Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 58 I'm free, I need you
Green Ant: "The young master sent us out the door at that time. Do you know what medicine the young master bought and what dosage it was?"

Sweet Potato shook his head.

Green Ant: "Well, what should I ask the doctor?"

Hongshu thought about it, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "The owner of the drugstore that sells the young master's medicine must know. Let's go ask him first, and then ask the doctor."

Green Ant: "It's useless. The shopkeeper won't tell you."

Sweet potato was a little discouraged.

Green Ant: "So, I think we don't need to consider this question. What we should consider is why the young master kept it a secret from us."

Sweet Potato: “Ah?”

Cucumber: “Huh?”

Green Ant continued, "Think about it, if the young master keeps it a secret from us, it means that we must not know about it. There are two reasons. One is that he is afraid that we will worry, and the other is that he is afraid that we will know about it."

Sweet potatoes and cucumbers are confused.

I don't understand it, but I feel like the analysis makes sense.

Green Ant: "If he is afraid that we will worry, given the young master's personality, he would not be so defensive against us. That leaves only one possibility: the young master is afraid that we will know."

Sweet Potato and Cucumber nodded blankly, and the boss continued.

Green Ant: "Why are you afraid that we will know? Although I don't know what the young master wants to do, my guess is that the reason why the young master hides it from us and is so wary of us is because once we know the truth, we will definitely stop him from doing it."

The green ant's eyes were filled with thought.

"We must not accept what the young master does? It's related to medicine. Let me think about it."

The three people on the side looked at each other, and the air suddenly became quiet.

The bluebird, who had been silent all this time, suddenly thought of something and hesitated to speak.

The green ant noticed.

"What did you think of? Tell me."

Bluebird breathed a sigh of relief and finally let him speak.

"Young Master has been testing the various changes after reaching the ninth rank this afternoon. Could it be related to this?"

Green Ant's eyes lit up when he heard this. Yes, maybe the young master's experiment is not over yet, and this medicine is also part of the experiment.

Since the young master doesn't want us to know, it means that this experiment is very dangerous, or we must think it is very dangerous, so we must not know about it because we will stop it.

It’s connected. It’s all connected.

So how can we stop the young master now? The simplest and quickest way is to tell the master and the mistress!
Having made up his mind, Green Ant immediately made his own arrangements.

"Sweet potato and cucumber, go find Madam and tell her that you found out that the young master bought a bunch of herbs and was making medicine, but he didn't let you know the details. You're worried that he might ask questions, so please ask Madam to stop him."

"I'm going to go find the master. Bluebird, you stay here."

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

The three of them nodded in unison.

"Then take action."

……

"La la la, la la la, I'm the master of grinding medicine, I'm not afraid of wind or rain, la la la la la la."

Mei Cheng'an was humming a song while grinding the herbs. After grinding the last herb, he could try to prepare the medicine.

Mei Cheng'an's humming stopped abruptly because he heard a large number of footsteps coming towards him.

Mei Chengan didn't understand what was going on for a moment. What was happening?

Suddenly his face changed drastically.

"Oops!"

He quickly put down the medicine wheel and went to the window to observe.

At the same time, Green Ant was introducing the location to Mei Zhili.

"Right there, behind that window, boiling the medicine."

When Mei Cheng'an leaned over, he met the eyes of Mei Zhili who was looking over, and Mei Zhili pointed with his finger.

"What are you doing, little brat?"

When Mei Cheng'an saw the green ants, he knew something bad was going to happen. He subconsciously shrank back when Mei Zhili yelled at him. He looked anxiously at the medicinal herbs that were still being boiled and not yet ground. For a moment, he really didn't know what to do.

Shit, even though I was so defensive, you guys could still guess what I was doing? What kind of monsters are you?

Before I could finish complaining, a large group of people came in.

……

There were only six people left in the room.

Mei Zhili took a deep breath.

"You still have the nerve to glare at me? Tell me the truth, what are you doing?"

Mei Cheng'an reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the green ant and sighed.

"Make medicine."

Mei Zhili rolled his eyes.

"Nonsense, your father is not blind, I am asking you what medicine you are brewing?"

Facing the stern gazes of his father and mother, Mei Cheng'an remained silent and embarrassed.

There's no way to explain it. Is it human practice to make poison for yourself?
Mrs. May had a worried look in her eyes.

"An'er, tell me honestly, what medicine are you making and why are you making it? Are you sick or injured?"

Mei Chengan quickly waved his hands.

"No, no, I'm not injured or sick. I just... oh, that's it. Mother, you know that when I was organizing the collection of books in the palace, I often went to the Imperial Hospital nearby to play and learned some medical skills from them. I never had the chance to put them to use. Today, I just had a sudden impulse and wanted to verify whether the medical skills I mastered are effective. So I bought a bunch of medicinal herbs and planned to make two prescriptions for preventing and treating colds to observe the changes in the medicinal properties. They are not for drinking!"

There was suspicion in Mrs. Mei's eyes.

"Really? If that's the case, it's nothing. Why did you hide it from your maids? Wouldn't it be better to let them help make the medicine?"

Mei Cheng'an scratched his head and gave a dry laugh.

"I'm just worried that my medical skills are not good enough and my research has failed. I'm afraid of embarrassing myself in front of them. Besides, they don't know anything about medicinal materials, so it's better for me to keep an eye on them myself."

Mrs. Mei thought about it and felt that it made sense. She had no problem with it and turned to look at Mei Zhili.

