Traveling through the mountains and farming

Lin Wan quickly sprinkled salt on the bee pupae taken out of the pot and prepared to go out to see what had happened.

Then I heard Li Chongle's voice coming from outside.

"Sister-in-law, your little brother is here."

As soon as she walked into the main room, she saw Li Chongle leading a little boy in, followed by an old man who looked a little disheveled. She looked carefully and found that it was Doctor Zhong.

"Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why don't you come back to see me?"

When the little boy came in and saw Lin Wan, he ran over and hugged her legs.

Then he burst into tears and said, "Dad has been arrested, and Mom is missing too."

He seemed to want to vent all the grievances and fears he had experienced in the past two days.

Lin Wan didn't react for a moment. After the little boy hugged her legs, she remembered that she had a six-year-old half brother named Lin Jing.

Moreover, this Lin Jing was raised by the original body. Although her stepmother was not nice to her, this younger brother had always been very close to her.

Lin Wan quickly squatted down, wiped away Lin Jing's tears, and comforted him softly:

"Xiao Jing, don't cry."

She guessed that her original father must have been captured and sent to serve in the military. As for how her stepmother disappeared, she was probably the only one who knew the truth, and Lin Jing probably didn't know the inside story either.

"Cough~" Doctor Zhong next to him coughed awkwardly.

Lin Wan finally reacted and quickly stood up to greet Dr. Zhong and invited him to sit down.

Li Chongle had quickly poured a glass of water and handed it respectfully to Doctor Zhong.

"Doctor Zhong, why are you here?" Lin Wan asked.

Doctor Zhong recounted in detail why he went out of the city to collect herbs, how he was captured by the soldiers, how he was rescued by Luo Dashan, and how he followed them all the way here overnight.

"You want me to take you in?" Lin Wan asked in surprise.

"You're the only one I know here. I hope you can take me in for a while."

Lin Wan knew that although Dr. Zhong had a stubborn personality, he was an upright person and that one could not beat around the bush when dealing with him.

So he directly told him all the possible inconveniences of taking him in and his own concerns.

After hearing what Lin Wan said, Doctor Zhong realized that he had only thought about eating delicious food by following Lin Wan, and had not considered these practical issues at all.

He immediately proposed a solution and said that he would ask Uncle Li and others to build a small house for him nearby.

He only needs Lin Wan to take care of the meals and he can take care of the rest.

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Wan's response, he hurried out, saying that he wanted to discuss building a house with Uncle Li.

Looking at Doctor Zhong's impetuous temper, Lin Wan smiled helplessly.

This reminded her of Dr. Zhong's stubbornness when he bought Gastrodia elata from her.

In order to buy Gastrodia elata, he paid a high price and even gave away a lot of medicine.

Thinking of this, Lin Wan calculated her family's stored food, as well as the food she could get in the future by growing sweet potatoes and potatoes, and felt that she could afford an extra pair of chopsticks, so she decided to accept the offer.

In ancient times, having a doctor by your side might save your life at the critical moment!

Thinking that there were suddenly two more people in her family, Lin Wan felt embarrassed to ask everyone to help share the burden, so she prepared to tell Aunt Li that they would cook for themselves from now on.

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While Lin Wan was talking with Doctor Zhong, Luo Dashan and his friends, who had just returned from outside, were surrounded by aunts and grandmas, who began to ask about the situation in their natal families.

Li Changli motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then he told everyone what he had learned about each family one by one, and also told them about the people being arrested and sent into exile and how they were unable to enter the city.

Knowing that their mother's family might have fled to the mountains, everyone was worried, but they also knew that this was the best outcome.

"Woo~"

Loud crying was heard and everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

It turned out that Zheng Xiaohu was happy to finally see his grandmother return safely, but he didn't see his grandfather.

He kept asking where his grandfather had gone.

Granny Zheng felt that she could no longer conceal the truth, so she cried and said:

"Your grandfather is dead."

When Zheng Xiaohu heard this, he burst into tears.

His tears flowed down his cheeks, and he asked in tears:

"Grandma, how did Grandpa die?"

