Chapter 37 My leg is really healed. Lin Qing'an smiled and nodded: "..."
Lin Qing'an smiled and nodded: "If I hadn't met them, I would have died on the day my parents were buried!"
It turns out that Lin Qing'an had kept it a secret from Chen Yuetao. He claimed that he was saved by a deity when he hit his head, and that the deity gave him a treasure bag and an eagle.
After listening to the whole story, A Meng couldn't help but admire Lin Qing'an's silver tongue; he could conjure up countless stories with just a few words.
To avoid Chen Yuetao asking any further questions, he had no choice but to call out "A Meng".
Ameng slowly walked up to Chen Yuetao and greeted her respectfully as "Auntie".
Although Chen Yuetao already knew that A Meng could speak, she was still shocked to actually hear it.
"Hey... Meng, you... you really know how to talk." Chen Yuetao replied with an embarrassed laugh, her words slightly stuttering from being startled.
"Don't be afraid, Auntie, I won't hurt you." A-Meng really liked Chen Yuetao, so he completely abandoned his usual aloofness, flew to Chen Yuetao, and touched her hand with his wing.
Chen Yuetao was startled, but quickly recovered and forced a smile as she greeted A Meng.
Lin Qing'an stepped forward and grasped Chen Yuetao's hand. "Mother, do you believe us now? We are treating Nian Ge's leg. We are at a crucial stage. His leg will be fine once he wakes up."
Although Lin Qingan himself was not quite sure if it would be as he said, he still trusted A Meng.
Since it said so, it must be okay!
"Alright! Mother believes you." Although Chen Yuetao was still somewhat afraid, she couldn't very well not believe her son and husband.
"By the way, Mother," Lin Qing'an instructed, "Only our family knows about what happened between Meng and me. Don't tell Sister Jing or anyone else for now. We'll tell Sister Jing when we have the chance."
Chen Yuetao nodded, "Of course not, but..."
She suddenly realized what Lin Qing'an meant by "family," and was about to ask when she heard Lin Qing'an say, "Yes, A Bao and A Yan both know. We survived the last fire by hiding inside."
Chen Yuetao clasped her hands together and muttered some incantations.
"Thank God, thank you to the savior who saved Aqing."
Chen Yuetao has always been kind, which is why she raised a responsible, capable, and kind-hearted man like Chen Gengnian.
After the conversation was over, Chen Yuetao didn't mention finding a doctor again and took care of Chen Gengnian together with Lin Qing'an.
Because his body temperature had not dropped, the two kept wiping his sweat with towels. Lin Qing'an was afraid that he would get too hot, so he took out several ice cubes from the refrigerator in his magic bag, put them in a basin, and placed them around Chen Gengnian.
Seeing the thing appear out of thin air, Chen Yuetao once again believed Lin Qing'an's words without a doubt.
Surrounded by cool air, the blush on Chen Gengnian's face did not lessen much, and his uncomfortable brows and eyes gradually relaxed, making him look much more comfortable.
Lin Qingan and Chen Yuetao initially took care of him together, but as time went on, they worried that neither of them could handle it, so they divided the work. They were busy until late at night before Chen Gengnian finally opened his eyes again, still half asleep.
Lin Qingan was still feeling dazed when he saw Chen Gengnian's eyelids begin to twitch. Less than two seconds later, Chen Gengnian suddenly opened his eyes.
He looked like he was having a nightmare; his eyes were filled with terror.
"Brother Nian!" Lin Qing'an quickly cupped his face and cried out, "Brother Nian, it's alright, it's alright..."
Chen Yuetao, who was dozing off nearby, woke up immediately upon hearing the shouts and quickly got up to call out to Chen Gengnian.
It took Chen Gengnian a while to realize that he was in reality.
Looking at his mother and husband's haggard faces, he felt an overwhelming sense of guilt.
"Mother, husband..."
Chen Gengnian wanted to call for help, but he was startled when he said it.
The voice sounded exactly like the scraping of metal, and Lin Qing'an felt a pang of heartache. She quickly poured him a cup of spiritual spring water and fed it to him.
Chen Gengnian took several big gulps, as if that wasn't enough, and then picked up the bowl and gulped it all down.
The moment the water was finished, Lin Qing'an and he suddenly looked at each other, their eyes sparkling with joy.
Lin Qing'an asked happily, "Your hands have strength again?"
