Chapter 19: Farewell Letter and Bone Medicine
“...... Woo...... It's so dazzling......"
The morning light of the next day woke Shen Fangli up, she sat up and stretched, and said to herself, "Well, it's so comfortable to sleep...... That's right...... Go see if Brother Tong is awake. ”
Shen Fangli was about to get out of bed, when suddenly the sound of the harmonica came from the balcony outside the window, and the music played happened to be the "Prayer of the Stars" that she was most familiar with, but last night she remembered that the harmonica had always been on her?
The balcony of the doctor's house is very spacious, divided into three areas according to the use, the left is the planting area, respectively planted with medicinal plants and ornamental plants, the medicinal plants are planted in six long-haired wooden troughs according to the species, the soil is rich in organic matter, and the ornamental plants are planted in flower pots, mostly flowers of different colors; in the center of the balcony is a large stove, ten casseroles containing medicine are placed on the stove, and the heat released by the firewood burning can be felt even from a long distance; on the right is the viewing area, from the balcony you can understand the unique architectural style of the Belen people, and the houses you can see are all glazed tile roofs and open-air balconies。
Mai Xiaomo stood in front of the guardrail of the viewing area, playing Shen Fangli's harmonica, looking at the sky in the distance, the breeze curled her long gray hair, and the curvy figure of Belen women was perfectly displayed in front of Shen Fangli's eyes, seeing that she was a little jealous in her heart, it was rumored that the Wei clan was rich in beauties, but when I saw Mai Xiaomo today, I found that the beauties of Belen were not inferior to the Wei clan.
"Whew...... Shout. Shen Fangli deliberately made a strange sound to attract Mai Xiaomo's attention and ask her to stop playing, and Mai Xiaomo saw that it was Shen Fangli and hurriedly handed her the harmonica.
Shen Fangli took the harmonica and said angrily: "I'll just say, why is my harmonica missing, it turned out that it was stolen by you." ”
"Please forgive me, sister, I just borrowed it to play, what do you think I blow?" Mai Xiaomo smiled and found a chair to sit down.
"It's not bad, it's good. Shen Fangli clapped her little hands a few times, lowered her head and said, "It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to listen to you play, and today we are going to say goodbye to you." ”
Mai Xiaomo smiled and waved her hand and begged: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I said that I would find a way to let you stay, since I promised you, I must do it, give me a chance!"
"What other chance, Uncle McY is so stubborn, we can't stay. ”
The casserole on the stove suddenly hissed, Mai Xiaomo understood that the medicine her father had boiled was almost ready, but there was still a medicinal herb that had not yet been released, at this time her father's voice came from downstairs, and she hurriedly shouted: "Here it is, here it is." When she walked to the staircase, she hurriedly asked Shen Fangli to pick a few pieces of dzi grass and put them in each casserole, and then ran downstairs.
This time it was difficult for Shen Fangli, because she had never seen what the dzi grass looked like, and when she wanted to ask Mai Xiaomo, she had already disappeared. If she misses the best time to boil the medicine, not only will she not be able to make the medicine, but she will also be scolded by Mai Xiang, and she will no longer be able to stand the self-righteous doctor. But after thinking about it, they are going to leave here today, even if they are scolded, it is nothing, and Mai Xiang has nothing to do with her.
"Bad doctor, whoever told you that you don't want to treat your eldest brother, see how I trick you, I will make you unable to make medicine. Shen Fangli walked to the wooden trough where medicinal plants were planted with her hands in her hands, thinking about what to do.
Although Shen Fangli didn't know which of the six plants was the Dzi Grass, it happened that one of the six plants was the Snow Bead Grass that she was very familiar with, and she had an idea looking at the slender leaves and flocculent grass stems in front of her. So she pulled out three snowdrop plants, cleaned the roots of the soil with a knife, then chopped them up and put them on a plate, carefully opening each casserole and pouring it into it little by little.
