"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Ren asked several times outside the door before hearing Yu Yuangan's weak voice coming from the room. "I'm a little dizzy and I don't have the strength."

Yu Ren was shocked. "It must have been because I got a fever after getting wet yesterday." After that, Yu Ren quickly pushed the door and went in.

Yu Yuangan lay weakly on the bed, looking haggard. However, after only a short night, he seemed to have grown older in his teens.

Seeing my father like this, Yu Ren felt sore and felt very guilty. If it weren't for the trouble he caused, how could his father be so worried? Yu Ren reached out and touched his father's forehead gently. His forehead was very hot.

"Dad, you have a fever. I'll go find a doctor."

Yu Ren hurried out to find the doctor. When he arrived at the door, he remembered that he was not familiar with Nanjing City and had no idea where to go to hire the doctor. He had to come back to find Song Tuozi.

When Song Tuozi heard that the master was sick and had a fever, he did not dare to neglect him, so he quickly went out to find the doctor.

Not long after, Song Tuozi came back, and a thin, fifty-year-old man was following behind him.

"Young Master, this is Doctor Xiao. I walked away from six or seven clinics. When they heard about our family's recent unlucky affairs, they all used excuses to shirk responsibility and refused to come to the door for medical treatment. Only this Doctor Xiao was kind-hearted and agreed to come back with me to see the master!"

After hearing this, Yu Ren quickly thanked Dr. Xiao and took out five taels of silver as a thank-you gift.

Doctor Xiao was not polite, and after receiving the courtesy of Yu Ren, he hurried to see Yu Yuanchang.

After taking Yu Yuangan's pulse, Doctor Xiao asked Yu Ren, "Have Lingzun suffered some coldness recently?"

"Doctor Xiao is indeed a famous doctor. Our master just got into a cold rain yesterday." Song Tuozi said on the side.

"That's right. I think Mr. Yu is caused by external cold, and I'll prescribe a few doses of medicine first! The fever will be reduced after seven days of storage."

After hearing this, the two of them naturally thanked them. After the doctor left, Song Tuozi quickly went to the pharmacy to grab the medicine.

After taking two doses of medicine, Yu Yuangan's spirit improved. But he still couldn't go to the ground. Yu Ren sat by the head of the bed every day and dared not leave easily.

After six days like this, on the seventh day, after breakfast, the roast Yu Yuan's dried really subsided. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After raising it for another day, Yu Yuangan could go downstairs and walk around. Yu Ren was completely relieved. Since Yu Yuangan had been dismissed, his salary was no longer available. Although the Yu family still had a 50-acre thin land in Nanjing city, relying on these rents alone could only barely enough for him, father and son to live.

After Yu Yuangan recovered from his illness, he found Song Tuozi and Aunt Ma and fired them. Before leaving, Yu Yuangan took out six taels of silver from the only ten taels of silver in his family and gave them to them. It was also a compensation for the two of them doing their best to work in the Yu family over the years.

Next, Yu Yuangan wanted to return Cao An's free revenge. He took out Cao An's contract and returned it to Cao An, so that he could make a living by himself.

However, Cao An refused to leave. He said that he had grown up in the Yu family since he was a child and had been following the young master. He knew that the Yu family was in a bad situation and could not raise idle people, but he could make money to support himself. He could go out to find work during the day and come back to help his family at night.

Yu Yuangan sighed, "Wouldn't that be too hard for you?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of hardship. As long as the master and young master ask me to continue to stay in the Yu family, I'm willing to do it no matter how hard or tired I'm." Cao An said firmly.

"Since you are so persistent, then let it go! However, you should keep this contract for sale yourself. If you want to leave one day, you can do it anytime." After saying that, Yu Yuangan turned around and went into the house.

Without the scientific examination, Yu Yuangan no longer cared about what books his son read, and the ban on going out had long been lifted. Seeing that his father's illness had basically been cured, Yu Ren took Cao An to the deserted garden outside the city again.

