Gao Chong heavily placed the large iron hammer on the iron block. Due to the excessive effort and the heat from the furnace, beads of sweat covered his forehead.

Not only his forehead, but his entire body was covered in sweat, and his back was especially wet and unbearably hot.

The thought of being forced into becoming the blacksmith's apprentice made him want to quit.

But seeing Qiu Xu, who was implicated by him, meticulously forging ironware, he abandoned his idea.

Qiu Xu was also very active; ever since he started training, his hands had never stopped moving.

However, Qiu Xu has better endurance than Gao Chong.

That night, the two worked until very late. Qiu Xu did the forging, while Gao Chong listened to instructions and kept an eye on the heat. However, neither of them spoke.

Gao Chong remained silent, but the blacksmith still felt wronged.

Why did this unexpected disaster have to happen to us?

But considering the matter of taking on disciples, he didn't argue with Gao Chong.

Because it was Qiu Xu and his colleague's first time making it, they did not make a complete iron tool.

On the way home, Gao Chong casually wiped the sweat from his brow and finally spoke, "Qiu Xu, aren't you tired?"

"Tired." Qiu Xu was too tired to speak.

"If you're tired, then don't go." Seeing Qiu Xu's questioning look, he added, "I'm the one who caused this trouble, I'll go alone. Didn't you want to work at Sister Qiu's shop?"

Qiu Xu didn't say anything, and turned his back on Gao Chong.

My sister once said, "It's never a bad thing to have many skills."

...The next day, in Lingnan Village, Qiu Yan saw that a lot of medicinal herbs had been harvested and began to have people make medicine.

That day, she called Zhao Qiufeng and his wife over and began to teach them seriously.

Old Zhao went along as well, offering pointers from time to time.

Although he was a bit senile, as mentioned before, his knowledge of medicine was deeply ingrained.

After hearing that Qiu Yan was going to hire someone to make medicine, Wang Shi immediately came to find Qiu Yan, wanting her son to learn from her.

Qiu Yan readily agreed when she needed help.

Unexpectedly, not only Zhao Jun, but also her childhood sweetheart Zhao Zheng came along.

Qiu Yan saw Zhao Zheng but didn't want to have much interaction with him.

But Zhao Zheng took the initiative to step forward and said to Qiu Yan, "Xiao Yan, I'm getting married." When he said this, his voice was deep and suppressed.

He looked intently at Qiu Yan, hoping to hear words of farewell from her.

After all, they had made vows of eternal love. "If you disagree, I am willing..."

"Congratulations," Qiu Yan said with a slight smile, interrupting him.

Zhao Zheng gave a wry smile, "Besides congratulations, don't you have anything to say to me?"

Qiu Yan thought to herself, what is there to say? She's not the original owner of this body. "May I ask, which family's daughter did you marry?"

Zhao Zheng lowered his eyes and did not answer, silently stepping back.

Seeing Zhao Zheng's grief-stricken face, Zhao Jun stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, then said to Qiu Yan, "Zhao Zheng and I will be brothers-in-law from now on, and we've chosen to get married on the same day. Xiao Yan, you must come and support us then."

The women they were to marry were two sisters from the next village.

At this point, Zhao Jun felt that the relationship was a bit complicated.

He is both Zhao Zhengtang's older brother and his brother-in-law.

"Okay." Qiu Yan thought their marriage was quite good.

Hearing them chatting and laughing, Zhao Qiufeng couldn't help but chime in, "From now on, when you two accompany your wives back to their parents' home, you can go together."

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Yes."

Zhao Zheng's face remained somber; he couldn't manage a smile and only focused on Qiu Yan.

Seeing Qiu Yan's calm demeanor, what else could he do but give up?

In the following days, Qiu Yan went to find the village chief again and told him that she wanted to buy all the wasteland next to the original medicinal herb fields and the edge of the mountains and forests.