Chapter 320 Chapter 320 I really don’t understand
After leaving the room, Xiao Hengzhi sighed, glanced at Qin Run with an ambiguous expression, and said earnestly, "Brother Run, you guys... you're... you're still young. You mustn't get too obsessed with those things, okay?"
Alas, this old father of his really has endless worries. Qin Feiyu is just like a man except for being able to give birth to children. He is not very thoughtful. There are some things that he still has to teach as a father with a thick skin.
"Father, what are you talking about? It's not like Yunfan can't get up..." Qin Run blushed. "He came back very late last night and only slept for two hours. What are you thinking?"
Normally, Xu Yunfan was close to him, and even if it was late, he would still get up. But today, no matter how much he called, he wouldn't get up. It was obvious that he was determined not to go back to work. "Father, please go and tell him so he can get some good sleep."
Qin Feiyu, who had been listening in the room for a while, covered his mouth and laughed. After Xiao Hengzhi left with his hands waving his sleeves, he came out of the room and said, "Run'er, come here."
"Dad." Qin Run ran over. "Why are you up so early? It's cold outside. Come in quickly. But is it time for breakfast? I'll make it right away."
"No, Daddy is not hungry. Daddy has something to tell you."
"What's up?"
Qin Feiyu took out a box and said, "This is for you."
Qin Run didn't answer, but asked first, "Dad, what is this?"
"This is given to you by your father. Open it and take a look." Qin Feiyu's voice was filled with the expectation of seeking credit.
Qin Run opened the box and his breathing suddenly stopped. "Daddy...is this the title deed?"
It’s no wonder that Qin Run was not sure, but the box contained not just one piece of money, but a stack of money. What kind of concept is that?
“Not just the land deed, but also the house deed.”
Qin Run picked them up and took a look. One was for a house in the northern part of the capital, and the second was for a hundred acres of land in the suburbs...
"Dad, what do you mean?"
Qin Feiyu said apologetically, "These are all the wealth that Daddy saved up. The bulk of the dowry I gave you before was given by your second grandfather and fourth grandfather. I wanted to give it to them, but they wouldn't let me, so they asked me to subsidize you privately."
The second grandfather and the fourth grandfather are Lord Qin and Lord Qin II.
It's true that the two masters like Xu Yunfan very much, but when a man likes you, he would want to give you his heart. When he changes his mind, he will look down on you in every way. Matters of the heart are really hard to say. Before, the two masters were afraid that Xu Yunfan would change his mind or covet Qin Run's dowry, so they didn't let Qin Feiyu add to the dowry, and kept it for Qin Run in the future.
Little did they know that Xu Yunfan would do so much for this family later on. The betrothal gifts he gave were enough to make the Qin family astonished.
"You and Yunfan know a lot. Daddy doesn't know much about what's grown in the fields, but I do. What you plant, whether it's grain or cotton, will yield a bumper harvest. These fields are now handed over to you."
Qin Feiyu felt very embarrassed. It seemed that as a father, he didn't know much except leading troops in battle.
He remembered everything Qin Run said last night.
Qin Run and Qin An are the two children that make him feel most guilty, and Qin Run feels even more guilty.
"Daddy, I can't have it."
"Why, this is given to you by Daddy, just take it."
Qin Run shook his head. "What about An Ge'er? What about my two younger brothers? They should have a share too. You paid for all this with your life. How can I take it away?"
Qin Feiyu touched Qin Run's face. "If your two younger brothers were men, they would have other paths to follow. If they were brothers, the Qin family doesn't only have these. As for An'er, Daddy also left them for him. These are yours. Keep them. You and Yunfan can do whatever you want. Yunfan is a good kid. I trust him."
Some people love their youngest child, some love their eldest child, and Qin Feiyu is the latter.
These land deeds constitute the bulk of his wealth.
When Qin Run returned to the room with a box of land deeds, Xu Yunfan was still sleeping soundly.
When he woke up, Qin Run had already returned from the study and was counting in a notebook how many acres there were of land deeds.
"Run'er." Xu Yunfan called out tiredly, rubbing his eyes. "What time is it?"
Qin Run grabbed the watch on the bedside table and said, "It's almost nine o'clock. Are you going to get up?"
