Lunar New Year's eve

After taking Bai Shuixing's pulse, Shi Yanqing prescribed some Chinese medicine and asked Bai Shuixing to take it back and boil it for Bai Shuiyue to drink.

"Yueyue's weak health is due to congenital deficiencies. She has been well taken care of over the years and rarely gets sick. So, I will prescribe some warming and nourishing prescriptions for her to replenish the vitality she has lost due to illness during this period."

"After replenishing your vital energy, you can then start conditioning. At that time, you can't just take medicine, you also need to combine it with exercise. Practicing the Five Animal Exercises every morning after getting up is also good for your body."

Bai Shuixing nodded as he listened, without any objection.

She took the prescription and went to the pharmacy next door to get the medicine.

The two sisters came here with Bai Yuancheng and planned to go back with him.

However, Bai Yuancheng came to see Shi Yanqing to ask her some questions.

After Shi Yanqing finished examining Bai Shuiyue, Bai Yuancheng took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and made his request to Shi Yanqing.

Facing this student, Shi Yanqing naturally would not refuse.

She thought that teaching one person was the same as teaching two people, so she asked He Sumu to listen from the side. How much he could learn depended on his own understanding.

What surprised Shi Yanqing was that Bai Yuancheng also had good talent.

He started with herbs, and now he can memorize the names, habits and uses of those herbs.

Shi Yanqing randomly picked a few herbal names to test him, and he was able to answer them fluently. Although there were some mistakes, they were very few.

"Now that you've memorized the herbs, you should also memorize the names of the academies. Next time you come, if you can pass the test, I'll teach you how to give acupuncture."

Bai Yuancheng was very excited: "Yes, the students remembered it."

Shi Yanqing felt that he should be able to pass, so before he left, she gave him one of the sandbags she used specifically for practicing fingertip strength.

The specific usage and how to practice are also explained one by one.

It can be said that it is very attentive.

He Sumu's eyes turned red as he watched from the side.

After Bai Yuancheng left, he directly asked Shi Yanqing to accept him as a student and teach him medical skills.

"Okay." Shi Yanqing agreed without hesitation.

He Sumu smiled so brightly that his face was as beautiful as a flower, and his mouth didn't sag until the store closed at night.

In fact, Shi Yanqing had intended to teach He Sumu medical skills before, but before she had the chance to mention it, He Sumu took the initiative to propose it.

The Chinese New Year is coming the day after tomorrow. Shi Yanqing saw that there were no patients in the clinic, so he just closed the door and went on holiday.

She and Zhou Hanzhang both live in the capital, and it would be lonely to celebrate the New Year. It would be better to invite a few familiar friends and elders to come and celebrate the New Year with them.

Zhou Hanzhang called Lu Jue, and Shi Yanqing asked Pang Guan to bring Pang Jiuan and many others over.

That day, Liu Niang got up early in the morning to prepare meals.

Today is New Year's Eve and we have guests in the evening, so the food prepared is naturally abundant and rich.

Yuanhong, Yuanlu and Danye also came to help.

Shi Yanqing didn't want to read today, so he pulled Zhou Hanzhang to play chess in the yard.

They were originally in the yard, but the weather was a bit cold, so when they were halfway through, she carried the chessboard and Zhou Hanzhang back to the house.

Charcoal was burning in the house, and a few wisps of white smoke rose up along the heat and floated out of the window through the slightly open window.

"You win again."

Shi Yanqing looked at the blocked white pieces on the chessboard and felt a little discouraged. She had lost three games in a row. When would she be able to win?

"No more. I don't want to play chess anymore." She threw the white chess pieces in her hand back into the chess box, leaned back, and was instantly wrapped by the soft pillow.

Seeing this, Zhou Hanzhang also put the black chess piece in his hand into the chess box.

He removed the chessboard from the small table and moved the table to the ground.

Now there was nothing standing between him and Shi Yanqing.

"Yanqing."

Shi Yanqing closed his eyes and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

"Yanqing, open your eyes and look at me." Zhou Hanzhang's voice was slightly dragged out, with a soft ending, as if he was acting coquettishly.

Shi Yanqing's eyes were closed, and everything in front of her was pitch black, so her ears were particularly sensitive. When she heard Zhou Hanzhang speak in that tone, she felt an itch in her heart, as if she was being gently scratched by a kitten.

Cute and soft.

"Yanqing." Zhou Hanzhang exerted force again and lunged forward. His warm lips touched Shi Yanqing's white neck. Both of their bodies stiffened due to this unexpected contact.

Shi Yanqing only felt his body going numb, his eyes suddenly opened uncontrollably, and tears rippled in his eyes.

"Get up!"

Her tone remained unchanged, but the ending of her voice trembled, revealing some of her emotions.

The tips of Zhou Hanzhang's ears turned red. He supported himself with his hands and raised his head. He wanted to sit up, but when he saw Shi Yanqing's expression clearly, he changed his mind.

He leaned forward again and kissed Shi Yanqing on the lips.

“So sweet!”

He said after the kiss.

Shi Yanqing's ears and cheeks turned red.

When she saw Zhou Hanzhang's eyes change and it seemed that he was going to kiss her again, she quickly put her hand on Zhou Hanzhang's chest and pushed forward a few inches.

"Hurry up and get up. We should go out and buy New Year's goods, and invite Lu Jue and the teacher to come over for dinner tonight."

I have actually bought New Year's goods, but there are lanterns to enjoy outside tonight, so I can go out and buy a few beautiful lanterns to hang in the house.

Zhou Hanzhang knew that if he continued to act like that, Shi Yanqing would get angry.

