Chapter 121: Infectious Disease
Su Yaoguang said with a smile, “Actually, it won’t take this much. Compared to cold hard silver, what the Xiao Scholar needs more is care from his family. Aren’t your feelings very good? How about you go to the academy to see him, take care of him who’s seriously ill, and once he’s moved and happy, he might recover without medicine. I’m planning to go keep Wangshu company. Do you want to come along with me?”
Jiang Yihuan gave a dry laugh: “The academy is an important place. They probably won’t let people in, right?”
“No, as long as you don’t wander around inside, if you’re going to take care of family, how could the academy stop you? I see how kind you are usually, how much you care about Xiao Ci, so I thought you were worried about his safety too.”
In her previous life, weren’t the two full of affection? In this life, she’ll play the matchmaker and get these two together sooner. She wanted to see what kind of sparks would fly between them in this life with no obstructions.
Su Yaoguang absolutely wouldn’t admit her own wicked fun.
A hypocritical woman like Jiang Yihuan was the most selfish and self-interested. If Xiao Yanci caught this disease, foul and smelly, and Jiang Yihuan could still keep up the act facing such a Xiao Yanci, she’d want to take her as a master.
“Oh my, you don’t want to? If Xiao Yanci finds out, he’ll be heartbroken! If he’s heartbroken and really tops the imperial exam, if someone snatches this golden turtle son-in-law, I’m afraid someone will have no hope!”
Jiang Yihuan wavered.
If she went to take care of Xiao Yanci, he would be even more moved and devoted to her completely afterward.
At this time, she still didn’t know how terrifying that disease was. If she knew, she probably wouldn’t have such a naive thought.
“Alright, I’ll go too.” Jiang Yihuan said, “Please wait a moment, little brother. I’ll pack some things and come out.”
Su Yaoguang achieved her goal and trotted back to Peach Blossom Workshop.
Zhang Zhaodi was waiting for her. Seeing her return, she pinched her ear and scolded, “You little thing, your wings have grown stiff. You dare make such a risky decision without discussing it with us.”
“Mom, Mom, I have confidence. It’ll definitely be fine. Think about Wangshu. He’s so pitiful alone in the academy, and he’s sick. So many people are sick in the academy, and he’s not that important to them. Do you think they’ll care about him?”
“Since you prepared medicinal herbs in advance, didn’t you bring some for Wangshu?” Zhang Zhaodi released her ear.
“It’s strange. I clearly
While the mother and daughter were talking, Zhang Pandi and the others packed up their things and carried out the large and small bundles.
“This rain has been falling for so long. I don’t know if Wangshu has enough quilts and clothes. We prepared new quilts and new clothes. Take them all to Wangshu.”
“There are medicinal herbs inside, all kinds of them. According to the symptoms you mentioned before, I’ve already made a list based on various situations. The use of each medicine is written on its packaging bag.” Jiang Jing explained.
“Everything inside here is food. Besides preserved fruit, dried fruit, and dried fish slices, there is also the noodle sauce I made and the pastries just made today. Take it all to help Wangshu nourish his body.”
Zhang Yingdi lowered her voice and said, “These two bundles are full of grain. Given the academy’s situation, I’m worried that even if Wangshu recovers, you still won’t be able to come out for the time being. I’ve brought extra, so you can cook and eat.”
“Last time Wangshu moved a stove over there to boil tea and prepared some charcoal for them. Without charcoal, how could they manage with just the stove and pot?” Zhang Zhaodi reminded. “You’re also true-hearted toward that boy. If he dares to let you down, this old lady will chop him up.”
Over at the Su family, they were taking stock of all sorts of things.
The whole family loaded the things onto the ox cart.
While the Su family was settling their things, Jiang Yihuan came out carrying a small bundle.
There was no extra grain at his home, and Xiao Yanci’s clothes had already been moved to the academy beforehand. Now there was nothing good to move. She only brought her own spare clothes, and didn’t know what else she could bring.
She brought ten taels of silver, which was the highest amount Zhong Lanhua would agree to. Don’t think that Zhong Lanhua is usually very willing to listen to Jiang Yihuan’s opinions; once it comes to matters involving silver, she immediately becomes cunning.
“I told you to go not to take care of Xiao Ci, but to go see your brother. The person at the academy didn’t make it clear, only telling you to go see Xiao Ci, and didn’t mention your brother’s situation.”
“Mom, I get it,” Jiang Yihuan said. “That little bookboy didn’t mention brother, which means brother isn’t sick!”
“That’s true. My son’s body has always been very good, unlike that money-losing good of Xiao Yanci.” Zhong Lanhua was extremely disdainful of Xiao Yanci’s body.
If it weren’t for the academy people holding him up to the skies, she absolutely wouldn’t let that money-losing good live in their home like an old man. A slave actually climbing over his master’s head—it’s simply the inferior committing insubordination against the superior.
Jiang Yihuan picked up the bundle and went out the door, seeing the Su family opposite driving an ox cart to the academy, her eyes full of irritation.
What are you pretending for?
It’s just going to visit a patient, yet bringing so many things. Those who don’t know might think they’re moving house!
Jiang Jing drove the ox cart to the academy. Normally the academy did not allow people to enter, let alone at such a special moment today. Su Yaoguang told Jiang Jing to go back first, and she would drive the ox cart directly into the academy herself.
When Su Yaoguang drove the ox cart into the academy, the scholars who were holed up in their own rooms poked their heads out.
Su Yaoguang was dressed in a purple skirt today, with only a simple magnolia flower hairpin in her hair. Her grooming and dressing was elegant and appropriate, just like a pretty girl-next-door younger sister, full of youthful vitality.
At this time, Su Yaoguang was no longer that little black girl. Her skin was smooth and delicate, and her figure was also fuller than before. When she drove the ox cart to the doorway of Zhou Wangshu’s place, she nimbly jumped down from the ox cart and then tied up the ox.
The bookboy she had notified earlier heard that she had driven the ox cart into the academy and hurried over. When he saw the large and small bundles of things on the ox cart, his expression became strange.
“That, isn’t that too much?” the bookboy asked.
Su Yaoguang said, “All of these are things I need to use. Didn’t you say that once we enter, we can’t casually enter or exit the academy? I, as a woman, need a lot of things. It can’t be that I call to heaven and get no response, call to earth and get no help, right?”
The things had already been brought in, and besides, saying more wouldn’t help, so the bookboy didn’t say much more.
“Right, Jiang Yihuan… that is, the Xiao Scholar’s family member should be arriving at the doorway soon. Go receive her. After all, it’s her first time entering the academy, and she doesn’t know Xiao Ci’s residence.”
“Thanks for the reminder.” The bookboy hurriedly went over to greet her.
When he had returned earlier, he heard that three more had fallen ill today. Now there were more and more patients in the academy, and they truly couldn’t take care of them all. If the scholars’ family members were willing to come care for them, it would save a lot of trouble.
Su Yaoguang was eager to check on Zhou Wangshu’s situation and moved all those large and small packages of things into the room.
