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Chapter 4 Unintentionally Changing the Fate of the Zhen Family

"A letter from home urged me to go home for the New Year, so I had to leave!" Bai Tang found a reason.

Mr. Xue thought of Bai Tang's "extraordinary background" and did not dare to persuade Bai Tang to stay, so he prepared a generous thank you gift.

"Sir, please don't leave, okay?" Xue Pan hugged Bai Tang's thigh and was reluctant to let Bai Tang leave.

"Good boy!" Bai Tang patted Xiao Baozi's head, "Sir will come back to see you in the future, you have to practice hard, Mr. will test you when he comes back. If you don't make progress, Mr. will punish you!"

"I will try my best!" Xue Pan immediately let go of his hand holding Baitang's thigh, puffed out his small chest and replied loudly.

When Baitang left Jinling, there were ten days before the Chinese New Year, and there was a lively scene everywhere.On the day of Chinese New Year, Bai Tang was arriving in a certain village between Suzhou and Yangzhou. He experienced the atmosphere of the ancient Chinese New Year and saw the customs of the ancient Chinese New Year.

There is a land temple in the village. After the first day of the new year, the villagers brought three pig heads, joss sticks, and firecrackers, and rushed to the land temple to burn incense.After burning the incense, go home and no longer sleep, waiting for the dawn.As soon as the sky is bright, the "Caimen" (gate) is opened, incense candles are lit, and firecrackers are set off to "receive the new year".Then the younger generation gets up to give New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders eat oranges and Yunpian cakes to the younger generation, calling them "Take the overall situation" and "Backgammon", and then have breakfast". The old people receive the guests who come to pay New Year’s greetings. They don’t make new meals at noon, but eat the rest of the dinner on New Year’s Eve, which is called "every year old". This kind of old food should be eaten until the fifth day of the new year, and there will be new ones after the fifth day. Cooking is called "Xiansheng". The most interesting thing is that when the girl and her son-in-law go back to their natal home to pay New Year's greetings, the son-in-law has to write and post rent stickers, and rent the wife's house with the girl at the rent of four copper coins.

"There is heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou".Although it is winter, the beauty of Suzhou has been discounted to a certain extent, but the air in ancient Suzhou is much better than that in modern times. Baitang, who once traveled to Suzhou in modern times, lamented that the ancient pollution-free scenery is still beautiful.Suzhou City holds lanterns every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is extremely lively.After dark, the lights are as bright as day, and there are a dazzling array of lanterns of various colors.On both sides of the road, there are singing and dancing shows, snacks and small games, lion dances, dragon lantern dances, and stilt walkers are dizzying.

"I will be Ling Jueding—name a word card." Bai Tang read out the topic and asked the stall owner, "The next sentence is 'Look at all the mountains and small', but is it a small mountain?"

"Young master is so talented, this lamp belongs to you." The stall owner handed a revolving lantern made of colored glaze to Baitang.

Bai Tang happily took it, hehe, he was lucky. He had seen this riddle before in modern times.

Suddenly a discordant voice came into Bai Tang's ears: "Hurry up, this kid doesn't pretend to be from a small family. Let's get out of the city quickly to avoid being found by this kid's family."

Traffickers?Baitang followed the voice and saw two rogue-eyed men running towards a carriage with a child in their arms.The face of one of the children fell into Baitang's line of sight, with a rouge mole in the middle of his eyebrows standing out.Baitang's heart skipped a beat, and he actually rushed to this episode.Since I let myself meet, this child must always be saved!
The two traffickers had already carried the child into the carriage, and were about to drive the carriage away when a figure blocked the front of the carriage.

"Are you courting death?" the skinny trafficker said angrily.

Baitang smiled coldly: "You are the ones who are looking for death! Where are you going to take these children?"

"What child, I don't know what you are talking about!" The skinny man snorted coldly, raised his whip and lashed the horse's buttocks hard.Since this person is looking for death, don't blame him for being cruel.

Seeing the carriage rolling directly towards him, Baitang raised his hand and pressed down lightly. The two tall horses weighing hundreds of catties could no longer move their hoofs, and the two people sitting at the front of the carriage were deeply shocked.

"Toast, don't eat fine wine!" Baitang swept the two of them off the carriage with another slap, and then dragged their accomplice from the carriage and threw them on the ground.

This big move has already attracted the attention of other people. When Baitang opened the curtain of the carriage, some sharp-eyed people saw several children lying on the carriage, and immediately shouted: "It's children! These people It's a trafficker!"

There was no need for Baitang to do anything else, the crowd of onlookers arrested the traffickers and sent them to the yamen, and the children were also sent to the yamen.Someone called a doctor to examine the children, and found that they were just drugged and would wake up after a few hours of sleep.The parents who lost their children ran to the yamen to pick up their children. They wanted to thank the person who saved their child, but found that the person had already left.Zhen Fei and Zhen Shiyin asked the enthusiastic onlookers about Baitang's appearance with his lost and found daughter in his arms, and decided to draw his benefactor's appearance, and asked the members of the Zhen family to help him find a benefactor—this Zhen Shiyin is a branch of the Zhen family in Jinling.

Bai Tang returned to Yangzhou, she came to witness the birth of sister Lin.February [-]nd is the Huachao Festival, and it is Sister Lin's birthday.As soon as Baitang entered Yangzhou City, he was discovered by the local snake Lin Ruhai, who personally ran to the inn to invite Baitang.Bai Tang had been thinking about how to enter the Lin Mansion, but now that he was sleepy and sent a pillow, he would not refuse, and after putting on a show, he happily followed Lin Ruhai back to the Lin Mansion.

