Chapter 29 29

After Hui went back, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no news reached the Gao family.Juexin's dream haunts the sickly young woman all the time.When he thinks about it, he thinks of her; when he closes his eyes, her shadow appears in front of him.He often saw her in his dreams, and sometimes she and May became one person.He heard people talking about her, and he always listened silently beside him with excitement.When he sat alone in his room, he often secretly prayed desperately for her recovery.He cared about her so much, but dared not reveal his feelings to anyone.Sometimes he couldn't wait for her news silently, so he went to Zhou's house under excuses, where he would know something about her.But there is always only one point: her body is still weak, neither getting better nor getting worse; she still often pants.More than two weeks after the Mid-Autumn Festival, one day he heard at Zhou's house that she was taking medicine again, which was prescribed by Luo Jingting.He was very anxious to get back to his home.He didn't know her real condition, he was worried about her body.But he couldn't do anything to reduce his anxiety.Now he doesn't even dare to mention "seek Western medicine" to the old ladies of Zhou.All he could do was pray that worse news didn't come.

But worse news came soon.One afternoon, Juexin went to Zhou's house.He saw that Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Chen had sad expressions on their faces.He asked them with concern, and they told him: Hui was sick again, with a severe fever and vomiting.Mrs. Chen wanted to go to Zheng's house to see Hui, so she invited Juexin to go with her.Juexin was thinking about Hui, and was eager to have this invitation, so he immediately agreed. When they arrived at Zheng's house, they were received by Guoguang and Mrs. Zheng, who accompanied them into Hui's room.Wang Yunbo is leaning over the desk to open a prescription.Wang Yunbo stroked his beard, greeted Juexin, and exchanged a few words, saying it was a cold and it didn't matter.Hearing this, Juexin was a little relieved.However, he couldn't quite believe Wang Yunbo's diagnosis.He still had some doubts in his heart.

Guoguang sent Wang Yunbo out.Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Chen stayed in the room.Juexin went to see Hui in front of the bed.Hui was lying on the bed exhausted.Her face was brown and her cheeks were sunken.The eyes appeared large and frightening.Seeing Juexin, she moved her head slightly, trying to smile at him.However, just as she moved her mouth, she couldn't bear it any longer. She quickly stood up and vomited loudly into the spittoon in front of the bed.Chen stood in front of the bed and reached out to beat her back.Juexin looked at Hui's distressed appearance with pity, and when he heard her struggling to vomit, he felt that his heart was in a state of disarray, and he wanted to vomit too.

Mrs. Zheng also spoke in a high-pitched voice beside her.He felt even more unable to support it, but he still managed to stand for a while.Later, when he saw that he couldn't do anything by staying here, he found an excuse and walked away. Juexin went from Zheng's house to the company again.He was busy in the office for more than two hours before returning home.When he got home, as soon as he got off the sedan chair, Yuan Cheng came to report: "Eldest Young Master, Uncle Liu is back. He came to see Eldest Young Master. After waiting for a long time, Eldest Young Master did not come back, and Third Master was not at home. He just returned." "Go and call him, saying that I'm back," Juexin ordered quickly, and walked towards the turning door.He was thinking about Loh all the way.His mind was still struggling desperately under heavy oppression, trying to find a way out.He went to see Zhou and told her about Hui's illness.They discussed anxiously for a while, but nothing came of it.Later Mrs. He came to report that Liu Sheng was waiting for him in his room, so he put the question aside and went back to his room.

This time Liu Sheng brought good news: none of the fields were flooded.Liu Sheng went outside the city to see it.He saw the fields, and he saw the tenants.His negotiations with the tenants have come to fruition.The rented rice was sold, and the money came in one after another.But now the price of rice is not high, only ten yuan and three or four cents per stone. "Why is it so little? The rice we ordered to eat costs fourteen and a half yuan per stone." Juexin asked in amazement. "Young master, it was decided last year. This year, the country clubs are so fierce that no one dares to buy them. The price is still very high," Liu Sheng explained with a smile.

