Chapter 10 Learning
Shen Yafei looked at Iron Butterfly's face and knew, "Hey~" sighed helplessly.
Shen Yafei lit a fire on the stove set up by the creek and put the prepared rice in the pot to boil. Then he caught two fish in the stream, processed the fish in three or two times, put spices and salt, and then threw them into the pot and steamed them.
Fifteen minutes later, Shen Yafei brought out the dishes. The strong aroma of rice caused the iron butterfly to take a deep breath.
The freshly baked steamed fish has an enticing aroma, and the meat is so tender and smooth that when you pick it open with chopsticks, the soup flows out of the opening, making your mouth water.
The iron butterfly clips a piece and puts it in the mouth, and the tender fish meat bounces on the tongue, and the fragrant meat flavor spreads, and the lips and teeth are full of sweetness.
"It's delicious!" The iron butterfly nodded again and again, took the fish meat in its mouth, and was reluctant to swallow it, with a satisfied look.
"Good apprentice, why don't you leave tonight, stay here and cook for your master and me." Iron Butterfly said vaguely as she ate.
"The co-author master wants to accept a little girl who cooks, not an apprentice?" Shen Yafei said in disappointment.
"Nonsense, it's definitely an apprentice." Iron Butterfly replied quickly, "It's just that the teacher can't cook, so I'm here to teach you, and I'm afraid that I will be starved to death if I don't teach you." ”
"Don't worry, I'll give you those steamed buns tomorrow, enough for you to eat for a few days." Shen Yafei said thoughtfully.
"How can you do steamed buns, you will starve to death without meat." Iron Butterfly immediately protested.
"I'm busy cooking for you all day, and I don't even have to study medicine. Since I don't have time to learn, forget it, just because I didn't recognize the master. Shen Yafei snorted coldly, turned her head and walked out.
"Don't!" Iron Butterfly stepped forward and grabbed her, and said with a smile: "You said that you girl, at such a young age, why do you have such a big temper." If you don't cook, you won't cook, and it's okay to eat steamed buns. ”
Shen Yafei sat down.
Iron Butterfly cleaned up the pots and pans after eating, and left with Shen Yafei to the forest.
"Now I'm going to teach you first some common herbs, and some of its pharmacology." Iron Butterfly said.
Shen Yafei followed unhurriedly and asked, "How long does it take to recognize herbs?" ”
Iron Butterfly looked back at her suspiciously, and said, "Are you short on time?" ”
"Yes." Shen Yafei replied without thinking.
Iron Butterfly was stunned, then burst out laughing, and said, "Why do you have to worry about a long time or a short time?" ”
Shen Yafei's eyes dimmed, crossed the iron butterfly, and walked forward silently.
Iron Butterfly was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Yafei's thin back, couldn't help but feel distressed, and chased after her.
"Do you want to learn martial arts?"
Shen Yafei paused and looked ahead without focus.
"Yes!"
"Good! The master will go back today and teach you some mental methods first, and you can go back and practice according to them. If you come over early tomorrow morning, the master will teach you martial arts. After that, he practiced for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening, and studied medicine in the morning and afternoon. Iron Butterfly stepped forward, reached out and touched Shen Yafei's head, and said.
"Hmm." Shen Yafei answered softly.
"This is plantain, and it can be used to treat common joint pain and cough." The Iron Butterfly pointed to a grass with smooth leaves and blunt teeth around the perimeter, and the page was clearly divided into five parts of various sizes, all of which were rooted, and dug it out and put it in the basket.
"This is prunella and is used for the ······ of the child."
"This is Hua Hualang······"
"This is ······"
Iron Butterfly taught Shen Yafei the names and medicinal properties of the herbs he encountered along the way, and Shen Yafei remembered them with her heart without any luck.
In the evening, Shen Yafei returned to the cave, and without saying a word, she cooked the meal and brought it to the iron butterfly.
After making the meal, Shen Yafei picked each of the herbs she dug up today and put them in her small basket, and then prepared to go back.
"Tomorrow when you go up the mountain, you will dig these herbs, and then you will tell me all about the medicinal properties and dosage." Iron Butterfly shouted at the entrance of the cave.
"Got it!" Shen Yafei didn't look back and continued to walk forward.
Back in the courtyard, Mama Li and the three of them were still sitting on the patio. The three of them smelled the smell of sweat on Shen Yafei's body, and pinched their noses in disgust. Mama Li looked at her even more disgusted.
Shen Yafei walked to the three of them and stopped for a moment and said, "Prepare hot water for me, I want to take a bath." After speaking, he didn't give the three of them a look, brushed the three of them, and walked briskly inside.
"Cut, I thought I was still the daughter of the Shen Mansion, and I dared to call us. It's just an outcast, an abandoned young lady who is not even as good as us. Mama Li shouted loudly at the door.
