bookcurios Chapter 226 When Will You Wait?
Chapter 226 When Will You Wait?
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"Is there only one person in your family chasing Shi Wu on the other side?" Shen Lingzhu couldn't help but ask again.
Young Master Guo nodded and said, "Originally, there were two other brothers, but one of them was shot by this fellow's poison dart and fell into the water and was later sent to the hospital.
The other one was chasing Shi Wu and the other two when they separated, but I don’t know where he is now.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to the ground. Fortunately, Huang Zongqi was quick to catch him, "Big Bamboo!"
"I'm coming." Shen Miaozhu parked the car, grabbed the medical kit from the basket and ran over.
After checking, he said, "He was injured and ran too fast, there is some poison in the wound."
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"Yeah." The little girl was not very young, only eight years old. Shen Lingzhu looked up and smiled at him, then quickly lowered her head and breathed a sigh of relief.
Along the way, the elder brother kept telling her that everyone in the family was preparing to welcome her, and she almost knew the words by heart.
Or when it was the first time he took his sister home alone, he always tried to be considerate.
Just as they were about to get home after getting off the carriage and taking a few steps, her brother bent down and handed her a handkerchief: "You must be tired from walking. Wipe your sweat. This year's dog days are hotter than in previous years, and the afternoon is the hottest time of the year.
How about you let me carry the little thing you were carrying?"
"I'm not hot, big brother. Xiaobai is not hot either." Shen Lingzhu mobilized the weak vitality in his body to circulate around his body, which was also able to ward off the heat a little. The little white goose in the backpack stuck its head out and clucked twice in response.
She smiled at her eldest brother Shen Xianzhu and raised her face, spreading her palms: "Look, no sweat."
Shen Xianzhu couldn't take her friend away, so she had no choice but to carefully check and put away the handkerchief, "It's time to turn the corner, the first one is..."
As the two of them turned the corner, the red seal on the door of the first house at the entrance of the alley glared into their eyes.
"This?" Shen Xianzhu hurried over and did not forget to grab his sister's sleeve to keep a close eye on her.
Shen Lingzhu blinked again and again, trying to remain calm on her round little face, with the words "I never expected this" flashing in her mind.
Just as she was about to take a closer look at which government office the seal belonged to, her eldest brother grabbed her hand and ran to the next door to knock on it.
The teenager calmed down, took a deep breath and prepared to speak, but the doorman next door opened the door and saw that it was him, and quickly closed the door without saying a word.
Shen Xianzhu was almost hit in the face by the door and was stunned on the spot. Was the incident at home very serious?
"Brother, let's go to another house." After Shen Lingzhu reminded him, he quickly knocked on a door.
This time it was the host who opened the door, and he was more friendly. He told them that yesterday afternoon, their father Shen Huai was dismissed from his job, all the family property and assets were confiscated, and the emperor ordered him to return to his hometown.
Due to the circumstances, people are not very clear about the matter, or they don’t want to say more.
Before the two siblings left, they learned from someone that their mother had a miscarriage and was seeking medical treatment at Jirentang.
"Mom is about to give birth!" Shen Xianzhu's eyes turned red with anger. He grabbed his sister's wrist and walked quickly.
There were many pedestrians on the street, so his speed was restricted. Fortunately, Jirentang was not too far away.
However, when the two went in to ask, the doctor told them that just half an hour ago, officials had escorted their family out of the city.
They turned to chase him, but the waiter ran out of the counter and stopped him to ask for money, saying that his family still owed one or two taels of silver for the medicine. "You don't know when you will return to Beijing, why don't you pay it back first?"
Seeing her elder brother take out a piece of silver and stuff it into someone's pocket before leaving, Shen Lingzhu immediately broke free from his hand and turned back, saying, "Please settle the bill and give me the change."
Although she didn't know the size of one tael and two qian of silver, this piece of money was from when she paid the fare before and the driver said he couldn't make change for two taels of silver.
Now that the family property has been lost, money is needed. Her parents understand that her eldest brother is anxious, but money cannot be wasted.
"Little sister..." Shen Xianzhu was thinking of his parents and quickly turned around to pull her away.
But Shen Lingzhu couldn't resist his sister who insisted on taking the bill and change before leaving, and he specifically asked the waiter to change it into copper coins.
When the two siblings rented a mule cart and drove outside the city gate, they looked at the pedestrians and vehicles in the distance, but there was no sign of their family.
They rode at full speed and chased along the official road for more than ten miles, but still could not catch up. When Shen Xianzhu kept urging the driver, the carriage avoided people and fell into the ditch.
After finally pushing the car out, the driver refused to continue, saying that if the car went any faster it would fall apart. He resolutely returned half of the copper coins and turned around and left.
Shen Lingzhu grabbed his eldest brother who was running around anxiously and asked, "Could it be that we are catching up with them?
My mother is about to give birth, and we can’t get there quickly by car.”
She was not without reason. The carriages and horses of that era were all made of wood, and being able to run ten miles in half an hour was considered extremely fast.
What's more, it would take the officials fifteen minutes to escort him out of the city, and it was impossible for his family to take the car.
And they haven’t even paid for the medicine, so how can they have money to rent a car?
My eldest brother is not very calm now. After asking at the city gate and knowing that his family members have indeed left the city under the supervision of the officials, my eldest brother just kept urging the car to go faster and faster.
"Huh, yes, maybe he went to Mama Gu's house." Shen Xianzhu calmed down a little, "Stand here and don't move. I'll go stop a car."
Shen Lingzhu didn't hold anyone back. Most of the cars entering the city under the scorching sun were caravans loaded with goods.
As expected, her brother failed to stop the car. "Why don't we just walk slowly and look for it. Maybe we'll run into it along the way?"
If there really isn't one, it's easier to rent a car at the city gate."
There was no choice but for the two siblings to walk, and Shen Xianzhu even said he would carry her on his back.
Shen Lingzhu refused firmly and said, "Brother, let's compete in physical strength now. I will beat you."
So under the scorching sun, behind the yellow dust raised by the carriages and horses, a big and a small person walked hand in hand.
As they were walking, Shen Xianzhu suddenly stopped, and the next moment he pulled her to run.
When Shen Lingzhu looked around to see where his parents were, they met a native man pulling a cart, his body and face covered in yellow mud.
"Second sister!" Shen Xianzhu almost didn't dare to recognize her. His sister, who usually liked to wear bright clothes, was now wearing a coarse linen dress, and even her hair was messy.
The key point is that this delicate and weak body is pulling a heavy two-wheeled cart.
The native said calmly: "It's my eldest brother, my parents are in the car."
This tone was not like that of the delicate second sister described by the eldest brother. Shen Lingzhu observed calmly.
Seeing her park the car to the side, she casually sat on the ground and looked up at the sky boredly.
Before Shen Lingzhu could think about it, her elder brother's choked voice rang out, "Dad, Mom, wake up!"
Only then did she turn her attention to the car. A middle-aged couple looked haggard and unconscious. They were also wearing coarse linen clothes. In the middle was a small package with a piece of paper sticking out and several packets of medicine.
The man had a bandage on his head, with a slight trace of blood seeping out.
The woman protected her bulging belly with her hands, her brows furrowed.
"Dad, Mom..." Shen Xianzhu was still shaking them.
Shen Lingzhu quickly reached out and touched the necks of the two men, then pulled his eldest brother away and said, "We need to find a cool place to boil the medicine."
After saying that, he used his mysterious steps to run to a tree in the distance, climbed up and dropped several large branches, and quickly turned around to provide shade for the cart.
The speed was so fast that Shen Xianzhu forgot to call his parents, while the native sitting on the ground had his eyes shining.