Chapter 135 Don't even mention a thousand taels, ten thousand taels are fine!
Li Rong opened his mouth for a long time, and finally said, "Be careful on the road."
Jiang Nuanzhi's eyelids were drooping with sleep, and she responded softly, "Okay, I'll leave the house to you. Remember to give Ping'er plenty of money tomorrow morning. While I'm away, he'll be riding in Uncle Niu's donkey cart and Xiao Er's legs will be worn out, so we can't let him run around too much. He needs to rest for a while. As for Baozhu..."
"Hmm? What's wrong with Baozhu?"
Li Rong waited for a while, but didn't hear Jiang Nuanzhi say anything next, so he frowned and looked over.
But she was already asleep, her head resting on her arm, breathing lightly, with a faint smile on her lips.
Looking at her completely unguarded appearance, Li Rong let go of the chopsticks in his hand, stared at her for a while, and then suddenly closed his eyes on his own.
Unable to fall asleep, he suddenly ground his teeth, propped himself up, and removed the blanket covering Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi was suddenly without the blanket, and in her drowsy state, she frowned. Instinctively, she turned to the side and shrank into the corner.
Li Rong paused for a moment, then deftly covered Jiang Nuanzhi with his own blanket.
He tossed the quilt with the word "thank you" embroidered on it to the ground, since it wasn't hot in the summer.
However, as Li Rong closed her eyes to fall asleep, she still felt uncomfortable. She glanced at Jiang Nuanzhi, who was still huddled in the corner, pressed against the cold wall.
After hesitating for a long time, he reached out and turned her body back to normal.
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned after being tossed around like that. She turned over, found a comfortable spot, and snuggled up to sleep.
Li Rong looked at Jiang Nuanzhi leaning on her arm, and her tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
After staring at Jiang Nuanzhi for a while, he finally took out a small bag from his pocket and stuffed it into the package that Jiang Nuanzhi had placed by the kang (heated brick bed).
After doing all that, I finally fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, when Jiang Nuanzhi woke up, she found that she had unknowingly snuggled into Li Rong's arms and was even resting her head on his arm.
A thought suddenly snapped in her mind, and she sat bolt upright.
Perhaps the movement was too large, for Li Rong also woke up, looking over with a questioning look in his eyes.
Jiang Nuanzhi coughed lightly, waved her hand to indicate that she was alright, and then tiptoed to her feet.
Cool water splashed on her face, and Jiang Nuanzhi slowly exhaled. Just as she was about to wipe her face, a handkerchief was handed to her.
Jiang Nuanzhi took it and subconsciously looked up, only to be met with Sanqi's smiling face.
"Dr. Jiang, would you be willing to listen to me for a moment now?"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at him: "Did Physician Que send you to return my one hundred taels of silver?"
Sanqi was stunned and shook his head blankly.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Since it's not about returning the money, there's no need to talk about anything else. Also, you stayed here all day yesterday, so go back to where you came from today. I'm going out too, and it's not convenient for you to stay at home."
As she spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, carefully applied a layer of it to her face, and then went out to practice the Eight Pieces of Brocade.
Sanqi, however, seemed to haunt her relentlessly, following her closely and saying, "The matter of the money is easy to discuss. I want you to make a house call this time because there is a patient who urgently needs to be expelled from poison. Even if it costs a thousand or ten thousand taels, my master can afford it."
Jiang Nuanzhi continued working, glancing at him indifferently, and said with a smile, "I don't believe what you say. After all, you didn't even give me a hundred taels, so what are you talking about, ten thousand taels?"
"It's just a hundred taels of silver, right? I'll pay for my master first." Sanqi said, reaching into his pocket.
He searched himself thoroughly from top to bottom, but still couldn't find any silver.
He stood there blankly, his back to Jiang Nuanzhi, forcing an awkward laugh: "If I said I lost my money, would you believe me?"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at him: "Well, if it's lost, it's lost. I didn't expect you to return it now anyway."
Sanqi was so anxious that she stamped her feet and searched the house inside and out several times. When she returned to Jiang Nuanzhi, she gave a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Doctor Jiang, my silver pouch is really lost. If I had any silver, I would have given it to you as soon as possible."
"Oh, I heard from Li Rong that the senior asked you if you had any money, and you said no."
Sanqi was speechless for a moment after being rebuked by these words, and scratched his head and cheeks: "Doctor Jiang, you have to believe me. If you come back to the capital with me this time, and if you can really cure the person, that would be a great fortune. Let alone ten thousand taels of silver, even ten thousand taels of gold is not out of the question."
Seeing that Jiang Nuanzhi had no intention of listening anymore, Sanqi said anxiously, "Really, if you don't believe me, I can give you a written agreement. I guarantee that as long as you can cure the person, I will give you ten thousand taels of silver."
Jiang Nuanzhi responded indifferently, "Oh, I also have a receipt for one hundred taels in my pocket. Would you like to take a look?"
Sanqi: "..."
I really want to knock them out and just carry them away!
His eyes darted around nervously; he couldn't do that at home, because the Imperial Advisor was watching.
But what if Dr. Jiang goes out...
Thinking this, he let out a strange laugh.
This caused Jiang Nuanzhi, who was standing next to him, to frown and look at him.
His face immediately turned serious, and he went to pack his things. He was thinking about going with Jiang Nuanzhi later.
"Ah Nuan!"
As Jiang Nuanzhi led Xiaoli to the door, she suddenly heard the waiter's voice behind her.
Xiao Er ran up to her and grabbed her hand: "Are you angry with me? Do you really not want us anymore?"
His eyes were filled with tears as he looked up at Jiang Nuanzhi with a pitiful expression.
Jiang Nuanzhi chuckled and squatted down: "Why would I be angry with you? What are you thinking in that little head of yours?"
The waiter pursed his lips: "Aren't you going to find the second young master?"
Jiang Nuanzhi was taken aback: "Why would I want to see him? I'm going to Canglin to pick up Uncle Xin. Didn't I tell you that before? How could you forget?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Er immediately grabbed her leg and grinned, "Then let's pinky swear, you will definitely not go looking for the second young master, you will definitely come back."
Jiang Nuanzhi hooked her finger with his: "Okay."
Xiao Er seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but then blushed and asked, "Anuan, are you really not angry with me?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "What exactly did you do?"
The child's behavior really made her anxious.
"Anuan, I'm sorry. I told Father about what happened before, and he... seems very angry."
"What happened before...?"
Jiang Nuan belatedly realized that what Xiao Er was talking about before must have been the abuse they had suffered.
No wonder.
No wonder those people were acting strangely yesterday.
However, she wasn't too worried.
Given Li Rong's current situation, there's probably nothing he can do, right?
As long as the villain's emotions remain normal, it won't have any significant impact.
He patted the waiter's head and said, "Isn't that the truth? The waiter didn't lie, so there's no need to apologize."
"I... but I listened to the bad people and started to distrust Ah Nuan. I... Ah Nuan, I'm so sorry."
Jiang Nuanzhi pinched the waiter's cheek and said softly, "Thank you for telling me these things, waiter."
Jiang Nuanzhi sighed inwardly.
Children are easier to fool, but if she were the children's father, she probably wouldn't easily forgive a woman who abused her children.
I'm feeling a bit unwell, dizzy and nauseous, and my keratitis seems to have flared up again. I tried to force myself to finish writing, but after a long time I only managed a thousand words, so I'm asking for a break from writing this chapter. I'll make it up to you all tomorrow. Goodnight and sweet dreams.
(End of this chapter)
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