Chapter 641 - 639
Wang Yongzhu was startled. Although she didn’t like Wang Laozhu very much, thinking him biased and obstinate, always causing her trouble and frustration,
yet when she actually heard that he was dying, she didn’t feel the relief she had expected; instead, a faint sadness crept in.
Old Granny Zhang, despite being disappointed with her husband Wang Laozhu, had never wished for his death! There were many elderly men and wives of his age in Qilidun who lived tough lives but were still alive and well.
Why then, as the Wang Family’s days were getting better, did this wretched old man have to go?
It was Song Chongjin who kept his composure. Seeing the doctor ready to leave, he hurriedly grabbed him and whispered something in his ear.
The doctor nodded, took out a small porcelain bottle from his medicine box and handed it to Song Chongjin, gave some instructions, accepted the doctor’s fee, and hurried away.
No sooner had the doctor left than Wang Yonggui and Wang Yongping, the two brothers, returned.
Because Yongcheng had mineral resources, even though it was a small county, the city gates would still be closed at night, preventing outsiders from entering and city residents from leaving.
It was already dark, and they didn’t even know the way; in their anxiety to find Wang Yongzhu, where could they start searching?
Watching as the shops closed and the pedestrians dwindled on the streets, a few lanterns hung swaying at the entrance of a couple of stores, casting circles of light just beyond.
The streets were dark, and it was a long while before the night watch came by, holding a lantern and a wooden clapper, knocking along while reminding, "The air is dry; be careful with fire—"