Chapter 441 Dragon Boat Festival

Zhu Zhongjun quickly made arrangements, took a few guards, arranged household affairs, said goodbye to his family and the Queen Mother, and set out from the capital along the Yellow River to control the peach blossom flood.

After he left, the palace was heavily guarded, and Gu Jinzhi felt relieved.

It's just Yanying who cries and asks for her father every day.

Gu Jinzhi told him many times that his father was busy with official duties and would not come back until a few months later, but Yanying refused to let him go and cried non-stop.

Even his master Chen Dingwen couldn't persuade him.

He had to go find his father.

Gu Jinzhi squatted down half-crouched every time, knelt on one knee on the ground, gently hugged Yanying, and patted his back until he stopped crying.

After a few times, Yanying stopped crying and just asked Gu Jinzhi repeatedly: "Mom, when will daddy come back? Why doesn't he take me?"

Gu Jinzhi had to patiently explain to him again: "Your father is on official business. He is busy with official duties and cannot take you there. When your father comes back, let him take you to play, okay?"

Yanying pursed her lips, unhappy.

He actually understood that this was his mother's perfunctory behavior.

Gu Jinzhi took Yanshan and Yanying to find Lin Yi, hoping that Lin Yi could come up with some new tricks for the children to play with.

Lin Yi was also at a loss.

He is just a Taoist priest and has never raised any children.

He felt that Gu Jinzhi was a bit pushy.

Finally, he told the children short stories from Taoism.

Yanying gradually listened.

Gu Jinzhi asked Lin Yi to teach Yanshan only one lesson every day and teach Yanshan how to practice calligraphy the rest of the time.

"I was the one who taught Yanshan in the past. I was always worried. I was afraid that people would say that he was taught by women. You are his foster father, so he is better and more appropriate than me." Gu Jinzhi said.

Lin Yi readily accepted it.

He was willing to teach Yanshan how to write, but he didn't even ask the royal family why they didn't hire a teacher.

When Yanying saw Lin Yi calling him Yanshan, he was also eager to learn it.

After studying all morning, he felt that his arms were so sore that he was even more tired than practicing martial arts, so he put down his pen and ran to find Chen Dingwen.

However, he went to Lin Yi every day to listen to stories as usual.

By the end of April, the weather is getting warmer and the tea flowers are blooming, indicating that spring is coming.

Gu Jinzhi didn't have any good needlework masters.

As for her mother, Song Pan'er, the steward of the sewing room is still Master Cheng, who taught Gu Jinzhi how to embroider.

Master Cheng has the best craftsmanship, and no other embroiderer can match her.

Gu Jinzhi ran to ask her mother: "Are your summer shirts ready? If so, help me make a few sets over there..."

Song Pan'er smiled and said: "It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival before you make summer clothes? When did you become so lazy? I'm almost ready to make autumn clothes. I asked Master Cheng to stop what he is doing. You want to

What clothes do you want to make? Let the children come and measure them, and I will help you make them. I still have some cloth in my library that was sent from Jiangning last autumn..."

Song Paner is very particular about clothes.

Every year, people from Yanling Prefecture come to deliver rent or new year's goods. They also bring a boatload of Jiangning cloth to Song Pan'er.

This is Song Paner's favorite.

Her clothes always have the latest fabrics, comparable to the latest ones in the palace.

"Thank you, mother." Gu Jinzhi said hurriedly, acting coquettishly next to her mother, "Mother loves me the most in this world."

Song Pan'er laughed and scolded her for being naughty: "I wasn't like this when I was a kid. Now that I'm married, I look like a little girl."

That afternoon, Gu Jinzhi called the children and Lin Yi here to measure the clothes.

Gu Yanzhen happened to be at home.

He heard that Lin Yi was the person who saved the lives of his grandson and daughter, and immediately wanted to meet Lin Yi.

Gu Jinzhi said: "That's Mr. Lin who was asking about our pharmacy back then..."

"It's been ** years since what happened back then. How can your father still remember it?" Song Pan'er helped to speak, "Why, is Mr. Lin still afraid of life?"

Gu Jinzhi smiled and said, "Mr. Lin loves purity."

"Our house is not clean?" Song Pan'er asked back.

Gu Jinzhi had no choice but to ask Lin Yi if he would like to be a guest again.

Lin Yi didn't stick to that.

He came over immediately.

Gu Yanzhen and his wife looked at Lin Yi, who was dressed in Taoist robes, with wooden hair tied in a hairpin, and with a fair and handsome face. They looked like a humble gentleman, and they felt very fond of Lin Yi in their hearts.

Previously, Lin Yi worked as a receptionist at Gu's Pharmacy. Except for his grandfather, eldest brother, Gu Jinzhi, Si Jian and the others, no one else was really familiar with him.

Gu Yanzhen and Song Pan'er met Lin Yi once and had already forgotten his appearance.

Now that I see him looking dignified, I feel relieved.

Song Pan'er thought to herself that both Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun had a bit of a weird personality. Okay, let's get a Taoist priest to be the adoptive father of their children...

"How did Mr. Lin become a Taoist priest despite his good medical skills?" Gu Yanzhen asked Lin Yi in a friendly tone, like a chat between friends.

Lin Yi also explained patiently: "Pindao was originally an outsider. When his master passed away, Pindao inherited his master's mantle..."

He has always been a Taoist priest, but it was not official at that time.

Gu Yanzhen nodded.

He had little research on Taoism and did not understand medicine, so he had nothing to say. He only said: "I heard that Mr. Lin recently taught Yanshan how to read and write? Thank you for your hard work..."

"Yanshan is my adopted son, this is all within my bounds." Lin Yi said.

