Peasant Woman is in Her Prime - C146

After Lv Yun bought the medicine, Jin Xiaolou guarded the small copper furnace until dusk before sitting down beside Lin’er with the medicine bowl ready.

With Lv Yun’s support, Jin Xiaolou used one hand to pry open the tender little mouth, and the other to scoop up the black bitter medicine to feed it. Lv Yun immediately extended his hand and gently patted Lin’er’s back, and placed the medicine in his mouth into her stomach.

The two of them were so tired that they were sweating. When it got dark, they only fed them half a bowl.

Another hour passed before he finished drinking the entire bowl of soup.

Jin Xiaolou covered Lin’er with a blanket, causing him to sweat profusely. Then, she ordered Lv Yun to guard right in front of him without leaving even for a moment, while she picked up the dumpling that was just out of the pot and walked towards Jiang Chan’s house.

Seeing that the Boss Jin had arrived, Jiang Chan who was initially on the bed immediately stood up. After putting on her clothes, she placed the fruit on the table, then raised her hand to cover her lips and started coughing.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly helped her sit down: “If you’re in the water, quickly lie still.”

Saying that, he peeled the zongzi leaf, placed it on a small plate at the side, and gave it to Jiang Chan: “Eat first and fill your stomach. Your body is more important.”

Jiang Chan’s face turned red, she was already lying back on the bed, she extended his hand but did not grab the plate, instead, she grabbed Jin Xiaolou’s wrist: “Innkeeper, I’m not worried, is Lin’er alright?”

Without waiting for Jin Xiaolou to answer, Jiang Chan continued, “As long as Lin’er is fine, even if I die twice, what’s the point?!”

Jin Xiaolou smiled lightly, and comforted her: “Don’t worry. Lin’er is blessed with such a great life, and with all of you risking your lives to look after his, it is naturally going to be alright. I should be grateful to you, for this match about Lin’er’s illness. ”

Jiang Chan nodded her head as she received the dumpling. After taking two bites, her eyes drooped, and tears streamed down her face: “I truly cherish Lin’er as if she were my own child, seeing how Lin’er fell into the water, feeling worse than if I fell into the water myself, what is there to be grateful or not, if the shopkeeper doesn’t mind, then why not let me recognize him as my foster son. From then on, we will be family, and take care of each other, and help each other out on the road.”

Jin Xiaolou also lowered her eyes and pursed her lips.

She did not expect Jiang Chan to be so straightforward as to take her as her son.

Jin Xiaolou peeled another dumpling and started to eat herself. After taking two bites, he said: “I’m just curious, Lin’er is usually bothered by Lv Yun, why did she run out on her own and fall into the pond?”

Jiang Chan wiped away her tears, her expression did not change, and said softly: “I’m not too sure either. said that she chased after a paper butterfly, but after we went to look for it, we did not see any paper butterflies. There are many girls in this shop, and occasionally one or two of them would like to break butterflies. ”

“Then when the Lin’er fell into the water, were you by the side?” Jin Xiaolou continued to ask.

Jiang Chan nodded her head: “Of course I’m there. I was on the other side of the pond, and across the Great Surge to see Lin’er sitting in the carriage and walking towards the pool. I was extremely anxious, but Xi Yu was also useless. Seeing Lin’er fall into the water, I rushed over without a care, and jumped in without thinking. ”

“Yes.” Jin Xiaolou slowly walked over, “This rice dumpling without the yellow bean noodles and white sugar is really not tasty.”

Jiang Chan was startled, she never thought that she would be talking about such an important matter, Jin Xiaolou was actually concerned about the dumpling in her mouth.

Following that, he also smiled in agreement, “Yes, you still need to dip your sugar noodles in order to eat the dumplings.”

Hearing that, Jin Xiaolou stood up: I’ll go to the kitchen to get some noodles and sugar.

Jiang Chan quickly said: “Innkeeper, wh-wh-what I just said…”

“You mean to say that you recognize Lin’er as your son?” Jin Xiaolou turned around and laughed, “Since Lin’er can get someone to treat him with sincerity, it would naturally be great. And since you are his savior, he should be filial to you. However, right now he’s unconscious, so let’s talk about it after he wakes up. ”

Jiang Chan heard that Jin Xiaolou did not seem to object and was overjoyed.

If she became the mother of the Lin’er, she would be the shopkeeper’s relative. She would naturally be incomparable to the other girls, so what would happen to her in the future?

However, just as Jin Xiaolou reached the door, she said: “If you treat Lin’er sincerely, then I, Jin Xiaolou, will definitely remember this in my heart. If I contain any malicious intentions, I will definitely not let any of you off!”

Then, he pushed the door open and walked out.

Jiang Chan’s joy gradually faded. As she mulled over Jin Xiaolou’s last sentence, she had a nagging feeling that suspecting that something had happened to the Lin’er was not a simple accident.

