Chapter 16 Red Flower

Before dawn the next day, Lin Qian released Lin Shuo and the others.

Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu returned to their room and pretended to have just woken up.

After a while, there was a sudden knock on Lin Qian's door. She went to open the door and saw Wei Jing standing outside.

"Brother Wei Jing, why did you get up so early?" Lin Qian asked in surprise.

Wei Jing glanced into the room and saw that Lin Shuo had also gotten up. He said, "Yesterday Shuo Shuo said he wanted to teach me martial arts, so I got up early."

Lin Shuo hummed an "oh" after hearing what the two said and ran over. "Yes, let's get started. First, run to Qixing Mountain and then run back, and then start practicing boxing and swordsmanship."

Wei Jing nodded.

Lin Qian said: "Okay, by the way, drink some water before exercising. I'll go get you some water."

After saying that, he went into the house, took out three cups, filled them with cold spring water, and handed them to Lin Shuo and Wei Jing.

Although Wei Jing didn't understand why one had to drink water before exercise, seeing Lin Qian and Lin Shuo also drinking, he thought it was a rule and drank without saying anything.

This cold spring water should have the effect of strengthening the body. There is no harm in drinking more of it, especially for a weak scholar like Wei Jing.

The three of them started running together.

After running a lap, the sky was already slightly brighter. Lin Shuo was standing in the yard again, teaching Lin Qian and Wei Jing boxing and sword skills.

After both sides had practiced, the sun had already risen completely.

Zhao Xiu has already entered the kitchen to start cooking.

While Wei Jing was sitting on a stool to rest and Zhang Yufang was washing up, Lin Qian ran to the kitchen and filled the water tank, which still had half a tank of water, with cold spring water.

Zhao Xiu uses this to cook.

"Hey, Xiaoxiu, why is the food you cooked today better than yesterday? The rice porridge tastes much sweeter." Lin Changcan took a sip of the porridge and immediately found something wrong, so he asked.

Zhao Xiu explained, "We just bought the ingredients for today's meal from the town. Maybe the food there is delicious, so we'll buy from them next time."

Lin Changcan nodded: "Well, I will buy their rice next time. I have never eaten such delicious rice."

Zhang Yufang and Wei Jing also tried it and nodded in agreement that it was delicious.

Lin Qian smiled faintly, hiding her achievements and fame.

After breakfast, Zhang Yufang went to the dilapidated house to wait for the bricks and tiles to be delivered. Lin Changcan followed with Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu.

Lin Qian and the others stayed at home to look after the house.

After taking out the honeysuckle and rhubarb to dry in the sun, Lin Qian had nothing to do. Whenever she had free time, she wanted to run outside.

Lin Shuo happened to want to go out as well, so he suggested going up the mountain again.

"Brother Wei Jing, what about you? If you are tired, just stay at home. Shuo Shuo and I will go." Lin Qian was a little worried about Wei Jing's health. After all, he had just recovered from a serious illness.

Wei Jing said, "I'll go too. I'm not tired. I don't know why, but I've felt much better these past two days."

Lin Qian nodded and thought to herself: How can you not be healthy? You add cold spring water to everything you eat and drink. It would be strange if you are not healthy.

The three of them went up the mountain again, carrying baskets on their backs.

As soon as they left the village, Lin Qian and the other two saw from afar five or six boys around twelve or thirteen years old hanging around the village gate.

The leader was Lin Dahu.

Seeing them, the three of them looked at each other and frowned.

Lin Dahu obviously saw the three of them as well, and immediately pointed in this direction, shouting, "It's them, the three of them. Follow me."

Lin Shuo clicked his tongue, took out his dagger from the basket and held it in his hand.

The group of children were immediately frightened when they saw Lin Shuo's appearance, and they all went to look at Lin Dahu.

Lin Dahu was no calmer than them. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and he unconsciously touched his stomach again.

When he returned home last night, he discovered a purple bruise on his stomach. One could imagine how much effort Lin Shuo had put in at the time.

Lin Shuo walked through Lin Dahu and others with a knife in his hand, and no one dared to stop him. Lin Qian and Wei Jing ignored them and walked straight past them.

Lin Dahu and his companions did not dare to move until the three men's backs walked away.

"Da Hu, we don't want the delicious food you gave us. If you want to cause trouble for Lin Shuo, you'd better go by yourself. We don't dare." A man suddenly spoke, then pulled a little friend away.

Once one person left, the rest of the people also found excuses to leave.

In the end, Lin Dahu stomped his feet unwillingly, but he didn't dare to go up by himself, so he could only leave in shame.

Wei Jing turned around, squinted at Lin Dahu's departing back, frowned, turned around and continued to follow Lin Qian and her brother.

Still, those who are looking for mushrooms are looking for mushrooms, and those who are looking for herbs are still looking for herbs.

This time, Lin Qian dug up quite a few herbs, a full basket, most of which were heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs, which should be effective for Wei Jing's face.

The three of them continued walking up the mountain. When they rounded a hill, Lin Qian saw patches of red and yellow flowers.

Wei Jing and Lin Shuo also saw it. Lin Shuo asked, "What kind of flower is that? It's so beautiful."

Lin Qian's eyes sparkled as she said, "A valuable flower, that's a red flower. Let's go, here's our chance to make money. With such a large field, we'll be rich."

Lin Shuo and Wei Jing put all the mushrooms they picked into a basket, leaving one empty for the red flowers.

"Is this red flower really valuable?" After taking a closer look at the flower, Wei Jingli suddenly turned around and asked Lin Qian.

"Well, this safflower is a medicinal herb. After we pick it and bring it home, we dry it with fire and then sell it in a pharmacy. It should be worth a lot of money." Lin Qian explained.

Wei Jing nodded, and then said, "When we went up the mountain yesterday, I saw another place with this kind of red flower."

"When did you find out? How come I didn't know?"

Wei Jing said embarrassedly, "I found it while picking mushrooms. It was on the side of the mountain. You didn't go anywhere."

Lin Qian nodded, then asked, "Is it really a red flower? Does it look like these? Are you remembering it wrong?"

Wei Jing smiled confidently and said, "I don't have any other special qualities. The only thing I have is a very good memory. I can remember everything I see."

No wonder he was able to pass the examination to become a student at the age of ten. If it weren't for his face, he would have been a scholar now.

A thirteen-year-old scholar should be considered a genius in this era.

"What are we waiting for? Let's pick all these red flowers quickly, and then go find the red flowers over there." Lin Shuo interrupted at this time. As he spoke, he reached out to pluck them.

Lin Qian hurriedly stopped him and said, "Hey! Don't mess around. There are some rules for picking red flowers. I'll teach you.

Look carefully, pinch the corolla of the safflower with your index finger, thumb, and middle finger, then gently lift it up and twist it. This way you won't damage the flower."

Lin Shuo muttered, "Isn't it just picking a flower? There's so much to it."

Wei Jing smiled, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly. "Alright, hurry up and pick them. It will probably take a while to pick all of them."

"Here I come." Lin Shuo responded, then began to pick red flowers with his index finger raised.