Xia Chu took his brother and sister back to the Hou Mansion and asked someone to open a courtyard for Su Qianle to live alone.
Two more maids were arranged to wait on her, and they were instructed to wear veils when in contact and to use cicada leaves to purify themselves when entering or leaving the courtyard. After thinking about it, he called two more boys to wait outside Su Qianle Courtyard.
After settling Su Qianle, Xia Chu took Su Qian'an to the medicine storehouse of the Hou Mansion to grab medicine.
Xia Chu followed the grid and grabbed Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, yam, and Poria cocos. When he caught the angelica, he found that it was out of reach, so he instructed Su Qian'an to grab it.
Xia Chu watched Su Qian'an take it out easily, thinking that being tall was really convenient. Later, he simply gave the medicine name Su Qian'an and was responsible for filling the medicine.
After catching it, he took Su Qian'an to the kitchen, asked the cook for three small stoves, and divided the medicinal materials just caught into three categories: nourishing yin, replenishing yang, and calming asthma.
Finally, he took out the tortoise essence board, elk glue, and seven-flavored chinensis seeds from his pocket and put them in. Then he poured them into three furnaces and simmered them over low heat while watching them in person.
The maids wanted to help, but he wouldn't let them.
After a while, a boy came outside the house to send a message saying that the Marquis had learned that he was back and called him to go to the study. Su Qian'an was deeply moved when she saw him doing it himself: "Young master, go ahead, it will take about a few hours. I will just keep watch."
Xia Chu shook his head and told the boy: "Tell my dad that I have something to do now and see him later."
The boy sighed and stepped back.
Xia Chu looked at Su Qian'an's moved eyes and pulled a small stool for him to sit on.
Gee, it’s so tiring to talk with your head raised...
"There are three kinds of medicine here that are extremely precious. If you burn them out, you won't be able to buy them with money. So, it's better for me to see them in person."
"You can't buy it with money... How much does it cost if you can buy it?" Su Qian'an asked nagging.
Xia Chu gave a meaningful smile and whispered in his ear: "Ten thousand dollars are hard to find."
"Ten thousand gold...hard to find?" Su Qian'an muttered, almost falling off the stool.
Xia Chu kicked him: "I don't want your money, let alone you don't have any, why are you so bitter and resentful?"
Su Qian'an came back to her senses: "Young man, I just don't know how to repay this great kindness."
Xia Chu stopped teasing him, holding a cattail leaf fan and fanning a small fire. After a while, he asked him: "Qian'an, if you are asked to open a shop, what do you want to sell?"
"Ah?" Su Qian'an scratched his head and thought seriously for a moment: "Selling knives."
Xia Chu smiled softly. He knew that Su Qian'an was good at swordsmanship and was very good at it: "Okay, then I will open a weapons shop for you."
"Ah? Master, I don't know how to run a business, I can't do business, just let me follow you." Su Qian'an had a sad face.
"It doesn't need to be run, it's just a cover anyway. Tomorrow we'll go to the street to find a store with two floors. The first floor will be a weapons shop for you, and the second floor, I want to sell something else."
"Master, can't you let me follow you?" Su Qian'an struggled to ask.
"You can follow me now, but I have to go to Hanyang to enter the military camp after the new year, and it will be inconvenient to take you with me." He patted Su Qian'an on the shoulder and comforted her warmly: "When I come back, you can follow me."
Su Qian'an knew that there was no point in saying anything anymore, so she nodded in agreement.
About an hour later, Xia Chu opened and inspected them one by one, and asked the maid to bring three small bowls and pour them into the bowls respectively, then put them in order and handed them to Su Qian'an.
"Bring it to Qianle and let her drink it in order." After thinking about it, he took out a bottle of nectar from his arms and placed it on the plate. "You can drink the medicine after you've finished it. Go ahead and call you when I get back to the house."
Su Qianan nodded, took the medicine and walked towards the yard where Su Qianle lived.
Xia Chu breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his clothes, straightened his collar, and walked towards the Marquis' Hengwuyuan study room.
The boy in the study opened the door when he saw him coming, and said inside: "Master Marquis, the young master is here."
Xia Chu entered the study room and saw Mr. Hou writing, so he walked over and stood aside to help him polish: "The word "Father" is really vigorous and powerful.
"Okay, you're the only one with a sweet mouth." The Marquis had a smile on his face, and it could be seen that he was extremely happy: "I heard that you brought two people back?"
"Yes, a brother and sister. The elder brother is Su Qian'an and the younger sister is Su Qianle."
"Is the background clean?"
"Without any relatives or friends, they are all poor people. My sister is suffering from lung...disease." Xia Chu thought about it and changed the word tuberculosis.
After all, tuberculosis is a white plague, so as not to cause people in the house to panic: "I have diagnosed and treated her, and I have prescribed the medicine. I sent two maids and two boys to wait on her, and then she can cook the medicine according to the prescription. But. , that lung disease is contagious. Tell your servants not to disturb you."
