Chapter 39, Part 3...
Chapter Thirty-Nine
"An allergy?" Lu Yuanqing was surprised, not expecting this possibility.
"It does look quite similar to me. An Hui has eaten plenty of the beer-braised duck I made before, and she had no problems at all. How come she got drunk after just a little bit of fermented rice wine this time?"
Before Lu Yuanqing could answer, Hua Fangling asked Yao Anhui, "Anhui, how are you now? Should we go to the hospital to get checked out?"
You should know that severe allergies can be fatal.
"I'm fine now. The itching has stopped after I took a shower." As Yao Anhui said this, she couldn't help but blush, thinking about what had just happened.
"Your face is so red, could it be because of an allergic reaction?" Hua Fangling was relieved after hearing Yao Anhui's words, but then she was startled by Yao Anhui's red face.
"No, no, I'm hot. It's too hot." Yao Anhui's face turned even redder, but she wasn't lying. Although there was a big temperature difference between day and night, it was still quite hot at noon.
"Yes, it is indeed a bit hot today. It seems we need to find a way to buy some fans, otherwise we can only tough it out in this heat." Hua Fangling, who is sensitive to heat, misses air conditioning terribly, but in the weather in the north, fans are the most useful option.
Yao Anhui sighed, "Autumn is just around the corner, so we probably won't need the fan anymore, right?"
"I don't know much about the weather here, but it's still very hot in my hometown in the fall," Hua Fangling said. "It's definitely much cooler here than where I'm from."
As they were talking, it wasn't until Qi Mingzhe brought in the washed vegetables that Yao Anhui belatedly realized she hadn't made lunch that day.
"Oh dear, it's so late, I'd better go home now." Hua Fangling only realized it was dinnertime when she saw the dishes, and hurried home.
"Huihui, are you still feeling unwell? Why don't you go back to your room and rest?" Lu Yuanqing said worriedly, but he put his arm around her waist and led her to the room, not giving her a chance to refuse.
Yao Anhui followed his lead back to her room. She wasn't the type to take on everything herself. When Lu Yuanqing was at work, she didn't mind cooking at home, but she didn't mind Lu Yuanqing doing chores either.
"Is there anything you'd like to eat for lunch?" Lu Yuanqing noticed that Yao Anhui's face was still a little red and thought she was still feeling unwell, which made him feel very sorry for her.
Yao Anhui thought for a moment and didn't think of anything she particularly wanted to eat, but she didn't want to just give Lu Yuanqing a perfunctory answer. She believed that relationships were reciprocal; if you treated someone perfunctorily, they would treat you the same way.
So he said, "It seems like you've been accommodating me all this time. Why don't you cook some of your favorite dishes and see if I can learn how to make them?"
Lu Yuanqing felt a warmth in his heart. Yao Anhui was going to cook his favorite dishes. She must care about him just like he did. Lu Yuanqing concluded that Yao Anhui loved him very much, and he smiled so hard that his teeth showed.
"I'm not a picky eater. I'll eat anything you make. How about we make some of my specialty Northern Chinese dishes for lunch today?"
After finishing his sentence, Lu Yuanqing went to cook in a good mood, leaving Yao Anhui's "Okay" behind him.
Yao Anhui didn't go cooking with Lu Yuanqing today; she was thinking about the matter of the Word Spirit.
As someone who has experienced the power of Word Magic.
If the power of words can only be used a fixed number of times, then Yao Anhui would definitely have to think twice before using it each time, since it is a non-renewable resource and once it's used up, it's gone, so of course she has to use it sparingly.
But now that they know he can regenerate, Yao Anhui naturally wants to find a way to make the Word Magic inexhaustible.
Who would complain about having more or better self-defense skills?
Based on the information Yao Anhui currently possesses, using the power of words requires merit, and merit can be increased.
Therefore, if Yao Anhui wants to continue using the power of words, she needs to find a way to accumulate merit, the more the better, and ideally, she should be able to detect where the limit is.
Yao Anhui thought of Qi Mingzhe, who was radiant with merit in his previous life. In his previous life, Qi Mingzhe did many things, and the Great Qi Dynasty could be described as a prosperous and peaceful era. The elderly had support, the young had care, and the people lived in peace and contentment...
Merit is actually easy to understand. Yao Anhui thought about her own merits and the charity she had run in her previous life, and she already had a vague idea in her mind.
However, she can no longer run a charity here.
Even doing good deeds is a bit difficult.
You can't do good deeds without money. You can't help old ladies cross the street every day, can you?
Then she thought of Qi Mingzhe. Her merits increased after she adopted Qi Mingzhe, and Qi Mingzhe was only ten years old when he died in his previous life.
There are two reasons for the increase in merit: First, if it weren't for Yao Anhui and Lu Yuanqing's adoption, Qi Mingzhe wouldn't have lived to be ten years old. Second, what Qi Mingzhe did during the period he was adopted by her directly or indirectly affected the occurrence of many good things.
The only unclear point now is whether Qi Mingzhe can safely survive this ordeal, aside from the two reasons mentioned above.
Yao Anhui thought it should be possible, after all, she now possessed the power of words and knew in advance about the impending doom of her family of three. If she couldn't overcome this, then all these rebirths and transmigrations would have been for nothing.
However, the question that Yao Anhui couldn't understand before became even more incomprehensible.