Chen Gengnian raised his hand and felt that his whole body was no longer weak, but full of energy.
He nodded. "Ah Qing, I feel full of energy right now!"
As he spoke, he got up and got out of bed. After taking a couple of steps, he stopped in his tracks.
Lin Qingan and Chen Yuetao rushed forward, ready to help him at any time.
"How are you feeling, Brother Nian?" Lin Qingan asked.
Chen Gengnian didn't say anything, but suddenly started walking in front of Lin Qingan and Chen Yuetao, his steps stiff and unsteady.
But the next second, Lin Qingan and Chen Yuetao exclaimed in unison.
"Is your leg better?"
"Yes, it's all right, Ah Qing, Mom, my leg isn't lame anymore!" Chen Gengnian said with a big smile.
He walked back and forth several times, excitedly shouting, "Look, my leg is really healed!"
She walked towards Lin Qing'an, grasped his shoulders with both hands, and said with trembling excitement, "Qing, my husband, I am finally worthy of you..."
Hearing Chen Gengnian's slightly choked voice, Lin Qingan deliberately slapped him and scolded, "Idiot, I've never felt that you're not good enough for me. We are each other's best people."
"Okay, okay! We are each other's best and most important people!"
Chen Gengnian smiled broadly and picked up Lin Qingan like a child, walking him back and forth.
Chen Yuetao wiped away her tears and walked out of the house. Since leaving home, she had never seen her son have such a rich range of expressions, nor had she ever seen him laugh so heartily.
"How wonderful!" Chen Yuetao murmured in her heart; "Chen Que, you can rest in peace now, your son is finally healthy and whole."
After spinning around a few times, Lin Qing'an felt extremely dizzy, so Chen Gengnian quickly put him down and apologized.
"I'm sorry, I was too happy and didn't consider your feelings."
Lin Qingan flicked his nose and scolded, "Idiot!"
Chen Gengnian chuckled, looking exactly like a complete idiot.
After a serious look for two seconds, Lin Qing'an chuckled as well.
A-Meng poked Bai-Fu and shouted: "Idiots are contagious, run!"
Lin Qingan and Chen Yuetao were both too tired on the first day, so after Chen Gengnian recovered, they slept until noon the next day.
Lin Qing'an naturally didn't know when Chen Gengnian woke up or whether he was asleep or not; he only knew that when he woke up, he saw two more people in the house.
Lin Jing and Liu Yiyi.
Chen Yuetao also woke up, and the three of them prepared food in the kitchen.
Lin Qingan went over and greeted them one by one.
"Mother, Sister Jing, uh..." When it was Liu Yiyi's turn, Lin Qing'an didn't know how to address her. Lin Jing called Chen Gengnian "brother," and he called Lin Jing "sister," so Liu Yiyi was Lin Jing's stepmother...
"Just call me Yiyi."
Just as Lin Qing'an was racking his brains to think it over, Liu Yiyi stepped in and made the decision for him.
Lin Qingan scratched his head: "Isn't this a bad idea?"
"What's wrong with that? Do you expect me to call you sister-in-law like Brother Nian?"
Lin Qing'an shook his head repeatedly, "No need, no need."
Lin Jing came over and slapped him on the shoulder, then solemnly said to Lin Qing'an, "Qing, my father and she didn't have a wedding ceremony or consummate their marriage, so she's not my stepmother."
"What is that to you?" Lin Qing'an asked Lin Jing, his cunning gleaming in his eyes.
Lin Jing narrowed her eyes, only belatedly realizing how shrewd Lin Qing'an was.
She coughed twice and said, "She can be my mistress in front of outsiders, but in private she is my sister."
"She's two years older than me, so I should call her 'older sister'."
"Oh~" Lin Qingan drawled out the last syllable and asked Lin Jing with a smile, "Then should I also call her Sister Yiyi?"
Faced with Lin Qing'an's quirky expression, Lin Jing didn't shy away and said frankly, "That's fine too!"
Chen Yuetao listened to their convoluted conversation with a bewildered expression, muttering, "This relationship is really messy."
"Yeah, it's really a mess." Lin Qing'an winked at Lin Jing and asked deliberately, "Right? Sister Jing?"
Lin Jing hurriedly looked at Liu Yiyi and saw that her fair earlobes were starting to turn red. Lin Jing was at a loss and was afraid that Lin Qing'an would cause trouble again, so she grabbed Lin Qing'an's cheeks with both hands.
