Chapter 45 When the group returned home drunk, Lin Qing'an...
When the group returned home, Lin Qingan and A Meng were still drunk.
After shaking A Meng countless times without any sign of waking up, Chen Gengnian had no choice but to shake Lin Qing'an awake. He called Lin Qing'an softly several times, but there was no response. So he held Lin Qing'an's face and shook him while calling out.
"Ah Qing... Ah Qing..."
Lin Qing'an only opened his eyes groggily after being called several times. He looked at the large face in front of him, wrapped his arms around Chen Gengnian's neck, and called out to him in a coquettish tone.
"Brother Nian...why is your vision so blurry?"
Chen Gengnian suppressed a laugh and quickly said to him, "Aqing, could you go and fetch some spiritual spring water?"
Lin Qingan smacked his lips, "Why are we fetching spirit spring water?"
"Mother and Baifu are injured."
As soon as Chen Gengnian finished speaking, Lin Qing'an became much more sober.
"What? How did you get injured? How badly?"
He was extremely anxious and tried to get out of bed, but Chen Gengnian pressed him down as soon as he moved.
"Don't rush. The injury isn't too serious. Do you have the strength right now? If you do, draw some spiritual spring water first, and I'll tell you the rest slowly."
"Oh...right, right, right." After realizing what was happening, Lin Qing'an instantly entered the treasure bag, and Chen Gengnian vanished in an instant.
When Lin Qing'an came out again, he was drenched in sweat and dragging a half-full bucket of spiritual spring water in his hand.
Chen Gengnian quickly took the bucket from Lin Qing'an. Knowing that Lin Qing'an was anxious, he carried the bucket in one hand and supported Lin Qing'an's bottom with the other, and hurriedly walked out.
Lin Qing'an, like a little kangaroo, propped up his head, which was now mostly sober, and hugged Chen Gengnian's neck tightly. Only then did he realize that he had gotten drunk from drinking Liu Yiyi's fruit wine!
Fortunately, he had just drunk several large mouthfuls of spiritual spring water, otherwise he would probably still be drunk.
Chen Yuetao sat on a chair in the yard, with Lin Jing and Liu Yiyi taking care of her.
Upon arriving at the destination, Lin Qing'an jumped down on his own before Chen Gengnian could even call him.
As soon as I got down, I saw that Chen Yuetao's face and hands were covered in bloodstains.
"Mother—" Lin Qing'an called out and ran over quickly, pulling Chen Yuetao close and asking with heartache, "Mother, who beat you up like this?"
He was absolutely furious.
Seeing her husband's eyes redden with worry, Chen Yuetao quickly comforted him, "Child, I'm fine. Something unpleasant happened."
Only then did Chen Gengnian place a basin of water in front of Chen Yuetao. Liu Yiyi wet a towel and went to wipe the bloodstains from Chen Yuetao's wound.
When Lin Qing'an saw Bai Fu lying on the ground being wiped by Chen Gengnian, his heart ached.
He got up and ran back to Baifu, patting Baifu's head helplessly and asking, "Can anyone tell me what's going on?"
There was no way to hide it, so Lin Jing simply told the whole story.
"Today, my aunt went downstairs to find someone to help you with the land. When she passed by Wang Shu's house, his mother grabbed her and dragged her inside under the pretense of warmly inviting her to her wedding, and then..."
After hearing the whole story, Lin Qing'an was completely enraged. He got up, grabbed a shovel from the yard, and headed towards the village.
He wants to avenge his mother!
The angry man was quickly pulled back by Chen Gengnian, who patiently persuaded him.
"Don't worry! They didn't get away with this either. Wang Lixing will probably need to recover for ten days to half a month. Wu Xiangmei and Wang Shu shouldn't dare to cause any more trouble. Let's just let this matter go."
Lin Qing'an was so angry that his breath snorted like a bull's, making Chen Gengnian's neck itch.
Seeing his reaction, Chen Gengnian quickly added, "We should give the village chief some face today. We need to set up the shop soon, so let's avoid trouble if possible. If they do it again, I will definitely not let them off easily."
Chen Gengnian tried to persuade Lin Qingan for a long time, but Lin Qingan remained silent, and the atmosphere remained tense.
Chen Yuetao quickly spoke up to persuade them.
“Ah Qing, what Brother Nian said is right. Their injuries are much more serious than ours. We should try not to have any contact with them in the future. We are all neighbors. Even if we don’t give face to others, we should at least give face to the village chief. After all, it was he who found the village head and Brother Nian that allowed us to settle down in Linjia Village.”
Lin Qingan sighed deeply. He was naturally annoyed that he hadn't been able to vent his frustration, but since his family had said so, he would just listen.
"Fine!" Lin Qing'an reluctantly agreed, then added in a cold voice, "I won't offend others unless they offend me; if they do, I will never forgive them!"
That concludes today's matter.
Chen Yuetao only suffered superficial injuries. After washing her with Longquan water, Lin Qing'an prepared a lot of water for her to soak in a bath that evening.
Bai Fu fully recovered after soaking in the water for two days.
Lin Qing'an and his family intentionally avoided Lin Jing and Liu Yiyi during these miraculous events, so under the pretext of recuperating from injuries, Liu Yiyi and Lin Jing did not come to disturb them.
Lin Qing'an, who had been holding in a lot of anger, finally felt much better on the second night after Chen Yuetao and Baifu were injured.
Because Wu Xiangmei broke her hand completely when she got up at night, Dr. Shen was powerless to help and there was no possibility of recovery.
After Ah Meng proudly told him about it, Lin Qing'an slept soundly.
