CHAPTER 151: CHAPTER 151: SLICK MANEUVERS

"I’m not quite used to it."

"And I have diarrhea."

"The weather isn’t right either, it’s so muggy and hot."

He grumbled softly, being accustomed to the dry climate up north, he found the humid and sultry climate in the south incredibly uncomfortable.

At this point, he looked at Mu Da, "It’s really tough on my wife, living in the south for so many years."

Mu Da just laughed, "The south is quite nice."

"It really is quite nice."

Uncle Yaozi smoothly agreed, and Yi Chichi sighed. One second he was complaining about the south, and the next he changed his tune.

She realized that Uncle Yaozi had the potential to become a pushover for his wife.

It’s nice, stumbling through half a lifetime, only to find that girl returning at the end of the journey.

The latter half of Uncle Yaozi’s life was now settled.

"Uncle, have you and my master registered your marriage?"

"We’ll do it when we get back!"

"Are you having a wedding banquet?"

"Yes, a grand one."

He couldn’t let the woman he pined for decades be wronged.

"Have you chosen a date?"

"Not yet, planning to consult with Great Granny Five about a date."

Qin Jiu curiously asked, "So after the banquet, does that mean a little brother or sister will be born?!"

Hearing this, Mu Da’s eyes reddened.

Uncle Yaozi hurriedly took her hand and gently said to Qin Jiu, "We won’t have any, Grandpa hasn’t had enough of Grandma yet, we don’t want kids."

Mu Da was both touched and amused, "Don’t listen to him, it’s because I can’t have children."

"Why did you say that?"

Uncle Yaozi was anxious, his face flushed, Mu Da intertwined their fingers and smiled gently, "Since you don’t mind, what do I have to be afraid of facing?"

"I’m sorry, it’s my fault for not finding you sooner."

"It’s not your fault."

Mu Da looked at him, her gaze distant, filled with both nostalgia and regret, "It’s my fault for losing my memory for a few years. By the time I remembered, I thought maybe you were already married, and didn’t dare to come find you to confirm."

Yi Chichi was completely dumbfounded, what a melodramatic development is this?

She never imagined that in her life, someone would actually be connected to amnesia.

Only upon asking did she realize that Mu Da had participated in the Huaihai Campaign.

It was during that battle that while treating the wounded, she herself was severely injured.

Half of her face was destroyed, shrapnel hit her abdomen causing her to lose her ability to have children, and her head injury caused a blood clot compressing nerves, leading to partial memory loss.

She lay in the hospital for a full six months before she mostly recovered.

However, her body was weakened.

Later she went south to work, and being in the medical profession, she volunteered to work in the field as a military doctor with Wen Shi and the others in their troop.

At first, Wen Shi didn’t dare to recognize her, since he only knew a name and had no way to confirm if she was the person in Uncle Yaozi’s heart.

Later, after discussing with He Yunsong, comparing ages and military experiences, they thought it was most likely her.

A few trials confirmed it.

It then resulted in Uncle Yaozi’s long-distance pursuit of his wife.

Upon knowing that Mu Da was also in the medical profession, Yi Chichi’s first reaction was that she could finally be relieved.

A feeling of excitement washed over her, "Does that mean I can stop going on visits and treating patients, and just focus on medicine and herb planting?"

She was as happy as a jubilant husky, radiating joy all over.

Uncle Yaozi couldn’t stand seeing her so thrilled, so he doused her with a bucket of cold water over her excitement.

"You think you can loaf around, not attending visits and not treating patients, your master still has to go work at the hospital."

"Huh?!"

Yi Chichi’s heart sank, unable to believe as she turned to confirm with Mu Da, "Master, are you really going to work at the hospital?"

"Yes, my work relationship has been transferred over."

As an experienced medical professional, it’s not realistic for her to be idle.

Moreover, she doesn’t want to be idle.

She can still live for a few more years and continue to contribute to the nation’s medical development.

Yi Chichi got it, "Then Master, you do well, later if we need medicine, we’ll just find you to help with the application."

Having someone in the hospital is beneficial for them, at least it’s convenient to apply for medication.

Thinking of medication, she got up and went to the counter, opened a drawer, and handed a list to Uncle Yaozi, "Uncle, we’re out of Western medicine, you should deal with it."

Uncle Yaozi took a look at it, "Didn’t you file a report?"

"I did, just haven’t had the chance to go to the community center."

"Go apply tomorrow."

Before his voice even finished, he handed her a small bundle, "I got you a gig."

"What kind of gig?"

Yi Chichi curiously took the bundle, just about to open it when he said, "An image of the Guanyin Statue, I quoted 1,200, and the client agreed."

"??? Guanyin Statue?"

Goodness, her Uncle Yaozi is this formidable?

He went to the south, brought back a wife, and even got her an opportunity for extra income.

And quoted such a high price.

She couldn’t wait to open the bundle and found a piece of silk inside, along with assorted colored silk thread.

The quality was beyond what the northern cities could offer.

Even the silk thread that Yu Ritang brought last time was of high quality, but it couldn’t compare to what Uncle Yaozi brought back, just not in the same league.

"How did you make the connection?"

"Connected on the train."

Speaking of this matter, Uncle Yaozi also found it quite extraordinary, he concisely narrated the course of events.

It wasn’t complicated.

Simply put, he was on the train halfway, saved a high-ranking official in a soft sleeper.

That official, who shared the same destination, both disembarking at Yangcheng Railway Station.

They got chatting like this, and he was upgraded to a sleeper car, becoming roommates with the bigshot.

As for embroidery, it was pure coincidence, Yi Chichi had embroidered numerous handkerchiefs before, given them to Yu Ritang, Uncle Yaozi, and Wang Nan too.

Her master-level skills ensured that even if the fabric and thread were subpar, the finished product was exquisite, lifelike, and full of spirit.

By chance, Uncle Yaozi’s handkerchief with a cluster of green bamboo was taken out when he used it, and the bigshot saw it and asked to have a look.

Once he saw it, he was full of praise for her embroidery and began inquiring about her.

Uncle Yaozi was afraid to cause her trouble, initially refusing to tell the truth, only wanting to brush him off.

The bigshot noticed this but didn’t insist.

But this non-insistence was temporary.

What happened in between, Uncle Yaozi wouldn’t say.

Anyway, when he came back, he’d arranged this gig for Yi Chichi.

And set the delivery for August next year.

Looking at the money he handed over, Yi Chichi was puzzled, "The client trusts you this much?"

Providing materials, prepaying 200, and accepting an August delivery next year, this was no ordinary official, but practically a god of wealth!

"That was part of the reason, another was because I sent Wen and He to vouch for you!"

Yi Chichi was stunned, this maneuver was quite unprecedented.

"Did they agree?"

"Yes, they believe in you."

Yi Chichi thought, even if this Guanyin Statue isn’t for money, for the trust from Wen Shi and He Yunsong, she must pour all her effort into making the Guanyin Statue perfect.

Only this way wouldn’t betray their trust.

Thinking of this, she began to inquire with Uncle Yaozi about the bigshot’s requirements for the Guanyin Statue.