Chapter 1123 - 1120: Lending a Hand

Chapter 1123: Chapter 1120: Lending a Hand

Now, a single smile unexpectedly gave him a rare feeling.

Once he understood the meaning of his words, Lu Sangqi thought to himself that it was no wonder Chu Heng was so confident—it must be because he guessed his medicinal preparation was concocted with the assistance of Ye Muyu. No wonder he trusted himself so much just now.

Lu Sangqi didn’t know what to feel, but before leaving, he took half a step out the door then turned back and said, “I will give you the medicine, after all, she’s very worried about you. If you’re alright, write a letter back, even if it’s just to deceive her a little.”

“Hmm, thank you.” Chu Heng didn’t explain further and walked back to sit behind the shore table, reaching out to open a wooden box beside him, revealing that it was filled with letters.

All the letters came from one place, his home.

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At this moment.

Ye Muyu was holding a letter from Chu Heng, which spoke of the situation in South State. The letter said the epidemic was serious, but the preparations he made earlier were not in vain. Many citizens had not fallen ill, and all of Yuzhou was divided into South City and North City.

He wrote, “Don’t worry, I will come back intact. I still want to spend a good life with you.”

Ye Muyu’s tears dripped down, and she stretched out her hand to rub her eyes until the letter was stained with circles of moisture. She hurriedly and carefully dried the paper, not wanting to damage the letter in the slightest.

The next morning.

Ye Muyu found Xiang Ling’er.

“Sister-in-law, what brings you here? Is there no trouble on cousin’s side?” Xiang Ling’er asked cautiously. Although the residence kept a tight lid on things, even Chu Jin had to take leave from school and stay home due to the flood.

But Xiang Ling’er had known about the situation outside since early morning, and Ye Muyu had not stopped those leaving the Chu family.

Her heart was anxious, and she had seen Ye Muyu gathering various kinds of grain and medicinal herbs multiple times.

Now, seeing Ye Muyu’s pale face and listless demeanor and the poor state of her spirits, yet still forcing herself to be busy, Xiang Ling’er immediately felt sympathy, taking her wrist and asking, “Sister-in-law, what can I help you with? Just tell me, and I will do it if I can.”

“Thank you.” Ye Muyu’s eyes reddened, and fearing that Xiang Ling’er would worry, she quickly wiped her eyes and said, “I want to ask Du Heng to help me buy medicinal herbs. South State really needs them now, and the ones I’ve sent aren’t enough.”

Ye Muyu felt very helpless. She thought that the land she bought was not enough, the grain was not too plentiful, and the medicinal herbs were not enough; nothing was enough.

“Xiang Ling’er, please help me get in touch with Du Heng. I need these types of medicinal herbs. They are not very rare, but the demand is huge. I have brought all the silver with me.”

Waving her hand, Su Mei and Chun Xing immediately brought over a chest filled with silver and banknotes.

This was the sum of all the silver she had managed to gather in a day. Previously worried about a flood breaching the riverbanks, she had collected all the silver from the family’s various shops in advance, a total of fifty thousand taels.

Even so, it still wasn’t enough to buy many medicinal herbs, but she hoped it would be sufficient for use.

“Sister-in-law, don’t worry. I wrote to my husband a couple of days ago, and I expect a reply from him very soon. You keep the silver for now, my husband…”

Before Xiang Ling’er could finish speaking, Ye Muyu reached out to grasp her hand, giving a weak smile, “Xiang Ling’er, right now I am the one buying medicinal herbs. It’s already very kind of Du Heng to help, and regardless, you must take this silver. Without it, how could we possibly buy those herbs? The fact that you’ve written to Du Heng is already a great help to me.”

“Yes, I am the one who thought poorly.”