The Ye family didn't have much land to plant, but it still took several people three or four days to harvest all the corn and wheat... plus shelling, threshing, and drying, seven or eight days passed in the blink of an eye.

The two plots of land planted by the Huo family are not big and are not in the sunny location, so the crops mature relatively late. They can be harvested in these seven or eight days.

But the Huo family, a total of three people, have moved to a new house in the county. If they want to transport the crops from these acres of land, they will be exhausted just by moving them back and forth... But if they stay in the old house, they will be eaten by snakes, insects, rats and ants, which will also harm them.

So Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan discussed that after the crops were harvested, they would take some back to grind into flour to try, and leave the rest to the Ye family.

The weather was good that day, with the sun appearing and disappearing at times. The light autumn breeze made the leaves sway. The Huo family got up early in the morning and had breakfast. Ye Shan and the old couple of the Ye family came up from the slope wearing straw hats and sickles on their waists.

"Aunt, you guys came so early." The three people from the Huo family were clearing the table. Gu Fengyan hurriedly handed the three bowls to Huo Duan to wash, wiped his hands and poured tea for the Ye family, "Have you had breakfast?"

The three of them took a bench and sat down. Huo Xiuling took off her straw hat and said, "Dashan and Jing Ge'er got up early and prepared breakfast. We have already eaten."

Speaking of Liu Jingyu, Gu Fengyan asked, "Why didn't you ask Brother Jing to come along? He can't get out of bed, so it would be good for him to talk to me at home..."

Huo Xiuling drank tea and said, "It's not convenient to bring Xiaobao here, and he likes to stick to Jing Ge'er, so let them stay at home."

"Then I'll prepare lunch this afternoon and ask him to come over and eat together." Gu Fengyan nodded and turned his gaze to Ye Shan, "By the way, Brother Dashan... Brother Jing is feeling better now. Is the medicine working?"

Hearing his question, Ye Shan quickly put down the cup and nodded repeatedly, "I was talking about it, the medicine is really effective. The last time you brought it to me, I boiled it for Jingyu to drink the next day... After a few doses, he never said he was feeling unwell again, and even his face had some color..."

Ye Shan was so happy that his face was beaming with joy... As Liu Jingyu's health gradually improved, the heavy stone in his heart fell a little.

After he has recovered, Ye Shan plans to work with Huo Duan and the others to make some money, renovate the house, buy some household items, and make two sets of cotton-padded clothes for Jingyu, his parents, and his younger brother to get through the winter... In the spring, he will clean up the wasteland in front of the house, plant some vegetables and fruits, and raise some chickens and ducks.

The old couple of the Ye family also knew that Liu Jingyu's health was getting better. Seeing Ye Shanxi's expression, they shook their heads and smiled.

"Jing'er's illness has improved. Auntie would like to thank you." Huo Xiuling pulled Gu Fengyan.

"That's not right," Gu Fengyan smiled, "Aunt, it's really too polite for you to say that."

Huo Xiuling said nothing more, but just looked at Gu Fengyan with a touched face.

"Okay, aunt, you guys sit down first. Huo Duan and I will wash a few bowls and then go to the fields." Gu Fengyan stood up and picked up a few plates of pickled vegetables on the table.

Huo Xiuling also helped him collect the crops. She glanced at the weather and said, "Don't worry. Today is a nice day, not too hot. It won't take long for us to finish collecting the crops."

The two of them each carried two bowls and dishes and walked towards the kitchen. While there was no sun, Gu Fengyan planned to go to the fields to pull out some weeds from the Shen family's acres of land so that he could plant medicinal herbs in a few days.

He was wearing a short shirt with narrow sleeves that he rarely wore outside, which outlined his figure. Gu Fengyan walked to the kitchen first, and Huo Xiuling followed behind.

"A few days ago, I heard from Mr. Huo that you had no appetite... I noticed that you seemed to have gained some weight recently. Are you eating well?" She looked at Gu Fengyan's waist, which was a little wider than before. It wasn't very obvious, but Huo Xiuling had sharp eyes.

Gu Fengyan smiled, a little embarrassed, "Aunt's eyes are still so sharp, you actually saw it. I didn't have much appetite a few days ago, but I've been eating a lot recently... It's like I'm not full."

A few days ago, he was lazy all day long, had poor appetite, and had no appetite. Huo Duanzheng said he would take him to the county to ask Mr. Lin to prescribe some medicine.

His body seemed to have self-awareness and was fine the next day...but he was still lazy and nothing he ate seemed to be enough.

The waist gradually became wider.

Huo Duan didn't take him to see it... A little bit of flesh would feel comfortable to knead at night, and he liked it.

"It's a good thing to eat more. Your aunt always thought you were too thin, but now you're just the right size." Huo Xiuling said with a smile, not caring much.

"That's what my aunt said." Gu Fengyan didn't care.

