Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

The snow kept falling and stopping along the way, and a thick layer of snow accumulated on the ground. The coachman often had to get off the coach and lead the animals on foot.

Like the Gu family guards, the followers in this convoy also wore the same woolen short coats, thick cotton trousers, and leggings on their legs, and walked against the wind.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when a city came into sight.

It was also at this time that, as they got closer to the city, even the snow on the ground was obviously cleared to both sides of the avenue by some unknown person.

The road will be easier to walk on.

Gu Dali, who led the team to Lin County Post Station to greet them, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. It didn't matter if these old and young masters arrived at the manor earlier or later.

But for the daughter of the Qi family, Doctor Lin's family of three, and Chen Wenpo's grandparents and grandchildren, it would still be inconvenient even if there were a brazier and a red clay stove in the carriage.

It would be best if we could get into the city gate before dark.

Just like quenching thirst by looking at a plum, there was no need for Gu Dali to say more. Everyone moved forward faster and faster with one mind. Soon, they arrived at the city gate.

Here, the wind is weaker.

Gu Dahua and Jiaxing had been waiting with their men for a long time. Without waiting for the convoy to stop, they quickly ordered their men to serve hot ginger tea and then quickly met up with Gu Dali.

Gu Dali led the way to meet the managers of Zhou and Qi governments.

Gu Dahua, the steward of the Gu family, stayed behind, while the two servants representing Gu Wenxuan and Zhou Yujiang bowed and apologized before going to the middle of the convoy to pay their respects.

Among them were the two third sons of the Zhou and Qi families. Unlike the female members who were still in the carriage, the two of them just came out to take a breath.

Because they knew the date of Qingyang County's annual exam in advance, not to mention the managers of the Zhou and Qi mansions, even Doctor Lin and the others knew that the son-in-law and the fourth young master of the Zhou mansion could not be present at this time.

Besides, it would not be a good idea for the group to block the city gate, especially considering that the Second Master of the Zhou Mansion (Zhou Changshun) and Master Gu (Gu Erzhu) and others were already waiting for their arrival in Qinghe Village.

Therefore, the two third sons of the Zhou and Qi families, as well as Doctor Lin and his wife, unanimously decided to go into the city instead of resting at the Gu family residence, and go directly to Qinghe Village.

It is less than twenty miles from Qingyang County to Qinghe Village, which is neither far nor near. Gu Erzhu and Zhou Sishun went to the workshop at the entrance of Gujiazhuang village early in the afternoon and waited.

At two quarters after 3 p.m., another man came back riding a fast horse. Upon learning that the group had arrived in Qingyang County, they came straight here. The two relatives could not stay any longer.

After sending someone back to the manor to report, the two relatives could not be stopped. They put on their cloaks themselves and walked towards the market at the intersection hand in hand.

Chang Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw this, but he had to admit that what the two masters said made a lot of sense.

Regardless of the fact that the Third Young Master and his younger generation were arriving for the first time, the fact that Doctor Lin and his wife braved the cold weather and came from afar for their daughter was enough to show their generosity.

The couple was not like the midwife hired at a huge price by the grandparents. They came here purely because of the family connections and for the sake of his daughter.

However, as time passed, a convoy appeared, and Chang Qing soon discovered that Dr. Lin and his wife had another purpose for coming here.

——Doctor Lin’s husband, Doctor Song, came here to pay a visit to his uncle.

If Doctor Song had not said it himself, not only would Gu Erzhu not know that his Erlang's master had a nephew who was a son-in-law of the Shanglin family, even Chang Qing would not have thought of it.

Considering the safety of his daughter, he found out that Doctor Dong from Qinghe Village, who was called a semi-immortal, came to Qingyang County from Cizhou. Later, he settled in Qinghe Village, which was surrounded by mountains, through his senior brother who worked in the town's clinic. During this period, he also accepted Erlang of the Gu family as his last disciple.