"We have suffered a lot this year," Juexin said regretfully, and later he comforted himself by saying, "It's not bad, as long as the fields are not flooded, it's luck." He also asked Liu Sheng about the situation in the countryside, and then After saying a few words of encouragement to Liu Sheng, he finally told Liu Sheng to go home to rest first, and come tomorrow morning to collect a reward.When Liu Sheng was asking Ann to thank you, Yuan Cheng suddenly lifted the curtain and came in and said, "Young master, the old lady sent Master Zhou to invite you to go, saying that Miss Hui is very ill." "I just went there before. Why are you here again?" Juexin wondered to himself.He excitedly told Yuan Cheng, "Go out and ask the big class to pick up the sedan chair, and I will go right away." Juexin walked out of the room with Liu Sheng.He went to see Mrs. Zhou first.Zhou was also very anxious when he heard the news that Hui was seriously ill.She also wants to go to Zhou's house.Qixia went out and asked someone to prepare the sedan chair.Mrs. Zhou got on the sedan chair at the door of the hall, but Juexin's sedan chair was placed on the hall.Two sedan chairs took them to Zhou's house.

The Zhou family gathered in the main room to welcome Zhou and Juexin.The Chen family has also returned from the Zheng family.When she saw Juexin, she didn't say any polite words, and immediately said: "Young Master, please think of an idea. This is not going to work." "Auntie, what happened to Cousin Hui? What happened later?" Juexin was anxious asked. "Hui'er couldn't even eat anything. She vomited up as soon as she took the medicine. After you walked by, her expression changed, and she only said that she was sad. Then Zhang Puchen came. He said he was not sure. He advised us to ask Western medicine came to see it. But the old monster of the Zheng family still refused. My uncle always said that western medicine doesn’t understand Yin-Yang and Five Elements and is unreliable. Eldest young master, what do you think? I have no idea at all,” Chen Shizhang Said in a panic, her tears kept streaming down her face, and she didn't feel it.

"Since Zhang Puchen advocates the use of Western medicine, let's do so," Juexin replied. He lowered his head slightly, not daring to look at Chen's face. "But the in-laws obviously don't agree," Mrs. Chen said crying, rubbing her eyes. "It's important for me to see my sister's illness. Regardless of whether my mother agrees or not, let's ask the western doctor to talk about it," Yun suggested sadly and angrily. "That's not good. After all, Hui'er is a member of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family should make the decision. It's inconvenient for us to take care of it," Zhou Botao said thoughtfully beside her.

"Bah. It's a good thing you said such things." When Chen heard her husband still talking coldly, she was angry and anxious, ignoring the guests next to her, she spat, and then cursed with tears: "Hui'er is me. Born, raised by me, can't I control it? Should I just watch her die?I know your temper. It is better to have one thing than one thing. You are afraid of trouble.I will not come to you.I have never seen a father as unreasonable as you. ""A married daughter is like poured water.You don't even understand such a simple truth.I can't let you make jokes and tell people that our Zhou family doesn't understand the rules. "Bo Tao sternly accused him confidently.

Old Mrs. Zhou has already put on a serious face and is getting impatient.She had long been dissatisfied with Bo Tao because of Hui's affairs. At this time, she heard that he was still obsessed with defending the Zheng family. Follow the rules. People will be killed by you." After she finished speaking, she walked into the room angrily. Yun quickly followed her in. Seeing Bo Tao and his wife quarreling, Mrs. Zhou quickly mediated.Xu also helped to persuade.Juexin watched silently.When he saw that they were only arguing and put Hui's matter aside for the time being, he felt even more uncomfortable.He was almost on the verge of crying.But he never said a word.Mrs. Zhou tried to persuade her for a while, and then calmed down Mrs. Chen.The two of them went to Mrs. Zhou's room.When Bo Tao saw Mrs. Chen leaving, he felt that it was not interesting, so he left in a fit of anger.Juexin, Young Master Mei and Mrs. Xu were left in the main room.

