After returning to her room, Zhu Lin immediately entered her spatial dimension, glanced at the herbs in the spirit field, and began digging with a hoe.
To be honest, back in the cultivation world, with just a thought and a wave of his hand, not to mention herbs, an entire forest would fly into his palm in an instant.
But the space still exists, and the spiritual energy is still there. Unfortunately, he is now just a mortal and does not have the ability to turn his hand to make clouds or rain. He has to do many things himself and must put in his sweat to reap the rewards.
After a short while, Zhu Lin tossed a bundle of herbs to Zhu Chumo, saying, "Add some herbs that can cure the plague, mix them together and make pills. Put one pill in the well of each town and village. If anyone is found to be infected with the plague, they must take one pill."
"Okay, I understand. Leave the rest to me." Zhu Chumo carried a bundle of herbs back to his room and began to painstakingly develop the pills.
At this moment, the fourth senior brother inexplicably missed Wu Fu, who had returned to Yegou Village. If Wu Fu were here, he could help him instead of him struggling alone in his room.
"Achoo! It's getting warmer, why am I still sneezing? Are the stars thinking of me?" The climate in the south is warmer, and Yegou Village is much warmer than the distant northwest at this time.
The five Fu brothers are now studying at the best school in the county. They rarely return to the village, only once every two months, unless there is something special.
This time, there was something special that brought the Fu brothers back to the village together. After discussing it, Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua finally decided to buy a piece of barren mountain in Yegou Village.
Zhao Guizhi returned to Yegou Village to rest during her pregnancy. Zhao Guihua and her husband wouldn't let her do anything, and she was so bored that she was practically going to fart. She had nothing to do all day long, and just then, while rummaging through a box, she saw the bamboo scroll.
Remembering that she hadn't yet brewed mulberry wine, she spent her days pondering over the bamboo slips. Gradually, her hands started itching again, and she wanted to try brewing mulberry wine, but there were no mulberries in Yegou Village, so she had to go to another village to buy them.
Zhao Guihua abruptly stopped her, saying, "Stop it, my dear aunt. Why are you buying mulberries? Just focus on having your baby this year. After the baby is born, you can do whatever you want next year, and I promise I won't stop you. But not now. Don't even think about brewing any wine. We're not short of money, so there's no rush."
Zhao Guizhi sat down in the chair, supporting her back, and couldn't help but laugh. "It's not about the money. I'm just too bored. You and my brother-in-law spoil me so much that I'm restless and want to find something to do."
"I told you you're just destined to be a workaholic. People would love to be pampered, but you can't stay still and always want to cause trouble." Zhao Guihua had no choice but to find some easy tasks to distract her.
"Your belly is getting bigger and bigger. You should stay home and cook, do some needlework occasionally, and don't water the vegetables in the backyard. In short, whatever you do, take it easy."
"How could you be so delicate? You're even more delicate than the ladies of wealthy families. When I was a maid in the Chen household, Madam Chen wasn't like this when she was pregnant."
Zhao Guizhi is exaggerating. Madam Chen is definitely more pampered than her. Madam Chen has a group of servants to serve her. Apart from her sister and her husband, who dote on her, she doesn't have any maids to serve her.
Although there are three girls in the family, Jingjing, Xiaoxiao, and Tangguo, they can't stay at home. They always like to run to the mountains and go hunting every day. They are very wild.
The Zhou family were farmers, and the eldest son and his wife were kind-hearted people. As long as the three girls didn't do anything immoral or harmful to the villagers, they never held them accountable.
"Speaking of Madam Chen, I also feel uneasy. I wonder when that girl, Ruru, will be able to find her parents again," Zhao Guizhi said, sighing again.
"Didn't we send people to look for him at the beginning of the year? There's still no news." Zhao Guihua was also worried.
"It's not that easy. Besides, things are so chaotic outside. We can only ask around for help. We don't have the ability to hire someone specifically to look for them. We don't have enough money to hire anyone." Zhao Guizhi's tone was heavy, and she seemed to be getting depressed again.
"Hey, don't look so gloomy. You're pregnant, you need to smile more, otherwise the baby will be born with an ugly face, and you'll be so upset!" Zhao Guihua always had that old saying to tease her sister, and Zhao Guizhi was often amused by her.
"You're full of twisted logic, I can't argue with you," Zhao Guizhi said reproachfully.
Zhao Guihua's expression turned serious as she said, "What were the names of Mr. and Mrs. Chen again? I'll ask around to find out more. It's always better to have more people looking."
"The master's name is Chen Tu, the madam's name is Bai Yushuang, and the madam also has a personal maid named Bai Yue'e..." Zhao Guizhi recited the names of all the masters in the Chen household.
"Wait here, I'll get a piece of paper, you write it down, and I'll have someone take a look later."
After finishing this task, Zhao Guihua started worrying about her sister. Her sister was eager to make mulberry wine, but there were no mulberry trees in Yegou Village. Every year, she had to go around collecting bayberries to make bayberry wine, and her ability to pick them herself was limited, so she couldn't manage it all.
That night, Zhao Guihua and Zhou Laoda discussed it and decided to finalize the purchase of the barren mountain. With their own mountain, they could fence it off and plant bayberry and mulberry trees first. Near the water source, they could plant sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and corn—anything they wanted.
They acted immediately. The Zhou family had enough savings to buy a mountain, and the village chief was easy to talk to, so the matter was settled in just a few days.
When Fu Ge found out that they had bought the mountain, they had to clear the land. He took leave and came back, insisting on helping with the clearing for a few days.
Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua dared not be too idle. When they were idle, they would miss their daughter and feel empty inside. The days were hard to bear. They would find something to do so that they would not think about her all the time.
Xingxing had no idea that her parents were now vigorously developing their business, having bought a hilltop for large-scale planting, intending to produce and sell their own produce.
The little princess strolled around with her hands behind her back, finally arriving at the corridor where Bai Yushuang and Bai Yue'e lived. She leaned against the window, watching Bai Yushuang and Bai Yue'e work together to change the baby's diaper.
At this moment, Bai Yushuang was facing Xingxing sideways, and this half of her face was the only one that was not disfigured. Xingxing stared at that half of her beautiful profile, and was stunned by the sight.
Hmm, the more I look at it, the more familiar it seems. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before?
But she was certain that she had never seen Aunt Bai before, so why did she feel that the other woman looked familiar?
Xingxing tilted her head slightly, lost in thought. Just then, Zhu Lin walked over. The boy looked at her silly face and couldn't help but laugh.
The boy reached out and gently flicked her forehead. "What are you thinking about? You're so engrossed that bird droppings are about to fall on your face."
The star looked up and saw that there were roof beams overhead, so no bird droppings would fall on it.
"Chirp, chirp chirp." Just then, a little swallow peeked out from a small mud nest under the eaves of a house not far away, as if asking, "Who's calling it?"
"There are swallows' nests here?" Xingxing only discovered this today.
"Of course, there are also a few baby swallows in the nest. They haven't molted yet and can't fly," the boy reminded her.
The star skipped over, straining to look up, and sure enough, it spotted a few fluffy creatures peeking out.
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