This put Yunling in a bit of a dilemma. The ship had only been sailing for two days, and there was no village or shop in sight. Finding medicinal herbs would be difficult, and there were no fine acupuncture needles available. Moreover, this person was intelligent, so his special ability couldn't be used.
"How does the young master feel now?"
"I feel a tightness in my chest, like I want to vomit, but I can't. It's stuck in my chest cavity, neither going up nor down, and it's very uncomfortable."
"Then I'll massage your acupoints. I'll just touch your stomach or calves. Don't say I'm taking advantage of you or cause trouble for me afterwards."
Lu Yinghuai quickly said no, he would never complain that Yunling took advantage of him, in fact he wished Yunling would take advantage of him.
Upon receiving a response, Yunling first pulled his wrist and pressed it on the Neiguan acupoint, then pressed the Hegu acupoint on the back of his hand, then pressed the Zhongwan acupoint along the lower edge of his chest, and finally pressed the Zusanli and Sanyinjiao acupoints on his lower leg, and the Taixi and Taichong acupoints on his foot.
Lu Yinghuai felt much more comfortable, and then he felt sleepy.
Yunling helped him cover himself with the blankets again, making sure he was completely covered up, like a rice dumpling wrapped tightly for the Dragon Boat Festival, except for his head.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, Yunling took the spittoon that Lu Yinghuai had vomited into the outhouse to empty it. But as she was emptying it, the smell wafted out, and even the candied fruit in Yunling's mouth couldn't suppress the churning in her stomach, and she felt like vomiting too.
It's like being on a boat or in a car together. You're feeling down and dizzy, trying your best to suppress the urge to vomit, but suddenly, someone next to you throws up uncontrollably. The sound of their vomit and the smell of their vomit are like a nightmare that haunts you.
Not only is yawning contagious, but vomiting is too. If one person vomits, the other will feel like vomiting too. Yunling quickly held her breath, and when she couldn't hold it in any longer, she simply put the spittoon in the outhouse and ran out to get some fresh air.
Damn it, all that pork jerky, osmanthus cake, mutton soup, and ginger powder she ate—she's finally paid it all back this time!
Yunling held her breath again, rushed into the outhouse, rinsed and washed herself, and took the spittoon out of the outhouse as if she had won a battle. She returned to the cabin, and out of boredom, she flipped through the book on the top table.
Just by casually flipping through it, she felt that the content was quite profound. When she picked it up and examined it carefully, it was indeed quite profound.
Yunling had no intention of continuing to read, but she inadvertently noticed the circles drawn on the book. She saw that the character "Yun" and other similar pronunciations were circled. This person probably couldn't stand reading it and scribbled on it.
Lu Yinghuai gradually woke up, his cheeks flushed crimson, like a young woman in makeup. He looked at Yun Ling and asked:
"Lingniang, is that alright now?"
"No, you'll break out in a sweat. Go to sleep."
Lu Yinghuai had no choice but to succumb to sleepiness in the end.
Yunling couldn't find anything to do, so she moved a chair to the passageway to bask in the sun. She loved the sun, except for the intense summer sunlight that was unbearable to look at directly.
As the boat moved forward, the sunlight falling on the passageway cast shadows, sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes far, sometimes near, and occasionally projecting the silhouettes of people walking on the planks, just like a revolving lantern, which was quite interesting.
In contrast to Yunling's love for the sun, Lu Yinghuai, who felt as if he were in a furnace, was terrified of sunlight and wanted to hide as far away as possible. He raised his voice and shouted to Yunling in the corridor:
"Lingniang, I'm all sweaty, is that enough?"
Yunling craned her neck to look inside and saw that the man's forehead was covered in sweat. She replied, "Wait a little longer." Then she called out to the outside, "Head镖师, you can boil water now."
Okay.
If Lu Yinghuai was in a furnace just now, then he was now in dire straits. He was very uncomfortable, as if he had committed the most heinous crime in the world and was being punished for it. He loved cleanliness and comfort the most, and being so disheveled at this moment was truly embarrassing for him.
Lu Yinghuai stretched out his hand, and the coolness outside the blankets made him feel refreshed. He hurriedly tried to lift the blankets off himself, but before he could, Yun Ling pressed his hand down and pushed it back down.
"Don't move around too much. You'll sweat a lot when you have a fever, and the more you sweat, the faster the fever will go down."
Yunling placed the back of her hand on his forehead; it was cool and no longer as hot as before.
"Take a hot shower later, dry yourself off, and get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow you'll be the same hypocritical young master Lu again."
Lu Yinghuai was amused by the word "hypocritical". He didn't know what he had done to make Yunling misunderstand him like this. He was clearly a good person inside and out, and it was really unfair for him to be wronged like this.
"Your stomach and intestines are not good. You can drink a cup of warm, lightly salted water every morning. You should also eat less fried and spicy food on weekdays. But these are just polite words of advice. Who wouldn't want to eat something good? We're here to eat, so what else is there to do?"
"Hey, but I heard about a folk remedy. I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know if it works. It's that after you eat fried or spicy food, you should drink lots of water. Water can help everything and it can also extinguish fire. If the heat in your body doesn't rise, you won't get sick."
"That might work too. For example, if you feel like you're about to catch a fever, drink more water. Water controls fire, so naturally..."
Yunling didn't know how long she had been nagging, her only thought was to distract Lu Yinghuai and prevent him from kicking off the bedding. After another quarter of an hour, Chen Jie rolled in a wooden bucket and then poured basin after basin of steaming hot water into it.
Yunling was stunned!
"Good heavens, Chief Escort, where did you get this hot water?"
"It was cooked by opening the stove."
"Start cooking? Then wouldn't all this ice on the ship be..."
Chen Jie poured out the hot water, then added cold water, stirring and testing the temperature as he replied:
"Life and death are at stake. How can ice compare to human life?"
Yunling immediately gave Chen Jie a thumbs up, then instructed him to keep a close eye on Lu Yinghuai and not let him catch a cold these days before rushing back to Uncle Cheng's boat.
"Young master, the water is ready."
"Thank you for checking the ice. Please remove the unmelted ice and drain the water to prevent the fruit from spoiling."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After Chen Jie left, Lu Yinghuai finally got out of bed. He didn't want to wear his wet clothes again. Soaking in the wooden tub, he felt reborn, and Yun Ling naturally came to mind.
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