mtl008 Chapter 674 I Will Not Enter the Palace
Chapter 674 I Will Not Enter the Palace
No one knows what method Wenren Jing used, but as the days went by, Rong Xin's condition really did get better day by day, and even her complexion improved a lot.
Even when she was lucid, she could still say a few words to Lu Yangyang, and she was no longer as incoherent as before.
About half a month later, more than a month had passed since Lu Yangyang and his group arrived in Changyang County, and the hottest time of the year had passed.
The burn scars on Rong Xin's face and body have mostly healed, and her original appearance is gradually being revealed.
But these past years have been too hard, and even if she tries her best to make up for it during this period, it can't hide the deep wrinkles around her eyes.
She was only in her thirties, almost ten years younger than Wenren Jing, but she looked much more weathered than Wenren Jing.
Looking at her, Wen Yu felt as if her face overlapped with the cold and aloof one he had first met, yet it was as if she were a different person, with a different face. Her once bright eyes now seemed to hold only the ashes of a raging fire.
What surprised him most was that Rong Xin actually recognized him once, "Little Wen Yu, it's you!"
Wen Yu's eyes reddened with emotion, but then she heard her say, "How come you've aged so much?"
Wen Yu immediately ran back to his room and spent most of the day fussing over his appearance. He even went to his niece to get the face cream they had just developed, applied it to his face, changed into new clothes, and dressed himself up neatly to see Rong Xin. But Rong Xin didn't recognize him.
After some time, once Rong Xin's condition had stabilized, Wenren Jing personally devised a hypnosis plan and had Wen Qingqing carry it out, while she accompanied her throughout the process.
The first hypnosis session was very short, lasting less than 15 minutes, but after waking up, Rong Xin locked herself in her room for a whole day.
But in any case, it's a good start, at least Rong Xin didn't resist.
In the days that followed, Rong Xin's condition fluctuated, but she was finally more lucid. She was even able to give Wen Qingqing some pointers when she was lucid, which made Wen Qingqing feel flattered. She prepared a lot of questions to ask Rong Xin.
The frequency of hypnosis was not allowed to be too high. About half a month later, when autumn was just beginning, Wen Qingqing hypnotized Rong Xin for the second time.
This hypnosis session lasted longer than before, a full half hour. Afterward, Rong Xin remained unconscious for a long time before waking up. Although she was still mostly unconscious after this, she no longer went mad.
This clearly shows that hypnosis really worked.
The third hypnosis session took place a month later, and this time it lasted even longer; Rong Xin slept through the entire night without waking up.
By this time, Wenren Jing had been in Changyang County for almost three months.
The medicinal seedlings that Lu Yangyang had replanted in the medicinal field have all sprouted, and the new crops they had planted earlier have finally yielded their first harvest.
The potatoes ripened earliest, so Jiang Zhiyi had someone bring over a large basket. It wasn't that she was stingy, but she knew that the fruit could be saved for seeds, so she couldn't bear to waste it. She didn't even leave any for the government office, and only sent this basket to the estate.
Everyone in the village rushed to the courtyard to join in the fun.
Jiang Zhiyi has been going to the fields every day lately. Her once delicate and fair skin, which she had nurtured in Jiangnan, has become much darker from the sun, but she is extremely happy.
He excitedly described to Lu Yangyang and the others how much they had harvested from their one acre of land, and how someone had already tried it and found that it was edible once cooked and very filling.
Wen Qingqing and Sheng Yunjiao were discussing with Jiang Zhiyi the ways to eat and cook potatoes that they had learned from Wenren Jing, while Lu Yangyang was asking Mingxiu for specific data. She was really curious whether this seemingly unremarkable seed was really as amazing as Wenren Jing said.
Mingxiu had a natural talent for numbers, and during this time she had been following Jiang Zhiyi around recording everything. She quickly gave Lu Yangyang a fairly accurate figure: their potato harvest from this one mu (approximately 0.16 acres) was about 2500 jin (approximately 1,250 catties), roughly 20 dan (approximately 10 kg). Lu Yangyang was truly shocked. She knew that the common grain yield in Da Zhao was less than 200 jin per mu, and even in the most fertile areas of Jiangnan, it was only around 300 jin. This 2500 jin was more than ten times that.
Moreover, this is in Changyang County, where the land is barren. A yield of 120 jin of grain per mu is the highest. Jiang Zhiyi mentioned this problem to Lu Yangyang when he came. The annual yield reports show that the average yield per mu is less than 100 jin. The poor terrain and limited arable land, coupled with low yields, are why the people suffer from famine every year.
It's no wonder that such a small county doesn't have many people; it simply can't support that many.
But if all these things they grow succeed, who knows how many people they could feed!
Lu Yangyang and the others were engrossed in discussing the newly harvested potatoes in the yard, completely unaware that Rong Xin had woken up inside the house at some point. She sat there quietly, listening to the sounds in the yard, motionless like a statue.
Rong Xin only spoke slowly after Wenren Jing, who had noticed the commotion, walked in.
"When I transmigrated, this body was fourteen years old. Because I had been sickly since childhood, I was raised in my hometown. Later, I couldn't withstand a cold and transmigrated. At that time, the new emperor ascended the throne, and my eldest brother began to show his talent in the army. My sister-in-law learned from my letter that I was in much better health, so she wrote to have someone escort me to the capital so that we could start discussing marriage. At that time, I thought how absurd this ancient era was. A fourteen-year-old girl, still in junior high school, what did she know about discussing marriage? I refused my sister-in-law and proposed that I wanted to study medicine."
"My sister-in-law didn't understand my actions at all. She even went back to our hometown to bring me to the capital, but my mind was made up. She didn't force me. She just said that there are countless extraordinary women in the world, and maybe I can also shine. So she took the initiative to find a female doctor to teach me. I studied under the female doctor for half a year and learned about the medicine of this era. Then I left home to travel and gradually gained some fame. It was during that time that I met Wen Yu."
“I thought my life would continue like this forever. I even thought that since I was skilled in surgery, I might be able to serve in my elder brother’s army. When I learned that he wanted to launch a northern expedition, I wrote a letter asking to become a military doctor. Although my elder brother scolded me for being silly, he was very pleased to learn that I had been studying medicine. He even made an exception and allowed me to dress as a man and help out in the military camp.”
“Until the emperor revealed his intention to have me enter the palace, my elder brother asked me what I thought. Without thinking, I refused. I thought he was disregarding my wishes, so I ran away from the wedding, saying that even if I never returned to the Rong family in this life, I would never enter the palace.”