Chapter 123
Qingxi's original plan was to go to the headquarters to hand over the medicinal materials to Madam Tianyin, and then come to Butterfly House to see Yaoyan and other people. After staying overnight, she would prepare to return to Xingming on Beiming Island.
However, knowing that Rengoku Kyojuro was injured, I had no choice but to stay here for a while.
During this period, not surprisingly, she was pulled into work by Butterfly Kanae.
"Are you already training people who can perform surgery?" Qingxi, who had just finished an operation in the morning, asked while sitting in the corridor under the eaves.
Shinobu Kocho corrected, "It's not cultivating, it's already been cultivated."
"Then how many of them are ready to start their apprenticeship?" Qingxi didn't care about the details. She just wanted to know the result.
Shinobu Kocho: "Three."
"That's not bad." Qingxi nodded.
Doctors are not cabbages, and what's more, they can perform surgery on people.
Now that three of them have been trained, it can be said that the pressure on Butterfly House has been greatly reduced.
Shinobu Kocho glanced at the clueless Qingxi, and after trying to hold back, she couldn't help but pinch her face. "Why do you think those three people are here? It's because Mr. Yaken wanted to leave here, and wanted to leave with you, the general (emphasis added), so he started training them last year."
Qingxi was originally screaming in pain from being pinched, but after hearing what the other party said, she was also stunned, but then her eyes lit up, "That's good too."
Before Shinobu Kocho could get angry, she explained, "That way, next time Jiro finds an injured demon hunter at night, and the Anbu personnel can't reach him immediately, I can take Jiro and Yakumo to go over and provide first aid."
Tsurumaru and Gyomei can no longer keep using this matter to criticize her.
Shinobu Kocho's anger was about to burst out but was stopped.
Qingxi's idea is very good. Considering Jiro's current bigger body, if he can carry a light adult, then it should also be possible to replace one adult with two light little girls and a boy. In summary, her idea is feasible.
only--
A look of doubt appeared in Shinobu Kocho's eyes.
It's not that I doubt that she and Mr. Yaoyan can't go out to save people together, but I doubt that she, an ordinary person, can go out to save people at night. Even if Mr. Yaoyan has a high level of martial arts, what about her? Is there really no problem?
Not only did the injured not get rescued, but she herself was in danger.
"I have a life-saving amulet." Seeing the disbelief in Shinobu Kocho's eyes, Qingxi patted his chest and said.
Shinobu Kocho: "That amulet? It's useful, but it's a disposable item. What will you do when it's used up?"
"I have saved twelve. Jiro sent five of them to the headquarters a while ago, and I still have seven on me." Qingxi said, but immediately she pounced on Shinobu Kocho as if she had thought of something.
The Butterfly Ninja stood below her, and Qingxi pounced on her and landed directly on her. "You were in danger, and you used the amulet?"
Shinobu Kocho suddenly caught up with her and took a step back, "What are you doing? Don't be so startled."
She threw Qingxi, who was hugging her like a koala hugging a tree, back into the corridor. As if to prevent her from doing it again, Shinobu Kocho stood a little further away from her this time.
She took out an amulet from her bosom and said, "When I was on a mission, I encountered a powerful and defensive ghost. I underestimated the enemy at the beginning. If it weren't for a translucent barrier with a slight golden tint that appeared in front of me at the critical moment to block the ghost's attack, I would have almost died.
Later, when I defeated the demon and took out the amulet to look at it, it looked like this now."
Qingxi reached out and took Shinobu Kocho's amulet and looked through it. She had given it away before the New Year last year. She had carried it with her for half a year and at most it looked only slightly worn out. However, it was definitely not as black as the one in her hand, as if it had been baked on a fire.
Qingxi, who didn't feel any spiritual power from the amulet, took it in his hand, then took out a new one from his arms and stretched it towards Shinobu Kocho, "Your amulet is no longer useful, I'll give you a new one."
Shinobu Kocho thought about it, and finally shook her head and didn't take it, "Forget it, keep it for yourself. Compared to me, you are the one who needs the amulet the most."
"Just take it if I give it to you." Qingxi threw the amulet in his hand towards Shinobu Kocho, "I don't have any here, but you can make your own!"
"By the way, how is the one on Sister Kanae?" Since Shinobu Kocho's amulet had already been replenished, Qingxi asked one more question.
Shinobu Kocho took the amulet and waved at her, "You underestimate my sister too much, she is a pistil, how could she be like me.
Well, I won’t chat with you anymore. I have to go to the ward to check on the patients.”
My elder sister is the flower column. She is responsible for the Butterfly House and needs to go out for patrol every night. This workload greatly reduces her rest time. As a younger sister, if I can help, I will naturally do my best to help.
