Chapter 3314 Travel
As soon as the memorial came down, Zhou Man happily took it back to the Imperial Hospital to hand it over.
Xiao Yuan, whose hair had turned a bit grayer, looked at her with a sad face and said, "You've only been in office for less than eight months and you're already taking another long vacation..."
Zhou Man said, "Xiao Yuanzheng, I've only taken one home leave in the ten years since I started my career. Please don't act like I've let you down."
Xiao Yuanzheng: "I haven't taken home leave in twenty years."
Zhou Man felt sympathetic when he heard this, "How about you take a break when I come back?"
Xiao Yuan was tempted, but when he thought of the documents piled up on his desk, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. I'll wait until I retire before returning home."
Zhou Man glanced around, covered his mouth and whispered, "Xiao Yuanzheng, if you don't return home in splendor, it's like walking in the night in brocade clothes. When you retire, will you still have the glory you have now?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "...Sir Zhou, when did you become like this..."
"Vanity?" Zhou Man waved his hand and said, "That's just what I said. I'm going back to my hometown mainly to pay my respects to my parents and to sort out the issue of my son's succession. But if the villagers welcome me too much, I'll still be very happy."
Dean Xiao waved his hand dismissively. "Alright, alright, go ahead. By the way, don't just sit around doing nothing on your vacation. The newly established military medical department is waiting for your book. When will the next one be published? We can't keep using ulcer medicine textbooks."
"Aren't they all similar? Most of the techniques used by military doctors are from ulcer doctors. Why do we have to rewrite them?" Doesn't she know that she is busy?
Xiao Yuanzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at her suspiciously, "You haven't started yet, have you?"
"No, no, no, I started. I'm just not convinced yet."
"If you're not convinced, just hold it in," Xiao Yuanzheng said. "These military doctors all have a basic foundation. What they want is to learn faster. The medical textbooks aren't suitable for them and take too long. Look at what the military doctors sent here by the various armies said. They all want them to be trained in one or two years. Do you think the current medical textbooks are suitable?"
"You've been in the military before, treating the wounded and even serving on the front lines. You should be more familiar with the skills they need. You're the perfect person to take over."
Zhou Man: "I thought you were exploiting me because I was young."
"Nonsense, it's clearly because of your ability," Xiao Yuanzheng paused and said, "And don't forget, this is your responsibility as the editor of the Chongwenguan. It should be Kong Jijiu who should discuss this with you. If you think I'm meddling too much, how about we go through the formalities with the Chongwenguan in the name of the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
"No, no, no," Zhou Man said hurriedly, fearing he would actually summon Kong Jijiu. "Don't worry, I won't slack off! I'll leave the palace in a moment and go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to retrieve the pulse case files I collected from the army a few years ago. I'll take them with me and study them on the way."
Xiao Yuanzheng was finally satisfied and encouraged her, "Master Zhou, I always trust you to do things."
Zhou Man went to the Imperial Medical Bureau and brought out a box of pulse case files. He took it back to the Princess's Mansion and gave it to Xi Bing, instructing him, "Put the important things in a safe place so that I can use them easily."
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Bai Shan opened the box and looked at it, gasping in surprise. "Are you on vacation or on a business trip? Aren't you afraid of losing something so important?"
Zhou Man: "As long as we don't encounter bandits, we won't lose this thing. But with so many of us, no bandits should dare to cause us trouble, right?"
This time, the Bai family, the Zhou family, Bai Erlang's family and Yin Huo came back to their hometown.
Let's not talk about Yin Huo. When he travels, the Yin family will definitely send guards and servants to follow him. Bai Erlang is bringing the princess with him, and there are also soldiers from the princess's mansion. With so many people and it's a peaceful time, which bandits would dare to cause trouble for them?
Bai Shan thought about it and said, "Have someone wrap the information inside with oil paper. We're going back by water this time, so be careful not to get wet."
Xibing agreed and called someone in to carry the box down.
Several families had already made preparations, just waiting for Bai Shan and Zhou Man to get their leave notes. So they got their leave notes today and set off in a mighty manner the next day.
Zhou Silang even made a special trip back from Qingzhou to bring back goods. He sold a portion of them in the capital and took the rest with him, planning to sell them back in his hometown.
This time when they returned home, except for Zhou Liwei and a few others who were sent out and could not take leave, the rest of them went back.
Zhou Lizhong also brought Liu Sanniang with him. She was the eldest daughter-in-law of the first wife and she insisted on going back to the clan.
Dean Xiao was so worried because two people in the Imperial Hospital took leave to visit their families.
As expected, the court's rule that fathers, sons and brothers cannot serve in the same department is correct. In the future, another rule should be added, which does not allow aunts, nieces and daughters-in-law. If two people ask for leave at one time, the department cannot afford it.
It was the first time for little Xia Mu to go on a long journey. He could already walk steadily, but he didn’t like walking very much. He preferred to crawl.
But he doesn't crawl in a very standard way. He likes to move forward with his buttocks. So he can't fall when walking. If he falls, he can't get up. He just moves his buttocks to get up. He is quite fast, but it wears out his pants too much.
Because of this, the benches on both sides of the carriage he was riding in were removed, leaving only a chair at the back. A soft board was laid in the middle, and two layers of cloth were covered on top. Then he was placed on it and sat casually.
Because he has a lot of toys and the carriage is spacious, Bai Jingxing and Bai Ruoyu both like to play with him very much.
Every time the car starts moving, he would clamour to come over and play with him.
Zhou Man and others took turns to look after them.
Being away from the three little devils every day, the time spent riding freely is really wonderful. It is so wonderful that even Yin Huo, who has never ridden a horse, started riding one.
He was puzzled. "This is your child. Why did the people who arranged the guards include me in the list?"
Bai Shan: "Don't you think playing chess in the car is quite interesting?"
Yin Huo: "What's interesting?"
Zhou Man chuckled: "It's fun to exercise your endurance."
The three of them rode side by side when they heard Bai Er's furious voice from not far behind them, "Why are you smashing things again? Didn't we say you can't smash things in the car? Bai Jingxing, I'm talking to you, stop it right there. Bai Ruoyu, you're bullying your brother again..."
Before he could finish his words, the loud crying of little Xia Mu was heard in the car.
Zhou Man and Bai Shan immediately kicked their horses and ran away. Yin Huo was silent for a moment and then followed silently.
From the window, Old Lady Liu saw the three men's horses pass by and suddenly ran to the front of the procession. Then, hearing the crying coming from the carriage behind, she couldn't help but shake her head. "When they get together, they fight, and when they separate, they clamor to see each other again."
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "It will be fine when they grow up. Wasn't the Master and his family like this when they were little?"
After finally arriving in Longzhou, the Bai family had no room for so many people, so they lived separately in the post station.
(End of this chapter)
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