Everyone heard Cui Mama’s shout and rushed to the staircase in the living room, all happy about the first new life being born in the valley!
Suddenly, a “plop” sound from behind startled the jubilant crowd. Turning around, they gasped again:
“Oh, my goodness! Erhu has fainted!” Frightened, everyone rushed to lift him onto the sofa.
Chen Lan stepped forward to examine him for a long time, even prying open Erhu’s eyelids to look, but found nothing unusual except for some redness in his eyes. Erhu seemed to be asleep, his breathing smooth, and if one listened closely, they could hear snoring. However, no matter how much Chen Lan prodded his eyelids, there was no response. After a long examination, Chen Lan couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Just then, Dr. Guo came downstairs. Everyone immediately asked Dr. Guo to check Erhu’s pulse to see what was going on.
Dr. Guo carefully took Erhu’s pulse while everyone anxiously awaited the results. After a while, Dr. Guo chuckled and said, “It’s nothing serious. He’s just been a bit tired lately, didn’t rest well last night, and was overly stressed just now. This led to poor circulation, causing him to faint. Just let him rest on the sofa and have a good sleep, and he’ll be fine.”
Chen Lan mused to herself, “Erhu probably didn’t rest well last night, and he’s been working overtime without proper rest, so he’s been too tired. He was also overly stressed just now, and his heart probably couldn’t take it, leading to poor blood circulation and insufficient blood supply to the brain, which is why he fainted!”
Liu Mama quickly draped a small quilt over Erhu’s stomach to help him sleep soundly, then led everyone out of the living room to the pavilion. Chen Lan quickly invited everyone to sit on the sofas in the pavilion, preparing to make a cup of linden flower tea for each of them.
The courtyard was now quiet. The older children were taking their naps in the temporarily erected tents. The younger children were all fast asleep in their cradles.
The surroundings were silent, with only the occasional chirping of birds flying overhead. The mountain breeze, carrying the fragrance of flowers, blew in gusts.
Dr. Guo, feeling quite at ease, picked up his teacup and took a sip of the linden flower tea, saying, “This linden flower is a wonderful thing. It’s fragrant and slightly sweet, with benefits for tonifying qi and blood, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, and generating fluids to quench thirst. It also helps prevent colds. It has a calming effect on the nerves. For people our age, drinking dried linden flower tea every day can also prevent age-related illnesses.”
Old Mama heartily agreed, saying, “Yes, yes, Dr. Guo, you’re absolutely right. I’ve been consistently drinking linden flower tea for a year now, and my chronic ailments of dizziness, cough, and insomnia have all improved.”
Liu Mama also nodded in agreement, “You’re right. I can now sleep soundly until dawn.”
Another gentle breeze blew, carrying with it the faint, uniquely refreshing, and sweet scent of linden flowers.
Chen Lan suddenly remembered that it was the blooming season for linden flowers, and also a good time to pick them, harvest linden honey, and gather linden fungus.
Chen Lan couldn’t help but make new plans in her heart. Since the pure wild linden flowers could be exported to earn foreign exchange in her previous life, then pure wild linden honey and pure natural wild linden fungus would surely be equally popular, because truly pure wild products were very rare in her previous life!
She could sell these pure natural wild foods, which were highly sought after in her previous life, to the system. She believed they would fetch a good price, which would help replenish her gradually thinning system wallet.
Previously, Chen Lan had only considered selling pure natural wild vegetables, mushrooms, and some rare mountain delicacies to the system.
She had never thought of processing and selling seasonal linden flowers and linden fungus to the system. This year, Chen Lan decided to process and package the linden flowers and linden fungus, making them into exquisite products to sell along with linden honey to the system.
Furthermore, wild linden honey is mellow and sweet, with high nutritional value. It also has health benefits such as promoting blood circulation and strengthening the body, tonifying qi and spleen, and clearing the liver and improving vision.
After all, Chen Lan had transmigrated from her previous life and was well aware that modern people paid great attention to health preservation and physical well-being. Such pure natural good products would definitely not be missed by the wealthy and leisurely health-conscious people of her previous life. Chen Lan was confident that these three items would sell for a good price in the system.
Thinking of this, Chen Lan’s spirits lifted. She couldn’t just spend money in the system; she had to earn money using it too.
Since she had an idea, she had to put it into action. Therefore, her holiday plans had to change. It was currently the linden flower season, and she absolutely wouldn't let it pass. Tomorrow, she would let everyone rest for another day, and then she would go to the valley where she hunted wild boars last year. She would definitely hunt a large wild boar or something else to treat everyone.
As Chen Lan was lowering her head, contemplating her plan, she heard Liu Mama and Old Mama talking, “Oh, look at this baby! So pink and tender! So lively! She’s a lucky one, not lacking anything in her mother’s womb. Little Lan got so many good things for Little Yue, and she finally ate them all! Look how cute she is!”
Chen Lan looked up and saw Cui Mama smiling broadly, holding a small swaddled baby. Old Mama and Liu Mama stood beside her, looking and discussing.
Chen Lan stopped her thoughts and quickly went over to see the newborn baby. Liu Mama’s words were not an exaggeration; the little one was truly cute. Perhaps it was due to good nutrition in the womb, her eyes were already open, and they were as large as her father Erhu’s eyes, like black pearls, sparkling and lively. Her eyelashes were also long and curled.
Chen Lan couldn’t help but praise, “Cui Mama, your granddaughter is so beautiful! Look at her skin, just as fair as her mother’s, and her eyes are as big and bright as Brother Erhu’s.”
Hearing everyone’s and Little Lan’s praise, Cui Mama smiled gleefully and said humbly, “It’s alright, it’s alright! Little Lan! This is all thanks to you, her aunt, for making sure she didn’t lack anything in her mother’s womb! That’s why she grew so well! She’s also lucky to have such a loving aunt. Cui Mama thanks you here.”
Chen Lan felt a bit embarrassed by Cui Mama’s thanks. She waved her hands repeatedly and replied, “Cui Mama, the little one’s cuteness has nothing to do with me. She’s so beautiful because Brother Erhu and Little Yue are both good-looking. Brother Erhu is handsome, which must be because you were pretty when you were young, Cui Mama.”
Cui Mama also felt a bit bashful from Chen Lan’s praise. Although she felt very pleased, she said, “No, no, I was just average-looking when I was young, just average.”
Chen Lan, Old Mama, and Liu Mama were all amused by Cui Mama’s charming demeanor and burst into laughter.