Chapter 15 Marriage
Yu Ke was so troubled by this person, he didn't have the heart to sit for a doctor's treatment again, and directly asked the servant to close the door of the medical hall.
When I returned to the backyard, I saw Yu Quan sitting on a rattan chair drinking herbal tea.
Seeing Yu Ke coming, Yu Quan glanced at him with an unhappy face.
"Kezhi, have you forgotten something?"
"What's the matter?" Yu Ke wondered.
Yu Quan snorted, picked up a letter and handed it to Yu Ke.
"The letter from Guangdong, do you remember anything?"
"Guangdong's letter, did the second grandfather send it?"
Yu Ke opened the envelope and read the letter, and within a few seconds, his face was stunned.
"I forgot about it?" Yu Ke slapped his head.
Yu Quan snorted coldly: "Your future wife can forget, you are really promising." β
"Don't you want to marry a wife and have children, so that I can't hold my great-grandson?"
"Nothing."
Yu Ke smiled bitterly: "I really forgot." After all, this family affair was ordered seven or eight years ago, and after so long, how could I remember it so clearly. β
"I see that you can still memorize the medical classics you memorized seven or eight years ago, how can you forget them?" Yu Quan sneered.
Since ancient times, the Chinese have regarded the continuation of incense as extremely important.
The Yu family has been passed down for three generations, Yu Ke is the only grandson of Yu Quan, if he has three long and two short, Yu Quan's vein will be extinct.
And Yu Ke is seventeen this year, and his fiancΓ©e has just turned sixteen.
The wedding date was approaching, but Yu Ke forgot about it, and Yu Quan was of course very angry.
Yu Ke spread his hands: "How can these two things be compared?" What now? β
"What to do?" Yu Quan asked rhetorically.
"How can I remedy it?"
The old man took a sip of tea: "What's the remedy, there are still two months left in the wedding." β
"It turned out that there were still two months, and I thought the wedding was over." Yu Ke was stunned.
Yu Ke suddenly asked: "Grandpa, why don't you find me a family in Jinmen, but in Foshan, thousands of miles away?" β
Yu Quan pouted and said, "Your future father-in-law's father, Zhang Daquan, is my best friend." I originally wanted your father to marry his daughter, but who thought that he would only have a son like me, so I had no choice but to postpone it. β
"Your family business was decided as early as when you were born, but I just didn't tell you."
"Our Yu family ancestors are actually from Beiping. Since the reign of Emperor Wanli of the former Ming Dynasty, it has been a family of imperial doctors for a hundred years. Later, the Tartars seized the artifact, and our Yu family moved south to Foshan, Guangdong, where they settled for nearly two hundred years. β
"Later, after your grandfather left, I went north to settle in Jinmen, met your grandmother, and lived there for forty years."
Speaking of this, Yu Quan wanted to speak and stopped, as if he fell into a memory.
"This time we went to Foshan together, and after we got married, we lived in Foshan for two more years. How is it? Yu Quan said.
Yu Ke said happily: "Okay, listen to you." You can stay as long as you want, and I will give you filial piety. β
Yu Quan smiled with satisfaction.
"I've already sent out invitations, don't sit in the clinic these days, get ready, and go to Foshan in a few days."
Five days later, as nine years earlier, Yu Ke and his family sailed south from Jinmen and arrived in Foshan, Guangdong Province more than a month later.
The third day of arrival in Foshan.
Yu Quan and Yu Ke hired seven or eight porters from the local area, carrying more than a dozen heavy bride prices, to visit the local wealthy Zhang family.
The main door of the Zhang family's mansion was wide open, and the family member Sheng received a letter two days ago, knowing that Yu Quan would take Yu Ke to visit.
Zhang Sheng is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a strong physique, dressed in a gold silk brocade robe, and his extravagance is compelling.
Seeing Yu Quan from afar, Zhang Sheng immediately greeted him.
"Uncle Yu, I haven't seen you for many years, are you still well?"
