Chapter 49
At this moment, the snow had stopped. Shen Feng Ming dismounted, "Does Miss Jiang want to walk?"
There were endless white mountains and rivers in the distance and white-capped villages nearby. At this time, the world seemed to have changed. Quiet and beautiful.
Seeing this beautiful scenery, Jiang Yun Zhu really wanted to take a look. It was just that being with Shen Feng Ming felt a bit strange. But it might be because he changed his clothes today and didn't feel that oppressive, she responded lightly.
After getting out of the cart, she saw many undulating mountains around her. Immediately, she wanted to climb the mountains to see the snowy scenery. So she looked at Shen Feng Ming inquiringly.
"Miss Jiang can do whatever you want." Shen Feng Ming said.
Jiang Yun Zhu picked a relatively short mountain and walked up the mountain.
Shen Feng Ming was right next to her. The pair were neither far nor close to each other.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked as she walked. When at the top, she found that Changshi Village looked like a lake, with high mountains on both sides. A mountain road came in on the one side. A mountain road went out on the other side. The road going out was slightly lower than the road coming in. It looked like water was flowing.
"What is Miss Jiang thinking?" Shen Feng Ming asked when he saw her lost in thought.
Jiang Yun Zhu pointed to Changshi Village Road, "I'm thinking, hundreds of millions of years ago, maybe this place was once a vast ocean."
Shen Feng Ming didn't know that she had thought of such a distant place. But it was certainly ‘What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields; the world is changing all the time’. He suddenly stopped, taking in the beautiful scenery in the distance and pondered a lot.
Jiang Yun Zhu didn't know what he was thinking. Her mind was wondering if it was a sea or a river, what fish there would be.
Suddenly, she saw something moving in the distance.
"Rabbit." She said in delight. It was a gray wild rabbit, looking very healthy.
Shen Feng Ming noticed some broken stones on the big rock next to him, so he picked one up and threw it toward the wild rabbit.
About tens of meters away, the wild rabbit fell to the ground.
There were many mountains here. Wild rabbits often came and went. Jiang Yun Zhu saw it before, but she could only pretend that she didn't see it as the rabbit ran so fast that she couldn't catch it at all.
Unexpectedly, Shen Feng Ming could do it with a single stone.
She was full of joy and hurried over there.
When she got closer, she... the rabbit's head was smashed. This death was really miserable.
At least, it didn't suffer. Jiang Yun Zhu could only comfort herself like this.
Seeing her reaction, Shen Feng Ming thought she was afraid of getting dirty. So he reached out to pick up the rabbit.
He was dressed in spotless white fur. Seeing this, Jiang Yun Zhu hurriedly said, "Let me do it!"
She was afraid that blood would drip on him and it’ll be a sore sight for the eyes.
"I'll do it." Shen Feng Ming stated. He didn't want Jiang Yun Zhu's hands to be stained with blood.
Both of them had the idea that they must handle it themselves. In the end, Shen Feng Ming took a quick step and grabbed the rabbit by the back. While Jiang Yun Zhu lagged behind and caught his hand.
There were thin calluses on the between the thumb and index and pulps of his hands. While the backs of his hands were white and delicate, with a scalding temperature.
Jiang Yun Zhu: ...She wanted to say that she didn't do it on purpose. Would he believe it or not?
She withdrew her hand in embarrassment.
Shen Feng Ming grabbed the rabbit and looked at her.
His eyes were pitch black. The ends of his eyes were stained with red.
Because of the redness and the white fur, Jiang Yun Zhu actually had the feeling that he was lonely and glamorous at this moment.
Blood dripped down. Shen Feng Ming said, "Let me handle it. It’ll dirty your hands."
Alright then. Jiang Yun Zhu won't argue.
"Do you want to hunt a few more?" Shen Feng Ming asked.
Jiang Yun Zhu felt that his proposal was fine. As long as he didn't find it troublesome.
So today the animals in the mountains met with disasters. In a short time, Shen Feng Ming already had two wild rabbits and two pheasants in his hands.
"An extra meal in the evening. Let’s have roast rabbit meat and casserole chicken." Jiang Yun Zhu laughed.
"Okay." Shen Feng Ming agreed.
The two of them walked back one by one. The sun in the west pierced through the clouds, emitting golden light. It complemented the vast snow scene. Too beautiful to behold.
Jiang Cheng returned and told Mrs. Chen what happened today.
Mrs. Chen sighed deeply.
At night, the couple laid down to sleep. The room was quiet. Jiang Cheng suddenly spoke, "I have made some money these days. Also, I used Yun Zhu’s method. As expected, many people paid in advance. Adding up, it’s about three liang."
Mrs. Chen had been with him for so long. So she naturally knew what he was thinking. In fact, she had the same thoughts. Last time Escort Head Li sold them the mule so cheaply, saying it was an apology. The two of them still felt guilty. The other party didn't do it on purpose.
Now that the family's child was seriously ill and was in need of silver. They felt even more ill at ease to use the mule.
As a human being, one can lose anything but their conscience and can owe anything but debt of gratitude. Otherwise, it will be like them, always thinking about it.
"I still have one liang here. Plus your three liang and the previous nine liang, it's almost the price of this mule." Mrs. Chen said.
Jiang Cheng understood that Mrs. Chen agreed with him. So he reached out and held her hand.
