The evil sister is in charge, and the mother is getting married

Chapter 32: Tianqi Envoys Arrive in Beijing Soon

"It's really a waste to give such a good thing to my broken body." Lu Li's slender fingers gently brushed across the wooden box on the table. After opening it, he saw a ginseng as thick as a baby's arm lying in the box.

"When did Old Man Ding become so capable? Can he even find thousand-year-old ginseng?"

When Ling Er heard his master's self-deprecating words, he just pursed his lips and didn't respond. He didn't know how to respond to his master, so he chose to keep silent.

"I remember that Old Man Ding seems to be in Sishui Town, Linhai County, not far from here?"

"My Lord, yes, Dr. Ding has opened a small pharmacy over there. It would take a day for a carriage to get there."

Ling Er immediately told everything he knew. In name, they were personal guards, but in reality, they were secret guards specially trained by the old prince for the two young masters. There were ten of them in total, with numbers one, three, five, seven, and nine following the second young master, and numbers two, four, six, eight, and ten following the eldest young master.

"Where's Yu?"

"The envoys from Tianqi will arrive in Beijing soon, and the Second Young Master has been summoned back to the palace by the prince."

Lu Li tapped the table with his fingers, calculating the time. The Queen Mother's birthday was at the end of this month, and A Yu would definitely be busy since he had to receive the envoys from Tianqi Kingdom.

Only a sickly guy like him who spends all day with medicine bottles could be so idle. He clenched his palms and lowered his head with a sarcastic smile.

"Make arrangements. I'm going to Sishui Town to play chess with Old Man Ding tomorrow."

"Go down and make arrangements. I'm going to bed."

"Yes! I'll take my leave!" After bowing respectfully, Ling Er left the room and closed the door gently.

In fact, his master was proficient in everything except his poor health, which prevented him from learning martial arts. He had never seen anyone more talented than his master. He could play the piano, play chess, mix spices, write beautiful words, and was good at composing poems and painting.
It’s just that the master has a cold and aloof personality and doesn’t like to go out, let alone attend any parties or banquets. Otherwise, the whole capital would definitely know that his master is a talented and eloquent man.

The key is that his master is also good-looking. When the master attended the palace banquet before, all the young ladies who saw him blushed and felt shy. It’s just that they all knew that he was in poor health, otherwise the gate of the palace would have been trampled down by these young ladies.

Qingshan Village.

This morning, Sheng Wanqiu opened her eyes to the sound of roosters crowing. Since she came here, she has never suffered from insomnia. She goes to bed early every day and sleeps exceptionally well.

Mrs. Sheng got up early to make breakfast. Today she had to watch the villagers help her turn over the wasteland, so she got up early to get busy.

The people who helped to plow the soil were paid eight cents a day, and she only found young and strong men. It would probably take two days to plow all the land in her family.

Sheng Huaian and Sheng Huaimu also got up early. They were going to town today and were so excited that they didn't go to bed until midnight.

She soaked the leftover pig heads and trotters from yesterday in salt water. Today she was going to go to the town to find the old man who sold the powerful pills to get some ingredients for the stew so that she could braise the pig heads.

In the morning, Mrs. Sheng boiled eggs, made rice porridge, and cut two plates of pickles.

The four people sat at the table and ate happily. After they finished eating, Mrs. Sheng went to the fields to supervise the work.

While her two younger brothers were washing dishes, Sheng Wanqiu took out the spiritual spring from the space and fed it to the donkey. The spiritual spring was indispensable if the donkey was to be obedient.

"Sister, when will you learn to drive?"

After locking the door, the two brothers happily climbed onto the donkey cart. They saw Sheng Wanqiu holding a bamboo pole in her hand and gently knocking on the frame. The donkey seemed to have received an order and began to pull the cart forward at a constant speed.

"Didn't I tell you that I, your sister, am proficient in all kinds of martial arts?"

"Hurry up and sit down. If you fall down, I will spank you." Sheng Wanqiu turned around and gently pinched little Huaimu's face. Why does this child have so many questions? They are almost approaching the number of "100,000 Whys".

Sheng Wanqiu spread straw on the donkey cart, and put a torn mattress under herself and her brothers' buttocks to reduce the force of the shaking.

As soon as the donkey cart arrived at the village entrance, the aunts who were standing at the entrance waiting for the ox cart all looked at it with envy.

"Wanqiu, wait a moment, can you."

"No! Drive!"

Bai Xiaolian was interrupted by Sheng Wanqiu before she could finish her words. She was so angry that she was shaking. Especially the donkey was making a humming sound, as if it was mocking her for overestimating her own abilities.

The aunts and grandmas around who saw this scene were all covering their mouths and laughing. They had long noticed that Sheng Wanqiu seemed like a different person. It wasn't that much of a change, she still had a bad temper, but she no longer gave things to Bai Haoyu as often as before.

If they had killed prey in the past, they would definitely send the meat over. But riding in a donkey cart is just a matter of words. If Bai Haoyu was a little sweeter and could be coaxed a little more, maybe the donkey cart could be sent to his house.

Bai Jiang stepped forward and pulled her daughter who was still stamping her feet. Sheng Wanqiu was too disrespectful. It seemed that she was really not interested in her eldest son and was not playing hard to get.

"Sister, do you not like Bai Haoyu anymore?"

Otherwise, why do people say that children have so many problems?

"Yeah, I don't like it anymore. My favorite now is Xiao Huaimu."

"I'll buy you some candied haws when we get to town. Sit still, I'm going to speed up."

When little Huaimu heard that there would be candied haws to eat, he immediately sat obediently next to his second brother Sheng Huaian.

Sheng Wanqiu hit the donkey's butt with a bamboo stick and shouted at it, and then the three of them clearly felt that the donkey's speed had increased.

Sheng Huaian is older after all, and the more he looks at his sister, the more he feels that she is a mystery, as if there is nothing his sister can't do.

Cooking, driving a cart, and even hunting were all things I had never done before.

Donkey carts are faster than ox carts, and we soon arrived at Sishui Town.

Because Sheng Wanqiu's donkey cart was private, she could enter the town by paying. After paying the money, Sheng Wanqiu drove the donkey cart to a bookstore.

Ever since she deliberately took the two idiots for a walk last time, she basically knew where all the shops on the main street of Sishui Town were.

After parking the donkey cart, he went into the shop with his two younger brothers.

This bookstore not only sells books, but also sells pens, ink, paper and inkstones, ranging from high-end, mid-range to low-end.

"What do the three gentlemen need? I can introduce it to you."

A round-faced waiter came over with a smile.

"My two younger brothers are going to school tomorrow. Please help me choose two sets of pens, inkstones, paper and inkstones suitable for them."

No wonder people say that studying costs a lot of money. Sheng Wanqiu stretched her head and looked around. Wow, a good brush costs ten taels of silver, and this is not the best one. There are even more expensive ones.

(End of this chapter)