The two men entered the kitchen, and Huo Duan was pouring a few scoops of water into the pot, preparing to wash the dishes.

"Don't stay here. Go and clean up everything with your brother Dashan. After washing these dishes, you should go to the fields. Don't delay any longer." Huo Xiuling walked straight over and drove Huo Duan out.

It was getting late, so Huo Duan didn't delay any longer. He answered and went out.

Huo Xiuling and Gu Fengyan cleaned up the kitchen and collected a few backpacks outside. Then they washed and cut the vegetables for lunch, and waited until they were called outside before wiping their hands and going out.

The first few acres to be harvested were those in the ditch.

Ye Shan and Huo Xiuling left first. Gu Fengyan soaked some water and took it with him. Huo Duan didn't want to ask him to go, but in the end he couldn't resist, so the two of them followed behind not too close.

There was a thick layer of clouds in the sky, drifting westwards, and from time to time a little sunlight would shine through.

"Take it with you." Huo Duan put a straw hat on Gu Fengyan's head, took the backpack, sickle and earthenware jar of water, and carried them himself. "If you feel bored, you can go and chat with Jiang Xuerui or Liu Jingyu. Why do you have to go and pull weeds?"

Gu Fengyan tied the strap of his straw hat tightly and said, "I have gained weight these days, so I should walk more."

"Where have you gained weight?" Huo Duan really couldn't tell, and looked him up and down in confusion...Gu Fengyan has been eating more than before recently, and has some weight on his waist and abdomen, but he's not fat yet.

He didn't dwell on this and said to Gu Fengyan seriously, "You've been feeling very strange lately. If you feel uncomfortable later, you must tell me... understand?"

In front, Huo Xiuling and the other two had already reached the edge of the ground and took down the backpack and sickle.

Next to the yellow and plump ears of wheat is the Shen family's field, which is covered with wild grass that is as tall as a person's calf.

Gu Fengyan was both amused and confused, "I know, go quickly, don't make my aunt and the others wait anxiously."

Huo Duan looked at him, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

"Go ahead, go ahead. It's just some weeds. Your Ah Yan won't lose a single hair." Gu Fengyan smiled. After Huo Duan left, he put on a straw hat and took a sickle to start pulling the weeds in the ground... If he couldn't pull them out, he would use a knife to cut them.

There was a large pile of weeds on the edge of the field.

After pulling for a while, he really didn't feel anything wrong with his body. He usually didn't care about the work in the fields, but now the farming gene rooted in the blood of the Chinese people awakened... He found it interesting and pulled more and more vigorously.

In about half an hour, most of the weeds in the wasteland were gone, leaving only a small piece.

He half-knelt on the ground, wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeves. A few feet away, someone's ducks were quacking in the water.

At this end, Huo Duan and his two companions had harvested most of the wheat and were just putting down their sickles and sitting under a tree to rest and drink water.

"Don't say this Yan brother is really amazing. I've never seen a brother who can do farm work so skillfully. He can even leave the three of us behind," Huo Xiuling took off her straw hat and poured a ceramic bowl of water to Huo Duan. "Hurry up and ask him to come and take a rest. We won't be able to continue like this."

Without her saying anything, Huo Duan had already walked away with the water, "I'll take it to him."

Gu Fengyan was so engrossed in staring at the ducks that he didn't even notice Huo Duan coming over.

"Ayan, come here and drink some water..." Huo Duan called him.

Gu Fengyan just saw him coming and stood up from the ground. Suddenly, he felt a little dizzy, his feet were knotted and he almost fell.

Huo Duan saw that something was wrong with him, and his expression suddenly became serious. He grabbed Gu Fengyan's arm and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Gu Fengyan's eyes looked at people with double vision, shook his head, and smiled: "It's okay, my feet are just numb from squatting for too long."

"You scared me to death." Huo Duan pointed to a tree a few feet away and said, "Don't stand there. Sit under that tree for a while."

Gu Fengyan nodded, and let Huo Duan support him as he walked down the tree. He stared at Huo Duan's sleeves in a daze... but after taking a few steps, he realized that things were not going well.

There were several more layers of double vision, and the blood seemed to rush to my brain, making a buzzing sound. The quacking sounds of ducks were unreal and unreal, as if there was a layer of gauze between them.

What was even more strange was that along with his weak legs, he also felt a little nauseous. Everything he had eaten in the past few days was all roaring in his stomach, and his memory went back to all kinds of unpleasant smells of cooking fumes... He almost wanted to vomit.

Huo Duan sensed that he was not going to leave, so he turned around, but he was still holding a ceramic bowl full of water in one hand, so he could only put his other hand around Gu Fengyan's back and hold it under his armpit, "Ayan?"

Gu Fengyan shook his head, "Boss Huo, I think I should..."

Before he could finish his words, his eyes went dark and his whole body fell down as if all the bones had been pulled out.

Just before he fainted, Gu Fengyan only heard Huo Duan calling him in panic, "A Yan!"

