Chapter 72 Birthday

After returning to Linjia Village, life gradually settled down.

After Meng Yi returned from Yuzhou, he was bedridden. Although his plague was cured, his body was very weak.

Therefore, Meng Yi had been recuperating in the space and rarely came out. Lin Changcan and Xu Jingcheng just thought Meng Yi was always in the room.

As for Lin Qian, apart from occasionally traveling around the surrounding villages as a traveling doctor, she would take Lin Shuo and Xu Jingcheng running all over the mountains and fields.

Knowing that the space could be upgraded, Lin Qian started going up the mountain to dig herbs. She transplanted all the old and rare species into the space.

Now things like hundred-year-old ginseng, hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, and Ganoderma lucidum can be seen everywhere in the space.

After harvesting the corn in the fields, the villagers planted sweet potatoes in the fields.

After the sweet potatoes are ripe and harvested, they are made into fine noodles and sold. In the one or two months before the New Year, every household relies on the fine noodles business and has a prosperous year.

Unfortunately, the border was not so lucky. In the past year, no less than a hundred wars broke out at the border. King Ping An was harassed so much that he could not live a good life for several years.

In this way, a year passed without any incident.

In February, the grass is green and the birds are singing. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Xiu and Lin Wu got up early and were banging around in the yard. No one knew what they were doing.

Lin Qian had a pair of panda eyes. Yesterday, Meng Yi had grabbed her and she had been studying medical skills all night. She was woken up just after she had fallen asleep for a while.

"Mom and Dad, what are you doing?" Lin Qian asked after rubbing her eyes, but she found that there were not only Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu in the yard, but also Lin Shuo, Xu Jingcheng and Lin Changcan.

When Lin Shuo saw Lin Qian like this, he immediately said with disdain: "Sister, can you pay attention to your image? You are twelve years old today, and you can discuss marriage next year. Why are you still so unwilling to compromise?"

Lin Qian glared at Lin Shuo with a deathly gaze, and Lin Shuo immediately ran and hid behind Xu Jingcheng.

Xu Jingcheng bowed to Lin Qian and said, "I wish Master a happy birthday and good health in the future."

Lin Qian then realized that today was her birthday.

Zhao Xiu smiled and said, "Hurry back and change your clothes. I'll celebrate your birthday well today."

"good."

After Lin Qian washed up and dressed, she came out and found that the middle of the yard was already filled with meat and vegetables. Seeing this, Lin Qian asked in surprise, "Are we having hot pot and barbecue today?"

Lin Wu was preparing the mutton and nodded when he heard this: "Yeah, how is it? Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

Lin Qian nodded.

She ran around in the mountains for so long and found many medicinal herbs that could be used as seasonings, such as star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, angelica, cassia twigs, and cardamom. She picked them all and brought them back to Zhao Xiu as seasonings.

Today, it comes in handy and can be made into hot pot.

The hot pot was a shuangyuan hot pot. Lin Changcan and Meng Yi couldn't eat spicy food, so the white soup was prepared for them. So by noon, everything was ready and we could start eating.

"Well, it's okay. This hotpot tastes really good. The grilled skewers are delicious too." Lin Qian took the first bite with a look of happiness on her face.

Lin Changcan laughed, then took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to Lin Qian: "Here, this is a gift that grandpa prepared for you."

"Thank you, Grandpa." Lin Qian opened it and saw that it was a silver bracelet. It didn't have any complicated patterns, only five Chinese characters for "Fu" engraved on it. It looked very nice.

Lin Qian put the bracelet on her hand and said to Lin Changcan, "I like it very much. Thank you, Grandpa."

"Haha, as long as you like it, that's good." Lin Changcan rubbed Lin Qian's head with a kind and gentle look.

"Okay, you can eat now, eat quickly." Zhao Xiu said with a smile.

Xu Jingcheng and Lin Shuo picked up their chopsticks immediately. Over the past year, Xu Jingcheng has integrated well into this family. Zhao Xiu and Lin Wu raised him as their son.

Therefore, Xu Jingcheng, who was rather shy before, became much more lively and cheerful under the guidance of Lin Shuo.

Meng Yi also came out of the space and ate with everyone. He was very thin, almost skin and bones, his skin was a little dark, and he had to take a breath after walking two steps.

He had a small appetite and was full after just two bites, so Lin Qian helped him back into the house, actually asking him to return to his space.

The life-saving medicine has little effect on him now. He relies entirely on the hot spring water and cold spring water in the space to keep him alive. Lin Qian doesn't dare to let him leave the space for too long.

"I'm fine. Let's go back and eat. You're the birthday boy today." Meng Yi, who was soaking in the hot spring, looked much better. He smiled and waved to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian nodded slightly, then left the space.

After resting in the hot spring for a while, Meng Yi lay down on the shore and started writing.

He didn't have much time left, so he had to write everything down and leave it to Lin Qian.

Outside, the family ate and talked, and they kept making a lot of noise until the afternoon when they finished their meal.

Lin Shuo and Xu Jingcheng were burping from their overstuffed bellies. Lin Changcan had already gone back to his room for a nap, but Lin Wu was still sneaking a sip of wine from time to time.

Lin Qian saw it and laughed: "Dad, how is my peach blossom wine?"

Lin Qian and Lin Shuo had experimented before. If the wine was buried in the soil in the space for one day, it would have the same effect as if it were stored outside for a month. The wine that had been stored for a month was mellow and fragrant when dug out and drunk.

"Hmm, it tastes good! My daughter's craftsmanship is really good. She can make wine and sell it when she comes back." Lin Wu's cheeks turned red from drinking, but he was not drunk yet.

Lin Shuo burped and said, "I think the hot pot Mom made today is also very delicious. Why don't we open a hot pot restaurant? Mom will make the hot pot base and my sister will brew the wine."

Since coming to ancient times, his family has accumulated a lot of savings because of the fine powder business. In fact, they don’t even need to make any more money as it is enough for them to spend.

Lin Wu sighed, "Tsk, how can you be so ungrateful? My family is rich, why are you still making your mother work so hard?

If you want to open a hot pot restaurant, go ahead and do it yourself, don’t let my wife get involved.”

Lin Shuo immediately raised his hands in surrender and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have said that. I'll slap you!"

Suddenly, Zhao Xiulinqian and Xu Jingcheng both laughed.

At this moment, there was a knock on Lin Qian's door, and Lin Shuo immediately ran to open it.

A carriage was parked outside the door, and a middle-aged man dressed as a butler was standing outside. When he saw Lin Shuo, he immediately asked anxiously, "Are Doctor Meng and Doctor Lin here? I have an urgent matter."

Lin Qian came out and asked, "I'm Lin Qian. What do you want to see my master about?"

The man said, "Little Doctor Lin, I am the steward of County Magistrate Liu. My young wife is having a difficult labor, and I would like you to go and see her with your master."

Lin Qian said, "My master can't go, but I can go with you to take a look. Wait for me for a moment, I'll go get something."

"well."

After returning to the house to get the medicine box, Lin Qian informed Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu and took Xu Jingcheng to the carriage.

In the carriage, Lin Qian asked the housekeeper: "What's the current situation of your young lady?"

The housekeeper sighed and said, "This is the young lady's first child, and she is just eight months old now. She fell down this morning, so she gave birth prematurely.

The midwife said the baby was in an abnormal position and would be difficult to deliver. We asked Elder Ge to come and see her, but he said he couldn't do anything either. If we wanted to save her, we had to come to you."