The wife of two taels of silver

At night, Lin Haitang and Gu An lay side by side on the bed.

Gu An pinched Lin Haitang's waist suggestively, but Lin Haitang pushed his hand away and sternly refused: "No, don't even think about it."

Gu An turned sideways and pulled her into his arms, his hand still covering her waist. He said, "I won't do anything rash. I'm just giving you a massage. Isn't your waist hurting?"

Lin Haitang felt it silently and found it really comfortable. She didn't refuse anymore, closed her eyes and began to sleep.

When Lin Haitang woke up the next day, she found herself sleeping mouth to mouth with Gu An.

Lin Haitang knew that her sleeping posture was not good, but she didn't know it was so bad.

How could he just run over and kiss someone in the middle of a conversation? Lin Haitang was puzzled. She felt that there was something fishy going on, but she couldn't produce any evidence.

Lin Haitang didn't wake up naturally from her sleep, she was suffocated and woken up.

Lin Haitang didn’t have time to think about how she ended up kissing Gu An. She needed to go to the bathroom first.

Under normal circumstances, Gu Anxing always stands in front of Lin Haitang.

The sun had crossed the horizon, radiating light to every corner of the earth. Lin Haitang looked at the orange-yellow sun, opened his arms and stretched lazily.

It was another sunny day. Lin Haitang loved the cool, sunny days of spring and autumn the most.

After finishing a set of radio gymnastics, Lin Haitang returned to the room and Gu An had already gotten up.

After such a tossing and turning, Lin Haitang couldn't sleep for much longer. She didn't plan to sleep anymore and started to pull Gu An to make scar removal cream.

"Take me to see the house at noon today and let them out. They have been stuck in there for such a long time, they must be getting suffocated." Lin Haitang sat with her chin in her hands and looked at Gu An and said.

Gu An nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you to see it at noon."

However, plans cannot keep up with changes. At around three quarters in the afternoon, Lin Haitang had finished her work and was about to go to see the house with Gu An when she was stopped by the visitor.

A woman was wearing a veil and a white veil hanging down her shoulders, so her appearance could not be seen at all.

Judging from the style and fabric of her clothes, this woman should be the eldest daughter of a wealthy family.

The woman was accompanied by a maid. Her face and hands, wherever exposed, were covered in circular scars, pitted and quite ugly. However, the maid's clothes were made of fine fabric, and her hair was even decorated with ornaments, further demonstrating that her family was quite wealthy.

When the maid saw Lin Haitang, she asked anxiously, "Excuse me, are you Doctor Lin?"

It looked like these two people were here to treat illnesses. Lin Haitang nodded.

The maid fell to her knees with a thud, took two steps forward on her knees, and walked until she was in front of Lin Haitang's toes. She touched her forehead to the ground, kowtowed three times, and said with a choked voice, "Please, Doctor Lin, save my young lady!"

Lin Haitang was so frightened that she took two steps back. After she reacted, she bent down and helped the person up, saying, "If you want to treat the illness, just let me take your young lady's pulse. There's no need to kowtow, little girl."

"Miss," Lin Haitang said, looking at the woman wearing a veil, "Please follow me in."

Lin Haitang brought the person to the temporary Imperial Medical Bureau, where she usually saw patients.

After bringing the people in, Lin Haitang closed the door. Of course, Gu An was also locked outside.

Since this woman came here wearing a veil, it proved that she didn't want others to see her appearance.

Now there were only three of them in the room. Lin Haitang looked at the person in front of her and said, "Miss, you can put down your veil now."

The woman in front of him had her hands hanging at her sides. She reached out and took off her veil.

She also wore gloves on her hands.

The face beneath the veil was identical to that of the maidservant, both covered with round, bumpy scars, the marks left after recovery from a febrile illness.

The maid took the veil and asked with a worried tone, "Doctor Lin, can you treat this scar?"

Lin Haitang vaguely guessed why the two of them came, and now she was completely sure of their purpose.

"It can be cured," Lin Haitang said, pulling out six boxes of scar removal cream. "This is scar removal cream. You two can each take three boxes. Apply it two to five times a day to all the scars on your body. Basically, three boxes will be enough to heal them. One box costs ten cents."

