"Alright, alright, you don't understand the reasoning behind it, so don't be embarrassed," Qi Zhenzhen patted Qi Yi's shoulder. "Do you understand now? For a woman to be pregnant, it usually takes about a month before her pulse can be felt. You must remember this well and don't make such a blunder again. You'll get married someday, and if something like this happens, someone with a thin skin could be driven to death by you."
Qi Yi nodded with a flushed face.
"Quickly open the doors and windows, it's too hot," Qi Zhenzhen said.
Qi Yi fumbled to open the doors and windows. A gust of cool wind blew in, and the heat on his face gradually subsided.
"In this sweltering heat, with the doors and windows shut, aren't you afraid of causing trouble for your second sister?" Qi Xuanxuan, who was anxious outside, started scolding as soon as the door opened.
Qi Yi awkwardly touched his head and looked at Qi Zhenzhen for help.
"Alright, Xuanxuan, Brother Yi was just a bit disbelieving upon suddenly learning this," Qi Zhenzhen came to Qi Yi's rescue. "It's not easy for the two of them to travel in this heat. Don't just scold them; get them something refreshing to quench their thirst and relieve the heat."
Qi Xuanxuan snorted, turned, and went into the kitchen.
"Amuer, we meet again," Qi Zhenzhen greeted Amuer.
"Hello, Second Sister."
Xuanxuan calls Madam Gu second sister, so he should call her that too, right?
"Don't call her Second Sister, call her Madam Gu," Qi Yi glared at Amuer. How had he promised to behave when they came? Why was he so quick to take advantage?
"Madam Gu is your sister. We are brothers, so what's wrong with me calling her sister?" Amuer retorted righteously.
Qi Yi had just made a fool of himself and was feeling annoyed. Seeing that Amuer was not being sensible at all, he pulled him towards the courtyard. "Whoever's fist is harder, that's who you listen to."
Qi Yi's martial arts were taught by Gu Sinian.
Amuer was good at horse riding and archery, but this was a close-quarters combat.
For a moment, Qi Yi had the upper hand.
Perhaps thinking that his beloved would see him if he lost, Amuer felt a surge of strength and slowly turned the tide.
When Qi Xuanxuan came out of the kitchen, she saw the two of them fighting fiercely, both with bruised faces.
"What are you doing? Do you still want to eat?" Qi Xuanxuan shouted.
Hearing Qi Xuanxuan's voice, Amuer instinctively stopped fighting.
Qi Yi, not conscious of needing to perform well in front of Qi Xuanxuan, punched Amuer directly in the face.
Amuer's face was knocked askew and began to swell at a visible rate.
"Brother Yi, why did you hit him so hard?" Qi Xuanxuan handed the tray she was holding to Ziyan and ran forward anxiously. "Are you alright? Your face is swollen. I'll go get some ice to apply."
Amuer smiled like a simpleton from a landlord's family, his mind filled with the thought: She's caring about me, she's caring about me.
Qi Xuanxuan wrapped ice in a cotton cloth and carefully applied it to Amuer's swollen face. Qi Yi, meanwhile, was eating heartily. "This ice bowl is delicious. What is this red stuff? It tastes like peaches?"
Qi Xuanxuan was annoyed and didn't bother to reply.
"Xuanxuan made peach jam, and this red stuff was also picked by Xuanxuan in the mountains. This ice was made by Master Yuanjue teaching Xuanxuan, using the mountain spring water from the back mountain, which is naturally sweet," Qi Zhenzhen explained.
Peach jam, raspberries, nothing to be curious about.
Qi Yi was curious about the ice-making.
Didn't people usually collect ice in winter and store it in ice cellars?
He had never heard of making ice in the middle of summer.