Just like Butterfly House, if I can do things like arranging and treating the wounded sent by the Anbu personnel, then I will take over, so as to give my sister more time to rest and practice.
After watching Shinobu Kocho leave, Qingxi put away her legs hanging on the corridor and stood up. She walked a few steps to the next room where the shoji door was open.
"Here." Facing the boy resting on the tatami, she placed a new amulet on his forehead. "You should have used up yours by now, so this one is for you."
Rengoku Kyojuro raised his hand to take the amulet from his forehead. Suddenly, he said, "Hmm, Aki's embroidery skills have improved. This amulet is even more exquisite than the ones sold by the shrine."
"Of course." Who doesn't like to be praised? Qingxi is also a little vain.
She sat down next to Rengoku Kyojuro, opened her gourmet backpack and started taking things out.
It was a wooden box the size of two palms, with an embroidery frame with cloth on it and a basket.
"Although I was supposed to be out investigating ghosts, Granny Su ended up keeping me here to learn. But these past six months haven't been in vain. It would be strange if I didn't make progress," she muttered as she unpacked the box. "It's not like I'm clumsy... Besides, if I were, I wouldn't be able to make good wine or cook delicious food... Let me show you the results of my study."
The girl originally planned to lift up the cloth piece by piece to show the lying boy, but the boy seemed very interested in it and sat up, so she simply spread them out on the tatami one by one.
"I haven't embroidered anything big. Granny Su also said that at my age, it would be best for me to start with handkerchiefs. So, Kyojuro, don't expect to see any embroidered clothes or skirts or anything like that. I'm not good at that yet." Qingxi is used to speaking upfront. "These twenty pieces were the first ones I embroidered at Granny Su's place. I think they're okay, but Granny Su criticized me for being useless at the time."
Looking back on the first few days, she still remembers the self-doubts such as “Do I really have no talent at all?” and “I’m sorry, I’m just a fool. I wasted fabric and needle and thread.”
"Hmm, I think Aki's embroidery is pretty good too." Rengoku Kyojuro, who has inherited some of the straight male attributes of the Rengoku family, didn't think there was anything wrong with the flowers embroidered on the handkerchief that Qingxi took out. He scratched his hair and said.
"Originally, I thought so too." Qingxi nodded.
But when she folded the twenty handkerchiefs one by one and put them back into the box, she took out another twenty handkerchiefs and spread them out to show him.
"Now, Kyojuro, do you still think the embroidery you just did is beautiful?" Qingxi asked.
However, Rengoku Kyojuro was stuck for a moment when asked.
I always feel that if I can't answer the next question properly, I might get beaten or something.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Ah Xi, is this something you embroidered later? It seems like you've made rapid progress."
There was nothing wrong with what he said. The flowers embroidered on the previous twenty handkerchiefs were basically either one or two or three, and the color matching was good. However, compared with the flowers on the twenty handkerchiefs she took out now, he knew what was lacking in the previous handkerchiefs.
That is the color saturation of the finished embroidery product.
For example, if the patterns on Qingxi's previous twenty handkerchiefs were embroidered with only five or six, or seven or eight kinds of embroidery threads, then the patterns on the handkerchiefs she took out later were completed with fourteen, fifteen or sixteen kinds of embroidery threads. Whether it was the gradient and transition of colors or the color saturation of the embroidered patterns, they were not comparable to Qingxi's first twenty pieces.
Of course, it cannot be said that the first twenty handkerchiefs were not embroidered well, especially the ones she embroidered later. If you look closely, they are closer to the patterns embroidered on the twenty handkerchiefs she took out later. It’s just that compared with them, the former are still a little worse.
When Rengoku Kyojuro saw the girl give him a look that said "You have good taste", he breathed a sigh of relief.
Qingxi took the twenty handkerchiefs and finally took out fifteen more to show him.
"Hmm." Rengoku Kyojuro picked up one of the handkerchiefs and asked the girl uncertainly, "This is Chijuro and me."
Qingxi leaned towards the young man and nodded, "Yes, Granny Su said that my embroidery of small flowers and grasses was passable, so she asked me to embroider something a little bigger and more complicated.
She said it casually, so I drew it on paper casually. After the shape was finalized, I traced it onto the handkerchief and started embroidering it.
Kyojuro, turn your handkerchief over and take a look."
The boy obediently turned the handkerchief over and saw that the pattern on the back of the handkerchief looked no different from the front except that it changed in direction.
"Double-sided embroidery. Isn't it beautiful?" Qingxi said proudly. "It's just too difficult, and it strains the eyes. I've only embroidered three handkerchiefs like this."
Rengoku Kyojuro nodded: "Hmm, it looks good."