The next day, Jiang Cheng told Jiang Yun Zhu that he was going to make up the price difference for the mule to Escort Head Li. Although his money was earned by himself, the capital was paid by Jiang Yun Zhu. He still needed to discuss it with her.
Jiang Yun Zhu was okay with it. However, she felt that the four liang silver might not be what Escort Head Li lacked.
"Father, I'll go with you. Just to see what's in the market to cook for noon." Alright. Jiang Yun Zhu admitted that she was directing the last sentence to Old Mister Wu.
She was trying to connect the strings. The final result had nothing to do with her.
Sure enough, when Old Mister Wu heard the mention of food, he immediately became interested. Especially at the thought of yesterday’s grilled fish.
So the three of them boarded a mule cart and headed for the county city.
It snowed yesterday. The ground was a little slippery. Jiang Cheng drove carefully before they finally arrived in the county without any danger.
They inquired where the Fengyuan Escort Agency was.
The Fengyuan Escort Agency was well-known in the county. Casually asking around, the three of them found the place.
On the busiest street in the county, there was a very spacious yard, where carriages and people come and go. Quite lively. There was a plaque hanging on the courtyard with the words ‘Fengyuan Escort Agency’ on it.
There weren’t so many people in this era. Except for the prefectures, counties and villages where the common people live, there were many wildernesses. Many bandits often haunt around there. Merchants, who want to do business or want to travel to deliver goods, would hire bodyguards to ensure safety.
The famous escort agency in Wuling County was the Fengyuan Escort Agency. So their business was very good.
The Fengyuan Escort Agency was indeed unordinary. Look at those tall and burly escorts. All of them were muscular and their eyes were bright. They gave an inexplicable sense of security.
"Miss, why are you here?" A big man was yelling at people to hurry with the unloading. When he suddenly saw Jiang Yun Zhu and Jiang Cheng, he came over immediately. He was the one who told Jiang Yun Zhu how Li Yan was scammed last time. He still remembered Jiang Yun Zhu.
Jiang Cheng immediately explained his reason for coming.
The big man didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he hurried to find Escort Head Li.
Escort Head Li was in the backyard at this time. Li Yan vomited a few mouthfuls of blood yesterday and then fell into a coma. The whole family was as anxious as ants on a hot pot. At this time, they were all guarding the backyard.
Hearing about Jiang Cheng's intentions, he wanted him to go back directly to reply that the mule was nine liang and there was no difference to make.
Then he felt it wasn’t good as they came from afar.
So he asked the big man to invite the Jiang Cheng trio to the reception hall in the front yard.
Jiang Cheng trio walked around the front courtyard and came to a relatively quiet room, where Escort Head Li was already waiting. Sitting with him were his other three sons.
These three sons have eyebrows and eyes very similar to him. Even their bodies were similar. Sitting there, they looked like three iron towers.
The three of them were like Escort Head Li, all gloomy.
Younger Brother had been weak and sick since he was young. They all doted him very much.
"Sit down quickly." Escort Head Li greeted Jiang Cheng and the others. Of course, he saw Old Mister Wu. But Old Mister Wu looked like an ordinary elderly. He thought he was someone from the Jiang Family and didn't pay any heed.
Jiang Cheng trio sat down. Someone served tea.
Jiang Cheng didn't drink and directly explained the purpose of his visit. Then he handed the four liang silver to Escort Head Li.
More than half of his four liang silver consisted of copper coins. The few pieces of silver that were left were pitifully small. It looked like hard earned money.
Even so, he still wanted to give him the money. Escort Head Li had a good impression of Jiang Cheng and felt that it was fortunate that he came out to meet him. Otherwise he would wrong the other party’s good intention.
He didn't accept the bag of silver and said directly, "I said nine liang, so it’s nine liang."
"I know these four liang silver is nothing to you, but I..."
One of the two wanted to give it, the other didn't want it. They argued.
Suddenly, a mournful female voice sounded, "Son!"
Escort Head Li and the four burly men’s expressions changed at the same time and ran back without paying attention to the Jiang Cheng trio.
Holding the money bag, Jiang Cheng was a little worried and a little at a loss. Hearing the voice just now, Li Yan wouldn't... He came at a really bad time.
Jiang Yun Zhu frowned and looked into the backyard.
It was very quiet in the room.
Old Mister Wu took a sip of tea and felt that Jiang Yun Zhu might not leave for a while. He looked up at the ceiling, stood up suddenly, and walked to the backyard.
Jiang Cheng was stunned. What was old Mister going to do?
While Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes lit up. Old Mister, this, will it...
The backyard of the Li family was in chaos. Li Yan just spat out two more mouthfuls of blood. Now his complexion was sallow. More breath out than in. Escort Head Li begged Doctor Jin to save him quickly, but Doctor Jin was helpless. At the side, Madam Li had passed out from the pain. Someone poured water on her and then relieved her breathing.
Old Mister Wu came in at this time. No one paid attention to him at all.
He walked to Li Yan's sickbed, opened his eyelids, felt his pulse, and stated, "Why are you shouting. He isn't dead."
As he spoke, he took out the needle pouch from his sleeve. He directed to Doctor Jin, "You, take off his clothes."
Doctor Jin was a famous doctor who came back from the capital. He usually ordered others, but now he was ordered by an ordinary elderly?
