159 Awu goes with me

Shunfeng told Sun Sicheng that Uncle Ming and Wang Chun and the others set out almost at the same time as them, and must have arrived in Yong'an for several days.

He also brought a letter from Ming Wanli, in which Ming Wanli told him about the situation in Yingtian Prefecture and Luyang Prefecture. Many details were supplemented by Shunfeng. The payments collected from Yingtian and Luyang had been used to send people to Zhangzhou to purchase goods.

This made Sun Sicheng feel relieved. Silver would always be just silver if it was left there. It would be more reassuring if it could be turned into needed goods.

It is now early April and the weather seems to be okay for the time being, but the wind and water say that the north is much drier than here. Although it is not very obvious yet, the drought is already obvious and there are some signs of it.

Ming Wanli told him that some of the people he had collected along the way were pretty good. He planned to give some of the good ones to Fang Xiao for further training, and the smaller ones would be placed in the medicine store or braised food shop.

In the short term, he will not recruit anyone without the order from the eldest son, unless they are exceptionally good ones.

Sun Sicheng also agreed that his men were indeed enough for the time being.

He told Shunfeng and Shunshui about his plan and asked them to look after his property in the capital this year. The three of them, master and servant, discussed the matter for an entire afternoon and made plans for every aspect.

On the sixth day of April, Chang Chunfeng's official arrived.

An County is located about 100 miles away from the outskirts of Beijing. The county town is neither big nor small, neither poor nor rich. It is quite comfortable to be a county magistrate here, and any achievements you make will easily be noticed by those above you.

Chang Chunfeng was extremely satisfied, but Yu Yang was much worse. However, the two of them were still dozens of ranks apart. One was a Jinshi and the other was a Tong Jinshi, so there was a difference between them.

Yu Yang was assigned to a small county town under Yong'an, not far from Jiao County, so it could be considered a return to his hometown.

Yu Yang was still satisfied. Some of his fellow Jinshi candidates directly became county magistrates, which was one rank lower than county magistrates. No matter how small the county was, being the head of a county was a good job. No one would control you, unless you were useless and deserved to be oppressed by others.

Because there were still some things to do after being assigned as an official, Sun Sicheng agreed with Chang Chunfeng and Yu Yang to set off in ten days.

Everything has been arranged, except for Awu. Sun Sicheng still wants to take his daughter around and get along with his little apprentice. If they get along well, then everything will be good for them. If not, he has already made other plans.

Awu is willing.

It just so happened that the new aunt was given to my younger sister by my aunt, and the newly hired teacher couldn't come for a short time, so it would be great for me to be able to go around and have a look with my father.

The old man of the Sun family and the master and his son were all moved by Sun Sicheng's persuasion. They did not ask for their daughter to marry into a wealthy family, nor did they need an arranged marriage to help the family. The most important thing was to find someone with good character and ability.

Awu is still young, so it won’t hurt to give it a try, and outsiders won’t know about it.

Mrs. Wu had no choice but to agree. The mother-in-law listened to her father-in-law and son. Whatever her son said was the way to go. What was the point of her opposing it alone, especially when the child himself wanted to go out for a walk.

Well, just this once.

However, she still suggested to her husband that although Awu was young, she should dress as a boy when going out. She also brought her four personal maids and bodyguards, two of whom were twelve or thirteen years old, and two of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all dressed as boys.

Of course Sun Sicheng agreed to this. It is more convenient for boys to go out. He knew his wife's little thoughts. Little Awu might marry into a family in Beijing when she grows up. Most people like their daughter-in-law to be gentle and ladylike. If she knew that she had been taken around by her father since she was a child, hehe.

His daughter doesn't want to be confined to a wealthy family, and his Awu is not the quiet type, but in her mother's eyes, her little daughter has always been gentle and lovely.

On the tenth day of April, at dawn, Sun Sicheng led his men out of the city gate. Chang Chunfeng sat in Yu Yang's carriage and followed closely behind.

Awu had her own car, but she did not sit with the four girls. Instead, she ran to her father's carriage and listened to him tell her interesting things from all over the world, including many stories of saving lives.

This made Awu feel envious.

It turns out that studying medicine to save lives is also a good thing, especially as my father said, when I returned from Jiangnan to save that woman, my brother Ping'an said that saving people is very comfortable. If you save a woman, the boy will have a mother, the man will have a wife, and the parents-in-law will have a son-in-law, so that the family will have no missing anyone.

"Dad, Brother Ping An is really kind-hearted. If it weren't for him, the woman would probably be dead, and the family would be incomplete. Dad, if Brother Ping An hadn't asked you to help, you probably wouldn't have saved her, right?"

Sun Sicheng's old face turned red. He really didn't know how to save her. If anyone rushed to save her, how could he save her? Besides, his heart had gradually hardened over the years, but he couldn't say that in front of his little daughter.

"Awu, your brother Ping An found out about this when he was chatting with the boy. As soon as he asked, Dad agreed immediately and gave him some ginseng slices and medicine for free. He didn't charge a penny for the consultation. Dad spent at least 15 taels to save that woman. Awu still wronged Dad, and Dad is really sad."

Sun Sicheng looked so aggrieved that even his lips were pursed.

Awu was really embarrassed: "Dad, don't be angry, Awu is too ignorant, Dad is the kindest person in the world."

The little hand stroked his chest twice, and her fair and tender little face was full of guilt.

This successfully pleased Sun Sicheng. He liked his youngest daughter more than his sons. This time when he went out, his eldest son got up early to see him off, but his youngest son stayed in bed until the time came for him to leave. Then he hurriedly got off the kang with his hair in a mess.

"Dad won't be angry this time, Awu, come out this time and learn some medicine from daddy. Girls don't go out to treat people. If you know medicine yourself, you can take better care of your family. For example, if someone is feeling unwell, you will know it before others. It won't hurt after all."

Ah Wu nodded: "Dad, I know. I also learned to recognize medicine from my grandfather and great-grandfather at home. I already know a lot of medicinal materials. My great-grandfather also taught me to memorize the properties of medicines and medical theories. I just didn't let mother know. Mother likes me to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"Awu, there's nothing wrong with playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Boys and girls should know a little bit, but they don't have to be proficient in everything. We are a medical expert, and Baicaotang is well-known in the Great Zhou. If the eldest daughter of Baicaotang doesn't know medicine, I'm afraid the world will laugh at her, don't you think?"

Ah Wu lowered her head and thought about it, then she laughed, "Dad is right. I will study medicine well. I also like studying medicine. Isn't brother Ping An only eight years old this year? Isn't he only one year older than me?"

"You will be seven in March, and he will be nine in August. He is one and a half years older than you. You can call him Senior Brother in the future."

Not to mention the hard work along the way.

Ming Wanli and Sun Xiaoliu and the others arrived at Yong'an Prefecture in early April. They should have arrived a few days earlier, but they were delayed because of arranging some things.

After resting for a night in the city, he led his men to the Medicine Valley early the next morning. Among the people he recruited along the way, a dozen of them were very good. If Fang Xiao trained them for a year or two, they would become very good personnel.