Seeing these ashes, Wen Zhaozhao felt the distress of being a mute eating Coptis chinensis rising in her heart. She stretched out her tiger paws to pull open the copper basin and fished out the half piece of yellow paper, blew the dust on it, and stuffed it in her arms with distress.
Early the next morning, Li Shan started chopping firewood in the courtyard, with a strong fire in the stove. His back was hunched, and he silently waved the stone ax in his hand. There were two gaps on the edge of the axe, which looked like he had been using it for a long time.
Jing Yuan didn't want to disturb the couple, so she happened to bump into him and felt a little embarrassed. His cloud shoes made a rustling sound on the dirt, which made Li Shan look back frequently.
Jing Yuan said hello from afar. He put his long sleeves in front of him and said hello to Li Shan: "Why is Mr. Li here chopping firewood so early in the morning?"
Li Shan straightened up, put down the ax, and banged it on the ground. He stammered, "Zhenniang hasn't woken up yet. I'll boil water in advance and wait for her to wake up to clean her body."
Jing Yuan understood. He once heard the immortal in charge of marriage say that pregnancy and childbirth are extremely painful for women in the mortal world. From having a child, it is a step into the gate of hell. Thinking of last night, Zhen Niang rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to gasp. Jing Yuan's heart moved.
Unexpectedly, before Jing Yuan could speak, Li Shan first mentioned what happened last night: "The prescription given by the distinguished guest last night was soaked in water and cannot be used this morning. I wonder if the distinguished guest can write another one."
Jing Yuan gave a long "Oh" and was about to agree, but he didn't expect to hear Zhao Zhao running out like a fire, interrupting their conversation.
"My young master is the number one scholar. We are leaving today. Can you afford to pay for being delayed by such a trivial matter like yours?" Wen Zhaozhao put his hands on his hips as if he were a king.
Jing Yuan was a little surprised by the sarcasm that came out of Wen Zhaozhao's mouth. She bared her teeth. Jing Yuan touched her chin and looked at her in amusement. He saw her tiger cub soul with teeth and claws under this mortal skin.
"Anyway, I have already given you one. It has nothing to do with my young master if you lose or destroy it. The money has been paid and we will set off immediately." Wen Zhaozhao had a dull face, and the light in her eyes flickered, longing for Jing Yuan's. Agree,.
Jing Yuan's eyelashes fell, and there was a light smile on the corner of her mouth, leisurely and quiet.
He said: "Yes, we still have to go on our way, so we won't delay any more. We disturbed the husband and his wife a lot yesterday, so I hope Haihan will."
The recipe was easy for him, but Wen Zhaozhao didn't seem to want him to take it out. He put his hands behind his back, pretending not to see Wen Zhaozhao's proud and charming expression.
Xue Ming packed up his things and watched them talking in front of him. He exclaimed: When did Zhao Zhao have such a good relationship with his little master? He must have fallen asleep.
Zhenniang heard the noise outside, dragging her belly slowly. Li Shan had sharp eyes and stepped forward to help her. Zhenniang couldn't bear the pain in her abdomen, and she walked very slowly with every step. Most of her body weight was They all leaned on Li Shan.
"But do you feel uncomfortable again?" Li Shan asked anxiously.
"It's okay, the distinguished guest is leaving, I'll come out to see him off." Zhenniang always smiled, but now she pursed her lips and walked down the steps heavily.
When Wen Zhaozhao saw her like this, she felt uncomfortable again. She felt sorry for the difficulty of being a mother, but she didn't want Jing Yuan's good intentions to be trampled on.
Jing Yuan waited for the two of them to come over and then put his arm around Zhen Niang's wrist. Yesterday's spiritual power had not been resolved and was blocked in the meridians. Even the child's soul breath became weak. He tried to pass on some more. Not only could I not get in this time, but I also forced out yesterday's spiritual energy.
