Futu became worried.

Living alone in this world is too tiring and too difficult.

Logically speaking, Jun Chaoyang should have arrived in Lucheng by now, so why is there no movement at all? Futu frowned as he glanced in the direction of the county town.

Many things in his dreams are different from what they are now.

This left him slightly bewildered, but also relieved.

It was just a dream.

He glanced at Gu Xizhou, the regent of Qi. In the realm he knew from his dream, this regent would fall ill this year, withdraw from the court, and never concern himself with court affairs again.

No matter how the King of Nanyin plotted to seize the court and change dynasties.

Under the pleasure-seeking rule of King Nanyin, the State of Qi deteriorated further and further, and what happened next is still unknown.

But his five-year-old mind was puzzled: why did Gu Xizhou suddenly stop paying attention to state affairs?

The man before me, with his bearing and strategy, doesn't seem like someone who would lose to that old codger, the King of Nanyin.

Thinking about all this, Little Buddha's mind raced, but the blood supply to his brain was insufficient, and his face suddenly turned deathly pale.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Su Jiaoniang immediately sensed that something was wrong with the child.

They picked up the Buddha statue and walked towards Doctor Liu. After taking the child's pulse, Doctor Liu used silver needles to treat the child.

About an hour later, Doctor Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally had the energy to face Su Jiaoniang. He muttered to himself, "Qi and blood deficiency, how come this symptom is getting worse?"

The child is well-fed and well-clothed, so in theory he shouldn't have these symptoms.

"Not hysteria?" Su Jiaoniang asked in surprise.

Dr. Liu nodded, then shook his head.

"He has both hysteria and deficiency of both qi and blood. He looks so tired and overworked at such a young age. Go back and give him some nourishing medicine. I'll check him again another day. If he can recover, then there's nothing to worry about." Doctor Liu said as he began to prepare the medicine for Su Jiaoniang.

Su Jiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief as Xiao Futu's body gradually recovered.

He led the Buddha statue home.

Upon reaching his own door, he was greeted by Gu Xizhou, who was guarding the gate. Gu Xizhou stared at the Buddha statue for a few moments, his expression unreadable, and simply asked, "How is it?"

"We'll talk about it when we get back." Su Jiaoniang's throat was terribly dry and itchy.

While she was reading the book, Lu Futu, a treacherous eunuch in the original work, was a scourge to the country and the people. Although he was ruthless and persecuted the female protagonist in the original work, he also proved the saying that good people don't live long. No matter what crisis Lu Futu encountered in the book, he was still a good person.

Like an unkillable cockroach, it is perfectly healthy and has no problems whatsoever.

Now that she's taking care of the child, she's facing more and more questions about how to care for him.

Could it be that she did something wrong?

Su Jiaoniang's eyes flashed with an unknown sense of confusion.

"Mother, Futu doesn't hurt, don't be afraid!" Little Futu winced slightly, looking up at Su Jiaoniang, whose mother looked terrified.

She was very worried about him! Her hand was squeezed so tightly it hurt, but his love-starved heart felt no pain; in fact, he felt quite happy.

A strange sense of satisfaction made his eyes crinkle into a smile.

Gu Xizhou's gaze fell on Su Jiaoniang's hand holding Futu's, and then on the strange expression on Futu's face. He felt that this family was full of oddballs.

He reached out and pulled the pagoda aside, saying to Su Jiaoniang, "You hurt him."

Su Jiaoniang hurriedly looked down and saw that the child's wrist was red. She reached out and tapped her head a few times before squatting down to apologize to Lu Futu.

Lu Futu glanced at Gu Xizhou with a resentful look.

Nuonuo spoke in a childish, innocent voice, "Mom, I'm fine. I'll be alright after a nap. Don't be sad."

"Don't be sad, Mother will go and make you some medicine." Su Jiaoniang turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Take a look at the jujube trees in the distance. The jujubes on the trees are reddish. People with weak blood and qi, whether male or female, should eat red dates and goji berries.

After picking the jujubes from the tree, Su Jiaoniang made them into sweet jujube cakes to give to the children practicing writing as snacks. She also went to the butcher next door to get two pig livers, as pig liver is considered very nutritious.

The courtyard was filled with the bitter smell of decocted medicine.

Su Jiaoniang turned around and found that Gu Xizhou had appeared outside the kitchen at some point.

He said, "If a renowned doctor is needed, I can help."

Su Jiaoniang nodded: "Okay, thank you!"

After saying that, she carried the bowl of medicine to Lu Futu's side. The child's complexion had recovered by now, and he looked at Su Jiaoniang expectantly.

Smelling the aroma in the air, he obediently reached out, took the dark medicine, and drank it down in big gulps. He glanced at Su Jiaoniang and pouted, "Mother, it's not bitter."

It would be strange if it weren't bitter. Even an adult would find it incredibly difficult to drink traditional Chinese medicine.

Su Jiaoniang took out a piece of jujube cake and put it in Futu's mouth, saying, "Rest for a while. I'll get you some snacks. After you take your medicine, you can eat some snacks so it won't be so bitter."

Futu nodded, closed his eyes, and felt truly happy, at least happier than in his dreams.

Being sick isn't so bad.

However, seeing the sadness in his mother's eyes, he also wanted to get better as soon as possible.

Exhaustion of both mind and body has led to deficiency of both qi and blood!

He understood the hardship; it was probably because he was forced to receive education every night, and during the day he had to study medicine and learn alongside Changsheng.

Exerting too much effort will lead to deficiency of both qi and blood.

However, he didn't want to tell anyone about the things that happened in his dreams.

Looking at Su Jiaoniang, Xiao Futu said, "Mother, I don't want to study tomorrow. I want to go to the county town to play. Is that okay?"

“Okay!” Su Jiaoniang nodded. Sick children can be given special care.

Fu Tu fell asleep peacefully. Su Jiaoniang glanced at the large ginseng in her house and headed towards Doctor Liu's house again.

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