"Uncle, although I don't have any more ginger slices, my husband and I prepared some Chinese medicine packets before coming to Suzhou. They contain medicine to prevent colds. Would you like them?"
Bi Qiaoan thought for a moment and added, "If you want to use it, it's best to have a professional doctor examine it before giving it to others. Otherwise, I won't be responsible if anything goes wrong."
Liu Yanzhi was overjoyed upon hearing this; it was truly an unexpected bonus.
"It's alright, it's alright. I'll take responsibility if there are any problems."
“In that case, I’ll go get the first-aid kit.” Bi Qiaoan nodded, got up, put on her raincoat hood, and prepared to walk towards the tent.
Liu Yanzhi then remembered that the girl was heavily pregnant. He quickly said, "Why don't you tell Xiao Zuo to go get it? I'm not comfortable with you like this."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "It's hidden quite well, he won't be able to find it, and he also has to help me carry the stove."
“In that case, Xiao Zuo, you hold the girl steady. Even if you don’t carry anything this time, you must ensure her safety.”
"Understood, leader!" Xiao Zuo replied readily, then helped Bi Qiaoan back.
The two remained silent throughout the journey until they reached the vicinity of the tent. Only then did Bi Qiaoan tell Zuo Xiangqun what to take. She then bent down, pulled a bag out of the tent, and rummaged through it to find more than a dozen medicine packets.
That's right. When it first started raining, she was afraid that this would happen, so she put the things that Shen Yanming had prepared into their luggage in advance.
Zuo Xiangqun was stunned when he saw this scene. He thought to himself, how could there be such unconventional people? How many more surprises can this couple bring to everyone?
Bi Qiaoan didn't have time to care about what others were thinking. She picked out six packages, packed them in plastic bags, and then put the tent flap in place before returning to the temporary restaurant with Zuo Xiangqun's help.
"So many?" Liu Yanzhi exclaimed in surprise.
"It's not much. This was prepared as a single serving, and I don't know if it will still be effective after being diluted with water," Bi Qiaoan said awkwardly.
She just realized that the amount of medicine should be different when decocting one bowl and one pot, right?
"It's alright, there's a traditional Chinese medicine doctor over there. I'll ask him before we all use it. Thank you so much, young lady."
Bi Qiaoan waved her hand, "I didn't do anything. By the way, there are two kinds of medicine here, one is to prevent colds, and the other is to prevent heatstroke."
Despite the rain and cooler temperatures now, if the sun comes out tomorrow and the temperature is particularly high, this high humidity can easily cause heatstroke.
"Young lady, you've thought of everything so carefully!" Liu Yanzhi said gratefully. "By the way, did you keep any for yourself? Don't let us use them all and then you don't have any left."
“I kept one pack of each, but wouldn’t you consider keeping one pack of each for us?”
Liu Yanzhi hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to keep one portion for himself and send two portions to the disaster-stricken people.
That completes the six packages.
Before leaving, Liu Yanzhi specifically instructed, "Xiao Zuo, clear out a large pot and brew some traditional Chinese medicine to prevent colds for us. When the guards return, have each of them drink a bowl."
"Understood, Captain Liu." Zuo Xiangqun quickly cleared out the large pot for steaming buns, cleaned it, added water, then opened the medicine packet and poured the herbs inside.
Seeing this, Bi Qiaoan felt a little guilty. Although she knew there was nothing wrong with her medicine, she was afraid that the medicine would not be effective if it was boiled with so much water.
"Sigh, why didn't I ask my husband beforehand whether he was preparing a single serving or a multi-person serving?"
"Sigh, why was I so impulsive back then, revealing the medicine packet directly? Why didn't I wait for Shen Yanming to come back and find out the truth before giving it to him?"
"Sigh, if this medicine packet doesn't work, won't I be in big trouble?"
Bi Qiaoan sighed inwardly, her face contorted in distress. Seeing this, Zuo Xiangqun asked with concern, "Qiaoan, are you feeling unwell?"
Bi Qiaoan shook her head. "It's nothing. I just found out that pregnancy makes me stupid for three years, and I'm afraid I'll do something wrong if I mean well."
After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to immerse himself in his own world. Seeing this, Zuo Xiangqun could only shake his head helplessly, and then used Bi Qiaoan's small stove to boil a pot of ginger soup.
As darkness fell, the rain outside intensified. The rice in the pot was reheated again and again, but the guards still did not return.
Bi Qiaoan was getting a little anxious. A gust of cold wind blew by, and she couldn't help but sneeze. Then she blew her nose and wondered if she had caught a cold.
"Look at you, you prepared so much, and you still ended up sneezing from the cold." Zuo Xiangqun ladled out a bowl of ginger soup and handed it to Bi Qiaoan. "Here, drink some to warm up, otherwise catching a cold will be a big problem."
"I know, thank you!" Bi Qiaoan took the bowl, blew away the rising steam, and then took a small sip. Mmm, spicy.
"What are you thanking me for? The stove is yours, the pot is yours, the bowl is yours, even the ginger slices are yours, only the water isn't yours."
"Besides water, there's also your skill!"
"Ha, what skills do you have with ginger water? You're just teasing me."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said no more. After she drank a bowl of ginger water, she felt her whole body begin to feel warm.
"Don't you feel that the temperature has dropped quite a bit?" Zuo Xiangqun asked.
Bi Qiaoan shook her head. "I just drank ginger soup and I'm sweating all over, so I don't feel much. Besides, there's a stove right in front of me, so I really don't feel it much. What about you? Are you cold?"
"Yeah, I feel like my long sleeves and pants aren't warm enough, and I even feel like I have a runny nose."
"Then would you like a bowl of ginger soup to warm yourself up?"
"Okay, I'll try it. If it doesn't work, I might have to take medicine. I hate catching colds the most. Every time I get one, it takes me more than half a month to get better. Oh my, it's so uncomfortable..."
Just as the two were joking around, a group of people walked over from a distance. They were all pale and haggard.
"We're back! Come quick, let's get dinner ready!" Zuo Xiangqun exclaimed excitedly, and then everyone in the makeshift restaurant sprang into action.
But when everyone arrived, Zuo Xiangqun found them all slumped under the tent, showing no appetite whatsoever. He was worried and asked, "Are you all alright?"
"It's nothing, I'm just tired and a little dizzy. I'll eat after I rest for a while."
"You guys, did you catch a cold from being caught in the rain?"
"I don't know."
"Hey, we have ginger soup and some traditional Chinese medicine to prevent colds. Why don't you have a bowl to warm up and maybe you'll feel better after a good night's sleep?" Zuo Xiangqun suggested.
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