"Madam, have you been to temples and other places today?" Jing Yuan withdrew his hand. Without his strong spiritual power, Zhenniang looked ugly but her abdominal pain stopped.
Li Shan said, "I have never been there. There was a temple in our town decades ago. It is now abandoned and no one has ever set foot in it. My wife has not been able to go out easily since she became pregnant."
This is interesting, Jing Yuan thought, he wiped his hands on his clothes, thought for a while and said: "Madam is too weak, so we need to pay more attention to it. We just need to go to the hospital in the town to get some cold medicine for my brother. , just follow the recipe and buy some nourishing food for Madam."
Wen Zhaozhao sniffed, and as soon as Zhenniang came out, she smelled the pungent smell again, and she spoke with her throat raised.
She dared to take a deep breath only when she went out. There was a big red lantern hanging at the door, with a big red word "happy" posted on it. Wen Zhaozhao took a quick look and saw that every house was like this.
Wen Zhaozhao scratched his head and asked, "Is there any happy event? Why are there lanterns hanging in every house?"
The rows of red lanterns and gray-black walls looked a little scary. The quaint and broad streets were deserted, and there was no life even in the morning.
It's not a happy event, it's more like a happy event or a mourning event.
"Damn boy, don't run away. Come back. Your mother has prepared porridge for you." This was the first person Jing Yuan and Wen Zhaozhao saw on the street when they came to this town. The child looked to be four or five years old. He ran so fast on all fours that the gray-haired old man couldn't catch up no matter how hard he chased.
The child had a piece of cut raw meat in his mouth and accidentally bumped into Jing Yuan's feet. Jing Yuan's face darkened, recalling that he was knocked down by Xue Ming on the first day he arrived in Yingzhou.
The child sat on Jing Yuan and sniffed randomly, peeling off his clothes like a dog plow. Wen Zhaozhao became angry: "Who is this damn kid hitting? Get up quickly."
The child couldn't understand her words, and Wen Zhaozhao became even more angry. She stepped forward, grabbed the child's hind legs, and pulled his body down. The child sensed danger and bit Jing Yuan's wrist with her fangs.
"You are a dog." Wen Zhaozhao did not dare to exert any more force. He held the child's body with one hand and scratched his armpit with the other. He smiled and then withdrew his strength.
There were teeth marks on Jing Yuan's white wrist, and the red and swollen scars were particularly obvious. Wen Zhaozhao looked at the marks several times, holding the child's belly. Although he was small, he was quite heavy.
The old man was panting and finally caught up. He leaned on a cane and complained: "Why haven't I seen you in our town? Why are you blocking the road here?"
Wen Zhaozhao couldn't suppress her anger, and she retorted: "Old man, what do you mean we are blocking you? Can you catch your child without me? If you can't take care of your own child, look at it for my young master."
Wen Zhaozhao threw the child, smashing it into the old man's arms, and sat down on the ground with the child.
Jing Yuan watched from the sidelines, secretly thinking that this town is really weird. The three or four year old children have the aura of more than 20 years old. They still act like idiots and act like animals. Even the loving couple Li Shan and Zhen Niang have secrets. In this way Will Li Shan, who dotes on his wife, destroy an important prescription?
His breathing was heavy, and he suddenly felt a warmth on his wrist. Wen Zhaozhao came closer at some point and breathed into his wrist in small mouths. Seeing that he noticed, he felt embarrassed and turned his head to show off: "I'm just Seeing that you have suffered a terrible disaster, don’t think too much about it.”
As soon as she lied, she started to walk with the same hands and feet. Wen Zhaozhao's cheeks became hot. It was easy to find a medical clinic in the town. It was at the end of the alley. Wen Zhaozhao endured the shame without saying a word to Jing Yuan.
The doctor in the medical center, whose surname was Yang, was holding a female doll in his arms, whose face was somewhat similar to the boy just now. He crushed the medicinal herbs, filled the wooden spoon with medicinal soup and fed it into the female doll's mouth.
