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Chapter 8 Hearing Mother's News

"When will the master go?"

"There is no rush. In a few days, I will send your teacher's wife back to her hometown, buy some land, and then come back to sort out Linzhitang. There are some patients who need to complete their diagnosis and treatment. After finishing these things, it will probably take half a year to go to Beijing to take the exam. At that time, my biggest patient has finally been cured."

Lin De clapped Zhang Huan's shoulders with a grandiosity and smiled slightly, "After you pass the imperial examination, it is best to come to Shuzhong to be an official, so that we can be together again and take care of our Lin family."

Zhang Huan nodded, "It must be, I will definitely come to Shuzhong."

Lin Delong shook his head, stared at his eyes and said firmly: "I'm just a joke. Shuzhong is too leisurely and will make people lazy. I don't want you to come to Shuzhong. I hope you go to the Western Regions to be a man who stands tall and upright, completely eliminate the great troubles of the Uighurs, and establish unparalleled achievements for our Tang Dynasty.

The master's words made Zhang Huan's blood boil, and ambition that he had had when he was a teenager rose again in his heart. He couldn't help blurting out, "Master, if there really is one day, will you come to help me?"

Lin Delong's face suddenly became extremely serious. He stared at Zhang Huan and said slowly for a while: "I have been observing you since you were seven years old. Your personality is very complicated, with a kind and helpful side, but there is a hint of viciousness in his bones. I don't know what kind of person you will become in the future. If what you do is a good thing for the country and the people, I will come to help you, but if what you do is a harm to the people...."

Lin Delong glared at him and shouted loudly: "Then I will definitely come to take your life in person!"

The air suddenly solidified at this moment, and suddenly, a roar came from the door: "Dalang, you will scare the child if you are so fierce."

Although she was complaining, her voice was gentle, like the spring breeze in March, which immediately swept away the solemn atmosphere in the room. When the curtain was lifted, a middle-aged woman with a jingle cloth skirt came in. Although she was dressed simply, her posture was gentle and grand. The thin crow's feet at the corners of her eyes could not hide her beautiful face when she was young. She was Lin Delong's wife Yang Yuniang.

The teacher's wife's surname is Yang. Lin Pingping said that her mother was from a prominent family. Zhang Huan once suspected that she was from the Yang family of Shu County, but her master was just a doctor with a low status. How could this be possible? This idea is fine, but now that the master's identity is not that simple, things are a bit complicated.

Before Zhang Huan could think about it carefully, he hurriedly got up and gave a tribute, "Master's wife!"

Yang Yuniang smiled and nodded to Zhang Huan, then turned to her husband and said, "Dalang, there are already patients in the store. You can go and have a look!"

Lin Delong realized that he had asked the patient to wait for a quarter of an hour, but it was almost half an hour now. He apologized in his heart, so he patted Zhang Huan on the shoulder and walked quickly.

"Please sit down with your master's wife!" Zhang Huan hurriedly took a cushion for her master's wife to sit down. Yang Yuniang sat down, put a small bag on the desk, looked at Zhang Huan and said, "I've seen your mother in the morning."

Yang Yuniang and Zhang Huan's mother have the closest relationship. They were often together before she became a monk. After Zhang Huan's mother became a monk, she also visited her often.

"How is my mother now?" When talking about her mother, Zhang Huan's nose felt a little sore. After performing the twentieth crown ceremony, his mother issued a strict order. If he didn't pass the Jinshi exam, he would never see him. Now they have not seen each other for two years.

Yang Yuniang sighed slightly, "Your mother's coughing disease is happening again, and she can't breathe."

Zhang Huan's heart was stabbed by a knife, his eyes turned slightly red. He stood up and bowed to Yang Yuniang, "Master's wife, I want to say goodbye first."

"Wait!" Yang Yuniang stopped him, "I have asked you Uncle Lin to prescribe medicine, but there is still a lack of any of them. He went to borrow somewhere else."

"Yes!" Zhang Huan gradually calmed down. His mother was prone to asthma every late summer and early autumn. Although the master helped her treat her, she had never been able to remove the root and she had accustomed to it almost once a year.

"Come on! Sit down, the teacher's wife has something to say."