The maidservant obviously didn't react either, and asked in disbelief, "Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple." Lin Haitang nodded.

"But..." The maid was still a little bit unconvinced and said, "Our doctor tried every medicine, but he couldn't make these scars disappear completely..."

Lin Haitang said tactfully, "Then they probably don't know about this prescription."

The maid turned her head to look at their young lady, who nodded slightly at her.

The maid took out the money and put it on the table, then held the six boxes of ointment tightly in her hands.

"Doctor Lin, there's one more thing. My young lady can't speak." The maid frowned and said, "Ever since she caught that damned febrile disease, her throat has been getting worse day by day. Now she can't speak at all, and it hurts terribly."

Lin Haitang frowned instantly, "Miss, come and sit down. I'll take your pulse."

Lin Haitang has come into contact with so many people infected with febrile diseases, but none of them is like this woman. Other patients may have sore throats, but that is all due to discomfort caused by high fever or dehydration. He has never seen anyone who cannot speak after recovery.

Lin Haitang lowered her eyes and concentrated on taking the woman's pulse. In addition, the scar on the woman's face covered her original appearance, so Lin Haitang couldn't tell who the woman was for a moment.

"Miss, let me see your other hand." Lin Haitang suddenly spoke.

The woman quietly changed her hand, and Lin Haitang could still smell her fragrance.

After a moment, Lin Haitang confirmed the woman's condition, considered her words, and said, "Miss, is your throat completely unable to produce any sound? Say something now, let me hear it."

"……what……"

The woman opened her lips and applied a little force at first, but no sound came out, and this force even brought her pain. She frowned, then applied more force, making a hoarse sound.

"Okay, that's enough." Lin Haitang stopped the woman from speaking again.

"Hmm..." Lin Haitang tapped the table lightly with her fingers and said, "Miss, your throat isn't like this because of a febrile disease. The reason you're like this now is because something has grown in your throat."

The woman's hands tightened, and she looked at Lin Haitang anxiously and pleadingly. She wanted to speak, but couldn't.

"Doctor Lin, please save my young lady!" The maid suddenly burst into tears and begged Lin Haitang with tears in her voice.

This was the first time Lin Haitang encountered such a patient. She recalled the medical books in her mind and actually found a way to treat the patient.

Lin Haitang looked at the woman in front of her and said, "I do have a way to treat your illness, but I've never treated it before, so I'm not sure if I can cure you. I'm only 60% sure. Are you willing to try?"

The woman nodded directly, her face full of joy and her eyes filled with gratitude.

Only then did Lin Haitang feel that the woman was somewhat familiar and said, "Miss, have we met before? You look familiar to me."

The woman smiled and nodded slightly, glancing at the maid beside her. The maid immediately said, "Doctor Lin, my young lady's surname is Xi, and her name is Shuyun, Xi Shuyun."

"It's Miss Xi!" Lin Haitang suddenly realized and said, "We've met in Yancheng."

Xi Shuyun nodded with a smile.

The first time I met Xi Shuyun was at Babao Tower in Yancheng. Xi Shuyun was so beautiful at that time, but now she has become like this. Lin Haitang felt a little sad.

Lin Haitang explained the current situation to Xi Shuyun: "Miss Xi, your throat needs long-term treatment, and you need to stay by my side during the treatment."

Xi Shuyun nodded and had no objection to Lin Haitang's words.

"But," Lin Haitang changed the subject and said, "I'm going to the capital in a while, which means you need to go with me. Can you accept that?"

Xi Shuyun nodded again.

The maid explained to Lin Haitang, "Doctor Lin, we are originally from the capital. This time we came to stay at my young lady's maternal grandparents' home. Who knew we would encounter this febrile disease and have been staying here ever since."

Lin Haitang nodded and said, "That's even better. Come on, I'll take you to where you'll be staying for the next few days."

There were still vacant rooms in the temporary Imperial Medical Bureau, so Lin Haitang found a room with a good environment for the master and servant to live in. "You will live in this room for the next few days. Now go back and pack your things. I will teach you how to make medicine later."

Xi Shuyun’s prescription is a bit special, especially when boiling the medicine, you need to be especially careful.