He was about to get angry, when suddenly, he saw the needle pack in Celestial Doctor Wu's hand. His heart skipped a beat. It couldn't stop beating wildly.
General doctors use nine needles. Namely long needles, beryllium needles, and round needles. But Old Mister Wu had fifteen needles in his hand. This. He immediately took off Li Yan's outer coat as Old Mister Wu instructed and positioned him properly.
Old Mister Wu immediately began to insert the needles. After a while of his needles application, Li Yan's breathing obviously became steady.
After the last insert was finished, Li Yan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. But this time it was black blood.
After spitting up the blood, he laid down again. His complexion seemed to have improved a lot.
"Son." Mrs. Li woke up at this moment and was about to throw herself on Li Yan and cry again. Soon she realized that something was wrong. Why did Li Yan look much better?
"His life is saved." Doctor Jin said.
Old Mister Wu glanced at him, "This is a cold syndrome brought from his mother's womb. If he is stimulated or caught cold, he may get sick at any time. What do you mean by his life is saved?"
Doctor Jin smiled flatteringly and didn't find old Mister's tone bad. He appeared to accept the teaching.
Escort Head Li and the others at the side understood what Old Mister Wu meant. Their settled hearts raised again.
They immediately asked Old Mister Wu for help!
Old Mister Wu had already written a prescription on the stack of paper that Doctor Jin used to prescribe the prescription.
"Consume this medicine. Afterward, needle insert every morning and evening. After seven days, he’s guaranteed to be alive and kicking." He said.
Escort Head Li and the others couldn't believe it. Li Yan had been weak since he was a child. Other people's children were running while he was sitting. Other people's children were playing while he was lying down. He finally went out to ride a mule that day and almost died.
Seven days. Could he jump in seven days?
"Since Old Mister said so, he will definitely be able to!" Doctor Jin replied in displeasure. He had already guessed the identity of Old Mister Wu. He remembered back in the capital, he had studied and read the two prescriptions of Old Mister Wu countless times. He had benefited a lot. Today, he finally saw the real person. He decided that the pen and the paper used by Old Mister Wu will be put in the cabinet and treasure them in the future.
Only then did Escort Head Li and the others believe that Li Yan's illness was really cured. They wanted to kneel down to Old Mister Wu and thank him for saving his life.
"Old Mister, do you need someone to accompany and serve you?" Doctor Jin asked.
"Don't follow me!" Old Mister Wu said impatiently. As he spoke, he walked out.
He happened to meet Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yun Zhu, who were coming here.
Jiang Yun Zhu vaguely saw what was going on in the room and made some guesses.
"I'll cure your grandfather's eyes when we get back." Old Mister Wu said, passing her and continuing to go out.
Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes slowly widened. Afterward, she bent upwards.
She noticed that Old Mister Wu was very talkative today. Why did he change his temper?
It wasn’t that Old Mister Wu had changed his temper. It was because he suddenly understood something yesterday. What was the point of making old Mister Chen and Jiang Yun Zhu uncomfortable when throwing a tantrum with Shen Feng Ming?
It was snowing yesterday and Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yun Zhu didn't come back for a long time. Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she kept looking out. Old Mister Chen couldn't see, so he could only ask Mrs. Chen over and over again, "Are they back?"
At that time, he decided to help treat old Mister Chen.
It was just that there was no suitable opportunity.
Today was the perfect timing.
After buying the groceries, Jiang Cheng trio returned home. Old Mister Wu immediately checked old Mister Chen's pulse.
"There’s only a 50% chance of being cured." Old Mister Wu stated.
Fifty percent! The probability was already very high. Jiang Yun Zhu immediately begged old Mister for medicine.
"No rush. I'll use the needle on him first." Old Mister Wu said, took out the needle bag, and inserted the needles into old Mister Chen.
This time, almost all the acupuncture points he pierced were on the head. The slightest carelessness may cause serious consequences. Therefore, his acupuncture speed was obviously slowed down. Especially during the last few acupuncture points, he was panting.
After a while, sweat broke out on his forehead.
Everyone in the Jiang Family watched. No one dared to speak for fear of affecting him.
When the needle inserting was finally finished, he accepted the hot towel from Jiang Yun Zhu. Only then, he relaxed. He was old and his energy was indeed not as good as before.
"Old Mister, you've worked hard." Although Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen didn't know that Old Mister Wu was the famous Celestial Wu Doctor at this time, they were very grateful to him for treating old Mister Chen's illness.
Old Mister Wu sat down and prescribed two more prescriptions, "This one is for external use and this one is for internal use. In the next few days, the eyes will feel a little uncomfortable.
Don't let it expose to light or rub it. After five days, we will see." He instructed.
The Jiang Family immediately got busy.
In the afternoon, Escort Head Li led people to drive the carriage to bring Li Yan here. Li Yan was already awake at this time. Only his body had no strength yet.
Escort Head Li felt that Old Mister Wu wasn't an ordinary person, so he kept pestering Doctor Jin for detail. Doctor Jin had no choice but to tell him the identity of Old Mister Wu in a hushed voice and told him not to spread it to the outside world. Otherwise, the old Mister will be angry, but everything is over.
This person turned out to be the real Celestial Doctor Wu. No wonder he could cure Li Yan's illness! Escort Head Li was in ecstasy after the shock. Of course he didn't dare bother Old Mister Wu to come to them to give Li Yan acupuncture. So he came over here.
