Chapter 162 Zhou has no plans to get married
Cargo ships are naturally not as comfortable as other ships.
Wang Qing had given instructions, so a cabin was still set aside for them on the ship.
The bundle was also filled with plenty of food and clothing.
Even those with three children have them.
After five days on the boat, the child, who had initially been listless, gradually got used to it.
"Ladies, we have arrived in Jinzhou."
After Dan Niang disembarked, she almost lost her balance, feeling as if she were still on the boat, with the world spinning around her.
Yao Shisan grabbed her and said, "If you can't stand steadily on the boat, you can't stand steadily on the ground either."
Children adapt better; the two little girls are already lively and energetic.
Yao Shisan bid farewell to the bow of the boat, who had taken good care of him along the way, "Thank you, bowman, we're leaving now."
Jinzhou is very close to the capital.
It's colder here than in Dingxian.
Dan Niang shivered from the cold. "Madam Yao, should we find a place to stay first, or leave the city immediately?"
Yao Shisan thought for a moment, "Let's find a place to stay first. We all need to change our clothes, so we don't fall ill as soon as we get off the ship."
She bought new clothes.
Little Fatty Xi looks even more like a little chubby ball now. He's holding a snack but can't put it in his mouth. Normally he's calm and collected, but now he's crying loudly in frustration!
Yao Shisan bought some food and then went out to gather information.
"I'll go see if the car dealership has any cars. I can speak Beijing dialect, which will be more convenient for me. You guys can rest here for a while."
Jinzhou is close to Beijing, and there are always buses available to go to Beijing.
Rent a car and hire a driver, set off early, and you can get there in a day.
Yao Shisan negotiated a price with the car dealership, adjusted his collar, and walked out.
She looked up at the somewhat gray sky. She had already arrived in Jinzhou; she should be safe now.
Even by fast horse, it would take more than ten days to reach the destination without a boat.
Even if one travels by boat, the boats to the capital have only been sailing from Chuzhou for two days.
No matter how you calculate it, you can't catch up.
The New Year has passed, but there are still children playing with firecrackers by the roadside.
Five or six children gathered together, and one of them even brought a bowl from home and mischievously placed it upside down on the firecrackers.
As the firecrackers were lit, the rough porcelain bowl was propelled into the air.
It fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
The adults in the family came out, grumbling and cursing, carrying feather dusters.
The group of children scattered in an instant.
Yao Shisan stood there and stared for a long time.
This is the life she longed for, where she no longer had to run around.
She looked up and blinked; she felt as if she had been running around her whole life.
But they could never escape the web of fate.
"No! Ah!—"
A child screamed.
As Yao Shisan was about to leave, the child's terrified cry made her stop in her tracks.
The naughty child didn't notice as he ran that a sedan chair was coming out of the alley.
The sedan chair bearers knocked over the child, causing the sedan chair to lurch and jolt.
The woman in charge came up with a fierce look on her face and grabbed the child, pulling him to the side of the road.
He raised his hand and slapped the child's face twice, swelling it up.
The woman who had been chasing the child quickly threw away the feather duster and knelt down to kowtow.
"My son has been naughty and offended you, sir. Please spare my son's life!"
The person inside the sedan chair did not react.
The woman in charge grabbed the child's arm with one hand and swung her other arm around, slapping him twice more.
The child's mouth, nose, and ears were now bleeding.
The woman saw that her child was about to be beaten to death, so she kept kowtowing as she walked forward.
"He's only five years old! Please, kind sir, spare him! You can beat me instead!"
Yao Shisan looked at the child who was in so much pain that he forgot to cry, and his lips trembled involuntarily.
A soft, gentle voice came from inside the sedan chair.
“Children are naughty, and a little punishment is enough. Why shout and kill them like this?”
"Yes, Miss is kind. It was this old servant who disturbed your peace."
The headmistress then let go, and the child immediately fainted.
The woman did not dare to reach out to help; she immediately stepped aside to make way for him.
"Thank you, Miss! Thank you, Miss!"
The sedan chair started moving again, the curtains swaying gently, and a beautiful face flashed by inside.
Only after the sedan chair had passed did the woman dare to step forward and hug the child.
"Zhu'er! Wake up! Don't scare your mother!"
The child's cheeks were swollen high.
"Quickly, take him to the hospital!" Yao Shisan helped the woman pick up the child.
The woman wiped away her tears and looked at the stranger who had helped her, saying, "Thank you! Thank you!"
The clinic is not far away.
"How could the injury be so severe!" The doctor at the clinic was shocked. "This ear, I'm afraid, will go deaf."
The woman collapsed to the ground, crying and slapping herself in the face.
"It's just a bowl, it's broken, so what? Why should I chase after him? Otherwise, why would he offend someone important?"
"It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"
She regrets that she shouldn't have pursued the child.
Instead of so-called benefactors who bully the weak.
Yao Shisan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.
At this moment.
The headmistress who had just hit the child came in. She walked up to the woman with a blank expression and threw down a money pouch.
The sound of it hitting the ground was crisp.
There's a lot of silver inside.
The head housekeeper said, "There are twenty taels of silver in here. Miss asked me to bring them because she is kind."
"Remember to discipline your child properly in the future."
Yao Shisan clenched his fingers.
