Zhulan was very happy. Zhou Shuren saw Zhulan's smile and asked, "What are you thinking about that makes you so happy?"
Zhu Lan held Zhou Shuren's hand and said, "I'm glad this is the real world."
Zhou Shuren pulled Zhulan over and kissed her on the face. Zhulan rolled her eyes in her heart. This guy took advantage of everyone whenever he got the chance. Now that they lived in their own courtyard, Zhou Shuren was the happiest person in the family. There was no one who was an eyesore anymore.
Moreover, it was Zhou Shuren who decided when the courtyards were divided. The courtyards of the children were not next to the main courtyard, which shows Zhou Shuren's careful thoughts.
Li kept talking about this in Zhulan's ears, and she was determined to move to the yard next door.
An hour later, the snow stopped and Doctor Lu also arrived. Doctor Lu really thought Zhou Shuren was sick, and was afraid of wasting time going back and forth to get medicine, so he brought pills for treating fever, which were the pills that the Zheng family bought the prescription for.
Doctor Lu saw that it was not Zhou Shuren and glared at him. "Oh, you missed me so much. I really thought it was you. You asked me to drive faster all the way. I was so tired that my old arms and legs were about to fall apart!"
Zhou Shuren was touched by the old man's concern and apologized quickly, "It happened for a reason. I apologize to you."
Doctor Lu was not a curious person. "Where is he? I'll go check it out."
Zhou Shuren led the way, "Please come this way, old man."
Zhulan followed him to the courtyard. The servant had been waiting anxiously for a long time. When he saw the doctor, he excitedly said, "Doctor, please come in."
Doctor Lu nodded, and Zhulan did not follow him into the house. Doctor Lu came out soon and went back to the main courtyard to write a prescription. It was getting late, and Doctor Lu had to rush back to the county. This time, Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao Er sent Doctor Lu back to the county together. The two of them kept him company because they were afraid that it would be unsafe when he returned after dark.
As for bringing Chang Lian and the others back, I can only ask Li’s nephew from her mother’s side to do it.
Zhulan waited for Doctor Lu to leave before asking Zhou Shuren, "How is the situation?"
Zhou Shuren was also worried that Yao Zheyu might get into an accident, but now he can rest assured. "Yao Zheyu has been ill for a while, and the most dangerous period has passed. He has already started sweating. The old man left some pills for him to take first. He will be fine after taking a few doses when he gets the medicine back."
"I'm glad you're okay. Is he awake?"
Zhou Shuren nodded, "He just woke up, said thank you, took medicine, and lay down again. Make some millet porridge in the evening and send a can to the backyard to warm it on the stove. Yao Zheyu can drink it when he wakes up."
"Okay, I'll ask Li to make porridge right away."
Boss Zhou and his companion came back at dusk. The servant did the job of decocting the medicine, and the Zhulan family didn't have to interfere at all. The servant was particularly vigilant and was still a little cautious.
Zhulan didn't care about being guarded at all, and was happy to have free time without any work.
On the second day, Yao Zheyu was able to get out of bed. After all, he was a martial artist and had a strong body. He did not eat with Zhulan's family and had breakfast alone.
After Chang Lian and others went to the clan school, Yao Zheyu came to the main courtyard wearing a cloak. Zhulan thought that Yao Zheyu came in person instead of asking the servant to call them. This showed that he acknowledged the life-saving grace and was humble.
Yao Zheyu felt the cold air and coughed a little. "My master and I thank Mr. Zhou for saving us. I will repay Mr. Zhou's kindness when I return to Beijing safely."
He was carrying a purse, but when the silver bills in the purse were hidden in the snow, the purse got wet and the silver bills became blurry and unusable. The servant did have silver on him, but not much. The servant had only his own silver. He had given the servant the money box to hold the silver, but he had not taken it out with him because he had run away in the middle of the night.
After seeing a doctor yesterday, the servant didn't have much left after paying the medical bills, and he really couldn't afford to pay as a thank you at the moment.
