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Chapter 927: Chapter 930: Childishness
The old lady was originally a young miss from the Cui Family, her family background was prosperous, and she grew up beautiful and kind-hearted, so there were many suitors knocking on her door.
However, during her bloom of youth, she became ill with a serious sickness, at that time, only Bai Jiutian had the skills to treat her affliction.
The condition put forth by Bai Jiutian was to have the miss married to him, leaving the Cui Family with no choice but to agree.
Unfortunately, Bai Jiutian was a philanderer, taking concubines into his home while his wife was pregnant, and afterwards, the women in his life kept changing ceaselessly.
The wife who was originally pursued with great zeal, hence, suffered from neglect, and he was even indifferent towards his legitimate son.
In her day-to-day awaiting, the old lady gradually lost heart, slowly shifting her hopes onto the younger generations.
Recalling that faithless man and the wasted times now, she must feel some helplessness.
After all, if she could, who wouldn’t wish to grow old with a lover of her heart’s choosing?
Granny Luo sighed, feeling endless sympathy for her own old lady.
But of what use was her sympathy?
Old lady Bai said indifferently, "I’m already halfway into the grave, what’s there left to let go of, you needn’t try to comfort me."
Granny Luo nodded, "Let’s talk about something else, I find Mrs. Tan’s belly quite unusual, why hasn’t the young master mentioned anything about it?"
With the young master’s ability, he should be able to diagnose the gender of the child.
"It might be that we are shortsighted, or perhaps that boy has other thoughts on his mind; we shouldn’t speculate much. When Duo’er gives birth, pay more attention, and help out as much as possible."
The old lady said with a smile.
After all, her grandson is still a child, it’s a trivial matter, just let him be.
Granny Luo took this matter to heart, careful not to neglect it.
Li Zhengtian didn’t directly return to his residence, but on the way, detoured through the quarantine area to take a look.
In his imagination, he envisioned the disaster area being desolate with cries echoing one after another, accompanied by foul smells and sewage.
But what he saw was an orderly quarantine zone, where every place was tidied up neatly, the disaster victims were clean and refreshed, even laughing and talking, nowhere did it look like a gathering place for disaster victims.
Continuing like this, so long as the medicinal supplies were sufficient, it wouldn’t take long for Qin Longyun to completely eradicate the plague.
Li Zhengtian said restlessly, "Hurry up and think of something."
Before he arrived at White Stone County, he had already instructed other County Magistrates, under the premise of ensuring that the epidemic didn’t spread, to temporarily stop dispensing medicine.
If people found out that White Stone County alone had solved the plague, he wouldn’t be able to get through the charade.
Not only would his safety be compromised, but he might also implicate Prince Liang.
"I think solving the plague sooner is not such a bad thing, White Stone County still has a big fat piece of meat." Jia Wenjing said obsequiously.
Li Zhengtian was very interested, "Let’s hear it."
Jia Wenjing slowly said, "It’s in the Government Office of White Stone Town. Last year, Qin Longyun confiscated the assets of the Yin Family and Xuan Eagle Stronghold, and all their accumulated wealth over many years is now in Qin Longyun’s hands."
Li Zhengtian’s eyes suddenly brightened. The Yin Family and Xuan Eagle Stronghold both smuggled salt and iron, which were very profitable businesses.
However, last year Ning Tian Mansion had been thrown into chaos by Yu Qian, and until now, no one dared to eye that silver.
If he could get his hands on that silver, what would the disaster relief funds amount to?
It was just unfortunate that it was almost dark, and nothing could be done.
"We’ll go take a look tomorrow, to the Hundred Flowers Building."
Jia Wenjing said cheerfully, "Yes, I’ll go inform the coachman right away."
There, where fine wine was paired with beautiful company, was his favorite place, and most importantly, he didn’t have to spend a penny while with Lord Li.