"Yeah." Xu Yunfan couldn't sleep anymore. In fact, he was still sleepy. He was the kind of person who felt more sleepy the more he slept. But he had to go to the Meng family at noon to see how Lord Meng had arranged the people.
Qin Run put down his pen and stood up. He picked up the clothes that had been hanging next to the charcoal basin and placed them in front of Xu Yunfan. "Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat."
"I'm not hungry, so you don't have to make it for me. Save your stomach for lunch and then have a big meal. What are you doing?"
Qin Run told Xu Yunfan about Qin Feiyu's situation. Xu Yunfan paused in getting dressed and couldn't help laughing. "It seems my father-in-law and the others were wary of me at first."
"Aren't you angry?"
"Why are you angry? They're just worried that you'll be bullied in your husband's family in the future, so they're leaving you a way out. Isn't that what all parents do? They love you very much, and my husband is also a treasure held in the palm of his parents' and family's hands. I'm so happy that I can't be angry."
Xu Yunfan leaned over to take a look. "Have you figured out how much land there is in total?"
"Well, I figured it out. It's 1,300 acres."
"So much?" Xu Yunfan knew that being an official in the Dayan Dynasty came with a type of subsidy, which was the official land allocated by the court.
Officials can obtain a certain amount of additional income through these official fields.
According to the official rank, the higher the official rank, the more official land allocated to them.
A fifth-rank scholar like Xu Yunfan had 300 acres of official land allocated to him by the higher authorities. 300 acres may not sound like a lot, but if he had a dozen slaves, it would be enough to support them.
As a general, Qin Feiyu was a minister of the first rank, and there were 1,000 acres of official land allocated to him. Unfortunately, officials were not allowed to transfer, sell or donate these official lands privately. These lands belonged to the imperial court, and they could be increased when they were promoted, but if they were demoted, these lands had to be returned.
Therefore, the land deeds that Qin Feiyu gave to Qin Run were not official land, but his personal property.
"Take it. Daddy will give it to you. He won't starve to death. With so much land, let's plan it out and produce more food. We can make a fortune by selling it. We won't touch the money. It will come in handy when Daddy needs money."
Xu Yunfan has his own pride. He is the young prince of the Xu family. It is not a big deal for him to covet the things of the Yue family.
"Ah?" Qin Run looked up at Xu Yunfan, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Xu Yunfan: "What's so uncertain? Money is just something outside of one's body..."
Before he could finish, Qin Run smiled, stretched his neck and kissed him, not caring that he hadn't washed his face yet. Xu Yunfan smiled shyly, "I haven't washed my face yet, is it greasy?"
"Not oily, very dry." Xu Yunfan has very good skin. If the weather is hot, the sides of his nose may be a little oily after waking up from a sleep, but not in winter.
"Oh," Xu Yunfan touched his face, "really? It seems my skin is dehydrated. I need to replenish water tonight."
Xu Yunfan walked out of the room as if talking to himself. Qin Run packed up his things and followed him, holding a cloak in his hand. He knew that Xu Yunfan would go out again later.
After washing up, Xu Yunfan saw that Qin Run had even prepared a horse for him. He stood beside him with a pure white cloak with a plush collar hanging on his arm. There were several carriages parked behind him, and more than a dozen military servants including Xu Er were there.
For some reason, Xu Yunfan felt very heavy-hearted when he thought about the situation in Pingjin Prefecture while washing up. But after seeing Qin Run, Xu Yunfan's troubled heart seemed to be washed away, clear and clean.
"Yunfan, go quickly. The Meng family should be almost ready. It should be just in time for you to deliver this batch of goods to the Meng family."
"What have you prepared?"
"Some food and bedding will be transported very slowly in this weather. It's impossible to transport these supplies by manpower, but medicine is possible. So, I think we should have Brother Xu and his men take the medicine with them and try to get to Pingjin Prefecture as quickly as possible, whether by land or by boat. It doesn't matter if these goods arrive two days later. Go to the Meng family and see if there is a doctor who can accompany Brother Xu and his men."
Qin Run called Qin An and several other children early in the morning and asked them to replace the boxes of bottled fever-reducing tablets with medicine bags. He also noted the instructions and dosage on each bag and even wrote down the adverse reactions.
Xu Yunfan had told him about these things at home, especially the medicines. When Fang Zixi told him last night that Xu Yunfan had medicines, he knew what Xu Yunfan was planning.
