037 Letter from Sun Siyuan

Three days later, the group finally set off.

Bai Jiaxuan has recovered well in the past two days. The treatment and care have been very helpful. The carriage is also thickly padded, so with a little attention, there will be no problem at all.

Erqiang did not follow Ping'an this time. Instead, he sat next to his uncle Wan Changsheng. Not only was he free, he could also learn how to drive a cart.

Wan Changsheng didn't say anything about him. He was almost twelve years old, and it would be good for him to learn to drive a cart. There were still four or five days left to reach the provincial capital, and he would be almost able to do it after a few days of learning.

A coffee table was set up in Sun Sicheng's carriage, and his young apprentice sat opposite him, reciting Baicao Collection with a grin on his face.

Jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved. Studying medicine is more difficult than learning any other craft. If you take the wrong medicine, it may make the disease worse and delay the best time for treatment. In serious cases, it may even cost the patient's life.

This time when we arrived at the provincial capital, we asked Manager Ge's second son Qingshi to accompany Ping'an. Erqiang was a good guy and smart, but he was obviously interested in martial arts and was reluctant about medicine, just like Jixiang.

No matter how good a doctor is, he must have good assistants around him. He has Ruyi, Shunfeng, Shunshui and Banxia around him.

Qingshi is ten years old this year. He was originally intended for my son. Since my son doesn't need anyone around him, I'll give him to my apprentice.

"Eldest Master, the second master's carrier pigeon is here." Jixiang handed over a note through the car window.

"Is it so urgent?" Sun Sicheng took the note. The two brothers each had a few carrier pigeons, which were rarely used unless in an emergency. It was not easy to train good carrier pigeons, and they were often easily broken.

As expected, it was all about cousin Qi.

This time he was in a hurry to rush to the provincial capital, not only for the matter of the Medicine Valley, but also largely for Qi Jiao's daughter.

She was clearly told not to rush into pregnancy because her physical condition could not withstand the risks of pregnancy and it was not like she was without a son.

In the end, she refused to listen to the good advice and was only focused on getting pregnant and having a child for the man who came later. But what would happen if she did? She barely made it to seven months and then gave birth prematurely. Not only was the child weak, but the heart disease could not be cured.

Over the years, he tried every possible means to keep his child alive, but as he grew older, the disease became increasingly difficult to control.

What's the point of Lao Er writing to me in such a hurry? Is he a god? He can't change his heart.

Heart change?

Sun Sicheng's heart started pounding. How could he have such a weird idea?

I once heard that there was a saintly doctor in ancient times who could give people blood transfusions and even reattach amputated limbs.

But these are just legends, and no one has ever really done this. As for Qi Jiao's daughter, even the director of the Imperial Medical Service would be completely helpless.

You will suffer the consequences if you do evil. If you act on your own, you will not only hurt yourself, but also your children.

Qi Jiao is the daughter of his cousin. His cousin's family has been a single-son family for three generations, but in Qi Jiao's generation, there are now two brothers and sisters.

My cousin originally wanted to marry Qi Jiao to the Sun family. He was already married at that time, so the only one left was the second son, Siyuan.

Who knew that the second brother already had someone in his heart and refused to agree.

It would have been fine for the man and the woman to get married, but who would have thought that Qi Jiao's husband had an accident seven or eight years ago. She had been married for only three years at that time, and her son was just over one year old. She gave birth to the child with great effort and even damaged her body because of it.

More than a year later, my cousin took great pains to bring the mother and son back to his parents' home, and soon after, she remarried.

Just get married. After marriage, he repeatedly warned me not to have children for at least five years, but it turned out that his words were bullshit.

He didn't understand why his second son always had feelings for Qi Jiao? It wasn't like they were engaged and then called off the relationship? The two parties had never been engaged, so he would try to help if he could, but there was nothing he could do if he couldn't.

It will cause trouble for my brother.

