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Chapter 21 Private possession
Zhu Yu listened to the discussion for a while, then moved to the periphery. Seeing an old man with a white beard watching the fun, he went over and bowed respectfully to the old man.

The old man saw that it was a stranger who looked gentle, respectful and polite, so he hurriedly bowed in return.

"Excuse me, is this Lu Ji?" Zhu Yuduan looked bewildered, as if the person who had just been squeezed in and walked around was not her at all. "I want to buy some wine from Lu Ji."

"Buy wine?!" The old man was stunned, and quickly waved his hand at her, pointing to the Lu family mansion over there, "Don't you see that the Lu family who runs the winery has become a mess!

Something happened to their winery, the wine has gone bad, and they have no wine to sell to you!"

"Then where can I buy wine? Do you know any other wineries that sell wine in this county?" Zhu Yu asked again.

"No, no! There's only Lu Ji!" the old man sighed. "Not to mention the county town, even within this area of ​​dozens of miles, you can't find another place that can brew and sell wine except Lu Ji!"

"Oh my, what should I do?" Zhu Yu's face fell immediately when he heard this. "I was passing through Qingshui County, but unexpectedly my family member's old illness relapsed, and they needed wine as a medicine to make the decoction.

I came out with my entourage to buy some wine, and everyone told me to go to Lu Ji. I finally found Lu Ji, but how come it turned out like this!

"Father-in-law, please help me find the right place to buy some wine. My family's medicine can't wait any longer!"

The old man looked at Zhu Yu with some sympathy, then looked at the dark-faced follower behind her and sighed, "I can't help you with this. In our Qingshui County, who would dare to brew wine privately?
Why don't you find a carriage and take your family with you as soon as possible? You might be able to buy one once you get out of Qingshui County!"

Zhu Yu looked unwilling and wanted to talk to the old man for a few more words, but suddenly she felt someone pulling her sleeve.

She turned her head and saw a thin-faced man in the crowd behind her. He looked a little panicked. He winked at her, turned around, squeezed out of the crowd and left.

Zhu Yu quickly glanced at Lu Qing.

Zhu Yu knew that she was smart and brave, but she also knew that if she met a bad guy who was still breathing, she would most likely lose her life.

Considering Lu Qing's personality, he dared to leave the talisman in the inn and come out alone with me. He must have something on his mind.

Sure enough, Lu Qing calmly helped her push through the crowd, and the two of them walked slowly towards the direction where the thin-faced man had just left.

After walking for a while, we came to a narrow alley. There were almost no passers-by here and it was very quiet.

The thin-faced man was waiting in the alley. Seeing Zhu Yu really coming, he hurried over and asked in a low voice, "Sir, do you want to buy some wine?"

Zhu Yu nodded, his face bitter. "That's right. My elders need wine as a medicine, but unfortunately, there's no wine to buy in Qingshui County. I'm worried about this!"

"I do have some wine at home," the man asked in a low voice after a slight hesitation, "but it's a bit expensive. Would you like to have it?"

He said as he cautiously raised a finger.

"One tael?" Zhu Yu asked.

The man seemed startled by Zhu Yu's guess and waved his hands hurriedly: "It's not one or two taels, it's a whole string."

"No problem! Where is the wine?" Seeing that Lu Qing had no intention of stopping him, Zhu Yu agreed immediately.

When the thin-faced man heard Zhu Yu's agreement, the tension on his face eased a little, his brows relaxed, and he hurriedly gestured to Zhu Yu and the others to follow him.

He led the "master and servant" through alleys, twisting and turning. Even someone like Zhu Yu, unfamiliar with Qingshui County and somewhat directionally challenged, could sense that he was clearly taking them on a circuitous route. Feeling uneasy, she secretly turned to glance at Lu Qing. Seeing that Lu Qing remained calm, she put her mind at ease and continued walking.

Finally, after some twists and turns, they arrived at a small courtyard west of the county town.

This small courtyard is located in a remote area, with high walls. The paint on the two wooden doors is mottled, as if it had once been bright and shiny.

But it was obvious that those glorious days had passed a long time ago. The wooden boards of the two doors had holes in them, and light could see through from inside.

The thin-faced man walked in front. When he arrived at his door, he did not go in immediately. Instead, he looked around before pushing the door open, motioning Zhu Yu and Lu Qing to follow quickly. Then he closed the door, grabbed one person's sleeve with one hand, and led the two people towards the backyard.

Zhu Yu didn't expect that after the man closed the door, he suddenly pulled the two people to the back and took them to the backyard.

The backyard also looked desolate, with a woodshed and a few broken straw baskets piled outside the door, and nothing else.

"What are you doing? Where's the wine?" Zhu Yu looked puzzled.

"I'll get it for you right away! Don't worry!" The thin-faced man signaled them, then quickly walked over to move the pile of broken straw baskets, lifted the cellar door that was exposed from below, and carefully crawled in.

After a while, he crawled out of the cellar again, holding a small jar of wine in his arms.

Lu Qing reached out to take it, but the thin-faced man did not give it to him. Instead, he lifted up his clothes to cover the small jar and went straight into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, there was steam coming out of the stove and hot water boiling in the pot, but nothing else.

The thin-faced man probably didn't expect that after he had been busy outside for a long time, no one came out to pick him up from home. He was a little surprised for a moment.

"Whoever's in the room, come out! There's a guest!" he shouted in a low voice.

From the room on the other side of the kitchen, a woman came out with red and swollen eyes, as if she had just cried.

"Dad, Gou Wa was fine this morning, but suddenly his eyes rolled back and he fainted. No matter how I called him, he didn't respond. What should I do?" As soon as she saw her husband coming back, tears began to fall.

The thin-faced man's expression changed, and he didn't care about Zhu Yu and the others. He hurriedly followed his wife into the house to check on the child. Zhu Yu hurriedly followed behind and came to the door of another dilapidated house.

The room was not big. Inside was a bunk bed without a bed curtain. A very thin child was lying weakly on the bed. His face was pale and beads of sweat hung on his forehead. He was unaware of his parents calling him, and his limbs hung at his sides as if the bones had been pulled out.

Seeing this, Zhu Yu didn't care about anything else. He walked into the room, went straight to the bed, squatted down, and held the child's little hand hanging beside him with one hand. He felt it was cold. He then put two fingers on the child's wrist and found that the child's pulse was very weak.

"This young master..." The wife of the thin-faced man didn't know where Zhu Yu came from, but seeing that the way he examined him was somewhat like that of a doctor in a clinic, she was a little at a loss for a moment.

Zhu Yu opened the child's eyelids and found that the child's lower eyelids were pale. Looking at his body that was so thin that it was almost just a bag of bones, he had a general idea in his mind.

"Your spleen and stomach are weak, resulting in insufficient Qi and blood production, which is why you suddenly fainted. It's not a serious problem, so there's no need to panic.

"Quickly get some rock honey, mix it into honey water and give it to him. That will save him temporarily. If you delay any further, it will be hard to say for sure!"

(End of this chapter)