Even so, Chang Lili was still overjoyed to be in such a place, surrounded by things she loved.

She was confident in her talent, but not arrogant about it. No matter how talented she was, compared to these veteran craftsmen, she was still a greenhorn and needed to humbly learn from them.

In this military workshop, there are three senior foundry masters: Master Yang, Master Liu, and Master Xue.

Although he was unfamiliar with the place and there was no one in the military workshop, Chang Liping was naturally outgoing and managed to chat with the craftsmen in the workshop. Only then did he realize that these three masters were Meng Yuxiu, and that he had to give them some face.

This is outrageous! Chang Lili really needs to learn from them.

So whenever she had a spare moment, she would watch the blacksmiths forge iron, but as soon as she looked over, the blacksmiths would scold her.

"How can we concentrate on forging iron when you're staring at us like that?" Of the three craftsmen, Master Liu was the one who liked to talk to her the most. "Go and get me some pig iron."

Chang Lili could only be outwardly respectful, but inwardly rolled her eyes as she went to get the pig iron.

Even watching from the sidelines isn't allowed; isn't this deliberately making things difficult?

Chang Lili knew perfectly well that he was indifferent, but there was nothing he could do about it.

She doesn't even have her own tools or blacksmithing platform right now, so she has a long way to go and a heavy responsibility ahead.

Watching Chang Lili's busy figure, the three master craftsmen exchanged glances, their eyes revealing a hint of mockery.

So Chang Lili brought over some pig iron, and Master Yang then asked for more pig iron. As soon as Master Yang got his pig iron, Master Xue asked for some too, and the three of them kept ordering Chang Lili around.

Her status in the military workshop was no different from that of a lowly maid.

After a day, Chang Lili's feet were sore.

When she returned to the courtyard, her back and waist were aching.

She had been serving tea and water to others all day, barely having a sip herself. But as soon as she entered the room, Chang Lili gulped down several mouthfuls of water.

After finishing her water, she slumped onto the table, utterly exhausted, and said in a hoarse voice, "When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their will and strengthen their body..."

Suddenly, the door to the house was pushed open. Chang Lili slowly turned her head and saw her mother-in-law carrying bowls and chopsticks into the house. Her dejected mood vanished instantly, and she immediately stood up.

"Grandma, what brings you here?" Chang Lili asked with a smile, her round eyes fixed intently on her.

But she clenched her teeth tightly, enduring the pain coming from the soles of her feet.

“You came back but didn’t even look for me, you went straight into the house. I figured you must be exhausted, so I brought you some food.” The mother-in-law placed the food on the table and said kindly.

My mother-in-law is a restless person. She had just recovered from her illness, but she got out of bed despite all the objections and started working non-stop.

Even now, Chang Lili keeps urging her to eat quickly and asking her how her day was.

Looking at the delicious food, Chang Lili picked up her bowl and began to wolf it down.

"Eat slowly, look at you, you're really exhausted," the mother-in-law said with concern.

Chang Lili shook her head when she had a moment to say that she wasn't tired, but the food at the military workshop wasn't as good as her mother-in-law's.

She was struggling to eat while her mind wandered.

She was actually very tired, so tired that she didn't even want to touch her chopsticks.

After finishing her meal, she told her mother-in-law about the military factory, naturally only mentioning the good things, saying that the people there treated her very well and took good care of her because she was a girl.

The mother-in-law was very happy to hear this and told her not to be naughty and to get along well with others.

After her mother-in-law left, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, washed up, and went to bed, sleeping soundly through the night.

On the second and third days, she was in the military workshop doing menial tasks, and didn't even have time to watch the masters forge weapons.

Her mother-in-law cared about her a lot and would hold her hand every day to ask her how she could feel at ease.

She only dared to say things to reassure her, but the aches and pains in her body were unavoidable.

On the first day, she felt a piercing pain in the soles of her feet. On the second day, the skin on the soles of her feet was rubbed raw. By the third day, many blisters had formed on the soles of Chang Lili's feet.

She felt somewhat dejected. Not having the opportunity to learn skills from these masters, or even to touch the tools, was truly unbearable for her.

She could only persevere, hoping to master her skills as soon as possible.

She took off her shoes and looked at the blisters, but she was too sleepy to keep her eyes open.

After a quick wash, he lay down and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Tonight, she had a dream in which she was in the military workshop, no longer just a lowly maidservant looked down upon, but finally able to hold her head high and become a top-notch foundry master, highly respected.

After that, others were eager to assist her, and she could freely create the weapons she wanted.

In her dream, she no longer felt pain in the soles of her feet; the burning sensation was gone, and she even felt a cool and comfortable sensation.

In her dream, she was as happy as a fairy, so happy that she almost woke up laughing.

Suddenly, as if possessed, she opened her eyes.

As far as the eye could see, there was only darkness. But once the vision cleared a little, the moonlight that fell into the room could be seen.

In her dazed state, she still felt a cool and comfortable sensation on the soles of her feet, along with a faint itchy feeling as if something had scratched them.

She moved her foot in confusion, but the feeling did not fade away.

Finally, she realized that something strange was attached to her feet, and in the dead of night, her palms immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Her gaze shifted, and she saw a figure in the dim light, illuminated by the bright moonlight.

Her heart pounded, her head was buzzing, and she suppressed her scream.

Imagine opening your eyes unexpectedly in the dead of night and finding someone suddenly appearing in your room, fiddling with something at the foot of the bed—how terrifying that would be!

Chang Lili's breathing became a little rapid, but she didn't dare to make any rash moves and could only try her best not to disrupt the rhythm of her breathing.

She kept telling herself to calm down, to calm down.

Finally, she began to observe the man discreetly, but as her vision became clearer and the moonlight brighter, she realized that the man looked somewhat familiar.

The person got up and sat on the edge of the bed, letting out a breath.

Chang Lili's eyes widened as she realized that the person was actually Meng Yuxiu.

Why would he suddenly appear here in the middle of the night? What's he up to?

Chang Lili felt as if he had applied something to the soles of her feet. The substance was cool and refreshing, and it felt incredibly comfortable on her burning soles.

He came to apply medicine to my feet? How did he know I had blisters on my feet? And why would he sneak in in the middle of the night to deliver medicine?

Chang Lili thought about it again and again but still couldn't figure it out. However, knowing that he wasn't there to do anything bad, she felt relieved.