The Marquis nodded: "Mr. Bai said in the letter that your medical skills are not bad."
"No, he is invincible in the world. He can hardly compare to me." Xia Chu looked proud.
The Marquis rubbed his head and feigned anger: "Arrogant."
Xia Chu pursed her lips and looked aggrieved.
"Okay, okay, my Yunyi's medical skills are unrivaled in the world." The Marquis said coaxingly.
"Humph." Xia Chu turned his head and looked arrogant again.
"How do you plan to settle the two brothers and sisters?"
"Qianle's illness requires at least a year and a half of rest. As for Qian'an, I plan to go to the streets with him tomorrow to find a store and let him open a weapons shop."
"Can't the Marquis Mansion afford to support him?"
"No, opening a shop is a lie. I have other things for him to do."
"What's the matter? As a father, I can't help you?"
"Oh, my father. Just relax and let me do it. You will know about it in the future."
"Mysterious, eh! My Yunyi has grown up and has secrets." Mr. Hou sighed with a sad look on his face.
Xia Chu curled her lips and changed the topic: "Dad, I'm hungry. I came back and was busy making medicine, but I didn't even eat."
Sure enough, the Marquis immediately calmed down and called people to prepare dinner.
Xia Chu called the boy to a stop: "Prepare two dinners for the yard that was just opened today, one rich and one light."
The boy made a promise and stepped back. Xia Chu remembered that Qianle had just taken the medicine, so he chased him out the door again: "Come back, the dinner in the yard will be delivered in half an hour."
The boy made another promise and stepped back again.
When Xia Chu turned around, he happened to see Mr. Hou frowning at him, with a resentful look on his face: "You are so attentive to outsiders, but you don't care about being a father."
Xia Chu twitched his lips and hurriedly came back to support Mr. Hou: "How can I do that? This time I went up the mountain and got a lot of tonics from Bai Ruofei. You also know that his medicines are precious and priceless. They are all. Everything given to you is all for you. Let’s go eat as we walk, we’re really hungry.”
After finishing dinner at the beginning of Xia, he chatted with Mr. Hou about home affairs.
After talking about interesting things on the mountain, I gave him some tonics from Bai Ruofei Nashun.
In addition, I took some soothing incense made by Lan Yuying and burned it for him before exiting the room.
It was almost midnight when he returned to his room. Xia Chu called the servant to ask Su Qian'an to come over, and then called the maid to go to the room next to his to clean out a wing and get a clean bedding.
After he finished his instructions, he sat down in the room. After a while, he heard a knock on the door, and Su Qian'an arrived.
"Come in."
"Master." Su Qian'an raised her hand to salute Xia Chu.
Xia Chu motioned for him to sit down. Su Qian'an looked a little embarrassed and still stood stiffly.
"Sit down!" Xia Chu slapped the table and shouted. Su Qian'an's legs softened in fright, and she immediately sat down on the stool.
Ever since Su Qianan met Xia Chu, she had always seen him as a gentle and gentle young man. He is kind-hearted, treats others very well, and is careful in everything he does. I have never seen him speak loudly.
Xia Chu looked at him and frightened him, and sighed: "You don't have to be so reserved when you follow me from now on. I don't pay attention to red tape, and I don't take you as my subordinate. If you follow me sincerely, I won't treat you badly."
Su Qian'an was about to kneel down again when he heard this, but Xia Chu stared back forcefully. He scratched his head and smiled naively: "I will follow the young master sincerely, even to the death."
"Okay. I've cleaned a room for you next door. Qianle is a woman after all, so it's not convenient for you to live there. I've given her prescription to the maids in the mansion, and they will boil the medicine and send it over on time. You don't have to worry."
"Thank you, Master."
"Take it." Xia Chu handed him a token with the word 'Xia' engraved on it. "This is the token of the Hou Mansion. From now on, if you need anything, you can give them orders."
"This..." Su Qian'an didn't dare to take it.
"I trust you by giving it to you. If you hold it, it will be more convenient for you to do things in the future."
"Yes, I will definitely live up to the trust of the young master."
"Tomorrow you go to the accountant to pay some silver, and I'll take you shopping."
"Huh? How much?"
In fact, Xia Chu didn't have much idea about money. He had never spent money personally in his previous life, so he thought about it: "Let's pay a hundred taels. Don't take the banknotes, but bring more broken silver." Xia Chu thought that it should be enough, if he really wants to buy something big. To buy things or rent a shop, you can just ask them to come to the Hou Mansion accountant to collect the money.
Su Qian'an responded yes.
"Okay, you go down and rest. When you wake up, you can go see your sister. I have to sleep until noon. I will finish lunch with the old man before I go to find you."
Su Qian'an said goodbye and left first.
Xia Chu lay on the bed, feeling that it had been a really tiring day today. I wanted to sort out my future plans, but ended up falling asleep on the pillow...
(End of chapter)