Chapter 012
"Aling, take Axi to rest."
He glanced at the girl with blood on her clothes and her bangs stuck together due to sweat, looking tired. Ueno Shinji, who had work to do, called out to Koharu Aya, the old lady from the clinic.
"I understand, Dr. Ueno." Koharu Aya responded and walked over to Qingxi, who was almost exhausted and sitting on the floor. She took her hand and asked gently, "Can you still walk on your own?"
She was just tired, not sick, and could still walk by herself, so Qingxi nodded at Xiaochun Ling.
"Come, follow me." Xiaochun Ling said as she pulled her out of the ward.
"The place we just came out of is the ward area of the clinic. Turning around and going straight down the middle road is the dojo. After the patients recover, they cannot start their missions immediately. They still need our assistance in rehabilitation training. Of course, if you feel like staying in the dojo for too long, you can go to the backyard to fight. There is a lot of space there, and you don't have to worry about damaging the furniture. If you take the road on the right, you can reach Dr. Ueno's office and rest area. Going further in, you will reach the backyard.
The kitchen and bathroom are in the back, so they're easy to find. The area for drying clothes and bedding is in the front yard, which you should have seen when you came in earlier. The second floor is where the wards and some rest rooms for the clinic staff are located."
Koharu Ling was a very good guide. In just the time they walked, she had already told Qingxi the general situation of the clinic.
Xiaochun Ling brought Qingxi to a wooden sliding door. "I heard Doctor Ueno call you Axi, so I will call you that from now on. I believe you will get used to the clinic after staying here for a few days." She pushed open the wooden sliding door. "Right now, I think you would rather take a shower first."
Qingxi looked down at her clothes. Yes, like all the medical staff in the clinic, they would wear a white skirt over their clothes. This way, even if blood splattered while treating the wounded, it would only splatter on the outermost clothes. This way, when changing clothes, they only had to wash the outermost white skirt instead of all the inner clothes, which was much more convenient. In comparison, Qingxi had her clothes all covered in blood because it was her first day and she didn't wear a white skirt over her clothes.
"Do you have a change of clothes?" Xiaochun Ling asked. "If you don't have any, I have a few smaller old clothes here if you don't mind."
Qingxi, who had trouble buying new clothes because she lived with Youta and the others, said, "...I don't mind at all. Thanks for troubling Sister Aya."
Under Koharu Ling's instructions, Qingxi took a small bucket to the kitchen to get a bucket of hot water. Then she went to the well to get two buckets of cold water. When the hot water in the wooden basin was neutralized into warm water with cold water, Koharu Ling also came back with a set of clothes.
Outside the wooden door, Xiaochun Ling took away Qingxi's dirty clothes. She pointed to the clothes she had placed on the small wooden stool and said, "I'll put the clean clothes there. I'll wash your clothes for you. After that, I'll take you to the room where you will rest in the clinic from now on."
Borrowing someone's clothes and bath tub is one thing, but asking them to wash your clothes is a bit too much.
Sitting in the tub, Qingxi crossed her arms awkwardly, "Ah, that, Sister A-ling, I can wash the clothes myself."
Xiaochun Ling closed the wooden door for her. Through the wooden door, her voice became a little muffled and came in. "I'll help you wash your clothes this time. Next time, you have to wash your own clothes."
Listening to the footsteps gradually going away and disappearing, Qingxi felt a little awkward, then began to clean up, and secretly swore in her heart that she would ask Dr. Ueno for leave and go out, and she would buy all the daily necessities for the clinic at once.
As for the daily necessities she had at the temple before? They were all packed into boxes when she moved. Now she asked Yang Tai and the other two to take the two boxes with her.
After all, who knows whether the trainer will prepare things for them in life? Instead of worrying about it, it is better to let them go together at the beginning. It is best if the other party prepares them. If not, it will be their own fault.
After taking a shower, she put on Xiaochun Ling's old clothes. Well, even her small clothes were a little big on her, but it didn't matter. She could just tighten the belt around her waist and the clothes wouldn't fall off.
She poured the dirty water into the drain that Xiaochun Ling had mentioned before twice, allowing the water to flow along the drain all the way to the outside of the bamboo wall. Finally, she went to the well to fetch a bucket of water and came back to rinse the wooden basin she had used with washing water before putting it back in its place.
After leaving the bathroom and going down the corridor, Qingxi relied on his memory to go around from the backyard to the front yard and found Xiaochun Ling in the drying area.
After washing Qingxi's clothes and hanging them up to dry, Xiaochun Ling turned around and saw the person. She looked up and down at the clothes she was wearing and said, "It's a little big, but it still looks good on Axi."
She picked up the wash basin, put it in the utility room, waved to her, and said, "Let's go. Everyone is already having lunch at this time. Let's go eat first. We have to send some to the awake patients later.
These are the duties of a medical professional. As for Ah Xi, you don't need them now that you've just arrived. But starting tomorrow, you'll be doing the same as the rest of us."
Qingxi nodded to show that he understood.