After coming out of Qin Feiyu's room, he was busy for a whole hour before he finished. Even Qin An and the other kids hadn't even had breakfast yet and were still helping.
Xu Yunfan must have been frozen silly last night and hadn't thought about this at all. Now that he thought about it, Qin Run had already solved it all for him.
A good wife is good.
Xu Yunfan gave some more instructions to Xu Er and others, reminding them to bring their bows and arrows. In order to reach Pingjin Prefecture as quickly as possible, Xu Yunfan glanced around and saw no one, so he took out seven or eight tokens from his pocket.
Xu Er glanced at the mess of tokens in Xu Yunfan's hand, and twitched his lips. "Mr. Xu, you have... too many identities!"
He had never seen anyone like his master who possessed so many tokens at the same time.
There was no way out. Xu Yunfan was favored, so what could he do? They insisted on giving it to him, and he couldn't refuse even if he said no. He could only accept it "reluctantly".
Xu Yunfan said unconcernedly, "Hey, this is all my routine. When you're in the martial arts world, one identity isn't enough. Here, take this token. When you get to other prefectures, whoever dares to stop you, just tell them my father-in-law's name. And this one, when you brothers need to change horses or rest at the various post stations, just use this. It's my father's token, they won't dare not change it for you. Now, this last one is mine. When you get to Pingjin Prefecture and see the prefect, show me this token, and he'll know what to do. Second Brother Xu, thank you for your hard work. Be safe along the way."
Xu Er and the others said in a loud voice, "Don't worry, Young Master Xu. We will do our best to ensure that the medicine reaches Prefect Fang as soon as possible."
Lord Meng told Meng Lao Er about Xu Yunfan's situation. Meng Lao Er waved his hand and dispatched forty doctors that night.
"Why are there so many people?" In a season like this, Lord Meng thought that the number of doctors that his younger brother had transferred over would be at most twenty or so.
Doctors from other regions certainly could not be transferred back, so they could only mobilize doctors from the capital. As for those who had not yet achieved academic success, they were not even considered.
He hasn't even graduated yet, so he can't be considered a doctor. Is he passing off inferior medicine as good? The Meng family is a family of medicine, and they would never do such a cruel thing.
If these doctors are transferred here, it means that the workload of other doctors in the clinic will increase. Moreover, the doctors transferred by Meng Laoer this time are all experienced doctors. Will others have any objections?
Meng Lao Er: "No, I originally planned to mobilize 30 people, which was the limit, but they came to me overnight and insisted on going to Pingjin Prefecture. I couldn't do anything."
The extra twenty doctors were all old and frail. Meng Lao Er was really worried that they would...
But no matter how old they were, they were still treasures of the Meng family. Meng Laoer initially disagreed, and these old folks were still unhappy, saying that Meng Laoer looked down on them. They were old but still strong, with white hair and wrinkles all over their faces, but they had worked hard for the Meng family. At this time, you, Meng Laoer, actually despised them for being old. They wanted to ask the old patriarch for an explanation...
These old men were really capable of making a scene. Meng Lao Er persuaded them earnestly, his mouth dry before he finally coaxed them into silence. "Brother, if they want to go, let them go. I've said everything I need to say. This journey hasn't been comfortable, and they're still stubborn. Let them suffer a little, and they'll understand my good intentions."
"These old bones." Lord Meng smiled helplessly, "They must have known about what happened at the clinic last night."
Meng Lao Er sighed, a little embarrassed. "I want all the things that Xu Xueshi brought, not to mention them, but also me, big brother..."
"Don't." Lord Meng quickly raised his hand to stop Meng Lao Er from saying, "If you call me big brother, it's bound to be bad news."
"Brother, why do you say that to me?" Meng Lao Er blushed. "Brother, that thing that Xu Xueshi calls a thermometer is really amazing. You don't need to take the patient's pulse, you don't need to ask, and you don't need to touch. You can tell if the patient has a fever just by putting that thing in. It's really useful. If I had one..."
"Alright, I got it. Just wait and I'll ask for you later." Lord Meng drove the beast away like a herd of cattle. "Get out of here! Hurry up and get them ready. Let's leave as soon as possible. The children in Pingjin Prefecture can't wait."
"I know. I asked them to get ready last night. They will come from the clinic and we can set off. Xiao Chi will also go this time."
