Chapter Twenty-Six: Bathing
"Do you want to get back the territory that was taken away?" Mo Hongxian and Wanrou also put away their joking mentality and asked seriously.
"Yes!" Jiang Xingchen glanced back at Mei'er on the bed and nodded resolutely.
"Your territory has been reclaimed, and it's not easy to come back!" Wanrou frowned slightly and muttered.
"I know! at least the title of baron! I'll get there...... Although I can't practice martial arts!" Jiang Xingchen said with great confidence.
"It's not as simple as you think!" Mo Hongxian shook his head and explained: "The title of a baron is only a basic condition, but with a title, it is not necessarily a fiefdom, and it is necessary to contribute to the great lord or the empire...... The most important thing is that your territory has been recovered, and even if you have the opportunity to be sealed, the original territory will not be allocated. If the big lord did that, it was clear that he had an opinion on the aristocratic administration, and the chief officials of the aristocratic administration of the general large territory were all counts and were directly canonized by the empire...... I say that, do you understand!"
"The chief officer of the aristocratic management department is equivalent to the monitoring personnel sent to the big territories under the empire! The big lords don't want to clash with it...... Jiang Xingchen's mind turned, and he immediately understood, and nodded: "If I want to go back to my territory, not only must I have the title of baron, but also the chief officer of the noble management department!"
Although Mo Hongxian and the others had never heard the word 'done', they could understand the meaning. At the moment, he said gently: "You don't necessarily have to contact the chief official of the aristocratic management department, if your contribution is big enough for the empire to recognize, you can make the big lord let go of all taboos!"
Mo Hongxian also nodded and said: "Your family's original territory is remote and barren, so it won't be divided, you don't have to worry!"
"I see! Captain Mo, Miss Wanrou, thank you!"
"And said to treat us as friends, listen to your name...... Just call me sister in the future, little brother!" Wan Rou glanced at Jiang Xingchen with a little anger, but her tone sounded like she was ridiculing.
"Uh, how do you feel like they know what the little brother means!" Jiang Xingchen twitched the corner of his eye.
This time, Mo Hongxian didn't look at him with murderous eyes, but patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, call my sister to listen!"
"Ah~~~" Jiang Xingchen was so depressed that he wanted to hit the wall: "It's endless, do I look like one?"
Although depressed, Jiang Xingchen knew that the two girls, Mo Hongxian and Wanrou, were joking with themselves like this, and they really recognized themselves and regarded themselves as reliable friends. It's the same meaning as he deliberately said that he still has a secret recipe.
And from beginning to end, Jiang Xingchen did not ask about the background identities of Mo Hongxian and the two. Similarly, Mo Hongxian and the two did not show curiosity about the source of Jiang Xingchen's secret recipe, and they both gave each other enough respect.
After that, Mo Hongxian directly advanced 50,000 citrine coins to Jiang Xingchen, of which 30,000 was given to Zhaojia Pharmaceutical, and directly purchased drugs containing vitality from them. What was left to be handed over to Jiang Xingchen were two soft animal skins, with the amount written on them and seals with complex patterns.
"The ticket number of the Imperial Money Bank, 10,000 a piece, you have collected it, and you must use your identity card to receive it!"
"It turns out that there are banks here...... Also, an orderly society, a unified currency, how can there be no banks!" Thinking in his heart, Jiang Xingchen was not polite, and stretched out his hand to take it. The secret recipe is sold to the city's restaurants, and then sold out, there is definitely more than that, not to mention the dividend income of Furong Zhai and Cuiyuan Lou before the sale.
Zuihou, when Mo Hongxian and Wanrou left, they told Jiang Xingchen that if they helped the Zhao family pharmaceutical, they would not get nothing.
Zhao Zixiang saved Mei'er, and in return, he didn't want to get anything at all, so after listening to it, he didn't care too much......
As the night passed, the snow had stopped, and the sky and the earth were white, making the morning even colder.
Mei'er sweated profusely, the fever subsided completely, and she came to her senses. Jiang Xingchen said goodbye to Mo Hongxian at the moment, wrapped Mei'er tightly, and prepared to return to his home in the civilian area.
Mo Hongxian didn't keep it, but just handed over the ten packets of medicine sent by Zhao's Pharmaceutical overnight to Jiang Xingchen, the mercenary group had many people coming and going, and the environment was relatively chaotic, which was not suitable for Mei'er to recuperate.
The moment he saw the medicine, Jiang Xingchen's face changed. He only knew that the medicine containing vitality was very expensive, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive, 30,000 citrine coins were only ten days of medicine, and it was 3,000 per day, which was 150,000 for his shijie. With the cost of 150,000 yuan a day, he also felt a lot of pressure.
However, he didn't show anything, nodded his goodbye, and boarded the carriage.
Although Mei'er is life-free, she is still weak, and this serious illness has almost exhausted all her energy. Along the way, he was held in Jiang Xingchen's arms, and he wanted to speak several times, but he felt struggling with one mouth.
Back home, Jiang Xingchen gave the two gangsters ten citrine coins to express his gratitude, if it wasn't for these two people last night, the little girl would definitely not have been able to save Zhao Zixiang's life.
