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Chapter 376 Don't Go Away

That night, a violent cough came from Mr. Lin's room, breaking the tranquility of the small courtyard at night.

The first person to hear the cough was Lin Mi behind a thin wall.This thin layer of wood and newspaper-pasted wallboards also trembled slightly in the sudden cough.

She went back to the room after dinner, thinking of her mother eagerly, quietly lit a small oil lamp, piously spread old newspapers on a wooden box used as a temporary table, and placed stationery that Li Yan bought for her during the day one by one.

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all alive.She stretched out her hand to gently flatten the yellowish smooth paper, and the words that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time rushed upwards.

With a pen in hand, she was about to write happily, but when she heard her father coughing, her heart suddenly became tense.

This time the cough was more violent than before.Lin Mi gently went in and sat with his father for a while, holding his hand, feeling cold for a while.

The father seemed to be trying hard to suppress the blood in his lungs, preventing the blood from rushing into his throat willfully. In front of his daughter, he could not compromise on the seriousness of the disease. He was afraid that once he lost his courage, he would be defeated.

Lin Mi held his father's hand and warmed it in his own, and tried his best to smile:
"Father, you are going outside with us to find Li Yan. He has a cold, so let's take some new medicine from Qilan."

However, when she happily took out the medicine from Qilan and opened the square paper bag, she was dumbfounded:
This is the first time she has seen prepared Chinese herbal medicines. There are leaves, bark and roots, and some indistinguishable broken things. They are not the kind of pills that are convenient to take before.

Lin Mi has never drank traditional Chinese medicine, nor seen a servant brewing medicine at home. This pile of raw medicinal materials stumped her.

She looked at the window, and there was still some weak light in the opposite room. She guessed that the people inside had not yet fallen asleep, so she decided to ask for help.

Inside the house, the wick of the oil lamp was burning out.

After Li Yan finished washing the dishes, he no longer ran around the yard a few times like before, but went back to his room and lay down.

Seeing him lying on his side without speaking, with his back to the door, Lin Yitang couldn't help but stop the manuscript he was proofreading, and came over with concern and asked:
"Ah Yan, why did you sleep so early today?"

"I'm tired. Master, you should also go to bed earlier."

He was not covered with a quilt, and his outerwear and pants were piled up on the bed, and his clothes lay thin.

Seeing his abnormal behavior, Yitang couldn't guess the reason for a while, so he asked a little worriedly: "Where's your quilt?"

Li Yan turned over and said in a low voice, "Take it out to dry in the morning, but I forgot to collect it. I'm afraid it's all frozen. Let's collect it at dawn tomorrow."

Yitang spread his quilt on the bed, "You can make do with it first, you will cough when you get cold."

He got up quickly, folded the quilt two or three times, and stuffed it back into his hand.

"Master, I suffer more than you, and I am not afraid of the cold. If you catch cold and get sick, the whole room will feel unbearable, and my sin will be great."

Yitang took out a pack of wicks from an old cabinet next to the bed, chose the three strongest ones and put them in the oil lamp.

The light in the room was not as dim as before, but Li Yan felt sorry for the wick.

"Young Master, I bought this with great difficulty. You order several at once, which is a bit of a waste."

Yitang patted him on the shoulder and said confidently, "We won't have no money for food. If you want something, why don't you tell me, maybe I can help with an idea?"

Li Yan sighed and shook his head, "Master, you should hug the quilt and go to bed early, and let me be alone for a while."

At this time, there were slight footsteps outside the door, Li Yan quickly became vigilant, moved quickly to the door, and gave Yitang a look, signaling him to get the gun quickly.

Even though they were hiding in this broken yard, they could only sleep peacefully with weapons on their pillows every night.

Qilan gave Mr. Lin two guns, Li Yan and Yitang took one each, and took on the task of everyone's security.

Yitang quickly pulled the gun out from under the pillow, and pressed it against the wall without making a sound.

Li Yan guessed that the lamp was lit brighter than usual and attracted the bad guys, so he extinguished the spark on the wick with two fingers.

Outside the house, Lin Mi opened her eyes wide in surprise: She didn't understand why the light turned on and then went out as soon as she got to the door.

She knocked on the door tentatively and asked, "Li Yan, have you and your cousin slept yet?"

Knowing who was coming, the two young men in the room relaxed their tension.They frantically opened the door and looked for matches to relight the lamp, amused at their own hypervigilance.

The wick reignites.Li Yan took the oil lamp to the door, saw Lin Mi's anxious expression, and felt a little bit in his heart: "Miss, is it possible that the Major General has suffered another illness?"

Hearing his question, Yitang also became worried: "Is there any medicine left for uncle?"

Lin Mi nodded, "Now there is only newly delivered Chinese medicine at home, do you know how to decoct it?"

Yitang rubbed his head and thought for a while, "To decoct medicine is to add water and boil it into medicine soup?"

Li Yan said with considerable experience: "You need a pot for decocting Chinese medicine, but Miss Caiwei's pot for boiling medicine was accidentally broken. You have to get a new one."

Yitang tore off the gray cloak hanging behind the door, and ran out while wearing it: "I'll buy one right away, you guys washed the herbs at home, and boiled them when I come back."

Li Yan chased after him and stopped him: "If I want to go, I will go. You are too conspicuous in your outfit. There are people all over the street trying to catch you to collect the reward. It will be troublesome if someone tracks you down."

Yitang bit his lip and was silent for a moment. While he was not paying attention, he flipped over the low wall less than 1.5 meters in the yard.

Seeing this, Li Yan instinctively turned over and chased after the fast-moving figure in front of him.

"Young master, I'll go with you, and nothing can go wrong at this juncture!"

Hearing the shout behind him, Yitang stopped, turned around and waved at him:

"Ah Yan, you stay at home to protect uncle, you don't have to come out with me. Mimi and Caiwei can't even hold a kitchen knife steadily, and Jianhua is a frail scholar wearing glasses, he can't handle even a small thief, let alone The wicked."

The slums under the night looked very deserted.

Under the dim starlight, some stray cats and dogs walking around were rummaging through garbage, making strange noises. On the bumpy road, except for the two boys standing upright, not even a ghost could be seen.

"Master, I didn't listen to your orders in the past, and I won't listen to you tonight. I promised your uncle that I must protect your safety and protect you and Miss back to the south safely."

Li Yan's eyes were so determined that Lin Yitang had no choice but to give in.He knew that what the little guard said counted, and if he was determined to do something, he would never give up if he didn't achieve success.

They go together.After walking for a long time along the deserted back streets and alleys, I gradually saw the lively night market.

(End of this chapter)