Chapter 294: Thoughts are more precious than horses
When Sui Liang went to the livestock pen to lead the camel, he recognized the black horse without its outer coat at a glance. Its smooth body was particularly eye-catching, and its eating movements were elegant, which immediately surpassed his chestnut horse.
"Is this the same breed as the white horse of Mr. Qin? Is it also a Ferghana horse?" Zhao Xiping walked over, carrying his bag. He leaned over through the gate to carefully examine the black horse and asked, "Is this ours or the Song family's?"
"Yours." Sui Liang was filled with envy. "This is what my sister bought for you. Don't you know?"
Zhao Xiping looked at Sui Yu, and Sui Yu nodded.
"A hero deserves a BMW. I think this horse suits you."
The man blushed. This was embarrassing. He felt ashamed. How could a horse compare to him? He looked so pale before this divine horse. How could he compare to it?
"There's no such thing as a hero. If you tell others about it, they will laugh at you." Zhao Xiping turned his burning face away, avoiding the scorching gaze.
"In our family, you're a hero. You saved us from this quagmire, so how can you not be considered a hero?" Sui Yu said firmly, "Brother Liang, what do you think?"
Sui Liang's expression was serious. He nodded willingly and admitted, "In my heart, my brother-in-law is a hero."
Zhao Xiping was silent, his ears were now red. He clenched his fists and tried his best to suppress the joy that welled up in his heart. These sweet words were enough to make his bones melt. He didn't even dare to move, for fear that he would fall to the ground if he took a step.
The kid looked at him and chuckled. He deliberately said loudly, "Mom, my dad is shy!"
Sui Yu patted his head and teased, "Be careful or your father will get angry and beat you up."
Zhao Xiping couldn't help laughing, and he laughed like a rotten persimmon, and a thick slap landed on his brother-in-law's shoulder. He hugged Sui Liang, looked at the mother and son who were also smiling, and said, "The thought is more precious than a horse. Thank you, Shopkeeper Yu."
Sui Yu flirted with him and said, "Let's go. Try the horse some other day. This horse has a bad temper and is arrogant. It won't be yours until you tame it. If it doesn't recognize its master, I'll take it to Chang'an and sell it."
Zhao Xiping looked at the black horse again. He led out three camels, personally helped his wife, children and brother-in-law to ride on the camels, and then they left the inn and went into the city together.
In the clinic, the old doctor felt Sui Yu's pulse and didn't let go until a cup of tea had passed. He looked at Sui Yu's figure, then at Zhao Xiping and the two boys, one big and one small.
"Are you a family?" he asked. Seeing Sui Yu nod, he asked again, "What do you do? The three of them are full of vitality and blood, and you can tell at a glance that they were raised on a diet of rice and flour. And you are pale and skinny, and you work in the fields like a housemaid every day?"
As he said this, he glanced at Zhao Xiping sarcastically.
Zhao Xiping's eyelids twitched, and he lowered his eyes without saying a word.
"No, the Changgui Inn in the north of the city is mine. I've been leading a caravan on business trips these past few years," Sui Yu explained. "Thank you for speaking up, but I'm not being oppressed. I look thin because I just came back from outside the Great Wall a few days ago, and my face is tanned from being sunburned in the desert."
"Shopkeeper Yu? I've heard of him. He's a capable man." The old doctor looked at her again, then picked up the brush to write a prescription, saying, "You need to rest. A woman's body is not as strong as a man's and can't withstand the tossing and turning. You've been running around all year round, and you've been slacking off on eating and drinking, right? You have stomach problems. Resting isn't good either. Look at your man's eyes, and then look at yours. They're yellow. I see your pulse is heavy, and your organs are weak. Not only is your Qi and blood deficient, but your liver Qi is also deficient. Are you worrying day and night?"
Sui Yu stared at him, clenched her hands, and said weakly, "I feel I'm in good health and spirits. Aside from being a little thinner, I don't have any other problems. I think I can recover from these minor ailments you mentioned by eating more and getting more sleep."
"You need to nourish yourself, regulate your body, and rest. These are minor ailments now, but you're taking advantage of your youth and not taking them seriously. When you get older, these minor ailments could be fatal." The old doctor handed over the prescription and instructed, "I'll only prescribe medicine for five days. Come back every five days, and I'll take your pulse and adjust the prescription."
Sui Yu handed the prescription to Zhao Xiping. Seeing his gloomy face, she sighed imperceptibly. After the man took the prescription to get the medicine, she muttered, "You did this on purpose, didn't you? Look how scared he is! I'm going to have to spend a lot of time and effort to persuade him next time I go out."
The old doctor laughed. He put away the pulse pillow and advised, "It's time to rest. Wait until you're well again before going out. I'm not lying to you. If you continue to live one meal a day and starve one meal a day, your body will be weakened and your life span will be affected."
Sui Liang's face turned pale with fright and he almost cried.
Sui Yu quickly got up and left, not daring to listen to the old doctor's nagging. Although she felt sad, she still had a smile on her face. As she walked out, she comforted her brother: "Don't listen to the old doctor. He is scaring us just to sell medicine."
The old doctor snorted coldly.
"Then let's go to another clinic." Sui Liang didn't listen to her.
Sui Yu: "...Forget it, forget it. I'll just drink the bitter soup for a while. I'm not leaving this year anyway. I'll try another clinic at the end of the year."
Zhao Xiping waited in front of the hall for the medicine boy to prepare medicine. Sui Yu went out and waited outside. She looked at the people passing by and kept muttering that she wanted to buy candy, meat, and fried cakes...
"Let's go." Zhao Xiping came out. The bag he brought with him was deflated when he came, and it was almost bursting when he left.
