Chapter 281 Chapter 281 Another Little Genius

Lord Qin and his companions had grown attached to each other while staying in the VIP room. If Qin Kun and his companions had not had to attend court, they would not have wanted to go back as the restaurant was too far away and inconvenient.

There is no other way. It is so comfortable to live here. The room has everything, just like home.

The next day, Xu Yunfan came to see Qin's people off and said a few words to Xu Yi and Xu Zhifeng. A group of children surrounded Xu Yunfan, and Qin An and others were crying and hiccuping.

Seeing this, the Qin family's group couldn't help but have tears in their eyes. Qin Run put several large packages on the carriage, hugged Aunt Qin and the others with tears in his eyes, and touched the children's heads one by one, telling them to be good when they got home, and they would go back when they were free.

Even though we know that all good things must come to an end, we still feel sad when the time comes to say goodbye.

Early in the morning, the Qin family's people left. Qin Run stood on the roadside with a few children who were still hiccuping. The figures of the people who had gone away were no longer in sight, but they were still reluctant to look away.

The last time they faced separation, they still had hope, knowing that they would see each other again soon because Qin would come to the wedding, but now they are separated and they don’t know when they will see each other again.

He Weichen held Xiaobao's hand, his eyes were swollen, but he was still looking up.

Xu Yunfan sighed and took a few steps forward. "Alright, you guys, stop crying. When Brother Fu is free, he'll take you back to relax for a few days. It's not like we'll never see each other again. What's there to cry about?"

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and carriages were slow, so it was not easy to go back. Xu Yunfan thought that if he went back twice before he became an official, he might not have time after he started working.

Qin Run turned his head, glanced at Xu Yunfan, and remained silent.

He knew that some separations might be forever. Grandma Qin and the others were old, and now they only saw each other once. Except for Xu Yunfan, no one would stay with him forever, not even his children. Ang'er and the others would soar when they grew up. The journey of life was like this, with people coming and going, but few could accompany him to the end.

Maybe it's because I'm in a bad mood, so I can't help being sentimental.

Seeing this, Xu Yunfan's heart softened. He hugged Qin Run from behind, his arms around her slender waist, and pulled her back, eliminating even the last bit of distance. His chin rested on Qin Run's shoulder, and he exhaled a hot breath, burning Qin Run's whole body. In an instant, all the sadness of parting fled away from home.

"I'm going to Liping Prefecture with Brother He tomorrow. Do you want to go?"

Qin Run was a little absent-minded, "What are you going there for?"

There were a few children there, and Xu Yunfan just said he had something to do. Qin Run immediately said, "I want to go."

"Okay, let's go together. By the way, where has Brother Xu been hiding these past two days? I didn't see him yesterday."

Xu Yunfan suddenly remembered that at the wedding yesterday, he seemed to have seen Xu Er and several others, but not Xu Yi.

Qin Run suddenly laughed, "He's hiding, how dare he show up."

Xu Yunfan was slightly surprised. "It's Yun Shen? Why is he looking for Brother Xu Yi? Do they know each other?"

When Qin Run and Xu Yunfan got married, Xu Yunfan was accompanied by Qi Xiu Ze, Xu Zhi Feng and others to welcome the bride. Even several students from Qingfeng Academy came. Qin Run didn't know many of these guys, but fortunately Jiang Yunshen came back and brought a few of them along.

Jiang Yunshen had previously asked Qin Run if he had ever met Xu Yi. Out of curiosity, Qin Run asked Jiang Yunshen if he knew Xu Yi. "Yes, when we went to Beijing before, Brother An and the others were escorted to the academy by Brother Xu Yi. Yunshen had met him before."

Qin An didn't know how long he listened before looking up and saying, "Brother, I know about this. Brother Yunshen once asked us who Brother Xu Yi was. We told him the truth, and after that, Brother Yunshen waited at the academy gate every day to pick us up. He said he was worried about us, but I noticed that every time he came to pick us up, he didn't really look at me and my brother. He would always secretly glance at Brother Xu Yi. Several times, he even asked us about Brother Xu Yi."

"Yes, I noticed it too, but Brother Yunshen hesitated and said that he was just worried, so he looked at Brother Xu Yi a few more times. Big brother, brother-in-law, Brother Mu can't understand it. Isn't Brother Xu Yi our family member? Why doesn't Brother Yunshen worry about him?" Qin Mu shook his head in distress. He thought about it over and over again, but still couldn't figure it out.