Yang Yuniang ordered Zhang Huan to sit down, pointed to the small bag, frowned and said, "This is a little rock candy I prepared. I just asked Pingping to take it to your mother, but she went there, but she forgot the things."

Speaking of this, she sighed quietly: "This child has never let me care about her since she was a child. She said she was just letting her character go, but look at what she is now, she is so crazy all day long, and she is crazy. Everyone in Taiyuan City knows how she can get married in the future, alas! If she is with her sister, I will feel at ease."

Lin Pingping's sister is named Lin Qiaoqiao. She is beautiful and gentle. She married the son of Zhao County Wei of Taiyuan last year. She was named Zhao Yan. She is a student of the official Taiyuan Academy. She will also go to Beijing for the exam next year and has a good relationship with Zhang Huan.

Zhang Huan shook his head and said, "My wife, although Pingping is a little carefree, she is straightforward and cute, especially kind-hearted. It is a blessing to marry her. Master wife doesn't have to worry about her."

"Do you really think so?" Yang Yuniang looked at Zhang Huan deeply, and a hint of relief flashed in her eyes. She hurriedly turned her face to get rock candy to cover up the smile at the corner of her mouth.

"I grew up with Pingping since I was a child, so I naturally understood her." Zhang Huan knew what his master's wife was thinking, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. This was impossible. He grew up with Lin Pingping. Although he also liked her very much, this kind of love was not that kind of love. His dream wife was not like Lin Pingping.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and a medicine boy said outside the door: "Miss Mother, the shopkeeper has prepared the medicine and I will send it here."

"Okay, the medicine is at the door. Go and see your mother!" Yang Yuniang stood up and handed him the rock candy, "Your mother actually wants to see you very much. If you pass the Jinshi, you are just an inspiration for you, so don't take it to heart."

"Thank you, Master's wife!" Zhang Huanshen gave a gift and hurried away with rock candy and medicine.













The place where Zhang Huan's mother became a monk was called Jingxin Temple. It is located in Huishifang in the east of the city. The Taoist temple covers a large area, but only twenty female Taoist priests became monks here. They all came from famous families. Some fell out of favor because of their old age, and some were unwilling to remarry because of their youth. Because all the monks had noble identities, the prefect of Taiyuan specially sent several yamen runners to patrol around day and night to prevent idle people from harassing them.

Zhang Huan hurried to the Taoist temple, but happened to see Lin Pingping coming towards him with a dejected look. He knew that she was thinking of Rock Candy, so he flashed and hid behind a tree.

"Pingping!" Zhang Huan jumped out, held a packet of rock candy in front of her, and smiled: "Are you worried about it?"

Lin Pingping was surprised and snatched the rock candy over. He looked up and down carefully. Seeing that it was intact, he patted his chest and said, "I thought it fell, but I didn't expect it to be picked up by you. I'm really lucky. Otherwise, if my mother asked, I wouldn't be able to answer."

Zhang Huan held back his smile and said, "If I had picked it up, how could he know you lost it?"

Lin Pingping was stunned, his face suddenly turned red, and he said in a short while: "So I forgot it at home."

"Have you seen my mother?"

When Zhang Huan thought of her mother, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. He asked a little nervously: "Is she better?"

"Well! Auntie listened to me nagging for a long time and was still laughing!"

Lin Pingping closed his eyes and showed an admiration on his face, "Auntie is the most noble of the women I have met. She is always so gentle. I feel so comfortable with her. Her smile is like...."

Lin Pingping opened her eyes, she bit her lip, and couldn't think of a suitable word for describing it. Zhang Huan was no longer thinking about her body. He heard that his mother's health improved, and he felt relieved. He waved his hand to interrupt her and said, "Okay, you go home first! I'll give you that five-ton of money to you tomorrow."

Seeing that he was a little cold to him, Lin Pingping silently handed him the rock candy and smiled reluctantly, "Okay then! I'll go home first."

But as soon as she walked dozens of steps, she suddenly turned around and bent down and shouted loudly: "Zhang Huan, Auntie's smile is like water, the stream in spring, there is no woman in the world with a smile as gentle as hers, I like her!"
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