Mei Zhili looked at Mei Chengan with a profound gaze and said to Mrs. Mei.

"If that's the case, then we are indeed making a fuss out of nothing. Madam, please go back first. I will give him some more instructions."

Mrs. Mei nodded, took two steps outside, suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to Mei Chengan.

"You are not allowed to punish them. I made them feel something was wrong. They came to tell me when they couldn't control you. And this time you were the one who hid it from them first. They were also worried about your safety."

Mei Chengan nodded vigorously.

"Yes, mother, don't worry, I understand. They are doing this for my own good. I will definitely not blame them." Mrs. Mei nodded and left the small kitchen. The maid who was waiting in the distance hurried over to support her, and the two figures gradually walked out of the courtyard.

Mei Chengan had just breathed a sigh of relief when Mei Zhili spoke again.

"Your mother is gone. Tell me the truth."

Mei Chengan exclaimed.

"I just told the truth, Dad."

Mei Zhili snorted coldly.

"Do you want me to have someone come over and check it out now? Hmm?"

Mei Cheng'an was speechless.

"Don't tell the truth."

Mei Cheng'an thought about it and decided that he definitely couldn't tell his mother. He couldn't fool his father either, so it seemed like there was nothing wrong with telling him. So he told him his thoughts from beginning to end.

Mei Zhili found it ridiculous after hearing this.

"I really want to tear your brain open and take a good look at what's inside. You poisoned yourself, how could you think of that!"

Mei Chengan hurried to explain.

"Dad, I did lie to you about my medical skills. I am a very good doctor. First of all, the medicine I made is not very toxic. Secondly, even if the rumor is false, with my medical skills, it would be easy for me to detoxify myself. There will be no accidents."

"Nonsense! Are you risking your body just for such a guess? Have you ever thought about what would happen if something unexpected happened? How would I explain to your mother then? Your body and hair are given by your parents, have you ever thought about us?"

Mei Cheng'an hung his head in shame.

"Dad, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again."

Mei Zhili took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"I'll have them disposed of. If you want to risk your body again in the future, remember to notify me and I'll break your legs first."

Mei Chengan smiled awkwardly.

"No, no, I will never do it again. I swear."

Mei Zhili snorted coldly and walked away.

Only Mei Chengan and four maids were left in the small kitchen. The four people who had made the complaint lowered their heads, and no one on either side spoke.

After a while, three or four guards came into the small kitchen. After saluting Mei Cheng'an, they looked around. Mei Cheng'an pointed at them.

The guards took the medicine stove, medicine grinding tools, and packed up all the medicinal materials and took them away, leaving no medicine powder behind.

After they went out of the security gate, the four people who made the complaint knelt down without saying a word.

Mei Cheng looked at them quietly without calling out, his voice flat.

"Tell me, whose idea was it?"

The green ant leaned down.

"Master, this is all my idea. It has nothing to do with them. If you want to punish someone, just punish me."

When the other three heard this, they became anxious and leaned down together.

"This is an idea that all of us came up with. If the young master wants to punish us, let him punish us as well."

Mei Chengan rolled his eyes.

"Stop, stop, stop. Who said I was going to punish you? Who do you think I am? Do you think what I told my mother about not punishing you was a lie?"

The quartet didn't move. Green Ant raised his head and spoke with trepidation.

"Master, do you really not blame us?"

Mei Chengan snorted coldly.

"Of course I blame you for not trusting me. When have I ever done anything ridiculous? If you go to complain, at least ask me first."

At this time, Hongshu looked up and said resentfully.

"We asked at the beginning, but the young master kept talking about other things and refused to tell us. We wanted to ask again later, but he simply wouldn't let us get close..."

"..."

It seems to be like that, Mei Chengan touched his nose and his tone relaxed a little.

"But snitching is bad anyway."

The four of them now lowered their heads and kept silent. It was obvious that they didn't think there was anything wrong with filing a complaint for the sake of the young master's safety.

Mei Cheng'an sighed.

My mother told them to put the young master's safety first in everything and not to let him act recklessly. They thought it was right, so they listened and did so. However, this only took him into consideration and did not consider that his parents would be worried when they knew the news. He did not know how to blame them. This matter could not be explained in a few words. He would communicate with them slowly afterwards.

After thinking about it, Mei Chengan spoke.

"Okay, I don't blame you, get up now."

The four of them then stood up.

Mei Chengan looked at them curiously.

"Just because I didn't tell you anything, you think I must be doing something bad?"

The four of them looked at each other.

The green ant spoke directly.

"The main reason is that the young master doesn't let us get close at all. He's on such a strong guard, this can't be a good thing."

"..."

Okay, so it turns out that there is something wrong with me.

I was on guard for so long but ended up in vain.

What else can he say.

This is a huge misunderstanding.

Oh, I won’t say any more, it’s all tears.

Mei Cheng'an suddenly envied Fan Xian at this moment. It was convenient for someone who studied poison to make poison for himself.

I'm free, please come here quickly, I need you.

……

Mei Cheng'an was a little nervous when he went to have dinner, but when he got to the dinner table, his parents didn't show any signs of abnormality, so he felt relieved.

This matter is over.

He must learn from his mistakes. He has been acting a little carelessly recently and has caused his parents to worry a lot. He feels quite guilty about it. He must be more careful in the future.

Besides, he would have to explain to them the harms of reporting the matter after he got back. He couldn't stand being attacked like this all the time.

(End of this chapter)