Indeed, ginseng is produced in the East Province, but not everyone is lucky enough to come across such a good thing. It must have gone through several hands before it ended up in the hands of the Zheng Family.
The wellness doctor also understood that some matters shouldn’t be probed too deeply.
After explaining the precautions to take afterwards and exchanging a few pleasantries, the wellness doctor finally left the Zheng Family.
Once the doctor left, Mr. Zheng said to his eldest daughter-in-law beside him, "Do as the doctor suggested and take good care of your mother."
After the eldest daughter-in-law agreed, he said to his sons, "Follow me to the study."
Having said that, he turned and walked out of the room.
The sons of the Zheng Family followed him out.
After they sat down in the study, Mr. Zheng spoke, "Yuezhong, take extra care of that young girl from the Han Family and make sure she isn’t bullied.
This girl not only saved an old man like me, but the ginseng also saved your mother temporarily. At least in the short term, your mother won’t be in danger.
And about her partner, I heard he was also in the military before. Since he helped find this ginseng, we owe him a favor. If something comes up, you know what to do."
Zheng Yuezhong nodded gently, "Dad, I understand."
Mr. Zheng nodded slightly, "Has the remaining payment for the ginseng been sent over?"
Zheng Yuezhong lightly coughed, "Not yet, I will arrange it in a while."
Mr. Zheng didn’t say anything further. He knew that these past few days, with the wife’s illness, had worried everyone in the family. Some oversight is understandable: "Hmm, you handle this personally."
Zheng Yuezhong responded, "Alright."
After finishing this matter, Mr. Zheng looked at his second son, Zheng Huaizhong, "Huaizhong, still no news?"
Zheng Huaizhong thought of his critically ill mother, "Dad, there is some news, but the situation isn’t too good."
Mr. Zheng’s heart tightened, and he pressed his hand onto the armrest of the chair, "Go on, I can handle it."
Zheng Huaizhong glanced at the people in the room, deliberated for a moment, knowing that keeping it a secret isn’t feasible: "Third Brother passed away a few years ago, leaving behind a pair of children, but they haven’t been found yet."
Upon hearing the news, Mr. Zheng’s expression changed immediately, and he clutched his chest.
The people in the room were instantly panicked, and Zheng Huaizhong quickly stepped forward, "Dad, what’s wrong?"
It was still Zheng Yuzhe, the eldest grandson of the Zheng Family, who swiftly took out a pill prepared by Elder Liang from his grandfather’s inner pocket and fed it to him, which brought him back around.
Since his father’s sacrifice, Zheng Yuzhe has taken up the responsibility of the eldest branch. Although he is young, he handles matters very steadily.
After a flurry of chaos, Mr. Zheng finally calmed down completely, "Huaizhong, what exactly happened?"
The room’s Zheng Yuezhong also spoke, "Second Brother, how did our Third Brother pass away?"
Zheng Yuzhe watched his second uncle, his face heavy. For so many years, Grandma has always hoped to find Third Uncle. If Third Uncle really is gone, how will they tell Grandma?
Mr. Zheng took a deep breath, "Go on, tell me the specifics."
Only then did Zheng Huaizhong recount what had been discovered.
When the third child of the Zheng Family was born, Mr. Zheng and his wife were still with the military fighting wars, and they hadn’t settled down yet. After the child was born, it was inconvenient to bring him along, so they entrusted him to a local family.
It was agreed that once they settled, they would go back to retrieve the child, and before leaving, they gave the child the formal name, Jingzhong, for his well-being, allowing him to take the surname of that family, Guan.
But when they settled down and went back to retrieve the child, the family was no longer at their original place.
They heard from locals that they had left to escape the famine.
Over the years, the Zheng Family never gave up searching, but where to find someone in a vast sea of people?
Since knowing that their third son couldn’t be found, the old lady developed a heart condition, and her health gradually worsened.
Now, in her twilight years, she still misses her third son, wanting to see him once before she dies.
Zheng Huaizhong went through great trouble to finally hear that after the Guan Family settled down while escaping calamity, the breadwinner got seriously ill, and the family soon couldn’t make ends meet, unable to support so many children.
Coincidentally, the Guan Family’s sister was unable to bear children after many years of marriage. So, they took in their younger brother’s son and the one their brother adopted, which is the child Guan Jingzhong, raising them together.