Xu Yunfan chuckled and almost laughed out loud, "How come I don't know about this?"

When Jiang Yunshen was mentioned, everyone forgot about their sadness. Qin Run avoided the children's sight, pushed Xu Yunfan, and whispered, "Stand still, the children are here."

"I'm standing perfectly fine, what's the matter? Can't I hug my husband?"

Big brother and brother-in-law were so close, but Qin An and the others didn't think there was anything wrong. Brother-in-law and big brother had a good relationship, so it was normal for them to hug each other. They also had a good relationship with Sandan and the others, so they hugged each other just now. What was the big deal?

He Weichen glanced at Xu Yunfan, and Fulin said with a sincere heart: "Oh, is it that Brother Yunshen likes Brother Xu Yi?"

Xiao Bao nodded seriously, put his hands behind his back, and acted like a senior person. "Of course it is."

Qin Run couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, "Xiaobao, do you know what love is?"

"I know." Xiao Bao raised his head and said seriously, "Just like I like Grandpa Qingfeng. When I wasn't familiar with him, I didn't dare look at him. I could only secretly glance at him a few times, hehe..."

"Hey you." Xu Yunfan patted Xiaobao's head.

What can a three-and-a-half-year-old child understand about the love between men and women? You can't have too high expectations for him. However, Xu Yunfan didn't have any expectations for Xiaobao. The child is still young, so why does he need to understand these things? He will understand them naturally when he is ready. There is no need to teach him these things specially. Besides, how old is Xiaobao? He is still at the age of playing in the mud. Why does he need to understand these things?

Xu Yunfan sent the other kids out to play, then took Qin Run's hand and walked back. "So, how fierce is Yun Shen? He scared people like this."

Qin Run seemed to have thought of something and laughed out loud, "I don't know either, but I think I know what it means that birds of a feather flock together."

"What do you mean?" Xu Yunfan didn't understand.

Qin Run turned his head to look at Xu Yunfan, his smile rippling. "Have you forgotten? When we were in Dali Village, you ran away. After I caught up with you, I broke a piece of firewood. You were terrified and kept moving backwards, afraid that I would hit you."

Xu Yunfan's face darkened. "...Why do you remember this kind of thing? It's all dark history. Forget it, forget it. I can't even remember it."

"How could I forget this about you? You don't even know that your eyes were wide open at that time, and you thought I was going to hit you with a stick. You looked shocked and incredulous, but not afraid or disgusted." This is also the reason why Qin Run's heart was moved again.

If it were any other man, he would probably curse and jump up and slap her.

Xu Yunfan clenched his fists to the corners of his lips and laughed grimly, "I wasn't scared, okay? I was just shocked that my charm was so great that even a grown man like you could be so obsessed with me that you even pursued me relentlessly..."

"I'm not a macho man, I'm a big brother, you're talking nonsense." Qin Run was so angry that he wanted to hit Xu Yunfan, but Xu Yunfan ran away.

Xu Yunfan looked back and smiled. It was clearly just last year, but when he thought about it now, it seemed like a long time ago.

In the past, he would never have thought that he would be with Qin Run, but now he dare not think about the day without Qin Run.

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Liping Prefecture is not close to the capital, and it takes seven days to get there by carriage.

Xu Yunfan naturally would not take the children with him. He Gusheng knew that He Weichen was not used to riding in a carriage, so he simply left him behind. Xu Yunfan packed up the little ones and sent them all to the Qin Mansion.

While he was away, Xu Yunfan was naturally worried about Fang Zixi living alone with four children, so Fang Zixi simply moved into Qin's house as well. The night before leaving, Xu Yunfan took out four schoolbooks and distributed them to the four children one by one.

If it were any other child, he would have had a sad face long ago.

Qin An and the others just smiled and said, "Brother, I will urge my younger brothers and nephews to complete their homework on time every day. Brother, don't worry. You and Big Brother should be careful when you go out."

"Yeah." Xu Yunfan squatted down and looked at Qin An, feeling very relieved. "Brother-in-law will take good care of your eldest brother, don't worry."

Xiaobao came over and lay on Xu Yunfan, "Father, where is the picture book you promised us? We have already read the fifty-seventh difficulty in the last one."