"Mama!" Dong'er pulled Mama Li's sleeve and shouted timidly.
"Bang" for the first time, the main hall was bounced open, Shen Yafei walked out with a small hoe in her hand, swept her eyes coldly, the three people in front of her, and then stared at Mama Li with a smile, and said, "What did Mama say just now, can you say it again." ”
Without waiting for Mama Li to speak, Shen Yafei continued to say loudly: "Even if I am not favored, even if I am the abandoned son of the Shen Mansion." You, Mama Li, are just my minions, and you're just a dog by my side. Even if I am exiled here, I am the second lady of the Shen family. And you, no matter how powerful you are, are just a minion. If I tell Aunt Sheng what Mama Li said, what do you think will happen to you? ”
Shen Yafei looked at Mama Li coldly, Mama Li was trembling when she saw it, and she was shocked in her heart, when did these two young ladies become so powerful.
Shen Yafei looked at the frightened expressions of the three of them, sneered, and turned around and entered the house.
As soon as Shen Yafei left, the three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Dong'er hurriedly got up from the ground, rushed to the kitchen, and said, "I'll go boil water." ”
Mama Li looked at Shen Yafei's back, her eyes were full of hatred and determination.
After this little episode, the people in the yard still lived as usual. But since then, Qiu'er and Dong'er will automatically do what they need to do when they see Shen Yafei coming back from outside, and Shen Yafei is also worry-free.
In the past few months, Shen Yafei has been practicing martial arts with Iron Butterfly in the morning, medicine at noon, and martial arts at night, and she has been very tired, but she is also very fulfilling, so that she has no time to pay attention to the meeting of the three people in the courtyard.
Mama Li and the others saw that Shen Yafei was looking for someone who returned late every day, and she became thinner day by day, but she became more and more energetic, and her eyes became more and more energetic. Mama Li saw it in her eyes and was shocked, this was the result they wanted.
So, Mama Li looked for Qiu'er and Dong'er and asked, "Have you noticed anything different about Miss recently?" ”
Qiu'er and Dong'er looked at each other suspiciously, shook their heads, and said, "No." ”
Qiu'er said: "However, it seems that Miss has looked a little different recently, and it seems to be better-looking." ”
"It seems to be, but it seems to be darker than before, but it looks better to people." Dong'er also seconded the proposal, and her head quickly turned Shen Yafei's recent situation, and said, "Yes, although she is still the same as before, she goes into the forest every day. Sometimes I came back once a day, sometimes every few days, but I went more often than before. I used to go to the mountains half the time, but now I go every day. And she got up much earlier than us in the morning, and we didn't know when she was going out, she used to go out after breakfast. Now I go out without breakfast, and I don't call for dinner when I come back. ”
Qiu'er said: "Do you think she met some unexpected master on the mountain, and the master took her as an apprentice and taught her something?" ”
These words woke up Mama Li, and Mama Li couldn't help but be vigilant, and said: "If this is the case, it will be bad, but the master has told us to 'take a good look' of Miss Li.
You can't let her learn some country customs. The young lady came here to live carefree and live without heart and lungs. If you learn something messy, you won't be able to get around us when you return to the capital. ”
Qiu'er and Dong'er looked at Mama Li in unison and asked, "What should I do then?" ”
Mama Li said, "After she goes out tomorrow morning, we will go to her room to have a look." ”
The next day, Shen Yafei went out as usual.
Mama Li took Qiu'er and Dong'er into Shen Yafei's room, rummaged inside and out, but didn't find anything, and after turning over, they put the items back in their original places.
"Mama, look." Qiu'er pointed to the inkstone and pen and ink that were hidden in the corner of the closet.
Mama Li pulled out the bottom part of the paper pressed by the inkstone, and the pile of paper turned out to be all neat and neat, and the font was delicate and gentle.
"Isn't this young lady not good at reading, when did you learn this word so beautifully? And, why hide a piece of paper, is she guarding us? Dong'er directly asked the doubts in the hearts of the three of them.
Mama Li looked at them carefully one by one, and the contents were the pharmacology of some herbs. Who did the young lady learn medical skills from, and she must have been studying it for a long time after writing so many pieces of paper. She learns, why hide the paper, why guard against them, could it be that she sees something?
The more Mama Li thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, if Miss knew their identities, then they would be in danger. But it's impossible, it's impossible for the young lady to know about it, and no one in the Shen Mansion knows about them. It seems that the young lady should be dissatisfied with them, so she will guard against them. Mama Li's eyes were full of viciousness.
"Put them all back where they were, and don't let Miss see we're in." Mama Li handed the paper to Dong'er and said.
"Yes."