bookrebus Chapter 249: Old Yan, the Guardian of the Yard 3
Chapter 249: Old Yan, the Guardian of the Yard 3
Xu Muyun wanted to show her temper, but the old princess would never tolerate her. She immediately spoke sternly and left with her people.
Anyway, with Xu Muyun's strong character, even if the Ning Wang Mansion treated her badly, she would be embarrassed to tell anyone. Instead, she would find ways to cover up the matter and make people think that she was still very valued in her mother's family.
"Hey, sister-in-law...listen to me..."
Seeing that his sister-in-law, who had always been very kind to him, suddenly changed her temper, Xu Muyun became anxious and immediately wanted to catch up with her to get to the bottom of the matter.
She actually wanted to leave Prince Ning's Mansion because it was completely different from her impression of her mother's home. The Liu family did not move in with her, and she didn't know what was going on these days. Why hadn't any news been sent to her until now?
Besides, even if she wanted to leave, she had to take away the things that were carried into the mansion that day. You know, there were a lot of good things in there.
In fact, Xu Muyun didn't know that it was not that the Liu family didn't deliver the letters to her, but that those letters were all sent to the old princess's yard.
The old princess was a person who acted decisively. She quickly ordered someone to come over and drive a horse-drawn carriage to take Xu Muyun and his servants back to the courtyard where the Liu family was temporarily staying.
Xu Muyun got off the carriage with a dark face, and the carriage drove away without saying hello. Before she could get angry, several people came out from the Liu family's yard.
"Mom, why are you back? We were planning to visit you in the next few days..."
The person who spoke was Xu Muyun's eldest son Liu Jiaqi. He was very dissatisfied when he saw that several people came back empty-handed without taking anything.
"Mom, didn't we send you a letter saying that your family couldn't make ends meet? And what about the things you prepared in advance? Why didn't you bring them back?"
You know, this time when he returned to Beijing, his father was planning to work hard to build relationships with those families so that he could move up to the higher levels. If that worked, they brothers would also be able to rise to higher levels.
Moreover, the most important thing was that there were some silver bills hidden among those things, which were for emergencies in the past. Now, they were all moved into Prince Ning's Mansion, so now they had no choice but to use their limited private money for household expenses.
"This is not the place to talk, let's go back first."
His series of questions gave Xu Muyun a headache. He did not answer his questions immediately. He just had a gloomy face and walked quickly into the yard.
The Liu family fell into trouble because Xu Muyun returned empty-handed, while Xu Qinghe in Caishikou was so busy that he was almost busy.
"Don't push, don't push... There's a lot of medicinal soup here, we're still boiling it later, and we'll make sure everyone can drink it..."
Xu Qinghe ran around to comfort everyone. Uncle Cui and a few others held up big spoons and kept serving people medicinal soup. Everyone drank a bowl and took a jar away. Soon the big pot was empty.
Li Xiao and Tiedan also tried to maintain order, but there were too many people queuing. Several of them almost lost their voices from shouting. Finally, they managed to stop everyone from crowding forward and queue up in an orderly manner.
While the second pot of soup base was being prepared, Zhang Dazhui quickly asked the servant to boil the first pot again. They took turns boiling the soup in this way. People lined up one batch after another, and everyone was busy and sweating profusely.
"Oh, I've lived in the capital for decades, and I've never seen so many people rushing to buy pesticides from a company..."
Xu Qinghe had just wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve when he heard a sigh from the side. Turning around, he saw a middle-aged man standing not far behind him, watching the excitement here with a smile.
"This old man probably doesn't know that due to the sudden drop in temperature these days, many people have caught a cold. There are many people visiting the clinic every day, and there are even more people who are reluctant or don't have the money to see a doctor and get medicine..."
Seeing that the middle-aged man's clothes had become a little white from washing, and that he looked a little thin, he probably wasn't the eldest master of any family, so Xu Qinghe explained.
"We are thinking that the New Year is coming soon, and our family is planning to open a pharmacy. We have imported a lot of these medicinal materials, so we might as well take them out to solve everyone's urgent needs."
Xu Qinghe pulled over a bench and sat down first, then patted the seat next to him.
"Brother, sit down and rest for a while. I've been running all morning and I feel like my legs and feet are no longer my own."
This is not surprising. He came along early in the morning and took care of everything himself. He also helped maintain order in Prince Ning's Mansion for a long time. Now he is busy with his own family. Even a strong body would not be able to bear it.
The middle-aged man didn't hesitate and immediately took a few steps forward and sat at the other end of the bench. The two began to chat casually.
According to the middle-aged man, his last name was Yan and everyone called him Yan Lao San. He worked as a yard keeper in the capital. He seldom went out on weekdays and didn't know much about what was happening outside. It just seemed that he had never heard of the name of Xu Qinghe's family before.
Xu Qinghe did not doubt it. In the capital, there were indeed many courtyards that were uninhabited. They were kept clean all year round and were only used by people when they returned to the capital to report on their work or when their nephews and nephews came to take the imperial examinations.
"Then you haven't tried my cold medicine yet, right? This is prepared by my wife herself, and it works very well..."
Xu Qinghe had no intention of hiding anything. Cui had already told Yuxiu that his identity as a disciple of the Divine Doctor's Sect should be spread out.
He gave a general account of his family's situation and then waved to Li Xiao.
"Go get this uncle a bowl of cold medicine, so he doesn't have to wait in line..."
There are more people queuing up now, and the tail of the line has turned into the street outside.
Li Xiao was very obedient. After agreeing, he quickly ran to Uncle Cui, took the bowl and asked him to fill a bowl of medicine soup for him.
"Brother Yan, you're welcome. This medicine can cure diseases and prevent them. The effect is really good."
Xu Qinghe took the big bowl and handed it to Yan Laosan beside him, urging him to drink it quickly.
"You can't drink it if it's cold. You have to heat it up. Please drink it while it's hot."
He handed the bowl to Yan Lao San and turned his head to say to Li Xiao:
"If you and Tiedan are tired, take a rest. Drink another bowl of this cold medicine and get something to fill your stomach. Don't starve. Your mother will be worried when you go back..."
These two kids are really good. They are very diligent in running around. They do whatever they are asked to do and their hands and feet are very nimble.
Xu Qinghe was so focused on talking to Li Xiao that he didn't notice that when he handed the medicine bowl to Yan Laosan, several people not far away changed their expressions at the same time. They wanted to rush over but were stopped by Yan Laosan's eyes.