Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Zhong Lingyu Xiu_l

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Zhong Lingyu Xiu_l

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The few of them chatted about family matters for a while, after which Wen Jingyan requested to meet Jiang Erlang. As a doctor himself, he wanted to check Jiang Erlang’s pulse.

Jiang’s old man naturally agreed, immediately getting up and taking the three of them to his second son’s house.

Village children followed them from a distance, chattering all the way, curious about this distinguished guest who was visiting the Jiang family.

When they passed by the house of the third son, the old man from Jiang introduced, “This is my third son’s house.”

Wen Jingyan noticed a large deer in the courtyard, with a saddle on its back, clearly intended as a mount for people.

He was astonished and proposed to go in and have a look.

Upon entering the house of Jiang’s third son, they saw a few sheds set up in the courtyard and a large stove. Under an apple tree, a mat was spread out, and four boys were playing with Kongming Locks.

The old man from Jiang chuckled and said: “The eldest is my first son’s child, and the second son’s. The twins are my third son’s.”

“Oh,” Wen Jingyan laughed, “your Jiang family is indeed prosperous.”

“Hehe, not at all,” the old man from Jiang stroked his beard, his smile broad.

Since there were no adults in the house of the third son, Wen Jingyan didn’t feel it appropriate to linger and went on to the house of Jiang Erlang with the old man from Jiang.

At that moment, Jiang Erlang was at home, dividing up some golden mushrooms. Hearing someone’s visit, he hurriedly came out from the bamboo shed.

“Erlang, this Mr. Wen here wants to check your pulse,” announced the old man from Jiang straightforwardly.

Jiang Erlang stepped forward to greet them, and after introducing each other further, they all entered the main room.

Wen Jingyan took Jiang Erlang’s pulse and found indeed he was very healthy. He stroked his beard, nodded, and smiled, “Congratulations. You are in good health, young man.”

Jiang Erlang scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

Even he himself had almost forgotten that he had been ill, let alone someone else remembered.

After sitting for a while, Wen Jingyan and the others got up to wander outside, but showed no sign of leaving.

The old man from Jiang perceived that he would probably have to serve them dinner.

For such a dinner, they would of course need to invite some people to accompany them.

Hence, the Clan Leader Chen Sanyou and the Master were once again invited to the Jiang family for a meal.

Luckily, the Jiang family was now well-off and could afford several tables of food daily.

Had it been in the past, having such frequent feasts could have impoverished a family.

At the dinner, naturally they talked about the Jiang family growing golden mushrooms.

The Clan Leader and Chen Sanyou seemed to want to say something but stopped, given the distinguished guest present, they didn’t go into deep discussion.

Afterward, they talked about the local river Chuanhe and the forests.

Wen Jingyan laughed and said, “Such a place, with clear mountains and beautiful waters, makes me reluctant to leave.

The Clan Leader laughed and responded, “If the elder doesn’t mind, why not stay for a few more days? My house is quite spacious; if the elder doesn’t despise it, feel free to rest at my humble abode.”

Assuming that Mr. Wen, who was passing by, would decline, to his surprise, Wen Jingyan nodded with a smile, “I’d rather follow your command than refuse. I’ll be imposing on you.”

The Clan Leader was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed, “That’s great! I’ll have someone clean up a few rooms for you when we get back.” As such, Mr. Wen and his grandson Wen Hengchuan decided to stay.

However, though they were staying in the house of the Clan Leader, it was not right to eat their food and use their things every day.

Wen Hengchuan had the attendant buy grain and dishes and sent them to the Clan Leader’s house.

Of course, he also sent quite a bit to the Jiang family.

The grandfather and grandson stayed this way, strolling around every day, and often ended up at the Jiang family. They chatted very congenially with the old man from Jiang.

In his entire life, the old man from Jiang has never met such a humble nobleman, so naturally, he was willing to chat with him more.

Wen Jingyan, a learned medical practitioner, could roughly know a person’s health by just looking at their complexion.