Xu Yunfan took out a few sketchbooks and said, "Brother-in-law will be away for a long time this time. Please take good care of these sketchbooks. If anyone borrows them, please remember to return them. Remember?"

These things will be used as templates in the book factory in the future. If they are lost, it would be bad if someone else gets there first.

Qin Mu took the sketchbook and held it in his arms with great care. "Don't worry, brother-in-law. We won't lend it to outsiders. We will cherish it."

Xu Yunfan felt relieved and waved his hand for them to go back to their rooms.

He knew that the children couldn't wait any longer.

After He Weichen watched an episode with Qin An and the others, he returned to his room with his homework, feeling unsatisfied.

Qin Run arranged He Gusheng and his son in the west wing. Originally, he wanted to arrange two rooms, but He Gusheng was worried about He Weichen being alone, so the father and son lived in the same room.

"Weichen, father has to go out tomorrow. If you...if you are afraid, father will take you back with him?" He Gusheng was also worried that He Weichen was unfamiliar with the capital, and his son would be afraid when he was away.

He Weichen watched his father packing his luggage and shook his head. "Father, I'm not going back. I'll wait here for you to come back. You don't have to worry about me. Brother Qin An and Xiaobao are here. I'm not afraid."

Hearing this, He Gusheng turned his head to look at his son, and after a long time he asked him what he was holding in his arms?

"It's homework," He Weichen held it in front of He Gusheng with great care. "Brother Xu said I'm very talented in medicine. He asked me if I wanted to be a good doctor who saves lives. I agreed. Father, look, these are all the homework Brother Xu assigned to me."

He Gusheng was stunned for a long moment before taking a small notebook from his son. The notebook contained hundreds of medicinal herbs, each with detailed descriptions of their morphological characteristics, efficacy, habitat, and so on. "Is this for you to learn about first?"

"No," He Weichen shook his head, "Brother Xu asked me to memorize it and he will test me when he comes back."

He Gusheng: "Can you memorize it all? You may not recognize some of the characters."

In the past few years, whenever he had free time, he would teach his child to recognize some words. Even if he didn't have a pen, ink, paper, or inkstone, he would use a branch to write neatly on the ground, stroke by stroke, and then teach his son how to pronounce the word and what it meant. Therefore, He Weichen could read, but not many.

But he knew that his son was actually quite clever. He could recite books like "Three Character Classic" after teaching them a few times. However, medical books were different from enlightenment books after all.

He Weichen tilted his head, his eyebrows furrowed, clearly unhappy about his father's doubts about his abilities. "Yes, Dad, I'm really good at memorizing these. Brother Xu even said I have a talent."

Since Xu Yunfan said he had talent, He Weichen believed it without a doubt. He didn't know why, but as long as Xu Yunfan said it, he believed it unconditionally.

"Really?" He Gusheng really didn't believe it and asked immediately, "Then father will give you a quarter of an hour. You can read it for a while. I will ask you about the first two medicinal herbs later. Can you answer them?"

He was definitely able to memorize it. Not only two versions, He Weichen memorized the entire page.

He Gusheng was stunned for a long time. Could it be that his son was actually a Wenquxing who had descended to earth?

At this time, he remembered that Xu Yunfan had asked him some time ago if he was willing to let He Weichen be taught by him, and he would train He Weichen into a talented person.

Xu Yunfan also said that his son is a rare genius.

At that time, He Gusheng was still busy helping Xu Yunfan decorate the wedding venue. He thought Xu Yunfan said that because he saw him working. After all, he had praised other people's children in such a polite way before. But in fact, the other party's son was not a genius, but just had a little talent. But who doesn't say good things? For this reason, he didn't take Xu Yunfan's so-called genius words to heart.

Seeing it with his own eyes, He Gusheng finally came to his senses. "Son, you actually memorized this entire page? You know all these characters? I don't think your father has ever taught you."

"I really don't know some characters, and my father never taught me. But didn't Brother Xu write the pinyin for the complicated characters? Brother Qin An and the others taught me pinyin. I don't know the characters, but I can read the pinyin. Some characters are too difficult, but Brother Xu has already marked them, so I can understand them."

He Gusheng wiped his face. Some things that had puzzled him before were finally solved.

