A life of ups and downs is pure joy

In Xiangxi Garden, Nanny Zhou sat on the drum stool brought by Yu Qiuxiang, and Lin Qingyao dismissed everyone.

"I heard that Qinghuan has been going out of the house frequently these days. Ma'am, do you know where this girl is going and who she is meeting?" Lin Qingyao asked with concern.

"It is said that the girl Chuxia accompanied them to wander around the city, eat some fruits and snacks, and buy some jewelry. Oh, by the way, they were often seen buying some herbs and other things in the second lady's yard." Nanny Zhou replied honestly.

"What about Hongqi? Does she accompany me every time?" Lin Qingyao asked.

"Of course Hong Yatou followed. The old lady has instructed her to follow him everywhere." Nanny Zhou replied.

"That's good. I always think about Huan'er when I'm not at home. Madam Zhou, you have watched her grow up. Yao'er, please take good care of me, your sister." Lin Qingyao stepped forward, held Madam Zhou's hand, and said sincerely.

"Young lady, please don't do that. You are embarrassing this old lady." Nanny Zhou quickly stood up and said. She was originally the etiquette nanny of the servants in the mansion, so she naturally knew the rules of respect and inferiority. It was not polite for the young lady to be so humble to her.

"Madam Zhou, you are an elder in my grandmother's courtyard and also the eldest maid who came with my grandmother's dowry. I have respected you since I was a child." Lin Qingyao said.

"Don't worry, Miss. I watched the Fifth Miss grow up, just like my own granddaughter. I love and care for her so much that I can't wait to protect her. I will use my life to protect her and will never let dirty rascals dirty an inch of the soil in Lingzhu Garden." Nanny Zhou patted Lin Qingyao's delicate hands and said kindly.

"By the way, Madam, those who knew about that bitch in Lingzhu Garden back then either sold her or sent her to the farm. How come Qinghuan knew this name?" Lin Qingyao thought of what Chuxia said that day, and her heart was in a mess.

"Miss, some people's names will be mentioned more or less, so just change the story and turn the false story into a true story." The current statement about Ginkgo's matter is probably what Madam Zhou meant, which is naturally what Anxinzhai meant. Ginkgo was Lin Qinghuan's personal maid back then. It is impossible to hide the sudden death of a living person. There must be an explanation, but no one knows that Lin Qinghuan now remembers nothing.

The old man and the young man continued to talk about what had happened in Lingzhuyuan and the Lin Mansion over the years.

In Xiao Yu's yard.

Chuxia and Liuye looked at the perfect couple in the courtyard from a distance, and they smiled at each other knowingly.

"Miss Chuxia, I didn't expect you knew quite a few medicinal herbs." Liu Ye watched Chuxia skillfully helping him classify the herbs.

"Ever since I started serving the young lady, the medicine she drank was brewed by Li Xue and I. We've seen it so many times that we recognize it." Chu Xia glanced at Liu Ye and added, "The young lady is so pitiful. Although the candied fruit is delicious, the medicine is really bitter."

"Young Master started searching all over Zhou Kingdom for good medicine for Miss Lin's illness many years ago. I remember I was injured while picking the beautiful grass on the cliff, and there is still a long scar on my arm." Liuye lowered his head and told Chuxia in a low voice.

"Brother Liuye, I am very curious about one thing. When did this Mr. Xiao meet my girl? I have lived in the same courtyard with my girl since I was a child, so how come I didn't know about this?" Chuxia has always been puzzled as to why Xiao Yu and Lin Qinghuan suddenly fell in love with each other and are now so intimate. In the distant courtyard, the two were painting together with laughter.

"Back in Kyoto, my young master often went to the Lin Mansion with the Fourth Prince. It's possible that they met at that time. I don't know the details. I always waited in the front hall." Liu Ye thought for a while and said.

"That's impossible. Our girl hasn't left the courtyard since she was about five years old, except for the time when she moved to Luofeng City." Chu Xia said in surprise.

"Miss Chuxia, I really don't know the details." Liu Ye scratched his head and said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter now. As long as the girl is happy every day and is getting better and better, that's the best thing." Chu Xia smiled at Lin Qinghuan's sweet smiling face in the distance and couldn't help saying, "Our girl is so beautiful, she looks just like the mistress." Liu Ye also followed her gaze and looked towards the courtyard.

Xiao Yu looked at the picture of a young girl and boy drying herbs in the courtyard on the table, then looked up at Chu Xia and Liu Ye who were busy, and said approvingly, "Huan'er, your painting is very beautiful."

"I have to thank Sister Mo for this. She said everyone should have a hobby, so I started to draw." Lin Qinghuan said to him with a pen in hand and tilted her head.

