Chapter 297 He is very timid
"Liuli, eat peanuts."
Shen Yuexi held a plate of unshelled peanuts in front of the parrot Liuli.
Liuli used her hooked mouth to pick around in the plate, picked up a peanut, and crushed it with a "crunch". With a hook of her flexible tongue, she swallowed the peanut kernel, and the peanut shell fell into the plate.
While Liuli was eating peanuts, Shen Yuexi smiled and reached out to stroke its blue back feathers from head to toe.
Liuli tilted her head and rubbed it against the back of her hand, saying, "Yuexi, good luck."
"Is your head itchy?" Shen Yuexi bent her fingers and scratched Liuli's head. Liuli squinted her eyes, looking very happy.
She couldn't let go of this large parrot. It didn't need to be caged, and it never flew around. Most importantly, Liuli allowed people to touch it. If you tickled its belly, it would even lift its wings and cooperate, being well-behaved and sensible.
I was very sad about losing my thrush, but I didn't expect to get a better one that can talk.
"Sister-in-law," Shen Yuexi turned to look at Su Mo, who was busy working at the table, "Is this the only sentence it can say?"
While Shen Yuexi was playing with the parrot, Su Mo was busy gluing the linen used for the hot air balloon. She was surrounded by scraps of linen, and on the table lay a pair of scissors and Shen Yuexi's special glue, with rolls of linen piled beneath.
Hearing Shen Yuexi's question, Su Mo turned around and smiled, "It can say one sentence, but it will only say it when it sees Beiheng. Let's keep it a little secret. When Beiheng comes, sister-in-law will know."
"Brother, are you really coming?" Shen Yuexi left the parrot, came to sit down opposite Su Mo and put down the plate.
After she finished speaking, she felt a little regretful. No matter what she was thinking, she shouldn't have said it in front of Beiheng's wife. It was as if she didn't want Xiao Beiheng to come over.
To hide her embarrassment, she took up a large piece of linen and began to cut the edges with scissors.
Su Mo raised her sleeve to wipe her forehead: "Of course, this macaw was bought by Bei Heng for sister-in-law. He treated you too harshly before because he didn't know the truth. Now we are all family, sister-in-law, don't take it to heart."
Shen Yuexi recalled how Xiao Zhuo, unaware of the truth, had similarly devised an ambush and burned the King of Qi. Xiao Beiheng had done nothing wrong before. It was just that he feigned ignorance even after knowing the truth. He didn't stop until the King of Qi saw Bai Ling, leaving her with a lingering grudge.
Fortunately, Mei Dai had told her how to deal with it during her trip to Xiliang. Otherwise, if Xiao Beiheng came, she really wouldn't know what to do.
Su Mo seemed to see what she was thinking and continued, "Actually... Bei Heng is not what you think he is. He is very timid."
Shen Yuexi was stunned and put down the scissors and linen.
Su Mo is kidding, right? Such a cruel person, killing people like killing chickens, but you say he is a coward?
At this time, the parrot Liuli flew over and landed on the table, saying to Su Mo, "Yuexi, good luck and prosperity."
Su Mo gave it a peanut and said, "Liuli, go play over there."
Liuli picked up the peanuts and flew away.
Shen Yuexi remembered Mei Dai saying that Xiao Beiheng was still her brother after all, and perhaps he would gradually change. If he was a guest, she should still treat him well.
She said to Su Mo, "So you came here first because you wanted to make a hot air balloon before Qixi Festival, so that you and Beiheng can fly up to the sky and take a look?"
"I've tried many times, but I still can't do it," Su Mo said with a smile, "I just need my sister-in-law's guidance. Bei Heng said he also wants to take a hot air balloon ride. Can we meet the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"
"I can't touch it, I can't fly that high."
After Shen Yuexi finished her reply, she pretended to pick up the needle and thread.
She and Su Mo were busy working together, just pretending. A hot air balloon they had hand-assembled was bound to leak everywhere. When the time came to actually use it, she planned to have Big Bear make a new one. This was going to fly, so she couldn't be careless.
Seeing that Su Mo was busy, she couldn't sit idle and started threading the needle.
I can't get in by going left or right.
She put the thread end in her mouth and took a sip, then raised her hand to thread it towards the sunlight, but still couldn't get it through.
This is bizarre. Her eyesight is pretty good, so why can't she see it right?
Su Mo saw this and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you haven't been sewing for a long time. Let me help you put it on."
Shen Yuexi smiled awkwardly as she handed the needle and thread to Su Mo, saying, "I also practiced as a maid in the Duke's Mansion. It's mainly because I've been living outdoors for a year, so I'm not very good at it."
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"Dad, Dad, don't sleep anymore, there are guests coming."
