Chapter 306 Daily Life

By the evening, Lizhan had finally carved six small wooden guns, one for each of the six kids in the family.

"Fourth uncle, you are so awesome! Tomorrow I will lead my brothers to fight Chaoyang and the others!" Xiao Wu couldn't let go of the small wooden gun.

When the triplets heard what their second brother said, they all laughed excitedly and said, "Second brother, let's fight!"

Although Beibei is a girl, she was very happy to see the small wooden gun.

"Brother, I'll go tomorrow too!"

Xiao Wu looked disdainful: "You are a girl, why are you going to fight? You just need to help take care of the wounded in the rear! By the way, you won't need your gun in the rear, give it to me! I want to be a two-gun sniper!"

Beibei was unhappy when she heard this: "Who said girls can't fight? You bad brother!"

When the triplets heard this, they quickly echoed, "Second brother... bad!"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing at these three little wallflowers.

But he knows how to protect his sister, which is quite cute.

For dinner, I made scrambled eggs, cold celery, stir-fried meat with bamboo shoots, wild pheasant and mushroom soup, mixed grain steamed buns made from sweet potato and white flour, and rice porridge.

As usual, Xia Juanjuan served a bowl of chicken soup and added a little bit of each of the other dishes, as well as steamed buns and porridge. She put them in a small bamboo food box and asked Xiaowen to secretly take a small path to deliver it to Yang Qiushi.

After Shen Wanxue left, Xia Juanjuan continued to take care of Yang Qiushi as usual. Of course, Yang Qiushi also spared no effort to teach Xia Juanjuan knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

The year before last, after Xia Juanjuan helped Chen Qi deliver her baby, although Aunt Wu did not mention that Yang Qiushi had also been there, she still let out the fact that Xia Juanjuan could deliver babies.

Later, Xia Juanjuan occasionally helped a few aunties who had accidentally sprained their ankles when they came back from the mountains. She also gave them medicinal wine she made herself and prescribed some Chinese medicine.

Therefore, the news that she knew medical skills spread throughout the village, and sometimes when someone had a minor illness or injury, they would come directly to see Xia Juanjuan.

Xia Juanjuan didn't refuse.

On the one hand, Chinese medicine involves reading books and learning pharmacology, and on the other hand, preparing herbs and understanding the different effects of various herbs. But more importantly, practice is required.

How can one learn these four techniques of observation, listening, questioning and palpation just by reading books or talking about military affairs on paper?

Fortunately, she had her teacher Yang Qiushi, who came from a family of medical practitioners. Whenever she had any questions, she would go to him secretly and ask.

In the beginning, I didn’t even have the confidence to diagnose fever and pulse correctly, but now I can diagnose minor injuries and illnesses very accurately.

Xiao Wen returned with a message, saying, "Mom, Grandpa Yang asked me to ask you, isn't Fourth Uncle back? Have you asked Fourth Uncle about that matter?"

After hearing this, Li Zhan asked Xia Juanjuan, "What's the matter?"

Xia Juanjuan was also stunned for a moment, then she remembered and said with a smile: "Oh, right. I almost forgot. The master said a few days ago that he wanted to officially recognize our triplets as his godchildren. I said I would wait for you to come back to discuss it with you, but I forgot."

After hearing this, Li Zhan smiled and said, "So that's what happened? Haven't you been learning Chinese medicine from Uncle Yang? As the old saying goes, a teacher is a father for life. Even if he doesn't mention it, our kids are his grandchildren. He has no children, so it's only right for us to take care of him in his old age. However, I have no objection if Uncle Yang wants to make it more formal. In a few days, let's prepare a table of dishes, invite him over, and let the triplets kowtow to him formally."

Xia Juanjuan also guessed that Li Zhan would not object, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go over and tell the master tomorrow."

After dinner, everyone cleaned up and Xia Juanjuan went to coax the triplets to sleep. The three little guys were so excited that they held their little wooden guns and refused to sleep, which made Xia Juanjuan so angry that she couldn't help but look up and glare at Lizhan.

Lizhan scratched his head, he was also innocent.

But, I finally coaxed him to sleep.

Li Zhan looked at Xia Juanjuan with burning eyes and whispered, "Wife, shall we... go to the bedroom?"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but blush. To be honest, she was tortured in the second half of the night and she really couldn't take it anymore.

But... she still wanted to tell Lizhan about the space, but it was better to tell him alone so that he wouldn't overreact and wake up the children.

So I nodded.

The two of them got up one after the other, opened the door, and ran to the private room without turning on the light. Lizhan's hand had already reached in to caress her slender waist, while he grabbed the back of her head and leaned over to bite her lips.

"Don't... um... I have something to tell you..."

It was a pity that Li Zhan was always overbearing in this regard and didn't listen to others. He pulled her clothes and said with a smile, "What are you talking about? Wait a minute."

Xia Juanjuan was also a person of low temper, and really didn't bother to talk about the issue of space.

It was finally time for a halftime break, and Xia Juanjuan was just about to say something when she heard the crying of the triplets suddenly coming from the main room.

"Woo woo woo...Mom is gone!"

“Woo woo woo…Mom!”