When he came to Beijing with Qin An and the others, he glanced at the sketchbooks in the hands of several children. There were some words with a lot of strokes on them, but both the seven-year-old Qin Mu and the three-year-old Xiaobao were reading them with great interest, as if they understood them. The little ones looked very serious and exclaimed from time to time. Afterwards, the children gathered together to discuss.

At that time, He Gusheng found it funny. They couldn't even recognize some of the words, so how could they act like they knew a lot?

Children are so cute and fun.

Seeing the special explanations for some words in the notebook, He Gusheng couldn't help but admire Xu Yunfan.

Not only do I admire his patience and attentiveness, but I also admire his keen eyes, which allowed him to discover his son's strengths at a glance.

In the past few years, he was busy looking for medical treatment, and it was difficult for him to find time to teach his son to read and write. How could he have the energy to discover his son's talent? But Xu Yunfan discovered it.

Moreover, Xu Yunfan's handwriting is as beautiful as he is.

Even though he was also a scholar, He Gusheng had to admit that Xu Yunfan's handwriting was indeed beyond his reach.

He Gusheng had passed the imperial examination and naturally knew that some people had abilities that others could not match. He asked his son, "Weichen, do you want to learn these? Will it be tiring?"

"I want to learn, I'm not tired."

He Weichen smiled shyly, "I really like reading these books. I also want to be a doctor. When I become very good, I can help more children and prevent them from suffering like me. As long as I become more powerful, I can help more people in the future and prevent their fathers from suffering like my father did."

Although it was just a few innocent words from his son, He Gusheng felt heartbroken and couldn't stop crying. "Okay, my son is ambitious. So, you should study hard so that you can help more people in the future."

Later, He Weichen did it. He began to show his talent when he was just over ten years old. Not only did he become a junior imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital, but he was also Xu Yunfan's personal physician. It was he who took over the rural medical station founded by Xu Yunfan and became an indispensable and capable assistant to Xu Yunfan.

It was precisely because of Xu Yunfan's dedicated training of He Weichen that after the salt factory was built, He Gusheng also paid close attention to everything about the salt factory.

After arriving at Liping Prefecture, Xu Yunfan and Qin Run rested for a night, and the next day they accompanied He Gusheng out of the city to the well salt field. After arriving at the well salt field, Xu Yunfan took out a lot of tools. Qin Run and He Gusheng were stunned and didn't know what he was doing. In short, among the three, only Xu Yunfan was busy sweating profusely, while they didn't know anything and just stood by and lent a hand from time to time.

I don’t know what Xu Yunfan saw, but he suddenly clapped his hands and jumped up, walked around the well dug by the He family several times, and kept muttering to himself.

"Yunfan, do you know something?" Qin Run asked curiously.

Xu Yunfan pointed at the well mouth and said, "Run'er, this is really well salt. With just this well, our bacon factory will never lack salt."

"Well salt?" Qin Run stepped forward to take a look, but couldn't see anything. "You said there's salt in it? How can there be salt in a well?"

Xu Yunfan: "There is no salt in the well, but the things inside can be processed into salt."

He Gusheng was very curious and looked towards the dark wellhead. "Mr. Xu, is what you said true?"

"Of course, I'm serious now. I won't lie." Xu Yunfan thought for a moment, "Do you know how much profit a well salt can bring you? I tell you the truth, I can solve Xiao Weichen's problem for him. It's just a matter of a little silver. If you give me these mountains, it's more than enough. You can take this well back if you want. I will do what I promised you. I don't take advantage of others, and I won't take advantage of my own people."

In response to Xu Yunfan's words, He Gusheng remained silent for a long time. He just stood at the wellhead, stunned for a long time.

After a long while, He Gusheng spoke, "Mr. Xu, I told you before that this well was found for our He family by a master. The master also said that this well could save our He family's lives in the future and prevent our He family from being extinct. I used to be skeptical about these miraculous things, but because of our ancestral teachings, we have always dug and protected this well. After Weichen was different from other children, I had a vague idea. Back then, when his maternal family bullied our He family in every way, I never thought of selling this land."

"But now I'm sure I won't take it back. That was what we agreed on. Besides, even if I did, what would happen? Master Xu, if you're selling contraband salt, if the quantity is small, only my head will be chopped off. If the quantity is large, my whole family will be finished."