Chapter 4868: Surprised

Outside, a hundred metres away, the iron hammer continued to strike the red-hot iron block with a steady rhythm. What had once been an unremarkable piece of black iron now began to take shape.

Sweat poured down the man’s body, drying and then reappearing in a relentless cycle. He concentrated on hammering the iron and refining the tool, strike after strike, seriously and intently. With each blow of the hammer, a spark flew from the red-hot iron.

Looking at the iron that was beginning to take shape, he clamped it and dipped it into the water. The red-hot iron touched the water and immediately emitted a hissing sound, and the water began to bubble.

He stopped to rest for a moment, wiped the sweat from his face, looked toward the house, and thought for a moment. It had been five days, and he was still a little worried, so he walked back to see how Yueniang was doing.

When he reached the house, he saw the red-clad young lady resting on a soft couch in front of the house, with a snow-white pet curled up in her arms. Song Mi’er was picking vegetables in the vegetable patch.

“Uncle Iron? Do you want to see Yueniang? She should be bathing right now,” Song Mi’er raised her head from the vegetable patch and said with a smile. Seeing him covered in sweat, she put down what she was doing and quickly walked back to the table in front of the house and poured him a cup of water. “Uncle Iron, you’ve been working hard these past few days. Have some water to quench your thirst.”

Hearing Song Mi’er say that Yueniang was bathing, he paused for a moment but did not go in. Instead, he took the water she poured for him and said, “Thank you.”

After drinking the water, he paused for a moment and asked with some concern, “How has Yueniang been these past few days? Is she feeling better?”

Song Mi’er nodded with a smile. “Don’t worry, she’s been fine these past few days! She’s been lying in bed all this time, and today she was allowed to get out of bed and walk around, so you’ll see her after she takes a bath!”

Hearing her words, he felt relieved. He put the cup on the table and waited at the door, listening to the faint sounds of someone getting dressed. He couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. With her condition, wouldn’t it be too difficult for her to bathe and get dressed? What if she slipped and fell on the wet floor? Her body couldn’t withstand a fall like that. The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he called out anxiously from outside, “Yueniang? Are you taking a bath? Be careful of the slippery floor, don’t slip and fall. Just get dressed; I’ll help you dry your hair in a minute, you…”

Feng Jiu listened to his words and couldn’t help but smile, shaking her head secretly.

Before he could finish his sentence, the tightly closed door opened, and Yueniang stood in the doorway. She was dressed in plain clothes, her face slightly red and looking a little embarrassed as she glanced at the man standing in front of the door staring at her. “The ladies are all here! What are you talking about?” Although the two had always been very loving, she felt a little embarrassed when he said those words in front of the two young girls. After all, they were both quite old.

“Yueniang? You, you…how did you become so young?” He stared at her blankly, seemingly unable to recover from his shock.

“The young lady helped me repair my neidan and treat my internal injuries, and my body has gradually recovered. The young lady said that in a month at most, my strength will return to its peak, and my appearance will also return to its prime.” As she said this, her heart was filled with joy. After all, there was no woman who did not want to be forever young and beautiful.