After returning along the secret road and leaving Duxing's house, Lin Jinyan ordered the driver to drive towards Pingyang Lane.
Lin Jinyan got out of the car at the entrance of the alley and told Du Xing to wait in the carriage. Bai Zhi led the way. When they reached the middle of the alley, Bai Zhi stopped and knocked on the door.
A girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, whose clothes turned white from washing, opened the door and smiled when she saw Bai Zhi.
"Sister Bai Zhi, you are here! Come in quickly! Aunt Liu next door gave me a pack of oranges this morning. They are delicious. Come and try them. Who is this?"
Bai Zhi smiled and said, "This is my young lady. She is here to visit your mother-in-law today."
The girl awkwardly wiped the water stains on her hands on her clothes: "So you are the benefactor who saved my brother and mother, please come in quickly."
There is a courtyard with three entrances. A lot of washed clothes are dried on several rows of bamboo poles in the courtyard, and there are several tubs of clothes soaking in the shade under the eaves.
Lin Jinyan followed the girl into the main room, sat on a long bench and looked around. There was no decent furniture, it was old and empty but neatly tidied up.
"Benefactor, please drink water."
Lin Jinyan took it with a smile. It was the cheapest plain water cup on the market, and there was no tea in it.
"My sister is Mr. Han's sister? Is your daughter feeling better today?"
"But I can't bear to have you call me sister. My name is Han Zhen'er, and my benefactor can just call me Zhen'er. Thanks to my benefactor, my mother is getting better these days and can eat something by herself every day."
Lin Jinyan smiled and said: "Stop calling me a benefactor all the time. I call you by your name. You can also call me by my name. My name is Lin Jinyan."
Han Zhen'er waved her hand: "You are the great benefactor of our family. I can't call you by your first name. I'll call you Miss Lin."
Lin Jinyan: "Call it that way if you feel comfortable. Why are there so many clothes in the courtyard?"
Han Zhen'er smiled brightly: "My mother's illness requires good medicine to take care of her slowly, so I wash clothes to earn some money to supplement the family income."
Lin Jinyan: "Where is Mr. Han? But the silver has been used up?"
Han Zhen'er: "I still have the silver you gave me. My mother's illness requires long-term medicine. How can she survive with your charity? She should make money with my brother. My brother is going to Qijia Food Store to carry bags. At this moment, Will be back soon."
Lin Jinyan: "I brought two old wild ginseng sticks to your parents. Miss Han cut them into slices. You can soak them in water and make soup for your parents on weekdays."
Han Zhener took it and thanked her profusely, then took Lin Jinyan into the backyard to visit Mother Han.
After Mother Han learned that her benefactor was Lin Jinyan, she thanked her for a while and was about to get out of bed and kneel down to Lin Jinyan, but Lin Jinyan told her that her life would be shortened.
Mother Han said with tears in her eyes, if Lin Jinyan hadn't rescued Han Qingru that day, neither mother nor daughter would have known how they would have lived in the future, and her old wife would have passed away by now, which made Bai Zhi soften her heart and make her nose feel sour.
"Really! Look what good things I have brought back."
Hearing Han Qingru's voice from the front yard, Lin Jinyan left Bai Zhi to check Han's mother's pulse, and followed Han Zhen'er to the front yard.
Seeing Lin Jinyan, Han Qingru turned to stone for a moment, then hurriedly handed the two fishes in her hand to Han Zhen'er, patted the soil, straightened her clothes, and bowed to Lin Jinyan in an upright manner.
When he learned that Lin Jinyan came to visit his mother with the doctor who treated her last time, she bowed deeply again.
Han Qingru went into the house to see Han Mu. Bai Zhi checked her pulse and said that Han Mu's condition was getting better and she would get better if she continued to take good care of her.
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