Chapter 49
Meanwhile, Shopkeeper He did not leave immediately after escaping from the Hot Spring Villa, but waited not far away for the movement in the villa.
The young master was already on the point of death, don"t know if that stupid master of his would run into big trouble just like this?
If the Marquis Estate’s young master really died at his hands, afraid he would never have a place in the Hu Family again!
Shopkeeper He was feeling delighted inwardly when he suddenly saw Gu Jiao’s group coming out of the villa unharmed.
He froze.
What was going on?
The young master didn"t die? Or were they just like them, fleeing without treating him?
But seeing how calm and at ease they were, it didn’t look like that...
While Shopkeeper He was blankly racking his brain, Gu Jiao and others got into the carriage and headed to Dean Li"s residence.
The servant girl named Yu Ya"er chased them outside, "Aiya! Rejuvenation Hall! You people, wait!"
However, the carriage had already gone far and could no longer hear her shouts.
Yu Ya"er held on to the pillar of the archway and panted.
Shopkeeper He came out blankly from behind the big tree, came up to her and asked, "Girl, may I ask why you are looking for the three of them?"
Yu Ya"er replied, "Why else would I look for them? It’s about my young master... "
Shopkeeper He"s eyes lit up at once!
Could it be that the young master really died at their hands?
Yu Ya"er took a breath and then said, "My young master has woken up and is throwing a fit of temper around!"
Shopkeeper He knew every single word, but put together, he seemed to fail to understand it, "Is the young master’s disease..."
"Rejuvenation Hall really has a G.o.dly physician! My young master is awake now! Furthermore, he even has the strength to fly into rage!" Yu Ya"er was extremely happy. Her young master tore up four antique paintings of the Marquis in one breath. He hadn"t been this energetic in a whole year!
Shopkeeper He expressed that he couldn"t keep up with the other party’s words...
Yu Ya"er sighed in self-blame, "It"s all because we were so happy that we forgot to pay them the treatment fee!"
"Wait, wait, you mean... They..." Shopkeeper He could hardly say the rest. That was totally impossible!
Unexpectedly, Yu Ya"er nodded like pounding a garlic, "Yeah! It was them who woke up my young master just now!"
This was simply a blind cat running into a dead mouse!
Even if you beat him to death, Shopkeeper He would never believe that a physician from a small town could be so skilled. However, it didn’t prevent him from taking credit for himself!
"Yes, our Rejuvenation Hall indeed has a G.o.dly physician that can bring the dying back to life!"
"What are you talking about?" Yu Ya"er rolled her eyes.
"I..." Shopkeeper He smiled wryly and said, "That man is the Second Owner of our Rejuvenation Hall, the Hu Family"s eldest master!"
Yu Ya"er said mockingly, "Didn’t you just happen to have the same name? They are the Rejuvenation Hall in town, and you are the Rejuvenation Hall in the capital! You have nothing to do with them! They have nothing to do with the Hu Family! Did you forget what you said so quickly? Hehe!"
…...
Second Owner could be said to have narrowly escaped death this time, how could he still have the mind to remember about the payment? But Gu Jiao did remember it, just, she thought the Second Owner already accepted it.
When the carriage arrived at Dean Li"s residence, Dean Li had just returned from fishing. At the moment, he shed off his Dean"s uniform, and instead wore a fisherman"s attire with a fisherman"s conical bamboo hat and woven rush raincoat. He really looked like a fisherman.
Of course, if you approached him, you could still feel his extraordinary temperament and conversational manner.
Gu Jiao and Second Owner alighted the carriage.
"You are..." Dean Li had never seen Gu Jiao before, let alone Second Owner.
Gu Jiao replied politely, "Xiao Liulang is my husband. I came with my younger brother today to pay you a visit. My younger brother is already in the house."
Dean Li"s att.i.tude changed in an instant. All this time, he had always rejected students" visits, but if the other person was related to Xiao Liulang, the family of his future beloved disciple, that was another matter.
Second Owner: Why do I feel that the Dean was suddenly looking at his own daughter-in-law?
Dean Li said, "How should I address you?”
Gu Jiao replied, "My surname is Gu, and the villagers call me Jiao girl."
In fact, the villagers called her ‘little fool’.
Gu Jiao introduced Second Owner and the old physician to the Dean, "...they also came to the neighborhood today and gave me a lift."
