Chapter 193: Relatives in the Capital
Zhou Wenzhi and Zhou Defeng patted each other’s backs the moment they met.
"Wenzhi, it’s been so long since you stepped into the Capital," Zhou Defeng suddenly felt melancholic. "Now, you are already an old man with white hair."
"If only things didn’t unfold in such a way back then..." he shook his head.
Zhou Wenzhi smiled. "Elder Brother Defeng, how are you?" Then, he shook his head. "Everything happened for a reason."
Zhou Defeng soon shifted his attention to Zhou Wenzhi’s descendants. "This is all of your descendants? They look so handsome and beautiful."
Zhou Anran and others immediately thanked Zhou Defeng. They also started introducing themselves to him.
He nodded. "My son just went to deliver some potted plants to the nearby market. It’s an urgent order. He will be back soon." He paused for a bit before asking. "Where is your wife? I thought last time you said that you have a wife already?"
"It’s fine, it’s fine. We have a lot of time to catch up with each other." Zhou Wenzhi shook his head and then smiled wryly."I am no longer married now, just focusing on raising my descendants."
Upon hearing that, Zhou Defeng was surprised before he showed a look of understanding. His eyes swept over the people present, and he quickly realized something.
Not long after, someone came from the kitchen to deliver some refreshment, Zhou Yanchao’s wife, Lin Xiulan.
"Uncle, please try them. They are fresh from the kitchen, still warm," Lin Xiulan said kindly, smiling at them.
Zhou Defeng’s wife had passed away, so she took charge to deal with the household matters.
Ever since her father-in-law had informed that a relative from Qingshan county would come to the Capital, she had been preparing for it, buying all sorts of groceries from the market.
The newly reunited relatives began to get to know each other, spending time together.
Zhou Wenzhi guessed that Xiao Yuanwei’s help wouldn’t arrive so soon, and he also didn’t directly mention the fact that they were in difficulty to Zhou Defeng.
Xiao Jingran had told them that Physician Bai who had gone to wander with his three medicine boys also would drop by the Capital.
"How long are you going to stay in the Capital? Just stay at this house, think of it as your own house," Zhou Defeng let out a chuckle, seemingly genuinely happy.
"Then, we will trouble you for a while, Elder Brother Defeng," Zhou Wenzhi said carefully. "Before we find a house here, we have to squeeze in your place."
Upon hearing that, Zhou Defeng was happy. "Does it mean you will stay in the Capital? Good, good! Our family is getting bigger."
Then, he thought of something and frowned. "Why do you need to buy a house? Just stay here."
Zhou Wenzhi smiled and chuckled. "The children want their own house, so they might as well just buy one in the Capital."
He nodded, suggesting something. "That house right beside ours is a good place. It’s such a good time that coincidentally, you also arrived here. I will go ask them the price for you."
They chatted a bit more, reminiscing about the old times.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qingya was also talking to the System.
[System, I have so many points now, and with the spring water, I don’t need to buy fertilizer anymore. What do you think I should buy next?]
The System immediately advised. [Host, save your points for emergencies.]
Xiao Qingya patted her little chest and agreed. Still...
[Do you think I can buy some medicine prescription? I heard that Physician Bai is researching a cure for a certain disease now. Or... do you have a tracking item that can instantly locate my second sister?]
[If we bribe Physician Bai, he will work harder to help find my second sister then.]
Her little face was all scrunched up, still feeling guilty over her missing sister.
[Um, Host?] Xiao Xue stopped licking its paws.
Xiao Qingya turned to it questioningly.
[Don’t you have your master... why don’t you ask him? He still has some skills in divination...]
Her eyes widened in shock. [You mean my cheap master? Wait, that’s right. Why don’t I ask him instead?]
Suddenly, they heard a commotion from the front door. Someone was knocking on it loudly.
"Mr. Zhou, open the door!"
Zhou Defeng furrowed his brows. Lin Xiulan immediately got up. "Father, let me open the door. It might be my husband coming back home."
She didn’t want their conversation to be interrupted. However, if it was really her husband returning home, why did he knock the door instead of directly opening it?
Lin Xiulan resisted the sudden uneasiness in her heart and slowly opened the door.
Then, the sight before her really shocked her to the core.
"Husband, what happened to you?" She cried, approaching Zhou Yanchao who was put into a stretcher but also didn’t dare to touch him.
"Go inside, please bring my husband inside, uncles!" She opened the door wide.
The men carrying Zhou Yanchao immediately stepped into the door carefully so that they wouldn’t drop him.
"Where do we put him?" One man asked.
The ruckus at the door had caught Zhou Defeng and Zhou Wenzhi’s attention. They immediately got up. Just as the others were about to follow, Xiao Jingran shook his head and stopped his siblings.
He had heard what happened with his acute hearing sense. It wouldn’t be polite if they were to crowd around the injured patient.
Soon, the men delivered the unconscious Zhou Yanchao to his room, and they came out one by one.
Zhou Wenzhi immediately turned to Zhou Defeng. "Let Jing’er take a look at Yanchao. He has been studying under an experienced physician for a while."
He looked surprised, and then hurriedly nodded. Xiao Jingran entered the room.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly burst into the room. His face filled with disagreement.
"Grandfather, how can you let any random person take a look at my father?"