Lin Wenqing replied, "Yes, I said some things."
"That's how midwives are, Father has been through it too."
Old Man Lin also gave Lin Wenqing a bowl of water and said, "Drink some water to calm your nerves. When she's in confinement, you'll have to help your wife a lot. Don't let her get tired or annoyed."
"good."
Lin Wenqing held a bowl and drank water.
Old Man Lin went into the kitchen again and poured Hongqing a bowl of water, saying, "Have some too, the family is busy right now."
"It's alright, I'm fine, you go ahead and do your work."
Old Man Lin didn't stand on ceremony and went back into the kitchen.
Hongqing drank the water in the bowl, then touched Dahuang and said in a low voice, "Do you see that wooden board in your room? I've been sleeping on it all this time. Your wife is pregnant and a light sleeper; I can wake up even if I turn over. Sometimes I sneak out to keep Dahuang company."
Lin Wenqing looked at Dahuang, and when their eyes met, Dahuang immediately let out a low growl.
Hongqing patted Dahuang's head and said, "Don't bark. If you bark, I'll stew you and eat you."
Old Man Lin was still keeping it a secret, but if Big Yellow barked, it would eventually arouse suspicion.
After Lin Wenqing finished drinking the water, he took the bowl to the kitchen. When he came out, he had a piece of meat in his hand and put it in the bowl in front of Da Huang.
Big Yellow didn't go over; it squatted down.
Hongqing chuckled and patted Dahuang's head, saying, "Go eat. This man will be your master from now on."
By the time Ah Li finished her postpartum confinement, Lin Wenqing had also recovered.
During this period, Hongqing would sometimes stay in town and sometimes stay here for a while.
On this day, Hongqing brought some pastries and children's toys. He also said, "There is an embroidery shop in town. It caught fire a couple of days ago. I heard that some people couldn't escape. After the fire was put out, many people were injured and some died."
Lin Wenqing was making a small wooden sword in his hand at this moment. He glanced at Ah Li and asked, "Male or female?"
"There are both men and women in there. I heard that the cousin of the young master of that embroidery shop and his mother are also there."
After Hongqing finished speaking, he threw a few large bones to Dahuang.
Lin Wenqing then looked at Ali and said, "Let's move."
He still remembered the embroidery workshop in town and its young owner.
Ahri nodded and said, "Okay."
Before giving birth, Tong Meng had visited Ali several times, wanting Ali to draw out the patterns she had previously embroidered so that she could take them back and have the embroiderers in the workshop learn to embroider some as well.
In the embroidery workshop, there were some that Ah Li had embroidered before, and the embroiderers had also tried to embroider them, but the results were just not right.
Ahri didn't object; she drew the design and had someone take it back.
At that time, Tong Meng also thought about talking to Old Man Lin to get closer to him, but Old Man Lin either ignored her or avoided her as soon as he saw her.
Hongqing also took out a dark green purse and said, "The embroidery workshop was badly burned down, and they said they were going to renovate and rebuild it. Many embroidery products are being put out to sell at stalls. I thought this purse was well embroidered, so I bought it."
Lin Wenqing glanced at it; it had a "Qing" character embroidered in red thread, along with green bamboo.
It looks familiar.
Ah Li looked over and saw that it was her embroidery. She had embroidered many pieces with words on them, such as auspicious words like "home," "everything," "prosperity," "joy," "wealth," and "nobility," and she also added patterns.
When Hongqing saw that Ali was looking over, he took out another one and gave it to Lin Wenqing, saying, "I see that this one has the character 'Qing' on it, so I'll buy it too."
The purse has the character "清" (qing) on it, and is embroidered with auspicious clouds and two white cranes spreading their wings.
Lin Wenqing held the purse up to the stitches, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. He said, "Wait a minute, I'm going in to get something."
After Lin Wenqing went inside, Hongqing dared to look at Ali openly. Ali, however, lowered her eyes and said, "I'm going inside to check on the child."
Seeing that Ali had also returned to the house, Lin Wenqing said, "The child hasn't woken up yet."
"I'm just a little tired, so I came back to lie down."
"Okay, then you rest first, I'll talk to Brother Hongqing."
Lin Wenqing went out with the purse that Ali had embroidered for him. It was embroidered with the words "My Love" and contained red beans and a strand of black hair.
Hongqing suddenly felt that the purse in his hand was no longer appealing.
Later on, Lin Wenqing moved house with Ali and Old Man Lin.
Lin Wenqing received a transfer order to go to the capital city and was awaiting assignment.
Lin Wenqing couldn't understand it. In his previous life, although he didn't become a great general, he was still a general with status.
Hongqing comforted him, "Look on the bright side, once you go to the capital, you won't have to be separated from your wife."
Later, when Lin Wenqing arrived in the capital, he learned that Hongqing was a prince and that it was Hongqing's idea to transfer him to the capital.
Hongqing did not give Lin Wenqing a sinecure; instead, he made him his personal bodyguard and paid him a salary.
When Ah Li found out, she was already living in Prince Hongqing's residence.
Old Man Lin was also there, and he hadn't even reacted yet. He looked at Ah Li and asked, "Wen Qing has become a prince's guard, so why are we moving in with him?"
Ahri, holding the child, indicated that she didn't know either.
However, the courtyard they were living in now was not like the one where their subordinates lived, but rather the one where nobles lived. They were provided with maids and servants, and even Da Huang had someone to serve him.
When Lin Wenqing returned from Hongqing's place, he said to Ali, "It's okay. I'll save up some money and buy a courtyard. We'll move out."
Ah Li replied, "Okay."
Actually, Hongqing didn't intend to do anything. He just wanted to protect the person under his wing and watch them live a peaceful and happy life. He didn't ask for anything else.
【over】
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