He had already made up his mind that for the next seven days, he will bring Li Yan to live in Changshi Village to avoid causing further problems.
Five days later, Old Mister Wu gave old Mister Chen acupuncture for the last time. He announced, "The cloth on the eyes can be removed. If it works, it works. If it doesn't..."
He had no other solution. Others called him a celestial doctor, but he was just a mortal. A mortal who couldn't even save his own daughter.
When he said that, Jiang Cheng and the others became nervous. Mrs. Chen's hands shook when she unraveled the cloth.
Old Mister Chen was relatively calm and told Mrs. Chen, "It's been like this for so many years..." He stopped suddenly when he said this. There was white light in front of his eyes. He had to cover his eyes with his hands.
"Father."
"Maternal Grandfather!"
Jiang Cheng and the others exclaimed together. Old Mister Chen's reaction meant that...
Old Mister Chen blinked his eyes hard. Tears were in his eyes. He didn't have time to wipe them away. Instead, he looked at Mrs. Chen. Then at Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yun Zhu, Jiang Lin, Jiang Yun Xue, and Jiang Wu.
"I can see." He uttered. Then he looked at Mrs. Chen's lips trembling and said, "You have changed a lot."
"Got old." Mrs. Chen's eyes were clouded with tears. After all these years, how could she not get old?
"Father." Jiang Cheng said.
"You have changed a lot too." Old Master Chen remarked while looking at him.
"Yes." Jiang Cheng's eyes turned red.
Old Master Chen looked at Jiang Yun Zhu again and felt shaken. He always knew she was pretty, but he didn't expect her to be so good-looking. Jiang Lin was a little adult. Jiang Yun Xue was a big girl. Even Jiang Wu had grown so tall.
"Good, good." Old Mister Chen took in one by one. Tears never stopped. But a smile was on his face. After so many years, he finally saw what they looked like. He wanted to take a good look at them and keep them in mind one by one.
"Thank you, thank you!" When he saw Old Mister Wu, he couldn't help but be grateful. He really didn't expect that it was thanks to him that he could see things again in his lifetime.
Old Mister Wu was in a good mood. Finally he didn't fail. Otherwise he would be ashamed to eat the food made by Jiang Yun Zhu.
Everyone was overjoyed. Escort Head Li's eyes were burning with excitement. In two more days, would Li Yan...
Two days later, Old Mister Wu took Li Yan's pulse and said, "It's not bad. But the bones are too weak. Slowly nurture in the future."
"Old Mister, what do you mean?" Mrs. Li came today. Covering her mouth, she asked old Mister Wu in disbelief.
"The illness is cured."
With just this one sentence, Mrs. Li cried and fell into the arms of Escort Head Li. For so many years, she regretted every day that she was so careless when she was pregnant with Li Yan and made him suffer from birth.
Finally, her child could live a normal life!
Escort Head Li patted her on the back. His eyes were shining.
"That's great." Li Yan's three brothers loudly exclaimed.
Immediately, they knelt down and thanked Old Mister Wu for saving his life.
The few big men behind immediately brought up a lot of things. This was a thank you gift they prepared.
As for the consultation fee, it was up to Old Mister Wu. They’ll find a way to gather it.
Old Mister Wu never loved money. He looked at those things, took two ingots of gold from the first plate, and said, "Take them all back."
Those two ingots of gold. One was ten liang. Two ingots were twenty liang. The equivalent to two hundred liang silver.
A lot? For ordinary people, it was really too much. They may spend their entire lives earning this money. But for the Li family, it wasn’t much at all.
"Old Mister, how could this do?" Escort Head Li responded. The act of saving lives was the act of rebirth.
"Stop babbling here. Go, go. I want peace for a while." Old Mister Wu said.
Escort Head Li’s overly emotional state was interrupted. He looked at Jiang Yun Zhu. After so many days in Jiang's house, he noticed that Old Mister Wu liked her the most.
Knowing Old Mister Wu's temper, Jiang Yun Zhu nodded at Escort Head Li.
Then Escort Head Li took the people and things out of the room. They didn't leave though. They were waiting to thank Jiang Yun Zhu. If it weren't for her, he might have been deceived by that fake celestial doctor before and it would be even less likely for him to meet the real celestial doctor later.
Jiang Yun Zhu waved her hand. She didn't do anything.
After dragging it for a long time, Escort Head Li left some gifts and didn’t let Jiang Cheng mention the price difference of the mule. He repeatedly told them that if there was any need for help in the future, he must come to them.
Escort Head Li acknowledged the Jiang Family. This family was worthy to be close friends.
After sending Escort Head Li and the others away, Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen stood at the gate of the courtyard, feeling a little overwhelmed. For the past few days, Escort Head Li had been renting in the village. He had a straightforward personality. They liked to get along with him. After interacting with them for so many days and they now left so suddenly, they felt a little empty in their hearts.
Jiang Yun Zhu knew that there was no banquet in the world that lasts forever.
With everyone's mood in mind, she decided to make some rice dumplings tonight. It was sweet and warm.
But when she turned around, she saw Shen Feng Ming walking in from the outside. Two wild rabbits were in his hands.
At this moment, the snow had stopped. Shen Feng Ming dismounted, "Does Miss Jiang want to walk?"
