After washing up, Fu Mingrui went to the front hall to meet Yu Hezhang first, while Duanmu Qingchen enjoyed breakfast in the guest room.
Fu Mingrui hurriedly ate the bun in his hand as he walked. He saw Yu Hezhang sitting in the hall with a brocade box in his hand. He wondered if Yu Hezhang had come to pay the medical fee again.
"Has the tea been served?" Fu Mingrui asked Zhao Cheng considerately.
Zhao Cheng nodded: "It's already on."
"Okay." Fu Mingrui walked in with his robe on and bowed, "Dean Yu."
When Yu Hezhang saw Fu Mingrui coming, he immediately stood up and was about to kneel down: "My benefactor!"
Fu Mingrui immediately took two steps forward and stopped Yu Hezhang who was about to kneel down: "President Yu, you are too polite. I didn't do anything."
When Fu Mingrui helped Yu Hezhang up, he was shocked to see that Yu Hezhang in front of him was "completely different" from the day before. Yu Hezhang in front of him looked 20 years younger than yesterday, with black hair and black beard, full of energy and dignified. The wrinkles on his face were gone, and his eyes were bright and energetic.
Seeing Fu Mingrui staring at him in a daze, Yu Hezhang also smiled: "Master Fu is just like my family servants. When they saw me today, they all had the same expression, saying that I have regained my youth. Hehehe..." Yu Hezhang touched his face and was secretly happy. "I have to thank the miracle doctor introduced by Master Fu. He not only cured the girl's illness, but also restored my wife and I's spirits. During the time when the girl came to my house, we really aged ten years... But everything is worth it, worth it."
Fu Mingrui slowly recalled the pot of medicine Lian Youyou gave them yesterday. She had said that after the maid drank the rest, she would let the couple share it. It turned out to be Lian Youyou's medicine, which could make people regain youth!
Of course, rejuvenation is a bit exaggerated, but it has restored the Yu couple's original appearance, and they are even younger than their actual age.
"I still have to thank my benefactor!" Yu Hezhang bowed repeatedly with the brocade box in his hand. Since Fu Mingrui did not let him kneel, he had to perform more bows for this great gift.
"No, no, no, Dean Yu, that is Miss Lian's achievement. I am really unworthy of it." Fu Mingrui also hurriedly supported Yu Hezhang who was performing the salute.
Yu Hezhang looked puzzled: "Miss Lian?"
Seeing the confused look on Yu Hezhang's face, Fu Mingrui was shocked to find that Yu Hezhang seemed to have forgotten what happened yesterday. Could it be that Lian Youyou did it on purpose? He suddenly remembered how angry Lian Youyou was at the end, asking him not to bring her any more trouble.
When he looked at Yu Hezhang's dazed expression again, he knew in his heart that Lian Youyou didn't want outsiders to remember what she did yesterday. Since Lian Youyou did it deliberately, he should know his place now and stop asking questions.
He smiled slightly: "Yes, he is a miracle doctor."
"Yes... the miracle doctor is truly an otherworldly expert..." Yu Hezhang sighed to himself, "The miracle doctor should have passed away. I originally wanted to thank him in person." Yu Hezhang's face was filled with respect and gratitude.
Although Fu Mingrui didn't know how Lian Youyou's tea had tampered with Yu Hezhang and his wife's memory, he didn't dare to bring this trouble back to Lian Youyou. He quickly changed the subject: "Then why did Dean Yu come here today..."
"Oh, sir, I brought Pingting's letter, I hope it will help you solve the case." Yu Hezhang presented the brocade box in his hand, and his eyes were wet again when he presented it. "These are Pingting's last words... left in this world. I really regret that I didn't stop her from marrying that Bai Zhankui..."
After hearing Yu Pingting's last words, Fu Mingrui immediately took the brocade box. Could this be what Yu Pingting wanted to give him? Her last words
Fu Mingrui and Fu Yu Hezhang sat down, then took a seat beside them and gently opened the brocade box. Sure enough, there were letters inside.
"Blame me... I'm the one who harmed Pingting. I should have insisted. I opposed this marriage in the beginning, thinking that Pingting would not be happy with Bai Zhankui, but in the end... I compromised..." Yu Hezhang regretted it so much that now he could only look at his daughter's letters and miss her.
Fu Mingrui was slightly surprised: "Excuse my rudeness, but how did the old dean know that Bai Zhankui would not bring happiness to your daughter? Is it because... he is not from the town, but from the countryside?" In the city, people always pay attention to matching each other's social status. Could it be that Dean Yu disliked Bai Zhankui because he was from the village
Thinking of what happened in the past, Yu Hezhang sighed heavily again: "Alas... A rush growing among hemp, it grows straight without support; white sand is in the dye, it becomes black along with it..." Yu Hezhang suddenly uttered such a sigh, which made Fu Mingrui fall into deep thought. Fu Mingrui could not help but look at Yu Hezhang's expression more seriously. It seemed that Yu Hezhang was not upset because the Bai family was not a good match for them.
Yu Hezhang calmed himself down a bit and said slowly: "It's not that I look down on Bai Zhankui because he is from the countryside. On the contrary, when he was first recommended, I was quite optimistic about him. But until some things happened, I changed my mind about him. But he is not a bad person either. He is actually a very talented and qualified child... It's just... Alas..." Yu Hezhang hesitated to speak, as if it was difficult to explain in a few words.
The old man frowned, took a sip of tea, cleared his mind, and spoke again: "Let me give you an example. Most of the students in the town are rich young men. They had good intentions to invite Bai Zhankui to have a drink together, but Bai Zhankui thought that they were showing off their wealth to him, looking down on him as a villager, and insulting his personality. The two had a quarrel, and no one invited him since then. After the students in the town alienated him, he thought that they looked down on him and targeted him. Alas... It is normal for these children in the town to meet up for a drink, but Bai Zhankui looks at and guesses about them with a mean heart and sinister eyes. You know, those who can enter my academy are definitely not playboys. My academy requires real ability to be admitted. But Bai Zhankui is narrow-minded and hates the rich and the poor. He thinks that my alienation is for making money, and those children in the town just spent money to enter my academy to study. Only he relies on real ability, alas..."
When Yu Hezhang talked about this, he shook his head repeatedly: "In his eyes, it seems that rich people only know how to spend money and don't know how to educate people. But in fact, some businessmen are strict with themselves, learning to be a good person first, and then learning how to do business. The way of business is based on integrity. Therefore, these wealthy families pay more attention to their children's education, and don't want to have a second-generation ancestor who will ruin their own foundation."
Fu Mingrui nodded frequently. The reason why the Qian Dynasty paid attention to education was because of Emperor Cheng. Common people often took the royal family as an example. Emperor Cheng paid attention to education, and ordinary people naturally followed suit.
Emperor Cheng attached great importance to education because he wanted to prevent the foundation of the Qian Dynasty from being destroyed by a tyrant. (To be continued)