"Oh, go slowly." Xu Jiang finally managed to stand steady, but she heard Lin Hongchu crying in her ear: "Sister, you are finally back. I missed you so much."
Xu Jiang patted her shoulder, touched her head, and said, "I miss you too. Come, let me see if you've lost weight or gained weight."
Lin Hongchu stayed in her arms for a while before taking a step back and saying, "You're not fat or thin, but you've grown a bit taller."
Xu Jiang pulled her over and compared herself to him, saying in surprise, "You've really grown taller. You'll soon catch up with me."
Lin Hongchu looked at Xu Jiang and saw that she had become darker and thinner. Her nose felt sore and she said, "Sister, you will definitely suffer a lot on this trip."
"Isn't it? He almost lost his life." Wu Zhi continued from the side.
Xu Jiang quickly winked at her.
Lin Hongchu turned to look at Wu Zhi, "Lost your life?" Then he looked at Xu Jiang, "What happened to my sister?"
"Doctor Wu was just trying to scare you. It was just a sprained ankle. It'll heal soon." Xu Jiang turned around and said, "Look, isn't it healed?"
Wu Zhi snorted and laughed. Now he was afraid to be told, why didn't he think about it when he was trying to join in the fun and show off?
Xu Jiang glared at her secretly, but met Yin Yin's dark eyes beside her.
Lin Hongchu took Xu Jiang to check on her, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was fine. Then she looked behind her and asked, "Where's father? Didn't he say he was back?"
"I went to see Master Xun and asked Tengdi to let us sisters get together."
"Oh - I just made dinner, let's eat and talk at the same time." After saying that, Lin Hongchu called Yinyin and went to move the table from the house, ready to set it up in the yard for dinner.
Yin Yin looked at Xu Jiang for help, but Xu Jiang gave her a helpless look.
"Yinyin, let's go. Why are you dawdling? Aren't you hungry?"
"I-I'm not hungry."
"Then why do you look so listless?"
She just didn't want to eat taro anymore, nor did she want to eat the tasteless steamed pumpkin or steamed eggs... She wanted to eat meat.
The two girls came into the house pulling each other.
Xu Jiang approached Wu Zhi and begged in a low voice, "Godly Doctor Wu, please be merciful. If these two little girls knew I was injured, I would never be able to keep my ears clean."
Wu Zhi asked, "Is anyone worried?"
"That's fine, but I can't bear to hear it read. Besides, Hong Chu can't keep it secret. If she knows, Master Lin will know too. If Master Lin knows, I'll be punished again."
"What's the punishment?"
"Kneel down." Xu Jiang shook Wu Zhi, "Consider it my plea."
Wu Zhi raised the corner of his mouth.
This was a promise. Xu Jiang pinched her, and she immediately laughed out loud and asked, "Will you really punish me by kneeling?"
"Yeah." Thinking of the punishment of kneeling, Xu Jiang remembered that she should meet Madam Lin. She put away her smile, patted Wu Zhi's hand, and then went to the small shrine where Madam Lin's tablet was enshrined to burn incense and kneel down.
"Auntie, A Jiang is back."
Wu Zhi stood outside the ancestral hall and bowed to Mrs. Lin's tablet.
When she first saw Lin Hongchu, she knew that she was in mourning for her mother. Judging from Lin Hongchu's age, Mrs. Lin should not be very old either, and she didn't know what disease she was suffering from.
After Xu Jiang came out of the worship, Wu Zhi pulled her aside and asked about Mrs. Lin's condition.
Xu Jiang asked, "If you treat my aunt, is there any chance that her illness will improve?"
Wu Zhi shook her head. "Her illness is too advanced to be cured."
"Doctor Chen said the same thing."
"If it were two years earlier..." Wu Zhi's words died on his lips.
Xu Jiang looked at her. She stared at the jujube tree not far away and sighed, "This is not the right time."
Two years ago, her medical skills were not yet up to par, and she might not be able to cure the disease.
Everything is fate, fate plays tricks on us.
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