There were endless white mountains and rivers in the distance and white-capped villages nearby. At this time, the world seemed to have changed. Quiet and beautiful.
Seeing this beautiful scenery, Jiang Yun Zhu really wanted to take a look. It was just that being with Shen Feng Ming felt a bit strange. But it might be because he changed his clothes today and didn't feel that oppressive, she responded lightly.
After getting out of the cart, she saw many undulating mountains around her. Immediately, she wanted to climb the mountains to see the snowy scenery. So she looked at Shen Feng Ming inquiringly.
"Miss Jiang can do whatever you want." Shen Feng Ming said.
Jiang Yun Zhu picked a relatively short mountain and walked up the mountain.
Shen Feng Ming was right next to her. The pair were neither far nor close to each other.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked as she walked. When at the top, she found that Changshi Village looked like a lake, with high mountains on both sides. A mountain road came in on the one side. A mountain road went out on the other side. The road going out was slightly lower than the road coming in. It looked like water was flowing.
"What is Miss Jiang thinking?" Shen Feng Ming asked when he saw her lost in thought.
Jiang Yun Zhu pointed to Changshi Village Road, "I'm thinking, hundreds of millions of years ago, maybe this place was once a vast ocean."
Shen Feng Ming didn't know that she had thought of such a distant place. But it was certainly ‘What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields; the world is changing all the time’. He suddenly stopped, taking in the beautiful scenery in the distance and pondered a lot.
Jiang Yun Zhu didn't know what he was thinking. Her mind was wondering if it was a sea or a river, what fish there would be.
Suddenly, she saw something moving in the distance.
"Rabbit." She said in delight. It was a gray wild rabbit, looking very healthy.
Shen Feng Ming noticed some broken stones on the big rock next to him, so he picked one up and threw it toward the wild rabbit.
About tens of meters away, the wild rabbit fell to the ground.
There were many mountains here. Wild rabbits often came and went. Jiang Yun Zhu saw it before, but she could only pretend that she didn't see it as the rabbit ran so fast that she couldn't catch it at all.
Unexpectedly, Shen Feng Ming could do it with a single stone.
She was full of joy and hurried over there.
When she got closer, she... the rabbit's head was smashed. This death was really miserable.
At least, it didn't suffer. Jiang Yun Zhu could only comfort herself like this.
Seeing her reaction, Shen Feng Ming thought she was afraid of getting dirty. So he reached out to pick up the rabbit.
He was dressed in spotless white fur. Seeing this, Jiang Yun Zhu hurriedly said, "Let me do it!"
She was afraid that blood would drip on him and it’ll be a sore sight for the eyes.
"I'll do it." Shen Feng Ming stated. He didn't want Jiang Yun Zhu's hands to be stained with blood.
Both of them had the idea that they must handle it themselves. In the end, Shen Feng Ming took a quick step and grabbed the rabbit by the back. While Jiang Yun Zhu lagged behind and caught his hand.
There were thin calluses on the between the thumb and index and pulps of his hands. While the backs of his hands were white and delicate, with a scalding temperature.
Jiang Yun Zhu: ...She wanted to say that she didn't do it on purpose. Would he believe it or not?
She withdrew her hand in embarrassment.
Shen Feng Ming grabbed the rabbit and looked at her.
His eyes were pitch black. The ends of his eyes were stained with red.
Because of the redness and the white fur, Jiang Yun Zhu actually had the feeling that he was lonely and glamorous at this moment.
Blood dripped down. Shen Feng Ming said, "Let me handle it. It’ll dirty your hands."
Alright then. Jiang Yun Zhu won't argue.
"Do you want to hunt a few more?" Shen Feng Ming asked.
Jiang Yun Zhu felt that his proposal was fine. As long as he didn't find it troublesome.
So today the animals in the mountains met with disasters. In a short time, Shen Feng Ming already had two wild rabbits and two pheasants in his hands.
"An extra meal in the evening. Let’s have roast rabbit meat and casserole chicken." Jiang Yun Zhu laughed.
"Okay." Shen Feng Ming agreed.
The two of them walked back one by one. The sun in the west pierced through the clouds, emitting golden light. It complemented the vast snow scene. Too beautiful to behold.
Jiang Cheng returned and told Mrs. Chen what happened today.
Mrs. Chen sighed deeply.
At night, the couple laid down to sleep. The room was quiet. Jiang Cheng suddenly spoke, "I have made some money these days. Also, I used Yun Zhu’s method. As expected, many people paid in advance. Adding up, it’s about three liang."
Mrs. Chen had been with him for so long. So she naturally knew what he was thinking. In fact, she had the same thoughts. Last time Escort Head Li sold them the mule so cheaply, saying it was an apology. The two of them still felt guilty. The other party didn't do it on purpose.
Now that the family's child was seriously ill and was in need of silver. They felt even more ill at ease to use the mule.
As a human being, one can lose anything but their conscience and can owe anything but debt of gratitude. Otherwise, it will be like them, always thinking about it.
"I still have one liang here. Plus your three liang and the previous nine liang, it's almost the price of this mule." Mrs. Chen said.
Jiang Cheng understood that Mrs. Chen agreed with him. So he reached out and held her hand.