"It's beautiful, and the painting is very vivid. I heard that Madam Zhang from the Lin family is very good at painting, and her works are still in the Kyoto Museum of Famous Paintings." Xiao Yu's gentle voice was very pleasant to Lin Qinghuan's ears. She really hoped that every day in the future would be as beautiful as today.

"Brother Xiao, I heard from Sister Mo that I should paint some more... some flowers and plants." She glanced at the green plants and red flowers all over the yard, and continued to paint. Xiao Yu stood beside her, quietly accompanying her, grinding the fragrant ink with his slender and handsome hands.

"I have thought it all out. When I recover from my illness, Sister Mo and I will follow Brother Xiao to travel all over the country, to the nine kingdoms, six seas and five divine continents. We will compile a medical book called 'Compendium of Materia Medica'. I will draw the plants according to their appearance, and Brother Xiao will annotate their medicinal value and usage on the side. Then Sister Mo will write the medicinal recipes below and pass them down for future generations to use." After saying this, she drew even more enthusiastically.

"Huan'er, do you need to take Miss Lin Mo with you when you travel around?" Xiao Yu said with a faint smile.

"I also need to bring Chuxia and Hongqi with me. Sister Yi has to take care of Aunt He Su, otherwise she would have to go with us." Lin Qinghuan thought for a moment and said affirmatively.

"It's all up to you..." Xiao Yu said, looking at her.

Lin Qinghuan looked up at him, couldn't help but chuckle, and said happily, "Brother Xiao, you idiot, of course it's just you and Huan'er. Your relatives are waiting for us at home."

"Naughty little Huan'er." Xiao Yu rubbed her hair lovingly, then took out a Hetian white jade bracelet from his arms and gently put it on her wrist.

"Brother Xiao, is this the token of love you want to give to Yu Huaner?" She turned her wrist and looked at the beautiful bracelet carefully.

"A token of love, Huan'er. You're so young, how come you know everything?" Xiao Yu was startled by Lin Qinghuan's proactive words, and then asked softly, "Huan'er, do you like it?"

"Of course I like it. It's mine from now on." Lin Qinghuan quickly covered it with her sleeve to prevent him from regretting it.

"Huan'er, you are different now than when you were a child." Xiao Yu looked at Lin Qinghuan in front of him. She was no longer as shy as before. Now she was innocent and full of smiles. It was great.

Lin Qinghuan paused for a moment. Didn't he like herself like this? Then she looked up at him with a bit of discomfort.

"Brother Xiao, don't you like Huan'er now?"

"Silly girl."

Back at Lingzhu Garden, Lin Qinghuan couldn't stop thinking about Xiao Yu's words, "You're not the same as before." She felt a turbulent feeling in her heart. After all, she wasn't Lin Qinghuan. Did he realize it? Why had she been in contact with Xiao Yu for so long, yet she had no memories of them at all?

The first two months of summer passed quickly. Lin Mutang and He Su, who were originally scheduled to return at the end of this month, were delayed by military affairs again. Lin Qingyao and Zheng Linfeng also returned to Yinan a few days ago. Seeing that she was so sweet now, Lin Qinghuan was particularly happy. However, Lin Qingyao's crying appearance before leaving was very distressing. Lin Qinghuan promised her to keep herself healthy and he would go to Yinan to see her with several brothers and sisters in the future.

Chuxia came early in the morning and said that Qingru had been coughing since last night. She woke up this morning vomiting continuously and her forehead was burning hot. Lin Qinghuan stood by the bed and watched Lin Mo take her pulse. She was still acting coquettishly in front of her yesterday, eating snacks and fruits with her, and snatching the fruit tea in her cup to drink, but now she was lying on the bed weakly.

"Sister Mo, how is Ru'er?" She saw Lin Mo frowning slightly, and felt quite anxious. She finally understood how the other people standing beside the bed felt when she was lying on the hospital bed.

"Ru'er's head is hot, her neck is slightly swollen, and she has symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Chuxia, what did Qingru eat yesterday?" Lin Mo asked anxiously, as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Qingru and I had chicken soup and stewed fish together last night. We also drank a cup of fruit tea and ate some cakes and fruits. I didn't feel anything unusual." Lin Qinghuan thought of the Xue Feng Buddha Leaf Grass incident and suddenly began to panic.

"No, something's not right. It shouldn't be like this." Lin Mo's expression was very confused. Seeing her so frightened, Lin Qinghuan felt even more frightened in her heart.

"Sister Mo, what's wrong? Don't scare Huan'er." She had already lost Aunt Xue. What should she do if something happened to Lin Qingru again?

"Chuxia, hurry up and bring the face covering. Huan'er, get out now, all of you get out." Lin Mo stood up in a panic and pushed Lin Qinghuan out. Everyone in the yard was in a panic. Hong Qi appeared behind Lin Qinghuan without anyone knowing.