Hua Duoduo was sleeping soundly on the counter when he was woken up by his little son. He sat up hurriedly and said while wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
"A pulse check costs 300 coins per session, and grinding medicine costs 100 coins..."
The youngest son said in a long tone: "Dad - I'm here to buy medicine."
Hua Duoduo finally came to his senses, sat up straight and looked at the person who came.
The visitor was a tall man, dressed in black, even his cape, his features hidden beneath the hood. But judging by the delicate contours of his jaw and lips, he was a handsome young man. The jade belt around his waist was clearly worth a fortune, and the dangling sword had a hilt wrapped in gold thread. The gleaming night-glow pearl on the hilt dazzled him.
This young man is a big customer and is definitely a rich man.
Hua Duoduo waved his hand at his youngest son and said, "Dad has some serious business to discuss with the guests. Don't stay up so late, little one. Go away."
"Dad, Grandpa said that our Shenghetang has just opened, so we are not allowed to overcharge..."
Hua Duoduo raised his hand and pretended to hit the child, but the child stopped talking and ran to the back of the pharmacy.
From beginning to end, the man in black stood in front of the counter and did not speak.
Hua Duoduo chased his son away, then coughed, cleared his throat, and smiled at the man in black, "Children are not careful with their words. This gentleman came to our Shenghe Hall so late, is there something seriously wrong with his family?"
"Well, I need to buy some medicine."
The black-clad man's voice was elegant, but it contained a faint, irrefutable aura.
"Haha," Hua Duoduo rubbed his hands, "It's right for you to come here, sir. In Shengjing, our Shenghetang has the most comprehensive range of medicines. The other pharmacies are..."
"Stop talking nonsense," the man in black interrupted him, "I need some medicine to calm my nerves and help me sleep. Prepare it for me right away."
"So you suffer from insomnia and dreaminess? Then would you like to take my pulse first? I was wrong just now. A pulse check only costs 500 coins..."
“No need.”
Hua Duoduo said in embarrassment, "But without taking your pulse, I don't know the cause of your illness. This medicine has different cold and hot types, so you can't take it randomly."
"I've had a doctor examine me, but they can't see anything wrong." The man in black impatiently pulled out a silver ingot from his pocket and slammed it on the counter. "Hurry up and get it fitted. I want it now."
Hua Duoduo saw the bright white silver, which was worth ten taels, and his face was full of joy: "Master, this tranquilizer and sleep aid medicine must be prepared immediately. If you need it urgently, I will charge you 50% more..."
Another ingot of ten taels of silver was placed on the counter.
Seeing the other party was so straightforward, Hua Duoduo didn't waste any more words and turned around to get the medicine from the medicine cabinet behind him.
If the customer refused to let him take his pulse, he would just prescribe some warming and nourishing medicine, the kind that would work no matter what you take, such as wolfberry, codonopsis, etc.
Since they're betting on silver like it's a joke, that prescription originally cost one ounce, but now it's four ounces. If I prescribe five prescriptions, I'll make the full twenty ounces, hehe.
He happily took several kinds of medicine, ground them into powder in a medicine grinder, and wrapped them one by one in paper.
The man in black was getting impatient and took off the hood of his cloak. Hua Duoduo came back with the medicine bag and happened to meet him face to face.
At the first sight, Hua Duoduo's calves almost twisted.
Prince Ping Xiao Beiheng.
He was well aware of the grudge between Xiao Beiheng and Xiao Zhuo. He was also aware that Xiao Beiheng had cut off Shen Lan's wrist. Before Doctor Hua returned, he was still responsible for treating Shen Lan's injuries.
With such a terrifying man standing in front of him, he couldn't remain calm and couldn't help trembling.
What he couldn't understand was why Xiao Beiheng came to Shengjing secretly.
Xiao Beiheng looked at him and asked, "Why are you shaking?"
"Why...why..." Hua Duoduo stuttered. He didn't dare to say that he recognized Xiao Beiheng. In a panic, an idea suddenly came to him, "Master, there is an evil spirit in your body. I saw it and..."
"How did you know?" Xiao Beiheng's eyes lit up as if he had hit the nail on the head. "Can you tell the evil spirits?"
Hua Duoduo was in a dilemma and could only continue to write. Fortunately, he had pretended to be a wizard before in Xiaogang Village, so doing it again was just a piece of cake.
"You don't know, sir. Actually, being a doctor is just a side job for me. I once trained with a master in Baixiu Mountain and I'm quite knowledgeable about... exorcism."
"Can you expel the evil spirit from my body?" Xiao Beiheng asked.
"Master, if I want you to exorcise the evil spirits from your body, I will only charge you one thousand taels of silver. But if I want to eradicate the evil spirits, I will charge you three thousand taels of silver. If you want to do both, the four thousand will be discounted by 20%... four hundred and eighty-three-two... that's three thousand two hundred taels of silver in total."
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