Chapter 604: Old Man Zhao
It is said that after Zhao Yunlu and the others got the mountain ginseng from Lin Musen, they hurried all the way, and finally arrived at the Zhao family's old house in Kyoto in the evening.
This is a quaint mansion located in the richest East Castle of Kyoto, and the area is still a large scary kind, the pavilions and pavilions are connected to each other, the rockery pond water is rattling, and it is like a garden in the south of the Yangtze River, which is very magnificent and amazing.
It's like the kind of big courtyard that used to be an official in ancient times, very classical and feudal.
If it is accurate, it should be, after all, in addition to the ones left in the past, few people have built such a house, and the strong ancient atmosphere in it makes people know at a glance that it is the kind of mansion of a large family like an official, a businessman, and a rich man in the past.
When Zhao Yunlu arrived with Wu Xia, the house was already in the dim sky, but it was also very bright inside, and the most central position seemed to be extraordinarily lively and festive, as if he was preparing for dinner, as if he was celebrating something.
Zhao Yunlu felt a little strange, but he still said hello to the gatekeeper, and he entered the door with the box, fortunately he walked more diligently this year, otherwise the gatekeepers would not know him.
The Zhao family is one of the four major families in Kyoto, a scholarly family, and the old man of the Zhao family, Zhao Shiren, was the general secretary of Kyoto before.
And now many of the big people in power have received his favors, which is equivalent to his disciples, so his relationship is even more complicated in Kyoto, and it is precisely because of Zhao Shiren's influence that the Zhao family can also stand firm in the position of the four major families in Kyoto.
In fact, the position of the four major families is not so easy to sit in, there are many families in Kyoto, and there are many people who are worried about this position, because this name alone can bring them a lot of benefits.
In the past few hundred years, the positions of the four major families have changed from time to time, like the Zhou family and the Zhao family, they have paid manpower and material resources for this, of course, the most important thing is the strength of their own family.
The strong go up, the weak go down, this is the truth that everything has changed since ancient times, even if it is a century-old family, there will be a day of decline.
And the Zhao family, since the old man Zhao became seriously ill, the Zhao family has been under a lot of pressure, and the situation of the Zhou family is actually somewhat similar, but fortunately, the Zhao family was able to survive and recover slowly.
However, because Zhao Shiren's condition has not fully recovered, the Zhao family is only higher than the Zhou family in the four major families at this time.
So the lively atmosphere of the old mansion today made Zhao Yunlu really a little strange, after all, their Zhao family was also at a crisis juncture, and there was anything else to celebrate, and he didn't know yet.
Zhao Yunlu is Zhao Shiren's youngest son, although their Zhao family is a scholarly family, but the fly camp dog in the big family still has their Zhao family.
After all, interests are popular, even if it is his relatives, the pursuit of power and wealth, sometimes, is still higher than family affection.
On Zhao Yunlu, he still has two older brothers and sisters, both of whom are already married, but his two elder brothers are the masters of the position of the head of the family, and they have to hide if they can't afford to provoke him.
In fact, Zhao Yunlu was not interested in the position of the head of the Zhao family, so he took the initiative to leave the Zhao family many years ago and took his wife and daughter to Raozhong to live their lives.
Taking Wu Xia through the corridors, Zhao Yunlu walked to the door of the main hall of the old mansion.
This main hall is where their Zhao family eats, he remembers that this kind of family gathering will be held on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month, what's wrong today, it's not the day, and everyone looks good, even the middle is still his father who should be lying on the hospital bed, Zhao Shiren!
"Dad, ............ are you" Seeing Zhao Shiren sitting there so unharmed, Zhao Yunlu's surprised eyes were about to pop out.
Wu Xia is not much better, the last time she came with Zhao Yunlu, Zhao Shiren was still sick, it has only been a month, how can she be alive and well? Could it be that she has been cured? But isn't the ginseng still ............
Anyway, these two people will be a little confused in their minds.
"Yunlu, you're back, you're back just in time, just accompany me to drink some ............" Seeing the return of his youngest son, Zhao Shiren was also very happy, his old face flushed, and he hurriedly beckoned him to the table.
If it weren't for Zhao Yunlu, Zhao Shiren estimated that he was still lying in bed, he was thinking of telling Zhao Yunlu the news of his improvement tomorrow, but he didn't think that he would come back.
"Little brother, recently Dad drank the pine pollen you sent back, and the doctor said that his condition has improved, so he picked him up from the hospital today and is ready to celebrate. Zhao Yunyong, who was on the side, saw Zhao Yunlu's surprised appearance, so he walked to his side and explained.
Zhao Yunyong is Zhao Shiren's eldest son, that is, Zhao Yunlu's eldest brother.
Zhao Yunyong and Zhao Yunlu are still a little similar, with a high nose bridge and a Chinese face, because he has been a leader for a long time, he looks quite imposing, but he is much older than Zhao Yunlu, and Zhao Yunlu has recently been conditioned by peach blossom wine, and the two of them are almost not a person of the same generation when they stand together.
After listening to Zhao Yunyong, Zhao Yunlu understood a lot of things, it turned out that his old man ate the pine pollen he sent and got better, no wonder, he also ate the pine pollen, and he also felt that it was very effective before he sent it to Kyoto, I didn't expect that there would be such a good help for the old man's condition, for a while, Zhao Yunlu wanted to thank Lin Musen again.
"Dad, he just drank a few glasses of wine, little brother, please persuade him to stop drinking, if he is drinking, this disease that has just improved will be aggravated. Zhao Yuncong also got up and walked over, wanting Zhao Yunlu to persuade Zhao Shiren, after all, this is not a joke.
But they also persuaded it just now, but the old man didn't listen, what could they do, this will Zhao Yunlu come, Zhao Yuncong and Zhao Yunyong naturally let this most favored youngest son go.
"Dad, drinking hurts your body, the doctor should tell you that you can't drink, do you still drink?" Zhao Yunlu knew that this matter had to be done by himself, so he also walked to Zhao Shiren's side to persuade him.
Old man Zhao is eighty-three years old, he has no other hobbies or anything, drinking is his joy in life, in fact, his illness is partly due to drinking.
But the old man Zhao is still very stubborn in the matter of drinking, and the people who can persuade him, except for his attending physician, are only Zhao Yunlu, so to put it mildly, Zhao Yunlu finally appeased the old man, and he let out a long "exhale".
(End of chapter)