First make a fire in the house, and when the house is warm, Jiang Xingchen removed the brazier to avoid too much carbon monoxide, and then put the little girl on the bed and went to the kitchen to make a decoction of water. The method Zhao Zixiang has already been written, and it is put together with the medicine.
The medicines are all energetic, the temperature should not be too high, not so much a decoction, but a slow soak in warm water, almost like the water brewed by the cloud leaves.
Build another stove, boil water in a pottery jar, and put in the medicinal herbs...... Soon after, the fragrance was permeated, mixed with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, Jiang Xingchen saw that it was almost there, hurriedly poured it out, and walked into the house quickly.
"Mei'er, while it's hot, hurry up and drink the medicine!" Sitting on the edge of the bed, Jiang Xingchen supported the little girl's back with one hand, lifted her upper body, and held the bowl with the other hand and brought it to her mouth.
"Brother!" the little girl shouted softly, and didn't open her mouth, just looked at Jiang Xingchen, her eyes flashing. Although she was in a semi-coma that night, she knew what had happened. She even remembered what her brother said.
At this moment, seeing her brother taking care of herself, she was moved, and her mood suddenly fluctuated.
"Hurry up and drink the medicine, the temperature is just right now, and it will be cold in a while!" Jiang Xingchen reprimanded, his hand stepped forward, and the edge of the bowl touched the little girl's lips.
"Hurry up and drink!" urged again, Jiang Xingchen smiled: "Little girl, I used to be forced to feed me something, this time let you taste it too!"
The corners of Mei'er's mouth twitched, barely holding back a laugh, and her fluctuating emotions slowly stabilized. Then he glanced at Jiang Xingchen, opened his lips, and bit the edge of the bowl.
"Hey, let you drink medicine, not let you eat, what are you biting the bowl for?" Jiang Xingchen was a little speechless, this girl, if she is a little better, she will have convulsions.
"Goo dong, goo dong, goo dong...... a big bowl of medicine quickly entered her stomach, the little girl hiccuped, and a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead.
"How do you feel, are you feeling better?" Jiang Xingchen asked.
"Much better! Warm body! Talking is not as hard as it used to be!"
"That's good!" Jiang Xingchen laughed, rubbed Mei'er's head, and said, "It won't be long before you'll be alive and kicking like before!"
"Brother~" Mei'er snorted dissatisfiedly, what does it mean to be alive.
The little girl's health improved, Jiang Xingchen was in a good mood, patted the top of Mei'er's head again, and was about to get up and go back to the kitchen to clean up.
But as soon as he got up, the little girl stopped him and said, "Brother, make some hot water, I want to take a bath!"
"Take a bath!" Jiang Xingchen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you have the strength to raise your hand now?"
"It should be possible!" Mei'er tried, her mouth pouted, after taking the medicine, she felt much better, thinking that she could move, but who knew that it still wouldn't work, and couldn't help but be frustrated: "Still no strength!"
"It's okay, brother, wash you!" Jiang Xingchen smiled and said softly.
"Ah!" Mei'er's little face turned red with shame, and she hurriedly said, "No need, brother!"
"What is there to be ashamed of! I'm your brother......" Jiang Xingchen gently tapped Mei'er's head and teased: "Besides, with your little body like bean sprouts, there is nothing to see!"
"Hmph!" Mei'er's eyebrows suddenly rose, she didn't know what bean sprouts were, but she knew her body, of course she knew that her brother was not a good word.
"I also said that there is nothing to see, in the Bauhinia mercenary group, my brother has kissed me for a long time, one bite after another!"
"Hey!" Jiang Xingchen was so scorched by this sentence that he shook his feet and fell to the ground.
"Am I kissing you, what is in your little girl's mind......" Jiang Xingchen was full of black lines, pointed at Mei'er and looked at it for a long time, and finally turned around helplessly and went out.
"Hehe!" Seeing Jiang Xingchen defeated, the little girl's eyes rolled smartly, revealing an extremely happy smile......
The mist was filled, and the temperature in the house also rose, Jiang Xingchen took a wooden water scoop and slowly poured hot water on the little girl's body.
Before Jiang Xingchen said that the little girl was bean sprouts, with a joking tone. Now that she bathes her, she can see that the little girl's body is not as good as bean sprouts, and it is said that a thirteen-year-old girl should have developed, but she is still like a child, with a skinny body, and there is no meat at all.
"I really don't know how much the little girl has suffered in the past three years, how many ......sins she has suffered," Jiang Xingchen's heart was sour.
Mei'er completely lost her previous naughtiness, lowered her head, her little face was crimson, and she didn't say a word.
Although she is shy, Mei'er is unusually quiet and enjoying at this time. After so many years, it was the first time that someone had bathed her, and this person was the brother who cherished her the most! She even hoped in her heart that this time would never pass......
However, Mei'er's hope is impossible to come true, no matter how she is a girl, Jiang Xingchen can't wash her so thoroughly, just roughly wash off the sweat and keep her fresh.
Wiped it clean and put on Mei'er's underwear, Jiang Xingchen carried her to the bed again, covered the quilt, and then went to pour water and clean up.
Just when he cleaned up, warmed up the cakes and meat that Mei'er didn't eat yesterday, and was ready to eat, Sun Sanqiang came!