Sun Sicheng sighed. His younger brother paid little attention to other things besides practicing medicine, and was unwilling to get involved. Otherwise, he would not have spent most of the year traveling around the Great Zhou.

Ping An secretly glanced at the master, and saw that the master had been frowning since reading the letter. He didn't know what trouble it was that made the cheerful master like this.

He never thought that there really was such a thing as carrier pigeons in this dynasty. This was something he could never understand.

It is incredible that tiny pigeons can find each other across thousands of miles, especially in not a fixed place.

Don’t think about it anymore.

Being absent-minded will not bring any benefits except getting scolded.

Ping'an calmed his mind and focused on memorizing the properties of the medicines. He was already familiar with these medicines, so memorizing them was naturally twice the result with half the effort. Soon, Sun Sicheng's heart was on his apprentice again.

He was not his brother, and he did not have too much cousin affection for Qi Jiao. As relatives, he had done as much as he could, and the rest was up to God.

We were delayed in the county town for five days, and Bai Jiaxuan's injury delayed us for another four days. Today is already May 13th, and if everything goes well, we will reach the provincial capital on the 17th.

It is not difficult to arrange for Wan Changsheng and his wife. I don't have to go and let Jixiang take the four of them to the medicine store. I must take Ping'an to Jiangnan at the end of the month, or at the beginning of next month at the latest.

Then, the time he would spend in the city would be thirteen days at most, during which he would have to hold a small apprenticeship banquet, which would take another day.

It is not known whether Sun Wen, Da Wu, Xiao Wu, Da Zhuang, Daniu and others have dealt with the matters of the medicine valleys in several nearby prefectures.

There are especially many troubles in spring.

"Ping An, you did a good job of reciting the text. Take a break and listen to my next plan."

Sun Sicheng handed his young apprentice a fruit and paused. "We will probably reach the city in around 17 or 18 years. Once there, I'll have Jixiang send the four of you to the medicine store. You and Erqiang will stay with your parents for a few days. At the end of the month, I'll set aside one day to hold a small apprenticeship banquet. Time is limited, so I won't invite many people."

At the latest, we will leave for Yuhang at the beginning of next month. We may not be able to return by the end of the year. If everything goes well, we will hopefully be back by the end of October."

Ping An saw that the master was staring at him, so he nodded and said, "Master, I will listen to you. Will Er Qiang follow me?"

Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "Of course, there will be quite a few people traveling with me this time. They are all people who have been with me for many years, and they are all busy with other things now.

Ping An, after you go to Jiangnan, you will not only study medicine, I will also arrange for a master to teach you both civil and military affairs. Erqiang will follow him and learn from you, but I guess he is not cut out for studying medicine or literature. It would be good for him to spend more time on learning kung fu. No matter what, at least he has one specialty, so he is qualified to stay by your side all the time.

You are still young, take your time, you will have your own people around you, these people will follow you for a long time, they are good people, sometimes it is better to have no one than to have the wrong person, you are still young now, there are some things you don’t understand. "

Ping An still nodded and looked at his master with clear eyes.

In fact, he rarely complained in his heart. He had lived over sixty years in his previous life. What was there that he didn't understand?

It's just a way of controlling people. Finally, he has come to a dynasty where people can be bought and sold. He will definitely manage his team well.

He will definitely be loyal to his true subordinates. He can warm people's hearts sincerely, but he will never be lenient when it is necessary to be strict.

Erqiang is a relative of his, firstly because the child is really cute and a nice person, and he is the first one to follow him. Otherwise, he doesn't like to have people who are related to him around him.

In his mind, relatives are just relatives. It is difficult to manage subordinates and it is easy to hurt feelings.

As for Erqiang, he will treat him well and not unfairly, but he will not necessarily make him his core assistant.

I was brought here inexplicably, and in just seven or eight years, I have experienced a lot of hardships.

He is unable to trust anyone wholeheartedly, even his own mother.

When his mother gets married, she will have other children in the future. At that time, he may be the most redundant one.