Chapter 24 Xiao Zhuo's Smile
After treating the wound, Dr. Hua asked, "Young man, how does the wound feel now?"
Xiao Zhuo raised his right arm and stretched it slightly, then nodded and said, "Thank you, Doctor Hua. The wound is no longer serious."
Doctor Hua quickly raised his hand and gently pressed down his arm, his face serious.
"Young man, don't move. Although your wound is temporarily healed, remember not to get wet, and don't use a sword or a knife for seven days. Once the wound is healed, I'll come back and remove your stitches."
Shen Yuexi interrupted, "It will take seven days to dismantle it?"
"That's right." said Doctor Hua.
After giving his instructions, Doctor Hua took out a piece of paper from his medicine box and quickly wrote a prescription. He blew on the ink and handed it to Shen Yuexi, saying, "Take one dose each morning and evening until the wound heals."
"Thank you, doctor," Shen Yuexi happily took the prescription and said to Dr. Hua, "Doctor, I haven't paid you for the treatment yet."
Doctor Hua stood up, put the equipment back into the box, and said, "Two taels."
Shen Yuexi felt bad that Doctor Hua had come all this way to ask for only a consultation fee. She pulled out five taels of silver from her pocket and handed it to Doctor Hua with both hands.
"Don't take so much," Doctor Hua waved his hand, "two taels will be enough."
Seeing that he refused, Shen Yuexi assumed it was just a courtesy. She took back one ounce and handed the remaining four ounces of silver to Doctor Hua: "It's so hot, and you've come such a long way to cure my husband. How can you only give me the medical fee?"
Doctor Hua was a skilled doctor, and since Xiao Zhuo was wearing a mask, he tactfully didn't ask any more questions. Based on these considerations alone, a few more taels wouldn't be excessive.
To her surprise, Doctor Hua still refused to accept it. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I am not short of money, but I have an unreasonable request."
"Just tell me, Doctor." Shen Yuexi responded cheerfully.
"I wonder if there's any powder left from Master Pei's wound. I'd like to take a look."
Shen Yuexi immediately shut her mouth.
Just say, once you tell a lie, you need to tell countless lies to cover it up. She had just told Xiao Zhuo that there were many pharmacies that sold this medicine powder, as if this kind of medicine powder could be found everywhere.
The old doctor exposed her as soon as he arrived.
She was just wondering how to answer when she saw Xiao Zhuo's narrow eyes glaring at her. He said slowly, "I was injured and someone rescued me. When I woke up, that person had already left. As for the origin of this medicine powder, I have no idea."
Shen Yuexi glanced at Xiao Zhuo guiltily, not expecting that this man would help her cover up her lie.
I just don’t know how to find an excuse to fool Xiao Zhuo later.
Doctor Hua sighed in disappointment when he heard this: "What a pity, what a pity, I won't be able to see you."
He sighed, picked up his medicine box and walked out the door, forgetting even to take the medical fee.
Shen Yuexi chased after him and happened to run into Doctor Hua's grandson. She gave him the four taels of silver in her hand and accompanied Feng Zhang all the way to the village entrance.
After returning to the house, she immediately went into the kitchen, wanting to make something delicious herself.
There are two types of single people: those who can't cook and only eat ready-made food, and those who can cook, and cook very well. She is the latter.
It was almost noon when she came back, and she had only eaten a bun. I bought so many delicious things, and it would be unfair to her stomach if I didn't cook a good meal.
The kitchen was steaming hot and the spatulas were clattering. Old Mrs. Feng was cooking. Seeing her come in, she quickly stopped her with a smile: "Madam Pei, the kitchen is cramped, let me do it. I've already stewed the meat and heated up the rice on the stove. If you're hungry, eat first."
Shen Yuexi looked up at the sky. The sun had already moved to the west. She touched her empty stomach, and without hesitation, she went to get some food and brought it to Xiao Zhuo.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Xiao Zhuo leaning on the bed with his eyes closed.
Shen Yuexi called softly, "Husband, it's time to eat."
She had bought quite a bit today, and the meal was no longer watery. There was a large bowl of stewed meat, a plate of scallion-cooked tofu, and two fried eggs.
She and Xiao Zhuo have been in very poor health recently, so they need to replenish their body.
Xiao Zhuo hummed lightly, got off the bed and sat at the paint-chipped table: "Thank you for your hard work these days."
After being thanked so seriously, Shen Yuexi felt embarrassed to just focus on eating and quickly put down her chopsticks.
"It's not hard. My husband has been the one who has helped me escape all the way here. Without him, I wouldn't be alive today."
What she said was all true. There really was no question of who saved whom between the two of them.
The people chasing them will not let them go, so she can only hold tightly to the person who can protect her.
She told Xiao Zhuo what she saw when she entered the city today.
"Your wanted poster is everywhere in the city now, so you'd better not go out on weekdays."
The arrest notice was only posted in important places like the county seat. Remote villages like Daliang Village would not be affected for the time being. This allowed Xiao Zhuo to recover quickly.
Xiao Zhuo's eyes darkened, the corners of his eyes reddened, and the hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly. It was obvious that his worries were brought up again.
Shen Yuexi advised: "Eat a full meal and get a good rest, then we can kill our enemies. Since they won't let us go, we must make them live in unrest."
Who made her go on the path of exile, escape and being hunted down as soon as she came here? Besides the emperor, the people in the Duke's Mansion were also responsible for this evil spirit.
She suffered here, while those people lived a fulfilling life.
They are just hurting each other, who is afraid of who?
She decided to confront the emperor and bit the meat hard, as if to vent her anger.
Xiao Zhuo looked at Shen Yuexi who was angrily eating food across from him, and suddenly a low laugh escaped from his throat, his handsome eyebrows and eyes shining.
Shen Yuexi looked up in confusion, with several question marks popping up above her head.
What she said made Xiao Zhuo laugh.
This was the first time she had seen Xiao Zhuo smile since he was banished and exiled, and his eyes were filled with joy. It was like seeing the blue sky after the clouds had parted, a sudden enlightenment.
Xiao Zhuo smiled and picked up the bowl of rice on the table and started eating.
Shen Yuexi bit her chopsticks awkwardly. Xiao Zhuo even ate with such elegance. And then she looked at herself, her bowl and chopsticks clashing against each other, soup dripping onto the table... it was a horrible sight.
The prince who has received strict etiquette education is different.
She ate slowly, trying not to make any noise.
Xiao Zhuo's wound will take at least a week to heal, so she can use this time to earn some money to cover her expenses along the way.
This is no small amount.
Today she spent more than ten taels of silver in one go, leaving only a little over thirty taels in her hand.
Since the frontier is a poor place, life must be even harder, and it must be extremely difficult to make money there. Although this is also a poor and remote village, it is better than the frontier where chickens don't lay eggs.
After finishing her meal and clearing the table, she took the clothes she had bought today to Old Mrs. Feng.
Xiao Zhuo needed to rest at Feng's house during the day, so she could wander around the village when she had nothing to do, to see if she could use the universal manufacturing machine to make something to earn money.
After Xiao Zhuo recovered from his injury, they would have to set off for the border. Without enough silver along the way, they would be unable to move forward.
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