207, visiting the sick
207, visiting the sick
At noon, after having lunch with his family in the courtyard, the three children in the family went to the private school, and his father went out to work, so Lu Mingfei brought Zhang Qi to the Ye family.
He thought he would go see Ye Zhuoran first before doing anything else. Otherwise, he would be thinking about his sick friend and would not be able to focus on anything else.
When he arrived at the Ye family, the doorman of the Ye Mansion recognized him. After the doorman went in to inform him, the housekeeper of the Ye Mansion came out to personally lead him into the Ye Mansion.
Because he had been visiting the Ye family every day for a while, Lu Mingfei was not unfamiliar with the Ye family's housekeeper. On the way to Ye Zhuoran's yard, he asked the housekeeper Zhang, "How is Zhuoran's health? Is he feeling better?" In fact, after returning home yesterday, he had been thinking about Ye Zhuoran's situation.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Lu. Our eldest young master is feeling better today. This morning, our wife even invited a doctor to come to our house and examine our eldest young master."
"Thanks to everyone for sending our eldest young master to the clinic in time yesterday, otherwise, who knows what would have happened to our eldest young master." Butler Zhang was still frightened when he mentioned their young master's illness.
Lu Mingfei followed Butler Zhang into the Ye Mansion and listened to Butler Zhang talking about Ye Zhuoran's condition all the way. He was relieved to learn that Ye Zhuoran's condition had improved.
Zhang Lingxuan, who was in the room, heard the voices outside and came to open the door. Seeing that it was Lu Mingfei outside, he knew that Lu Mingfei was here to see Ye Zhuoran.
"Ming Fei, you're here."
"Well, how's Zhuoran?"
Seeing Zhang Lingxuan coming out of Ye Zhuoran's house, Lu Mingfei was not surprised at all. The Ye and Zhang families were so close, and it was normal for Zhang Lingxuan to come visit Ye Zhuoran when he was sick.
Zhang Lingxuan said, "Still a little feverish."
"Is he awake? Or asleep?" Lu Mingfei looked at the closed door behind Zhang Lingxuan and asked.
"I just took medicine and went to bed. Why don't we sit in the next room for a while?" Zhang Lingxuan asked.
"Okay." Hearing that Ye Zhuoran had fallen asleep, Lu Mingfei did not go in to disturb Ye Zhuoran's rest, and followed Zhang Lingxuan into the next room.
The two of them sat down on chairs in the room.
The Ye family's servant served them tea and went outside.
Zhang Lingxuan didn't ask Lu Mingfei how he did in the provincial examination. Instead, he asked, "Do you plan to return to the Imperial College to study?"
"Go back, go back in two days." Lu Mingfei said.
The Imperial Examination will not be held until February of next year, which means there is still half a year left. Although he can study at home, he still needs a teacher's guidance on some things.
Moreover, there was a large library in the Imperial College, which contained a large collection of books. Some important historical materials and books could not be taken outside. Therefore, if he went to the Imperial College to study, he could read in the library even if he did not attend classes.
As he progressed through the exams, Lu Mingfei began to realize his own shortcomings. Now, relying solely on self-study, he couldn't perceive or identify many problems on his own. He needed a good teacher by his side to guide him.
"What about you two? Are you going to wait until Zhuoran gets better before going back?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Yeah, that's right. I'll wait until he gets better and then go back with him." When Zhang Lingxuan saw Lu Mingfei's appearance, he knew that Lu Mingfei must have done well in the provincial examination.
But this is normal. In the past few years, the four of them have studied together in the Imperial College. They have seen Lu Mingfei study hard day after day and never slack off for a single day.
In the past, Zhang Lingxuan thought that Lu Mingfei was a genius in studying, but after studying with Lu Mingfei in the Imperial College, he realized that even a genius has to work harder than others to achieve something.
As for Lu Mingfei's concentration and character, he felt that it would be difficult for such a person to fail in anything he did.
Seeing Lu Mingfei's dedication and hard work, Zhang Lingxuan abandoned his pride, adjusted his attitude towards studying, and followed his friend's study intently. As the saying goes, "A man of the world is black, and a man of the world is red." Having a good teacher and a helpful friend is a lifelong benefit for them.
"Well, that's fine. I'll go back to the Imperial College in a couple of days and wait for you. You can come back to me after Zhuoran recovers." Lu Mingfei wasn't surprised that Zhang Lingxuan would delay his return to the Imperial College to take care of Ye Zhuoran. These two had always been inseparable, and their relationship had always been very close.
Fortunately, students are free to attend classes at the Imperial College, and there are no teachers taking attendance in class, so even if you miss a few days, you don’t need to ask for leave.
There was no attendance check at the Imperial College, but there was an examination and elimination system. So if you entered the Imperial College, you would not be able to pass if you did not work hard.
It was precisely because of this urgency that the four of them made great progress in the Imperial College over the past three years.
"Okay." Zhang Lingxuan nodded.
The two people chatted for a while.
Before Ye Zhuoran woke up, Lu Mingfei said goodbye to Zhang Lingxuan and went out.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the courtyard where Ye Zhuoran lived, he saw Mrs. Ye's maid. It seemed that she was waiting for him here specially and asked him to go to the main courtyard to see Mrs. Ye.
