Tian and Chang were busy in the yard preparing for serving the wine. When they heard some strange noises in the house, they walked in together.
In front of the two of them and the four little ones, Jian Ning couldn't afford to be too disrespectful to Ding Youtian. Besides, after Carpenter Xu had finished building the bed and delivered it, she had arranged for him to sleep with Dabao, and he had never been upset with her. Seeing that he was sensible, she tolerated his current impulsiveness and let him hold her hand tightly.
When Tian and Chang entered the room and saw this scene, they both felt that they had come in at a wrong time. It was nothing for a couple to hold hands in front of their children, but it would be so embarrassing for them if they bumped into them. They quickly turned sideways and tried to hold back their laughter until they heard Dabao speak, then they turned around again.
"Yes, aunts, my mother has cured me. Thank you for your hard work in helping my mother take care of the house every day. I, your nephew, would like to thank you very much!" After saying that, Dabao stood up and walked over, wearing the long gown that Jian Ning had cut and sewn for him, and bowed to them properly.
"Oh, oh, my dear nephew..." Chang pulled him up, "You are a child of a scholar, and you have never been to school for a day. It's amazing that you can speak so thoughtfully. I, your aunt, don't know how to praise you."
Tian's eyes were wet. She had seen what the four little ones looked like when they first moved into the old house. Now they were all well-fed and tender. She was really happy for Jian Ning.
Talking about Chang, she said, "Let them have a good meal first, and we'll go about our business."
Dabao is completely well now. Da Niu, Er Niu and San Niu are extremely excited, especially Da Niu. In the past few years, she has to take care of her brother and two younger sisters, but from now on she only has to take care of her two younger sisters. No, she still has a brother to protect her.
"Brother." She called out to Dabao and smiled sweetly.
"Yeah." Dabao responded, and reached out to rub her head in an air of superiority, as if to say, "Brother will protect you from now on."
Jian Ning felt as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up all of a sudden, and his speech and behavior had a qualitative leap. In fact, the reason why Dabao had changed so much was, firstly, that he listened to her telling stories about Journey to the West every night, and secondly, since he moved to the east room to live with his father, Blind Liu sometimes taught his father in the east room, and his father also often studied in the east room.
He was influenced imperceptibly every day. Once the congestion and swelling that was pressing on his language nerves were completely removed, he would be able to express himself fluently. The energy accumulated bit by bit every day would be put to good use. It was not achieved overnight.
After they had breakfast, Blind Liu finally arrived. He had been drinking too much the night before, and he casually handed a bag of laundry to Jian Ning. Ever since Jian Ning discovered that his shoes and socks were wet from washing clothes, she had been going to him to get a change of clothes every two or three days. On some occasions, he had simply brought them himself, saving her the trip.
"Master." Dabao bowed to him respectfully.
"Baoer is completely fine now." Ding Youtian grinned.
"Good, good, good!" Blind Liu said three good words in a row. "Congratulations! Today's wine will definitely be even more delicious. Let's start!"
The first batch of more than a dozen jars of fermented beans had been moved to the yard by the Tian and Chang families. Blind Liu asked them to scoop the fermented beans into three wooden steamers, and then put a wooden board into the wooden steamers, with one side high and the other side low, and the low end facing the wine trough; then wrap a circle of cloth around the mouth of the wooden steamer to seal it, put a sky pot (iron pot) on it, lift the wooden steamer to the iron pot on the stove, and then add cold water to the sky pot on top, then light it for distillation, and continuously replace the hot fire in the sky pot with cold water.
The village head, clan leader and many villagers came to watch the fun. The village head also bought firecrackers and waited for the moment when the wine was served to light the firecrackers to add to the festive atmosphere.
When the wine vapors rose and hit the cold water in the sky pot, they liquefied and dripped into the wine trough and out through the bamboo tube. The moment the wine dripped out, the village head lit firecrackers to the cheers of the crowd. When the village head's firecrackers were almost finished, Ding Youtian and Liu the Blind also lit the firecrackers they had prepared.
Amid the sound of firecrackers, several horse-drawn carriages slowly entered Dingjia Village. In addition to the first batch of buyers who came to pick up the wine, there was also Pu Ren Tang's carriage.
"After all, I'm a step late. If Brother Jincheng hadn't dawdled, I would have arrived earlier." Yang Jinyu also brought a lot of firecrackers to celebrate with his master.
They could have arrived at Dingjia Village before the wine was served, but when they were almost at the village entrance, Huo Jincheng suddenly lost his temper, stopped the carriage, apologized to him, got out and walked back. This made the usually good-tempered Yang Jinyu angry, so she turned the carriage around and chased after him, stopping him and demanding to know what was going on.
In the past month, Jian Ning had come to teach him medicine twice, but Huo Jincheng had avoided him. Today, he had finally persuaded him to come along. After all, his master was his savior, and he thought Huo Jincheng should thank his master in person.
The Huo Jincheng he knew was not an unreasonable person. He never understood why he had such a prejudice against his master. It was not until he threatened to break up with him that he finally confessed the reason. It was because Jian Ning cut off his pants and looked at his buttocks.
Yang Jinyu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and asked him, "I am also a doctor. If a young girl or a wife has a buttock injury and is in critical condition, as a doctor, should I save her or not?"
He had to persuade him to come back with great effort.
Seeing that he still had a sullen face, Yang Jinyu said, "We are going to celebrate, don't look so grim. My master didn't mean to see your bare bottom. Your bottom..."
Huo Jincheng glared at him and said, "If you bring this up again, I'll break off our friendship without you even having to ask for it!"
Yang Jinyu smiled apologetically and said, "Forget it. I won't mention it anymore. I won't mention it again. I hope you can smile a little later. If it weren't for my master, you would be blind even if you didn't die now."
Huo Jincheng snorted, still feeling uncomfortable, still feeling that Jian Ning was shameless and greedy. If he hadn't received a letter from the Crown Prince a month ago on his way back to the capital, asking him to stay in Dazhou County and search for Nanyangzi, the former top strategist of the Great Banquet Kingdom, he would have returned to the capital long ago, even if it meant never seeing Jian Ning again.
The two arrived at the Ding family's old house, and while still outside the yard, Yang Jinyu asked Xiao Si to light firecrackers.
"Jinyu is here." Ding Youtian came out to greet him after hearing the sound of firecrackers. Since Yang Jinyu became Jian Ning's disciple and called him Master, he also called him Jinyu without hesitation.
"Brother Huo is here too." Seeing Huo Jincheng, Ding Youtian also politely clasped his fists and bowed.
Huo Jincheng hadn't seen Ding Youtian for over a month, and seeing him dressed differently, he looked remarkably handsome. Because of Jian Ning, he also disliked Ding Youtian. Although he didn't have a stern face, he didn't smile at him either.
Ding Youtian was in such a good mood that he ignored his indifference. "Jinyu, Brother Huo, you're in for a treat! The Yunshan Cui brewed by my master this time is several times better than his previous brews." He welcomed them into the courtyard and said as they walked in, "Let me introduce you to my master first."
Blind Liu was talking to the village head, and Ding Youtian led the two of them towards Blind Liu...
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