Previously, Yao Anhui was conflicted about whether the person who married Lu Yuanqing in the second life was herself or the original owner. At that time, Yao Anhui concluded that it was herself, because if she hadn't come in time, the original owner would have died long ago.
But then another question arises: she came again, but why didn't she survive that life-threatening ordeal despite having a cheat code?
You have to understand that her words of power are quite strong; there's no reason for her to die so easily.
Unless, she had no use for accumulating merit, used it up early and was unable to save herself when she was in real danger, or the earthquake was too powerful and she didn't have time to save herself.
Upon realizing this, Yao Anhui suddenly felt enlightened, realizing that this was the reason why her merits would increase after adopting Qi Mingzhe.
Because of Qi Mingzhe, she thought of accumulating merit, which allowed her to successfully survive the near-death experience and then go on to rescue people in the disaster area...
Yao Anhui breathed a sigh of relief; this was the most reasonable explanation she could think of.
Regardless, it didn't really matter anymore after Yao Anhui learned about the concept of merit.
Yao Anhui felt that the world was pretty good, and she hadn't lived enough yet, so no matter what, she was determined to live on.
However, after having the idea of increasing her merits, Yao Anhui's thoughts and actions changed.
Since that day, Yao Anhui has become less of a homebody. Now she goes out with Hua Fangling and others every day. After all, staying at home is useless; it's better to go out and explore to see if there are any ways to increase one's merit.
Yao Anhui's method was correct. After only two days of travel, on the third day she did just one thing, and her merits increased significantly.
Here's what happened: It was the weekend, and Zhao Zhishan, who was on holiday from the performing arts troupe, came to find Hua Fangling and Yao Anhui early in the morning to invite them to go to Xu Tinglan's house together, because Xu Tinglan had found out she was pregnant a few days ago, and everyone wanted to go see her.
Everyone had a good time. As a friend, I naturally wanted to visit Xu Tinglan since she was pregnant, so I prepared various gifts and went to Xu Tinglan's house together.
Hua Fangling prepared a basket of eggs, Zhao Zhishan prepared a piece of pure cotton cloth, and Yao Anhui really didn't have anything good to give. Xu Tinglan's family had what she had at home, so after thinking it over, she finally grabbed a hen that Lu Yuanqing had brought home a couple of days ago.
"I never imagined that Tinglan would be the first among us to get pregnant," Hua Fangling said with emotion.
“Yes, I thought it would be you,” Zhao Zhishan said.
"I'm not in a hurry. I'm only twenty-two, I don't want to have a child so early." Hua Fangling shivered.
"Anhui, what about you? Do you want to have the baby sooner or later?" Zhao Zhishan asked Yao Anhui again.
"Me? I'm fine. I'll let nature take its course. If I get pregnant, I'll have the baby; if not, I won't." Yao Anhui naturally wanted to have children. In her previous life, she had always wanted a home and children of her own.
However, when Hua Fangling chatted with her once, she mentioned that it's bad for a woman's health to have children too early, which made her a bit conflicted.
She wasn't afraid before because she had a cheat code, but recently, knowing that there was a death calamity ahead and not knowing when it would happen, she always felt like there was a knife hanging over her head that could fall at any moment, so the feeling of wanting a child wasn't as strong as before.
"You guys have it so much better than me, constantly being pressured to have children. I really envy you," Zhao Zhishan said irritably.
"Don't worry, when the time is right, the child will come naturally..." Yao Anhui and Zhao Zhishan weren't actually that close, and when she heard her words, she thought that Zhao Zhishan wanted a child but hadn't been able to conceive, so she offered a word of comfort.
Before Yao Anhui could finish speaking, Hua Fangling and Zhao Zhishan burst into laughter: "Don't misunderstand, I don't want a child. I'm using contraception, but the elders on both sides of the family are pressuring me to have one, which is making me feel annoyed."
"I'm so sorry, I thought you wanted to give birth sooner," Yao Anhui quickly said.
"What's the big deal? Of course you wouldn't know if I hadn't told you about this." Zhao Zhishan said casually, "I also want to have children, but I'm afraid that I'll get fat and won't be able to dance anymore. Then I'll just have to stay at home and become a haggard housewife. I don't want to live a life where I have to ask others for money."
How do you know you won't be able to lose weight after having a baby?
"It's not that I know, but many of our seniors in the arts and culture department either had deformed bodies, gained weight, or had health problems after having children, so many of them can no longer dance."
“…If you can’t dance, you can do other jobs.” Hua Fangling paused for a moment before continuing.
"I love dancing, but the thought of not being able to stand on stage again makes me not want children as much anymore," Zhao Zhishan sighed.
Hua Fangling also sighed, "What did your husband, Lao Guo, say?"
“He…he said he respects my thoughts, but I know he wants children. Every time I see the envious look in his eyes when he looks at other people’s children, I feel a little sorry for him. Moreover, both sets of parents are urging us, and I’m afraid I can’t hold on for long.” Zhao Zhishan became more and more dejected as she spoke.
"If you could be guaranteed that you wouldn't gain weight after giving birth, would you still have the baby?" Yao Anhui asked.
"Probably. Actually, I quite like children, but I prefer dancing to them."
“Actually, I have a recipe that works very well for weight loss. I’m about 80% sure it will help you not gain weight after childbirth.” Yao Anhui’s words were like a bombshell to Zhao Zhishan.
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Author's note: My neck and back hurt a lot, so I've been getting acupuncture and massage every day for the past few days.
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