Zhou Shuren found the current male protagonist much more pleasing to the eye. The current male protagonist no longer had a condescending attitude, and he looked comfortable. "You are too polite, sir. I saved you not for the sake of favor. It is fate that we met. Please don't take it to heart. If you have any difficulties, please tell me. I will do my best to help you."
Bah, the male protagonist wants to use money to get rid of him, don't dream, although according to the male protagonist's down-to-earth nature, he will definitely give more money, but it will also bring trouble. Yao Zheyu gives money as a reward, isn't it telling the people who want to kill Yao Zheyu that Yao Zheyu was saved by the Zhou family, isn't this bringing disaster to the Zhou family? The male protagonist is really dangerous, it's too easy to be cannon fodder if you don't pay attention.
If you still want to repay the favor with just money, forget about it. Even though the man in front of you saved your life, his heart is not much better. The favor of saving your life must be kept!
Yao Zheyu frowned slightly. He was indeed grateful that the Zhou family saved him, but the Zhou family had also received a lot of money from him before, and he really didn't take the life-saving grace too seriously. Now after hearing what Zhou Xiucai said, he was not sure whether he really didn't want any reward, or just wanted to get more benefits in the future.
Yao Zheyu coughed and said, "Mr. Zhou's character makes me admire him, but I must repay him. When I return to Beijing, I will definitely give him ten thousand taels of silver as a thank you."
After saying that, he looked at Mr. Zhou's expression without blinking. Ten thousand taels of silver. For a scholar who came from a peasant family, he would never see so much silver in his life. He wanted to carefully observe the scholar's reaction!
Zhou Shuren didn't even blink, thinking to himself, the male lead is really generous, he gave me ten thousand taels of silver at once, the male lead is rich, "Sir, you said that you admire my virtue, why would I want ten thousand taels of silver? Not to mention ten thousand taels of silver, even ten thousand taels of gold, I wouldn't want it, please don't mention thank you again."
Oh, he doesn’t even care about ten thousand taels of gold now. If you have the ability, you can show your gratitude in return which is more than ten thousand taels of gold!
Yao Zheyu gritted his teeth, not knowing whether Mr. Zhou did it on purpose or not, he actually asked for ten thousand taels of gold. He thought his life was very valuable, but before he became the crown prince, his life was really not worth ten thousand taels of gold. Even if the Marquis' Mansion was rich, he would not dare to take out ten thousand taels of gold to express his gratitude.
How dare you take out ten thousand taels of gold? Ha, the emperor has always disliked the Marquis' Mansion. Now that he has got the chance, he wants to destroy the Marquis' Mansion and flush the national treasury!
Besides, my grandfather was dying, and my father would not spend money on him, the former legitimate son. The 12,000 taels of silver he mentioned had to be from the money that my grandfather secretly gave him.
Yao Zheyu thought of his grandfather and no longer worried about repaying the life-saving grace. No matter whether the Zhou family really didn't want to repay or not, he thought the Zhou family wouldn't dare to ask for too much. After all, they saved his life, and he had a good impression of the Zhou family, so he would remember the favor. He urgently needed to return to the capital. "Mr. Zhou said so, and I would be insulting him if I mentioned money again."
After a pause, he continued, "I am in a hurry to get back to the capital, but the journey to the capital is long. Please help me find a carriage to take me back to Pingzhou."
Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said, "The carriage is going to the county to look for a team. I don't know what happened to you, and I'm not curious to ask. However, the county must be in trouble. Look, my Yue family has a donkey cart. Although it's not as fast as a horse, it can get to Pingzhou. So I'll give you both the donkey and the cart, but I'm sorry for that."
Yao Zheyu had never ridden in a donkey-drawn cart, but as Zhou Xiucai said, there must be a lot of people in the county waiting for him, so he couldn't rent a horse-drawn carriage. "Then I'll have to trouble Zhou Xiucai."
As for repaying, let's count them all together. It doesn't matter if I have one more donkey cart.