Even now, his daughter has been planting herbs on two hills she bought nearby, and this is partly due to the efforts of Dr. Dong.

He seemed to be a loner and often had mood swings, but he had good medical ethics, so he reported this to Lord (Zhou), who replied by telling him that there was no need to conduct a thorough investigation.

Also.

How could the lord not be on guard against the doctor around the girl? It seems that the lord has already sent people to investigate this person's background and will not be bribed by someone with ulterior motives to endanger the young lady.

However, Doctor Song really couldn't go to visit his uncle first at this time. It had nothing to do with etiquette or filial piety, but Doctor Dong happened to be out of the village for the past two days.

As Zhou Banxia built a workshop, a market appeared at the intersection of the official road. The conditions in Qinghe Village improved a lot, but that didn’t mean that no one lived in thatched houses in other villages.

Across the river from Qinghe Village, to the west, there is Wangbei Village, two villages away called Heishankou. There, a family’s house collapsed due to the snow in the middle of the night.

What’s worse is that not only did the head of the family have his legs crushed by the pillar, but his son also had a high fever.

It just so happened that there was a hunter in that village who had a broken leg and needed a follow-up check-up. Doctor Dong went to the village yesterday and stayed there. He was said to be back tomorrow.

This is said to have been said by Gu Erlang, the last disciple of Doctor Dong. There is no doubt about its authenticity. Gu Erlang even went to Heishankou before going to the clinic this morning.

It was Gu Erzhu. After his eldest son went to the clinic, he sent Huiming to drive the carriage back. He also prepared some fine grains and coarse grains, as well as old cotton-padded clothes of various sizes, and asked Huiming to deliver them to Heishankou on the way.

It’s not that I’m reluctant to send them new cotton clothes, just like the fine grains are for Doctor Dong to eat, and the coarse grains are for that family.

If he dared to give new cotton-padded clothes to a family today, there would definitely be many people in ragged clothes gathering at the entrance of Gujiazhuang village before dark, without having to wait until tomorrow.

Although there is a gatehouse and guards at the entrance of Gujiazhuang village, and even the back doors of the workshops on both sides are not allowed to be entered without permission, people have to kneel down at the entrance of the village and beg?
Disgusting.

It's the end of the year, and the family hasn't prepared winter clothes yet. No matter if you are really poor or just pretending to be poor, as the saying goes, help in emergencies but not in poverty.

What's more, how many people could be saved and outsiders could be helped? What about the clansmen and relatives? Even if San Ya had a mountain of gold, it would not be enough to fill the hole in people's hearts.

Of course, these thoughts are not easy to share with outsiders.

Gu Erzhu briefly explained to Doctor Song, who was traveling with him in the carriage, why Doctor Dong was not in the village today and why he would definitely return to the village tomorrow.

Just as the convoy was about to arrive at the entrance of Gujiazhuang Village, he invited Dr. Song and everyone else to go into the village first without any nonsense, and discuss the next step after they were settled.

The next step would be if Doctor Song was eager to go to Heishankou to pay a visit to Doctor Dong, or if he sent his attendant to find Doctor Dong, it would not be a difficult task.

It's only two villages away, so if you go there after dark you don't have to worry about the carriage being difficult to navigate on the road. It didn't snow this afternoon, so there won't be much snow on the road.

Especially since there was a heavy snowfall a few nights ago that collapsed all the thatched houses, the snow on the roads will only get thicker. Even if no one is killed, at this critical juncture, for their own safety, the village heads will send the young and old men in the village to repair the roofs and clean the village roads without the order from the head of the village.

In their Qinghe Village, there was no need for the head of the village to show up. Whenever it snowed heavily, the heads of the two families would have asked those whose roofs were not solid to take shelter in the ancestral hall for two days.

It was only because Heishankou had so many surnames and no proper ancestral hall that the family still had a chance to squeeze into someone else's house and bump into him. (End of this chapter)