Next to the kitchen is the dining area. It's a bit small, only enough for three or five people to sit and eat. But that's understandable. It's impossible for all the medical staff to leave their posts at mealtime. What if a patient is brought in by the medical staff at that time? That would delay things.
After having a grilled saury lunch with the staff of the clinic, Koharu Ling took Qingxi to show her room. Her room was on the second floor. The medical staff of the clinic all lived in rooms with three people in each. Before Qingxi came, the number of people living here was just right. Now that she came, she would have to live in a room by herself. However, if there were new people coming to the clinic later, her room would be occupied by someone else.
Qingxi expressed her joy at being able to live in a room of her own. Even if someone would live with her in the future, she would be satisfied to be able to live alone for a while now.
After getting familiar with the room, Koharu Ling originally wanted to take Qingxi Clinic to familiarize herself with the road outside. She had just come from the town where she used to live and was not familiar with the terrain in Tokyo. But just now, the members of the Hidden Department sent more wounded people.
"Ah Xi, are you okay going out alone?" Xiaochun Ling frowned. After all, she was about 7 or 8 years older than Qingxi. She was really worried about letting her go out shopping alone. "I hope you won't get lost."
"I'm fine, Sister A-ling." Qingxi assured her, "I'm still a little confident in finding my way, so don't worry."
Qingxi waved to the other person and trotted out of the clinic.
After a stroll on the main street, Qingxi bought the wooden basin she had been longing for, and also bought three towels, one for washing her face, one for wiping her body, and one for wiping her feet, a few sets of clothes, and a pair of shoes.
It wasn't that she had spent all the 90 yen, but because the wooden basins of this era were made of real solid wood, and she bought things one by one, if she bought more, she wouldn't even have the strength to carry it all back.
Maybe she should find a deserted alley and put the stuff in her gourmet backpack first? No, forget it. The alley was shady, and who knew if there was a ghost hiding in there? And what if someone nearby noticed her carrying the basin and then it disappeared and started to stare at her? So she'd better just carry it back.
After walking for a while and resting for a while, Qingxi had never thought that she would be so anxious as she is now. She wanted Atong to come back quickly and think of a way to make her grow ten years older.
"Hmm? Need some help?"
The boy's particularly loud voice suddenly sounded behind him, and Qingxi, who was not mentally prepared, was almost scared to death.
However, even though she was fine, the wooden basin she was holding in her arms fell to the ground along with the things she had put in it.
"Oh! Kyojuro, you scared me." A gentle female voice sounded, and Qingxi's vision was blocked by a shadow. The next moment, the owner who had just spoken was squatting on the ground to help her pick up the things and brushed off the mud on the surface before putting them back into the wooden basin.
"It's a new face, little girl. Did you move to Tokyo with your family?" Rengoku Ruka asked after the boy next to her put the girl's last thing into the basin and handed the basin back to her after looking at her face.
Qingxi blinked her blue eyes, and she didn't answer yes or no. She just pointed to the front of the road she was about to walk on. "I just came here today. I'm currently settling in the clinic in front. I will be a medical staff there in the future."
Rengoku Ruka just took a look in the direction Qingxi pointed and knew the situation of the child in front of her.
"Are you the medical staff who treat injured demon hunters?" Rengoku Ruka rubbed Qingxi's head. Under the other party's puzzled gaze, she explained, "My husband is Rengoku Makijuro, the Flame Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps. I am Rengoku Ruka, and the child next to me with a very loud voice is my eldest son. His name is Rengoku Kyojuro."
The ranks of the Demon Slayer Corps members are ranked from high to low as A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Sin, Ren, and Gui. There is another rank above the A rank, which is the Pillar. The combat power of the Pillar is the ceiling of the Demon Slayer Corps.
"Would you like to come in and sit down?" she invited the girl in front of her. "As an apology for scaring you, Kyojuro."
Qingxi wasn't quite sure what the situation was right now. No, it should be said that the people on this set... well, the people from the Demon Slayer Corps, were they all so... enthusiastic towards their own people?
Ubuyashiki Yoya was like this. He was a good lord, but he came without any subordinates to invite Mr. Beiming Island to join the Demon Slayer Corps. Now, the wife of the Flame Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps is also like this?
The most important thing is that they are both gentle.
Who doesn’t love a gentle big sister?
The old lady loves it too!
Oh, and there's Madam Tianyin. If she gets the chance in the future, she'll definitely go meet her. Maybe she's also a beautiful and gentle older sister...
Qingxi stared at Rengoku Ruhu's face in a daze for a long time. In addition, she was sent to the clinic today, which made Rengoku Ruhu think that the child in front of her might be missing her mother.
Rengoku Ruka's mother-son bond was evident at this moment. He took the basin that had just been returned to Qingxi and took her hand, then stood up. "Come in and sit down. I'll have Kyojuro take you back before sunset."
Qingxi: ...
Sorry, by the time she reacted, she had already been led into the gate by the other party. Only then did she realize that she was standing at someone else's door, so the other person came over to talk to her...
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