On the official road, the old lady was walking side by side with a young and lively woman.
"Auntie, thank you so much for coming to my rescue. If it weren't for your help, my sister would have been in danger."
"There's no need to say all that. You also gave me the medicine and money. It's a blessing for my two girls to be able to try it."
"No, you should thank me. I know exactly how Qiangwei is doing. Even under normal circumstances, she wouldn't be able to handle the fever. Especially since she's on the run right now."
Your medicine is really effective! My Qiangwei's fever went away overnight."
"Hehe, maybe Rose has adapted to the environment while fleeing the famine, which is why she's more resistant to external poisons. Let's not say all these words of thanks. Big sister, I heard you're going to Kansai?"
"Yes, the people in our village, five generations ago, were those who escaped from Guanxi. This time, we simply headed to Guanxi to escape the famine.
Fortunately, the Ryukyu Kingdom you are going to is adjacent to the Kansai Kingdom, so we can visit each other when the time comes."
"That's right, that's right."
This woman is none other than Guan Cuizhu, the current village chief of the Women's Village.
The reason why I suddenly became so close to the old lady was because my youngest daughter Qiangwei suddenly had a high fever and convulsions last night.
At that time, there was no time even to boil the medicine, so in a hurry, Guan Cuizhu carried her daughter to find Xiushui and others.
It happened that Xiushui was not asleep, so she asked her aunt to come out to see the patient. She prescribed the medicine while Xu Yiding watched from the side.
The three of them cooperated well. Xiaogu wrote a prescription after the diagnosis, Xu Yiding reviewed it, and Xiushui extracted the medicine.
In just a few hundred breaths, the medicine was delivered to Qiangwei's lips.
I originally thought that a person with a high fever and convulsions would not be able to drink the medicine, but who knew that the little girl smelled the medicine and actually opened her mouth to drink it.
Guan Cuizhu thought it was strange at the time, but afterward, her daughter started sweating and her fever subsided in a short while after taking the medicine...
She was even more shocked and determined that she had to maintain a good relationship with this family throughout her journey.
The two of them were talking on the road. Behind them, Xu Yiding frowned and still gave instructions to the two friends.
"Ruzhu, you handled the patient well this time, but there is one thing you have to remember.
That is a question of dosage. If you just want to take it as a decoction as usual, you can prescribe the dosage according to last night’s.
But if you ask Xiushui to refine the medicine, you have to cut it in half. The effect is too obvious, and if you cause trouble later, it will be difficult for you to deal with it."
Xiushui nodded. She also felt that the effect had come too quickly. She had been happy at first, but now she felt that the consequences would be endless.
After Xu Yiding finished speaking, he frowned at Xiushui again.
"Xiushui, your talent is indeed amazing, but have you ever thought of any downsides?"
"I understand. The effect is too incredible. If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of it, we will be in trouble in the future.
For example, someone wants to control us and make us help them achieve their goals.
Even if there is no one to control it, if one day the medicine we prescribe does not work quickly for the other party, they will say that we did it on purpose.
Old man, I will definitely be more restrained in the future. Isn’t this just a lack of experience, hehe..."
Seeing that she was smiling and not looking serious, Xu Yiding pointed at her and muttered a few words.
"It's not that I have to care about you, but I just don't dare to suffer some losses.
Once you take it, it may be a lifelong thing for you. So remember, if it is a normal thing, you don’t just need to learn how to prescribe medicine.
It's also important to remember to compare the dosage of medications commonly prescribed to people with the pure medicine you've extracted. Control the balance and find some middle ground.
That is, the drug can take effect, but it cannot take effect too quickly.
It's not that we intentionally delayed the patient's treatment, it's just that...we can't go too far against the laws of nature."
Xiushui put away her playful expression and thanked the old man solemnly.
“Thank you very much. I know you mean well. We prescribed medicine for the villagers earlier, just to solve the problems on the way to escape the famine.
But he never thought that saving trouble now would cause more trouble in the future.
This incident also taught us that we must not take shortcuts in the future. We will always remember your kindness in reminding us."
Xu Yiding felt uncomfortable because of her seriousness.
"If you want to thank me, then give me something delicious, girl. I know you can make it."
Xiushui just smiled foolishly, as if saying, "I don't know what you are talking about. I don't understand. I don't understand."
However, he turned around and took advantage of the time when no one was paying attention to rummage in his modified backpack and pulled out a handful of nuts and a handful of dried meat.
Finally, he took out a handful of spicy strips with improved packaging.
"Here, I'll give it to you. You can eat some secretly. There are so many people here and on the road. I tell you, some people can even smell the food.
It’s the residual taste you feel in your mouth after eating, and people with a sharp nose can still smell it…”
"How perverted is that person? He even came close to my mouth to smell it."
After saying it, I felt that there was something wrong with it.
Xiushui and Ruzhu nodded solemnly, then grabbed him and pointed at Old Lady Zheng.
“Look, did you see that old woman, for example, after we drank the specially formulated energy water for a while, she could still smell it.
So, old man, remember to rinse your mouth after eating, otherwise the old woman will come close to your mouth and smell the food..."
"Stop...please stop."
The old man glared at the two of them angrily, and the food in his hand didn't even taste good anymore.
In fact, when he saw them now, he had no reason to think that an old woman with a wrinkled face was trying to get close to him and intoxicated by the smell.
Damn it, the young wife he married when he was young was very delicate and beautiful. Even if she ran away with someone else later, those women who came to seduce him...
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. The misty rain of the past is not as good as the snacks in my hand.
Having said that, Xiushui is really good at hiding food. How come there are so many delicious foods in her backpack!
However, the old man was very smart. Although he was confused, he never thought of asking.
Just have something to eat, why bother asking so many questions? When people get old, they become hard of hearing and blind, and only by being quiet and content can they be given food as a gift by their parents.
The next few days went smoothly.
The only thing is that as we head towards the capital, water becomes increasingly difficult to find.
Along the way, we found many villages deserted and filled with a foul stench.
It feels like some people die and no one comes to collect their bodies.
Traveling long distances without food is uncomfortable, but without water, it is a matter of life and death.
On this day, the group did not find any water source, and the usual cooking scene was also missing.
After quickly munching on some dry food, they all walked towards the old village chief. Their faces were all grim, and some even couldn't help but burst into tears...
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