience.
Her family also bought vegetables, rice, chicken eggs, and at from Ye Manor, and of course, duck eggs. She preferred to drink a cup of honey tea after als and in the morning.
Her mother had been very weak, but ever since getting to know the Ye family and buying food from them, as well as receiving their honey,
she didn’t know if it was the local environnt nourishing people, but her mother’s health had greatly improved, which made their entire family happy.
Si Ma Roui was of course aware that her father’s concubines were vying for power and plotting for their sons. Her mother’s newfound strength was the greatest joy for her and her siblings.
With their mother managing the household, her brothers could study with ease, and she could attend school and play without worry.
After lunch, fruit was served, including waterlon, lychee, and longan, which they had picked themselves that morning.
The guards were fortunate to enjoy the fruits picked by the owners.
So guards even brought fresh fruits ho first since the fruits had to be eaten fresh. The young masters might stay here for a few days.
Other guests had fruit with their als as well. That was handled by the estate’s staff who would pick fresh fruits in the morning from the estate’s orchard to bring to the kitchen here.
After the al, the girls each returned to their rooms. The boys, unwilling to lie down in their temporary guest rooms, played chess in the rooms.
Instead of napping when Ye Shiqi returned to her room, she began self-studying from the dical Book and the book of herbs she had acquired three years ago, taking advantage of the uninterrupted ti at noon which was perfect for reading.
She had already finished that one book. Later, she had Tang Shunyan help her find so more dical Books to learn about the cases of ancient doctors.
Ye Shiqi did not aspire to beco a female doctor, but mastering an additional skill might one day be a ans of making a living or even saving herself.
Since her mother had suffered a difficult childbirth due to severe bleeding at her birth, in an era when ancient dicine was underdeveloped and male doctors couldn’t treat won’s gynecological issues or examine such problems,
female doctors lacked instrunts for examinations, and there were no anti-inflammatory drugs in that era, so a simple illness might cost soone their life.
A small untreated ailnt could develop into a severe disease, making it even more challenging for rural families.
Ye Shiqi did not believe her "Space Water" was a cure-all, and if one day the space stopped producing water, she would beco a woman useless in every respect.
It was important not to rely too much on the resources around her, but to learn genuine skills of her own.
Ye Shiqi understood that in ancient tis, for a woman who didn’t occupy herself with Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting, becoming a female teacher or perhaps an accountant,
was sothing a woman would only do if her family was in dire straits and she had to work outside, since most jobs were done by n.
Over these years, her study of the dical Book had yielded so results; she had learned about so dicinal herbs, could even draw them into an album, and have people dig them up from the mountains to sell.
This allowed so people living in the mountains and from impoverished families to earn so inco.
The Ye family didn’t run a pharmacy, and the person who supported her was Tang Shunyan, the young master of the Tang Family, which had drugstores and dical Halls all over the country.
Ye Shiqi had always wanted to find valuable dicinal Seedlings to plant in her space or on the estate.
She had only found so Wild Ginseng seedlings, but not the more valuable dicinal plants. She then let go of that idea, deciding that so things can’t be forced and should develop naturally.
In the past few years, Ye Shiqi had noticed so lonely elderly individuals in the village, or those too poor to afford a doctor lying at ho waiting for death.
She had covertly had food delivered to them, and the sick, having eaten the food she sent, gradually recovered.
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