But immediately, he said, "If embroidering this strains your eyes, Ah Xi, you should stop embroidering in the future. You can buy handkerchiefs in shops on the street."
"It's okay. I don't embroider all the time. I just embroider for half an hour, then rest for half an hour," she said. "It gives you a sense of accomplishment after you finish it, but I'm just not very fond of embroidery. I won't make a living from it. It's just a hobby at best, so don't worry about me, Kyojuro."
Qingxi was about to put all the handkerchiefs away, but when she was about to take the one in Rengoku Kyojuro's hand, the other party not only did not return it, but grabbed it tightly.
Qingxi looked at him.
Rengoku Kyojuro looked at her with sharp eyes, "Aki, give this piece to me.
Hmm, it just so happens to be embroidered with me and Chijuro."
Although he didn't know whether his face and his brother's face were as round as the one she embroidered when he was a child, he really wanted this piece.
The one embroidered by Ah Xi is herself and her brother. To round it off, it means Ah Xi embroidered herself. I should keep it well.
Qingxi, who had no idea what was going on in the boy's mind at the moment, agreed after a moment's thought. Not only that, she even picked out a handkerchief from the pile of handkerchiefs she had put away and gave it to him. "Then you can give this to Chijuro later. If your brother has it, how can your younger brother not have it? Be careful that he gets jealous."
Rengoku Kyojuro took the handkerchief she handed him and unfolded it. He saw that it was embroidered with two round owls standing on a branch, close together, with their round eyes open.
Rengoku Kyojuro sighed, "Aki, you really like owls."
"Not at all," Qingxi retorted. "I'm quite fond of all furry creatures, but not those from the Gourmet World. No matter how pretty they are, they can kill people if they attack. Aside from the cubs and those that are not hostile to me, I capture all others and either keep them for myself or sell them off."
"Eh! I'm getting off topic." She looked at his face, then at his flaming hair that seemed to be about to burst out. She said, "This handkerchief is the second double-sided embroidery I made after I embroidered you and Chijuro... Basically, it's from the same series, and it matches you two brothers quite well."
"Thank you. I will keep them well." Rengoku Kyojuro carefully put away the two handkerchiefs and said happily.
Qingxi was surprised: "Huh? If you don't wear it on your body, will you use it when you need it?"
Rengoku Kyojuro said confidently: "Aki, your embroidery is so beautiful, how can I bear to use it."
He paused, his eyes falling on the closed box beside her, "Well, then, Ah Xi, please give me the twenty handkerchiefs you just took out at the beginning, and I will use that..." His voice was low, but it still reached Qingxi's ears.
But before she could open her mouth, someone else spoke first.
"You're such a good fellow, Kyojuro! You actually wanted to eat alone while we were away."
Qingxi only felt the light dim, and the next moment, the small wooden box beside him was taken away by a pair of large white hands.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga angrily glared at the boy, whose cheeks were red after being caught, but then he turned around, sat down next to the girl, and started to act coquettishly with her. "Master, master, I want a handkerchief too, one with double-sided embroidery."
"It's not a good thing, so why do you want to join in the fun?" Qingxi's mouth twitched, but she still took the box from his hand and handed him the last double-sided embroidered handkerchief: "Here, the last one. I only embroidered three, there are none left."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga happily put away the handkerchief embroidered with plum blossoms, but then he rolled his eyes and secretly took Qingxi's box. When the girl gave him a look that said "don't make trouble", he explained: "I told you not to eat alone. We have more than fifty swords in Honmaru."
Qingxi complained: "I also said that I can't afford it."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga held the box tightly, but his eyes fell on the embroidery frame and basket beside him.
"Oh, is this the unfinished screen? Are those purses in the basket? There are so many styles."
"Don't even think about taking it." Qingxi quickly took the basket away. She was also very angry. She had originally wanted to show the results of her work over the past six months, but in the end, she just gave it away for free.
She picked up the embroidery frame and had only embroidered a small corner of the cloth tied to it, which was a persimmon and leaves. The meaning of the whole small screen was taken from "Persimmons bring good luck". It was just because she gave herself the most difficult double-sided embroidery at the beginning, and she was not in a hurry to finish it, so she didn't know when she would be able to finish it.
"If I can persevere in finishing this embroidery, I'm going to keep it in my room and not give it to anyone else!"
What a joke! God knows if she will have enough patience to think about embroidering again after finishing this one, so she will definitely keep this first one for herself.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga smacked his lips as he failed to get the promise from his master to "give him the embroidered small screen as a gift".
But it doesn't matter. When the master finishes embroidering, Sada-chan will be here again. Then Sada-chan can go to the master and act coquettishly.
The master really likes this.
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