"Ru'er might have contracted the summer epidemic. Shizhu, you guys go out of the house right away to find out if there's any trouble in Luofeng City. Mother Huang, take your people to disinfect every room in the yard with mugwort. Hongqi, take Huan'er to my yard." After Lin Mo gave everyone instructions, he took the face covering from Chuxia's hand and went into Lin Qingru's room again.

"Miss Lixue is starting to have a fever too." Mother Huang ran out of the house anxiously and shouted.

Lin Qinghuan paced back and forth anxiously in Zelan Garden, not knowing what was happening in Lingzhu Garden.

"Qinghuan, are you okay?" Lin Qingyi and Lin Ancai pushed the door of Zelan Garden and rushed in.

"A summer epidemic broke out in West Street Alley. Now it is full of smoke and chaos. Many people were fine in the morning, but became unwell in the afternoon. Now the entire West Street Alley has been sealed off." Lin Ancai said anxiously.

"West Street Alley is so far away from our mansion, why might Qingru have this symptom? No, all three of you stay away from me now. I have been with Ru'er since yesterday afternoon." She now realized that if Lin Qingru was infected with the so-called summer epidemic, then she would be a close contact.

"An Cai and I have suffered from this disease in Kyoto. Imperial Physician Chen said that once you have it, it will not recur. How do you feel now?" Lin Qingyi asked.

"I don't feel anything. What about Hongqi?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her with concern and asked.

"I am fine."

"Have you gone to see Qingru? How is she?" Lin Qinghuan is very worried about the child now.

"My second sister has sealed off Lingzhu Garden and no outsiders are allowed to enter." Lin Qingyi said.

"What should I do?" She was like an ant on a hot pan, running around in circles.

Lin Mo asked Lin Qingyi to burn Atractylodes macrocephala, Artemisia argyi and pig's hoof nails and distribute them to each courtyard for burning and fumigation.

"Take this letter to the Lushen Temple and give it to Liuye." Lin Qinghuan hastily wrote a letter and asked Hongqi to deliver it to Xiao Yu. He should have a way to treat Lin Qingru.

Hong Qi took the letter, jumped onto the roof and disappeared. It turned out that the red carrier pigeon was faster.

By the evening, she heard that Ling Zhuyuan, along with Li Xue and Lin Qingru, had already contracted the virus. The remaining five, including Huang Mama, Zhou Mama, and Chu Xia, had also been infected. Lin Qinghuan also began to develop a fever, but the symptoms were not as severe as Lin Qingru's. She was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, hazily sensing that Xiao Yu had been there, and Lin Mo had also been. She had a chaotic night of dreams, hazily unable to distinguish between the present and her past life. In her dreams, she saw a white hospital bed, fragments of the orphanage, Lin Mo, and Xiao Yu. When she opened her eyes again, she felt that her headache and fever were gone. She could see Lin Mo's back, busy at work, while she lay in her bed.

"Sister Mo..." Lin Qinghuan called out weakly.

"Huan'er, you're awake." Lin Mo heard Lin Qinghuan's voice and walked over to sit beside the bed. He touched her forehead and took her pulse. He sighed and said, "Huan'er, thank goodness you're fine. You just had a cold and a fever last night, but the fever has subsided now."

"Second sister, how are Ru'er and the others?" Lin Mo's throat was itchy and he wanted to drink water. He stood up and poured a glass of water for Lin Qinghuan, who felt much better after drinking it.

"Senior brother used ephedra and other prescriptions to disperse the accumulated heat in the lung meridian to stabilize Ru'er's fear. Now Mother Huang and Nanny Zhou are taking care of her, but Taoye couldn't hold on. The remaining girls have different constitutions from Ru'er, so senior brother is still busy researching the prescription inside." Lin Mo replied softly, but his words were full of self-blame.

"Sister, you've worked hard all day and have dark circles under your eyes." Lin Qinghuan looked at Lin Mo with heartache. She is always so kind.

"I am fine."

"Sister Mo, why am I fine even though I eat and drink with Ru'er?" It was very strange. According to Lin Qinghuan's poor health, she should be dead at this moment.

"Because you have been taking spicy, warm, fragrant and dry medicines all year round, most of them have the functions of expelling filth, strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, so there will be no problem this time." Chuxia brought the herbal soup that Lin Qinghuan should take today from the yard. Lin Mo took it and helped her drink it. It seems that these hard-to-drink bitter medicines really saved his life this time.

"Chuxia, you take good care of Qinghuan. I'll go to Lingzhuyuan to help out." After Lin Qinghuan took the medicine, Lin Mo got up and left in a hurry.

Chuxia told Lin Qinghuan that now in the entire mansion, except for Lingzhuyuan, all other courtyards were safe. All this was thanks to Lin Mo's prompt decision to seal off the courtyards. She felt more and more that Sister Lin Mo was really like the former Lin Qingyao, very wise and calm in times of crisis.