664 Go to Huo's House
Huo family.
Mrs. Huo burst into tears of joy: "Are you serious? Qionglin County has been relieved? Oh, this is really good, can't your eldest son come back?"
The guard handed over the letter with both hands: "Madam, this is the letter that the eldest master asked me to deliver. He said it's all written in the letter."
Mrs. Huo passed it to her eldest daughter-in-law beside her: "Take a look, Ah Ping, did your master say anything else?"
Ah Ping said, "The eldest master has not been in good health recently, and he has no time to rest. General Hao is with his men in the county, and he has to accompany them.
The eldest son asked me to go back to the mansion and get more medicine to bring back to Qionglin County, not only for myself but also for the yamen runners and colleagues around me."
"Mother, it's not easy for my husband to be the head of a county. He has to consider every aspect carefully. Even the yamen runners around him cannot be offended. He still has to rely on them to do things." Zhou said.
"That's right, Ping, go directly to Uncle Xi and ask him to take you to prepare the medicine.
This Huo Zhi is really outrageous. He hasn't been home for five or six days. Your sister-in-law is like a mute all day long. She locks her children in the yard. If you raise a child like this, he will be afraid to see people in the future. What kind of future can he have?"
Huo Zhou said softly: "Mother-in-law, everyone has their own personality. You can't blame my sister-in-law for not liking to talk. We can't go out at this time, so it's safe to stay in the yard.
Even though the eldest son has been here for ten days, and the younger uncle is so familiar with them, why hasn't he brought the eldest son home for treatment by the father-in-law? For people who are sick, especially this kind of disease, the sooner they are treated, the better their recovery.
It's my husband, he can't come back, but my uncle can go. If he can go and diagnose my husband, we'll feel relieved. If he can bring him back safe, that would be even better."
"Isn't it? No, I'll ask Uncle Xi to find Ah Zhi and ask him if he still wants this family. He knows that his father has had a stroke, and the best stroke doctor in the whole Zhou Dynasty is the eldest son. He has such a good relationship with Ping An, so even if it's just for Ping An's sake, the eldest son will come.
Besides, it only takes two hours to get to Qionglin County where Ah Yun is. He can go there and come back the same day. I will let him go." She turned and walked towards Songtao Courtyard. She had to tell the master about this matter. The master was concerned about the situation of his eldest son.
Now that the county is finally safe, he might be so happy that his condition might get better.
Pang Xi looked at A Ping for a long time without saying anything.
"Uncle Xi, the eldest son needs more daily medicinal materials, preferably more ready-made medicines. The county is most short of medicinal materials this time. If the eldest son performs well, it will be beneficial to his future career."
"A Ping, you may not be able to get more of the herbs you want. The boss donated a lot of them. Recently, anyone with some money lined up to buy herbs and stock up. Our prices have increased the least.
This year's medicinal material production is only 30% to 40% of previous years, and the warehouse is almost empty."
Ah Ping was anxious: "What should I do? Uncle Xi, where is the boss? I'll go find him. The eldest master is still waiting."
Pang Xi felt very sad, as the Dong family was almost gone. No one in the Huo family cared about the Dong family except the old man. Unfortunately, the old man had been gone for several years.
Younan said that the boss didn't let him tell the family that he was sick, for fear that the second young master's wife would worry and that the master would get worse if he knew.
Pang Xi smiled bitterly. He had followed the old master since he was six or seven years old. Forty years had passed. In fact, the old master had released his contract a few years before he left. He could have left at any time, but he was worried about his young master.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, A Ping. If the quantity you want is not much, I can give you some. If it's too much, I don't have it. The pharmacy can't get the stock now."
"Uncle Xi, you better help me find the boss. The eldest master has already said it. If he returns without medicine, he will lose face. You'd better prepare the medicine as soon as possible. I have to leave early tomorrow morning."
A Ping did not hesitate any longer and turned around and left. How to get the medicine was no longer his business.
After a while, Pang Xi sent a young man to find the boss, and he only listened to the boss's instructions on how to do it.
In the afternoon, Huo Zhi received a letter from Uncle Xi.
This eldest brother of his is really out of touch with worldly things. He asked for two thousand taels of silver for medicinal materials, and they were commonly used medicines for epidemic prevention. Where could he get so much money?
If it were in previous years, it would not be impossible, but at this time, when the Huo family has donated nearly half of the ready-made medicines, if he takes these away, won’t the clinic have to close?
He quickly wrote a letter: "Youdong, give this letter to Xiaowu and ask Uncle Xi to take the amount for 100 people. If there is no more, I will be able to return to the city in a few days."
Huo Zhi's letter immediately caused an uproar in the Huo family.
First, the eldest young lady’s wife quit.
How can I take back what my husband has said? Isn't that a slap in his face?
She went straight to her mother-in-law. Mrs. Huo was helping her husband take medicine when she was called to the yard by her eldest daughter-in-law who looked angry.
"Is there something you can't talk about later? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Mother-in-law, my husband wants some medicine, but Uncle Xi won't give it to him, saying that my uncle only wants to give enough for 100 people. There are so many people in his county, how can a county magistrate's words not count?
Grandma, our eldest wife also has a share in this family, right? The old man gave Huashoutang to my uncle, so does that mean we can’t get medicine? Do we have to pay for medicine for our eldest wife in the future?”
The eldest young lady's wife became angrier and angrier as she spoke, and her voice reached Mr. Huo's ears clearly.
He was already very angry at his youngest son for ignoring him in recent days, and now he is trying to hinder the future of his eldest son.
This is really intolerable.
Before his death, my father did hand over Huashoutang to Huo Zhi, claiming that Huo Zhi could only be the owner of Huashoutang.
But it doesn’t mean that Huo Yun can’t get medicine from home.
This evil son.
The more Mr. Huo thought about it, the angrier he became, and he felt sick all over.
Suddenly he felt he couldn't breathe and his heart ached, but he couldn't shout out. By the time the old servant beside him realized that something was wrong with the master, he had already fainted.
"Madam, Madam Young Master, the master has fainted."
Mrs. Huo was shocked: "What's going on? Isn't the master fine?"
She suddenly looked at her eldest daughter-in-law in surprise.
Huo Zhou also covered her mouth with one hand.
Mrs. Huo glared at Zhou angrily and said, "Why don't you send someone to find Uncle Xi and ask him to find a way to get the eldest master here no matter what."
Seeing Zhou jogging away, she ran into the yard.
What kind of fate does she have? The eldest daughter-in-law speaks without regard for the situation, and the younger daughter-in-law acts like a dead person and doesn't care about anything.
If anything happens to the master, she will never let these two off easily.
When Pang Xi found Sun Sicheng, Ping An was just returning from Wang Qing's villa. Wang Qing's illness was not serious, but when this kind of epidemic breaks out, the condition changes day by day, so Ping An did not dare to be careless at all.
"Master, I'll go. I see Master Huang is here again. He might be here to discuss something with you and Master Yuanzheng again."
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