ebookland Chapter 259 Gathering together
Chapter 259 Gathering together
Chapter 259 Gathering Together
On the first day of the new year, Ding Cuicui brought the children from the college to pay New Year's greetings to Qiao Shinian.
When they arrived, the miraculous doctor who had come all the way was taking Qiao Shinian's pulse.
Wen Jiu was watching closely from the side.
He is said to be a miracle doctor, but he looks no more than thirty years old. His appearance must have been groomed before entering the palace, as he looks relatively clean.
A woman was standing next to him. She looked at Wen Jiu with some dissatisfaction and muttered, "You were the one who invited us here in a hurry, and now you are acting like you are on guard against thieves. Who are you doing this for?"
"Qing Yuan." Bu Tianlin withdrew his hand and called the young disciple lightly.
The girl pouted and looked at Wen Jiu with dissatisfaction: "Master, he obviously doesn't believe us and still wants us to treat his woman. Isn't this..."
"Shut up. Consider the seniority. He is your senior brother. Don't be rude to him." Bu Tianlin walked to the table, picked up a pen, wrote down the prescription and handed it to Wen Jiu: "My little nephew, this poison will take some time to resolve. My diagnosis is the same as that of the imperial physician in your mansion. I'm afraid her ears will not be cured."
"It's okay, Uncle Master will do his best to treat me." Wen Jiu bowed to Bu Tianlin, "I'll trouble Uncle Master to take good care of my sister during this period of time."
Bu Tianlin waved his hand, then hesitantly looked at his apprentice, then at Qiao Shinian: "I heard..."
Seeing that her master was unable to come up with a request, Qing Yuan took over and said, "We heard that this girl's students have a heavenly book and a model of the human body structure. We would like to take a look. Is that okay?"
"Junior sister, right?" Wen Jiu turned to look at Qing Yuan: "Why do you say this so naturally? Will you ask for it? This is not your broken valley. Everyone should respect you. I don't necessarily want you to come and treat me. Do you understand?"
Although Wen Jiu has never done the tricks of killing the donkey after it has done its job and destroying the bridge after crossing it, he can start practicing now.
Since Qiao Shinian said that her illness would gradually get better, then these so-called miracle doctors and the people who wanted to help him were worthless and naturally there was no need to worship them.
Especially seeing this person's arrogant attitude, since Wen Jiu returned to China, he has never seen anyone with a lower status than him who puts on airs in front of him.
Bu Tianlin's face froze. He looked at Qing Yuan, then bowed to Wen Jiu and said, "Please don't take it to heart, nephew. My disciple is rather blunt in his words and deeds. I came here at your invitation, firstly to treat Miss Qiao, and secondly to see the medical skills from the God Realm."
“Tsk! The medical skills of the God Realm aren’t that great! We are still needed to heal them.” Qing Yuan snorted and looked at Wen Jiu, “I haven’t acknowledged you as my senior brother yet! You’re just someone that the old man mentioned, why are you showing off! You asked us to come here, remember that!”
"Master, let's go!" Qing Yuan said as she was about to pull Bu Tianlin away.
Bu Tianlin blinked and looked at Wen Jiu with embarrassment, then looked at his disciple pleadingly.
"Qing Yuan, Qing Yuan. Master wants to see it, let's not quarrel for now." Bu Tianlin pleaded in a low voice.
Qing Yuan glared at Wen Jiu fiercely and said loudly, "We will sneak over here at night. Now we need to find the eldest brother and tell him to leave! What's so good about staying in this broken place? He's just a farming prince. Why should we be afraid of him?!"
After the two left, Wen Jiu tilted his head slightly, and finally sat next to Qiao Shinian.
'Their diagnosis is the same as the imperial physician's, but the prescription has been slightly changed. Also, they are now angry with me and left, which is a little different from what we thought. My uncle-in-law seems to be a person without his own opinion, and the female apprentice who entered the palace with him seems to be a person with a bad temper who looks down on us.'
Qiao Shinian was silent for a while: "Cuicui and the others have been here for a long time, let's go and take a look."
"Okay!" Wen Jiu responded, then helped Qiao Shinian out of the bedroom.
In another room, Ding Cuicui looked at the people who were sitting obediently on the stools waiting for Qiao Shinian. Some were older than her, and some were younger than her.
At this time, she was holding her daughter and waiting.
Cao Yue leaned over and said to Cao Jinhua beside her, "Aunt, why did Wen Jiu suddenly stop us from coming to see Sister Shi Nian? I think he has some intentions towards our sister."
Cao Jinhua turned her head to look at Cao Yue, who was full of gossip, and thought for a moment: "Definitely."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Cao Yue with a sad face and said, "Your father asked me to persuade you. Cao Baoshan has established a firm foothold in Zhou State in recent years. He is a good person. When spring comes, he will come to Xingzhou once. You should treat him well and don't be so cold."
"No! Have you forgotten what Sister Shi Nian told us? If you marry within three generations, the children born will be deformed. We can't break the law knowingly."
"But, he is separated from us by many generations. Originally, his family was just a branch of the Cao family. Only because he has emerged in recent years, he has become close to the main family. I have checked and found that we have no relatives with him before." Cao Yue rested one hand on the table and looked at Cao Yue expressionlessly.
"How can a niece get married before her aunt?" Cao Yue raised her eyebrows.
Cao Jinhua became dispirited when she heard Cao Yue say this.