"They're just minor issues. Look how much of an appetite I have." Sui Yu reached out and pushed up the corner of his mouth, saying, "Why are you looking so downcast? I'm not dying. It's just a minor issue. If you don't believe me, go grab ten people on the street. Nine and a half out of ten will have some problem."
"Brother-in-law, don't believe her. The old doctor said it will affect your lifespan." Sui Liang complained.
Sui Yu hit him, "Did you swallow my words? When Master Chen comes back, I'm going to ask him how he teaches his students. I can't even understand what he says." After that, she turned around and explained to the man, "The doctor said that if I don't treat these minor ailments and continue to go out and eat one meal a day, it will affect my lifespan. But I'm already resting at home and taking medicine. I'm definitely not going to die early."
Zhao Xiping pinched her mouth and said something very rude, something about life and death.
"Let's go home." He pushed her.
"Why go home? My son wants to treat me to candy." Sui Yu grabbed the kid and said, "Come on, let's go buy some candy."
As soon as she lowered her head, she saw the boy's eyes were filled with tears. She immediately calmed down, squatted down and said, "Mom promises you that you will take your medicine well, eat well and sleep well, and you will live to be eighty years old and still be full of energy."
"I want to live to be a hundred years old." The boy wiped his tears, held Sui Yu's face in his hands, and said, "Mom, you take a rest. When I grow up, I will go out to trade and make money."
"If you live to be a hundred, you'll become an old witch." Sui Yu picked him up and said as they walked away, "Don't worry, the money I earn is enough for us to spend for the rest of our lives. I don't need you to go out and make money."
"Come down and walk by yourself." Zhao Xiping said, "I'm taking care of your mother's affairs. Stop worrying about it. Take your money and buy some malt sugar. Buy plenty. From now on, you and your uncle will buy the candy your mother eats after drinking the bitter soup."
The boy still believed in his father. After hearing these words, he felt relieved. After he had eaten the candy and after Sui Yu's interruptions, he became happy again. When he heard the sound of camel bells on the road, he cheered and said, "Business is coming."
The caravans from the Xu and Li families entered the city. Sui Liang rode a camel to the butcher's shop and asked the butcher to deliver thirty or forty kilograms of pork to the guesthouse.
After strolling around the city, Sui Yu took the two children out of the city and headed north as the sun set.
"It's my aunt." The kid recognized the person in front of him.
"Third sister-in-law, you're finally back. You've lost weight again." Zhao Xiaomi looked at Sui Yu and said, "You're not leaving this year, are you? Stay home and take good care of yourself."
"I'm not leaving." Sui Yu looked at her belly and asked in surprise, "Are you going to give birth again? When did it happen? Are you going to give birth so soon?"
"You've been gone for two years. What's the hurry? If you were two months later, I would have given birth to this child." Zhao Xiaomi touched her belly and said, "Please don't stay away from me in the future. I've dreamed of you several times, and when I wake up, I'm worried, afraid that something has happened to you."
"Okay, okay." Sui Yu agreed readily, "Are you here to see us? Just turn around."
"I'm not here to look for you. I heard the camel bells and came to see if the caravan needed food." Zhao Xiaomi smiled. "I'm back. I'll ask your brother-in-law to deliver the food later. I don't travel at night."
"I'll come to see you in a few days." Sui Yu said.
"Okay." Zhao Xiaomi stood by the roadside and let the camel go first.
After they passed each other, Sui Yu turned around and saw Zhao Xiaomi, pregnant. She felt a sense of disorientation. After she left Dunhuang last February, the city behind her had become frozen in her memory. The people and events she had been talking about were still the same as they were two years ago. She knew that children would grow up, trees would grow taller, and the elderly would age, but when they actually met, she still felt a sense of emptiness. It was too unreal.
Back at the guesthouse, Li Da Dangjia came over to say hello. He said with emotion: "I just saw Zhao Dangjia. After more than a year, she is happy again."
"I met him on the road too," said Sui Yu.
Li Dazhang nodded, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Do you keep Mr. Song's horses here?"
"right."
"When did you come back?"
"yesterday."
"Oh." Without saying anything more, Mr. Li left.
Sui Yu went to find Xiao Chunhong, and she asked them to go to the clinic to check their pulses the next day and pay for the medicine through her account.
The kid didn't take a nap at noon, so he dozed off with his eyes closed as soon as it got dark, and barely ate a bowl of rice. Sui Liang then took him back to take a bath, washed him clean, put him on the bed, and went out.
"Let him sleep with you tonight while I talk to your sister." Zhao Xiping had just returned. He stopped Sui Liang and said, "Your nephew is not young anymore. It's not suitable for him to sleep with us anymore. Please try to persuade him to sleep in a separate bed from us over the next few days."
"Okay." Sui Liang agreed immediately. When he was his age, he also slept in a separate bed from his sister and brother-in-law.
Before going to bed, Sui Yu pinched her nose and drank half a bowl of bitter soup in one breath. As soon as she put down the bowl, she took a mouthful of maltose. The sweetness diluted the bitterness, and she fell on the bed.
Zhao Xiping dropped the medicine bowl into the basin and washed his fingers, which were stained with malt sugar. He sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "Go inside and sleep."
"Hey." Sui Yu moved, sat up and lay on the man's back, saying, "Come here and let me kiss you. I've been back for two days and I haven't touched a man's mouth yet. Tell me the truth, did you kiss me secretly last night?"
"No."
"Don't tell the truth." Sui Yu leaned over and kissed him.
The situation ignited at the first touch. At the most critical moment, the man resisted and tried to escape. Sui Yu grabbed him and scolded him: "Can't you hold it in anymore? Are you holding it in anymore?"
"You are weak..."
"Weak ass, just try it."
"No, I'm afraid you'll get pregnant." Zhao Xiping pushed her down, "Lie down, I'll take care of you."
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