Just entering Lin's mansion, Lin Ruhai was almost hit by someone who ran out from inside.

"Lin San, why are you panicking? What about the rules?" Lin Ruhai snapped.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's eyes brighten up, Lin San hurriedly said, "Master, it's great that you're back! Madame, madam is about to give birth!"

"Madam is going to give birth?" Lin Ruhai was overjoyed, and was about to walk towards the inner courtyard.After taking two steps, he thought that he still had guests, so he stopped.

Baitang smiled slightly: "Your Madam's delivery is important, Brother Lin, please do it yourself!"

"Thank you, Brother Bai Xian, for your understanding, Lin San, take Mr. Bai to the Dangui Courtyard, and treat Mr. Bai well." Lin Ruhai ordered his servants to entertain Mr. Baitang, and with the wind under his feet, he ran to wait outside the delivery room.This is the child that Lin Ruhai has been looking forward to for many years, and he is very concerned about it.

After dismissing the servants of the Lin family who repeatedly expressed disrespect, Bai Tang pretended to rest and stayed alone in the room, but actually sneaked to the top of the tree in Jia Min's courtyard, waiting for sister Lin to be born.

Jia Min is the first child, and it was very difficult to give birth. She lived in pain for a day and a night, and the child has not yet been born.Baitang yawned, looked at the father-to-be who was rolling dough under the tree, and looked at the dark sky, couldn't help but sympathize with Lin Ruhai: I still have to wait!
The morning star rises with bursts of fragrance. The sky becomes brighter and brighter, and the fragrance becomes richer and richer, just like flowers blooming. When the first ray of sunlight breaks through the clouds and falls to the ground, the fragrance reaches its peak, and a baby cries from the room. came out from inside.

"Born, born!"

After a while, a woman came out to congratulate Lin Ru.

"Congratulations, my lord, my wife has given birth to a daughter!" The mother-in-law is not from the Lin family, so it is inevitable to be a little nervous when announcing the good news. The one who commemorates the lord should be looking forward to a son, right?

"Good! Good! Reward, ten taels of silver per person!" Lin Ruhai said happily, although he also hopes to have a son, but the daughter is also his blood, not to mention that if the wife has the first child, she can have the second child, flowering first and then bearing fruit Not bad!
"Thank you, Mr. Lin!" The mother-in-law was very happy. She just wanted to deliver the baby to a wealthy family. The reward would be enough to support her family for several months.

"It's not good, ma'am is bleeding heavily!" Panic screams came from the delivery room.

"Hurry up and ask the doctor to stop the bleeding!"

The Lin family had already invited the best doctor in Yangzhou City to sit in the town, and the doctor came out shaking his head after entering the delivery room: "Master Lin, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge. Madam, hey..."

This is no way!Before Lin Ruhai could get out of the joy of her daughter's new birth, she was about to face the situation of his wife's imminent death. He was so overjoyed and sad that he almost fainted out of breath.

"Doctor, please save my wife no matter what!"

"I have tried my best!" The old doctor frowned, "I can use the medicine of tiger and wolf to help Madam through this crisis, but it will do too much damage to Madam Zun, not only will she not have children in the future, but her age will also be damaged! "

Can't have kids anymore?But will it be short-lived?how so?Lin Ruhai was greatly shocked and took several steps back, unwilling to accept the result.

"Master!" Lin San hurriedly supported Lin Ruhai, "Last time Madam almost had a miscarriage and ate Mr. Bai's elixir. Would you like to ask Mr. Bai for another one?"

"Brother Bai Xian? Yes, Brother Bai Xian has medicine, and he will definitely be able to save Madam!" Lin Ruhai broke away from Lin San and ran out.

Lin San followed behind him and shouted loudly: "Master, you are going in the wrong direction! The Osmanthus Garden is on the left!"

Baitang first went back to the Dangui courtyard and waited for the rabbit. She didn't know medical skills to save people, but she had Peiyuan pill in her hand to cultivate vitality, and red medicine to heal wounds and replenish blood, which should be useful.After a while, Lin Ruhai ran to the Osmanthus Courtyard.

"Brother Lin, what happened?" Baitang pretended not to know anything and asked [Lin Ruhai who was out of breath from running.

"Brother Bai Xian, do you still have the pills you gave my wife last time?" Lin Ruhai asked, grabbing Baitang's arm in a dismay.

"There are Peiyuan Pills, but there are not many left!" Bai Tang said with concern, "But Mrs. Sister-in-law needs it?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "My wife lost a lot of blood after giving birth, and her life is in danger. I have the cheek to ask my virtuous brother for another Peiyuan Pill."

"This..." Bai Tang frowned.

"I also know that this Peiyuan Pill must be very valuable. I will pay a lot of money to buy it from my virtuous brother, and I will never treat my virtuous brother badly!" Lin Ruhai said hastily.

"Brother Lin, you misunderstood. How could my younger brother collect money from Brother Lin? It's not because I'm reluctant to give up the pills. I just think of my wife's symptoms. I'm afraid that a pill of Peiyuan pill won't be able to help my wife. I still have a bottle of safflower dew here. Cooperate with Pei Yuan Pill and give it to my sister-in-law."

After speaking, Baitang handed the red medicine and Peiyuan Pill to Lin Ruhai.

"Thank you, brother!" Li Ruhai was very grateful.

(End of this chapter)