"Sisters, what is your ideal type?" Kong Twelve poked his head out from behind and then looked at Cao Jinhua: "Sister Jinhua is indeed a bit old. You are already 21 this year. Don't bury your head in books all the time!"
"I like guys like Master Ji, handsome and powerful, the key point is handsome. A gentleman who is elegant, taciturn, and you can tell at first glance that he won't love his wife!" Cao Yue couldn't help but starry eyes when she thought of Ji Lanzhou.
Kong Twelve snorted and said, "It's a pity that anyone with eyes can see that he likes Sister Qiao."
"Alas, you don't understand a girl's mind!" Cao Yue glanced at Kong Twelve and asked, "I heard that you've been going to that pancake girl's house recently. What's wrong? Are you in love?"
"Yes!" Kong Twelve said without hesitation, "She is fifteen this year, and her family is arranging a marriage for her! Naturally, I have to perform well, and in two years, I will ask Sister Qiao to be my witness."
"Hey, little brat!"
"Just a reminder, we are only one year apart in age." Kong Twelve sat back in his seat with a proud look on his face. "I am handsome, well-educated, and in love with the girl I like. I am simply a winner in life."
"Get out of here!" Cao Yue turned her head and rolled her eyes at him, expressing her disdain.
Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, Wen Jiu appeared at the door supporting Qiao Shinian. Everyone stood up and greeted Qiao Shinian respectfully.
Although they knew that Qiao Shinian could not hear, they respected the person who brought them into the light from the bottom of their hearts.
Qiao Shinian sat in the main seat with a faint smile on his face: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I won't be able to be with you for a long time in the future. For this reason, I want to say that in the new year, I will leave the academy to you all."
"Don't worry, sister. We are here to take care of you!" Xu Tian stood up and looked at Qiao Shinian. His eyes were hot and firm. "Just take good care of yourself, sister!"
"We will be good and not cause any trouble." A child stood up and answered.
"Don't worry, girl!"
"Is Cuicui here?"
Ding Cuicui stood up and handed the child to a young man next to her, then walked to Qiao Shinian and held his hand.
"I plan to open five branches in Xingzhou this year. I'll trouble you with the site selection and staffing arrangements."
'good! ’
After Ding Cuicui sat down, Qiao Shinian spoke again: "Twelve."
"Hey! Sister Qiao, I'm here!" Kong Twelve quickly rushed to Qiao Shinian and wanted to hold her hand.
Wen Jiu slapped his hand away one step ahead.
Qiao Shinian smiled and said, "I heard that you have a girl you like. If you need anything, go find Yuzhu. If the girl is still young, you can marry her and raise her first. We need to expand the academy this year, so we need you to take the trouble to teach other junior students."
"Yes, Sister Qiao!" Kong Twelve responded, then looked up at Wen Jiu with great dissatisfaction, and then looked at the red back of his hand.
Qiao Shinian paused for a moment and continued, "By the way, the genius doctor Bu Tianlin from Pogu and his apprentice have arrived in Yun County. They were naive and had some unpleasantness with others. When they left, they threatened to steal our medical tools. You should be a little careful and tell Qingshan and Qin Yu to avoid being tricked.
If we are lucky enough to catch them, don't make things difficult for them. After all, they are miracle doctors. Just keep them to do some hard labor for a few days and then let them go.
Don't let them look down on us. If they stay in the future, they might discuss medical skills with us."
Kong Twelve grinned and said with confidence and malicious intent: "Okay, Sister Qiao, don't worry, leave this matter to me!"
"Jiao Xue."
A thin girl stood up as Qiao Shinian spoke in a calm voice. She lowered her head and walked to Qiao Shinian, then knelt down.
Qiao Shinian reached out her hand but only touched the top of someone's head. After helping the person up, she patted Jiao Xue's hand and said, "This year is the first year you spend with everyone. If anyone bullies you, tell Cuicui."
Jiao Xue wiped away her tears and whispered, "I'm sorry, girl."
Qiao Shinian spoke louder: "I know about the Jiao family. The three sisters have made their own choices, and Jiao Xue chose to stay.
It was not Jiao Xue's fault that her elder sister and younger sister chose to go home. She should be loved and protected by everyone. If her mother, father or other siblings came to harass her, everyone should protect her.
Her family's misfortunes should not be blamed on her, understand?"
"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.
Qiao Shinian patted Jiao Xue's hand and smiled: "They are people who love their family very much. It is inevitable that there will be some friction when everyone gets along with each other. If you think their behavior is too much, just tell Cuicui. If Cuicui can't control those naughty kids, then tell me."
"Girl, I will give you everything in this life!" Jiao Xue held Qiao Shinian's hand and reverently placed her hand on her head, then knelt down again and kowtowed three times.
Everyone just watched silently, and no one stopped Jiao Xue's actions.
To them, Jiao Xue's family are not good people.
Jiao's parents sold their three daughters to the academy in a cruel scheme. At that time, Qiao Shinian knew that if she did not accept these three daughters, they would be sold to a brothel.
So he spent double the money to buy out the three sisters. After they entered the academy, Qiao Shinian returned the indentures to the three sisters and told them to treat the academy as their home, study hard, find something they were interested in, and use it as a means of making a living in the future.
Unexpectedly, only half a month later, the Jiao sisters secretly returned home with the rice, flour and meat from the college.
They also claimed that this was the freedom promised to them by Qiao Shinian, and that they did not want to learn any knowledge in the college and only wanted to go home and reunite with their families.