"I think you've been too idle in Qingzhou, with nothing to do, so you spend all day thinking about these trivial things." Yu Jiao took out the medical box, put the carved willow bone into the drawer on the lower level, and said, "We are brother and sister, so we are closer than others."
Yu Fuling was about to say something when the wind suddenly blew outside the yard, causing the lattice fan to bang. She hurried to the window and closed it.
The maid came in from outside and said, "My two girls, it's windy outside. It looks like the weather is going to change. The mattress on the bed is a little thin. I'll change it to a thicker one for you."
"Thank you." Yu Jiao cleaned up the wood chips on the ground and threw them into the jar for dirty things.
The maid took out a thick quilt from the cupboard in the room, replaced the thin quilt on the bed, and put it in the cupboard.
In just a moment, the sound of raindrops could be heard outside, and the slightly cold autumn wind blew in through the crack in the door.
Yu Fuling shivered in the wind and said with some worry, "I heard that there is not even a bed in the examination room. We can only sleep on the wooden table used for writing essays. It suddenly started to rain. I don't know if I will catch a cold."
"I put medicine for treating colds in Fifth Brother's bag. He has been ill for many years and must care more about his health than ordinary people. Don't worry." Yu Jiao said as she was washing.
Yu Fuling nodded, and then thought of the trip to the lake tomorrow, and said, "I don't know if the rain will stop tomorrow. We have agreed with Miss Yang to go to the lake in the south of the city!"
When Yu Jiao heard her mention Yang Jiyan, she hesitated and said, "Sister Fuling, you'd better not get too close to Miss Yang. If she didn't instruct us, why would that little maid take us to the West Garden that day?"
Yu Fuling currently has a very good impression of Yang Jiyan. "No way? That day, she saw that we both liked to drink osmanthus tea, so she asked the maid to send tea cakes. She ordered the little maid to take us to the West Garden without any grudges. What did Miss Yang want?"
Yu Jiao wiped her face with a handkerchief. She really didn't want to talk about people behind their backs, but just to prevent the incident in Xiyuan from happening again, she said patiently, "The rich families have many tricks in their backyards. Human life is really nothing in their eyes. We should be careful."
Yu Fuling thought of the ferocious look of Young Marquis Gu in Xiyuan last time, and felt that Yu Jiao's words made sense. She touched her still aching abdomen and said with lingering fear, "I'll remember that."
The sound of rain outside was getting louder and louder, like a bucket of water pouring down, making it difficult for people to sleep.
Yu Jiao tossed and turned in bed for a long time but couldn't fall asleep. Yu Fuling on the other side was breathing evenly and had fallen asleep.
Yu Jiao got up, lit a candle, and sat on the soft couch by the window, reading a book for half the night. She didn't lie down on the bed and fell asleep until she was so sleepy that she yawned several times.
When I woke up the next day, the rain had not stopped and was still drizzling.
Yang Jiyan sent someone to deliver a letter to the Mu Mansion, saying that it was raining and it was inconvenient to take a pleasure boat to cruise on the lake, so they agreed to go another day.
Yu Fuling was a little disappointed, but Yu Jiao was very happy. She really didn't want to have much contact with Yang Jiyan.
The rain lasted for three days in a row, the weather turned cooler, and the autumn atmosphere became much stronger.
On that sunny day, a servant from the Yang residence brought a message saying that what Yu Jiao wanted was ready and asked Yu Jiao to go over and take a look.
Yu Jiao greeted Mu Yan, and using the excuse that Madam Yang was feeling unwell again, she and Yu Fuling went to Yang's house again.
After three days of rain, the beautiful flowers in the West Garden of Yang Mansion were now beaten to pieces, and the petals became incomplete.
Yu Jiao couldn't help but sigh, "It's all broken into pieces, but the fragrance remains the same."
Yu Fuling thought she was talking to her, and asked in confusion, "What mud fragrance?"
Yu Jiao shook her head, "Nothing."
A voice came from behind the rockery beside the pond, "What a good poem! Miss Yu is really well-read and talented. She can speak eloquently!"
Yu Jiao looked up and saw Liu Ziqi coming out from behind the rockery. He had an elegant smile on his face. "I only knew that Miss Yu was a good doctor, but I didn't expect that she was so talented. This poem is better than those written by many literati."
Yu Jiao bowed and said, "Mr. Liu, thank you for your compliment. I read this poem from an ancient book, not written by me."
Liu Ziqi was a little skeptical when he heard her say this. He stayed at home all day and had read countless books. If he had seen such a good poem, he would have been impressed.
However, he did not delve into it and said, "The few things Miss Yu wanted have been made, and the blacksmith is waiting in the main hall."
Yu Jiao nodded, followed him and walked towards the main hall of the garden.
Gu Yun was playing with a thin steel knife with great interest. Although the knife looked inconspicuous, he had just tried it and found it to be very sharp.
Seeing Yu Jiao coming in, he stood up, waved the thin steel knife in his hand, and said, "How about giving this knife to me after you use it?"
Yu Jiao looked at the scalpel in his hand and saw that the blade was extremely thin, which was much better than she expected.
She stretched out her hand and said, "This is what I use to treat illnesses and save lives. If Young Marquis Gu likes it, just ask the master to make another one. Why take away what others like?"
Gu Yun snorted coldly, "You are so stingy! It's just a knife. I will leave Qingzhou in a few days. I will give you some money and you can make another one."
Yu Jiao smiled faintly and said nothing, still stretching out her hand.
Liu Ziqi called out Gu Yun's name, and then he reluctantly handed the thin steel knife in his hand to Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao rubbed the tip of the knife with her fingertips. Seeing her move, Gu Yun hurriedly shouted, "Be careful! I just tried this blade, it's very sharp."
Yu Jiao raised her fingers and skillfully spun the scalpel in her palm. The corners of her lips curved up as she looked at Gu Yun with a smile.
Seeing the thin steel knife in her hand, Gu Yun treated it like a toy. He subconsciously clenched his palm, covering the scratch on his palm like an idiot trying to cover up the bell. A faint blush of shame and anger appeared on his face.
Yu Jiao has been touching the scalpel since she was a child and is so familiar with it that it feels like a part of her body.
Ever since she could remember, her grandfather forced her to dissect various animal corpses. With a scalpel in her hand, she could even make a flower, so how could she be cut by it?
"Girl, take a look at these items. If there is anything wrong with them, I can take them back and forge them again." The sturdy blacksmith spoke from the side, with a nervous look on his face as if he was waiting for inspection.
Yu Jiao looked at the other objects on the table. She first picked up the surgical forceps and tried them. The forceps were not delicate enough, but it did not affect their use.
Several curved needles of different sizes lay on a piece of cloth. Yu Jiao looked through all the round needles and angle needles. Many of the round needles could be used, but she only picked out two angle needles.
The strong blacksmith explained, "The tip of this round needle is ground, but it has an extra curve compared to ordinary needles, so it is easier to make. The tip of the angle needle is triangular, which is easy to break when hammered, and it is difficult to shape."
Yu Jiao smiled at him and said, "It's enough. Thank you for your hard work, Master."
The sturdy man breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that it works."
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