Glory in Troubled Times: The Empress' Growth Path

Chapter 20 Shelving
But I still have to go back to the clinic first to change the medicine. Hua Qiong still has injuries on her body, and after spending half a day at Shopkeeper Wang's place, the wounds are starting to hurt a bit.

The body is capital.

Now that the leather materials have just been sold, and there is still a lot of cash on hand, they are not in a hurry to spend the money, and they still have some money, so the two turned around and walked towards the medical center.

As soon as I arrived at the abduction, I saw the men of Zhao's mansion looking around, and ran over in a hurry after seeing them.

"Wang'er, Master's condition is not good!"

"what!"

It's not good, the house leaks happen to rain all night.

When the two of them entered the hospital, they saw Mr. Zhao lying on the bed, panting heavily, his eyes were slack, and his face was pale. When he heard movement outside, he raised his hand and stretched it towards Zhao Tingan's direction. It seems to be trying to catch something.

Zhao Tingan ran over and held his hand tightly.

"Uncle, here I come! Did you meet my two cousins?"

Master Zhao wanted to support his head, and opened and closed his mouth, trying to spit out a word or two.

The little drug boy came in from the outside, bringing replacement medicines.

"He woke up just now. He was lying here well at first, but then he seemed to be stimulated by something. He insisted on leaving. He himself was injured, and his lungs were also injured. The wound just... collapsed..."

"Has anyone been here before?"

"There are too many people in the medical center, and you can see that we doctors don't have the energy to manage here."

"By the way, you should change your medicine too."

Hua Qiong saw Zhao Ting'an and Mr. Zhao inside, and wisely did not go there, turned around and followed the little drug boy to change the medicine.

"Ting'an, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao didn't save your parents back then. You called me uncle for so many years. I, I deserve it."

"uncle.."

"It was also a snowy day at the time. We were attacked by robbers when we were traveling. Your mother was shot through the heart by the robbers shortly after giving birth to you. Your father, in order to cover us, stepped back and waited for me to return to the place where I was attacked. , only a scorched corpse."

"That dagger was given to your mother by your father, and the word 'Ting'an' on it was carved by your mother herself. Your father joined the army at the age of 12, and later became the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu, the sixth rank. Unfortunately, he died on the way back to Beijing. , I don’t have much ability, I’m just a trader.”

After saying that, he coughed up a big mouthful of blood, which stained the bedding in front of him red.

"Uncle, that's all over! Take care of yourself first!"

"Ting'an! I don't expect you to shine in the future, at least live well and be worthy of your parents' spirit in heaven!"

"Uncle... I'll be fine, you, just stop talking."

"Don't hold back because of, you, the death of your parents, you... and don't take revenge for me, everything is fate."

Master Zhao originally wanted to say something more, but he was choked by the surging blood, and he couldn't breathe for a long time.

It's just that those eyes are still looking at the way they came.

"uncle!"

Hua Qiong heard Zhao Tingan's crying and ran down the stairs, only to see Mr. Zhao trying to look ahead, but quietly.Snowflakes fell outside the window, covering the way they had come.

He will never go back.

Zhao Ting'an felt warmth on his shoulders, and Hua Qiong stood behind him.

Hua Qiong sighed, now not only Master Zhao can't go back to Zhao's House, if Mrs. Zhao took good care of Ting'an, the evil slaves of Zhao's House would not bully him, it seems that he has no way to go back to Zhao's House.

Seeing Zhao Ting'an crying out of breath, Hua Qiong felt very distressed. He was only an 11-year-old child, but he had to endure such a thing.

Hua Qiong gently touched his head, patted his back, and waited patiently for him to calm down.

Afterwards, he called a man from the Zhao residence, cleaned up Mr. Zhao's body, and bought some decent clothes to change into.

"Qiong'er, I have to go back to the Zhao Mansion again to send my uncle back. He can't, he can't return to a foreign land."

"But there will be robbers on the road."

"I have to go back even if there are robbers. No matter how other people in the Zhao Mansion treat me, my uncle has always taken care of me."

"Grandma Wang told me that my uncle brought me with him because he was worried that I would be bullied by my two cousins ​​at home."

"Wangya also told me that she can't eat enough for a long time, and she can only eat when the master is around. At least I can eat enough when I am with my uncle."

"Uncle treats me sincerely."

Hua Qiong sighed, no matter how he was before he was alive, at this moment Ting An is full of filters, this is unavoidable, the only person he can rely on is gone.

"Qiong'er, you stay in Bai Town. I will keep some of the silver for selling leather materials for us, and the rest has to be brought back to the Zhao Mansion. Everyone in the Zhao Mansion is counting on him for the rest of their lives."

Hua Qiong nodded slightly, let's put the matter of Rouge on hold for now.

"Ting'an, I'll go back to Zhao Mansion with you."

Looking at Hua Qiong's firm eyes, Zhao Ting'an didn't know what to say for a while, but because he met the robbers when he came, he was still worried, and just about to speak out to stop him, Hua Qiong rushed to speak out.

"If you go back to the Zhao Mansion alone, they might eat you up. With me here, at least someone can give you advice, right?"

Zhao Tingan acquiesced, but still told him: "If there is any danger, just run away, and leave me alone."

Hua Qiong smiled, but did not speak.

The two put Master Zhao's body on one of the donkey carts, and another donkey cart full of dry goods. Hua Qiong asked the little drug boy to take it to the backyard of the hospital to take care of it for a few days.

The little drug boy who was originally reluctant saw the accident happened to the two of them, and couldn't refuse, so under the weight of a tael of silver, he reluctantly agreed.

"Ting'an, come with me to have something to eat first, so we can hurry."

The two of them just settled for something to fill their stomachs casually, and were not too picky about their meals. They prepared some dry food and then returned to the donkey cart.

The three surviving men of the Zhao Mansion were all waiting for them near the donkey cart.

Hua Qiong intends to take a look first before talking.

"Master Wang'er, now that the master is gone, half of my arm is broken, and I still need to recover from my injuries. I'm afraid I can't put in much effort for the road ahead."

Zhao Tingan nodded, took out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to him, and then to the other guys.

"Thank you so much this time. One tael is what you should have gotten this time, and the other one tael is a transition fee to help you find your next job. It is our master's kindness."

Ting An said that there was some crying in the back.

The Zhao family is about to leave.

"Master Wang'er, Master usually treats us well. Brothers Six and Five are less injured. You can take us with you when you go back this time. It's the last journey to see Master. When you return to Zhao Mansion, we can do it again." Help me."

Ah Wu and Ah Liu looked at each other and smiled.

Hua Qiong and Zhao Ting'an were moved by their friendship, Hua Qiong took out the wine he bought just now, and sprinkled something into it when everyone was not paying attention.

"This is a newly released wine. It's for the two elder brothers to drive away the cold on the road, but don't drink too much."

They have good intentions, but Zhao's mansion is now in a period when no one is in charge, and the interior is empty, Wang'er is still young, and Mrs. Zhao doesn't know if she can handle things.

It's better to be cautious.

(End of this chapter)