Mrs. Guo was really moved when she heard Shen Tianshu say this.
Her expression softened, her tense body relaxed slightly, and she said with nostalgia in her tone: "Miss Shen speaks like this, she really has the character of Divine Doctor Jiang back then. If it hadn't been for Divine Doctor Jiang, I would have been an old doctor like me. The bones have been buried long ago. Since you are her apprentice and you want to find out the cause of her death, I will naturally help you with all my strength."
"Thank you, Mrs. Guo, but I would like to ask Mrs. Guo to keep this matter a secret for me for the time being."
"It's natural."
After chatting with Mrs. Guo, Shen Tianshu put on his curtain hat again and went to see Guo Xintong with Mrs. Guo.
Compared with the last time we met, Guo Xintong's condition was more serious, and she had no response even when talking to her.
After Shen Tianshu stepped forward to diagnose her pulse, he handed a note to Mrs. Guo and said: "When the patient's menstruation is clear this time, send someone here to deliver a message, and I will come over."
"Thank you, Mrs. Tong." Mrs. Guo took the note, read it once, and carefully put it into her sleeve pocket.
After sending Shen Tianshu away, Mrs. Guo asked: "Mom, what does this Mrs. Tong want from you?"
Mrs. Guo said: "She is the disciple of my savior. Please tell your family that when you meet Mrs. Tong in the future, you must be respectful and help her."
Mrs. Guo did not expect such a relationship and hurriedly said: "Mother's savior is the savior of our Guo family, and the other party's disciple is naturally not an outsider. Don't worry, mother, my daughter-in-law will ask someone to go to each room to spread the word." "
When Shen Tianshu returned home, Aunt Yang immediately came out to greet her and said, "Where have you been, young lady? My uncle is here. I am talking to him in the main room right now, waiting for the girl to come back and have dinner! The old man has sent me away." I've been asking for you several times, but you haven't come back yet, but this old slave is really worried to death."
"Uncle is here?" Shen Tianshu didn't expect that Liu Jingyuan would come in person as he had just sent someone to send him a New Year's gift as a token of goodwill.
"Isn't that right? My uncle said he was here to give New Year's gifts, but actually he wasn't here to see the girl." Aunt Yang looked happy. She had often advised Shen Tianshu to have a good relationship with the Liu family before, but Shen Tianshu always insisted. He didn't take it seriously, but now he finally got the idea, "The girl quickly changes her clothes, and the old slave will accompany the girl to see her uncle."
As the saying goes, a nephew is like an uncle.
Although Liu Jingyuan and Shen Tianshu have different facial shapes, their facial features are almost as if they were carved from the same mold.
I don't know whether it was the residual emotions of the original owner or the natural bond between blood, but when Shen Tianshu saw Liu Jingyuan, an inexplicable feeling of intimacy arose from the bottom of his heart.
"Uncle." Shen Tianshu stepped forward to greet him, and when he called out his uncle, his eye circles instantly turned red.
Liu Jingyuan stood up directly, helped Shen Tianshu up and said, "Shu'er, there's no need to be polite. The last time our nephew and uncle met was three years ago. In the past three years, I, Ding You, have been at home, thinking about you in my heart, but I couldn't come over. Look at you. Now that Ding You has expired, and I have to go to Hangzhou to take up a post in the next year, I will come here while I am sending New Year gifts. Otherwise, by the time we meet next time, we, Shu'er, will probably already be married."
"I have also been thinking about my uncle. I heard that my uncle got a good job as the prefect of Hangzhou. I am really happy for him. My grandfather's family is very small. From now on, I can only rely on my uncle to support the family."
Hearing this, Liu Jingyuan said with emotion: "The last time I saw you, you were a little girl who only cried. Now you are a big girl, and you have rules in how you act and speak."
Shen Zhonglei was very dissatisfied with Shen Tianshu running out all morning for no reason, but Liu Jingyuan rarely visited the house once, so he couldn't reprimand his daughter in front of him.
"Just come back, I'm waiting for you to eat together!" Shen Zhonglei said and turned around to tell the maid next to him, "Tell the chef that it's time to start serving food."
After lunch, Shen Zhonglei excused himself to go back to the Yamen to do some work, leaving space for Liu Jingyuan and Shen Tianshu so that they could talk alone.
Liu Jingyuan followed Shen Tianshu back to Shuangtang Courtyard. Looking at the servants in the room, he couldn't help but shake his head.
The servants in Shen Tianshu's room, old and young, don't look like experienced people just from their behavior.
"Oh, you kid, you don't have any plans for yourself, and you never tell your family when you are wronged." Liu Jingyuan said, "Fortunately, I came here to give you a New Year's gift this time, and brought you two servants. They are all old men who have been with the Liu family for several lifetimes. Your mother was kind to both of them back then, and they voluntarily came to serve you."
When Shen Tianshu heard this, his heart moved and he asked, "Have you ever mentioned to your father the matter of my uncle bringing two servants?"
Liu Jingyuan, however, got it wrong. He thought Shen Tianshu was afraid that Shen Zhonglei would not agree, so he said: "It's not an important matter. Why are you talking about this? Besides, I, as an uncle, will give my niece two servants. What's the point of this? Are you afraid that your father won't agree?"
"It's not that I'm afraid dad won't agree, it's just that I bought myself a house outside. If dad doesn't know, I want to settle the two people in the house outside."
"Why are you going out to buy a house so quietly?" Liu Jingyuan was shocked and angry when he heard this, "Did Mrs. Xu treat you badly?"
"Uncle, don't worry. On the surface, everything is fine. As for privately, she is not my biological mother, so how can she be nice to me? My father is busy with official duties and doesn't care about the affairs of the back house. I can stay at home. I was feeling stuffy, so I bought myself a house and occasionally went out to relax and get some fresh air." Shen Tianshu lowered his eyes and said, "I'm not too young anymore, and when I get married, I will be even more helpless. Even this It’s rare to have any free time of your own.”
"Yes, once a woman gets married, she loses the freedom she had when she was a girl at home. Your mother was like this back then. Her vitality was damaged when she gave birth to you. Later, she was depressed because of trivial matters at home. It didn't take long. He passed away." Hearing what Shen Tianshu said, Liu Jingyuan couldn't help but think of his sister who died young, and his heart ached, "Good boy, it's good to have a place to relax by yourself. Don't worry, I'll take care of you later. The deeds of sale of these two people will be handed over to you, and they will be yours from now on. It is your own business how you want to use them, and my uncle will not mention them to others."
"Thank you uncle." Shen Tianshu did not expect that today she would solve two problems that had troubled her at once, and she was even more moved by Liu Jingyuan's love and care for her niece.
"You silly kid, why are you so polite to your uncle? As you said, the Liu family is already sparsely populated, and we are already the closest people. As the saying goes, the closest you can get is your uncle, even if I go Hangzhou Mansion, don’t hold anything back to yourself in the future. The same goes for writing to your uncle."