Xia Zheng didn’t mind where he slept, and immediately nodded in agreement.
Lady Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although everything in the new house was ready, it lacked the lived-in feel of their current home, and she had been worried that Xia Zheng might not want to stay there, as if he was being isolated from her family.
"Ah, your uncle," she said. "He’s usually quite well-behaved when sleeping. But once he gets drunk, he doesn’t know how to sleep at night. If it weren’t for his bad leg, I’m afraid..."
Before Lady Liu could finish, Lin Jiaxin seemed to confirm her words were true. While lying flat, Lin Jiaxin suddenly turned over and lifted his leg with a brush. If it weren’t for his leg injury not fully healed yet, he probably would have hit the wardrobe next to him and caused secondary injury.
Lin Yuan and the others watched, dumbstruck, as Lin Jiaxin continued to sleep soundly on the kang, looking at each other in disbelief.
"Just now, did Dad’s leg... move?" Lin Yuan pointed at Lin Jiaxin’s leg, which hadn’t moved much, but had clearly changed position and posture, and looked blankly at Lady Liu.
Lady Liu rubbed her eyes hard and hurriedly sat at the edge of the kang, gently patting her husband’s leg. No matter how much she patted, Lin Jiaxin didn’t move again. Instead, he waved his hand impatiently and mumbled something incoherently.
"Just now, it was right here, wasn’t it?" Lady Liu also couldn’t believe it. It had been more than half a year, and her husband’s leg had never moved on its own. Every time it needed to be moved, it had to be lifted by hands or with her help and moved slowly.
Just now, she had truly seen his leg move on its own, without any hands to support or any external force.
Xia Zheng, however, was the first to react, laughing. "I told you Lao Fan’s medical skills are incredibly good, didn’t I? Now do you believe it? Your uncle’s leg won’t take long before he can walk on the ground. When that time comes, you all should just quietly rejoice, haha."
After hearing Xia Zheng’s words, Lady Liu finally dared to trust her eyes. She didn’t care that the handkerchief in her hand had just been used to wipe Lin Jiaxin’s face; she took it up and began wiping her tears, constantly repeating that they must properly thank the Divine Doctor.
At that moment, Lin Yuan was thoroughly impressed with Lao Fan. He had said that Lin Jiaxin would be able to stand and walk within three months, and now in just over two months, Lin Jiaxin was able to move his legs on his own. It seemed that she needed to urge Lin Ershuan to make crutches for Lin Jiaxin quickly. Once the crutches were ready, Lin Jiaxin would be able to go wherever he pleased.
Coming out of the east room, Lin Yuan first went with Xia Zheng to the new house. Lin Yi stayed in one of the rooms, which he had tidied up himself. This time, as Xia Zheng was moving in, Lin Yuan didn’t think this noble young master would tidy up the kang himself.
Taking up the broom, Lin Yuan carefully swept the newly made kang. Because after the construction was completed, she and her two younger sisters had already cleaned the new house once, there wasn’t much dirt on the kang this time. Almost no dust could be swept out, but Lin Yuan still swept meticulously, fearful of leaving any dust that might make Xia Zheng uncomfortable while sleeping.
Lin Yi, who was sleeping in the adjacent room, had been sent to boil water by Xia Zheng. Glancing over before leaving, he sniffed and thought to himself that this young girl hadn’t been so meticulous when he moved in.
After sweeping the kang, Lin Yuan went back to her room to pick out bedding. Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang had played too hard today and had gone to bed early.
Lin Yuan tiptoed into the room, and among the newly made bedding, she pinched and looked from left to right, choosing two of the softest quilts with the most cotton. Fearing she might dirty them by dragging them on the ground, she even took care to carry the quilts in two trips.