Wen Zhaozhao knocked on the counter: "Doctor, please give me some anti-fetal medicine."
Doctor Yang looked at her strangely. Seeing that Jing Yuan was late, he thought they were a passing couple and said angrily: "No."
"A drug store as big as yours doesn't have anti-fetal drugs. Who are you trying to fool? Believe it or not, I'm going to smash up your drug store." Wen Zhaozhao threatened with shaking fists. She wore a jade crown on her head and her black hair was combed into a small pull. The ribbon was tied up, and when she smiled, her little tiger teeth were exposed while the red ribbon was piled on her shoulders.
This babyish face made Dr. Yang frightened. He waved his hand and said, "It's not that I won't give it to you. When you hear this accent, you will be an outsider. If you come to buy medicine, ask around. Where has there been any safe place in Wutong Village in the past ten years?" Pregnancy medicine can be sold, but who dares to buy it? If you don’t want to die, just leave the town as soon as possible. You and your wife are still young and you will have more children."
After speaking, Dr. Yang showed a kind smile to the babbling female doll. He skillfully took out the rattle from the counter and made people laugh. Without waiting for Wen Zhaozhao to ask again, he carried the child to the backyard.
"People here are very mysterious." Wen Zhaozhao shrugged helplessly.
Jing Yuan didn't really want to buy any medicine for the couple. The baby in Zhenniang's belly had weak breath and was already lifeless. Common herbs couldn't save her, but she showed no signs of premature labor.
Jing Yuan's voice was clean and gentle: "We'll find out when we go back and take a look."
Wen Zhaozhao was already used to Jing Yuan's style of letting her explore the origin of the matter by herself, so she didn't ask. The burning smell wafted out again.
Jing Yuan turned his hands twice, and a bag of medicinal materials appeared in his hand. The two returned to Li's house side by side.
Xue Ming overheard Jing Yuan saying that he was cold in the morning. In order to avoid exposing his flaws, he locked himself in the room he shared with Yin He and deliberately sneezed out from time to time.
Li Shan didn't expect Jing Yuan to actually take the medicine back. The medicine bag was still warm, so he knelt down in front of Jing Yuan with a plop.
When a man sheds tears, he doesn't shed them easily, but they are not sad yet. Li Shan, a rough man, burst into tears, kneeling with all his dignity at his feet, waiting for Jing Yuan's response: "Please save my wife, please."
"Li Langjun, please get up quickly, what are you doing?" Jing Yuan had already expected it. He said this, but did not help the person up, standing firmly.
Zhenniang had been hiding. When she saw her husband like this, her heart was full of thoughts. She cried and knelt down with Li Shan.
"What your guest doesn't know is that there have been no healthy children in our town for ten years. The mother will die first when the child is born. Not only that, the child will stop growing when he is three years old, and he will only be an idiot for the rest of his life." Li Shan held Zhenniang's hand tightly, as if afraid of losing something. Their palms were sweating, and they gave each other the courage to support each other. Li Shan continued: "Today's distinguished guest asked me about the temple. Is this temple abandoned?" It was destroyed deliberately."
Wen Zhaozhao thought of the burnt smell he smelled and came to a conclusion in his mind. Listening to their description, it was like a curse. Jing Yuan helped the two of them up: "We will try our best to help if we can."
Wen Zhaozhao saw that the two of them had left. Indeed, there was no shadow left. She transformed directly into her original body. She was not that old among the gods. The tiger cub she transformed into was only the size of Jing Yuan's forearm. She shook her head and smelled the burnt smell. The smell dissipated a lot: "Prince, her child is going to die. I smelled a burning smell from the moment I entered the village. It was especially strong in the Li family. It was also present in the children I met today, but it was very light. They died. It’s been many years.”
"Quite smart."
After receiving Jing Yuan's praise, Wen Zhaozhao's tiger tail was about to rise to the sky. Before she could win, she was pulled into Jing Yuan's arms. She looked at his mouth and said, "Someone is coming."
