At dawn, the doors of the medical hall were struck by urgent knocking.
Before long, a young boy came hurrying inside.
"Young Master, Young Master Yuqi has come to visit you," Granny Lin said, her expression rather unpleasant.
Unable to see Granny Lin's disgusted look, Zhou Yuqi hurried into the inner room.
"Fuyou, how is little sister Mao Mao?"
The skinny boy pulled shut the bed curtains, then turned around, revealing a face that had not slept all night.
He stared fixedly at the sturdy, tiger-headed Zhou Yuqi, as though trying to discern something from him.
Zhou Yuqi said anxiously, "I heard them saying this morning that someone rushed into Elder Haibo's medical hall last night. When I heard it was your family, I came to visit at once."
Zhou Fuyou suddenly asked, "Who were they?"
Zhou Yuqi froze, then answered instinctively, "Yin Si Niang and several servants. What is it?"
Zhou Fuyou said nothing.
Yin Si Niang was the middle-aged woman who had previously delivered the tonic medicine on behalf of Seventh Uncle's family.
Like Granny Lin from his own household, she was a maid who had come as part of a bridal dowry.
Thirty years ago, the Zhou Family had settled in White Egret Marsh.
Seven years ago, the White Egret Marsh Zhou Family, the Qingtong Lin Family, and the Hanjiang Valley Yin Family formed an alliance and began their initial cooperation.
There were many specific areas of cooperation, one of which was marriage alliances.
A large number of low-ranking clan members married among the three families.
In this regard, the Zhou Family benefited the most, taking many female cultivators from the Lin Family and Yin Family as wives.
Zhou Fuyou's mother came from the Qingtong Lin Family, while Zhou Yuqi's mother came from the Hanjiang Valley Yin