"Grandpa, they are here again, what should we do?"
Early in the morning of August 30th, in the dining hall in the front yard of Huazhai at the end of Huaqiao Village, Qiu Ming looked at Qiu Fu helplessly.
Third Uncle Jun is away, and Huang Feifeng and her subordinates have been coming to the house every day for the past two days to ask for the antidote. They were already at the gate of the Hua residence early this morning. But what antidote could the grandfather and grandson have for them?
After breakfast, Hua Xiucai rushed back to the Hua family home at the village entrance to teach the students. Hua's father, who had nearly had a miscarriage, was still recuperating in the backyard, so Qiu Ming didn't dare to disturb him. With no master in charge, Qiu Ming could only turn to his grandfather for help.
"Xiao Ming, don't panic. Let Grandpa think about it carefully..."
Qiu Fu lowered his eyes in thought. A quarter of an hour later, he turned his gaze to Zuo An, who was eating happily but elegantly at the dining table.
"Master Zuo, I wonder what your advice is on how to deal with Huang Feifeng and the others?"
Upon hearing this, Zuo An paused slightly, holding the chicken leg. He glanced at Qiu Fu, whose hair had been thinning since arriving at the Hua residence. He then saw him take another bite of the chicken leg, confirming that it was delicious. Well, considering the two loaches' good cooking skills, giving them some advice wouldn't be a bad idea. Zuo An decided to show some mercy and help Old Qiu and Little Qiu.
"It's just twenty-one pills. Isn't that easy? Rubbing off the mud pills from both of you should be enough, right?"
"Mr. Zuo, you don't know that my grandfather and I bathe and change clothes every day, so we really can't collect so many mud pills. How about... you lend us some?"
"What a joke! I'm a handsome, suave, elegant, and heroic young man. How could there be such a dirty thing on my body?" Zuo An raised his hand and gave Xiao Qiu a slap.
"Then...what should we do? We can't go to the village and borrow from the villagers, right?" Qiu Ming touched his head and looked at Zuo'an with a wronged look.
"Stupid! Wouldn't you be exposed immediately if you did that? Besides, why go so far? Isn't there someone in the front yard who can help you?" Zuo An flicked Qiu Ming's forehead and looked at him with a look of disappointment.
"I wonder who Mr. Zuo'an is talking about?" Qiu Fu was also confused when he heard this.
"Of course it's Xiaobai's nanny!" Zuo An glanced at Lao and Xiao Qiu speechlessly.
"Xiaobai's wet nurse? Could it be that Master Zuo'an is... referring to the two male goats in the sheepfold?" Qiu Ming said in disbelief.
"What else?" Zuo An glanced at Xiao Qiu and continued to gnaw on the chicken leg.
Before, Yu Xiaotian had always been worried that Xiaobai’s appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and the goat milk was not enough. Later, Hua Qingcheng went to Pinglan Mountain to catch a male goat. Now Xiaobai has two goats as his personal wet dad in Hua’s house!
"But... Mr. Zuo, male goats are covered with wool, so they can't be used to make mud balls! Do I have to shave the wool off first?" Qiu Ming looked as if he had suddenly realized something, and then prepared to go back to the kitchen to get a pair of scissors.
"return!"
Qiu Ming had just taken two steps when he was stopped by Zuo An.
"Even though goats can't make mud balls, they can poop! Why don't you go to the sheep pen and pick up some sheep dung and roll it into balls?"
"But... Mr. Zuo, the smell is too strong! After all, Huang Feifeng and the others are not fools." Qiu Fu said with a worried look on his face.
"I call you stupid, but you're just as clueless as a fool! Can't you just go to the medicine room and get some bitter herbs like Sophora flavescens, Gentiana scabra, Coptis chinensis, and Andrographis paniculata, and soak the dung balls in the herbal juice? And then add some other ingredients to color them, and that'll be it, right?"
"Great! Really great! I've learned a lot!"
Qiu Fu was completely in awe of this young man from the Left Bank. After all, even if he lived another sixty years, he probably wouldn't have come up with such a sinister trick!
Soon, Lao Qiu and Xiao Qiu followed Zuo An's suggestion, rolled twenty-one dung balls with sheep dung, soaked them in bitter medicine juice, and coated them brown.
"Butler Qiu, why does the taste of this month's antidote change?" Huang Feifeng and others couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after taking the pills carefully prepared by Er Qiu.
"Of course, isn't the weather getting colder? We've added some tonic herbs for you to gain weight in autumn. They can not only detoxify you, but also strengthen your body." Old Qiu calmly followed the Zuo'an Sect's words to deal with the questions of Huang Feifeng and others.
"So that's how it is! No wonder I felt warm physically and mentally when I took this pill. I wonder if Butler Qiu has any extra pills? Can you give me one?" Huang Feifeng looked at Qiu Fu expectantly.
"You can only take one pill a month. Taking more than that won't help. Besides, the ingredients for this medicine are hard to come by, and the production process is complicated. Do you think it's like cabbage, something you can find everywhere?"
After giving Huang Feifeng and her subordinates a sheep dung ball each, Qiu Fu slammed the front gate of the Hua residence shut. Huang Feifeng, seeing this, could only lead her subordinates away in embarrassment.
At four quarters past noon, after having breakfast, Zuo An returned to the laboratory in the backyard to continue his research as usual, but today there was a young man in his laboratory wearing black clothes and a black scarf covering his face.
"Meet the Sect Master!"
Seeing Zuo An coming back, the man in black immediately bowed to him.
"Tell me, what's the important matter you want to talk to me about?" Zuo An glanced at the man in black and went about his own business.
"Master, the Jade Maiden Sect's number one assassin, Die Fei, died yesterday."
"Oh? Who killed him?" Zuo An was slightly surprised when he heard this, but then he continued with his work.
"He was shot in the heart by an arrow from Feng Cailan, the great general of the Laifeng Kingdom. He died instantly."
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