Chapter 3127 Arrival
Zhou Lizhong's letter was not sent directly to Qingzhou because he knew that Luojiang County was too far from Qingzhou. If he went through the post station, not only would it take time, but it would also be a problem whether he could arrive.
So he asked someone to send it directly to Zhou's house in the capital, and then his family members would accompany him to Qingzhou.
He knew that every month someone from the capital would send letters to Qingzhou, either from this family or that.
And if he remembered correctly, his aunt and the princess were about to give birth, so the amount of things sent to Qingzhou during this period would only increase, not decrease.
Zhou Lizhong's guess was correct. No sooner had his letter arrived in the capital than someone from the Imperial Palace arrived and asked, "The palace wants to send some things to the princess, and the Empress sent me over to ask if there's anything you'd like to take along? Please pack them up and we'll send them tomorrow."
When the Zhou and Bai families heard this, they immediately agreed and packed a lot of things and handed them to the eunuchs.
He also stuffed a handful of copper coins into the eunuch's pocket.
Even though it was just a handful of copper coins, the eunuch was very happy. He took it with a smile, carried several bundles into the palace, and sent them to Qingzhou together the next day.
Also setting off with this group of palace eunuchs and maids were Zheng Gu and two female students from the Imperial Medical Bureau who had just graduated this year.
They took their families with them to Qingzhou to take up their posts. On the way, they met these people from the palace. Since they all held public office, they decided to go together.
Ten days later, the group arrived in Qingzhou at the same time. The eunuchs and palace maids did not stop and went directly to Beihai County.
Zheng Guze took his two junior sisters to Qingzhou Medical Bureau to find Wen Tiandong.
Wen Tiandong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them, tears almost coming out. He stepped forward and grabbed Zheng Gu's hand and said, "Brother Zheng, if you don't come soon, I won't be able to hold on any longer."
I'm really too busy.
Zheng Gu and Wen Tiandong were students who started in the same year, but later Zheng Gu was admitted to another class because of his good foundation and graduated a year earlier than them.
So when they met again, they always called each other senior brother and junior brother.
Zheng Gu glanced at the Qingzhou Medical Office and nodded, "It looks quite clean, and there aren't many patients. Why are you crying?"
"It's noon now, and the patients have all taken their numbers to eat," Wen Tiandong said. "And Qingzhou doesn't have just one hospital, but two. The teacher has even had a house prepared in Changshou County, just waiting for us to find time to open the hospital there. Do you think I'm busy?"
"Oh right, my teacher's appointment is almost up, and she's already taking a break. I need to run to both medical offices. Fortunately, there are three mature apprentices there, otherwise I would be even busier."
But even so, some things cannot be left to apprentices, so Wen Tiandong became even busier.
Zheng Gu understood and said to him, "We must go to Beihai County to pay our respects to Master first."
Wen Tiandong said with regret: "I can't leave, you go."
He looked at the two young ladies behind him, his eyes shining, "These two junior sisters are..."
"We also want to go and pay our respects to the teacher." The two young ladies said immediately.
Wen Tiandong could only look at them with regret and sadness.
The two young ladies, one named Cao Yixuan and the other named Wei Man, are both female students who just graduated this year. They defeated many talents to win the opportunity to come to Qingzhou.
They also studied with Zhou Man for three years. Among the many teachers in the Imperial Medical Bureau, they liked Zhou Man the most.
Moreover, she is the goal of all female students in the Imperial Medical Bureau. Cao Yixuan and Wei Man not only want to become imperial physicians like Zhou Man, but also want to become editors of the Chongwenguan, so that they can participate in court discussions as women.
Now that I'm in Qingzhou, the most important thing is naturally to see Zhou Man.
Zheng Gu acted decisively. After meeting Wen Tiandong, he turned around and took his men to Beihai County.
The eunuchs had arrived early and were constantly unloading things from the carriage. Most of them were for Princess Mingda, and only a small part was for Zhou Man and Yin Huo.
Bai Shan joined in the fun, and as he looked around, he felt something was wrong. "It's okay if Bai Er doesn't have one, but why don't I have any?"
Bai Er: "...What do you mean, forget it if I don't have it? I don't have it at all. We are all going to be fathers, so why should you have it?"
Zhou Man opened a box and found a stack of letters inside. The one on top was from Zhou Lizhong. She opened it and was surprised.
Bai Shan noticed that her expression was different and stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong?"
"Do you still remember the particularly generous and magnanimous Mr. Shi from our county town?"
Bai Shan tilted his head and thought for a moment before nodding, "I remember, my childhood wish was to become him."
"Me too," Bai Erlang said beside him.
Seeing Mingda and Yin Huo looking over curiously, Bai Erlang explained, "This Mr. Shi is very kind. Although we don't go to the city very often, every time we go and see him, he'll treat us to something to eat, whether it's a candied haws, a piece of maltose, or a steamed bun. Sometimes, if he wins a cockfight, he'll even have someone send us some meat from the restaurant."
Mingda: "...Did you have a hard time as a child?"
Bai Erlang said, "It's not bitter, but how can the meat at home compare to the meat outside?"
He said, "The meat outside is especially delicious."
Zhou Man: "Especially if someone else invited you."
Mingda and Yin Huo: ...
The two of them became curious and asked, "What then?"
"His family was very rich," Bai Erlang recalled, but found that he didn't remember much. "I just remember that he was the only son in the family. He had everything he wanted since he was a child, and his family never stopped him from spending money."
Even now, when he mentioned it, his face still looked longing. "Back then, we had to manage the farm to make money, unlike him, who could spend as much as he wanted. Moreover, he lived in the city, while we lived in the countryside. We could only go into the city on our days off."
So at that time, the three of them made a vow to buy a yard in the county town to live in, so that they could go shopping and eat delicious food every day.
Unfortunately, they did not buy a house in the county town in the end, but went directly to Yizhou City. Although it was not a bought house, they did realize their wish.
Zhou Man said coldly: "He gambled away all his family property and sold the last yard. Now he is homeless."
After saying that, he looked at Bai Erlang coldly.
Bai Erlang shuddered under her gaze and stammered, "Look, what are you looking at me for? I don't gamble."
Bai Shan asked, "What's wrong with him now?"
Zhou Man put the letter away, unfolded the two pieces of paper at the back and read them, saying, "It's not him, it's his son. He's sick and hasn't been cured."
She looked at the pulse record and frowned slightly, "This is..."
Bai Jilang looked out curiously, "What is it?"
"Yang deficiency and heart failure," Zhou Man frowned and said, "This disease is not easy to treat."
(End of this chapter)
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