Xiao Jingnan followed the direction of her arm and saw that it was indeed covered with dense red dots, and some areas were swollen.
Even her neck was completely red, with several fresh red scratch marks faintly visible, indicating that she was really itching badly.
Li Wanming also walked over. After just one glance, she said, "This is rubella. I saw it in the military camp in Fujian before."
She turned to instruct Chuntao, "Chuntao, take her to get some medicine for rubella and some cooling ointment to apply."
Chuntao responded and was about to pull Zifu out, but Zifu refused to go.
Her eyes were glistening with tears. She shyly and timidly looked at Xiao Jingnan. Seeing his slightly gloomy face and his silence, she thought he was worried about her.
"This coarse cloth clothes are so itchy. They're simply not meant for people to wear. I really can't get used to them..."
She boldly grabbed Xiao Jingnan's arm and half leaned on him, trying to act coquettishly.
Xiao Jingnan took a quick step back, leaving her grabbing at thin air.
"Cousin's words are quite interesting. Father, Mother, and I are also wearing coarse cloth clothes. So in cousin's eyes, are we not people?"
His voice was extremely cold, as if carrying frost.
"I... I didn't mean that..."
Zifu's face turned deathly pale, and the tears in her eyes suddenly disappeared.
Slandering the prince and princess, what a serious crime that was!
How dare she think like that? Was she tired of living?
But the words she said just now were indeed her own...
Zifu couldn't defend herself. She just blushed with embarrassment, wringing her handkerchief and unable to say a word.
Xiao Jingnan continued, "Cousin got rubella not because of the clothes, but because of her weak body. From now on, eat three more bowls of rice at each meal and exercise more. I believe it won't happen again in the future."
He was in poor health since childhood and had learned a bit about medicine from his long - term illnesses.
"However..."
Xiao Jingnan changed the subject, and a rare stern look appeared between his eyebrows.
"After observing these days, I find that the family style of our Cheng family is simply abysmal!"
"We're idle - bodied and ignorant of the five grains. We're lazy, indolent, tricky, and fussy... It seems that our family has all the worst qualities in the world!"
His words were extremely heavy.
Everyone present looked at him in astonishment and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
However, Xiao Jingnan wasn't finished yet.
"I've told you before that we're farmers, not wealthy nobles!"
"Since our family is poor, we should be diligent and thrifty."
"Millions of common people in the world live like this. Why can't we?"
"Sister - in - law Liu and Aunt Song earn their living by their own hands. Why do you look down on them?"
"Doing laundry is the work of commoners, you're not used to wearing coarse cloth clothes, and you've never even been in the kitchen... Should I find some people to serve you every day? How about that?"
...
He'd really had enough in these days!
Previously in the Ning Prince's Mansion, because his mother was in poor health, his second aunt managed the household.
He didn't know that his second aunt had trained the maids in the mansion to be so arrogant and self - conceited!
Xiao Jingnan had once followed his father to fight in the southern border in his early years and had endured hardships for several years.
So for him, wearing linen clothes and sleeping on straw mats were no big deal.
Ordinary people lived much harder lives than this. What right did they have to be so delicate?
He thought it would be easy to act as a farmer before, but he didn't expect that these young ladies from the mansion were so arrogant and delicate!
"Wife..."
Xiao Jingnan turned to Li Wanming and softened his tone, "Our Cheng family's family style is not good. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
"Ah? Oh... It's okay, it's okay."
Li Wanming was enjoying the show so much that she didn't expect Xiao Jingnan to suddenly turn to her.
"Wife, what do you think we should do to rectify the family style of our Cheng family?"
"Ah? Me?"
Li Wanming was startled.
But Xiao Jingnan was very serious, "Didn't you manage the household in Fujian before? You should have some experience in this, right?"
He had thought it through clearly. Li Wanming was his wife and would eventually return to the prince's mansion with him.
If he didn't discipline these unruly servants in advance, she might suffer in the future.
Li Wanming didn't know his thoughts. Hearing his question, she thought he really wanted her help, so she lowered her head and seriously thought about it.
"I think... we should first improve our physical health."
Health was the foundation of everything.
The physiques of Lu Ping and Wu Yao, her two cousins, seemed okay, but Cai Wei, Qing Lan, and Zifu were extremely frail!
Their thin arms and legs looked like they would break with just a touch. How could they be expected to do farm work?
And her father - in - law would sprain his waist just by swinging a hoe... What kind of farmer family would be like this? It would be a laughingstock if others knew!
And her delicate mother - in - law just stayed in the room every day, sighing and feeling sad... How could her body be good?
Without good health, how could they do work?
So what they needed now was a vigorous fitness campaign!
As the saying goes, strengthening the foundation and the body could promote the harmonious development of the Cheng family.
When she was in Fujian, her eldest sister was also very weak at first. Then her second sister forced her to run a five - kilometer cross - country every day, regardless of the weather. Her eldest sister cried and complained and was in a sorry state...
But you know what? After a year, her eldest sister's physical condition had a leap - forward improvement.
She even won the championship in the local dragon boat race and became a female sailor that every team in the local dragon boat team wanted.
However, after returning to the capital, restricted by the local customs in the capital, she had to be gentle, virtuous, and ladylike.
In less than a year, her eldest sister had become as delicate as before.
Li Wanming suspected that if it were her eldest sister in Fujian, she could punch three old hags like Mrs. Guo at once!
...
All in all, exercise was very important, and physical strength was very important.
A woman should be strong and powerful.
Because truth was always within the reach of fists!
"Father - in - law and mother - in - law are old. They can jog for a quarter of an hour every morning and then do a set of Wuqinxi... Father - in - law was in the army before, so he should know how to do it, right?"
"Uncle and aunt seem to be in good health, but they also need to exercise more. So they can run five kilometers every day!"
"As for the three cousins, they're really too weak. They must increase the intensity of exercise."
"They can start with five kilometers and then gradually add frog jumps, shuttle runs, weighted runs, high knees, Wuqinxi, Taijiquan..."
With every word Li Wanming said, Cai Wei and the other two turned paler.
By the time she finished speaking, the three of them were as white as sheets, without a trace of blood on their faces.
Li Wanming became more and more excited as she spoke. Finally, she patted Xiao Jingnan on the shoulder and said, "As for you, adding Changquan should be about right!"
Xiao Jingnan was stunned, "Me too?"
"Of course. Don't you know your own physical condition?"
"But I..."
"What? Do you want to go back on your word?"
Li Wanming bared her teeth and leaned closer, "You just asked me to rectify the family style..."
I asked you to rectify the family style, not me!
Xiao Jingnan was complaining in his heart but didn't dare to say it. He could only tearfully agree, "I... I'll listen to you, wife."
"Good. Then let's start tomorrow!"
Li Wanming was happy. She waved her hand and said, "Our slogan is: I'm healthy, I'm happy!"