However, it seemed that everyone in the Jiang family was robust and ruddy. Compared to the surrounding villagers, the difference was evident.

Especially the family of Jiang Sanlang, the women were fair and soft, the three children were smart and outstanding, and Jiang Sanlang was even more robust and handsome. If it wasn’t for their coarse and plain clothes, Wen Jingyan would think that this was a family of well-bred sons and daughters of some illustrious household.

One day, while Wen Jingyan was leisurely walking around the village with his eldest grandson, they “accidentally” bumped into the little girl from the Jiang family who was riding a deer.

“Your name is Yingbao, isn’t it?” Wen Jingyan asked with a smile.

Yingbao nodded, suddenly remembering Sister Wen.

She wanted to ask this grandfather Wen if there was a girl named Wen Shu in his family, but she couldn’t.

Not only could she not ask, she couldn’t even mention it.

Upon seeing the child’s lively eyes and recognizing her as a clever one, Wen Jingyan asked, “I heard from your grandfather that you can already read and write?”

Yingbao: “Mmm, learned from Brother Yuanbao.”

“Then do you want to learn medicine?” Wen Jingyan asked with a beaming smile.

Yingbao’s eyes lit up as she quickly nodded, “Yes! Grandfather Wen, are you going to take me as your apprentice?”

Wen Jingyan stroked his beard and laughed, “I don’t take apprentices anymore. However, we have clan schools at my place, even schools for girls. If you’re willing, and your parents agree, I can take you back and enroll you in school.” “Where is your home then?” Yingbao asked.

If it were in the county town, she could go, because her father would go to the county town every month or two to sell golden ears, so it wouldn’t prevent her from seeing her family.

“Not in the county town, my family clan is in Yuzhou, which is nearly a thousand miles away from here.”

“That’s far.” Yingbao quickly shook her head, “No, I’m not going.”

Are you kidding me, she hadn’t even been that far in her previous life.

Moreover, she didn’t want to separate from her parents and younger brother.

Wen Jingyan stroked his beard, seemingly not regretful.

Yingbao stole glances at the old man with white beard, then looked at the young man beside him, she didn’t feel that they had any resemblance with Sister Wen.

“Grandfather Wen, do you have a little sister at home who is about eight or nine years old? A little sister who is about the same age as my Sister Dani.”

Wen Jingyan laughed, “There are quite a lot.”

Yingbao rolled her eyes and asked again, “Then what are their names?”

Wen Jingyan looked at the little girl, not irritated, but instead said seriously, “There are many granddaughters in my family and I can’t remember all their names.”

Yingbao felt a little disappointed, sighed heavily, and drooped her head.

Sister Wen never mentioned the names of her family members, nor what her family’s pharmacy was called. But once, she seemed to mention that she had a little brother named Baobao, a name similar to hers.

But Baobao is usually a nickname, only those closest would call that. This old man Wen didn’t even know his granddaughter’s full name, so it’s even less likely he knows his grandson’s nickname.

Seeing the little girl seemed a bit upset, Wen Hengchuan, who stood beside them, asked out of curiosity, “Why does Yingbao want to ask for their names?” He had never seen a child ask such a question.

Yingbao blinked her eyes and made up a random excuse, “Because I want to play with them. Now, my big sister and second sister are all very busy and have no time to play with me.”

Wen Hengchuan held his forehead.

“I see that your village also has a school. Since you can already read, why don’t you go to school with your little cousin? It has to be better than wandering around alone.”

“Because the school master does not allow girls into the school.” Yingbao said.

Wen Jingyan glanced at his grandson.

Wen Hengchuan suddenly felt like he had just asked a silly question and uncomfortably coughed.

Oh, talking to a little kid can inadvertently lower your own intelligence.

Although the Great Qian Dynasty didn’t prohibit girls from going to school, girls’ schools only existed in the families of officials or the extremely wealthy, nothing like that existed in small mountain villages.

Not only could girls not go to school, many boys also didn’t even have the chance to learn to read..