The next day, Jiang Cheng told Jiang Yun Zhu that he was going to make up the price difference for the mule to Escort Head Li. Although his money was earned by himself, the capital was paid by Jiang Yun Zhu. He still needed to discuss it with her.
Jiang Yun Zhu was okay with it. However, she felt that the four liang silver might not be what Escort Head Li lacked.
"Father, I'll go with you. Just to see what's in the market to cook for noon." Alright. Jiang Yun Zhu admitted that she was directing the last sentence to Old Mister Wu.
She was trying to connect the strings. The final result had nothing to do with her.
Sure enough, when Old Mister Wu heard the mention of food, he immediately became interested. Especially at the thought of yesterday’s grilled fish.
So the three of them boarded a mule cart and headed for the county city.
It snowed yesterday. The ground was a little slippery. Jiang Cheng drove carefully before they finally arrived in the county without any danger.
They inquired where the Fengyuan Escort Agency was.
The Fengyuan Escort Agency was well-known in the county. Casually asking around, the three of them found the place.
On the busiest street in the county, there was a very spacious yard, where carriages and people come and go. Quite lively. There was a plaque hanging on the courtyard with the words ‘Fengyuan Escort Agency’ on it.
There weren’t so many people in this era. Except for the prefectures, counties and villages where the common people live, there were many wildernesses. Many bandits often haunt around there. Merchants, who want to do business or want to travel to deliver goods, would hire bodyguards to ensure safety.
The famous escort agency in Wuling County was the Fengyuan Escort Agency. So their business was very good.
The Fengyuan Escort Agency was indeed unordinary. Look at those tall and burly escorts. All of them were muscular and their eyes were bright. They gave an inexplicable sense of security.
"Miss, why are you here?" A big man was yelling at people to hurry with the unloading. When he suddenly saw Jiang Yun Zhu and Jiang Cheng, he came over immediately. He was the one who told Jiang Yun Zhu how Li Yan was scammed last time. He still remembered Jiang Yun Zhu.
Jiang Cheng immediately explained his reason for coming.
The big man didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he hurried to find Escort Head Li.
Escort Head Li was in the backyard at this time. Li Yan vomited a few mouthfuls of blood yesterday and then fell into a coma. The whole family was as anxious as ants on a hot pot. At this time, they were all guarding the backyard.
Hearing about Jiang Cheng's intentions, he wanted him to go back directly to reply that the mule was nine liang and there was no difference to make.
Then he felt it wasn’t good as they came from afar.
So he asked the big man to invite the Jiang Cheng trio to the reception hall in the front yard.
Jiang Cheng trio walked around the front courtyard and came to a relatively quiet room, where Escort Head Li was already waiting. Sitting with him were his other three sons.
These three sons have eyebrows and eyes very similar to him. Even their bodies were similar. Sitting there, they looked like three iron towers.
The three of them were like Escort Head Li, all gloomy.
Younger Brother had been weak and sick since he was young. They all doted him very much.
"Sit down quickly." Escort Head Li greeted Jiang Cheng and the others. Of course, he saw Old Mister Wu. But Old Mister Wu looked like an ordinary elderly. He thought he was someone from the Jiang Family and didn't pay any heed.
Jiang Cheng trio sat down. Someone served tea.
Jiang Cheng didn't drink and directly explained the purpose of his visit. Then he handed the four liang silver to Escort Head Li.
More than half of his four liang silver consisted of copper coins. The few pieces of silver that were left were pitifully small. It looked like hard earned money.
Even so, he still wanted to give him the money. Escort Head Li had a good impression of Jiang Cheng and felt that it was fortunate that he came out to meet him. Otherwise he would wrong the other party’s good intention.
He didn't accept the bag of silver and said directly, "I said nine liang, so it’s nine liang."
"I know these four liang silver is nothing to you, but I..."
One of the two wanted to give it, the other didn't want it. They argued.
Suddenly, a mournful female voice sounded, "Son!"
Escort Head Li and the four burly men’s expressions changed at the same time and ran back without paying attention to the Jiang Cheng trio.
Holding the money bag, Jiang Cheng was a little worried and a little at a loss. Hearing the voice just now, Li Yan wouldn't... He came at a really bad time.
Jiang Yun Zhu frowned and looked into the backyard.
It was very quiet in the room.
Old Mister Wu took a sip of tea and felt that Jiang Yun Zhu might not leave for a while. He looked up at the ceiling, stood up suddenly, and walked to the backyard.
Jiang Cheng was stunned. What was old Mister going to do?
While Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes lit up. Old Mister, this, will it...
The backyard of the Li family was in chaos. Li Yan just spat out two more mouthfuls of blood. Now his complexion was sallow. More breath out than in. Escort Head Li begged Doctor Jin to save him quickly, but Doctor Jin was helpless. At the side, Madam Li had passed out from the pain. Someone poured water on her and then relieved her breathing.
Old Mister Wu came in at this time. No one paid attention to him at all.
He walked to Li Yan's sickbed, opened his eyelids, felt his pulse, and stated, "Why are you shouting. He isn't dead."
As he spoke, he took out the needle pouch from his sleeve. He directed to Doctor Jin, "You, take off his clothes."
Doctor Jin was a famous doctor who came back from the capital. He usually ordered others, but now he was ordered by an ordinary elderly?
He was about to get angry, when suddenly, he saw the needle pack in Celestial Doctor Wu's hand. His heart skipped a beat. It couldn't stop beating wildly.
