Sure enough, Tie Yusheng invited a Taoist priest who claimed to be a hermit, who told Tie Qingfeng a fortune-telling divination, saying that the poison in his body could be cured and that the opportunity lay in a small village in the south.
The village is surrounded by mountains and has three streams. The villagers are all refugees who came here. Based on the location and direction provided by the Taoist priest, a search was conducted and it turned out that this place was Yegou Village in Lishan County, Nanyang Prefecture.
That's why Master Song came to Yegou Village to build his estate. This was his real purpose in building the house in Yegou Village, not the thorny walls and other things that were rumored outside.
"Tomorrow I will send people into the deep mountains to find the medicine. Since your father said that the Taoist priest has real skills, I believe he should be able to find the medicine ingredient soon."
Indeed, the poison in Tie Qingfeng's body is missing a certain herb as a medicinal ingredient. This herb is extremely difficult to find, and even the Imperial Hospital cannot provide it. Over the years, the Tie family has sent many people out to search for the medicinal ingredient, but to no avail.
Tie Qingfeng's time is running out, and Yegou Village is their last hope. However, the deep mountains are truly dangerous, and the difficulty of finding the medicine is unimaginable.
Time flies, and it's vacation time again. The five brothers Fu are back, and Xingxing immediately complains to them.
"What? That young lady from the Song family dared to bully you? Come on, your second brother will avenge you!" Zhou Erfu grabbed Xingxing and was about to rush to the Song family to settle the score.
Xingxing shook her head. "Second brother, we can't go to the Song family to cause trouble. That matter is over. Master Song even sent an apology. He and Miss Song came to apologize in person. We accepted their apology, so the matter is over."
“You’ve already covered it up with me, but I haven’t,” Zhou Erfu said, sticking out his neck.
"Second brother, don't cause trouble. That Master Song's elder brother is an official in the imperial court, and he himself has the title of Juren (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations). We can't compete with him." Zhou Dafu said sternly, stopping Zhou Erfu.
The five brothers had studied for so long and knew what official rank and fame represented. As the saying goes, "a higher-ranking official can crush you," and besides, the other person's status was many levels higher than theirs.
This damn hierarchy.
After being forced to read books for several days, Zhou Erfu has indeed become much more composed and learned to restrain himself. He said to Zhou Dafu and Zhou Sanfu, "Eldest brother, third brother, you two should work harder and try to pass the preliminary examination in two years, and then try to become a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination), or at least pass the provincial-level imperial examination. Otherwise, we will only be bullied by others. Our family is counting on the two of you."
Zhou Dafu and Zhou Sanfu's lips twitched. The former said, "It's not advisable to rely on others for everything. As the saying goes, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. Only yourself is the most reliable. So you should study hard and pass the imperial examination as soon as possible. Stop always looking at me and Lao San."
Tsk, why does everyone have to force him to study?
“It would be even better if you could pass the imperial examination, but if even you can’t, then I have my own way of solving the problem,” Zhou Erfu said, raising his fist. “Do you believe that I can sneak into the Song residence in the middle of the night and beat them up without anyone noticing?”
"Wow, that's amazing! Second Brother, how do you beat someone up without anyone noticing? Teach me sometime!" Xingxing looked at him with admiration.
"Cough cough." Zhou Dafu suddenly coughed twice, signaling his second brother to shut up quickly, as Mother was standing right behind him.
But Zhou Erfu didn't catch his older brother's hint and was still enthusiastically showing off to Xingxing, "First, you need to be as strong as your second brother. Look at your second brother, he eats a lot and is the tallest. He has long arms and legs, and climbing walls is effortless for him. Oh my..."
He was halfway through his sentence when his mother grabbed his ear. Zhao Guihua said with a forced smile, "Go ahead and brag. Let's see if you can blow yourself into the sky. All you do is talk nonsense in front of the stars. You don't teach good things, you teach bad things."
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