He Jiuniang felt extremely sorry for him and personally massaged his arms to relieve the pain, asking, "Are you tired?"
"Tired," he said, pursing his lips, seemingly quite dejected. "Mom, being a great hero is so tiring, and Dad works so hard..."
If it were only He Jiuniang here, he might have burst into tears, but since there were other people present, he forced himself to hold back.
Today, he told Old Man Lu several times that his father was a great hero. Old Man Lu went from being puzzled at first to smiling bitterly, knowing that this was his daughter-in-law's painstaking teaching, so he said nothing.
Seeing him like this, He Jiuniang felt extremely sorry for him and wanted to persuade him to stop practicing, since he was still young.
But thinking that this might make the child prone to giving up when faced with difficulties, he could only harden his heart and say, "Nothing is ever simple or easy. There's a saying, 'No pain, no gain.' If you suffer now, you'll enjoy the rewards later. Your father went through the same hardships."
This phrase worked well on the dog, and it immediately stopped crying.
With a loving mother's smile, she patted the dog's head and took the opportunity to pull out a few oranges from her bosom to distract the children.
She took them out of her spatial storage on short notice, but she said with a smile, "I saw someone selling oranges on the street, so I bought a few. You can share them."
Oranges from later generations underwent countless improvements and became much sweeter than those of today. The children ate them with great satisfaction, having never tasted such sweet oranges before.
Even if Gou'er is smart, he's still just a child. After being fooled by He Jiu Niang, he stopped thinking about his father.
Today's practice session was already quite long. After eating oranges, a group of kids went to build with blocks.
During this time, Old Man Lu invented several different shapes of building blocks, giving the children new ways to play. Gou'er became instantly engrossed in them and didn't even care about her old mother.
He Jiuniang suddenly had nothing to do; she would never do needlework in her life.
She handed the last orange to Old Man Lu and then went to take a walk around the construction site.
The house is now in the final stages of construction, and they are preparing to build a fence around it to create a courtyard for the Lu family.
The villagers' walls were all made of adobe bricks, but the Lu family was so wealthy that even their walls were made of blue bricks.
"Brother, this wall is too low and it's not safe. Let's make it higher!"
He Jiuniang looked at the wall that had been built in front of her and was very dissatisfied. The wall was only a little bit higher than her. If a thief encountered her, he could easily climb over into the yard.
We plan to run a business at home in the future. If we get robbed because the wall is too low, we'll suffer huge losses.
Lu Laoda was puzzled: "The walls around the houses here aren't very high."
"It's alright, we'll build our house higher, it'll be safer."
It's important to understand that while their family is now safe, there are still many refugees displaced outside.
These past few days she's been wandering the streets, hearing all sorts of rumors. She's heard that the emperor hasn't sent any officials to Changzhou for disaster relief yet. If this continues, the world will inevitably descend into chaos sooner or later, and they'll have to be fully prepared.
If it weren't for the fact that it seemed impractical, He Jiuniang would have even wanted to build the wall as high as the city wall.
He Jiuniang shook her head in a mocking manner, sighing, "She's worried herself sick over this family!"
Seeing her wander off and shake her head, Boss Lu thought for a moment and said to the villagers who were working, "Let's build that area a little higher!"
His third sister-in-law's words and actions all have a certain logic to them. He may not understand them, but he cannot fail to follow them!
After making a round and offering some minor suggestions, Boss Lu left happily after assuring the villagers that he would arrange for them to fix it.
The next day, she pretended to leave home and went to Yuyuantang to report for duty.
However, she accidentally slept in.
At first, Mrs. Sun felt sorry for her, thinking that she had been traveling for so many days and it must have been hard for her, so she didn't let anyone disturb her and let her sleep a little longer.
As a result, even the dog followed Old Man Lu back from his morning exercise and quietly flipped through comic books in the thatched shed, silently memorizing several actions from the books. Sun Shi came in to check on her several times and found that He Jiu Niang still showed no signs of waking up. Sun Shi's temper finally couldn't be contained.
He yanked the blanket off her and slapped her bottom without hesitation, yelling, "Third brother's wife! Aren't you supposed to be going to the clinic to study medicine? It's past noon and you're still not there!"
Mrs. Sun was furious with her. She usually seemed quite reliable, so why did she always let her down at crucial moments?
He Jiuniang was instantly woken up by the slap, and was quite startled. She said with a hint of grievance, "Mother, this matter is not urgent. We can go at noon."
As she spoke, she turned over again, preparing to continue sleeping.
Sun was immediately anxious. How could she not be anxious about learning medicine? Manager Ren was so kind to take her as an apprentice and even gave her five taels of silver a month. This was a rare opportunity, and she wouldn't get another chance like it!
Besides, didn't she herself say that she likes medicine?
Is that all you like about it?
He Jiuniang sighed inwardly. Sure enough, once you tell one lie, you have to tell more lies to cover it up.
But she couldn't say that her medical skills were now so superb that she didn't need anyone to teach her, and that Manager Ren was just a figurehead...
Thinking this, she explained quietly, "There are many patients seeking treatment at the clinic early in the morning, and he doesn't have time to teach me anything. It's better to wait until he's a little freer around noon before going."
He initially thought there was nothing wrong with what he said, but it instantly ignited Sun's anger: "It's your good fortune that they're willing to teach you. Even if they don't have time to teach you anything now, it's always good to help out at the clinic and leave a good impression. Maybe they can even teach you some of their special skills. You're usually such a smart person, how come you've suddenly changed your mind!"
Sun's exasperated appearance successfully kept He Jiu Niang awake.
This little old lady is even closer to her than her own mother; she's always thinking of her best interests.
So even though He Jiuniang really wanted to stay in bed, she still obediently got up, but her speed was no different from that of a tortoise.
After she had finished washing up slowly, the aroma of food wafted from the thatched shed where she cooked, so she shamelessly went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes. How could someone like this claim to like medicine? Was he trying to fool this old woman who was blind?
But she didn't say anything more; she wanted to see what He Jiuniang was up to!
This is a real misunderstanding of He Jiuniang; she simply wanted to be lazy.
After eating only two cornbread buns, I saw a group of women who had already been working for quite some time, and I felt a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, she has made significant contributions to the family during this period, so her sisters-in-law and other relatives haven't had any complaints about her. Otherwise, I really don't know how things would have ended.
I immediately thought, oh well, at worst I can just slack off at the clinic again.
After greeting everyone, she went to fetch the carriage, intending to pick up several students to return together that evening.
Just as I was about to leave, an unexpected guest arrived.
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