As he was talking, the servant outside looked around. The
housekeeper standing aside immediately asked, "What's the matter?"
The servant said, "Li Zhifeng... wants to see the master."
"Who is Li... What Feng?" You Dechuan asked.
The servant replied, "It's the man who followed the second young master a few days ago. He said he had something to say to the master."
Just as he was talking, he arrived. Wang's face changed slightly, and the housekeeper scolded, "Didn't you see when it was? The newcomer doesn't know the rules, and you don't know either?"
The servant hurriedly said, "He said there is something important and can't be delayed."
It was the first time that You Dechuan had seen such an unruly servant, but he came at the right time. He would interrogate him. If he was a vicious person, he would give him some money and let him go home. So he ordered, "Let him in."
Wang put down her chopsticks and looked outside the room. Li Zhifeng was standing outside the door in a dark blue robe, but he didn't come in or bow. You Dechuan was angry when he saw this man. However, he saw that his facial features were well-defined, his eyes were deep, and there was a scar on his brow. He was afraid that he was a desperate criminal who had been picked up from nowhere, so he didn't dare to get angry easily. He made up his mind to find a reason to drive him out in a few days.
If you want to send this kind of person away, you must use money to send him away. You must not scold him and then drive him away, otherwise he might be resentful and look for an opportunity to come back for revenge.
You Dechuan suppressed his anger and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Zhifeng said in a deep voice outside the threshold, "Your son is sick. Give me some money. I'll go get a doctor for him."
You Dechuan snorted coldly and said angrily, "Don't worry about him! It's better for him to die of the illness!"
Li Zhifeng looked at the three people in the hall, but didn't say anything. Wang felt uneasy and very uncomfortable when she was looked at. She hurriedly advised, "Master, stop saying angry words..."
The housekeeper kept driving people away, saying, "Get out, get out. This is not the place for you to stay. There are no rules at all."
Li Zhifeng just stood outside, and several people in the hall felt oppressed, as if it was not right to sit or stand. The housekeeper shouted, "Kick him out!"
"Wait a minute." You Hange spoke and said, "Your name is Li Zhifeng?"
Li Zhifeng didn't answer him, turned around and left. Now You Dechuan was even more furious. He didn't even take a servant seriously. What happened? You Hange put down his chopsticks and said, "I'll go get a doctor for my second brother."
Wang said, "Eat your meal first and send a servant."
You Hange said, "I'll go myself. It's a good opportunity for me to go down the mountain. Dad, Mom, enjoy your meal."
You Hange got up and left before he finished his meal. You Dechuan did not stop him, but shook his head and sighed. Wang naturally knew what he was sighing about and said with a smile, "It's his job to do it."
You Dechuan said again, "They are both my sons, how can their personalities be so different?"
Wang smiled and teased, "Why are they so different? When You Miao was young, he was not a reckless person. He is like you now that you have established a family and a career."
You Dechuan recalled the passion of spending a lot of money when he was sixteen years old and went to Yangzhou for prostitution, and said with a smile, "Hey, this kid doesn't learn good things, but he has learned to spend money lavishly."
"If the Qiao family hadn't helped you." Wang said casually, "I'm afraid you would have been beaten and kicked out by your family like Miaozi. Didn't you have enough romantic debts back then?"
You Dechuan had a good handwriting and was a talented scholar in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas. He was good at reciting poems and writing essays. His talent fascinated many fake people, but it was precisely because of his unruly temperament that he failed the imperial examinations many times and was not favored by the examiners. He spent all his savings and ended up in poverty.
In the 33rd year of Yingtian, Wang sold his property and sent him to Beijing to take the exam. However, it was not as he wished. You Dechuan failed again and was penniless. When he returned to the You clan in Cangzhou, he was forced to marry Qiao Ke'er by the elders of his family. At that time, Wang was already pregnant, but she didn't want to be a concubine. She would rather raise You Hango alone.
