Chapter 130, Medicinal Bath
"Want to soak?"
Yan Wenkai took the medicine bag that Daohua gave him and looked at Yan Wentao hesitantly.
Yan Wentao said nothing and called the servants over to prepare hot water. Then he said, "Don't worry, fourth brother. Daohua won't harm us."
Yan Wenkai: “.”
Did Third Brother trust Daohua too much?
He didn't say that Daohua would harm them. He was just worried that as a little girl, she wouldn't know anything about pharmacology. Even if she read a few medical books, she wouldn't be able to prescribe medicine!
"Aren't you worried that you'll ruin your body? If your body breaks down, we won't be able to practice martial arts!" He couldn't help but take this matter seriously. First, practicing martial arts was his dream; second, as the eldest son of the Yan family, he also wanted to contribute to the family.
Yan Wentao hesitated for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll soak first. If I feel fine after soaking, you can soak next?"
Yan Wenkai immediately glared: "Third brother, what do you think of me? How could I let you risk your life for me? Even if I have to go first, I will be the one to go first."
As soon as he finished speaking, their servants came over with boiling hot water.
Yan Wenkai, who had been so confident just now, immediately became timid and looked at the medicine bag in his hand with a bitter and resentful look.
Seeing this, Yan Wentao grabbed the medicine bag and threw it into the bathtub. Soon, the clear hot water turned into a dark brown medicinal soup.
"Do you really want to soak it?"
Yan Wenkai was still hesitating, while Yan Wentao had already started taking off his clothes.
"I'll soak first!"
Yan Wentao quickly sat in the bathtub.
Seeing his grinning face, Yan Wenkai immediately asked nervously, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yan Wentao shook his head and shuddered before saying, "The water is too hot! If you want to soak, remember to wait until the water cools down before going in."
Hearing this, Yan Wenkai was speechless, and then he stared at Yan Wentao. As long as Yan Wentao showed any discomfort, he would be ready to call for help immediately.
However, apart from the initial grimacing due to the overheated water, Yan Wentao's face slowly began to relax, and at this moment he even showed an expression of enjoyment.
"Fourth brother, you should soak in it too! I don't know if the rice flower medicine bag can promote blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis, and strengthen the body, but soaking in it is really comfortable."
Hearing this, Yan Wenkai seemed to be unconvinced. He struggled for a while, but finally gritted his teeth and sat in his bathtub.
However, to be at ease, he still instructed the servants to keep an eye on their condition at all times and to call a doctor immediately if anything unusual happened.
"Hmm~"
A comfortable moan came from Yan Wenkai's mouth. After soaking in the medicinal soup, he knew that he was wrong. His elder sister did not lie to him. The soreness and swelling in various parts of his body caused by excessive force were really disappearing little by little.
Woohoo~
If he knew the effect was so good, he should have taken out the medicine bag earlier. He had been in pain for several months in vain!
Outside the door, Yan Wentao's servant Tietou and Yan Wenkai's servant Tieshou kept looking into the room. Seeing that their two masters were fine, they started discussing in a low voice.
Tietou whispered, "Should we talk to the Madam and Master about this other young master's martial arts training? He not only hired a master from the medical field to prepare a medicinal bath formula, but also brought a special doctor to take care of him personally."
Tie Shou hesitated. "That's not good. The two young masters didn't say anything themselves. If we bypass them and go to the master and his wife, will we anger them?"
Tietou sighed: "Hey, the two gentlemen don't want to cause trouble for their families!"
Tie Shou: "Who says it's not true? In the past, I really would not have thought that the family wealth of a prefecture governor would be less than that of a county magistrate."
Before he was sold to the Yan family, he worked for a county magistrate in the neighboring state. Because the county magistrate was corrupt, he was stripped of his official position and was sold.
Tietou: "What does this prove? It proves that our master is not greedy and is truly working for the people."
Tie Shou nodded in agreement. It was good not to be greedy. If they were not greedy, they would not be dismissed from their jobs or have their property confiscated. They, the servants, would not be sold here and there.
This time he was betrayed, he was lucky enough to meet the easy-to-serve Master Wen Kai. But if it happens again, who knows what kind of master he will meet?
He had been sold from one place to another since he was a child, and he had seen many servants being tortured to death by their unkind masters.
For people like them, the biggest wish is to meet a good master and live in peace.
Tietou is happier than Tieshou. At least, he knows where his parents and home are. Because of the drought, his family has no way to make a living. As the eldest son in the family, he sold himself. The money he got from selling his body allowed his parents and his younger brothers and sisters to survive.
Master Wentao was a very good person. He almost never beat or scolded him, and he also loved to tend to the fields. He liked his master from the bottom of his heart and hoped that he would be well.
So, Tietou, who was devoted to his master, spoke up: "The same goes for the master and the lady. If the two young masters didn't mention it, wouldn't they know to prepare these things?"
This really isn't Yan Zhigao and Madam Li's fault. Neither of them has ever been exposed to martial arts training, so how would they know about taking a medicinal bath?
Tie Shou's expression changed drastically after hearing Tie Tou's words: "You bastard, you don't want to live anymore? Is it something we servants can say to the Master and the Madam?"
Thinking that the two young masters were almost inseparable, and that he and Tietou would have to stay together for a long time, Tieshou had to remind them in order to avoid being implicated.
"The master treats us well because he is kind-hearted. Don't ever think that we can be disrespectful to him. The Third Young Master also respects the Master and his wife. If you were to make such a plot behind his back, do you think he would still want you?"
Tietou was terrified: "I didn't say anything."
Tie Shou glanced at him and said, "If you want to stay by the Third Young Master's side, just do your own job and don't interfere in the affairs of your masters."
Tietou nodded and assured, "I understand."
The two stopped talking. After a while, Tietou looked into the room again and said, "The two gentlemen have been soaking in the water for quite a while. Why haven't they come out yet?"
Tie Shou also looked over and saw Yan Wentao and the other man sitting motionless in the bathtub. Worried about something happening, he quickly stepped into the room and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
The two men came to the bathtub and saw that Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai had just fallen asleep, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are the two gentlemen okay?" Tietou was a little worried.
Tie Shou: "Look at the comfortable expressions on the two young masters' faces. Do they look like they're in trouble? Quick, help lift them to the bed. If they stay in the bath for too long, they might get cold."
the next day.
Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao arrived at the martial arts training ground refreshed.
"What a loss! If I had known that elder sister's medicine bag was so effective, I would have taken it out and soaked it a long time ago!" Yan Wenkai said with a look of regret.
Yan Wentao glanced at him and said, "If you had told me earlier, how could such a thing happen?"
Yan Wenkai smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject: "Su Hongxin used to beat us up a lot because he was more energetic than us. Today I want to join him!"
Soon, students who were practicing martial arts arrived one after another.
Xiao Yeyang and others were a little surprised to see Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai come so early.
Practicing martial arts is a physical activity and it is very tiring. If you don’t get a good rest after each practice, it will be difficult to recover the next day.
People like Xiao Yeyang naturally have no problem. Their families have taken care of everything for them, including medicinal baths and special herbal meals prepared by their personal doctors. Sometimes, if they train too hard, they will even have special massage and acupuncture, so their bodies will naturally keep up.
But this was not the case for Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai, because the elders in their family did not understand martial arts and did not prepare anything for them.
Although the academy provides rich food for students practicing martial arts, it can only guarantee basic nutrition. The body is not relieved after practicing every day.
As a result, the two of them are always the last to arrive, all because they can't get up in the morning due to body aches. They can persist in doing so every day, which shows their extraordinary perseverance.
(End of this chapter)
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