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Chapter 123 Leng Shi went to Jincheng
The new year has begun, but the Lantern Festival has not yet arrived.
Zhongkangtang was not busy; everyone was still immersed in the joy of the festival and had no heart for work.
During lunch break, An Xiaoyue knocked on Academician Leng Shide's rest room door.
It's called Academician Leng's lounge, but it's actually a shared lounge for the Leng family. Because the Zhongkang Hall doesn't have enough rest rooms, the whole family gathers together.
They don't have the habit of taking a nap; instead, they like to sit together during their lunch break, drink tea, and chat about their work that day.
The family works together, and they can only sit together and talk during lunch break.
Once they get busy, the doctors, who have been sitting on benches all day, go back to their rooms after get off work to lie down and clear their minds, not wanting to talk or think.
An Xiaoyue gently knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was Fang Mei.
"Aunt Fang." An Xiaoyue tried her best not to let the things in her mind affect her, and forced a smile.
When Fang Mei saw it was her, her smile deepened. "Xiao Yue, come in quickly."
When An Xiaoyue went inside, she found that the entire Leng family of four were indeed drinking tea there.
Leng Shide and Leng Yushan looked at her with teacups in hand, while Leng Fangyi was still holding a knife and peeling a pear.
The tea-making area was empty; Fang Mei was probably in charge of making the tea.
Seeing her standing awkwardly at the door, Fang Mei patted the armchair next to her and said, "Xiaoyue, come sit here."
"This child, why are you so reserved after just one Spring Festival?" Leng Yushan joked with a smile. "We're all family, come and sit with us."
“Yes, Uncle,” she replied, trying to make everything look the same as before.
After chatting for a while, she took out the items from her canvas bag.
"I made you gifts before the Spring Festival."
Everyone's attention was drawn to her words, and gifts were brought over, all made by Xiaoyue.
Everyone accepted their share without hesitation.
Upon opening the box, a delicate fragrance wafts out, a light and sweet aroma with a distinct scent.
"Agarwood bracelet." Leng Yushan's delight was evident on his face. "The aroma is pure, it's quite nice."
Leng Shide's eyes had seen many fine things, and now he was studying the bracelet.
Agarwood is a medicinal material, known as "the gold of medicines." It has high medicinal value and can relieve pain, warm the stomach and stop vomiting. Wearing it for a long time can also calm the mind and help with sleep.
Judging from the oil lines on the agarwood bracelet in my hand, it is a top-grade agarwood.
He wouldn't be willing to wear it as a bracelet.
However, he will always carry with him anything Xiaoyue gives him.
Leng Shide put it directly on her wrist, and the size was just right.
He nodded in satisfaction, then picked up the Chinese medicine mallet and tapped his legs.
Ah, it feels so good! Xiaoyue's homemade food is just different from store-bought.
Seeing how satisfied his grandfather and father were, Leng Fang was filled with envy.
His gaze fell on the tightly closed box in front of him. His hands weren't clean, and he could only wait until he finished eating the pear before opening it.
"Woo~"
Fang Mei gasped in surprise, and everyone looked at her.
She had already wrapped the bracelet twice around her wrist and put it on. The combination of old and new agarwood and gold added a touch of nobility to her.
Fang Mei looked at the men's bracelets, then at hers; she was indeed different in Xiao Yue's eyes.
“My beads are smaller than yours, but they have a cool and sweet fragrance, and they even smell like milk. They truly are walking perfumes, they smell wonderful.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Mei cupped An Xiaoyue's face in her hands and kissed her cheek like a mother would kiss her beloved daughter.
"Xiaoyue, I love it so much! Thank you for designing these little items for me, they're so pretty."
An Xiaoyue's heart pounded in her chest at Fang Mei's sudden action. Fang Mei had liked her a lot before, but they had never been this intimate.
Does the Leng family already know about her background?
An Xiaoyue felt uneasy, but she didn't show it on her face. "I'm happy if you like it."
Leng Shide: "I like it."
Leng Yushan: "This is the first time I have received such an exquisite and thoughtful handmade gift since I got married."
Of course, when my son was in kindergarten, he also received Father's Day cards, but they were just blank pieces of paper folded twice, perfunctory and meaningless.
“Oh dear, it’s so good to have a daughter. She even knows how to categorize these bracelets, unlike…” Fang Mei’s gaze fell on Leng Fangyi, who only knew how to eat pears.