Hu Zi and the other two were still building ships here and did not move away. As Yu Ren expected, Qian Si and the others never came to harass each other again. They knew very little about the matter of Yu Ren's family. They only knew that Yu Yuangan had been removed from office recently, and they also heard that Yu Ren had also been disqualified from taking the scientific examination. As for why, no one knew. Yu Ren didn't want them to know, so as not to feel guilty.

When they met Yu Ren, everyone came up to greet him and comforted him.

Yu Ren looked completely uneasy. "I'm fine! I wasn't interested in the imperial examination. Now I'm fine, I'm light on everything.

I'm here today to see how your ship is built?"

"Very good! The first boat has been built." Tian Jia said first. "It was basically done as you designed for us, with only some minor changes. When we were going to change your design, we planned to ask you. But something happened to your family at that time, and then we heard that your father was sick. We didn't go."

"Is that so? Take me to see." Yu Ren was shocked when he heard that their first boat had been built.

"It has been handed over to Mr. Shi to take it away. Mr. Shi is very satisfied. Just let our second boat still do this." Hu Zi said.

"Then, just tell me what you changed!"

So, Sun Menghu explained some of their changes to Yu Ren. It turned out that they added two small spirals to the single spiral designed by Yu Ren, so that the spirals have greater impetus on the ship.

"How is the effect?" Yu Ren asked anxiously. This was his most concerned issue.

"We tried it. If it is full, use three spiral pulp together and supplemented with paddle wheels on both sides, which can basically reach the speed of a land carriage." Sun Menghu said.

"That means you can reach a hundred miles a day!"

"It's basically no problem. You should be faster. Compared with sailing down the wind, it's about half a slower." Sun Menghu said.

Yu Ren was relieved now. He did not plan to build ships with Hu Zi and the others in the future, so after hearing that they had built a ship that they had improved, he stopped asking. After a few more gossips, Yu Ren wanted to get up and go back.

The three of them sent Master Yu Ren to the gate of the wasteland. Sun Menghu took a cloth from Liu Xi and handed it to Yu Ren.

"There are three hundred taels of silver here. It's the little intention of the brothers. Uncle Yu is sick, and we don't have time to see him. You sue him on our behalf. If you hadn't come up with this idea this time, we would have all gone bankrupt.

I won’t be polite among our own brothers. Please take this money and buy some tonics for Uncle Yu.”

Yu Ren was not polite. He knew that Hu Zi and the others had money now, and according to this, it was estimated that the next business of Shi Yuanwai's several big ships would be natural. The money would not be missing. But now he was in trouble at home, and it was inevitable that he would spend money.

When Song Tuozi left that day, Song Tuozi quietly told him that his father had traveled all over Nanjing for his affairs these days, asking people to give gifts everywhere. He also borrowed 300 taels of silver from the money shop. These days, Yu Ren was worried about this matter! He was a person who didn't like to speak to others, although he knew that if he spoke to Huzi and the others, they would definitely help him.

Now that Hu Zi and the others have given him this batch of silver, he can solve his urgent needs.

Yu Ren handed the silver bag to Cao An, and saw it was still early. He planned to take a walk in the city first. After so long he had been home, he still had no chance to stroll around Nanjing City. In the past, it was mainly because he was afraid of being caught by his father, so now he doesn't have to worry anymore.

At present, there is no hope for his journey to fame and fortune. He must think about what he will do in the future. Therefore, he decided to use these days to visit Nanjing City to think about his future livelihood.

Shortly after they entered the city, they had lunch on the street. Then they started to wander from Nancheng.

When Yu Ren was walking to the entrance of a clinic, he was suddenly knocked down by a woman who came hurriedly. When he looked up, it was Hu Zi's sister Sun Mengyao.

"Ah! My little husband. Why are you still wandering around here? Go home quickly! Something big happened at your house. Your father fainted at home just now." Sun Mengyao said while dragging Yu Ren and running back.
Chapter completed!