Reborn into this life before the age of two, my Father vanished on his way to the provincial exam in the capital—alive, he was never found; dead, his body never returned. That very month, Grandfa...
226 Qi Wei Chasing People
Before dawn, Mei Niang took Xizhi and Tongmiao to prepare breakfast, waiting for the children to come and eat after washing up.
She didn't sleep much that night and her eyes were red. She even wanted to be an unreasonable mother and hold her children back from going out, even if the eldest son sent them back home.
But reason told her no.
The three of them came here with nothing, but now they have more than one thousand taels of silver saved, a house and land in the city, and their son is also very promising and has grown into a boy.
All this is thanks to the eldest son, and my son is willing to go on the long journey.
Ping An told him yesterday that the master did not force him, and he wanted to travel around and see the world while he was still young. Only when a person has seen all kinds of situations will he not be afraid of anything in the future.
Except Qingshi who was at home, the rest were at the village, even Dawu was there. More than a dozen people were laughing and chuckling, and soon it was dawn.
Wan Changsheng came over and said that the eldest master and others had come to pick people up at the gate of the manor.
Ping An looked at his mother who burst into tears and said, "Mom, you, dad, and sister are all fine at home. Your son is with the master, and there are so many people around him. What can happen? If there is anything, go to Master Da Wu. I will also write back. As for Xi'er, I will not go there, so as not to wake her up."
Wan Changsheng held his son's hand and said, "Sister is asleep, no need to say goodbye. Didn't I tell her last night? Ping An, do your work peacefully, dad is at home."
Xiao Wu and Lin Feng have already gone out with their medical kits and luggage.
Ping'an knelt on the ground, and Erqiang followed suit. The two of them bowed deeply to Wan Changsheng and Mei Niang. Sanqiang, who was standing by, also burst into tears. He was now studying in a school in the city during the day, and he didn't want his aunt to be kept in the dark about everything.
My cousin and his younger cousin are going to that place.
Ping An stood up and took San Qiang's hand: "Third cousin, you have to accompany my mother and sister at home."
San Qiang nodded, his voice choked with sobs: "Second brother, cousin, take good care of yourself out there, and try to come home as soon as possible."
Erqiang also shed tears. He didn't intend to cry, but his third brother hugged him and cried for a long time last night, saying that he knew where they were going. That was it, and he didn't say anything.
Erqiang is a man of his word. If he says he can't say it, then he won't say it.
Sun Sicheng picked up Ping An and the others and got into the car. After saying hello to Wan Changsheng and his wife, the convoy quickly started moving.
Mei Niang was filled with sorrow as she watched her son walking further and further away, but she stopped crying because her son didn't want to have a mother who cried all day at home.
"Go back, Xi'er will wake up soon. Sanqiang, go get ready and go to the school with your uncle."
San Qiang nodded, while supporting his aunt: "Aunt, my cousin is so capable, and he brought so many people with him, you really don't have to worry."
He couldn't bring himself to say any other words of comfort.
Sun Sicheng's car was very spacious, with thick cushions and rattan mats. As soon as the car started, he and Ping An lay down. Wan Li was driving the car in the front, and He Jin was sitting on the passenger seat next to him.
Ping'an is not pretentious. He always behaves like this when traveling with his master. He is growing up now and sleeps a lot.
Sun Sicheng looked at his little disciple who fell into a deep sleep after a while, and closed his eyes with peace of mind. He said that Sun Yat-sen did not go home last night, and he talked to him all night long. The general meaning was that Sun Yat-sen should not delay Ping An's studies too much, that this was a genius that only appears once in a century, and so on.
I was wrong. I really shouldn't have brought such a young child to the battlefield. After all, the rear was not far from the border. But who asked Ping An to hold the knife as comfortably as if he was eating with chopsticks?
The day before yesterday afternoon, removing Wang Qi's tumor was as easy as peeling an eggshell. To be honest, he felt a little sick and wanted to vomit, but for the sake of face and with Ruyi and the other three beside him, he endured it.
Wang Qi felt comfortable yesterday and said he no longer had to tilt his neck. This morning, the couple said goodbye to them, talked to their son for a while, and then got in the car and left without looking back.
In the early morning of that day, in Sun Sicheng's dream, Ping An was wearing a bright red top scholar robe and was leaving for an official position without looking back. Sun Sicheng was chasing after him with a medical box in his hand, shouting, "Ping An, medical box, your medical box."
When I woke up, the sun was shining brightly outside. Something was really wrong with this day.
The brat was still snoring. His baby fat had disappeared without a trace. His face was delicate and his skin was smooth like jade. Why did a kid have to be so good-looking? Chang Chunfeng was handsome, but not as handsome as this one.
Ping An was very conflicted about whether he would take the imperial examination or practice medicine in the future.
This kid can excel in anything he does. Being an official has its glory but also its frustrations. Anyway, he doesn't want to be one. He feels freer this way.
After canceling the contract with the military, he is now free from worries. Although he earns less money, no, he does not earn less now either, as the profit from wine is still very big.
If he used the purchased liquor to make ethanol, he would charge a small profit. He told the people in the Quartermaster Department this calculation, and they were very grateful to him.
The problem was that the profit from his own brewed wine was too high. After the war, he wanted to do some liquor business. He didn't want to steal other people's business. He just did what Ping An said and brewed strong liquor with an alcohol content of about 40%. This kind of wine was the best-selling in the north, and there was only one company that made it.
Exclusive business makes a lot of money.
When Ping'an woke up, he heard his master mumbling.
"Master, I have slept for half a day and the sun is so bright outside."
Sun Sicheng leaned forward to the front window and said, "He Jin, let's find a small forest with some shade and have a rest for lunch. It's not even June yet and the weather is already so hot. We need to make more porridge for lunch."
We can travel more at night. Ruyi and Xiaowu rode horses separately in order to book an inn for the night as early as possible. With food and accommodation, they don’t have to worry.
Just as Sun Sicheng, Ping An and others were drinking porridge and eating steamed buns in the small woods, a carriage hurriedly came to the gate of Baicaotang in Yong'an City. A young man got off the carriage like a gust of wind and ran straight to the medical clinic.
"Manager Ge, where is your eldest son?"
Old Ge looked carefully and said, "Master Qi, you are here, but our eldest master is no longer in Yong'an."
"Not in Yongan? Where? I'm in a hurry to find him."
"Master Qi, our eldest son led people to Yunzhou and left early this morning. You must have missed him on the way."
To go to Yunzhou, one has to pass through Huainan Prefecture, but the eldest son does not plan to go to the second son's place. If he knew, he would start to nag again.
Qi Wei sighed: "Then I didn't notice, will he go to Siyuan's place?"
"I don't know." Old Ge didn't tell the truth. The eldest son didn't want to go to the second son's place, but he had to stay in the city for a night. Many things needed to be replenished. Maybe he would change his mind and go to find the second son.
Qi Wei turned and left: "I'll go after him."
It has been most of the day and there have been no carriages around. It would not be easy to catch up with him today, but his sister and father were still waiting for him to save them at home. If he delayed less, he could catch up with Sicheng one day earlier.