Zheng Boyuan didn't stay at home for more than a few days before returning to continue training.
Xu Zhi has already booked a trip to Qionghai with her third uncle, Chen Zhaozhi, and is preparing things these past two days.
Chen Zhaozhi was going to take Xu Zhi by sea to Qionghai. They would depart from Yuezhou Port, cross the Ryukyu Strait, and head southwest. They would arrive in Qionghai soon.
Xu Zhi wanted to visit the rubber trees in Qionghai this time.
This was something Xu Bai had told her. Ever since he heard that rubber trees had been discovered in Qionghai, Xu Bai had been talking about it to Xu Zhi, urging her to persuade her third uncle to take her to Qionghai to see how the rubber trees were growing.
Xu Zhi didn't understand why Xu Bai insisted on having her see the rubber trees, but after hearing Xu Bai say that the trees were extremely useful, Xu Zhi became curious. Chen Zhaozhi had also heard Xu Bai mention the rubber trees to him, and he became very interested as well. Thus, the trip to Qionghai was decided.
Xu Zhi, along with Hong Gu, Qing Lian, Hong Lian, Bai Shu, and Bai Ying, and Chen Zhaozhi with a number of highly skilled guards, all boarded a boat and headed towards Qionghai.
In June, Xu Rao's successor finally arrived in Ganzhou.
While Xu Rao was handing over his work at the government office, Chen Zhaoci led his men to pack things up in the backyard. Now, with neither the capable Xu Zhi nor the inconsiderate Granny Lu, nor the shrewd and capable eldest daughter-in-law Li Yuexi, Chen Zhaoci had no choice but to pull himself together and, with the few servants around him, carefully pack the things they needed to take with them.
The back office, closest to the government office, was specifically for the prefect to live in. Naturally, the Xu family had to take all the things they had acquired with them after they came. Putting aside their valuables, the medicinal herb warehouse that Chen Zhaoci had set up himself, which occupied three rooms, gave Bai Wei and Bai Mi a real headache.
Bai Wei looked at the medicinal herbs that had been wrapped in oilcloth and placed on the ground one by one, with a note attached to each herb listing its name. Less than half of the herbs on the shelves in the entire room were packaged like this.
While packing the medicinal herbs, Bai Wei and Bai Mi also had to register them, recording the quality and weight of each type of herb. Most importantly, herbs with similar medicinal properties had to be grouped together. The journey from Ganzhou to Liaodong was long, and everyone would be tired and sick along the way. When that happened, the two of them would have to find the herbs.
Bai Wei sighed slightly and said, "Bai Mi, this isn't a solution. Why don't we go find Madam and ask her to prescribe some commonly used medicines? Let's find the herbs and put them away first."
Bai Mi said, "Madam has thought of this method, but we have too many medicinal herbs. Even if we prescribe a few commonly used ones, we still have to pack all the herbs together. However, we can pick out the commonly used herbs and put them away separately so that they will be easier to find when needed."
Bai Wei nodded, recalling what she had heard others say, and asked Bai Mi, "I heard that there are many kinds of precious medicinal herbs in the mountains of Liaodong. I wonder if Madam will take us to the mountains to collect herbs after we arrive in Liaodong."
Bai Mi said, "After you go there, Madam must first settle everything at home before she can go out to gather herbs."
Bai Wei thought of his wife, who was currently troubled by these household matters, and said with a smile, "Let's hurry up and get these medicinal herbs sorted out, then we can go help the wife with other things."
Bai Mi nodded and said, "Yes, our lady is really not good at housekeeping."
Over there, Chen Zhaoci was watching Xu Bai and Chen Yuyuan pack their luggage.
Xu Bai packed his belongings into a large bundle, then put some small trinkets into a box. As for books, seeing that Chen Yuyuan's were all in a mahogany box, he simply put his own in as well, saying, "Yuyuan, let's put our books together."
Chen Yuyuan was sorting through her clothes, clothes for all four seasons, which she had brought from Tai'an to Ganzhou. After arriving in Ganzhou, because the temperature was a bit low, she took out her thicker clothes. Chen Yuyuan and Xu Bai usually took care of themselves, and after wearing their clothes for a couple of days, they would throw them in the closet. Now, Chen Yuyuan took out all the clothes from the closet, sorted them into categories for each season, and packed them into two bundles.
Seeing Xu Bai put the book into his book box, Chen Yuyuan said, "Sure, but shouldn't you sort out your clothes too?"
Chen Yuyuan saw Xu Bai throw all his clothes together, and even saw that Xu Bai's undergarment and cotton-padded coat were mixed together.
Chen Zhaoci naturally noticed her youngest son's behavior. Although boys are sometimes careless and don't pay much attention to the details of life, seeing her son like this, especially with a more refined-looking boy next to him as a comparison, made Chen Zhaoci even more heartbroken.
Xu Bai, who shared a room with Chen Yuyuan, looked at the several bundles and boxes he had already packed, walked over to Chen Yuyuan, and said, "Yuyuan, these things will be taken out again when we get to Liaodong, so there's no need to pack them so neatly, is there?"
Chen Yuyuan looked at the two bundles that had already been packed, thought for a moment, and said, "But won't these clothes get crushed if we just put them together like that?"
Xu Bai said nonchalantly, "Why should a grown man care about such trivial matters? A good man should have ambitions beyond his hometown."
Chen Zhaoci couldn't stand it anymore. She sneered twice and said, "Why don't you say that if you can't sweep a room, how can you sweep the world? Look at you. I've been training you to take care of yourself since you were four years old. How many years has it been? You can't even pack your own luggage and don't care about other people's opinions. Xu Bai, if you continue like this, do you know what kind of person you will become?"
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