While Mrs. Shen was speaking, Qiao Ruoxi had already walked lightly to Mrs. Shen's front, put her hand through Mrs. Shen's arm, and picked her up.
"Girl, I'm dirty and I'm not light in weight. Please put me down quickly, or I will get hurt!" Old Mrs. Shen was uneasy and kept repeating these words.
Qiao Ruoxi ignored her until she carried Old Lady Shen out of the vegetable garden and gently placed her on a chair under the pergola. She then knelt on the ground and checked Old Lady Shen's legs and feet.
"Oh, what a sin! Girl, don't worry about me. I've made your clothes dirty." Old Mrs. Shen's sweat soaked her clothes. She felt pain and guilt.
"Luckily it's just a dislocation. I'll straighten your bones now. It will be a little painful, so bear with it."
As soon as Qiao Ruoxi finished speaking, there was a "click" sound, and before Mrs. Shen could react, it was over.
"Okay, try to stand up and walk around. Is there any other pain?"
The pain on Mrs. Shen's face disappeared. With Qiao Ruoxi's support, she stood up easily and walked back and forth several steps.
The old lady shook Qiao Ruoxi's hand excitedly and proudly. "Ruoxi girl, you are truly a miracle doctor. I just thought I would have to spend my 70th birthday in the hospital ward!"
The onlookers were also stunned. It was only about ten minutes, and the old lady was fine?
Pei Yaozhou didn't look surprised. He propped up his chin and looked at Qiao Ruoxi, with a slight smile on the corner of his lips.
When Mrs. Shen saw that her leg had healed, she wanted to go back to the garden, which frightened everyone and they all stepped forward to stop her.
"Why are you stopping me? The work isn't done yet, and the dishes are waiting for you in the kitchen. Do you want to starve my Ruoxi?" Old Mrs. Shen put her hands on her hips and spoke with confidence.
Uncle Liao was about to cry: "My old lady, my ancestor, you just got injured, can you please rest for a while? I will collect the vegetables for you, okay?"
Old Mrs. Shen said with disgust: "Old Liao, please stop destroying my vegetable garden. Every time you enter the garden, you either step on my melon seedlings or pull out my vegetable vines. I haven't come to you to settle the score yet. You guys don't know how to do it, so I have to do it!"
The old lady was about to go to the vegetable garden again. Just when everyone was at their wit's end, Pei Yaozhou said, "If you keep arguing, Ruoxi will be back."
Come back? Where did you go?
Everyone was puzzled, so they followed Pei Yaozhou's gaze and saw a slim figure appear in the vegetable garden. It was Qiao Ruoxi.
Bathed in the sunset, the girl looked like an elf transformed from a lotus in a lotus pond, graceful and beautiful beyond words.
Old Madam Shen slapped her thigh and said, "When did this girl go over there? I told you to stop me. How can I let Ruoxi do such dirty and tiring work? Go and call Ruoxi back!"
Liao Bo was stunned for a moment and pointed at himself: "Me?"
"Hurry up, who will go if you don't go?" Old Mrs. Shen looked anxious.
Uncle Liao pointed to the vegetable patch and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll damage the vegetable garden?"
Old Madam Shen slapped Uncle Liao in the face: "It's important to call for help, you're going to tire my granddaughter to death!"
Uncle Liao quickly responded and went. When he reached the vegetable garden, he saw Qiao Ruoxi carrying a basket of fresh vegetables and walking back lightly.
Not a single melon seedling was stepped on, and the basket was full of fresh and ripe vegetables. It was obvious that he was an experienced farmer!
This scene was also seen by Old Lady Shen. She stared blankly for a while. She was originally smiling and cheering, but suddenly her eyes became red.
She walked over to sit next to Pei Yaozhou and sighed, "This vegetable garden, Yun'er came once and refused to come again, but Ruoxi is so skilled at it. What kind of hardships did she suffer in the past..."
The next second, Mrs. Shen's eyes suddenly became serious. She looked at Pei Yaozhou and said fiercely, "Pei Lao San, can you promise Aunt Shen that you will protect Ruoxi for the rest of her life and never let her get hurt again?"
Pei Yaozhou looked at Qiao Ruoxi, his eyes dark as he spoke word by word, "Don't worry, as long as I'm alive, I will protect her."
"Okay, okay, you, Pei Lao San, always keep your promises. With your words, I can rest assured even if I ascend to heaven a hundred years later!" Old Mrs. Shen finally smiled.
After a sumptuous dinner, Qiao Ruoxi and Pei Yaozhou said goodbye to Old Lady Shen.
Before leaving, Qiao Ruoxi gave a talisman she always carried with her to Old Lady Shen: "Old Lady Shen, this is a peace talisman. If you carry it with you, big problems will be reduced to small ones, and small problems will disappear."
Uncle Liao winked at Qiao Ruoxi quietly: "Miss Qiao, the old lady doesn't believe this, you..."
Before Uncle Liao could finish, Old Lady Shen snatched the amulet away, clutching it in her hand like a treasure. She glared at Uncle Liao and said, "Who said I don't believe in these things? Nonsense!"
"But didn't you say that we should believe in science..." Liao Bo felt a little aggrieved.
"What I mean is, we should believe in metaphysics scientifically. Is there any contradiction between the two?" Old Lady Shen said confidently, holding Qiao Ruoxi's hand and repeatedly assuring her, "Don't worry, little girl. I will definitely carry this talisman with me."
Liao Bo:?
Qiao Ruoxi smiled and nodded. After saying goodbye to Old Mrs. Shen, she burped, pushed Pei Yaozhou's wheelchair, and left the Shen family's old house together.
She hadn't eaten so much in a long time, and today, because Old Lady Shen was in a good mood and in high spirits, they all drank some wine.
Qiao Ruoxi drank three glasses of Moutai.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but her alcohol tolerance seemed to have worsened. In her previous life, she would only feel slightly tipsy after drinking a pot of wine, but now she felt dizzy after only three cups.
"Aunt Chen should know that you are her granddaughter." Pei Yaozhou suddenly spoke in the night.
Qiao Ruoxi said "hmm".
"Then what do you plan to do? Go back to the Shen family?" Pei Yaozhou asked.
Qiao Ruoxi didn't say anything. She had once calculated the original owner's fortune and found that the original owner had few relatives except for her ancestors.
She would never go back to the Shen family, but Old Lady Shen...
Thinking back to every little thing that happened at the Shen family just now, Qiao Ruoxi felt a headache.
She strolled on the deserted streets. The long-lost family affection reminded her of the past life, and her thoughts were a little confused.
As she walked, she seemed to see the door to another world.
A thought suddenly flashed through her mind: if she crossed that door, she could go back to the past and see her master, fellow apprentices, and the little emperor...
Is the little emperor still alive? Is he also looking for her?
"Qiao Ruoxi, do you want to murder your husband?" Pei Yaozhou's voice suddenly rang out.
Qiao Ruoxi came back to her senses instantly and found herself standing by the lake. The lake was in front of her and the front two wheels of the wheelchair had left the ground.
Pei Yaozhou's whole body was stiff, he held on to the armrest of the wheelchair tightly, not daring to move.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