Anxious, he called Si Rui, who was slightly more quick-witted, into the house.

Clutching his heart, he only said that he was afraid.

Si Rui stroked Jiang Chan’s back: “Don’t be afraid, there’s no proof in this matter. Boss Jin won’t be able to grab onto our heads no matter what, she will only be grateful to you for saving her son’s life.”

“But, but everyone knows that Lin’er is clever, and would never jump into the pond by himself, thus the butterfly became a method to hide his evil intentions, I am afraid that Boss Jin will continue to search for the paper butterfly.” Jiang Chan looked like she was afraid.

“Wouldn’t that be better?” Si Rui said, “We were just worried that we wouldn’t be able to hold that wet clothes, since the butterfly had already drifted away with the water, although the girls in our shop are extremely talented, but no one can compare to her. If we say that the butterfly was folded by her, then there will definitely be people who will believe it.”

Si Rui continued: “Star Flame, can set the prairie ablaze. The speck of doubt in the spark could also burn a person’s heart. At that time, no matter how wet clothes and mouth he had, it would be hard to explain. Once this gap is planted into the shopkeeper’s heart, it will grow roots and sprout. Humph, from then on, you are the only one who will become famous in Linlang Workshop, so the number one position will naturally be yours. ”

Just as Jin Xiaolou walked to the front of the house, she heard Lin’er coughing uncontrollably.

Hurriedly pushing open the door and entering, Lv Yun anxiously cleaned up the filth on the side of the bed.

Seeing that Jin Xiaolou had returned, she immediately said: “Innkeeper, not long after you left, Lin’er spat out all the medicinal herbs he had drank.”

“Lin’er is awake?” Jin Xiaolou walked up to him and saw that inside the blanket, Lin’er’s face was red from choking so much that he did not cry at all. He only opened his eyes wide and looked outside.

Seeing Jin Xiaolou, her mouth pouted. She wanted to cry, but she did not cry, instead reaching her hands out towards Jin Xiaolou.

Jin Xiaolou hugged Lin’er, “It’s good that you’re awake, it’s good that you’re awake!”

As he said that, his lips lightly touched Lin’er’s forehead: “It’s just that this soup can’t be consumed and still has a fever. It’s probably very uncomfortable.”

Lv Yun felt her heart ache as she saw this. She quickly took a honey jar and dipped a pair of chopsticks into it, sending it into Lin’er’s mouth. “Eat some honey.

“You can’t have the heart to harm others, you can’t let your guard down.” Jin Xiaolou suddenly rushed towards Lv Yun, “We have to be more careful around Lin’er, especially those few people like Jiang Chan, be especially careful not to let them near Lin’er’s body, and also not let Lin’er get out of our sight.”

“Jiang Chan?” Lv Yun was shocked, she originally did not like Jiang Chan and the others, but after saving the Lin’er, she was grateful towards Jiang Chan from the bottom of her heart, and even her past prejudices had disappeared, she only wanted to repay Jiang Chan with everything she had.

“In my opinion, there’s a high chance that Jiang Chan was the one who pushed the Lin’er into the water.” Jin Xiaolou’s face sunk, and her voice became softer, “The first floor’s Dazhang Pass is in the middle of the pond, and has a stage. If you stand on the other side of the pond, you can see the person, but you can only see the adult’s thighs, a child as young as Lin’er will definitely be completely blocked by the shelves, and not even the hair on the top of his head will be visible.”

Lv Yun was shocked, she had never noticed this before, but she knew it was true.

“But just now, Jiang Chan told me personally that she was at the other side of the pond, and when she saw that Lin’er was about to fall in, she rushed over without a care for anything else and jumped into the pond to save him.” Jin Xiaolou said faintly, “If Jiang Chan stands on the other side of the pond, she won’t be able to see that the Lin’er is about to fall into the water. If she can see the Lin’er, then he can only stand by his side …”

Lv Yun sucked in a breath of cold air, “She … She had such a vicious heart. How could such a young child harm her? What exactly is it for? ”

“For what?” Jin Xiaolou laughed coldly, “All you can do is to fight for the position of Linlang Workshop’s number one in front of me with pride in your face.”

Lv Yun stopped and carefully thought about it, this was indeed a motive, and cold sweat dripped down layer after layer. Most probably from the moment Xi Yu pulled him to wrap up the dumplings at the Linlang Workshop entrance, she had fallen into their trap.

“Shopkeeper, we’ll report it to the officials!” Lv Yun said, “Pay off your debts, kill people to repay them with your life! We have to make them pay for their actions! ”

Jin Xiaolou shook her head: “We have no proof, reporting about officials is futile.”

“Then what should we do?!” Lv Yun panicked, “We can’t just bypass them like that! Who knows what they might do with their hearts! ”

“We’ll go with the plan.” Jin Xiaolou paused for a while, and then continued, “Give them what they want, and tell them to walk right into my trap.”