Great Imperial Merchant

The business in the shop has improved, and the father and son are busy every day, but they feel very fulfilled.

During this time, Cheng Weizhe came to help him get up early in the morning, and then left in a hurry. Yang Zhongyuan asked him what he was doing several times, but he smiled mysteriously and said nothing.

Seeing that he refused to speak, Yang Zhongyuan didn't bother to continue asking, but turned his head and said to his father: "Keep it a secret from me, and I will ask him nothing in the future!"

Zhou Quanxu looked at him amusedly, didn't speak, just reached out and patted his forehead.

The days rushed by like water, and by the end of August, Zhou Quanxu's health had obviously improved, so Yang Zhongyuan stole an afternoon rest and accompanied his father to Dr. Li's clinic for pulse diagnosis.

Dr. Li's medicine is really good. Zhou Quanxu has been taking it for more than a month, and now he is gradually getting better.He is more energetic and his appetite has improved a lot. Now he can go out for a long time without feeling tired, which is completely different from when Yang Zhongyuan first came back.

Zhou Quanxu needed to change his dressing after going to see the pulse this time.Yang Zhongyuan considered that his father should also walk around more, so instead of inviting Dr. Li to come home, he accompanied his father to the hospital.

Danluo is very hot from July to August, and there are only a lot of people in the medical center. The father and son waited for a long time before seeing the doctor.Dr. Li was careful, and took a long time to check the pulse. Then he smiled and said: "Boss Xiao Yang, don't worry, Lingtang's body is fine, as long as it takes more than a month to recuperate, he will be healthy. I will write a new prescription for you, removing a little tranquilizer Add some medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach, it should be better."

Yang Zhongyuan was very happy when he heard this, and quickly said: "Thank you, Dr. Li, for your wonderful hand and rejuvenation. You are really a miracle doctor."

Dr. Li carefully considered the medication, and answered him: "Boss Xiao Yang, you are being polite. The duty of a doctor is to cure the disease and save the patient. This is all my duty, and I can't take the word of thanks."

Because Yang Zhongyuan often invites him to see a doctor these days, the two of them are considered to be familiar with each other.Yang Zhongyuan knew that he was a human being, so he didn't say anything more, just waited for him to prescribe a prescription, took two more doses of medicine, and walked home together.

At this time, the Snow Pagoda Lane is very quiet, except for the cicadas in the trees, there is no other sound.

Yang Zhongyuan and Zhou Quanxu also walked home slowly, feeling that such a leisurely afternoon is very rare, although the weather outside is hot, it still makes people feel comfortable.

When passing by Meng Ji, Yang Zhongyuan turned his head inadvertently, and saw Meng Tiao sitting in the shop looking at him gloomyly, he didn't care at all, and even returned a smiling face, his mood became more and more cheerful.

Just when the father and son were happy, suddenly a thin figure in front was pushed out of the shop, the child was pushed hard and fell backwards, and fell down on the bluestone road in the alley with a "bang".

Yang Zhongyuan was not far away from Zhou Quanxu. He was startled by the sudden movement just now, and after he regained his composure, he realized that the figure was just a ten-year-old boy. He was pushed to the ground at this moment and couldn't get up for a long time.

The father and son were just about to go up to help, but saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old guy coming out of that shop, and threw a few things at the boy: "You brat, don't be shameless, our shopkeeper gave it to you!" The price is not low, why? You still want to ask for a price? I don’t even look at your thing, it’s just an ordinary gold thing, how can it be worth it?”

The things thrown by him flashed a golden light in the sun, and then scattered around the young man. Yang Zhongyuan took a closer look, but felt that the things looked very familiar.

The boy who fell to the ground frowned, his face was full of anxiety and resentment, he got up with difficulty, carefully picked up the things thrown on the ground one by one, and then he didn't care how the boy yelled and scolded, he slowly Slowly got up from the ground, then raised his head and paused: "Whether you are in business or not, you must respect customers when you open a shop. I just said a price higher than what you gave, so I will be kicked out like this." , and even throw my things around, if it breaks, I will go to the government to sue your store for bullying customers."

He is very thin and looks like he is only about ten years old, but he can speak such clear words. Although Yang Zhongyuan doesn't know him, he admires him a little more from the bottom of his heart.

The boy blushed at what he said, turned around and returned to the shop after cursing a few words, leaving the young man standing alone in the middle of the alley with his head bowed in silence.

Yang Zhongyuan and his father looked at each other, then walked forward and asked him slowly: "Are you okay?"

His voice was always clear, and speaking in such a slow voice was even more gentle, so the boy was not surprised, but looked up at him blankly.

Pointing at it, Yang Zhongyuan was very surprised.

I saw that this young man had an extremely handsome face, with dark and bright eyes, a high nose, and plump lips. Although he is still young, Yang Zhongyuan can vaguely see his future demeanor from his immature face.

This is really a beautiful young man.

It's a pity that his complexion is sallow now, his figure is thin and thin, his clothes have been mended layer by layer, and even his hair is messy, as if he hasn't taken care of it for a long time. From this point of view, Yang Zhongyuan sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it. It's strange.

Life is not easy for many people in this world, and he himself is the same. If he hadn't seen what the boy threw out just now, he might have come to help him up without asking a word.

