Chapter 066
After more than a year of good food and drink, Mrs. Ruhuo finally regained her energy and strength.
The first thing she did after she gradually recovered was to rush over to argue with her husband after Senjuro came running to her crying and told her that her brother had made their father angry again and got beaten.
Even though Rengoku Ruka reacted later and asked the two children to leave first in order to let her husband retain his dignity in front of their son, Rengoku Kyojuro never got slapped in the face by his father again after this incident.
Of course, Rengoku Ruka didn't always spoil her son. She only stood on the side that was right. Because of the incident at home, Rengoku Makijuro was still brooding over the fact that the Breathing of Flame would never be as good as the Breathing of Sun. However, because his eldest son suddenly became "troublesome" and his wife was getting healthier, the family became more and more "lively", so he didn't let it become his obsession.
The days passed one by one.
In the clinic, inside the ward.
The atmosphere in the ward on the first floor of the Demon Slayer Corps' medical clinic today was a little subtle.
This was Qingxi's first reaction when he heard the gossip of the young ladies around him after feeding breakfast to the crows in the crow house and was about to return to the dormitory. Then, out of curiosity, he turned around and stood at the door.
She first glanced at the patients in the surrounding wards, and after noticing that each of them was looking at the person on one of the beds, she also looked in that direction.
Around the bed were three women, some charming, some steady, and some silly, well, cute and stupid.
The three women were all good-looking, with long legs and big breasts. At this moment, they were surrounding the young man with white hair and muscular arms lying on the hospital bed, asking him about his health. The young woman who looked silly and cute even hugged the boy's neck and started crying.
It's just... he's very lucky.
"Oh, you are here to watch the fun too." Harada Shinnosuke's voice sounded behind him.
However, to Qingxi, the voice sounded sour.
She tilted her head and looked up. "Those three...are they..." She thought about it for a while before she came up with a name. "Are they Mr. Uzui's older sister or younger sisters?"
"It's his wife." Harada Shinnosuke rolled his eyes and said coldly.
Qingxi's blue eyes widened in disbelief, "All, all?"
Harada Shinnosuke asked back, "Otherwise, why do you think they are so close?"
Qingxi turned her head and glanced at the four people in the ward who were living with three wives. She murmured in confusion, "Are they willing to share their husbands with others?"
"How could we, as outsiders, possibly know about this kind of thing? But judging by the atmosphere over there, I think it's pretty good." Harada Shinnosuke said as he placed his hand on the top of Kiyoki's head. When Kiyoki looked up, he said gravely, "For a man, having three wives is naturally a happy thing, but for you women, it's like drinking water, you know whether it's hot or cold. If you like someone, don't give your heart to them right away. Instead, keep your eyes open and make sure you know their character first."
Qingxi always felt that something was wrong as he listened.
After she went over the words of the middle-aged man next to her in her mind again, she finally knew where the problem lay.
Putting aside the fatherly tone of the other person, shouldn't the words he just said to me be said by my mother?
Why do you, a grown man, look so knowledgeable?
Qingxi raised her hand and took it off her head. She said, "Don't worry, I will definitely find someone I like and who also likes me. If not, I will definitely not just find someone to matchmake with."
She is confident in herself about this, otherwise she would have found a partner for herself, or even found a physical partner, long ago when she was in the world of gourmet food.
But she didn't, and she didn't want to match them up.
However, Harada Shinnosuke disagreed with her promise, "Then you'll become an old maid. What will you do when you're old and can't take care of yourself?"
Qingxi: "I have money."
How does the saying go, money is not everything, but without money you can do nothing.
If the man is unreliable, as long as she has money, would she be afraid that she won't be able to live alone in the future?
Harada Shinnosuke choked, "But what if you get old and sick and no one takes care of you?"
Qingxi: "I have money."
"if……"
Seeing that Harada Shinnosuke was about to say something, Qingxi interrupted him and said three words with confidence, "I! Have! Money!"
Harada Shinnosuke: "..."
How come he didn't notice that this girl was so stubborn?
"I know, I know. You are still young anyway, and who knows what will happen in the future." Harada Shinnosuke compromised and muttered.
"Do you want to go in?" He pointed inside the ward.
Qingxi shook her head and turned sideways, standing out from the ward door she had blocked. "I just came here out of curiosity."
Now she knew what was happening to the patients in the ward on the first floor, and why the concentration of the sour smell in the entire ward kept rising. After it lasted for a long time, it was fine.
Harada Shinnosuke raised an eyebrow, but in his heart he was sighing that the other party was indeed still a child. Otherwise, who would be so full and have nothing better to do than to come over and join in the fun.
Before entering the ward, Harada Shinnosuke seemed to have thought of something. He stopped and handed her the things in his hand, saying, "By the way, I ate that box of octopus balls a few days ago. It's too hot, and food won't last long before it goes bad. I bought you these instead."
Qingxi took the octopus balls and said, "Mr. Harada, you should also take care of your body. Don't go out without healing your injuries.
The medical lady who is responsible for changing your dressing will be angry if she can't find someone."
"Yes, yes, I understand. I won't go out again until my injury heals." Harada Shinnosuke responded, "Aki, the tone of your voice right now really sounds like those stubborn old pedants."
"It has to be this way." Qingxi lowered his voice even more, sounding even more like an "old scholar." "Every one of them is so troublesome. If I act any more immature, even I won't be able to control these ghost-killing fanatics."