"Hey... I never realized you were so clever before..."
They grabbed the person and forced them backward.
Once Lin Jing was a little further away from Liu Yiyi, she whispered to Lin Qing'an, "How did you figure that out?"
Lin Qing'an remained silent, only offering a wicked smile.
Seeing his expression, Lin Jing was terrified and quickly pleaded in a low voice, "Please, sister, don't say anything out of line, okay?"
Lin Qing'an had only been testing his guess, and now that he had the answer, he stopped teasing Lin Jing and readily agreed.
"good!"
Lin Jing clasped her hands together and begged several times before she regained her composure and went into the kitchen to help.
As soon as she entered and was about to chop vegetables, Liu Yiyi said, "You two really have a good relationship, that's wonderful!"
Lin Jing took the knife from her hand, nodded, and began chopping vegetables.
Liu Yiyi's work was taken away, so she had to do something else.
Lin Qing'an stood outside watching with a maternal smile on her face.
He truly didn't expect that in this feudal and superstitious era, Lin Jing would dare to admit it so openly, nor did he expect that there would be someone else who would fall in love with someone at first sight, just like him.
It should actually be described as lust at first sight.
I originally thought Lin Jing's refusal to marry was due to family reasons, but now I realize that's only part of the reason; she actually doesn't like men at all!
Lin Qing'an laughed more and more exaggeratedly. A Meng flew over and patted his face with its wing, which brought Lin Qing'an back to his senses.
Lin Qing'an, whose mouth was filled with the stench of Mao, chased after A Meng and started hitting him.
"Ah Meng, are you tired of living?!"
In an instant, the courtyard was filled with laughter and playfulness, and Lin Qing'an completely forgot that he hadn't seen Chen Gengnian when he got up.
It wasn't until later, after we stopped, that I thought to ask Chen Yuetao where Chen Gengnian had gone.
"He went to the village chief's house and told him he could let him farm your land." Chen Yuetao said angrily, "I talked to him for a long time just now, saying that I would farm it, but he just wouldn't let me."
“Mother, Nian’s decision is right. None of us are good at farming, and it would be tiring for you to do it all by yourself, so let someone else do it. That way, we can focus on other things.”
Chen Yuetao knew she couldn't argue with the two young men, and she also knew they had their own ideas, so she didn't say anything more about it and let them make their own arrangements.
Chen Gengnian returned just before dinner time. He was carrying a small bag of nothing that didn't take up much space. He put it on the table and prepared to eat.
"What did the village chief say?" Chen Yuetao asked as soon as Chen Gengnian sat down.
Chen Gengnian put down his chopsticks and said, "The village chief said that we would receive 10% of the grain from each harvest."
After saying that, he looked at Lin Qing'an and asked, "Qing, do you think this is okay?"
After all, those lands belong to Lin Qing'an.
Lin Qingan made the decision without saying a word.
"Okay, Brother Nian, you definitely won't let us suffer too much. I trust you."
Chen Yuetao chimed in, saying that this was a good idea and that neither family would suffer a loss.
Lin Jing suddenly chimed in, saying with some regret, "If I had known you were going to give it to the village chief, I would have planted it for myself."
"Huh? You can farm so much land all by yourself?" Lin Qingan said in disbelief.
Before Lin Jing could speak, Chen Yuetao chuckled and praised, "Oh, Qing, you have no idea how amazing this girl is. Don't let her being a girl fool you; she always finishes her own chores early before going to help others with their work. She's really something!"
Chen Yuetao adored Lin Jing in every way. Although the land behind her house wasn't much, Lin Jing came to help every year. Chen Yuetao genuinely treated Lin Jing like her own daughter.
This made Lin Qing'an look at her with new respect. In his memory, there was very little about Lin Jing, only some things that had helped him.
After Chen Yuetao finished speaking, Lin Qingan was shocked and impressed, while Liu Yiyi, sitting next to Lin Jing, felt heartbroken.
She looked at Lin Jing, thinking that she could endure hardship, but she hadn't imagined it would be this hard.
Lin Qingan teased Lin Jing, "Sister Jing looks so small and thin, who would have guessed she's so amazing?"
Is it impressive? Liu Yiyi thought, it's just something she had to do to make a living.
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