Zhang Sheng walked quickly to Yu Quan and bowed.
He also greeted Yu Chi, who was walking on the side, and called him father-in-law.
Zhang Sheng's second wife is Yu Yu's daughter, and Zhang Yu's family is also a century-old friend.
Yu Quan familiarly hugged Zhang Sheng's shoulders, and the two exchanged pleasantries and walked towards the Zhang family's mansion.
Entering Zhang's Mansion, Yu Quan introduced: "This is the foolish grandson Kezhi. β
Yu Ke saluted in a proper manner: "Boy Yu Ke has seen Uncle Zhang." β
Zhang Sheng looked at Yu Ke's tall appearance and was stunned for two seconds, and squeezed out a stiff smile: "The virtuous nephew is really tall and mighty!" No need to be polite, sit, sit! β
When he saw Yu Ke so tall before, he thought that Yu Ke was the Yu family's guard.
Yu Ke said with a smile: "The kid has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has grown taller. β
Several people talked, the guests and hosts were happy, and Zhang Sheng left the three of the Yu family and grandson to have a meal.
At the dinner table, several elders discussed the date of the wedding and some other details.
Yu Ke turned a deaf ear and concentrated on dealing with the sumptuous meal on the table.
Zhang's back house.
A maid walked quickly to the boudoir and said to a woman with a beautiful appearance and clear eyes and clean teeth:
"Miss, I'm back!"
Zhang Shuyuan asked, "What does my uncle look like?" β
The maid was a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it for a long time, she still didn't know how to describe it.
"Uncle...... Looks very tall...... is a head taller than the master, just like the fierce general in the play. β
"He didn't have braids, and his skin was a little dark. Oh, by the way, I heard him say he's a martial arts practitioner......"
"Martial arts?" Zhang Shuyuan's expression changed slightly, "It won't be very fierce, right?" β
"If I marry him, will he beat me?"
The maid said seriously: "Although my uncle is a martial artist, he doesn't look fierce at all, like a scholar......"
Zhang Shuyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "There is still ......"
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At the same time, at the dinner table, Zhang Sheng suddenly said to Yu Quan: "The little nephew has a reluctant invitation. I want to ask Uncle Yu to help save someone. β
Yu Quan put down his chopsticks: "Who is it?" β
Zhang Sheng sighed and said, "His name is Zhang Zhidong, and he is my distant cousin according to his generation. This year, he just took office as the governor of Liangguang, and on the way here, he contracted a serious illness and has been seriously ill in bed for more than half a month. β
"I asked all the famous doctors in the Liangguang area, but they couldn't do anything about my cousin's illness. Uncle Yu, you are a well-known miracle doctor in Xinglin, and you will definitely be able to cure your cousin. β
"It's Lord Zhang?" Yu Quan was surprised, "I've heard of this Qingliu leader, but I didn't expect him to be the cousin of the virtuous nephew. β
"Don't worry, nephew, I will do my best to heal."
Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm relieved to have you, I will definitely succeed if you go out." Don't know when you're free? β
"Now it's done." Yu Quan stroked his beard and said, "Where is Master Zhang?" β
Zhang Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this: "Please come with me." β
Zhang Sheng immediately stood up and personally led the way to the back house.
After turning a few corners, enter a side room.
The room was simply decorated, and a maid waited by the bed, and it was Zhang Zhidong lying on the bed.
It is naturally impossible for Yu Ke not to have heard of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.
As early as when Zhang Sheng talked about the words 'Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Liangguang', Yu Ke knew who he was talking about, but he never showed it.
This Lord Zhang Zhidong, although he was one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty and the leader of the Qingliu who opposed the Westernization faction in the court, was not an old-fashioned antique.
Mr. Sun called him 'a great revolutionary who does not speak of revolution!' It has a pivotal position in the history of the Chinese revolution.
Although later generations of netizens jokingly called him 'the gravedigger of the Qing Dynasty', those who knew a little about his deeds admired him very much.