Yun Shijiu was able to eat and drink well, and apart from being a little weak, Yun Mo was quite relieved. After washing up, he went out.

Lin Yinan carried her to the bathroom again, then put her on the bed and gave her the little rag doll that Qianxia had rushed out overnight to play with.

After careful observation, she found that Yun Shijiu's grip and other functions were fine.

She wanted to get her to talk, but no matter how Lin Yinan coaxed her, Yun Shijiu would just grin and show her four little teeth, or simply squint at her, without saying a word.

Lin Yinan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down after realizing she had acted too hastily when her child woke up.

No rush! Our daughter is still young. We'll teach her slowly once she's fully recovered.

Judging from her current and previous quirky and clever demeanor, there shouldn't be any problems.

Lin Yinan repeatedly comforted herself in this way.

Qianxia came in from outside after tidying up. "Miss, the Second Master is here."

I slept all day yesterday, so Lin Shuo must have come to see Nineteen.

"Nineteen, shall we go out and see Second Grandpa?"

Lin Yinan bent down, picked up Yun Shijiu, and walked out the door.

Lin Shuo stood in the courtyard, smiling as he looked at Yun Shijiu in Lin Yinan's arms, his eyes bright and gentle. "Our Shijiu has suffered! Come here, let your second grandpa hold you, okay?"

He reached out his hand to Yun Shijiu, his face filled with doting affection.

Yun Shijiu clutched the rag doll in her hand, pouted, and turned her head to bury it in her mother's arms.

"Nineteen was frightened; she won't be so clingy after a while."

Lin Shuo placed his hand on her head and patted it gently. "You've lost weight; you need to eat more."

Seeing her intently holding the doll in her hands, Lin Yinan smiled faintly.

Qianxia brought over two chairs. "Second Master, your injuries haven't healed yet, please sit down quickly."

"They've all scabbed over, thanks to Anan and Dr. Guo," Lin Shuo said, sitting in his chair.

I touched the wound on my abdomen; it had already formed a thick scab.

Lin Yinan asked, "While I was away for the past two days, have the villagers in the mountain village remained well-behaved?"

“With so many guards and soldiers coming and going every day, they seem much more obedient on the surface. However, Wu Song and Chen Shi said that there are still a few households that are restless and quarrel endlessly over the smallest things.”

Lin Shuo was also troubled; this was the first time he had encountered such an unreasonable troublemaker.

"Have Zhao Mang write down their names. If they really don't want to stay here, find an opportunity to send them away."

"What if other people also join in the clamor and want to leave?"

Won't all the bandits leave by then?

Lin Yinan knew what he was thinking, and gazed at Yun Shijiu in her arms with doting eyes, "It's alright, the servants we bought in Huaizhou City will be back soon."

"You intend to have your servants cultivate all the land in Chi'an?"

"It depends on whether the people who bought it are honest or not. If they are honest, we will distribute the land to them, just like the villagers in the villages below Longtan, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment here."

Lin Shuo knew that things were not peaceful outside, and that such a place was something many people forced into slavery dreamed of.

He nodded, his expression grave, and said, "Let those disobedient mountain people leave as soon as possible, lest they corrupt the spirit of the village."

“The mountain people have lived in the mountains for generations, relying on the mountains for their livelihood. They are rude and unruly, and most of them are not obedient to discipline.”

"Hmph! It's time to let them know how treacherous this world is."

When Yun Shijiu looked up, she saw his sullen face and heavy tone. Her lips trembled, and her large, grape-like eyes instantly filled with tears.

Lin Shuo quickly touched her little face and said gently, "My dear Nineteen, Second Grandpa wasn't talking about you, he was talking about those bad guys."

"younger sister!"

A childish voice came from next door, and Yun Junding, who had just woken up, was carried out of the next room by Qianwu.

He struggled to get down from Qianwu's arms, and with a joyful look on his face, he took a few quick steps and pounced on Yun Shijiu.

Lin Shuo quickly reached out to support him, "Ding'er, don't you remember me?"

Yun Jun tilted his head and looked at him, then said in a childish voice, "Hello, Second Grandpa!"

"Ding'er is such a good boy!"

Fearing that he might bump into Lin Shuo's abdominal wound, Lin Yinan reached out and pulled him away.

Yun Shijiu raised the doll in her hand, opened her mouth, and saliva instantly stretched into a long strand, dripping onto the back of Lin Yinan's hand.

Yun Junding looked at her with sparkling eyes, "Little sister, is this a doll for me?"

Yun Shijiu loosened his grip, and the rag doll fell into Yun Junding's hands. It used to make a few "ah ah" sounds, but now it remained silent.

Qianxia brought a bowl of meat porridge from the kitchen, preparing to feed Yun Junding.

Having said everything he needed to say, Lin Shuo slowly stood up. "I'll go tell Zhao Mang."

"Second Uncle, slow down. Or should we have Chen Shi help you?"

Lin Shuo waved his hand and stepped out of the courtyard.

After finishing a bowl of porridge and getting tired of playing with the doll in his hand, Yun Jun turned his head and looked around, "Where's my mother?"

Qianwu looked at Lin Yinan, unsure how to comfort him.

Lin Yinan's cool eyes softened, and she said gently, "Your mother and grandmother are on their way. We'll stay here for a couple of days, and then we'll take you home when they arrive."

After all, he was still a child under three years old. Yun Junding's eyes filled with tears. He missed his mother so much and felt like he hadn't seen her in a long time.

The little one stubbornly refused to let the tears fall, sitting listlessly in the chair, which was heartbreaking to see.

Lin Yinan observed that he spoke clearly and seemed completely unaware of being kidnapped.

"Ding'er! Look what your third uncle brought back!"

Yun Mo's hearty laughter rang out in the courtyard.

Yun Jun turned his head and saw that Yun Mo had a string of colorful pheasants hanging from his waist and was holding a small basket in his hand. He immediately slid off the chair and ran towards Yun Mo with his short legs.

Nineteen struggled to get down in Lin Yinan's arms.

Lin Yinan supported her under the armpits and tried to put her on the ground. Nineteen lifted her leg to take a step forward, but her legs felt weak and she didn't have any strength, so she sat down on the ground with a thud.

No matter how Lin Yinan tried to help her up, her buttocks seemed to be rooted to the ground, and she wouldn't budge an inch.

Over there, Yun Junding had already pounced at Yun Mo's feet, craning his neck to reach for the basket in Yun Mo's hands.

"Third Uncle, I want to see."

Seeing Yun Shijiu's condition, Yun Mo calmly took Yun Junding's small hand and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go and see with our sister."

Yun Mo placed the basket in front of Shijiu, which contained two palm-sized gray rabbits. Shijiu was so frightened that she ran straight into Lin Yinan's arms.

"Bunny, little sister, it's bunny."

Yun Jun, however, boldly reached out to touch it.

After a long while, Yun Shijiu slowly peeked out to look at the rabbit in the basket, but he didn't dare to reach out and touch it.

Looking at the string of pheasants hanging from Yun Mo's waist, if this were modern times, these would all be protected animals, and even touching them would be punishable by law.

"You hunted so many pheasants?"

"Dr. Guo said that the two children need to be properly nourished."

Qianxia took the pheasant, her eyes crinkling with a smile. "We've already reserved the leg meat for Miss and Young Master Ding to make chicken porridge. Wu Song just brought over half a basket of mushrooms yesterday, so let's stew the rest with the mushrooms. It's hot, and the meat won't keep for long."

"Okay, you can arrange it as you see fit." Lin Yinan trusted Qianxia's cooking skills.