Falling into the mortal world

Seeing that her master had agreed, Lan Qingqing went home to carry out the next step.

Back home, Lan's mother said reproachfully, "Why did you go to town alone today? Didn't we agree that you should tell your mother about anything?"

"Mom, I'm just going to town to buy a few stew pots. I can manage by myself," Lan Qingqing explained.

That won't do either. Don't you know your situation right now? Mother Lan said reproachfully.

"Okay, I know I was wrong, Mom. Please don't scold me anymore. I'm hungry," Lan Qingqing said coquettishly.

"You still know you're hungry? You're all such a worry all day long. Wait, Mom will make you something. I must have owed you all in my past life." Mother Lan complained as she went to the kitchen to cook. These days, the rest of the Lan family were still living in the thatched hut, and they were cooking in the grass hut.

Lan's mother had someone calculate the moving date, and a month later, Lan Qingqing took out the stew pot she had bought and placed it in the kitchen.

Lan Qingqing soaked the bird's nest in water, and soon her mother brought her a bowl of old hen soup.

Looking at the bowl full of chicken, Lan Qingqing asked curiously, "Mom, did you stew our egg-laying hen?"

You need to take good care of your health. This hen hasn't laid eggs anymore; I bought it from someone in the village. They have several hens at home that can lay eggs for you!

I bought more than a dozen old hens, and Mom will cook them for you in different ways every day, so you won't get tired of them.

Upon hearing this, Lan Qingqing thought, "A dozen or so old hens? Is my mother going to raise me like a sow?"

However, I need to take good care of myself, since there are four babies in my belly who need to absorb nutrients. If I don't get enough nutrition, the babies will fight for nutrients in my belly.

To ensure your baby receives adequate nutrition, it's best to supplement their diet properly!

After finishing a large bowl of chicken soup, Lan Qingqing went to work on the bird's nest. She carefully picked out the feathers from the nest, and seeing this, her mother joined in. If her daughter hadn't said it was very nourishing, she wouldn't have known what it was; after all, she had never seen it before.

Lan's mother asked curiously, "Girl, how come there are swallow feathers in here?"

"Mother, it's better if you don't know about this, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it."

Lan's mother didn't take Lan Qingqing's words seriously. When the family was poor, she had eaten everything, including grass roots and tree bark. What was this?

If Lan's mother knew what this was, she probably wouldn't be able to eat it.

However, Lan Qingqing didn't care. As long as the food was nutritious enough, she would eat it.

Lan's mother is learning very seriously, and she plans to stew a pot of it for Lan Qingqing every afternoon from now on.

Lan Qingqing asked her mother to stew a bowl of bird's nest for everyone in the family. Lan's mother thought that since there was plenty of bird's nest at home, she listened to Lan Qingqing and stewed bird's nest for everyone in the family. So every afternoon, everyone in the Lan family had to drink a bowl of bird's nest.

Lan Xiaoyu was exempted from the meal because she was in school, but her mother would stew bird's nest for her whenever she had a day off.

During this time, everyone in the family has become radiant and healthy. Their skin is smooth and supple; even Lan's mother's sallow skin has started to become moisturized.

Lan Qingqing has had a good rest during this period, and her energy has returned.

Lan Qingqing decided to go to the prefectural city, and that evening she told her family about her decision. Her parents knew that this item was very important to their daughter; it could save her life in a critical moment.

The reason Lan Qingqing chose meteorite iron was because steel had not yet been invented in this era. Even if ordinary ironware was disinfected, Lan Qingqing was worried about the risk of tetanus.

Lan Qingqing wanted everything to be foolproof. The Lan family discussed it that evening, and decided that Lan Xiaotian, Feng Caidie, and Lan's mother would go along.

Lan's father's leg bone hasn't fully healed yet, so he can't travel far. Lan's mother has also been in good health these days. Lan Qingqing knew that her mother was worried about her, so she agreed.

Lan Qingqing remembered the tiger skin from a while ago and asked her father, "Father, what did you do with that tiger skin?"

Lan's father said: "I asked the village chief to take the tiger skin to the county to be processed. Once the fur is finished, it will be used as a base for you during the cold winter."

"Once that tiger skin is shaved and prepared, don't touch it yet. I'll keep it for later," Lan Qingqing said.

With a reluctant expression, Mr. Lan said, "Are you planning to sell it? Although a tiger skin can sell for a thousand taels of silver, I am still a little reluctant to sell it. After all, it was a tiger that my daughter killed."

No, I plan to send it to the county magistrate. Our business here will only grow bigger and bigger in the future, so we need to find a powerful backer. At least the county magistrate is the highest-ranking official here, and my brother reports to the soldiers there, so there must be records. As long as we have a good relationship with the government, these things will be easier to investigate.

Lan's parents thought it made sense. Although Lan's father was reluctant, he still said: "You can decide what to do with this tiger skin."

With the matter settled, Lan Qingqing decided to set off the next day. Lan's mother brought three quilts; the carriage ride would be bumpy, and the thick quilts would make things softer.

When Lan Qingqing arrived in town, she told her master that she was going to the prefectural city. Lan Qingqing felt it was necessary to inform her master beforehand, otherwise, given her master's temper, he would definitely get angry again.

When Lan Qingqing arrived at the clinic, the old doctor saw that she was carrying two jars of wine and said, "Where did you buy such expensive wine, girl? Even the famous Zhuangyuanhong wine is not as good as this."

Hearing the old doctor say this, Lan Qingqing felt a little proud. It seemed that her family's wine was quite good.

The last time Lan Qingqing left, the old doctor opened the wine jar and tasted it. He should have kept quiet, because he was completely dumbfounded. He had seen the world and tasted all kinds of fine wines, even the imperial wines of the palace. He had no idea where this girl got it from.

"Master, you can drink with confidence. This is our own purified liquor, it's absolutely delicious," Lan Qingqing said.

These words made the old doctor's eyes light up; the wine was actually produced by his own apprentice's family. Excellent, he thought, "We won't have to worry about not having wine to drink anymore."

Lan Qingqing gave the old doctor the human anatomy diagram she had drawn. The old doctor took it and looked at it, and was quite surprised.

The old doctor said in surprise: You drew this yourself.

"Otherwise what?" Lan Qingqing said lightly.

This drawing of human anatomy is exquisite. Leaving aside the value of the drawing itself, the incredible skill in creating it alone would be worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

Now let's talk about the value of this picture. It depicts the internal structure of a person's body in great detail. Even the coroner in the county government office could not draw a person's internal organs with such accuracy.

This puzzled the old doctor. Did his apprentice dissect corpses every day before?

How could someone who doesn't deal with corpses every day possibly have such a deep understanding of human anatomy? Otherwise, how can the origin of this diagram be explained?