CH 6.1

It took only ten days for the Wu family to reach the capital, and rented a house in the new prosperous lane near the gate of the city.

The house was also picked by their housekeeper only after choosing here and there for a long time.

It happened to meet the number of rooms to house all the entire family, and there is even no more spare room left.

There’s even a more outrageous thing.

The dignified eldest young master in the family can only live in the back courtyard, together with the servants.

Wu Wei’an’s room is not small, but all kinds of furniture in it smelled of a poverty and shabby atmosphere.

It can only meet the basic survival problems, but can not meet the aesthetic needs.

There are more than a dozen people in the family, but there are only four servants.

One person does the laundry, one cooks, and the other cleans.

The remaining one is the housekeeper, who does other things besides the above.

At this moment, the round-faced housekeeper who was nearly fifty years old brought a man in: “Young Master, the person has arrived.”

After speaking, he just threw the visitor in, closed the door and left.

The Wu family can not afford a charcoal fire, and the room is so cold and frozen like an ice cellar.

Wu Wei’an is wrapped in a quilt while sitting on a wooden stool and drinking cold water.

The visitor is in his sixtieth. His hair is gray, but he is full of energy.

“Achoo!” The old man wrapped the cloak on his body tighter. “Your room is so cold.”

Wu Wei’an, whose expression is just like usual, stretched out a hand from the quilt and put it on the table: “I’ve been short of some silver recently…”

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“I don’t have any money. I have already lent you all the money I have.” The old man interrupted him, pulled a stool and sat down. Then he put his wrinkled hand on the man’s outstretched wrist and took his pulse. “It’s good. The injury is all healed.”

“I had told you in the letter that I am alright.” Wu Wei’an withdrew his hand back into the quilt. “You don’t have to make this trip at all.”

The old man just laughed lightly and said: “It just happened that I am passing by, passing by! I came to the capital, first, is because a little friend invited me to come, and second——”

The old man paused and squinted at the man sitting so steadily next to him: “I’ve seen the little young master in Yu state and he can be cured. But the medicinal materials needed are all extraordinary, and they can’t afford to pay for this medicine.”

Wu Wei’an sighed: “I see.”

Tsk, another one again who asks for money.

The old man patted him on the shoulder through the quilt and gloated: “You don’t need me to say it but, such a good brain also suffered because of poverty. It’s really pathetic, pathetic!”

Wu Wei’an shrugged: “Since Old Qin pity me so much, why don’t you give me a medicine instead?”

The old man glanced sideways at him: “Who do you want to trick again now?”

Wu Wei’an: “It’s for me, to remove scar.”

The old man rummaged through his pocket, took out a bottle of ceramic pot and left it: “Keep in mind the matter about that young master of Yu state. This place of yours is too cold. I am leaving now.”

Wu Wei’an: “Give me a few days. I will find a way.”

The old man nodded: “It’s not that urgent anyway, but Wei’an, why should it be so?

If you really want to use silver, wouldn’t it be easy to just use everything you laid out earlier?”

Wu Wei’an shook his head. Although his face under the candlelight was ordinary, a closer look revealed an imperceptible edge: “Chess should be used on the blade. For just a little bit of money, it’s not worth it to ruin it.”

“You stay freezing then.” The old man rubbed his frozen hands and stood up. “I am leaving. I still have to go to the Marquis of Qingyuan’s Mansion to meet my little friend.”

“Oh?” Wu Wei’an raised his eyes. “Your little friend is Ji Mingshuang.”

“Exactly.” The old man nodded. “This man has a good character and is very interesting. But I heard that his sister’s eyes don’t seem to be very good, so he asked me to take a look at it so many times already.”

Wu Wei’an nodded, as if it is true: “Then go and have a look, and help treat it well.”

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Wu Qi has just taken office, and he has been busy with his work in the Ministry of work for a long while before returning home.