Chapter 1264: Straight to the Point
Zhou Silang was exhausted. He brought five people with him on this trip. They were all little beggars in Yizhou City. Because they were not old enough and had no family, they were not eligible to share the land.
Ever since they helped Zhou Silang transport grain last year, they often followed Zhou Silang and would run to work whenever he called.
Zhou Silang was going to the capital, and the three sons finally discussed it and decided to go to the capital with him, while others chose to stay in Yizhou City.
After all, they are familiar with the place, and the capital is too far away. If they get sick, have no food, or die outside, they cannot return to their hometown.
Having experienced fleeing, they have a fearful wariness of the outside world.
Zhou Silang didn't make things difficult for them, and even asked Zhou Erlang to take care of them before leaving.
This time he brought two carts of medicinal herbs. He followed Manbao back to Changqing Lane first, met with Mr. Zhuang, Mrs. Liu and others, and then talked about family matters.
Bai Shan asked his servants to go to the restaurant to call Zhou Wulang and the others back, but only Zhou Wulang came back. There was nothing he could do because the ingredients for dinner had already been prepared and he couldn't close the restaurant.
Zhou Silang came back without any further ado and took him to the outer city to rent a house. He had received a letter from home last time, which mentioned that his fourth brother would come to Beijing to replace him after winter.
At that time, Zhou Wulang was prepared that his brother would bring many people with him, after all, he couldn't go to the capital empty-handed.
Since you are not coming empty-handed, you have to bring a lot of people with you, otherwise you may not be able to reach the capital alive.
So he had already asked people about places suitable for short-term rentals, and he could just go there directly.
Madam Liu quickly stopped them, "Why bother with so much trouble? You don't need so many servants here. I'll take those people in the front yard away and let Silang and his people live in the front yard."
Previously, so many servants were placed in the yard for the safety of Bai Shan and Zhou Man, but now it is completely unnecessary.
She was just about to rearrange the servants.
Madam Liu and Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "Daji will stay here, and I'll leave one more person at the front gate. I'll take the others with me."
Aunt Rong and her two maids who helped in the kitchen lived in the side room between the kitchen and the patio, and never went to the front yard, so there were many empty rooms in the front yard except for the hall.
Mr. Zhuang also liked quietness, so he nodded in agreement and asked with a smile, "Does the old lady have any new plans?"
Madam Liu glanced at Bai Shanhou and smiled, "I'd like to take advantage of the onset of winter to see if we can buy a small farm near the capital. If we get tired of living in the city, we can all stay there for a while."
Mr. Zhuang nodded to show that he understood.
Bai Shan was surprised, "Grandma, our family is going to buy a house in the capital?"
Madam Liu smiled and said, "Before you were born, our family had already acquired property in the capital. Now we are just acquiring more."
Including the newly purchased house in Erliu Lane, the Bai family has a total of two houses in the capital. According to Bai Shan’s own speculation, his family should also have a shop in the capital, but it is definitely not in his name, not even in the name of his grandmother and mother, so he doesn’t know about it.
But whether it is a house or a shop, its meaning is different from that of land.
Mrs. Liu wanted to buy the farm, as if she wanted to live there permanently.
Zhou Silang didn't think so much. He just thought that Old Madam Liu was too rich and could even buy land in the capital.
So he agreed immediately and went to greet his friends.
Old Lady Liu had the room cleaned up and the servants returned home. She also asked someone to buy a lot of mutton to welcome Zhou Silang.
By the time Zhou Silang had washed and changed into clean clothes, Manbao had already finished giving Xiang Mingxue an acupuncture injection. He joined in the fun by looking out the window and even greeted Xiang Mingxue, "Second Young Master Xiang, my parents said they'd treat you to a meal and drinks when you return to Jiannan Road."
Xiang Mingxue froze in disbelief, "Uncle and aunt know me too?"
"Of course I know. Manbao told us everything in his letter. Alas," Zhou Silang sighed, "Please accept my condolences. We still have a long way to go. If you need any help, just let me know. Although Mianzhou and Suizhou are a bit far apart, they should be there in two days by car, right?"
He had never been to Suizhou, so he was a little hesitant to confirm it.
Xiang Mingxue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, it's a bit far. We have to go to Zizhou or Yizhou first and then to Suizhou. It will take about three days."
Zhou Silang really sympathized with Xiang Mingxue. His family was so sad about the death of his uncle and aunt, but his entire family had died.
The Xiang family also had a good impression of the Zhou family. After all, Manbao was there, and both sides had affection and loyalty. Zhou Silang quickly became familiar with the Xiang family. By the time it was time for dinner, they could sit at the table with their arms around each other, drinking and eating meat.
He introduced his three brothers and their sons to them, and they got along very well.
In order to seek revenge, Xiang Mingxue has been living with refugees. He usually sells goods from the south to the north and from the west to the east. After all, revenge requires a lot of money and food.
Xiang Chao had experienced many of these things following Xiang Mingxue, so naturally he could get along well with Zhou Silang.
Seeing how excited they were, Mrs. Liu smiled and asked someone to open two tables so that everyone could sit down.
Zhou Silang finally had time to sit down and talk to Manbao. He rubbed her head and said, "Mom and Dad are really worried."
Manbao turned and smiled at him.
Zhou Silang asked, "Now that the King of Yizhou is dead, let's forget about our family's grudge. My family asked me to ask you, do you want to go home?"
Everyone at the table looked over.
Zhou Silang said, "When I go home, I'll sell the herbs and the shop as well. We can also buy some rare items from the capital and sell them back, and make some money."
Madam Liu and Mr. Zhuang: ...
Manbao shook his head without thinking and said, "No, I haven't learned my medical skills yet. There are many great doctors and imperial physicians in the capital."
"Well, they can't teach you. These are just housekeeping skills."
Manbao said: "If they are willing to teach me, I can exchange with them."
Zhou Silang had no doubt about it. Manbao did the same thing when he was in Yizhou City. You teach me a disease and I will teach you a prescription.
Wasn’t it her ability that allowed her to study in Jishidiang?
Zhou Silang asked, "When will you finish learning? Will you go home after you finish learning?"
Manbao said with a guilty conscience: "Of course I have to go home, but I promised my friend that I would go somewhere else."
Bai Shan said, "Brother Zhou Si, medicine is not easy to learn, and we have to go to school. I'm afraid it will take three or two years to learn it. But we will definitely go home when we have the chance."
"Okay, then are you going back for the New Year?"
Manbao looked at Mr. Zhuang, and Bai Shan looked at Madam Liu.
Manbao saluted respectfully to everyone, then spread out his hands and said: "Please give me a monthly ticket. It's the end of the month. If you still have a monthly ticket, please look at me."
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