After getting all this done, Shen Fangli proudly patted the dirt on her hands, thinking about Mai Xiang's expression when she saw that all the medicine she had worked so hard to make was messed up.
This is Shen Fangli's first prank, it turns out that doing bad things is sometimes quite funny, no wonder there are always more bad people than good people in this world, they are addicted to it. Calm down...... Calm down first, she patted her head, and comforted herself in her heart: "Shen Fangli, what others do to you, in turn, you should do to others, this is called fighting evil with evil, not doing bad things, anyway, no one suffers, right?"
Mai Xiang's voice came downstairs again, first telling Mai Xiaomo to go down, and then herself, Shen Fangli really didn't know what he wanted to do, but she still had to go down, maybe Yan Yanfang had woken up.
When she came to the living room downstairs, Shen Fangli found that Mai Xiang was sitting on a wooden chair with a piece of letter paper without saying a word, and Mai Xiaomo looked at her with a nervous expression.
"What's wrong?" Shen Fangli asked cautiously, the anger emanating from Mai Xiang's body made her afraid to approach.
"I was put on the side by this boy again, and he left you and ran away. Mai Xiang sighed helplessly and said, "This is a letter from him before leaving, you can read it yourself." ”
Shen Fangli immediately opened the envelope and quickly browsed the contents of the letter, the handwriting was very sloppy, and it seemed that it was written in a hurry.
Li'er:
Please forgive me for not saying goodbye, don't shed tears for my departure, even if I don't leave now, one day I will still have to go, Master said that after sending you to Panhu City, my mission has been completed, and the next road will depend on you to go on your own. People are going to grow, and the psychology of dependence will seriously hinder your growth, and you must remember that you can't rely on anyone to walk in the future.
Your eldest brother wants to tell you that although we have suffered a lot along the way, your eldest brother is very happy, because he has seen Li'er's continuous growth, from a greenhouse flower-like eldest lady to a little girl who has the courage to take responsibility, but unfortunately I don't have a chance to see you grow into a graceful girl, help me say hello to your sister Mo, thank her for saving my life, and wish her fiancé a safe life.
If you want to say why I know about you, it's actually very simple, after being rescued by that Mai Xiaomo sister yesterday, I woke up a long time ago, just pretending to faint in order to eavesdrop on your conversation, from the day we arrived in the Silver Fox Forest, I had the idea of going, but I didn't find someone willing to take you in, after seeing Mai Xiaomo, my hanging heart finally let go, so I took advantage of the fact that you all slept last night, packed up everything and left secretly.
Don't blame Dr. Mai Xiang anymore, he has already helped us so much, there is no need to ask for his help for the poison he can't solve, besides, I once said, the world is so big, I can't find a cure for such a small poison?
Your big brother
Shen Fangli didn't believe that this was true, without Mai Xiang's permission, she ran through every room in his house, but she couldn't find that familiar figure, and then she knew that Brother Tong was really gone. She was half-kneeling on the wooden floor, and even she couldn't figure out what kind of expression she should have on her face, why did those who cared for her end up leaving one after another?
"Hmph! It's really unlucky, I was actually put on a hard beat by this boy from the Wei clan, and he asked me to raise such a little girl with just a letter, he was really thoughtful. Mai Xiangyu was still angry, and threw the letter on the table, "And he is still ridiculing my medical skills in the letter, saying that I can't solve the poison, how does he know that I can't solve it?"
"Dad, it's all your problem, who told you not to treat others, it's normal to have this kind of misunderstanding. Mai Xiaomo said very seriously, "In the past, it was the same with my mother, that famous doctor wanted to explore your potential so that he would not treat his mother, but you misunderstood others into something." ”
"In short, she can't stay here, it's hard enough for me to raise a daughter for you, and then there is an extra adopted daughter for some reason, do you say I can bear it?" Mai Xiang snorted and said, "We are going to send her to the orphanage, and by the way, contact Dean Lan Yifan to see if there are any spare beds in the Orfen Orphanage, which is also the last bit of benevolence we give." ”
"Hmph, I haven't seen you work so hard, anyway, I also have a job outside, and the income of the clothing store is not less than yours, so what's the point of having more people in the family?" Mai Xiaomo sneered, "Besides, what if Sister Li is bullied in the orphanage?"