Then came waves of noisy voices... like the last drop of water dripping into the lake, after the last ripples subsided, everything fell into endless silence...

Gu Feng fainted under the eaves, and several people from the Ye family, including Huo Duan and Huo's father, were almost terribly worried.

He didn't care about the work in the fields and left Huo Xiuling to collect the belongings. Huo Duan had already carried Gu Fengyan across the river and walked a long way away.

A huge fear enveloped him tightly, and his heart felt like it was filled with a wet stone.

"Ayan, Ayan!" He no longer cared about anything else. With sweat on his forehead, he carried Gu Fengyan and ran towards Liang Chengze's house at the entrance of the village. He didn't even have time to say a word... The person in his arms had pale lips and closed eyes, and could not hear what he said at all.

The more anxious you are, the more mistakes you are likely to make. You should stay calm at times like this... Huo Duan knows this very well.

But the woman had her eyes closed and was unconscious in his arms, and no matter how calm he tried, he couldn't calm down.

What if something goes wrong with Gu Fengyan...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and beads of sweat the size of beans slid down his temples.

However, when he arrived at Liang Chengze's house, he found the door closed and there was no sound at all. Huo Duan was immediately devastated... Liang Chengze was not there!

"Ayan..." He called twice again, but the person in his arms still did not respond.

If there was a car at this moment, it would have been in time to take them to the county, but they had no horse-drawn carriage to drive back to the village this time.

As luck would have it, the weather was fine just now, but at this moment a strong wind blew up, the branches hit each other, making snapping sounds, and the leaves fell down in large bundles, covering the ground... The sun disappeared completely, and was replaced by low gray clouds that were about to fall.

It's going to rain soon.

The road to the county is all dirt. If it rains again, it will be all over!

Huo Duan took two deep breaths, forced himself to remain calm, took off his coat and wrapped it around Gu Fengyan, then made a prompt decision and headed for the Xue family.

Just as he took two steps, he saw two figures driving an ox cart in.

The ox cart stopped in front of Huo Duan, with Xue Da and Ye Shan on it.

Ye Shan threw down the step stool and said, "Come up quickly!"

As soon as Yanger fainted, he knew that Huo Duan was going to take him to Liang Chengze's house...but Liang Chengze had gone out to see a doctor yesterday and would not be back until tonight.

Huo Duan didn't know what this was, so he went directly to Xue's house and borrowed the ox cart. When he was trying to save his life, Xue Da also came along.

Huo Duan didn't say anything more and jumped up. Xue Da whipped the ox cart and it drove out.

Huo Duan hugged Gu Fengyan tightly, holding his hand, and prayed with his eyes closed over and over again, "Ayan must be fine, Ayan must be safe..."

The ox cart was too slow and it took an hour to reach the gate of Xinglinyuan.

Huo Duan was in agony every moment of this hour. As soon as he arrived at the place, he immediately hugged Gu Fengyan and jumped down and rushed into Xinglin Courtyard, "Mr. Lin Ru, come, come and see my wife!"

Passersby were forced to scatter by his murderous aura. Xinglin Hospital was not accepting patients at this time. The shop assistant was smart. He recognized that these two were the suppliers of medicinal materials for Xinglin Hospital. Since it involved human lives, he hurriedly took them to the back hall and quickly invited Lin Ru to come over.

While waiting, Huo Duan was getting anxious, and Ye Shan, who was standing beside him, also had a serious look on his face. The room was dead silent.

When Lin Ru heard that it was a matter of life and death, he didn't delay at all and came with the medicine box.

"Mr. Lin, please go and take a look at A Yan. He suddenly fainted for some reason... Please go and take a look at him..." Huo Duan spoke incoherently, his voice shaking as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

Lin Ru had seen a lot of big scenes before, and he had a calm aura. "Boss Huo, please be patient. I will treat you right away."

After he finished speaking, he pinched Gu Fengyan's wrist for a long while, frowned, then loosened his brows, and then narrowed his eyes, "This..."

Huo Duan was worried, "What's going on? What happened to A Yan?"

Lin Ruyou examined him again and again, and finally opened his slightly narrowed eyes... He was full of joy and bowed to Huo Duan, "Congratulations, Shopkeeper Huo!"

Huo Duan frowned in confusion, "Congratulations"

"Manager Gu's pulse is steady, smooth to the touch, and sometimes round and moist..." Lin Ru stroked his gray beard and said with a smile, "This is a sign of pregnancy! And it's been more than a month!"

"What?!" Huo Duan's mind went blank for a moment, his lips trembled, and he managed to utter a sentence with difficulty, "Ayan, Ayan is pregnant?"

At this moment, the sky, which had been dull for a long time, finally had the first drop of rain, followed by countless drops, and the leaves of the apricot trees in the yard rustled.

The green apricots have just grown, covering their backs with dew in the wind.