Chapter 180: Low-key Visit to Beijing
Gu Mingda looked at the young man's miserable appearance with snot and tears, and although he still couldn't connect this dirty little beggar with the handsome young man in brocade clothes yesterday, he couldn't help but believe that they were the same person.
After all, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have cried so miserably.
"Don't cry, handsome brother. I'll give you my candy." Niu Niu poured out a few candies from her purse and handed them to the boy.
The young man in brocade clothes had been hungry for the whole day. His eyes sparkled with green light when he saw food, but before he took a bite, he still maintained his politeness and said, "Thank you, little sister."
After saying that, he stuffed the candy into his mouth.
He ate while shedding tears: "Yesterday...that...old Taoist priest, he...he was a big bad guy!"
Gu Mingda suddenly felt that his previous defense was ridiculous. This boy looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, not much older than Gu Yan, and had a naive and silly look. How could he have the ability to do anything bad?
When Niu Niu heard this, she originally wanted to argue a few words. She actually had a good first impression of the old Taoist priest. After looking at Gu Mingda, she clenched her fists and thought to herself, Daddy said that I can't argue with people who are not as well off as I am.
Gu Mingda didn't expect that his daughter was so good at applying what she learned. Listening to his daughter's caring words, he felt proud of raising a kind and well-behaved child.
"Handsome brother, don't cry. Are you hungry? I'll treat you to a meal." Niu Niu said.
When the young man heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he looked at Gu Mingda shyly.
After all, he is such a grown man, and it is really embarrassing for him to be treated to a meal by a little girl.
"My purse was stolen. You treat me to a meal now. When I arrive in the capital and reunite with my family, I will treat you to a meal at Zuixianlou!" said the handsome young man, patting his chest.
Niuniu shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat Zuixianlou. I actually want to ask you if there is any way to cure seasickness."
After hearing this, the handsome boy immediately said, "It may be useless to ask others, but you are right to ask me."
Niu Niu and Gu Mingda perked up instantly.
The young man fumbled in the sleeves of his worn-out clothes for a long time, and then took out a bag of pills.
"You hid the pills so deep!" Niu Niu looked surprised.
The young man's face was filled with pain when he heard this. Tears started to flow again. He said, "Originally... the purse that should have been used to hold the silver... should have been placed at the very back... I put it in the wrong place with the purse that held the pills..."
As he said this, he felt more and more that it was all his own fault.
Niuniu hurried to comfort him and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, you are a good child, we good children don't cry."
The boy couldn't stop crying at all.
Gu Mingda at the side sighed and asked helplessly: "How old are you?"
The little brother cried and said, "Seventeen."
Gu Mingda fell silent for a moment. He thought back to when he was seventeen. Was he also so stupid?
"How do I take this medicine?" Gu Mingda asked.
"Take at most three pills a day. If you don't get seasick, don't take it. It's a palace..." The young man became more cautious and changed his words abruptly, "It's a pill specially made by an old doctor for seasickness. Every time I get seasick, I take it and it works."
Gu Mingda took the heavy bag of pills, each about the size of a soybean, and smelled them closely. Although he could smell a hint of medicine, he couldn't tell what medicinal ingredients were inside.
"A lot of medicine was made." Gu Mingda sighed deliberately.
But the young man didn't have any ulterior motives and said directly: "I was originally going to visit Linzhou. If everything went well, I would have stopped by to see the sea. But I didn't expect that damn old Taoist priest to coax me back to the capital in such an undignified way!"
After hearing what he said, Gu Mingda thought to himself that if he really wanted to go to Linzhou, it would not be surprising to bring so many medicines.
The young man was taken to the upper room by them. Gu Mingda paid some money and asked the boatman to bring him a meal.
After getting the food, the young man immediately started eating. Gu Mingda saw that it seemed that he didn’t have enough to eat, so he bought another portion.
After the young man had eaten his fill, he finally came to his senses, looked at Gu Mingda apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really too hungry. I haven't eaten for three meals."
Gu Mingda raised his eyebrows when he heard this. They boarded the ship yesterday morning, and the young man had not eaten for three meals. Was his food robbed as soon as he got on the ship?
When the young man heard Gu Mingda's question, his face was full of hatred, and he said, "How could I know that these people had such long arms? I don't know what they did, but they took my purse away. I didn't feel anything the whole time."
"When I bought food, I couldn't find the money to pay the bill, and the boatman laughed at me!"
"I have never suffered such hardship before. When I return to Beijing, I will ask my mother to help me find out who is the evil-hearted person who stole my money!"
Listening to the young man's tearful accusations, Gu Mingda keenly realized that it seemed that the mother was the one who made the decisions in this young man's family.
In this case, either the mother's family is stronger than the father's family, or the mother is now in charge of the family business.
But he saw that the young man seemed to be deliberately evasive in his words, and it was obvious that he did not want to reveal his identity, so Gu Mingda did not ask any more questions.
Niuniu was very curious about the old Taoist priest: "Handsome brother, how did the old Taoist priest harm you?"
Hearing the girl's question, the young man blushed instantly. Fortunately, his face was covered with a lot of dirt, so his expression could not be seen to change.
"He... he told me the truth about my family from nowhere, and scared me by saying that a disaster was about to happen to my family... and urged me to return to Beijing as soon as possible..." The young man wished he could bite his gums to pieces when he mentioned the old Taoist priest.
Niuniu was very surprised and said, "Even so, my handsome brother, you shouldn't be in this situation now. You have so many servants and you don't seem to be short of money. How can you be so miserable?"
In the eyes of the father and daughter, the speed at which the young man fell into decline was abnormally fast.
"My last name is Shen, little sister, just call me Brother Shen."
The young man kept hearing the call of "handsome brother" and felt embarrassed.
At this time, a wave hit the cabin, and Brother Shen couldn't help but cover his forehead, and then quickly took out a pill from his pocket.
After he swallowed the medicine, his complexion soon improved.
Seeing that he himself was taking the medicine, Gu Mingda's doubts finally disappeared. After asking for Brother Shen's consent, he poured out some pills and gave them to Zhang Yuniang later.
Brother Shen still remembered Niuniu's question and explained, "That ox nose told me that my family is waiting for me to save it, and asked me to hurry to Beijing. He also said that I should avoid people, and I can't charter a boat or bring servants with me. I should take a boat to Beijing like an ordinary citizen."
"If he hadn't said that, I wouldn't be in such a miserable state now! My wallet was stolen! I can't even afford a meal!"
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