Meng Chi was strong and healthy, and was no match for a group of old doctors in their forties, fifties, or even sixties or seventies. Xu Yunfan immediately decided to let Meng Chi go first with Xu Er and the others.
When Meng Chi learned of Xu Yunfan's plan, he immediately agreed, "Dad, I agree."
Madam Meng Er handed over a package and called for her personal maid to bring over a veil. "Okay, since you've made your decision, I support you. Xiao Chi, you're a doctor, and saving lives is your responsibility. This journey won't be easy. You must be prepared to endure hardships, and don't regret it halfway. I asked you to think it over carefully. If you still insist, I will definitely not stop you."
"Mom." The greatest hardship Meng Chi had experienced since childhood was the pain of drug testing. He knew that this journey would be very difficult, but as Xu Yunfan said last night, they were the hope of life for thousands of children. If they all gave up, what would happen to these children?
Their father protected the defense line of Pingjin Prefecture with his flesh and blood, but he could not protect their bloodline. Will they rest in peace in the afterlife?
Therefore, he was unwilling to give up without trying and just because he thought it was impossible.
Xu Yunfan was unwilling to give up, and neither was Meng Chi. "I can bear it, Mom. I want to go. I'm a doctor too. The children need me, so I have to brave the wind and snow to get to them. No matter how hard or tiring it is, it's worth it. I'm willing to endure this hardship."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Meng Er burst into tears, her lower lip trembling, her vision blurred, and she personally put the veil on Meng Chi, "Okay, mother thinks you are heroic, go ahead, do what you want to do."
Lord Meng and the others were very pleased. Meng Er patted Meng Chi on the shoulder and said, "A man must endure some hardships. Master Xu is right. Flowers grown in a greenhouse cannot experience the wind and rain. How can they know the gorgeous rainbow after the storm? My child, you will be the pride of our Meng family. Go, your father will be waiting for you at home."
In the eyes of the ancients, diseases such as colds and fevers were contagious to a certain extent, especially when large-scale fevers broke out, which caused panic among the people.
In Pingjin Prefecture, there were not just one or two children with fever, so in their opinion, this was a very dangerous matter. If something went wrong, these doctors might not be able to come back.
That's why Father Qi was in a dilemma, thinking that Lord Meng would refuse. Even Lord Meng thought that the twenty or so people that the Second Brother Meng could mobilize were already the limit.
Meng Chi is still so young, and he has to go to such a dangerous place for his first medical visit. It’s no wonder that Mrs. Meng burst into tears.
Xu Yunfan was a little confused about the situation. Seeing that the Meng family seemed to be going through some kind of life-and-death separation, he couldn't help but hold his forehead. "Oh, my brother Meng, what are you doing? Why are you so sad? It's not like they won't come back. Wait until the children's fever subsides. They will go and come back as many times as they want. Don't even think about staying. There's not enough food over there for you to make food. I promise, they will be back in two months at the latest. Why are you so sad?"
I really don't understand.
Pei An's eyes were red, and he patted Meng Chi's shoulder before pulling Xu Yunfan aside. "Yunfan, you don't understand."
"What don't I understand?" Xu Yunfan really didn't understand, he obviously understood everything.
Pei An sniffed: "That's a large-scale fever, it's contagious. If I'm not careful, my cousin will..."
I heard that some counties in Pingjin Prefecture were almost sealed off, and the emperor also sent imperial doctors there, but unfortunately, it was of no use.
"Your head." Xu Yunfan wanted to slap Pei An on the head. "Prefect Fang's letter made it clear. The children are just in poor health. One after another they have fevers. I admit that in this case, in addition to catching a cold, there are also infectious factors, but these are minor issues."
To the ancients, the word "contagion" was a terrifying thing.
Plague is contagious, leprosy is contagious, fowl plague, rat plague, etc. are all contagious.
This disease kills a large number of people. It is a terrifying existence that makes people tremble with fear. It is so scary.
Xu Yunfan's voice was not low, and everyone else heard it, and their mood became even heavier.
Upon seeing this, Xu Yunfan felt a little helpless and a little sad. He clapped his hands and stood on the front of a cart loaded with rice. "Everyone, listen to me. Fever is not scary. Yes, it is contagious, but why do I say it is not scary? Since it is contagious, then why don't we just cut off the route of transmission? Don't disbelieve me."
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