General doctors use nine needles. Namely long needles, beryllium needles, and round needles. But Old Mister Wu had fifteen needles in his hand. This. He immediately took off Li Yan's outer coat as Old Mister Wu instructed and positioned him properly.
Old Mister Wu immediately began to insert the needles. After a while of his needles application, Li Yan's breathing obviously became steady.
After the last insert was finished, Li Yan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. But this time it was black blood.
After spitting up the blood, he laid down again. His complexion seemed to have improved a lot.
"Son." Mrs. Li woke up at this moment and was about to throw herself on Li Yan and cry again. Soon she realized that something was wrong. Why did Li Yan look much better?
"His life is saved." Doctor Jin said.
Old Mister Wu glanced at him, "This is a cold syndrome brought from his mother's womb. If he is stimulated or caught cold, he may get sick at any time. What do you mean by his life is saved?"
Doctor Jin smiled flatteringly and didn't find old Mister's tone bad. He appeared to accept the teaching.
Escort Head Li and the others at the side understood what Old Mister Wu meant. Their settled hearts raised again.
They immediately asked Old Mister Wu for help!
Old Mister Wu had already written a prescription on the stack of paper that Doctor Jin used to prescribe the prescription.
"Consume this medicine. Afterward, needle insert every morning and evening. After seven days, he’s guaranteed to be alive and kicking." He said.
Escort Head Li and the others couldn't believe it. Li Yan had been weak since he was a child. Other people's children were running while he was sitting. Other people's children were playing while he was lying down. He finally went out to ride a mule that day and almost died.
Seven days. Could he jump in seven days?
"Since Old Mister said so, he will definitely be able to!" Doctor Jin replied in displeasure. He had already guessed the identity of Old Mister Wu. He remembered back in the capital, he had studied and read the two prescriptions of Old Mister Wu countless times. He had benefited a lot. Today, he finally saw the real person. He decided that the pen and the paper used by Old Mister Wu will be put in the cabinet and treasure them in the future.
Only then did Escort Head Li and the others believe that Li Yan's illness was really cured. They wanted to kneel down to Old Mister Wu and thank him for saving his life.
"Old Mister, do you need someone to accompany and serve you?" Doctor Jin asked.
"Don't follow me!" Old Mister Wu said impatiently. As he spoke, he walked out.
He happened to meet Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yun Zhu, who were coming here.
Jiang Yun Zhu vaguely saw what was going on in the room and made some guesses.
"I'll cure your grandfather's eyes when we get back." Old Mister Wu said, passing her and continuing to go out.
Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes slowly widened. Afterward, she bent upwards.
She noticed that Old Mister Wu was very talkative today. Why did he change his temper?
It wasn’t that Old Mister Wu had changed his temper. It was because he suddenly understood something yesterday. What was the point of making old Mister Chen and Jiang Yun Zhu uncomfortable when throwing a tantrum with Shen Feng Ming?
It was snowing yesterday and Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yun Zhu didn't come back for a long time. Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she kept looking out. Old Mister Chen couldn't see, so he could only ask Mrs. Chen over and over again, "Are they back?"
At that time, he decided to help treat old Mister Chen.
It was just that there was no suitable opportunity.
Today was the perfect timing.
After buying the groceries, Jiang Cheng trio returned home. Old Mister Wu immediately checked old Mister Chen's pulse.
"There’s only a 50% chance of being cured." Old Mister Wu stated.
Fifty percent! The probability was already very high. Jiang Yun Zhu immediately begged old Mister for medicine.
"No rush. I'll use the needle on him first." Old Mister Wu said, took out the needle bag, and inserted the needles into old Mister Chen.
This time, almost all the acupuncture points he pierced were on the head. The slightest carelessness may cause serious consequences. Therefore, his acupuncture speed was obviously slowed down. Especially during the last few acupuncture points, he was panting.
After a while, sweat broke out on his forehead.
Everyone in the Jiang Family watched. No one dared to speak for fear of affecting him.
When the needle inserting was finally finished, he accepted the hot towel from Jiang Yun Zhu. Only then, he relaxed. He was old and his energy was indeed not as good as before.
"Old Mister, you've worked hard." Although Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen didn't know that Old Mister Wu was the famous Celestial Wu Doctor at this time, they were very grateful to him for treating old Mister Chen's illness.
Old Mister Wu sat down and prescribed two more prescriptions, "This one is for external use and this one is for internal use. In the next few days, the eyes will feel a little uncomfortable.
Don't let it expose to light or rub it. After five days, we will see." He instructed.
The Jiang Family immediately got busy.
In the afternoon, Escort Head Li led people to drive the carriage to bring Li Yan here. Li Yan was already awake at this time. Only his body had no strength yet.
Escort Head Li felt that Old Mister Wu wasn't an ordinary person, so he kept pestering Doctor Jin for detail. Doctor Jin had no choice but to tell him the identity of Old Mister Wu in a hushed voice and told him not to spread it to the outside world. Otherwise, the old Mister will be angry, but everything is over.
This person turned out to be the real Celestial Doctor Wu. No wonder he could cure Li Yan's illness! Escort Head Li was in ecstasy after the shock. Of course he didn't dare bother Old Mister Wu to come to them to give Li Yan acupuncture. So he came over here.
