Er Ya understood, but she was still unhappy: "But I also want to call Auntie 'Mom.' Mother is mother, and Mom is Mom!"
Lin Ying was taken aback. She knew that children longed for a mother. Haoyu always referred to his mother at school, not his aunt.
Seeing the longing in Er Ya's eyes, and then seeing the expectant look in Hao Yu and Shuan Zi's eyes as well, Lin Ying realized that she had been too attached to appearances.
She insisted that the children not forget their roots, but they were, after all, just children. Some things are enough to remember; life goes on. Whether they call her "Auntie" or "Mom," they are still her responsibilities. Whether they call her "Mom" or not, it won't change anything.
After thinking it through, Lin Ying smiled and said, "Okay, from now on, Er Ya will call me Auntie and Mom. You two too, don't hide outside the door. Come in."
Liu Zi, standing to the side, exclaimed excitedly, "That's my mom!"
Lin Ying smiled and hugged Liu Zi in her arms: "Yes, Mom will always be your mom."
Because of Er Ya's tantrum, all the children were happy. Especially Liu Zi, because he found that his sister was affectionate towards him, didn't hit him, and even played with him.
Because of this incident, Lin Ying realized that she had neglected the children's emotions because she was too busy.
So from that day on, Lin Ying only went to the doctor in the morning and rested in the afternoon to spend time with the children.
The village now has a mushroom sauce workshop and a medicine pill workshop, and has even bought two horses. In addition, every household has a little money, and with Lin Ying as a role model, everyone hopes that their children will be successful.
When school started in September, the number of children going to school increased significantly. So the village decided to arrange for pick-up and drop-off services directly, saving Lin Ying the trouble of doing so.
Lin Ying was also relieved of the responsibility of picking up and dropping off her child at school.
Every morning, all I had to do was watch Haoyu go to the village entrance to gather.
With some free time, Lin Ying was able to sit down and read a book.
She originally wanted to find a medical book to read, but her eyes fell on the book in the box that Master Amu had given her.
Actually, she couldn't understand the book much towards the end, especially some of the theories about the Eight Trigrams, which went beyond just mechanical arts.
So she has put this book aside for a long time.
However, she was bored at the moment, and although she couldn't buy books about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams outside, she could buy them in her spatial dimension.
Lin Ying thought that she could use the relevant books available in her space to try and understand the obscure and difficult content in the book her master had given her. So, she entered her space, selected several books explaining the basic theories and in-depth applications of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, and then sat down at her desk to begin studying them.
At first, the complex hexagrams and the principles of mutual generation and restraint gave her a headache. However, Lin Ying was a person with a spirit of inquiry, and in some ways, many aspects of traditional Chinese medicine were very similar to this theory. This made Lin Ying feel like she had found the knack.
She calmed herself down, diligently taking notes while repeatedly studying the examples and explanations in the book. Gradually, she began to gain a new understanding of the parts of the book her master had given her that she hadn't been able to understand before.
As Lin Ying continued her studies, she discovered that the mechanical techniques recorded in the book, when combined with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, had unexpected and wonderful effects. For example, setting the mechanism's hub according to specific Eight Trigrams positions could make the mechanism's triggering more concealed and ingenious. Alternatively, selecting materials for making mechanisms based on the attributes of the Five Elements would greatly enhance the mechanism's power and durability.
She couldn't help but marvel at how precious the book Master Amu had given her truly was; it was just that her previous knowledge was insufficient to appreciate its subtleties. Now that she had gained some understanding, Lin Ying wondered if she could apply these theories to practice. She first sketched some simple mechanical design drafts on paper, incorporating elements of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, imagining what kind of effect these mechanisms would have if they were made.
Just then, several children from the village ran over to play with her. Seeing Lin Ying drawing strange patterns on paper, they curiously gathered around and chattered incessantly with questions.
Lin Ying smiled and explained to them, "This is a very interesting mechanism. If it's done well, it won't be easy for others to find it, and it can also protect our village."
The children's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they exclaimed all at once, "Wow, that's amazing! Mom, make it and show us!"
Lin Ying patted their heads and said, "It's not that easy. We need to prepare a lot of materials and experiment slowly. But Mom will try to do it. If it works, I'll show you."
As Lin Ying drew more and more blueprints, one day she suddenly realized that the patterns on the blueprints looked familiar. Suddenly, Lin Ying realized what was going on.
Her heart raced, and she couldn't wait to tell Commander Shan about it.
There were no telephones in the village, so Lin Ying had to drive to the town.
Lin Ying naturally couldn't go anywhere without taking her child with her.
So Lin Ying simply took the children to town. Since they couldn't talk about things too openly, Lin Ying didn't go to the post office's phone booth, but instead went to find Wu Bo and used the commune's phone.
The call was answered quickly.
However, the person who answered the phone was not Shanyubang or his bodyguard, but someone else.
When Lin Ying heard that she had something important to discuss with Yu Shanbang, the person on the other end told her to wait a moment while they went to help find him.
As luck would have it, not long after this person left, Shan Yubang returned to his office.
"No news from Shu City yet?"
"No, Commander Zhao and his men have been inside for two months already. Commander, do you think it's possible?"
"No, they are all veterans with rich combat experience, and they are definitely capable of handling wilderness survival. It's just that the blueprints are currently in Zhao Qinghuai's hands, so we don't dare to send anyone in rashly. We can only wait, which is quite troublesome."
Lin Ying was surprised to hear their conversation; clearly, the other party was unaware that the call was connected.
She was anxious about Zhao Qinghuai's condition, and in order to make sure Shan Yubang could hear her, she could only shout loudly, "Commander Shan! What happened to Zhao Qinghuai?"
Shan Yubang was startled, and then realized that the phone on the table was not actually disconnected.
At this moment, the person who was looking for Shan Yubang also came in: "Commander, a comrade named Lin Ying just called and said she has something important to discuss with you. The call hasn't ended yet."
Upon hearing this, Shanyu Bang glared at the man and exclaimed, "Oh no!"
Then he answered the phone, smiling kindly, and said, "Comrade Lin Ying, you didn't hear anything just now, did you?"
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