The next day, just as dawn broke.

As soon as Jiang Changtian opened his eyes, he saw Lin Shuyun sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) with dark circles under her eyes, looking at him.

"What, what's wrong?"

Jiang Changtian hurriedly touched his face.

The familiar scars caused his expression to dim for a moment.

"It's nothing. I see your injury is getting a little better. Today I'm going back to my parents' home. You'll come with me, and then I'll take you to town for acupuncture and to get some medicine."

Lin Shuyun shook her head. Last night, she had secretly climbed on Jiang Changtian again, but she hadn't been able to absorb any energy despite trying several different positions.

After sitting and thinking for half the night, she finally came to a conclusion: Jiang Changtian could only absorb energy when she was emotionally fluctuating.

So this can only be done while he's awake.

She sat up for half the night, treated Jiang Changtian's leg, and then she looked like this, with dark circles under her eyes, as if she hadn't done anything good.

"Would I be...?"

Jiang Changtian wanted to say that he would only embarrass Lin Shuyun if he went there looking like that, but Lin Shuyun interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

She flipped over and straddled Jiang Changtian's waist, swaying back and forth.

"No, look how sturdy you are."

The familiar energy surged forth and rushed straight to the top of the head.

cool!

The position of woman on top made Jiang Changtian's face turn as red as a shrimp.

I reached out to push her away, but accidentally touched her buttocks, and I jumped back as if I had been electrocuted.

"You! Get down first, I need to pee!"

"Oh, husband, why are you blushing because you need to pee?"

Lin Shuyun was in a great mood after absorbing the energy and being fully revived. She got up and smiled at Jiang Changtian.

"I'll make breakfast, and after we eat breakfast, we'll go out."

Jiang Changtian's heart pounded like thunder. He closed his eyes, turned his head to the side, and covered himself with the blanket.

Lin Shuyun ignored his expression and went to the kitchen to take out all the braised meat she had prepared the night before. She poured the broth into a wooden basin, but in this hot weather, it probably wouldn't be usable if left for too long.

For breakfast, I had congee, pancakes, side dishes, and braised meat.

We ate too much meat last night, and neither Jiang Changtian nor I ate anything this morning. A whole plate of braised meat ended up in Meiqiu's stomach.

After breakfast, Lin Shuyun packed all the braised meat into a ceramic jar, fed it to the donkey, then laid a blanket in the donkey cart before going inside to call Jiang Changtian.

"Coal Ball, do you want to come along?"

The coal ball was lying down sleeping, too lazy to talk; it was too full to move.

Lin Shuyun couldn't help but laugh when she saw its round belly. "Then I won't leave you lunch. Go hungry for a bit. I'm going out now. You stay home and watch the house."

Coal Ball: Meow~ Hiccup, Master Meow knows.

“I’ll wait for you at home too. I can’t work in the fields or get on the donkey cart, and I’ll be a burden to you.”

Jiang Changtian lowered his eyes, looking extremely uncomfortable.

He discovered that his body was responding to her.

"You don't need to get out of bed," Lin Shuyun said, stepping forward to lift the blanket and picking Jiang Changtian up in her arms.

The princess carry made Jiang Changtian instantly clutch the hem of his clothes, his eyes wide with astonishment.

"You...you...you've worked so hard."

It wasn't until he was sitting on the donkey cart that Jiang Changtian finally managed to utter those words after a long while.

"Knowing how hard I've worked, you'll repay me well once your leg heals. Then all my hard work will have been worth it." Lin Shuyun subtly brainwashed him.

"it is good."

Seeing his dazed expression, Lin Shuyun couldn't help but laugh again.

They secured the door with rattan and set off in the donkey cart.

Her family home is in Xinghua Village, which takes an hour and a half to reach by carriage, even farther than going to town.

Lin Shuyun arrived at Xinghua Village following her memory, and the people passing by looked at her as if she were a rare animal.

She's naturally thick-skinned; let her look all she wants, since they're not even close.

