Chapter 214 Another Winter Comes
"I've been bothering you for so long. I should have said goodbye long ago, but things kept happening and I encountered this series of incidents..."
After Chen He talked a lot of nonsense, he inadvertently mentioned the real purpose.
"I didn't expect Mammy to recover so quickly. Doctor Chang is truly a living miracle doctor. With his abilities, he shouldn't be an unknown figure... Perhaps he once had a great reputation in the capital?"
Xue Yongan frowned in confusion. "Doctor Chang came from Lin'an City with the army. He stayed here out of sympathy for the hardships faced by the people living on the border. As for his previous experiences, I'm not entirely clear."
What he said was the truth, but it was also nonsense.
Chen He had already found out about these things. The reason he didn't leave was that he felt that the old doctor looked very much like a celebrity in Beijing.
But that person had disappeared without a trace a few years ago because he had offended the royal family...
Thinking about the current situation in the court, Manager Chen gritted his teeth and whispered to Xue Yongan as if he had made up his mind.
"Speaking of which, Doctor Chang is very similar to an imperial physician in the capital... That physician was convicted of treating Your Majesty and dismissed from his post... But Your Majesty chose not to sentence him to death... Now, Your Majesty is ill, and according to Eunuch An, who is here with you, he misses this imperial physician very much..."
"Whoever can find him will gain His Majesty's favor."
Chen He left a few words, bowed respectfully and left.
He told Xue Yongan everything he should and shouldn't say, following the Duke's instructions. If this boy still couldn't seize the opportunity, the scale in the Duke's Mansion would definitely lean towards Prince Li's side.
While the two were talking, Xue Yongan remained silent with a wooden face, which was consistent with his image as a pedantic scholar in the minds of outsiders.
After Manager Chen left, he knocked on the table and Chen Chunxing responded by walking out from behind the screen.
"To be honest, the story is too old-fashioned." The little girl curled her lips with some disdain.
"It's old-fashioned, but who asked you to keep him here? Do you want to take care of him now, or not?" The young man smiled and poured her tea.
Ultimately, this matter depends on the old man's own opinion.
Doctor Chang has been living in the Shen family in the narrow village recently. There are many empty rooms in the new house, so he doesn't mind having a few more people living there.
Perhaps because he has been in contact with Chen Chunxing for a long time, the old man has grown a bit shameless. Now eating for free has become a common thing for him. He spends all day either setting up a stall in the west of the city to provide free medical services, or going to the school to teach children.
After learning what Steward Chen meant, Doctor Chang put away his strange temper for once and said without hesitation, "If he wants to drive me away, he can drive me away. If he wants to call me back, he can call me back. What does he take me for?"
"So what you mean is, ignore it?" Chen Chunxing shrugged. "I don't have any objection..."
Doctor Chang glanced obscurely at Shen Zhixia who was teaching the children to identify herbs.
"Who said to ignore it? I still want to go and see how sick that person is! He even overturned what I said a few years ago..."
The old man has always been hiding something in his heart.
He had hoped to train a remarkable apprentice to bring honor to himself, but later, he was reluctant to let Xia Yatou get into trouble... Now that the opportunity was before him, he still felt that he should not leave any trouble for the child.
So.
There was one more person in the southbound team.
They were not traveling with Manager Chen. By the time Chen He learned about this from Xue Yongan and hurriedly led people to catch up, three days had already passed.
If the Duke's Mansion wants to please everyone and enjoy all the benefits, it also depends on whether others are willing to agree.
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Another winter is here.
The climate is colder than in previous years.
Fortunately, there is Old Wang in the narrow village, and every household has a kang.
In addition, since we live in the city, there is more firewood and charcoal, so it is not too difficult.
The engagement party of Chen Chunxing and Xue Yongan was held in the district.
He had no relatives or friends here, and most of the people he knew were already with the little girl. He simply ignored the worldly constraints and set up a table for a banquet at the Shen family.
When the villagers learned that the couple was about to get married, they naturally came to congratulate them.
And those devilish subordinates of Xue Yongan even ran out of Honglu County overnight, wiped out several bandit dens, and then brought back boxes of gold, silver and jewelry as gifts.
No wonder they did that. Xue Yongan had already wiped out Honglu County.
When there are so many people, no matter how big the house is, it won’t be enough.
In the end, Diao took the initiative and decided to have a buffet.
The tables were set up in the streets of the narrow village. Anyone passing by could come in and say "congratulations" and then sit down to have a drink.
On the exact day.
Sensation in the city.
As more and more snacks were introduced into the West City Market, they not only stimulated the local economy and trade, but also spread its reputation.
Nowadays, everyone knows that the girl from the Shen family is a good money-maker!
It’s worth it for County Magistrate Xue to marry her!
That is to say, the people in the north are tough and the only thing in their eyes and hearts is to live a good life. It is difficult for them to have prejudices against family backgrounds. Therefore, their blessings to the two are sincere.
Then I heard about the buffet, so I had even less complaints!
Everyone should give a thumbs up and praise it, it’s great!
There are not many more rules for engagement than for marriage.
Although Diao wanted to show off her wealth and status to save face for Xiao Xue, she herself had never experienced it.
Later, I saw that the two children were joining the guests to eat and drink, so I didn't bother to pay any more attention to them.
By dusk, the banquet was about to end, and Chen Chunxing was drunk and confused.
The wine used this time was the good wine sent by Wei Da.
He was grateful for the food and supplies the little girl brought to his door, and when he learned that the two were going to get engaged, he asked Yu Chang to send a generous gift.
"I'm running back and forth and end up like a runner!" Yu Chang complained as he chased after the little girl.
Previously, he was sent to deliver a letter to Wei Da, and then he timidly accompanied the army to intercept food supplies. Finally, he brought back a cart full of goodies... It was really exciting.
Chen Chunxing squinted his eyes and pointed around for a long time, but couldn't find where Xue Yongan was, so he waved his hand.
"Don't you just want to assassinate him? Go ahead and do it!"
“…”
Yu Chang was not blind, so he could naturally see that there were many martial artists surrounding Xue Yongan.
If you go over now, it will definitely not be the other party who gets beaten.
"Why are you so thin, young man? You've all eaten and drunk well. Anyone who's polite today is being disrespectful to us!"
Wang Youcai grabbed Yu Chang and acted like the master of the house, causing Diao to be given several sidelong glances by Niu Chunhua.
"Pooh."
Diao was too lazy to get involved in what happened between the two of them and ran over to greet the new guest.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by an old Taoist.
"From my observation of the old lady's face, I can tell you that her fortune is quite strange... Oh, do you have a granddaughter left in your family?"
If others heard this, they would definitely laugh at the old Taoist for lying. Who in the whole city doesn't know that the third generation of the Shen family has two sons and two daughters? How dare you show it off in public?
But when Diao heard what he said, she was shocked.
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