The Dean was very polite to not inquire about the other party’s business in the neighborhood. He simply expressed his sincere grat.i.tude to Second Owner for helping his students and his family, and invited Second Owner and others to come into the house together.
"Is he the Dean of Tianxiang Academy?" Entering the courtyard, Second Owner asked Gu Jiao in a low voice.
"En." Her husband was a student of Tianxiang Academy, naturally, his Dean was the Dean of Tianxiang Academy. Did he just realize it now?
Second Owner had been so tense about the treatment of the young master all morning that he even forgot his own surname. How could he still think about this?
When he realized it, he felt that things were not simple.
The Dean"s reputation in the town might not be very obvious, but in the capital, he was an existence that people would go after like a flock of ducks. He studied under the tutelage of the Old Chief of the Imperial Academy and was the first amongst the four gifted scholars in the capital. Second Owner, who was a few years younger than the Dean, grew up in the Dean’s shadow. Every parent wanted their son to grow up into a talented man like the Dean, but unfortunately most of them only ended up growing into a rookie-level.
The Dean was simply a nightmare for their generation.
Because of this one abnormal existence, how many parents felt that their son was useless?
In terms of family background, the Hu Family was a hundred-year-old medical family, while the Dean only had an ordinary background. However, in terms of influence, all the children of the Hu Family combined couldn’t compare to a single Dean Li.
He was once a great scholar-official of the cabinet, but he heard that he moved here to take care of his ill mother.
The Dean arrived at Qingquan Town earlier than Second Owner. Second Owner initially thought about whether to visit him or not, but at the thought of that shadow from his younger days, he quickly gave up.
Of course, the main reason was that he knew the Dean wouldn’t meet him.
"I heard that... He doesn"t accept gifts." Second Owner told Gu Jiao in a whisper. The Dean was incorruptible when he was still an official, offending quite a lot of people. After he came here and opened up an academy, he even more despised the act of giving and accepting things in private.
Gu Jiao took out the mountain goods from her back basket and said, "Dean, this is from Liulang to show his filial respect to you!"
The dean hurriedly took it, his movement so fast as if afraid that someone would go back on their word, "Liulang is thoughtful."
Second Owner was dumbfounded: This, aren’t you even going to act a bit polite? If I don"t know any better, I would question why you, a dignified academy Dean, is lacking mountain goods!
Dean: His mouth refuses, but his body is very honest. See now, he even let his wife send him his discipleship gift!
Gu Xiaoshun, encouraged by Gu Jiao, also presented his own New Year gift—— a woodcarving carved by himself.
He loved carving things, otherwise he wouldn"t have engraved his name on the handle of Gu Jiao’s umbrella. He originally intended to give this woodcarving to Gu Jiao, but Gu Jiao said it was important to give it to the Dean first, and that he could carve another one for her later.
Gu Xiaoshun felt that his sister’s words were very reasonable, so he decided to give away this woodcarving!
What he carved was Gu Jiao’s face, which was vivid and remarkably lifelike, and without the birthmark on her face, it was as beautiful as a fairy.
But... was it really okay to give your sister"s wooden sculpture to your Dean?
The corner of Second Owner’s mouth twitched.
So did the corner of Gu Jiao"s mouth. She didn"t expect Gu Xiaoshun’s woodcarving to be this.
The Dean’s expression was also somewhat indescribable. Wasn"t it a bit inappropriate to display the wooden sculpture of your student"s wife in your own house?
Just then, Old Madam Li woke up, and when she saw the woodcarving, her eyes brightened at once: Bodhisattva!
Old Madam Li took Gu Jiao"s wooden sculpture and placed it devoutly on the table in her room. She even lit two incense sticks.
Gu Jiao：“…”
Dean: "..."
Everyone else: "..."
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Everyone But Me Is Reborn
Her father is a coward and senselessly filial. Her mother is weak and gullible. Her elder brother is a wastrel.
When she married into the w.a.n.gfu, she suffered and was coldly treated. And by the time she was in labour, she was fated to die with the unborn child in her belly.
This was supposed to be Ning Nuan"s life.
However this time, everyone but her is reborn.
Ning Nuan is at a loss. She felt that her dad has suddenly become the pillar of the family, her mother’s temper became fierce, and even her elder brother, who would only walk the dogs and play with birds all day, has begun picking up books and reading them carefully.
There is also that juvenile that shows up at the wall of her courtyard everyday, calling her “Ah Nuan, Ah Nuan” with an honest face.