They wanted to buy a child's life for just twenty taels of silver.
The nanny had a good memory; she immediately recognized Yao Shisan as the passerby who had just stood by the roadside and witnessed the whole thing.
She turned and glanced at her, letting out a soft scoff.
Before meddling in other people's business, consider whether you have the ability to do so.
Yao Shisan said, "I don't know if I have any ability, but your family must be very capable."
The headmistress's eyes turned cold.
She looked Yao Shisan up and down. He was dressed plainly, but his hands were so delicate that they didn't seem to come from an ordinary family.
She hesitated for a moment, but the woman spoke fluent Beijing dialect and her eyes remained calm and composed.
“This woman looks unfamiliar; she’s not from Jinzhou.”
Yao Shisan did not reply to her.
The stewardess was still guessing her identity, "but I've never seen her in the capital."
Yao Shisan glanced at him, a half-smile playing on his lips.
"The capital is so big, I don't know your young lady."
As she spoke, she glanced at the sedan chair outside, "It's fine in little Jinzhou, but in the capital, we should be more careful. It wouldn't be good to ruin Miss's reputation."
"you……"
Before the stewardess could say anything more, Yao Shisan had already turned and left.
No sooner had she left than a fast horse stopped in front of the clinic.
The person who dismounted from the horse stared blankly at the departing figure.
The headmistress forced Yikou to leave the clinic as well, and immediately bowed to the person dismounting from the horse.
"Master Zhou."
Zhou Congxian turned around, nodded slightly, and then walked straight into the clinic.
"Doctor, do you still have any frostbite medicine?"
"Sir, you bought all the medicine the day before yesterday."
The people in the sedan chair opposite also got off.
Her face, like a lotus bud about to bloom, was shy and endearing.
"It's so cold, why did you come down here, Miss!" The head housekeeper quickly stepped forward to help her up.
Yang Shuyue smiled gently, "It's alright. Lord Zhou is working hard for the people, and as a daughter of the Yang family, I also want to help him share the burden."
“Lord Zhou, Jinzhou is my maternal grandfather’s hometown. There are two pharmacies in my maternal grandfather’s hometown. What medicine do you need? I will have the pharmacy prepare it and send it to you.”
Zhou Congxian was not familiar with Yang Shuyue. He had only seen her once at the banquet her two older sisters organized after the New Year, but they had never exchanged a single word.
He came to Jinzhou during this snow disaster, and this is only the second time we've met.
"Thank you for your generosity, Miss. The frostbite medicine and the cold medicine can be delivered to the governor's mansion."
Yang Shuyue turned to the steward and instructed, "Go back to the manor immediately and tell Grandmother that it must be done as soon as possible, the people are waiting."
"Yes," said the stewardess.
Zhou Congxian saw that he had solved a problem and turned to leave.
"Lord Zhou," Yang Shuyue called out to him, "when will you return to the capital?"
Zhou Congxian paused for a moment, but did not turn around. After leaving the clinic, he mounted his horse.
He then looked down at Yang Shuyue and said, "Zhou is on official business and his return date is uncertain."
"If my two elder sisters say anything inappropriate in the future, please don't take it to heart, Miss. I have no intention of getting married."
His words were cold.
Yang Shuyue almost lost her temper.
Zhou Congxian stopped looking at her, turned his horse around, and galloped away.
*
Duan Feiyang went home alone.
When Granny Duan saw Dan Niang leave with the child, she couldn't help but smile with joy.
"Eldest son, what kind of woman do you want? I'll give you another woman who can give you a son!"
Duan Feiyang had no intention of arguing with his mother, so he turned around and went back to his room.
After his elder brother returned to the house, Duan Fei tugged at his mother's sleeve.
"Give it back to your elder brother to marry! Do you have any dowry money?"
Granny Duan said, "Your eldest brother can earn the betrothal money himself."
Duan Feicheng is now eyeing his older brother's pocket.
"Mother, you're being foolish. If you give birth to another girl, she'll just be raised by someone else."
"With such a high monthly allowance, it's naturally to support our Duan family's own children and grandchildren!"
"If you find someone even more powerful than Luo Danniang, you won't be able to get a single copper coin out of your elder brother's hands."
Granny Duan hesitated.
Now that we have two grandsons, it doesn't matter whether the eldest son has another grandson or not.
Duan Feicheng said, "Mother, think about it. My eldest brother's salary in the navy has increased, and now it's five taels. Why didn't we know about it before? It's all because of Luo Dan's mother."
"My elder brother also said he'd get me into the navy too. The two of us brothers would earn ten taels a month! That's one hundred and twenty taels a year!"
"You're willing to give up half of it?!"
One hundred and twenty taels!
Granny Duan's eyes widened in surprise!
With 120 taels of silver, she could buy a lot of land; wouldn't she be able to become a landlady?
Her eyes immediately narrowed into a smile. "You're right!"
“Your eldest brother is soft-hearted and easily influenced. Before Luo Danniang came into the family, she was a virtuous woman, and she is still the same now.”
"Even if you marry someone else, she will still be like Rodinian."
Duan Feicheng's smile stretched from the corners of his mouth all the way to the back of his ears as he achieved his goal.
"That's right, why should our family's money benefit outsiders!"
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