Chapter 685 Arrival at Guangling
Brother Chen San was sick and recovered after two days. The first thing he said when he came out was, "Ashan, you did the right thing. I won't eat out anymore. You can't be sure of anything, so be careful."
Brother Chen San said so, and Chen Dongling and the others did the same, and even the other scholars who had just joined the team did the same.
First, Sun Shan was poisoned, and then Brother Chen San had diarrhea. The atmosphere of the whole team became extremely strange.
Everyone was just busy rushing on their way, without any energy at all, like a walking corpse about to die.
The corner of Sun Shan's mouth twitched. This atmosphere of panic, suspicion, and paranoia was really depressing.
In any case, the Chen family merchant ship continued to move north, soon crossed Poyang Lake, turned into the Yangtze River, went downstream along the Yangtze River, and then passed Yingtian Prefecture.
Unlike last time, we did not stop in Jinling. Instead, we gathered our strength, increased our speed, and sailed straight through Jinling, not getting off the ship until we reached Yangzhou.
Chen Dongling said to Sun Shan, "Ashan, let's not stay in Jinling. Let's go directly to Yangzhou and then take the Grand Canal."
Jinling is a sad place, and it contains Sun Shan’s sad story.
People in Guangnan are relatively superstitious, and Chen Dongling is no exception. This time he went straight through Jinling and stayed away from this place of trouble.
Sun Shanben also wanted to take a look at the small courtyard in Jinling, but he didn't know if the courtyard would be abandoned since no one lived there.
He also wanted to reminisce with Imperial Physician Wan and ask about Wan Songjin's situation. He didn't know whether he had passed the examination to become a scholar.
Of course, I also have to care about Shi Gou. I wonder how this kid is doing in studying medicine.
I have many old friends in Jinling and I thought I could meet them again.
Chen Dongling took great pains to go directly through Jinling and stay away from Jinling.
Sun Shan smiled and said, "Brother Jun, you are doing a good job. Jinling is a good place, but also a bad place. We should not get close to it."
He Shujun also thought so. Even if something happened again, it couldn't happen in Jinling.
Because it would make you look stupid. If you know that the feng shui of that place is bad, but you still rush there, you will be asking for trouble and you deserve to get into trouble.
Of course, they did this entirely because of Sun Shan. If Sun Shan wasn't there, it wouldn't matter if they went to Jinling.
The Chen family merchant ship stopped at the Yangzhou wharf. The Yangzhou wharf Shuichengmen of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal 1920 arranged an inn for everyone, and then Chen Dongling led Chen Butler to do business.
"The old friend bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower and went to Yangzhou in the midst of fireworks in March."
Yangzhou, also known as Guangling, Jiangdu and Huaiyang, has been a place that has produced talented men and beautiful women since ancient times.
If the poisoning had not happened, Sun Shan would at least go for a walk and have some fun. After all, he had never been there before and wanted to experience the cultural landscape for himself.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Sun Shan had no choice but to stay in the inn and observe the world from a narrow perspective.
Brother Chen San's wound has healed and he has forgotten the pain. The urge to go out and have fun has sprouted again. It is such a beautiful place, such a poetic and picturesque place, with so many beautiful girls. If he doesn't go and meet the local talents, he will always be thinking about them.
Brother Chen San politely asked Sun Shan whether he was going or not. When he learned that he was not going, he immediately called his friends and ran out without any hesitation.
Sun Shan looked at the hurried figure and frowned: Brother Chen San, you are too perfunctory in your superficial work. You didn't even want to call me a few more times and ran away without looking back.
It's really plastic group friendship.
Among those who traveled together, Sun Shan was the only one left in the inn.
Gui Ge'er always paid attention to Sun Shan's thoughts. When he found that he had any signs of going out, he immediately put an end to them: "Brother Shan, you can't go out. Uncle, aunt, and sister-in-law are waiting for you to come back from high school."
What could Sun Shan say? He could only say in all seriousness, "Brother Gui, I don't want to go out. I just want to walk around the courtyard of the inn and exercise. You know, entering the examination hall not only tests your knowledge, but also your health. If you are not in good health, no matter how good your knowledge is, it will be in vain."
Gui Ge'er let out a long sigh and said in agreement, "Brother Shan, you are right. Then you walk around the yard and I will watch you."
Sun Shan: ......
Sun Shan led Gui Ge'er and Sun Dingnan downstairs and walked around the yard of the inn bored.
Sun Dali still stayed at the inn, not going anywhere. When he was there, his luggage was there, and when he was not there, his luggage was still there.
Gui Ge'er was entrusted by Huang, Sun Boming, Su, and Yun Jie'er, who had just married into the family, to keep a close eye on Sun Shan's every move.
Sun Dali was entrusted with an important task by the Sun family and had to keep a close eye on the luggage. If it was lost, they would have to beg for a living even if they reached the capital.
As for Sun Dingnan, he moved back and forth. As Gui Ge'er, Sun Dali's peripheral force supplement, he would go wherever help was needed.
Before leaving, De Ge'er also clamored to come and do hard labor, but was vetoed by Sun Shan.
Whether De Ge'er is stable or not is one thing, but the main thing is that he looks energetic and handsome, in case he is captured.
He, Sun Shan, feels sorry for Uncle Sun.
It was useless to get the financial support from Uncle Sun. Whether or not I could get into high school was one thing, but I couldn’t lose De Ge’er.
After being rejected repeatedly by Sun Shan, De Ge'er sulked and ran to the county school to work. Before leaving, he ran back dejectedly and gave Sun Shan 10 taels of funding.
He also said that this was his hard-earned money and asked Sun Shan to spend it frugally.
Sun Shan was so moved that he put the 10 taels of silver into his pocket.
10 taels for this relative, 5 taels for that relative or friend, 2 taels here and 1 tael there, and slowly, the travel expenses were enough.
Of course, whether these were timely assistance or icing on the cake, Sun Shan was very grateful.
Before leaving, several sisters also gave Sun Shan some money.
Sun Shan didn't want it, but the sisters kept stuffing it to him, acting as if to tell him not to call them sisters if he didn't want it.
Sun Shan had no choice but to put the money in his pocket, hoping to help his nephews more when he had the chance.
What moved Sun Shan the most was that little Hu Ming knew that Sun Shan was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, even though he was not very clear about this concept.
But he knew it would cost a lot of money, so when Sun Shan was visiting the sick landlord Yang, he secretly gave Sun Shan a bunch of copper coins and said, "Shanbo, this is what I have saved for a long time. I give it to you. You need more money, so I will give it to you."
What a sensible child, just like the sensible students from Peking University and Tsinghua University in the past.
Sun Shan touched Hu Ming's little head, took the copper coin from the little fellow, and said thank you with a sour nose.
After telling Landlord Yang about this.
Landlord Yang gladly let Sun Shan take it, saying that it was a small gift from Hu Ming and he shouldn't despise it.
Sun Shan understood what Landlord Yang meant. He hoped that Sun Shan could like Hu Ming more and take better care of Hu Ming.
It was fine if Landlord Yang was still there, but now that Landlord Yang is gone, Hu Ming has to live under the watchful eyes of his uncle and aunt, and no one knows what will happen to him.
Sun Shan took a look at the sick landlord Yang, and the doctor said he didn't have much time left.
Sun Shan sighed, took the copper coin, and said with a smile: "I like this boy Hu Ming very much."
With these words, Landlord Yang's eyes were filled with tears and light. He looked at Sun Shan intently and held Sun Shan's hand tightly. Everything was said without words.