The boy was still a little dazed at first, but when he realized it, he stuffed the things in his hand into his sleeves, and took two steps back indistinctly: "It's okay, thank you."

Yang Zhongyuan smiled at him, his expression became more gentle: "I'm not a bad person, you don't have to be so afraid."

How could the bad guy admit it to himself, the boy still looked at him alertly and didn't say a word.

Yang Zhongyuan's smile was even brighter. He pointed to the cuff where the young man hid his things, and suddenly said: "I know where you got this thing from, and I also know what the owner's name is."

This sentence removed all the vigilance from the boy's face, he was a boy in his teens after all, although he was more sensible than other children, he was still naive.

After hearing what Yang Zhongyuan said, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "What do you say my father's last name is?"

Father?Yang Zhongyuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "His surname is Xu, and there are more than two people, is that right?"

When the young man heard this, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face. His appearance was so obvious that he admitted Yang Zhongyuan's words. Even Zhou Quanxu, who hadn't said a word, laughed, then turned his head and asked Yang Zhongyuan in a low voice: "You Know his father?"

Yang Zhongyuan nodded, and leaned into his father's ear and said, "We met in the first few years."

Yang Zhongyuan was in the palace for the first few years, so he must have known him in the palace. Only then did Zhou Quanxu realize why his son's smile was a little joking.

Seeing that Yang Zhongyuan seemed very determined and smiling, the young man finally let go of his guard and asked timidly: "You really know my father? He is sick now, can you lend me some money?"

This was probably the first time in his life that he said such a thing to someone he just met. After he finished speaking, he felt very ashamed, bowed his head and said nothing again.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help thinking of his "father", so he said: "I met him once in the early years, and I never thought that I would see his children after so many years. Where do you live now? If it is not far away, I will I will accompany you for a while, don't worry, I will take the money with me."

The child's face brightened at first, then flushed again, and finally knelt down at him with a "plop", and kowtowed three times vigorously: "My family lives in Qili Village, not far from here. Uncle, thank you very much , I didn’t become this thing, and today’s medicine can’t be bought.”

What he said was really pitiful, Yang Zhongyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, bent down and patted the dirt on his knees: "You boy, a man has gold under his knees, you must never do this in the future, let's go, let's go early Come back early. I may not have seen your father in years."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and talked to his father a few more words, only saying that if he couldn't come back at night, he would close the business and not open the shop, and then hurriedly left with the young man.

Zhou Quanxu watched his back gradually disappear from a distance, and couldn't help sighing.

Although his son had trained himself in the palace to be made of copper and iron, he was still soft-hearted in his bones.When such a thing happened to him, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.You can't tell Cheng Weizhe about this matter. Zhou Quanxu thought about it and decided to cook a bowl of mung bean porridge for his son at night. Although his craftsmanship is not as good as his son's, he still knows how to cook porridge.

On this side, Yang Zhongyuan led the boy all the way to the Danluo post station, which is not far from the city gate, where most of the carriages traveling from south to north rest and recuperate, it is considered a bustling place.

Since it was close to the city gate, there were many ox carts waiting for work in the station. Yang Zhongyuan was in a hurry to get out of the city, seeing that the young man was not in good health, so he directly rented an ox cart.

As the name suggests, Qili Village is located seven miles away from Danluo City. It is the nearest village to Zuo County. If you walk, it will take nearly an hour to get there, but it will be much faster by ox cart, and you can do it in three minutes. It's not tiring to go to the village.

The boy silently followed Yang Zhongyuan into the bullock cart, and when he was out of the city, he whispered: "Uncle, I will return the money to you in the future."

Yang Zhongyuan reached out and touched his head, and said with a smile, "You're welcome, I'm too lazy to leave by myself, what's your name?"

The young man looked up at him, showing a very bright smile: "Uncle, my name is Xu Xiaotian, the heaven of the sky."

Yang Zhongyuan nodded and pointed to himself: "Xiaotian, my surname is Yang and my name is Zhongyuan. Just call me Uncle Yang."

"Uncle Yang." After hearing what he said, Xu Xiaotian called him seriously.

"Xiaotian, what's wrong with your father?"

Xu Xiaotian lowered his head and said: "My father suffered from heart disease. He worked too hard to support me all these years, so he fell ill this year."

Seeing that he was depressed, Yang Zhongyuan patted his head and comforted him: "It's okay, I'll be fine after seeing the doctor."

The bullock cart moved quickly, and arrived at Qili Village two quarters later. Yang Zhongyuan paid the fare of fifty copper coins, and dragged Xiaotian into the village.This is the busiest time of the day for the villagers, so the village is very quiet. There are no people in every household, and most of them are working in the fields.

Xu Xiaotian walked very fast, and almost ran to lead Yang Zhongyuan to the gate of an earthen house.

Yang Zhongyuan watched him take out the key from his pocket, unlock the door, and then said to Yang Zhongyuan: "Uncle Yang, here we are, this is my home."

After Xu Xiaotian finished speaking, without waiting for his answer, he ran towards the inner room like flying. Yang Zhongyuan quickly followed behind him, only to see Xu Xiaotian lift the cloth curtain, and a sallow and haggard sick face appeared in front of him.

The man turned his head and saw Yang Zhongyuan at a glance.

The two of them stared silently for a long time, and finally the person on the bed murmured in a low voice: "Pingxi, you came out too..."