"No," Qin Xiaozhou stopped her. "That mattress is damp and cold. It's not as comfortable as this pine needle mattress. It's warm and breathable. Plus, there's such a thick quilt on top, so it won't prick you. I'll stay here for the next couple of days."
As the couple were talking, Lu Yunxing returned from the backyard. He greeted Qin Xiaozhou before saying, "Grandma hurt her leg, her face, and her hand is wrapped in medicine."
Qin Xiaozhou urged Lu Yunfeng to go and check. As soon as he left, Lu Yunxing's eyes reddened. "Sister-in-law, everything is fine in the county town. With the county magistrate here, our county won't be in chaos. If we had known that wild boars would come, my brother and I shouldn't have gone to the county."
When they heard the news that a wild boar had entered their backyard this morning, he and his older brother were terrified. Money is nothing compared to the lives of their family members. They almost lost two more people in one night.
He still vividly remembers the devastating impact of his father and grandfather passing away on the same day; it truly felt like the sky had fallen.
Qin Xiaozhou laughed, "Alright, Grandma and I are fine. Go change your clothes and don't get sick. You and your brother should go to Lijiaba early to pick up Auntie. She's probably going crazy with worry."
“Okay.” Lu Yunxing was pleasantly surprised. According to the village custom, after a new bride gets married, she can only return to her parents’ home on the second day of the Lunar New Year if her brothers come to invite her. She is not allowed to spend the New Year at her parents’ home, otherwise it will bring bad luck to her parents’ home. After what happened last night, Doctor Li was invited, but Lu Yu did not return. It was simply because of the custom. Otherwise, she would have come in the middle of the night in the snow.
Lu Yunxing thought for a moment, "Sister-in-law, don't you mind those customs?"
Today is only the first day of the Lunar New Year, still a holiday. No family in the village would allow their married daughter to visit her parents' home today.
Qin Xiaozhou scoffed at the custom that married daughters cannot spend the New Year at their parents' home, saying, "Go quickly, don't keep your aunt waiting."
Married women are also pitiful. Their own mothers are injured, but because it is the Lunar New Year, they dare not visit them. They can only worry anxiously and hope that their family will come to pick them up.
In the evening, Li Changpu and Lu Yu followed the Lu brothers and rushed into the Lu family home, covered in dust. Lu Yu didn't even have time to say anything before heading straight to Wang Lan's room in the backyard.
Doctor Li was brewing medicine at the kitchen window when he saw Li Changpu. He quickly grabbed someone to take over his work, as Li Changpu was old and useless and was very sleepy at the moment.
Now that his whole family is with the Lu family, he couldn't help but smile. He was very pleased that the Lu family valued family ties so much, otherwise his apprentice's wife would be worried sick at home.
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