After settling Xi Shuyun and her servant, Lin Haitang walked into the room to find Gu An.

"Let's go," Lin Haitang saw Gu An lying on the bed with his eyes closed, "I've finished treating them, now let's go look for a house."

On the way, Lin Haitang chatted with Gu An.

"Who was that lady you just met? Maybe you know her." Lin Haitang walked in leaps and bounds, walked in front of Gu An, turned around, and faced Gu An, she walked backwards.

Gu An held Lin Haitang's hand, afraid that she would bump into something. With a smile in his eyes, he said, "Who is it? I can't guess."

"It's Xi Shuyun." Lin Haitang asked, "Do you know Xi Shuyun? The girl who has always liked your brother Liu Shuyun. Her father is the great writer Xi Bin."

Gu An said, "I know Miss Xi, but I have never met her."

Lin Haitang started gossiping: "Xi Shuyun is very beautiful, and she would be a perfect match for Liu Shuyun. Speaking of which, their names are very similar, so they might really be a match made in heaven."

Speaking of Liu Shuyun, Lin Haitang suddenly remembered something and said, "It was Liu Shuyun who wrote to tell you that I was pregnant and wanted to abort the child, right?"

Gu An nodded.

Lin Haitang stopped, sighed, and said, "Forget it, there's no point in getting angry. It's been so long, and I still like Gu Chen."

Lin Haitang was a little tired from walking. She raised her head and looked at Gu An eagerly, saying, "I'm a little tired. Can you carry me on your back?"

Gu An laughed, squatted down and motioned Lin Haitang to jump up.

Lin Haitang laughed and jumped up happily.

"When I was a child, my younger brother wanted to carry me on his back, but I didn't dare let him, for fear that he would drop me. Please don't drop me." Lin Haitang smiled and patted his back.

Gu An also smiled and said, "Of course not."

After a while, Gu An asked, "Haitang, I want to ask you a question."

"Just ask." Lin Haitang swung her legs, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Why did you decide to have an abortion and then keep Gu Chen?" Gu An asked, his voice expressing no emotion.

Lin Haitang wrapped her arms around Gu An's neck. She lay on his back and said, "I couldn't beat him away, so I had no choice but to stay."

"I had just come into this world, I didn't have anyone I knew, and I had to take care of two children. Then suddenly someone told me that I was pregnant with another child." Lin Haitang told the story, expressing her thoughts at the time.

"Before, I've never been in love. It's just a mutual affection between two people," Lin Haitang explained to Gu An, "and then here I came and became a mother of two children. Not only that, but they also asked me to give birth to a child with a man I don't even know. I really couldn't accept it, so I tried every possible way to abort the child."

"But I took abortion pills and deliberately fell off the horse countless times, but the child stayed firmly in my belly and refused to leave." Lin Haitang can still feel her despair when she recalls what happened at that time.

Lin Haitang smiled with relief and said, "Then I met a Taoist priest. Oh, that Taoist priest was Sanyou's junior fellow apprentice, Taoist Sanxu."

"Master Sanxu told me I couldn't abort the baby. I felt like the sky was falling. The world instantly went from vibrant colors to black and white," Lin Haitang said with a smile, then sighed. "There was really no other way, so I compromised. I was depressed for a while and didn't even care about Momo and Lanlan."

After a long silence, Gu An said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry."

Lin Haitang smiled brightly and said, "It has nothing to do with you. You and the original Lin Haitang are husband and wife. No one else can interfere with how many children you have. Besides, the reason why Gu Chen couldn't get the abortion was because of my own fault. I took the elixir."

"Hmm..." Lin Haitang pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe this is fate. It's fate that I came here, it's fate that I met you, and it's fate that I became the mother of those three children. Whether I like it or not, this is my fate, and I have to accept it."

"Are you willing?" Gu An asked in a pressing tone. He wanted to hear Lin Haitang say yes.

Lin Haitang smiled slightly and said, "Gu An, I fell in love with you of my own free will. I also voluntarily treated my three children as my own."

"But I didn't come here voluntarily. Even now, I still long to return to my own world, but that's impossible. I can only stay here and spend the rest of my life with you."

"Gu An, I accept my fate."