Chapter 996 Taking the Initiative
"Yes, I have it right now," Bai Shan said, "I am relieved that my junior brother is really kind-hearted, but I am also upset that my junior brother is really stupid."
Shirojiro:......
He couldn't help but scream, his hands turned into claws and he grabbed Bai Shan, "I hit you——"
Bai Shan turned and ran, "I told you you're stupid and you don't admit it. If you want to fight, then fight. Why did you tell me in advance?"
So he would be doing himself a disservice if he didn't run away. Bai Shan ran away in a flash, and Bai Erlang stopped chasing him at the door. Mr. Zhuang and Bai Dalang, who were sitting in the yard drinking tea not far away, were so startled by Bai Erlang's shout that they almost dropped their cups.
Mr. Zhuang was fine, but Bai Dalang spilled the tea and burned his hand. He couldn't help but yelled angrily, "Bai Cheng!"
Bai Erlang turned around and ran back into the house, slammed a door with his left hand, then used his body to close the other door, and closed the door with a butt and back.
The Bai family's backyard was very lively, with shouts, screams, and the sometimes loud and sometimes low sounds of reading mixed together. It was not much quieter than a vegetable market.
In contrast, Yin Huo's yard was so quiet that there was not a trace of life. The servants quietly took away the food. Fu Shou served tea to Yin Huo to rinse his mouth, and the maid in charge of boiling medicine brought up the boiling hot medicine.
Yin Huo glanced at it and then looked away. Changshou quickly took it and put it on the table, saying to the eldest girl, "Wait until it's no longer hot before drinking it."
The maid had no doubt that the young master had never let anyone worry about taking medicine, and he would obediently drink all the medicines prescribed by the imperial physician.
After the servants in the room had left, Changshou glanced at Yin Huo and was about to take the medicine away to throw it away when he suddenly said, "Put it down. I'll do it myself."
Changshou put down the medicine bowl in confusion, watched the young master stand up, pick it up, walk to the back window, push it open and sprinkle it out.
Changshou looked at it in confusion. Aren’t they just pouring medicine? The bowl is hot. Why do they have to come in person?
Yin Huo seemed very happy. He raised his lips and smiled, then took the bowl back and placed it on the table.
Changshou quickly closed the rear window and wiped away the few drops of medicine that had dripped.
Yin Huo leaned back on the couch, feeling drowsy, but suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, do you know someone named Zhang Jinghao in the Imperial College?"
Changshou recalled carefully and shook his head, "The young master studied at the Imperial College. I only remember the young masters there."
"When you have time, go and ask around. Ask him who he is from, what kind of person he is, and what his reputation is like."
Changshou responded.
After Yin Huo gave this instruction, he didn't ask anything else. He felt drowsy and simply leaned back on the couch to sleep.
The next day, Bai Shan brought him medicine and a bag of candy. "Here, from now on, take a piece of candy with your medicine."
Yin Huo took it and said, "Thank you."
Bai Shan waved his hand and returned to his seat nonchalantly.
Manbao said that she would give him acupuncture next time he had a day off, using the acupuncture method she created herself. Bai Shan felt that the patient should be taken better care of before that.
The teacher at the Imperial College was very easy to talk to. Knowing that Bai Jilang was beaten by his teacher, he didn't ask what mistake he had made and was very tolerant to exempt him from homework until his hand healed.
Bai Erlang almost didn't want his hand to heal so quickly, but when he thought of the book that his teacher had punished him to copy, he suppressed this thought in his heart.
After school every day, Yin Huo would take a ride in the Bai family's carriage, drink some medicine and chat. Later, when Bai Erlang's hand healed, he had to hurry up and copy books. However, he would always be disturbed when he returned home, so he simply stayed in the Imperial College to copy books.
As soon as school was over, he would take his book and find a quiet place to sit and copy. When Yin Huo saw this, he would stay and read the book too. Well, he was reading the storybook that Bai Erlang had looted from Manbao.
Yin Huo had never read a storybook before, but he was hooked once he started. If he hadn't known that staying up late was bad for him, he would have lit a lamp and stayed up late to read it.
Seeing this, Bai Shan would go to the gate every day to get the medicine bottle and give it to him, then turn around and go to the library to read or look for books.
Books learned in the Imperial College can be borrowed from outside. There are not as many rules as in the provincial academy, but a high deposit is required.
Bai Shan took out the list of books written by Manbao and looked through them one by one. In the end, he only found two for her. He then borrowed three books at once, keeping one for himself.
The registration officer took one look at him and said, "Don't be greedy for too much reading; you should specialize in one area."
Bai Shan agreed without explaining.
It was not until sunset that the Imperial College was about to close that the three of them packed up their things and went out.
Yin Huo, his face flushed, waved goodbye to the two men, helped Changshou get on the carriage, and seeing that they were sweating, he looked at Daji who had just driven the carriage over from the shadows and asked, "Why don't you hide in the shade?"
"We are afraid of delaying the young master's time," Changshou said. "If we make the young master wait too long, exposed to the wind and sun, then we will be guilty."
Yin Huo lowered the curtain and said, "Next time, hide in the shadows. I'll be waiting for you outside the door, where you won't be exposed to the sun or the wind."
Fushou was about to refuse, but Changshou pulled him and happily agreed, his voice becoming several degrees happier.
After hearing this, Fushou had no choice but to agree with his servants.
Yin Huo heard the joy in their voices and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Changshou walked on the left side of the carriage, with Fushou beside him. He glanced at the silent curtain, reached out and pulled Changshou, lowering his voice and saying, "Why do I feel that the young master has become much happier and more lively these days?"
"I'm naturally happy to have made friends."
Old Madam Yin also felt that Yin Huo was happier than before, so no matter how worried her granddaughters were, she did not restrain Yin Huo and asked him to come back as soon as he got out of school.
Madam Yin's requirements were very modest. "You must return home before sunset. Once the sun sets, it will be cold and foggy. It will be bad if you get sick."
He added, "Bring some easy-to-eat cakes to school. If you feel hungry after school, you can eat some."
Yin Huo refused this offer, saying, "Grandma, I went to the cafeteria to eat something right after school, so I'm not hungry."
Anyway, students in the Imperial College only need to pay money and food to eat there. He is now staying in the Imperial College for longer and longer periods of time, and it is best to eat something before taking medicine, so he will go to the cafeteria to eat something before taking medicine.
Seeing that he wouldn't starve, Old Lady Yin became even more satisfied. "Our Qilang will take care of himself now. Good, good, good."
Yin Huo lowered his eyes and smiled.
Old Madam Yin was very pleased. In the past, her grandson felt that taking medicine was like completing a task. If the servants did not boil the medicine, he would not remind him. If he wanted to take the medicine after a meal, he needed someone to remind him from time to time, otherwise he would deliberately forget it and never take the initiative to take care of his body.
But at this moment, Old Madam Yin really felt different.
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(End of this chapter)
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