Granny Zheng choked up and said, "When I was trying to escape being captured and taken into exile, I fell down..."

Before she could finish, she fainted.

When Zheng Xiaohu saw Grandma faint, he burst into tears out of fear: "Grandma, Grandma!"

Li Rou next to him was shocked, and everyone was suddenly in a panic.

Lin Wan happened to walk here and hurried forward to support Grandma Zheng. Doctor Zhong also quickly squeezed over to check on her upon hearing the voice.

"Everyone, move aside and keep the air circulating!" Dr. Zhong shouted.

After a checkup, Doctor Zhong said, "She has been extremely nervous these past two days. Coupled with the long journey, she became anxious again and fainted temporarily. Don't worry too much."

Then he fed Grandma Zheng a small pill.

Li Changli quickly had Grandma Zheng carried to Li Rou's bed, and Li Rou and Zheng Xiaohu followed to take care of her.

Doctor Zhong took the opportunity to talk to Uncle Li and the others about his temporary stay.

He wanted everyone to help build two rooms, one bedroom and the other as his pharmacy.

He promised that as long as he was here, he would provide free medical consultations to everyone, and could also teach everyone some daily herbal identification and a set of health-preserving exercises.

In this way, in addition to reading and writing in the daily morning class, the children also added a herb identification course, and later it developed into a course for everyone to learn herb identification.

That’s because Doctor Zhong mentioned Gastrodia elata and Polygonatum sibiricum one day, saying that each one was worth more than ten taels, and that they might have them in the mountains.

The children told the adults about this when they got home, and Dr. Zhong’s class was full the next day.

Driven by money, a nationwide learning craze was set off.

The elderly now have an additional activity every day where they get up early and practice health-preserving exercises.

When Lin Wan saw this, she realized that this was Ba Duan Jin, which she had practiced at home for a period of time.

Lin Wan also explained to Uncle Li and the others that her family would open fire alone in the future.

"It's time to eat! Let's have breakfast!"

At this time, the aunties and aunties had prepared breakfast and were calling for dinner.

I saw everyone coming with bowls and chopsticks and getting their meals in an orderly manner.

After hearing this, the two siblings brought Lin Jing and came over with their bowls and chopsticks.

They were also very sensible and brought bowls and chopsticks for Dr. Zhong, and helped him prepare breakfast and bring it over.

Although Lin Jing is young, he can get his meals by himself without crying or making a fuss under the guidance of his older brothers and sisters.

He also cleverly imitated his older brothers and sisters and said thank you to the aunties, which made the aunties praise him for being sensible.

When Lin Wan saw this scene, she felt that having one more little one wouldn't be too much trouble.

She took the meal that Li Ke helped her to prepare, smiled and sat down to eat.

Li Chongping, who was sitting opposite, was drinking porridge with his left hand and said to Lin Wan with a smile on his face:

"Cousin, my brother told me that you will treat us to fried bumblebee pupae after class."

His wound had just been examined by Doctor Zhong, and it was healed thanks to timely medication and treatment.

After hearing this, Lin Wan couldn't help but laugh. After being stung by a bumblebee, this kid actually wanted to eat fried bumblebee pupae.

"Wait, I'll get it for you now."

She smiled, stood up and walked towards home.

After a while, she came out with two large bowls of fragrant fried bumblebee pupae.

After she put it on the table, a child said in surprise:

"Hey, this bug is so ugly, can it be eaten?"

Little foodie Li Ke knew that his sister-in-law’s products must be top quality, so he immediately took the first step.

He picked up one and put it in his mouth, then used the second chopstick.

Li Chongle and Doctor Zhong were just as anxious as he was.

Li Chongping followed closely and ate with big mouthfuls: "Wow, it's so delicious, fragrant and crispy."

The few children who were still hesitating and watching couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw how deliciously they were eating.

If you don't take action now, half of it will be eaten.

Seeing this, other children also began to try it.

After trying it, they all praised it to the adults at the next table: "Come and try it, these fried bumblebee pupae are delicious!"

In a short while, two large bowls of fried bumblebee pupae were eaten up.

After eating, they still felt unsatisfied.