He mentioned this with a faint smile on his face.

It can be seen that he likes Yanshan very much.

Song Pan'er saw Lin Yi's expression in her eyes and couldn't help but smile. This Mr. Lin likes Yanshan very much.

Whoever likes Song Pan'er's grandson, Song Pan'er will like.

She opened her mouth and left Lin Yi to have a meal at home: "...it's a light tea and a light meal. Sir, please don't dislike it."

They all followed the habit of Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun and called Lin Yi sir.

Lin Yi glanced at Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi nodded at him and asked him to agree.

Lin Yi said: "That's annoying."

Song Pan'er ordered the kitchen to prepare food and asked Gu Jinzhi to take over the children.

Gu Jin's way is.

The Yanshan brothers came soon.

As soon as Yanying saw her uncles, she immediately ran away; Yanshan sat down next to Lin Yi, looking very obedient. And Song Pan'er hugged Yanshao.

Yan Shao is nineteen months old and can walk and talk.

He just can't speak long sentences.

Song Pan'er taught him to say grandmother, and he learned it. Now as long as he is coaxed, he will call Song Pan'er grandmother again, which makes Song Pan'er smile.

The atmosphere at home is very good.

During the meal, Lin Yi, Gu Yanzhen, Brother Xuan, Xiao Shi, Xiao Eleven, Yan Shan, and Yan Ying sat at a table. Song Pan'er and Gu Jinzhi took Yan Shao with them. A small table was set up behind the screen.

The voices in front of the screen were low, so Gu Jinzhi and Song Pan'er could chat.

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and Gu Jinzhi follows the old custom and wants to go back to her parents' home to hide in the afternoon.

"Who do you want to invite to the banquet?" Gu Jinzhi asked her mother.

Many people in Beijing are married from other places, and it is impossible for them to go back to their parents' homes to hide in the afternoon. Like Song Pan'er, she is already a grandmother, so she no longer cares about this.

But there are still many people she knows well who have nowhere to hide.

Gu Jinzhi thought Song Pan'er was going to have a banquet.

"What you said reminded me." Song Pan'er smiled and said, "Every year, your eldest aunt takes care of it. Wouldn't it be good if I went and said it this year and let me take care of it for another year?"

Gu Jinzhi smiled.

Mother was full of energy. It was a good thing she didn't interrupt.

"It's better to do it sooner rather than later," Gu Jinzhi said to her mother. "If you plan to do it, you should prepare it in advance to avoid repeating it..."

Song Paner nodded.

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After having lunch at Gu's house, Gu Jinzhi and the children returned to the Wangfu Villa, and Lin Yi followed them.

After handing the children over to their respective wet nurses, Gu Jinzhi thought of something that he had never been embarrassed to talk to Lin Yi about. So he took today's opportunity to mention to Lin Yi: "The poppy seed ointment we planted back then. You

I took some, do you still have it now?"

"I have a lot." Lin Yi said, "I saved the seeds, planted a lot more when I was mourning for my master, and made a lot of ointment. Now they are of no use. They are all in the small room in front of my master's grave. You are

want?"

Gu Jinzhi nodded repeatedly.

She said: "I'm almost out of mine. No matter how much you have, bring them to me."

Lin Yi glanced at her and ultimately didn't ask any more questions.

Why did you use it up? Didn't you say that it was dangerous?

These words were left in Lin Yi's mind and he did not ask them in the end.

He made a temporary trip back to his master's graveyard, took out his things from the small wooden shed built during the mourning ceremony, and returned to the palace annex.

Going back and forth like this lasted three days.

Gu Jinzhi was very grateful for what he got back.

This is about ten times more than what Gu Jinzhi brought here from Luzhou.

All Gu Jinzhi's worries were gone.

She cherished it very much and locked it in the warehouse herself, waiting for her batch to be used up before replacing it.

She now has 80% out of 100% left on hand.

She is already slowing down Tan's dosage.

Mrs. Tan was feeling rather uncomfortable, so she used up the one-month supply that Gu Jinzhi had given her in ten days, and asked Gu Jinzhi to send it again.

Gu Jinzhi thought about giving it to her for another five days so that she could use it every two days now.

Such deliberate reduction made Tan feel dissatisfied, so he increased the weight.

Gu Jinzhi just wanted her to increase the weight.

The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, she went to the palace again to deliver medicine.

The Queen Mother called her to the Renshou Palace and talked to Gu Jinzhi: "The Queen looks okay. Why is it that when the Aijia see her, she is getting thinner and thinner? Her complexion is also yellow..."

"The effect of the medicine has passed." Gu Jinzhi said, "After taking it for a long time, the effect of the medicine has dropped by 50%. Now I have to do the same as before, and I need double the effect. But the medicine I have on hand is no longer available.

Too much….”

"Then let's find a way to get her some more." The Queen Mother said, "She looked very good before, and the Ai family was happy to see it."

"It's not easy." Gu Jinzhi said, "I need to think of a way."

The Queen Mother nodded and said nothing more.

Then, she asked about the child in Gu Jinzhi's belly: "Are you still making trouble?"

"No more trouble." Gu Jinzhi smiled, and then said, "Mother, she is already able to move, and she even kicked me a few times last night."

Her child also started kicking Gu Jinzhi a few days ago.

The Queen Mother laughed: "That's because the child is lively." Then she asked, "How are the brothers Yanshan?"

Gu Jinzhi said yes.

The Queen Mother asked again if the defense of their house was safe and if they needed to send more guards, but Gu Jinzhi refused.

After talking for a long time, the Queen Mother let Gu Jinzhi leave.
Chapter completed!