Leng Fang paused as if eating a pear: ...
He silently lowered his head, took two bites of the pear in his hand, filled his mouth with the flesh, and then ran to the side to wash his hands.
Fortunately, An Xiaoyue is not his little sister, otherwise, how could he have a place in the Leng family?
Seeing this, Fang Mei said, "Never mind, boys can never be as considerate as little girls. I'm not lucky enough to have that. Luckily, I have Xiaoyue as my niece-in-law."
Leng Shide and Leng Yushan both nodded in agreement.
After complaining about her son, Fang Mei looked at Xiao Yue with affection.
“We also have a gift for you,” Leng Yushan reminded his wife, urging her not to just admire her new skewers.
"Yes, yes, look at me, I forgot about the important matter when I got excited."
Fang Mei happily went to pick up the bag that was placed on the cabinet to the side.
“Your due date is in July, so we have prepared some nourishing and restorative supplements for you. Take them home and eat them during your postpartum period. If your family doesn’t know how to prepare them, just tell your aunt and she will prepare them for you.”
The Fu and Leng families were very close, and Sheng Yang's wife was no different from the Leng family's wife.
“Okay.” An Xiaoyue’s eyes reddened. How was this any different from how she would treat her own daughter?
Everyone was so good to her; they even arranged what she should eat and what supplements she should take during her postpartum period. Surrounded by love, she felt that no matter what she did, it was never enough to repay everyone.
"There's one more." Fang Mei patted her shoulder to comfort her, then took out a small gift box. "This gift box is a special gift from your uncle."
An Xiaoyue recognized the familiar paper as a product from the aromatherapy shop her mother had bought.
This gift must have been the one my uncle bought for me on the day my mother was discovered.
This is a New Year's gift from her father.
In the new year, she will receive everyone's blessings, and everything she does will go smoothly.
She gripped the edge of the box, her knuckles turning white, biting her lower lip tightly, afraid to speak.
Seeing the tears welling up in her eyes, Fang Mei hugged her tightly, saying, "It's alright, it's just a gift."
An Xiaoyue was pressed against her chest, and tears instantly streamed down her face. She choked out, "I'm just too moved."
Before my mother got sick, she would travel every Spring Festival and receive New Year's gifts from the hotels where she stayed.
At that time, she felt that the world was beautiful and everything was a matter of course.
Having gone through two years of her mother's illness, her world was shattered.
Now, she has been pieced back together little by little by everyone, and she has become more resolute and courageous.
Her crying silenced three renowned medical experts, who were accustomed to life and death, and they looked at each other helplessly.
An Xiaoyue's emotions came quickly and subsided just as quickly.
With teary eyes, she looked at the wet patch on Fang Mei's chest and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I've dirtied your clothes."
Fang Mei: "It's okay, your brother Fang Yi will handle it."
An Xiaoyue smiled shyly.
She carefully put away the gift her uncle had given her, and then took out the gift she had intended for him, asking Leng Fangyi to pass it on.
“Before the Spring Festival, I met my uncle and was thinking of visiting him after the New Year so I could give you the gifts in advance,” An Xiaoyue explained why she didn’t visit the Leng family for the Spring Festival. “Something came up, so I couldn’t go.”
Leng Yushan wanted to comfort Xiaoyue, who was so well-behaved that everyone wanted to pamper her, but he could only manage to say, "It's nothing."
As soon as he said it, his wife glared at him: "If you can't comfort people, then shut up."
It's no wonder he's bad at talking; his wife is an excellent woman, both inside and out, and she gave birth to a son. He has neither the theory nor the practical experience of coaxing people.
Fang Mei said softly, "It's alright. Your uncle isn't home when you come to the Leng family. You'll only receive the New Year's gift when he returns from Jincheng."
Back from Jincheng!
An Xiaoyue's heart skipped a beat.
She immediately lowered her eyes, her long, thick eyelashes concealing the panic in them.
Why did my uncle go to Jincheng?
"Did your uncle go to work in Jincheng?" she asked, pretending to be just concerned about his work situation.
"Your uncle didn't say that he left in a hurry on the first day of the lunar new year. It must be because the organization had important and confidential work to entrust to him."
Since it was an arrangement made by the organization, she was unsure of what to do and didn't want to ask too many questions.