Traveling through: The down-and-out beauty refuses to be cannon fodder

Chapter 37
Seeing Fang Yuanzhi bowing his head and weeping, Xu Yuankai felt his heart burn.

Those two lines of tears fell on his heart like hot wax.

After all, sister Yuan Zhi was not completely indifferent to him.

This is enough.

He asked his grandparents, but his grandparents didn't give him an answer, they just asked him to go to the capital to honor his parents first.

Instead, his grandmother pointed out a way for him: "Marriage should be ordered by the parents, and the words of the matchmaker should not be arbitrarily."

Xu Yuankai felt a little cold in his heart.

If your grandparents support you, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

They don't express their views, most of them politely decline.

But he also thought of the half-smile in his grandfather's eyes on his ancestor's birthday party.

He originally thought that his third uncle, Xu Chun, would be an obstacle, but yesterday he heard from his grandmother that the third uncle was going to be engaged to the daughter of the Xing family. down.

Although the future is uncertain, he still wants to fight.

Fang Yuanzhi sent Xu Yuankai to the street corner before turning around.

This farewell, maybe there will be no chance to see you again in the future.

On the day Xu Yuankai left Suzhou, Fang Yuanzhi did not go to Xu's house to see him off, but took a carriage to the wharf of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

She had asked Cheng Hong that when the Xu family went to the capital, they would go to the pier and take a boat along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to go north.

She just wanted to say goodbye to Xu Yuankai in her own way.

She also bid farewell to her first love that was killed before it sprouted.

After waiting for several hours, when it was almost noon, Qing Shan, who was guarding the only way to pass by the pier, finally came to report: "Miss, Master Yuan Kai has just boarded the boat, that is the three-masted boat over there."

Fang Yuanzhi lifted the curtain of the car and looked in the direction Qingshan pointed.

Qing Shan stared at Fang Yuanzhi a few more times.

He has followed the young lady since he was seven years old, and it was the first time he saw her so well-dressed that no one could look away.

Fang Yuanzhi didn't care about Qingshan.

Seeing that the three-masted ship raised its sails and was about to start slowly, she simply got out of the carriage and stood at the pier near the water to see her off.

Because ordinary boats had already set off in the cool of the morning, there were not many people and boats at the pier at this moment, and Fang Yuanzhi's well-dressed attire was particularly prominent.

Unfortunately, Fang Yuanzhi did not see Xu Yuankai.

She silently watched the three-masted ship slowly leave the pier and sail away.

At this time, someone on the bank suddenly shouted: "Yuan Kai! Yuan Kai!"

Xu Yuankai was packing up his books, but when he heard the sound, he looked towards the shore and found that the third uncle who came to see him off was on the shore, pointing his finger in the direction of the pier.

Xu Yuankai looked towards the pier, and saw a beautiful woman standing on the pier from a distance, and it seemed that there was still a red flower on her forehead.

The beauty's radiant pink dress reflected gorgeous colors in the sun, making the beauty look as beautiful as a fairy in the clouds.

Xu Yuankai took a deep breath, his eyes were slightly moist.

He regretted that she didn't go to Xu's mansion to see her off.

I didn't expect her to bid farewell here. She, who has always been low-key, is actually so well dressed!
It's a pity he didn't have the chance to appreciate it up close.

However, no matter how she dresses up, she has always been a radiant woman, which has long been imprinted in his heart.

The lone sail is far away from the blue sky, but the sky stream of the Yangtze River is seen.

Fang Yuanzhi finally turned around and left when he saw the three-masted ship disappear, and approached his carriage under the scorching sun.

When she was approaching the carriage, she saw the curtain of the carriage next door was lifted, revealing Xu Chun's calm and handsome face.

Fang Yuanzhi simply approached Xu Chun's carriage: "Mr. Xu, I broke my promise. There is no need to continue the jade business."

It is said that she has met Xu Yuankai twice since discussing business in the Canglang Pavilion, so she did not abide by the terms of the agreement.

She also didn't want to sell her friendship to make money.

Xu Chun just smiled lightly: "It's okay. Ms. Fang keeps her promise and values ​​love and righteousness. Xu admires it."

Fang Yuanzhi was choked, and it took him a while to start another topic: "I heard that Uncle Three is engaged, and my niece is here to congratulate you on the early birth of your precious son and your happiness." As he spoke, a copious smirk appeared on his face.

But Xu Chun glanced at her with a half-smile: "Now you can feel at ease?"

What do I have to worry about?

Fang Yuanzhi asked with a smile, "I wonder which lady the third aunt is from the magistrate's family?"

Xu Chun turned cold, threw the curtain, and told the coachman, "Let's go!"

Fang Yuanzhi was not annoyed when he saw Xu Chun's carriage driving away slowly, and after a while he got on the carriage and went home without mentioning it.

It seems that Xu Chun's engagement was not so smooth, or else he would have turned his face without asking about the details.

Xu Chun was unhappy, but Fang Yuanzhi felt much more at ease.Even the hot air in the carriage seemed less unbearable.

That night, the weather became more and more sultry. In the second half of the night, the wind suddenly blew up and a heavy rainstorm fell.

For the next half month, the weather continued to rain continuously.

Originally, Fang Yuanzhi planned to open a few more medical halls in Suzhou, but in the current situation, there is no need for this.

Moreover, she offended the Wang family, and the more medical halls opened, the more dangerous it would be.

After a while, the jade business and the pharmaceutical workshop are on the right track. She plans to send her master Sai Huatuo to Suzhou to instruct the pharmaceutical workshop, and simply close the Jimin Medical Hall and Fuji Jade Store, and only work with the Xu family. Business is good.

With this thought in mind, Fang Yuanzhi didn't intend to promote Jimin Medical Hall any more, but insisted on going to his father's Thousand Household Clinic for free consultation every ten days.

There are five thousand households in Suzhou Wei.The family members of other Qianhu clinics heard about the free medical treatment in Qianhu under Fang Li, and they also clamored for free consultations and discounted medicines.

Fang Li approached Fang Yuanzhi with some embarrassment.Fang Yuanzhi waved his small hand: "What's so difficult about this?"

With the support of the Xu family's big business, she is happy to do some good deeds, and she can also accumulate some prestige for her father.

For several days in a row, Fang Yuanzhi traveled to and from several thousands of households in the rain, patiently and carefully providing free consultations and prescribing medicines for the soldiers' families, and also sent some daily medicinal materials to the commanders of the Suzhou Guards, the commanders, and the commanders. , Not worth the money, but it makes people feel heartwarming.

This day finally ended the free clinic activities, Fang Yuanzhi returned to Suzhou City with Qing Shan on horseback.

The continuous rainy days made the official roads muddy, and even when riding a horse and wearing oil jackets, there were still many muddy spots on his body.

Seeing the city gate of Suzhou from a distance, Fang Yuanzhi thought about it, and decided to find a waterside to simply wash off the mud and water on the oil coat.

Oil coat is a kind of rain gear with waterproof effect formed by applying tung oil to cloth and silk. It was invented as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was relatively popular in the Ming Dynasty. It is a common rainproof product.

Qingshan was not as clean as Fang Yuanzhi, so he led the horse and waited beside the official road.

There are people coming and going on the road, and there are not many passing cars, horses and pedestrians.

There were two passers-by dressed as farmers who seemed to be familiar with each other. Standing by the official road, they began to chat:

"Brother Zhao, long time no see, why have you entered the city?"

"That's right, all the well-connected people in our village have entered the city, and now they are afraid of flooding!"

"No way? Our Suzhou waterways extend in all directions, and we haven't had a flood for many years!"

(End of this chapter)