So he obediently stood up, pulled Shi Yanqing up from the couch, and helped her straighten the wrinkles on her clothes.

On the street, red lanterns were hung outside the shops on both sides.

It was not yet evening, so the lanterns were not lit.

At night, these lanterns will be taken down, lit, and then hung up again. By then, the streets will be filled with colorful lanterns, which is beautiful and lively.

Shi Yanqing and Zhou Hanzhang did not take a carriage this time. They walked to the nearest street and walked for a while before they saw Lu Jue pushing a wheelchair out of a shop.

Half of the envelope on his chest was exposed. I didn't know whether he was going to the store to pick up a letter or to send a letter.

The two men didn't want to call Lu Jue, but when they saw Lu Jue's wheelchair suddenly stuck on a stone and the whole wheelchair shook forward and was about to fall, Zhou Hanzhang ran forward and held the back handle of the wheelchair steadily.

"Why don't you ask Wen Mian to follow you when you go out in such a cold day?" After Zhou Hanzhang helped his friend steady himself, he saw his friend looking back at him, and his tone couldn't help but become serious.

Wen Mian is Lu Jue's personal attendant. In the past, he was the one who picked up and dropped off Lu Jue to go to the county government office for duty.

Lu Jue pursed his lips and explained, "Wen Mian's mother is sick, so he asked for a day off."

"You..." Zhou Hanzhang was about to say something when he saw Lu Tong walking out of the shop next door.

"I came out with Lu Tong, but I felt the charcoal fire inside was stuffy, so I wanted to come out and get some fresh air." Lu Jue finished what he had not said just now.

Zhou Hanzhang knew the relationship between Lu Tong and Lu Jue.

Only then did he realize that Lu Jue had family in Yunshui County.

"Greetings, sir and madam." As soon as Lu Yitong went out, he saw Zhou Hanzhang talking to his second brother. He stuffed the envelope in his hand into his clothes and bowed slightly.

"I'm not in the county government office now. Just follow Lu Jue and call me Hanzhang." Zhou Hanzhang let go of the wheelchair handle and smiled.

Shi Yanqing also nodded, "You can call me Doctor Shi."

She looked at the backs of Lu Tong and Lu Jue as they left, and couldn't help but sigh at how ingenious fate was.

The Lu family's youngest son, who had been missing for many years, has now been found.

Moreover, the three brothers came to Yunshui County at the same time and reunited here.

…

In the evening, a carriage stopped outside the county magistrate's mansion.

Many people got off the carriage first, then carried Pang Jiuan off the carriage, and finally helped Pang Guan get off the carriage.

Qingjiu and Qingping had been waiting at the gate for a long time. When they saw the carriage stop, one of them ran inside to tell Shi Yanqing and the others the news of their visitor.

In the main hall, food, tea, and even a pot of wine were already prepared.

"Wow, so many delicious dishes!" Pang Jiuan jumped around the table, extremely happy.

"You little greedy cat, you look so happy. People who don't know would think that I don't give you enough food and drink." Pang Guan joked. He and Xuanyujin found a place to sit down.

Shi Yanqing originally wanted the teacher to take the seat, but Pang Guan didn't care about that at all. He just chose a comfortable seat and sat down.

"Teacher, thank you for your cultivation over the past few months. I offer you a toast."

After eating a few bites of food, Shi Yanqing poured a glass of wine, stood up and said to Pang Guan.

Pang Guan smiled, but tears welled up in his eyes. "Okay, okay, you never bothered me, girl. I'm just enjoying the treasure I found."

"Grandpa, I want to toast you too." Pang Jiuan stood up shaking his head, holding the teacup in both hands with a serious look on his face.

"If you hadn't saved me and raised me, I would still be starving."

"Okay, okay, good boy." There were tears in Pang Guan's eyes, but he couldn't stop smiling.

I have seen so many things, and my heart is filled with mixed feelings.

When he looked at Shi Yanqing and Pang Jiuan, he thought of Shi Qingqing. How great it would be if she were still alive.

Thinking back to the time when Shi Qingqing saved him, they also spent a New Year's Eve together.

On New Year's Eve that year, the two of them sat under the porch, looking at the moon in the sky and drinking. He spoke softly of his apprentice, his words filled with relief and joy.

He didn't talk much, but he was always listening very carefully, responding from time to time.

Now that I think about it, that period of time was so beautiful that it seemed not real but illusory.

After dinner, several people chatted around the charcoal brazier.

Pang Guan spoke the most. He mentioned how hard he tried to learn medicine from a master when he was young, and how he was beaten after being discovered secretly. He also mentioned that he traveled all over the place and had no fixed place to live.

"Grandpa, now we have a home, right?" Pang Jiuan lay on Shi Yanqing's legs, her head tilted, the soft flesh of her cheeks squeezed into a ball, and her words became unclear, but everyone understood what she meant.

Pang Guan smiled and nodded, "Yes, I have a home now."

During the conversation, they added tea, fruit plates and snacks several times, and when it was late at night, Pang Guan stopped.

"It's getting late. I'm taking An An back. Let's talk another day."

There were still voices on the distant street, and the sound of carriages gradually faded away.

"Let's go back to the house." Zhou Hanzhang took Shi Yanqing's hand and they walked back together.

"Han Zhang."

"Well, what's wrong?"

"I feel so good to know you, and it's great to have you by my side."

Straightforward language, straightforward emotions.

Shi Yanqing smiled and leaned towards Zhou Hanzhang, "I'm glad that you like me."

"Yes, it's great that you like me."