Lin Shou's wrist bone appeared increasingly prominent, indicating that she hadn't been eating properly lately.

The scars on her arm were quite noticeable, and she awkwardly pulled her arm back.

After a long pause, she stammered, "I'm...sorry, that day, I...feed...the bear...medicine."

Jiang Xi didn't understand what she meant.

Lin didn't dare look at her, and continued, "I originally... fed... the bear medicine, so that it would fall asleep during the fight."

As she spoke, she put her hands together by her ears, making a sleeping gesture, and then tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string.

She thought that she had drugged the bear and that the first man could kill it with a little effort, but she didn't expect that it would take too long. Not only did the bear not die, but two people were also injured.

Jiang Xi sighed and, seeing how hard she was crying, turned her eyes and said to her.

“I brought you here not to stay for nothing, but to work with me and help us out.”

"Look at all the things I raise, and the vegetables I grow. All of these require people to do them."

As she spoke, she observed Lin's reaction.

Sure enough, Lin understood what she meant, and his eyes began to light up.

She looked at Jiang Xi and nodded vigorously: "I...can do it all."

Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bright smile, "That's right."

Seeing her smile, Lin also smiled back.

Jiang Xi's goodwill was one aspect, but she was also calculating how much benefit Lin's involvement would bring them.

No one knows this forest better than Lin. He knows far more about what plants are there and where dangerous animals are.

Despite his formidable skills, Yan Jing'an still suffered numerous setbacks in the jungle.

Jiang Xi thought that Lin's arrival might bring even more unexpected gains.

She smiled and said, "I'll help you tidy up the house this afternoon. You can go pack your things first and bring over anything you need."

Hearing her say that, Lin hurriedly waved his hand and stammered, "No need...you...clean up."

Jiang Xi comforted her, "It's okay. They're all sick today, and I don't go out much by myself, so I'll just tidy up the yard first."

So the matter of Lin moving was settled for now.

She went back to pack her things, and Jiang Xi went into the house to check on the two sick people.

The black mud really worked. In just one or two hours, the swelling on my face seemed to have gone down a bit, so it must have had some pain-relieving effect. I didn't sleep much last night, but I'm sleeping quite soundly now.

Jiang Xi closed the door for them.

After playing with Xiao Hei for a while, Jiang Xi fed all the animals in the house.

Then she took a broom and tools and went to the pottery kiln.

Previously, because they were firing bricks here, the temperature inside the house was high, so Yan Zheng removed the wooden planks nailed to these windows, leaving only a few planks to make the windows look like windows.

Jiang Xi thought that the temperature difference between day and night was large at night, so she would cover it with straw mats first, and then make a wooden window after it stabilized.

Jiang Xi cleaned up the burnt branches and coal ash on the ground, and then wiped the shelves and stove clean.

She even wiped the wooden bed inside and out twice.

Thinking that there would be a lot of tidying up when Lin arrived, she wasn't in a hurry. She just did a simple cleaning and would arrange things according to Lin's wishes when he arrived.

Yan Zheng and Yan Jing'an slept until the afternoon.

When Yan Zheng woke up, he felt much better, and the stinging pain on his face had also subsided.

He ate his porridge and said to Jiang Xi, "We'll go next door in a bit. I'll bring the ladder over, and you can hold it for me as we clean up the broken tiles on the roof."

If we do a little more now, we can go hunting with peace of mind in a while.

Jiang Xi saw that he couldn't stay idle, but fortunately his hands and feet were fine, and since she was also there, she nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xi was on the ground while Yan Zheng climbed a ladder to the roof, picked up the broken tiles and put them in a basket, then handed them to Jiang Xi with a rope.

Jiang Xi, who was on the ground, picked out the broken tiles from the basket.

Nearly a third of the roof collapsed, leaving behind a considerable amount of broken tiles.

Jiang Xi took out the relatively intact tiles separately and put the badly broken ones in another pile.

Although I don't know what it can be used for, I feel that this is not a waste, since burning tiles and firewood is also time-consuming.

It took the two of them an entire afternoon to clear the collapsed roof.

The next morning, after a day of rest and recuperation, Yan Jing'an was alive again.

Not only can it speak now, but its head circumference has also decreased compared to yesterday, and it keeps praising how useful the black mud is.

"No wonder that child has it on his face every day, it's to repel insects."

At this point, Jiang Xi told Yan Zheng and the others about Lin agreeing to move in.

Yan Zheng nodded and said, "The windows in that house are broken, right? I'll nail two more windows on for him in a bit."

On the other side, Yan Jing'an was unusually quiet this time, not being sarcastic or sarcastic, and was eating his porridge in peace.

While eating, Jiang Xi kept staring at Yan Zheng's face.

Yan Zheng, puzzled, asked, "Is there something on my face?"

Jiang Xi stared intently into his eyes: "Do you feel uncomfortable at all?"

Yan Zheng frowned: "My eyes seem a little itchy."

After hearing his words, Jiang Xi turned to Yan Jing'an and asked, "What about you?"

Yan Jing'an swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty: "Me? I don't feel anything."

Am I overthinking things?

Jiang Xi met Yan Zheng's questioning gaze and said in bewilderment, "I feel like your eyes are unusually bloodshot today."

Yan Zheng didn't pay much attention: "It's probably residual bee venom. I'm quite sensitive."

Yeah?

Jiang Xi felt like she had missed something.

In the late afternoon, Yan Zheng was nailing wooden windows with the leftover wood, and Jiang Xi was helping him.

Just as I was busy, Lin finally arrived.

The gate was open, and she went straight into the courtyard, carrying a large bundle on her back, which was also made of animal fur.

Jiang Xi saw her and went up to greet her: "Lin".

Lin waved her hand, and seeing that Yan Zheng was also there, she nodded as a greeting.

Yan Zheng nodded in response.

Jiang Xi said to her, "Wait here for me, I'll go get you a basin."

A moment later, Jiang Xi took out a ceramic basin from the granary, told Yan Zheng about it, and then took Lin to the pottery kiln.

Jiang Xi thought she didn't have much stuff, but when she opened it, her eyes widened in surprise – a whole bundle of small things.

Straw sandals, or rather wooden clogs, and other items of various sizes made of fur, including clothes, pockets, and even stone blades she had sharpened herself.

Jiang Xi helped her take everything out and put it on the wall shelf. She made everything herself, and Jiang Xi praised her for her good craftsmanship, thinking she would learn from her later.

Until she picked up something casually, realized something was wrong, looked down, and was so shocked she almost threw it away.

An iron bell.