Lin Changwu nodded, "Understood, sister-in-law." Hearing that there would be a good meal that night, everyone was very happy. They cheerfully carried the pig and the live sheep onto the oxcart, and then loaded the fruit onto the horse-drawn cart before setting off.
After all, there were still boxes and porcelain jars on the carriage, so they couldn't put anything else on them.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua could only wait after they left. After all, the piglets and live sheep had been taken back, but there were still live pigs, chickens, ducks and geese here. They couldn't rest easy without watching them.
"Shushu, let's divide up the workshop's profits from the past few months tonight." The money hadn't been divided during the months they were gone; it had just been sitting there.
An Shuyi nodded, "Okay, let's think of some compensation for us. In a couple of days, let's go hunting in the mountains again and find some flowers and plants. I only have a little over 50,000 taels in my trading system right now."
“Sure, we’re going hunting anyway, so we can stay in the mountains for a few more days.” She also wanted to hunt foxes for Shushu to make a cloak. If they couldn’t catch any, they would go for a walk to the north.
There are plenty of good furs, especially near the border, where winters are too cold, and it's difficult to get through the winter without a cloak.
The two sat there chatting, waiting for Lin Changwu and the others to arrive. After they arrived, they took the pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese, gave them the keys to the house, and then went shopping.
Although they had everything in their warehouse and didn't lack anything, sitting there was too boring, so they went out shopping. But before they had been shopping for long, An Shuyi saw a teahouse in front of them and pulled Xia Hua to go there with her.
Sure enough, there were opera performances in Jinnan City. We found a place to sit down and watched the play on stage. Xia Hua watched the play without any interest. "Shushu, you stay here and watch. I'll go buy you something to eat."
An Shuyi turned her head briefly and said, "Go ahead, you can wander around more. I'm not hungry yet. Be careful." She knew that Hua Hua didn't like these kinds of plays, but she still quite liked singing opera.
Xia Hua nodded and left the teahouse, but she didn't go far. She bought a bowl of noodles from a small stall downstairs, sat there and ate very slowly, as if to pass the time.
Although it was slow, the bowl of noodles was eventually finished. After finishing, he asked the owner to cook a bowl of wontons. He paid the owner and told him to bring the bowl back to him later. He then carried the bowl to the teahouse.
When An Shuyi saw her coming, she waved happily. Xia Hua went over and put the wontons on the table. "Eat up. You used to really like this stall."
"Thank you, Huahua!" After saying that, she picked up her chopsticks and ate the wontons while watching the play on stage.
After finishing her meal, Xia Hua put away her bowl to take it to the stall downstairs, but An Shuyi stopped her and said she would go with her.
"Aren't you going to watch the play?" Xia Hua asked, puzzled.
“I’m not watching anymore,” An Shuyi said as she pulled her outside. “This play isn’t good either. There’s only one girl singing. It’s nothing like the plays in Beijing, where you can change plays and there are many different styles. But this one only has one girl singing, and it’s not pleasant to listen to at all.”
The plays in the capital city, with their singing, storytelling, and performances, are never boring, unlike those in Jinnan City, which are all the same. They're okay for a while, but get boring after a long time.
Xia Hua nodded, "If you don't want to watch, then don't watch. Let's go back and see how Changwu and the others are doing with the goods." Thinking of the mushrooms from before, she continued, "Tomorrow when we go up the mountain, we'll dry those mushrooms from your warehouse in the side courtyards on both sides of the house."
Not all of those mushrooms were dried. Some that were suitable for drying were dried, while the ones that weren't good to eat after drying were stored in Shushu's warehouse. They could be eaten fresh, since they wouldn't spoil anyway.
As for why they would go through the trouble of drying the mushrooms, it's because some dried mushrooms taste even better when stewed with chicken or other meats than fresh ones.
An Shuyi nodded. The mushrooms were placed in the trading system, but a suitable place had not yet been found to dry them. They were originally planned to dry them in the capital, but since there were servants there, they had not been dried.
The two returned to their residence in Jinnan City. Lin Changwu and the others had just arrived and were moving things. Looking at the items in the side rooms, there weren't many left, but they would still need to come back again.
But the two didn't want to wait any longer, so they took the carriage back with them. They would come and pick up the rest later. Besides, Xiao Liu and the others were on holiday today, so Chang Wu and the others would have to send two carriages to pick them up.
Not long after they went to the capital, Xiao Liu and his classmates took a 45-day break, just like students on holiday in modern times, before returning to school.
Once they returned to the village, the two went to find Doctor Liu.
Doctor Liu was sorting through medicines in the courtyard when he saw the two women arrive. Thinking they were feeling unwell, he hurriedly asked, "Ladies, are you feeling unwell? Why didn't you send someone to call me over to take a look?"
He knew it was impolite to ask such a question, but the two young women hadn't come for a medical appointment, nor did they seem to have anything to ask him. Besides, given their current status, he couldn't afford to cause any problems.
A few days ago, after they were conferred the title of Fourth-Rank Gongren, the Lin family elders said that they could no longer call them sister-in-law or younger sister, but should call them Gongren. However, the village chief Lin stopped them, saying that it would be too formal.
The two young women would definitely be unhappy to hear this, so the crowd's voices returned to normal.
An Shuyi smiled and said, "Brother Liu, does it mean I can't come to see you if I'm not sick? We're fine, we're here to give you something nice."
"Good stuff?" Doctor Liu wondered. Could it be a medical book discovered in the capital? But since the two young ladies were alright, he could rest assured.
“Yes, it’s good stuff!” An Shuyi stretched her hands out from behind her back. “Look at this, isn’t it good stuff?”
Dr. Liu looked at the paper handed to him. It wasn't a medical book. He didn't guess anymore, but took the paper and opened it. He found that there were two pieces of paper. He looked at the first one. It was a prescription for treating infertility.
The document is divided into two categories: one for women who have infertility and the other for men who have infertility. It includes not only prescriptions but also descriptions of the symptoms.
After reading it, his hands trembled. He grabbed An Meizi's hand and said, "Sister, where did you get this prescription? You're a master! There are such amazing people in this world. I have to meet you."
"If I could meet such a master in this lifetime, I would have no regrets even if I died."
An Shuyi looked at her hand that he was holding, and then at Wang Shi, who had been attracted by his loud voice, and hurriedly said, "Brother Liu, don't get agitated, let me go first."
But Xia Hua wasn't as good-tempered as her. She raised her hand and slapped Doctor Liu's hand. Doctor Liu felt the pain and let go. He then realized that he had been too excited and awkwardly explained, "Sister, I'm sorry, don't misunderstand, I didn't mean to."
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