He had already made up his mind that for the next seven days, he will bring Li Yan to live in Changshi Village to avoid causing further problems.
Five days later, Old Mister Wu gave old Mister Chen acupuncture for the last time. He announced, "The cloth on the eyes can be removed. If it works, it works. If it doesn't..."
He had no other solution. Others called him a celestial doctor, but he was just a mortal. A mortal who couldn't even save his own daughter.
When he said that, Jiang Cheng and the others became nervous. Mrs. Chen's hands shook when she unraveled the cloth.
Old Mister Chen was relatively calm and told Mrs. Chen, "It's been like this for so many years..." He stopped suddenly when he said this. There was white light in front of his eyes. He had to cover his eyes with his hands.
"Father."
"Maternal Grandfather!"
Jiang Cheng and the others exclaimed together. Old Mister Chen's reaction meant that...
Old Mister Chen blinked his eyes hard. Tears were in his eyes. He didn't have time to wipe them away. Instead, he looked at Mrs. Chen. Then at Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yun Zhu, Jiang Lin, Jiang Yun Xue, and Jiang Wu.
"I can see." He uttered. Then he looked at Mrs. Chen's lips trembling and said, "You have changed a lot."
"Got old." Mrs. Chen's eyes were clouded with tears. After all these years, how could she not get old?
"Father." Jiang Cheng said.
"You have changed a lot too." Old Master Chen remarked while looking at him.
"Yes." Jiang Cheng's eyes turned red.
Old Master Chen looked at Jiang Yun Zhu again and felt shaken. He always knew she was pretty, but he didn't expect her to be so good-looking. Jiang Lin was a little adult. Jiang Yun Xue was a big girl. Even Jiang Wu had grown so tall.
"Good, good." Old Mister Chen took in one by one. Tears never stopped. But a smile was on his face. After so many years, he finally saw what they looked like. He wanted to take a good look at them and keep them in mind one by one.
"Thank you, thank you!" When he saw Old Mister Wu, he couldn't help but be grateful. He really didn't expect that it was thanks to him that he could see things again in his lifetime.
Old Mister Wu was in a good mood. Finally he didn't fail. Otherwise he would be ashamed to eat the food made by Jiang Yun Zhu.
Everyone was overjoyed. Escort Head Li's eyes were burning with excitement. In two more days, would Li Yan...
Two days later, Old Mister Wu took Li Yan's pulse and said, "It's not bad. But the bones are too weak. Slowly nurture in the future."
"Old Mister, what do you mean?" Mrs. Li came today. Covering her mouth, she asked old Mister Wu in disbelief.
"The illness is cured."
With just this one sentence, Mrs. Li cried and fell into the arms of Escort Head Li. For so many years, she regretted every day that she was so careless when she was pregnant with Li Yan and made him suffer from birth.
Finally, her child could live a normal life!
Escort Head Li patted her on the back. His eyes were shining.
"That's great." Li Yan's three brothers loudly exclaimed.
Immediately, they knelt down and thanked Old Mister Wu for saving his life.
The few big men behind immediately brought up a lot of things. This was a thank you gift they prepared.
As for the consultation fee, it was up to Old Mister Wu. They’ll find a way to gather it.
Old Mister Wu never loved money. He looked at those things, took two ingots of gold from the first plate, and said, "Take them all back."
Those two ingots of gold. One was ten liang. Two ingots were twenty liang. The equivalent to two hundred liang silver.
A lot? For ordinary people, it was really too much. They may spend their entire lives earning this money. But for the Li family, it wasn’t much at all.
"Old Mister, how could this do?" Escort Head Li responded. The act of saving lives was the act of rebirth.
"Stop babbling here. Go, go. I want peace for a while." Old Mister Wu said.
Escort Head Li’s overly emotional state was interrupted. He looked at Jiang Yun Zhu. After so many days in Jiang's house, he noticed that Old Mister Wu liked her the most.
Knowing Old Mister Wu's temper, Jiang Yun Zhu nodded at Escort Head Li.
Then Escort Head Li took the people and things out of the room. They didn't leave though. They were waiting to thank Jiang Yun Zhu. If it weren't for her, he might have been deceived by that fake celestial doctor before and it would be even less likely for him to meet the real celestial doctor later.
Jiang Yun Zhu waved her hand. She didn't do anything.
After dragging it for a long time, Escort Head Li left some gifts and didn’t let Jiang Cheng mention the price difference of the mule. He repeatedly told them that if there was any need for help in the future, he must come to them.
Escort Head Li acknowledged the Jiang Family. This family was worthy to be close friends.
After sending Escort Head Li and the others away, Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen stood at the gate of the courtyard, feeling a little overwhelmed. For the past few days, Escort Head Li had been renting in the village. He had a straightforward personality. They liked to get along with him. After interacting with them for so many days and they now left so suddenly, they felt a little empty in their hearts.
Jiang Yun Zhu knew that there was no banquet in the world that lasts forever.
With everyone's mood in mind, she decided to make some rice dumplings tonight. It was sweet and warm.
But when she turned around, she saw Shen Feng Ming walking in from the outside. Two wild rabbits were in his hands.
Is Shen Feng Ming trying to woo her with wild game? heheh Thank you for the chapter! I'm happy that Old Master Chen can see again!
ReplyDeleteShen Yu Yu got game ... literally ^^
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