"Eldest Young Master, I'm really sorry for you today. I specially sent someone to invite you here, but we couldn't discuss anything," Xu said accostingly. "Second aunt still speaks politely to me? I don't have any important things to do all day. But Cousin Hui's illness is very important," Juexin replied with a wry smile. Mrs. Xu frowned, with a sad expression on her face.She pondered for a while, then said: "I saw that Miss Hui's illness is more serious than good. The method of Zheng's family will definitely not cure her well. I don't blame my sister-in-law for being angry.The eldest brother always blindly protects the aunt and the young master and saves face, as if he regards his own daughter as worthless.Miss Hui is also really pitiful. "Xu's voice entered Juexin's ears with distress. On top of his anger just now, sadness was added. He thought desperately of Hui's fate and the lonely and painful days she lived these days, more than his own. It was worse to be tortured by pain. He felt a pain in his chest. He was a little bit overwhelmed, and refused to stay here for lunch, so he left in a hurry. This time the discussion did not yield any results.In the sedan chair, Juexin carefully remembered many things before and after, and he was extremely angry.When he got home, he went to Shuying's room without waiting for dinner.Qin was also there talking with Sister Shuying.When they saw Juexin, they were pleasantly surprised and asked him about Hui.Juexin was full of suffocation and had nowhere to vent, so he confided to them one by one.They are also very angry. "Uncle is too confused. This kind of person is simply not worthy of being a father." Shuhua scolded very angrily. "It's a pity that I'm not Cousin Hui, otherwise I must do something to show him." "If you were Cousin Hui, what can you do?" Qin said encouragingly looking at Shuhua deliberately. "Then I'll go somewhere else. I don't care what happens when I run out." Shuhua replied resolutely without thinking. "It's easy to say, do you have the guts?" Qin said mockingly again. "Sister Qin, don't underestimate me. At that time, you are afraid that I will not dare. I am not afraid of anything, anyway, people say that I am a daredevil." Shuhua blushed and said angrily. Shuying was slightly surprised when she heard Shuhua's words.These few words seemed to be said to her on purpose.She was still full of dark clouds in her heart just now.Loh's experience weighed her down like a dark shadow, and reminded her like a wake-up call.She felt that she was gradually approaching the same bad luck as Loh.She should decide on a step, a course: either resigned to perdition, or struggling to find liberation.She was thinking about it.She was haunted by many thoughts.She is slowly straightening them out.Suddenly, Shuhua's words dispelled the dark clouds and cut off her thoughts like a cannon fire.She felt her heart light up, as if all her questions had been answered.She couldn't help smiling slightly. "Okay, after all, it's the third cousin who is brave." Qin praised.She turned her eyes to look at Shuying.Seeing Shuying's smile, she seemed to guess Shuying's psychology, so she nodded and smiled at Shuying knowingly. When Keming returned home in the evening, he immediately asked Mrs. Wang to invite Juexin.Juexin didn't know what was going on, and felt very nervous.Keming was looking through the almanac in the study, and when he saw Juexin coming in, he said to him with a smile: "Mingxuan, you came just in time, let's make a date. The second daughter's marriage, Chen Ke's family urged me to make a decision as soon as possible. I think it will be done sooner." It’s fine. But the date is too close, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it.” Juexin was startled when he heard these words, and couldn’t answer right away.After a long while, he forced a smile and said, "Then it's good to make a decision next spring. The time is more leisurely, and we will be more thoughtful in our preparations. Anyway, the second sister is still young." After he said this, he immediately felt that Keming probably didn't like it. , then catered to Keming's vanity and said: "Our Gao family's married daughter is no better than ordinary families. It is not thoughtful, and it does not look good. It is best to take it easy." Keming thought for a while, then nodded and said: " You have a good idea. I'll ask someone to discuss it and make a decision next spring." Juexin reported to Keming what Liu Sheng had said when he came back from the countryside. "That's fine. Although it's a little bit of a disadvantage, it can always be perfunctory. However, if this situation of warlord separatism does not change, Tian Shang's income will not be very reliable in the future. I recently won two lawsuits and can get a fee. I don't want to buy any more fields. I plan to buy your company's stock. You should pay attention to it," Keming said with a smile.Juexin agreed with a "yes".Keming nodded slightly, and said: "I want to spend more money on the wedding for the second daughter next year, and the dowry should be more presentable. Chen Ke's family is someone we meet often, and he likes to save face, so don't make fun of him." Good." "Yes," Juexin said with a smile. Juexin came out of Keming's room, feeling a burst of joy.He thought proudly: I saved my second sister today.Knowing that Shuying was reading English in Juemin's room, he planned to visit her in Juemin's room and tell her the news.He walked out of the aisle, took a few more steps, and was about to step on the stone steps in front of Juemin's gate, when suddenly a gust of wind blew Shuying's voice reading English into his ears.He immediately remembered what Juemin had said to him a few months ago.He thought painfully: It is only a few months before next spring.These few short months are easy to pass.There may still be a few months between the decision and the "coming out of the cabinet".But these few short months are also easy to pass.When it came time to make a decision, didn't he just force her to marry into the Chen family? So how could he say he saved her?Months of delay did little to ease her pain.She still had to be forced to go the way of Hui.Thinking of Hui, he seemed to see that scorched thin face and that embarrassing appearance of vomiting.So even a little happiness and comfort flew away immediately.Weary, he turned and walked dejectedly back to his room.