Thinking back now, You Dechuan felt that he owed Wang a lot. Now that he had made a fortune, he sent his second son You Miao to study in Beijing, intending to donate an official position for him. Unfortunately, this youngest son was not a pushover and only knew how to make trouble. Thinking of the past, You Dechuan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and replied: "I have treated you and Han Ge badly. Now I am old and can't make trouble anymore. I just want to live a quiet life with you."
Wang smiled and said: "It's time to help them each find a wife and take care of these two brothers. I think..."
"No." You Dechuan said: "There is a difference between the old and the young. Han Ge's matter has not been arranged yet. It doesn't make sense for You Miao to get married first..."
Wang's face changed slightly, and You Dechuan said: "I will arrange this matter properly, step by step. I think that kid will still have trouble, but I'm afraid you can't stand it."
Wang's original intention was to arrange a marriage for You Miao. After he got married, he could start his own business. Half of the people in Biyu Villa were on her side. Wang was naturally aware of what You Miao had been fussing about last night. She thought You Miao would not stay in this house for long. If he got married early, he could be sent away to avoid the trouble of staring at each other all day long.
"What about the people following him?" Wang asked again, "What do you want to do with them, Master? They look fierce and don't follow the rules at all. I find them scary. I'm afraid they can't stay in the house for long."
You Dechuan said, "Wait until the kid recovers from his illness, give him some money, and let him go out on his own."
Li Zhifeng didn't know what You Dechuan was thinking. He left the main room and went back to the east wing. He said to Muqi outside the door, "Do you have any money?" Muqi
said, "What?"
Li Zhifeng rubbed his hands together and motioned for him to bring them. Muqi was startled and said, "Master won't let me..."
Li Zhifeng immediately signaled him to be quiet. Muqi looked uncertain. He reached into his arms for the silver and lowered his voice, fearing that You Miao, who was lying in the room, would hear him. He asked in a low voice, "Shall we go and get a doctor ourselves?"
Li Zhifeng poked himself with his finger, signaling him to go. Muqi asked, "Do you know the way? You go and get the best doctor in town. It will cost five cents for one consultation, and you have to go down to get medicine. Here, I'll give you two taels..."
Li Zhifeng took the silver and took a step forward, as if he was hesitating whether to go in to see You Miao, but he didn't push the door in the end and turned away.
You Miao had woken up in the room, but he heard everything clearly, but he was angry and lay straight on the bed. After Li Zhifeng left, You Miao shouted, "Let me die!"
You Miao covered his head with a quilt, facing the wall, swallowing tears.
Li Zhifeng had just left when You Hange arrived. The door was pushed open with a creak. You Miao was still lying there. You Hange walked over with slow and light footsteps. He lifted the quilt covering You Miao's head and found a wet pool on the pillow.
"My mother doesn't want me anymore, and my father doesn't want me either..." You Miao choked up and said, "Don't worry about me, let me die."
You Hange's hands were cold. He felt You Miao's forehead. You Miao's face was red from the fever and his head was splitting. He felt like he was going to die. He closed his eyes, thinking it was Li Zhifeng, and didn't move. You
Hange turned and walked out of the room, closed the door, and hurried out to order a car to be prepared so that he could go down the mountain to ask for a doctor.
On the other side, Li Zhifeng almost ran down the mountain. Biyu Tea House was forty miles away from Pei County. It was almost winter, and the last wave of winter tea had been picked. Tea farmers on both sides were resting.
Li Zhifeng still passed by the restaurant they had come from and asked the proprietress, "What is the name of the most famous doctor in Pei County?"
The proprietress pointed the way and said, "Go east along the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and go to the east of the market in Pei County. There is a restaurant called Baojitang. The doctor Xing there is the best, but he has a bit of a strange temper. What's the matter? Is your master sick? Wait, drink some water before you go..." Baojitang in the east of
the city... Li Zhifeng turned around and ran towards Pei County. He left Biyu Villa at noon in the morning and arrived in Pei County in the afternoon. He went straight to the pharmacy without drinking a sip of water. People often catch colds and coughs in winter, and there are few residents in the city. They wait in the pharmacy to get medicine and see the doctor.