The houses in Xinghua Village are all arranged in rows of four, and the Lin family's house is the third one in the third row. There's a small locust tree in front of the door, so it's easy to find.

Lin Shuyun spotted Lin Hongwen peeking out from the gate of the courtyard from afar.

"Sis! You're back?"

Lin Hongwen saw Lin Shuyun throw the firewood she was carrying onto the ground and happily came over to greet her.

"Did you wait for me here specifically?" Lin Shuyun stopped the donkey cart.

"No, I came out to collect firewood," Lin Hongwen said, denying his true feelings.

Actually, he had been waiting since early morning, afraid that his sister wouldn't come.

"Sister, where did you get this donkey cart? When did you learn how to drive it?"

Lin Hongwen curiously circled the donkey cart.

"I just learned how to use it. The donkey cart is borrowed. Open the door and I'll hurry in." Lin Shuyun gestured for Lin Hongwen to open the door.

Lin Hongwen flung the door open and saw Jiang Changtian. "Brother-in-law, you're here too?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to slap herself for asking such a question. Isn't returning to one's parents' home with one's brother-in-law?

Jiang Changtian nodded.

"Yunniang, you're back?"

As soon as Lin Shuyun entered the courtyard, a middle-aged beauty came out of the house.

Her hair was wrapped in cloth, and she wore patched old clothes. Her features were beautiful, with seven parts delicate and fragile, but a scar on her face ruined three parts of her beauty. At this moment, she was looking at Lin Shuyun with a face full of surprise.

Is this her biological mother, Madam Li?

No wonder the original owner was good-looking; judging from Li Shi's appearance, she couldn't be ugly either.

"Mother," Lin Shuyun blurted out instinctively.

Then I was stunned.

Upon hearing this, Madam Li's eyes reddened slightly. "Oh, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

Seeing that her son-in-law on the donkey cart only had a scar on his face and wasn't particularly frightening, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the rumors were wrong.

"Hongzhi, quickly help your son-in-law into the house. Hongwen, go and give the donkey some water."

As soon as Madam Li finished speaking, a man who was about 1.8 meters tall and around 26 or 27 years old came out of another room, grinning with a bright smile.

"Yunniang, brother-in-law."

This is her older brother, Lin Hongzhi.

"No need, I'll do it. Could you please move that jar to the kitchen, brother?"

Lin Shuyun refused Lin Hongzhi's offer to help and carried Jiang Changtian into the house.

Being carried in a princess carry once led to a second one. Although Jiang Changtian still felt uncomfortable, he didn't react as strongly as the first time.

Lin Hongwen brought a basin of water to the donkey and followed Lin Shuyun and Madam Li in.

"Sis, why did you ask Big Brother to move the contents of the jar?"

"Returning home gift".

As Lin Shuyun spoke, she placed Jiang Changtian on a stool in the room. "Can you sit down?"

Jiang Changtian nodded. His legs seemed to have regained some strength, and he could sit like this.

"Ahem, you're back?"

A cough came from the inner room. Lin Shuyun turned her head and saw a thin, middle-aged man lying on the kang (a heated brick bed). His face was sallow and his cheeks were sunken.

Is this her father, Lin Dahai? How did he get so thin in just a few days?

Seeing that Lin Shuyun did not respond, Madam Li couldn't help but wipe away her tears.

“Yunniang, don’t blame your father. He’s very ill, and Hongwen isn’t going to school anymore. The family had no other choice but to accept the two taels of betrothal gifts from the Jiang family. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to…”

Lin Dahai interrupted Madam Li with a cough, "Why are you saying all this? Your son-in-law is a distinguished guest. Go and cook."

Lin Shuyun had been busy filling her stomach and adapting to her new life and hadn't paid attention to the Lin family's affairs. Only now was she seriously sorting through her memories.

A sick father, a frail mother, an older brother who can't afford to get married, a younger brother still in school, a dilapidated home...

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