She waved at him with one hand and touched her stomach with the other, "I haven't had breakfast yet, so I'm going to the kitchen to find something to eat."
Harada Shinnosuke was surprised, "It's lunch time in an hour or two, and you haven't had breakfast yet?"
After saying this, he felt that his words had not touched the point, so he continued, "No, aren't you cooking for the crows in the crow house at the back? Why don't you make some for yourself as well?"
Qingxi turned her back to him and walked towards the kitchen, saying confidently, "Mr. Harada, you also said that you made a meal for the crow. Who hasn't felt like eating something they made for a few days?"
What's more, the weather is so hot now, she doesn't want to eat the food she cooked herself.
However, it was a little impossible for her to eat something made by others.
"I'm sorry, Aki, we don't have any breakfast left, but we have some rice balls that I just made. Do you want to eat some?" Riko felt a little worried and amused as she looked at the girl who had a look of despair on her face after hearing that breakfast was gone.
Looking at the plum rice balls stacked in the lunch box handed to her, she shook her head silently, raised the small leaf package in her hand, and said, "Forget it, I'll just eat these octopus balls."
Qingxi, who didn't get to have breakfast in the kitchen, thought about it and went straight to the dormitory. In short, she didn't want to move before lunch time.
Looking at Qingxi, who was half slumped over the table, Kocho Kanae put down her training for a moment and asked, "If you're really tired, it's okay to rest in bed."
"Forget it. I still have to go to the crow house later." Qingxi calculated that she had just laid down on the bed and hadn't had much rest when she had to get up again. It was not worth it. She might as well wait until the afternoon and take a lunch break.
He unwrapped the package, picked up a slightly warm octopus ball with a toothpick, and put it into his mouth in one gulp.
The octopus balls that were eaten after the best time tasted average, with too much batter, the octopus meat was too tough, and the unique fishy smell of fish, shrimp and shellfish became a bit strong.
Overall, this is just something to fill your stomach.
"Sister Kanae, have you blown up the smallest gourd?" Her eyes fell on the gourd in Butterfly Kanae's hand. As she asked, Qingxi glanced around her. Not surprisingly, at her feet, she saw a gourd as big as an adult male's palm. Half of its wall was covered with cracks, and the broken parts fell to the ground.
Qingxi couldn't help but smack his tongue.
Putting aside those people in the magical world who are always talking about superpowers, magic, or even cultivation, in a relatively normal world, if you see someone blowing up a hard gourd, no one would believe it.
But there was such a person right in front of her.
According to Kanae Kocho, blowing the gourd is to better master the full-concentration breathing method.
At the other party's request, she went out and bought her ten gourds ranging from small to large. The smallest one was no bigger than a palm, and the largest one was one meter tall.
Qingxi, who couldn't experience the feeling of blowing up a gourd herself, asked curiously, "Sister Kanae, what does it feel like to blow up a gourd? Don't you feel uncomfortable? It's like taking a deep breath and blowing hard, but you just can't blow it open."
Kocho Kanae tilted her head, her gaze fixed on the ceiling diagonally above her. "It's definitely uncomfortable," she said, smiling gently at Qingxi. "But the excitement after the gourd bursts will overwhelm the discomfort. Then your confidence will increase, and you'll feel like you can blow up a bigger gourd."
Qingxi followed her description and made some connections, and she was able to understand it a little bit.
To put it simply, set each of your goals smaller, and then work towards that small goal step by step. When you look back, you will find that you have completed dozens of small goals that you set for yourself without realizing it.
When you add all these small goals together, you will find that in the eyes of others, they become a huge goal that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Just like when she was just brought to the world of gourmet food by the system.
I don't have much money, the gourmet cells in my body haven't been activated, and the tools I have are those given away by the novice village, the kind that even the big guys wouldn't look down on.
However, she had gradually improved herself from initially being able to collect ingredients at capture level 0 in some small forests and gardens in the city, or in forest attractions that had been fully opened to humans, to later collecting ingredients at capture levels 1, 2, 3... 100, 1000.
Qingxi picked up another octopus ball and ate it, then mumbled, "I think the first person who thought of using the gourd to practice breathing techniques is really amazing.
But it’s a bit of a waste of time.”
Although a gourd only costs a few cents, if this training method becomes popular in the clinic, it won't be a matter of just buying ten or eight on the street.
"Should I clear a small plot of land by the crowhouse and plant gourds?" she muttered, rubbing her chin with her hand. "It's a little late, but I could still try planting some. Once the vines are long, I'll build a trellis for them, a tall one. That way, when they've covered the trellis overhead, they can sit underneath and cool off in the evening."
As for the gourds, the newly grown tender ones can be used for cooking, and when they grow older, they are blown on the gourds for patients who are about to recover but have not yet recovered.
Butterfly Kanae was getting more and more amused and confused. "This kind of thing really depends on the individual."
"That's true." Qingxi nodded, "But I'd better plant a little myself."
Meeting Kocho Kanae's gaze, she gave a sly smile, "Next time when Shinobu-san comes over, I'll let her blow the gourd for free."
Butterfly Kanae was stunned for a moment, then she started to laugh, "Then Ah Xi, you must not let Shinobu know about this, otherwise if Shinobu gets angry, I won't be able to help you."
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