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Wei Yichen is going back to the academy soon and Wei Jinyi is also almost ready to leave home.

Wei Ruo specially prepared some medicines for him, in case he catches a cold or has a fever. Having some emergency medicines at hand will always be somewhat reassuring.

Wei Jinyi looked at the whole box of things Wei Ruo brought over and said, “I don’t need this much, I still have the ones you gave me last time.”

“Just take it. Tazhou prefecture lacks medical supplies. If you get sick and want to take medicine, even if you can afford a doctor, you may not be able to buy the medicine you need,” Wei Ruo advised. At times like this, she is like a nagging old mother, if Wei Jinyi doesn’t listen, she could lecture him for an hour.

Wei Jinyi took the box first, then said, “I will still be in Tazhou prefecture for a while, there will be opportunities to see each other again.”

He is just temporarily leaving the Military Prefecture, not saying goodbye to Wei Ruo immediately.

“Wherever you stay is your business. As your sister, I should do my part,” Wei Ruo said with a smile.

Wei Jinyi paused for a moment, feeling somewhat complicated. He should be happy that she cares about him, but the term “sister”…

Wei Jinyi asked Wei Ruo to sit for a while, without having to do anything else, just sit together and have a cup of tea.

There are no pavilions in the new Yizhu Garden in the Government City, so Wei Jinyi placed a stone table in the yard, and Xiaobei carried the chairs over.

Wei Ruo wrote a list of items she needed to purchase the next day: Fritillaria powder, rock sugar, loquat leaves, faint bamboo leaves, bezoar, gentiana flowers…

“Are these the ingredients for your loquat syrup?”, Wei Jinyi asked after seeing them.

“Yes. Ordinary loquat syrup is made with fresh loquats, but I make loquat syrup in winter, without fresh loquats. So, I substituted it with several other drugs, exploiting their health benefits. Thus, the effect achieved is unmatched by regular loquat syrup,” Wei Ruo explained directly to Wei Jinyi about the uniqueness of her loquat syrup.

The ingredients of her loquat syrup are far more lavish than traditional ones, resulting in a different effect.

Xiaobei, who was serving on the side, couldn’t help but exclaim, “Miss, you are incredible! No wonder your loquat syrup can sell for the astronomical price of ten taels of silver!”

Wei Ruo said, “Indeed, ten taels of silver for a jar of loquat syrup is expensive. Ordinary households would never spend so much silver on it, but for families like the Xiu Family in Taizhou prefecture, if they can spend one or two hundred taels to relieve the old man’s suffering from illness, it’s worth it, so I never planned to sell my loquat syrup to ordinary families.”

“Of course, I didn’t expect this price of ten taels myself. It was Madam Xu who initially set the price. Once she set the precedent, I couldn’t sell it any cheaper. I originally planned to just sell one batch to her, but I didn’t expect that there would be quite a few buyers later on. Of course, it goes to show there are indeed many rich families in Taizhou prefecture!”

In the world Wei Ruo used to live in, the gap between the rich and the poor was vast. Some people can spend millions without batting an eye, while others break their hearts over a few thousand yuan. In her current world, the gap between the rich and the poor remains the same, if not worse.

Xiaobei can’t hide her admiration for Wei Ruo, “Miss, it’s because your medicine is good! I’ve never seen any medicine made by others sell at such a high price.”

Xiumei next to them, couldn’t help but say, “Xiaobei, are you hiding something? Why are you constantly flattering our Miss?”

Xiaobei hurriedly explained, “No, no. I don’t have any ulterior motives. I truly think the Miss is amazing.”

Then, with a shy glance at Xiumei, Xiaobei added in a whisper, “Of course, Lady Xiumei is also amazing.”

Xiumei laughed and said, “You are such a sweet-talker, are you trying to coax me into teaching you how to cook?”

Xiaobei quickly waved his hands, “No, no. I’m sincerely praising you!”

Xiaobei was rendered speechless by Xiumei.

Xiumei laughs even more. “I was just teasing you, don’t be so nervous.”

Xiaobei’s face turned red.

Wei Ruo laughed and said, “Big brother, Xiaobei and you turn red in the face easily.”

When the topic turned back to him, Wei Jinyi pretended he didn’t hear it.

From one look, Wei Ruo started laughing again, knowing that big brother is shy again, refusing to admit that he blushes easily.

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Returning from Yizhu Garden, Xiumei asked Wei Ruo, “Miss, do you have any extra medicine prepared?”

Wei Ruo laughed, “Why, you thought I forgot about Brother Xiaoyong because I have big brother? Are you in such a hurry because you’re worried that Xiaoyong won’t have medicine with him? When I visit the wet nurse later, I tell Xiaoyong that my Meimei is super worried and cares about him!”

Xiumei quickly retorted, “Who’s worried about him? If he doesn’t have any medicine, that’s his problem. I’m too lazy to take care of him.”

“Let’s go. Let’s go see Xiaoyong. He’ll be home for a few days. The big box at the back is his. I can’t lift it. You’ll have to carry it,” Wei Ruo said.

The box for Xu Zhengyong is at least ten times bigger than that for Wei Jinyi.

It’s not that Wei Ruo is biased, but the situations of the two are different. Xu Zhengyong is in the army. Not only is he likely to get injured, his comrades can also get wounded. Their demand for medicine is different.

Wei Ruo’s priority for Wei Jinyi is quality, whereas the priority for Xu Zhengyong’s medicine is quantity, especially for wound care. Wei Ruo always prepared big packs of it for him.

Seeing the big box, Xiumei complained, “Miss, so this big box was all prepared for Xiaoyong! I really thought you had forgotten about Xiaoyong!”

Wei Ruo said, “I didn’t hide it from you when I prepared it. I did everything openly. If you didn’t find out, that’s your fault, isn’t it?”

Xiumei pouted reluctantly, picked up the large box and caught up with Wei Ruo’s steps.

The two of them arrived at Four Treasure House by carriage. In the backyard of Four Treasure House, Xu Zhengyong, who rarely stays at home, was helping his family chop firewood.

In the cold weather, he was only wearing a single layer of clothes.

“Xu Zhengyong!”, Xiumei put down the box and charged towards Xu Zhengyong angrily, “Have you lost your mind? The weather has just started to warm up a bit, but it’s still not warm enough to wear only a single layer of clothes! Do you think you live too long, or is Miss’s medicine so tasty that you want to eat more of it?”

Xu Zhengyong hurriedly put down the axe in his hand and while wearing his clothes, which were on a bamboo chair next to him, he gave a clumsy smile, “Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, I’ll put it on right away.”

Wei Ruo came over and said, “Meimei, when Xiaoyong is sweating, it is good to take some clothes off, otherwise if the clothes are soaked, he will catch a cold even more easily.”

Hearing this, Xu Zhengyong was thrilled, “See, Sister Ruoruo is taking my side! Sister Ruoruo must be right.”

Just after being thrilled for a while, he received a glare from Wei Ruo, “But that doesn’t mean you should strip down like you did, almost bare-chested. And once you stop, you need to put on your clothes immediately, otherwise you catch a cold..”