I've been physically weak since I was a child, and I could only stay at home every day. I couldn't go to places that were too far away, not even the county town.
When I learned that the whole village was going to flee the famine, I was very scared. I was worried that I would cause trouble for my mother. After all, my mother was really too tired. She had to take care of the whole family by herself, and my brothers would only cause more trouble.
He would go out and cause trouble every day, but his mother never got angry, until his mother was hit on the head. When she woke up, she was no longer as gentle as before.
She would angrily hit her brothers and laugh loudly, but she wasn't my mother.
Although she seemed to be someone else no matter how you looked at it, I knew that this wasn't the case. On the way to escape the famine, my mother still took good care of me in every way, afraid that my body wouldn't be able to hold on.
I feel much better, but my mother thinks I'm too weak and I have to take medicine every day. To avoid worrying my mother, I take medicine every day. I don't know if it's because I take medicine so often, but I especially like reading medical books.
Therefore, my mother made me become an apprentice of Doctor Liu and learn medicine from him. However, after studying for a while, I found that I didn't like treating patients and saving lives, but instead preferred poison.
But I didn't dare tell my mother, because if I did, she would definitely be unhappy. But seeing that she had bought me medical books and spent more than ten taels of silver, I could only carefully tell her.
My mother wasn't very angry. Instead, she calmly asked me why. I could only tell her my thoughts. After confirming again that I didn't like it, my mother didn't object.
But I could still sense that she was a little unhappy, and I couldn't find any way to cheer her up.
Compared to my older brothers and my sixth brother, I preferred to stay in the yard and read medical books. That day, my mother and aunt came to find me and put a basket in front of me.
Looking at what was inside, I was so scared I almost fainted, but my mother and aunt wouldn't give me a chance. They said that since I liked studying poison, I should start with snakes. I should not only learn how to extract venom from dead snakes, but also how to extract venom from live snakes.
I was terrified, but I had to pretend to be calm. I had chosen this path, and no matter how scared I was, I was determined to finish it.
Because of the venom extraction, fewer people came to my yard. That was good, though. With no one around, I felt more at ease. After some time, I finally dared to extract the venom from the dead snake.
But my mother and aunt made things more difficult for me, asking me to raise live snakes in the yard and extract their venom. Even though I was the only one in the yard, I was still worried that the snakes would crawl out and bite other people.
I could only discuss with my mother whether she could build me a house so I could move down the mountain and not bite anyone. My mother quickly agreed, gave me the money, and told me to find Uncle Village Chief myself.
I also had to buy the building materials myself, but luckily the village chiefs knew about them and didn't make me run around. They sent them over, and my house was completed in just a few days.
That's when I realized that my mother was terrified of snakes, extremely terrified. Whenever we went out to catch live snakes, it was always my aunt and me who went. Compared to my mother, my aunt was much more skilled at catching snakes; no matter what kind of venomous snake it was, it couldn't escape her eyes.
With a gentle twist of the hand, the snake was caught at its vital spot and rendered immobile.
Since I started keeping snakes in my yard, no one has come except my aunt. However, there is one exception: Chen Yuqi, who is not afraid of snakes, except for my aunt.
That day, I had just returned from the mountain, and there were still a few venomous snakes in the cage I was carrying. I saw a girl standing at the door, and I wanted to avoid her and wait for her to leave before going back.
But the girl spotted me, ran over happily, and looked at the cage in my hand with a cheerful expression, showing no fear whatsoever.
Her name is Chen Yuqi, and she's from Jinnan City. But I was worried that she would be frightened, so I made her leave. For the next few days, this girl came to my place every day.
Out of curiosity, I asked her if she wasn't afraid of snakes. To my surprise, she really wasn't. If I had known, I would have been terrified at first. No one is unafraid.
Seeing that she really liked it, I made sure to lock the snake away every time she came, and I never dared to let her leave again. Although I was used to being alone, I still wanted someone to talk to.
After spending some time together, I realized that I really liked her, but I didn't dare to ask her. Seeing my younger cousins in the village getting married made me anxious, not because I was eager to get married, but because I was afraid that Chen Yuqi would get engaged to someone else.
Just when I was in a dilemma, things took a turn for the better. My mother and aunt came to my place, and when they came out, they saw that Chen Yuqi looked helpless, and they knew that she was embarrassed.
After she left, my mother finally saw me talking outside. Because my mother was afraid of snakes, she had never been inside before. When my aunt asked me if I liked Chen Yuqi, I nodded.
I was overjoyed when I learned that my mother would ask a matchmaker to come and ask for my hand in marriage. Fortunately, Miss Chen Yuqi was also interested in me, and things went very smoothly after that. Our marriage was arranged.
In a few months, I will be able to marry Chen Yuqi. However, we will rarely see each other during these months. I often travel to Jinnan City in order to see her, but it is still difficult to meet her.
Just as I was about to get married, my aunt wrote to me, saying that my mother had something to do and that she would take care of my marriage. She would be back in a few days.
When my aunt came back, I learned that my mother had something to do and hadn't been seen for several months. Although it was a bit of a pity that my mother wasn't there, the marriage would continue.
Soon, the wedding day arrived. I carried Chen Yuqi down from the bridal sedan chair, but unfortunately, she was covered by a veil, so I couldn't see her face at all.
Fortunately, the marriage went smoothly, and Chen Yuqi became my wife. Because there were snakes in the house down the mountain, no one else in the village dared to go there, so we held the wedding ceremony in the house and only went back to the house down the mountain the next day.
Actually, I didn't want my wife to go down to the house on the mountain, since those snakes are poisonous and I don't know when they might come out.
But my wife was unwilling and insisted on coming with me. Helpless, we had to return to the house at the foot of the mountain. My wife got along very well with the snakes after I left.
We stayed at home and rarely went out until my wife became pregnant. We had to return to the house. After the baby was born, I would occasionally go down to the house on the mountain. My wife rarely went there because she had to take care of the baby.
In just over a decade, the Lin family members went from ordinary citizens to members of the imperial family, which I find hard to believe. If it weren't for my child, I probably wouldn't have known.
That day, my mother and aunt came back and gave me some medicinal herbs to make into poison. They told me to make too much, so I had to carry the herbs back to the house at the foot of the mountain.
That night, I learned that my mother was leaving, after she was able to make the poison. I was puzzled. My mother and aunt had worked so hard to make Yan Zhen the emperor, why would she leave at this time? But I didn't ask her. I could only watch my mother leave, and of course, that man too.
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