So what if it was A-Meng who did it? Evil people will be punished by heaven. His senior brother A-Meng is also from heaven.
It's perfectly reasonable!
Lin Qingan was also puzzled after Chen Gengnian told him about Zhou Caixia's rush to harvest the Chinese toon.
He wasn't sure if the man had heard something, so he had Lin Jing deliberately lead him to town.
When Lin Jing went to town, Zhou Caixia was indeed following behind. When they arrived in town, Lin Jing disappeared instantly, and Zhou Caixia and Lin Yongxin, who had been following her, frantically searched for her everywhere.
"Oh dear! What are we going to do? We've lost track of them, who are we going to sell these toon leaves to?"
Zhou Caixia was sweating profusely with anxiety. She hadn't even had breakfast that morning before following the girl to town, thinking that she could steal their business after seeing how to grow toon leaves. But she never expected to lose the girl while following her.
Lin Yongxin is not talkative, but he is not completely brainless.
He pulled Zhou Caixia by the sleeve and led her forward, saying, "Let's go to that bustling market street and ask if this toon is for medicinal or edible purposes."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Caixia agreed that it made sense. Her previously dejected face instantly regained a glimmer of hope, and the two of them hurried to the market with their baskets on their backs.
Their every move was clearly seen by Lin Jing, who was hiding nearby. She went to Jinyun Hotel according to the method taught by Lin Qing'an.
After giving Chen Gengnian's name, Lin Jing was able to meet Uncle Hu, the manager of Jinyun Hotel. She told Uncle Hu everything, and he understood immediately.
Lin Jing sold all the toon leaves she had collected from other villages to Jinyun Restaurant, earning one tael of silver after deducting the gross profit.
Thinking that Liu Yiyi was short of ingredients for making pastries, he happily went to buy them.
Just as Lin Jing finished shopping and was about to leave town, Lin Yongxin and Zhou Caixia, who had been turned away all day, finally found Jinyun Restaurant after several twists and turns.
On her way back, Lin Jing encountered A Meng and assumed that A Meng was sent by Lin Qing'an to protect her. She generously took out a piece of candy from her pocket and gave it to him.
Ah Meng stared at the candy for a long time, then looked up and flew away.
Seeing its arrogant appearance, Lin Jing instantly understood and burst into laughter.
He chased after Ah Meng, shouting, "Ah Meng, you can eat it, I won't tell anyone..."
That evening, Lin Jing was having dinner when someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
Lin Jing and Liu Yiyi exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.
"Ah Qing is truly a prophet." Liu Yiyi sincerely praised Lin Qing'an.
The person outside knocked for a while but no one answered, so they called out anxiously from outside the door.
"Is the Lin family girl home?"
Zhou Caixia called out several times before Lin Jing slowly put down her chopsticks, then leisurely wiped her mouth before getting up to open the door.
The moment the door opened, Zhou Caixia's fake smile hit him in the face.
"Hehe, Jing, you're home." Zhou Caixia said with a fawning smile.
Lin Jing pretended not to know and asked, "What do you want?"
Logically speaking, Zhou Caixia was her elder, but this elder never acted like one. She was usually sharp-tongued and gossipy. In addition, because of Lin Qing'an, Lin Jing completely ignored this relationship and didn't even bother to address her.
Lin Yongxin frowned at Lin Jing's rudeness, but Zhou Caixia had no time to argue. She quickly pushed the basket in front of her and said with a smile, "I heard you were collecting toon leaves. So your uncle and I went up the mountain and found some. See if this is enough. If not, we'll go find more tomorrow."
As Zhou Caixia spoke, she hurriedly pushed Lin Yongxin's basket forward as well, her eyes full of anticipation as she waited for Lin Jing to give her the price.
Lin Jing glanced at it casually and said, "It's so listless, I'm not taking it."
"Huh?" Zhou Caixia panicked instantly. "Why are you not taking them away? Jing'er, take a good look. They're just a little wilted. Sprinkle some water on them and they'll be fine tomorrow."
Seeing this, Lin Yongxin quickly said, "Jing, these are our tenderest buds. If you really can't afford it, just give us a discount."
Lin Yongxin pondered for a moment, then seemed to have taken a big step back and said, "How about this, I heard you charge others five copper coins per pound, so we'll charge you three copper coins! We're all from the same village, and it's really not easy for you to do it alone, so let's each compromise."
Zhou Caixia was displeased upon hearing this, inwardly cursing her husband for being brainless. Although Jinyun Hotel said it would only accept supplies from Lin Jing's side, almost all the nearby plants had been picked. What was Lin Jing going to supply them with?
Lin Jing secretly observed Zhou Caixia's ever-changing expression, feeling both amused and deeply moved.
Humans are truly insatiable creatures.
The two waited for Lin Jing's answer, but Lin Jing remained indifferent, appearing quite like a businesswoman.
After a long while, he finally spoke slowly, saying, "One coin."
"What?"
This time, not only Zhou Caixia was surprised, but even Lin Yongxin exclaimed in shock and angrily said, "Lin family girl, don't push your luck!"
Lin Jing shrugged and asked with a smile, "Oh? What do you mean? I'm the buyer, so it's my business how much I offer. As for whether you sell or not... that's your own business. I'm not a ruthless bandit, and I don't do things like forced buying and selling."
Ignoring their furious expressions, she instead smiled wickedly and asked, "Do you really intend to force a weak woman like me to do this?"
"Nonsense!" Zhou Caixia pointed at Lin Jing, her blood boiling, her finger trembling. "Don't try to shift the blame!"
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