He thought it was just like any other day, that the elders had invited him to meet, and he had just gone to say hello and leave. However, after leaving the Ye family's gate, Lu Mingfei finally realized why Madam Ye had invited him to tea, and why Miss Ye San was there.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, feeling both amused and helpless.
"Brother, why don't you leave?" Zhang Qi asked when he saw their eldest brother suddenly stop here and didn't know what he was thinking.
"It's okay, let's go." Lu Mingfei quickly got up and walked away, as if someone was chasing him.
Seeing that their eldest brother suddenly stopped leaving and walked so fast all of a sudden, Zhang Qi hurried to catch up.
Suddenly remembering what Madam Ye had said to their eldest brother, Zhang Qi's mind turned and he began to understand what was going on. He leaned closer and asked his eldest brother, "Brother, does Madam Ye want to marry Miss Ye San to you?"
"Don't talk nonsense and ruin the girl's reputation." Lu Mingfei looked back at Zhang Qi and warned Zhang Qi: "Don't tell my mother and others about this." Otherwise, he was really worried that his mother would have some thoughts about his marriage and would arrange a marriage for him early.
"Oh, I understand. Don't worry, brother, I won't tell anyone." Zhang Qi promised.
After getting Zhang Qi's assurance, Lu Mingfei continued to move forward.
After walking two steps with their eldest brother, Zhang Qi couldn't help but ask again: "But brother, Miss Ye San is beautiful and gentle, don't you really want to consider it?"
"Don't ask this kind of question again in the future, and don't talk nonsense. Miss Ye San is Zhuoran's sister, my good friend's sister, that's all." Lu Mingfei really didn't have any inappropriate thoughts about an underage girl.
In their original world, being a teenager was considered junior high school. At his age, he was still in high school. Two minors talking about marriage and having children? This was something he found extremely uncomfortable and disgusting.
He thought that he should find some time to talk to his mother about his marriage, so that his mother wouldn't hit it off with a lady from a wealthy family and arrange a marriage for him without his knowledge.
***
After coming out of Ye Mansion, turn two corners and you will be on South Street.
The two walked for a while and arrived at their hot pot restaurant.
Two years ago, after their pepper harvest, they partnered with his adoptive father's family to open their first hot pot restaurant. By the end of last year, they had already opened their second branch. If it weren't for this year's situation, they would have opened a third branch by the end of the year.
But in the current situation, being able to run their two existing businesses well is already considered good. If they continue to expand the business at this time, I am afraid it is not appropriate.
Since he had some free time, Lu Mingfei wanted to come over to the hot pot restaurant and talk to his godfather about some business matters and arrangements.
Lu Qingfeng, who was in the store, saw his adopted son coming over and showed a surprised expression on his face. He asked, "Mingfei, why are you here?"
"I just went to a friend's house, and since I was on my way, I came over here to take a look." As soon as he came in, he smelled the spicy aroma of chili peppers, and Lu Mingfei missed the taste of spicy hot pot a little.
It was already past noon and there was still some time before lunchtime, so there were no customers eating in the hot pot restaurant.
Lu Qingfeng knew that his adopted son liked to eat their own hot pot. When he saw someone coming, he led his adopted son into the private room. When he asked his adopted son to sit down and have tea, he casually asked, "Since you are here, let's have a hot pot before leaving?"
"I'll ask someone to call your father over here so we can have dinner together."
"...Okay, we can chat while we're at it." Lu Mingfei couldn't refuse this thoughtful arrangement.
Seeing that his adopted son agreed, Lu Qingfeng called someone to go to the braised food shop to find Lu Youtian, while he himself drank tea with his adopted son here.
After meeting his adopted son today, he asked him about the provincial examination and asked, "Were the questions in this provincial examination difficult?" In fact, his question was a roundabout way of asking his adopted son how he did in the provincial examination and whether he was confident that he could pass it.
"Well, there are difficult parts and easy parts." Lu Mingfei answered ambiguously.
Even when he was talking to his family, he would not speak too confidently.
Even if he was somewhat confident about the answers he wrote, he would not say that he would definitely pass the exam until the list was posted.
However, Lu Qingfeng had watched this adopted son grow up and knew his speaking habits and some of his little movements. By listening to his adopted son speak, he knew how confident he was about this provincial examination.
The two of them drank tea here for a while, and then his father arrived.
After his father arrived, his adoptive father had hot pot prepared. The three of them sat around the stove, eating hot pot while talking in low voices about the current situation and some of their family's business arrangements.
There is also the matter of the refugees that their family is currently sheltering and the arrangements for these refugees.
"Dad, let's go out of the city with you tomorrow and visit our farm." Lu Mingfei said.
However, Lu Youtian didn't want his eldest son to go out of the city. "It's not very peaceful outside right now. You should stay in the city and don't go out."
"It's okay, we can just take a few more people with us." Lu Mingfei was still determined to go out of the city with his father. Staying in the city, he could only learn about the situation outside from others, and he didn't know as much as he saw it with his own eyes.
He also wanted to know what was happening outside the city.
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