Sweating profusely from pulling the bellows, Huo Xiaolong seemed to hear someone calling her name. She looked up, waited a moment, but there was no second call, so she continued with her work.
"What's wrong? Doctor Gu, why are you shouting at Long'er like that?"
The old man looked at the pestle in his right hand, which he hadn't put down even while sleeping, and said to the round-faced girl in front of him...
“Little girl, go and find her for me. Tell her that the two little girls in the room have woken up.”
Upon hearing this, Er Ya's dazed eyes lit up, and she quickly replied.
"Alright! I'll go find Long'er right now."
When she arrives, I must give her a good spanking. Although she's not my own child, Doctor Gu really can't stand it anymore. I can tolerate the ginseng and lingzhi causing trouble.
The Thousand Red Fruit was causing such trouble; every now and then, a soft 'thump' could be heard from inside the room—the sound of the Thousand Red Fruit falling to the ground. The sound seemed to hit Gu Shilin, causing him pain.
"Long'er! Long'er! Where has this child gone?"
"I don't know, I just saw her go into the furnace room, I don't know if she's still inside."
Er Ya ran to the door and knocked, speaking softly.
"Long'er, Ping'er and Yousheng are awake."
The hand that was about to swing the sledgehammer froze in mid-air. Before Huo Xiaolong could even open the door, he rushed out the window and asked...
Really?
"real!"
The little dumpling leaped over the window and headed straight for the two-person room. Halfway there, its short legs returned to the furnace room, where it threw back the things it had just made, including the gun blueprints it had drawn earlier, into the fire.
Now that my two older sisters are awake, we don't need these things anymore.
Wait until next time...
No, there will never be a next time in this lifetime!
"sister!"
Huo Xiaolong ran to the room excitedly, and seeing the two little girls who had been helped to bed and settled in, he went up to them and wanted to get close to them.
“No, they can’t move around too much right now, and they can’t withstand your pressure,” Doctor Gu said from the side.
"Oh, I don't want to press it down, I'll just stick it on!"
The little dumpling came to their side, gently pressed her little face against them, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
"Oh dear, why is our Long'er crying?"
"Don't cry, don't cry, we're both fine."
"Yes, I know I won't die. I'll have to watch my Long'er grow up."
Ping'er and Yousheng couldn't even lift their hands on the bed, so they could only use all their strength to comfort the tearful woman next to them.
"I'm just... I'm just scared."
"I'm not afraid anymore~"
Huo Xiaolong nodded, knowing she couldn't disturb them for too long; such serious injuries required rest. After everyone at Fengyue Tower had checked on the two, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing?" Doctor Gu asked, standing up quickly as he looked at the girls carrying bathwater outside.
"Pour some water! This thing's all soaked. Pour it out quickly, tidy up, and go to bed."
Looking at the churning red waves in the bathtub, the old man waved his hand and said softly.
"Good girls, put it down first, listen to Grandpa, put it down."
He discovered that Fengyuelou's online behavior was exactly like Huo Xiaolong's! Their extravagant spending habits were passed down through generations!
"You still need it, Dr. Gu? It's already been used to soak Yousheng and Ping'er."
"Yes, this is all their bathwater."
Doctor Gu nodded and said
"We don't need the water, just get the fruit out for Grandpa, okay?"
The old man was exhausted, and he coaxed the young girls like they were his ancestors, afraid that they would spill the water in the bathtub if they were too quick.
"OK!"
"Xiao Tong, summon all your senior brothers. Anyone who can get to Pingyang County within two days, come here and take all these fruits back. Tell the army doctor over there to mix them with the ginseng-infused water in the clinic, smash the fruits, mix them with the water, and wrap them in gauze around those people."
"Where should I wrap it?" The young apprentice was also exhausted and dizzy, and asked slowly.
"Cover the wound wherever it hurts!!!"
In this battle in Pingyang County, even the King of Hell won't be able to take many lives.
Madam Ye, along with Master Zhan and her sister, were among the few remaining members of the brothel who were still able to move around. The three of them disregarded seniority and, together with the Hou family servants, prepared bathwater for everyone. Those who could bathe did so, while those who couldn't simply wiped themselves down and went to rest.
The moon shone on the willow branches, and a little dumpling, having finished washing up and getting ready for bed, placed something in front of the girl's bedroom door.
Before the group from Fengyue Tower climbed the city wall, all the girls and maids gave Huo Xiaolong their money. They repeatedly told her to take her mother and run away immediately if the city fell.
These girls hugged her and talked to her about their future marriages, telling her not to trust men and to rely on herself in everything. The maids whispered in her ear, telling her to see the world for them, to eat more of their favorite foods, and to share theirs with them, and to live well.
No need for that now, the city has been defended.
Next to each purse was a pot of spiritual spring water. Huo Xiaolong had taken all the teapots from the Hou family, and there were also some in the maid's room.
It's a relief that all my sisters are here.
“Madam He, I know you are very tired, but there are some things I have to say.”
Seeing the elderly man, exhausted, come to talk to her late at night, He Yi assumed something terrible had happened to his family. She quickly invited him inside and then asked...
"Dr. Gu, please tell me what's wrong. I can handle anything."
"I don't know which reclusive medical family you belong to, but even if your family is large and powerful, you can't cause such harm."
"ah……?"
"Your youngest daughter puts jujubes in the bathtub like dumplings. How come you just casually put such a precious thing in her handbag?"
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