Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 661 Returning to Beijing

Also, fellow village heads, take everyone back. I have arranged all the village affairs, don't worry, we will continue to follow the current model, everyone's life will definitely get better, go back."

Rong Jin, who came hurriedly with Jinnian, followed behind Hua Lei and bowed to the people.

"Sir, please be careful on the road..." the kneeling people said in unison.

"Okay, take care everyone, see you later!" Hua Lei winked at Ziyun beside her, then turned around and got on the carriage.

The people left one after another, but each village chief found fifty taels of silver in his pocket. By the time they realized what was happening, the carriage of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion had disappeared.

Although there was plenty of time to go back, everyone was eager to go home. Even the twin buds were in the same mood.

Unfortunately, the weather was too bad during this period. Only three or four days after leaving Mobei, it started to rain. Then, heavy rain and light rain, heavy snow and light snow took turns to follow Hualei's journey back to Beijing.

Therefore, when the weather was fine, everyone was focused on getting on as fast as possible. After more than two months of making a fuss, the baby in Hualei's belly became obedient and no longer made a fuss.

Hualei's appetite also improved a lot, but the people sent so many chickens, ducks, rabbits and vegetables that even though Hualei gave away a lot, there were still a lot left.

Therefore, the group had plenty of food. At Hualei's insistence, the meals for Doctor Li, who was not good at cooking, and several little medicine boys were also provided by the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion.

So, Doctor Li, who was not a big fan of food, ate a lot of pickled fish, spicy rabbit meat, beggar's chicken... each one tasted better than the other, and before he knew it, he fell in love with these strong-flavored dishes.

As he got older, his taste for food became less refined. Although he knew that these heavy-tasting dishes were not suitable for him, Doctor Li still couldn't refuse them.

Fortunately, Hua Lei also cares about Doctor Li’s diet. In addition to these heavy-tasting dishes, she will also prepare a few more stir-fried vegetables for every meal and send them to him.

Moreover, they would send a few jars of wine from time to time, even the rare wines. Doctor Li did not have many other hobbies except studying medicine.

However, they like drinking very much, and their alcohol tolerance is not bad. However, the people of the Great Sheng Dynasty seem to like drinking very much, and their alcohol tolerance seems to be quite good.

Therefore, when time permits, Rong Jin, Jiang Yunqi and others will accompany Doctor Li to have a drink, a glass of wine, and delicious dishes. Doctor Li said that this trip back to Beijing was much more comfortable than leaving Beijing.

The adults were all fine on the road, but the children did suffer a lot. Before they reached Leyang Prefecture, Zhenzhu's son caught a cold and had a fever.

After taking the medicine prescribed by Li Taiyi and resting for three days in Leyang Prefecture, Jinnian recovered from his fever and set off again. Two days later, Jinnian caught a cold again.

However, there was no village or store nearby, so there was no way to rest, so we had to keep on going. While cooking, we boiled the medicine and gave it to Jinnian.

After more than ten days of intermittent coughing, Jinnian finally stopped. After that, there was a long period of peace.

However, when there were still seven or eight days to go to the capital, Jinyan started to vomit and have diarrhea, perhaps because she had an upset stomach or because of the unfamiliar climate and water.

The medicinal materials carried on the carriage were not complete, so even after taking Doctor Li's medicine, Jinyan's diarrhea could not be stopped for a while.

Looking at the chubby child, he suddenly lost a lot of weight due to diarrhea and dehydration, and he couldn’t even eat milk powder or complementary food.

Not only did Qian cry, but Hualei was also frightened. So, in the state capital of Leshan Prefecture that they finally found, they found an inn and booked a large yard to stay.

Rong Jin and Rong Yu immediately went to various pharmacies in the provincial capital in the snow to buy the medicinal herbs that Doctor Li needed.

An hour later, the two finally bought the scarce medicinal materials. Doctor Li sat there and wrote four or five prescriptions in a row before stopping.

In addition to Jinyan, Qian, Jinnian, and Hualei also drank Chinese medicine for conditioning. Jinnian had a cold before, and although the cough had stopped, his appetite had become a little worse, so he needed to be conditioned.

Hualei was weak because of poor sleep. However, the baby in her belly was fine, so she was lucky. Qian was exhausted from taking care of Jinyan.

Therefore, Doctor Li prescribed nourishing and conditioning medicine for everyone, intending to let everyone have a good rest during these few days.

Doctor Li himself had bad breath, probably because he had eaten some strong-tasting food, so he also needed to take some heat-clearing medicine.

For a while, the backyard was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine. In this way, they took medicine and rested every day, and stayed in Leshan Prefecture for eight days. Everyone's illness was almost cured, and then they set out again.

The bad weather that had been following Hualei back to Beijing was still not good. The original sleet was getting heavier. There was no choice but to move forward in the snow.

Fortunately, there were more and more towns, so every night there was an inn to stay in. Every time she stayed in, Hualei would always be generous and book a few more rooms.

Let the coachmen and guards have a good rest, and ask Sister Lotus to make more ginger soup and hot tea for them to drive away the cold.

So, despite the hard work, the servants did not have any major health problems. After walking and stopping for more than ten days, they finally saw the north gate of Shangjing City on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.

The long-lost sun finally showed its smiling face. It finally came back! Hualei was delighted.

At this time, the north gate was guarded by many servants of aristocratic families. The old housekeeper Pei of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion also personally brought a few servants to wait here for half a month.

From a distance, he saw the carriage of the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion and hurriedly came to greet them. After confirming that it was Rong Jin and Hua Lei who returned, he immediately and happily ordered someone to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to report.

After he went forward and greeted Hua Lei, Rong Jin and others, he sat behind his son Pei Dingsheng who was driving a carriage, and the carriage slowly entered the north city gate.

After Hua Lei, Rong Jin, Jiang Yunqi and others handed in the pass issued by the Mobei County Government, they finally returned to Beijing smoothly. After entering the city gate, the speed of the carriage slowed down significantly.

Five days ago, Gao Tiedan, Xiao Yuanzi and others had bid farewell to Hua Lei and returned to their homes when they passed by their provincial capital. They will return to the Silin Bureau after the New Year.

A quarter of an hour later, Doctor Li, who had been traveling with them for nearly two months, said goodbye to the little medicine boy and Hua Lei Rong Jin and returned to his home.