Lin Yuru, Xiaowen and the others were all woken up by the commotion.

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Can she find a piece of tofu to kill herself?

Now, the whole family knew that she slept in the same room with Li Zhan at night...

The two of them hurriedly put on their clothes and returned to the main room.

Lin Yuru was coaxing the three little ancestors. When she saw Li Zhan and her come in, she was also embarrassed. She smiled and said, "Didn't you go to the northwest to visit relatives during the last few days of the New Year? These little guys haven't seen you for a few days. I guess they are sad and remember it. Now when they see you are not around, they will cry. It's okay, they will be fine when they grow up a little bit."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan felt very uncomfortable.

She thought that the child was young and didn't remember things, and wouldn't be able to remember them when he grew up.

However, no matter how young the child is, he or she will always remember it. Moreover, they are only the most clingy during these few years.

When they grow up, it is no longer enough for their parents to be close to them or to trust them unconditionally.

And she just complained that they were too noisy and didn't sleep...

When the triplets saw their mother coming in, they pouted and opened their little hands for a hug. Seeing them crying like that, Xia Juanjuan felt a little sad and tears welled up in her eyes. She hurried over to hug them and said softly, "Yanyan, Yeye, Yaoyao, be good. Mommy is here!"

Lizhan sighed, came over and hugged the four of them in his arms, smiling and saying to Lin Yuru, "Mom, go back to sleep. We won't make any noise tonight and will just sleep with the children."

Because of this ordeal, Xia Juanjuan didn't muster up the courage to bring up the issue of space.

The next afternoon, Fu Weixin arrived at the county town.

Although there was a night train, he couldn't be forced to leave, so he left in the middle of the night in a hurry. Therefore, he had to patiently take the train early the next morning.

Even so, Fu Weixin was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night. When Li Zhan went to pick him up, he saw his dark circles and couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle Fu, you didn't sleep all night?"

Fu Weixin glared at him and said, "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

She couldn't help but stare at him complainingly: "You still call me Uncle Fu? Why, didn't you marry my daughter?"

Li Zhan: "..."

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Chief, it's not that Juanjuan hasn't recognized me yet... No, I mean, isn't it that I'm embarrassed?"

Fu Weixin coughed twice and said, "Just shout when I tell you to! This is an order!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhan quickly saluted, stood at attention and said, "Yes!"

Then he shook his head and smiled awkwardly, "Dad."

Fu Weixin nodded, his face still serious, but he was quite happy in his heart.

The son-in-law has already recognized him, and the daughter-in-law will be there soon!

Fu Weixin's identity remained there, and the county chief was also Li Zhan's old comrade-in-arms and Fu Weixin's old subordinate, so he sent a jeep to take him and Li Zhan back to Qingshui Village.

As soon as they reached the door, Lizhan came in with the things Fu Weixin brought over and said with a smile, "Juanjuan, Dad is here!"

Fu Weixin came this time with food and other things.

Sometimes food was even more scarce in the countryside than in the city. Even if he brought money and tickets, he might not be able to buy anything. Therefore, he would buy a lot of food directly in Beijing and bring it over.

Xia Juanjuan heard it clearly, so she looked up at Li Zhan and then at Fu Weixin.

Fu Weixin suddenly felt a little awkward. After coughing a few times, he said, "Li Zhan insisted on calling me that. I didn't force him to do that."

Li Zhan: "..."

Okay, you are the leader, you have the final say!

Xia Juanjuan looked at the silent eye contact between the two men, smiled and said, "Come in quickly. Lunch will be ready soon. Let's talk after we eat."

Xia Juanjuan was also afraid that Fu Weixin would be restrained, so she called Xia Shuangshan over as well. After all, the two had met before and were of similar age, so at least they could talk during the meal without any awkward silence.

The triplets were strangers to Fu Weixin, so they all hid behind Li Zhan, sticking their heads out and looking up at Fu Weixin timidly.

Li Zhan laughed and said, "What are you hiding for? Call grandma!"

The triplets called Xia Shuangshan their grandpa, but he was afraid that if he continued to call him grandpa, the triplets would find it strange, so he simply let them call him grandma. This way, the title wouldn't be duplicated with Xia Shuangshan.

Then, he pointed at the three kids and said, "Dad, you should have seen them the last time you came here: Yanyan, Yeye, and Yaoyao."

Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao frowned and corrected him sternly in a baby voice: "Dad, you are wrong again! Yanyan is him and I am Yeye!"

"Yaoyao is him...Huh? Then who is Yaoyao?"

"You are stupid! You are Yaoyao..."

"oh!"

Fu Weixin looked at Li Zhan in silence. Could it be that he couldn't even recognize his own son?

Li Zhan smiled awkwardly: "These three brats look so much alike that when they go out to play, I can't recognize them when they come back... You three, stop introducing yourselves and call me grandma!"

As expected, the triplets all politely shouted in unison: "Grandma!"

Fu Weixin's eyes suddenly turned red when he heard this: "Hey! I'm your grandma! Be good!"

As he spoke, he bent down and picked up Yaoyao, and said with a smile: "Your name is Yaoyao, right? How old are you?"

"I'm two and a half years old!" Yaoyao counted on his fingers and answered proudly.