"Yes...... Be...... Yes, my daughter is the best, and at the age of sixteen she will earn money to support the family, but you have to think about it, if we all go out to work, who will have time to take care of her, unless ......"
"Unless what?"
Suddenly, Mai Xiang seemed to remember something, and he hurriedly asked Mai Xiaomo: "Wait, the bone medicine I boiled is almost ready, I want to go up and have a look, and we will talk about this later." So saying, he hurried upstairs.
Walking up to the balcony, they immediately smelled a pungent scorching smell, Mai Xiang screamed, hurriedly took half a bucket of water to extinguish the fire under the stove, and then pinched his nose and slowly opened the casserole one by one, and then he was shocked, each casserole contained a black paste, originally he was going to make medicinal soup, but now it looks like this, even he doesn't know what it is.
"Oh my God, what have you added to my medicine?" Mai Xiang asked Mai Xiaomo beside him with a long sigh.
"I asked Sister Li to add the dzi grass for me, it is impossible for this situation to happen, did you add it by mistake?" Mai Xiaomo said and poked Shen Fangli with her finger.
Shen Fangli pretended to be innocent and said, "If you don't tell what the Heavenly Bead Grass looks like, how can I know? ”
"That means you added snow beads, did you mean it? Mai Xiang was so angry that she grabbed Shen Fangli's ears, making her feel painful, her little hand slapped Mai Xiang hard, and Mai Xiaomo was also busy persuading her father a few words before he let go of Shen Fangli.
Shen Fangli pursed her lips and said, "What's the matter, I'm just angry with Big Brother Ling, and now that Big Brother Qi is angry with you, we can even do it." ”
"Flat egg, you little girl doesn't understand anything!" Mai Xiang said and was about to wave his palm again to hit Shen Fangli, but Mai Xiaomo was protected behind him in time, so he had to sigh and say, "I'll teach you to distinguish between snowdrop grass and dzi grass, the leaves of snow drop grass are thinner, the leaves of dzi grass are thicker, snow drop grass is a flocculent grass stem, and dzi grass is a rod-shaped grass stem, understand?"
"I don't understand ......," Shen Fangli grimaced at Mai Xiang.
"The bone medicine I make needs to be made with silver pan fox gall and dzi grass, and then made with more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials, mainly used to treat internal injuries to the leg bones, front-line combat soldiers are often hit by the enemy's bondage spell, the bondage spell will not only slow down the speed of the soldiers, but also damage the soldiers' leg bones, in order to boil a special medicine for the treatment of internal injuries of the leg bones, a few days ago I hunted a lot of silver pan fox monsters, in order to remove their gall, now it's good, not only a few days of hard work in vain, and many wounded soldiers who are troubled by internal injuries to the leg bones will not be treated。 ”
After listening to Mai Xiang's words, Shen Fangli realized that she was really in trouble, and quickly apologized to Mai Xiang: "Uncle Mai, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, if I knew that the bone medicine was so important to you, I wouldn't be so mischievous." ”
"Alas, it's useless to say anything now, even if you want to leave, I'll keep you behind in order to apologize to the officers of the wounded barracks. Mai Xiang rubbed his head and leaned back in his chair tiredly.
"Dad, I think there may be a remedy. ”
"What's the way?" Hearing Mai Xiaomo say this, Mai Xiang came to the spirit.
Mai Xiaomo whispered in her father's ear: "We can take it and give those wounded soldiers a try, like this...... And then ...... like this"
Seeing that Mai Xiaomo seemed to have a solution to the problem, Shen Fangli's anxious heart finally relaxed, hoping that her method could bring the matter to a smooth end.