There are not many styles of food on the table, Lin Jianlan opened the bowls one by one, the aroma suddenly came to his nose, and he saw that the dishes were quite exquisite, thinking that Mrs. Wan had made it with all her might for her daughter, and the rice in the porridge bowl had never been seen, with a slight blue color, Lin Jianlan brought it to Wan Xiu and said: "Ah Xiu, your body is too weak, you should eat more." ”

Wan Xiu's pale face faintly showed a faint flush, took a spoon and lowered his head to eat slowly, but he ate less than half a bowl, so he pushed it aside, picked up a silk handkerchief and gently wiped his mouth and smiled: "I always feel that my appetite has been bad, and I have eaten more today than before." ”

Lin Jianlan secretly said in his heart: "I only eat such a little at every meal, no wonder she is so thin and weak." But he didn't express this worry, and joked: "You have Mrs. Wan, this mother is really enviable, what dish is not asked for by the people of the world? Only you can eat it every day, but you always say that you have no appetite, and you really don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings." ”

Wan Xiu also smiled, lowered his head, and just gently wiped the edge of the bowl with a porcelain-like hand, Lin Jianlan said: "Ah Xiu, what kind of disease do you have, why don't you even have the strength to walk?"

Wan Xiu said slowly: "I don't know what the disease is, but I don't have any spirit to urinate, I heard my mother say that I often walk some way and clamoring for someone to hug, my father and mother at first just thought I was a love of coquettishness, and then when I was seven or eight years old, I found that I was indeed unable to walk, if I fell or tripped, there were ten ** bones will be broken, and I will faint after being a little frightened. ”

Lin Jianlan listened to what she said, I don't know how much hardship I have suffered since I was a child, but his tone is very calm and indifferent, and he has no resentment, thinking that he is used to such days, and he can't think of any words of comfort for a while.

Wan Xiu frowned when he saw him, his face was quite sad, and he pursed his lips and smiled: "Alas, what are you talking about?" Lin Gongzi, since you left Jinzhou, I sent someone to get those books from the inn, and I never allow others to touch those things you left in my house, for fear of being taken by some bad person." Speaking of this, his voice lowered, thinking that he was still sorry for what his parents had done that day.

Lin Jianlan hurriedly said: "Fortunately, I have you, otherwise I really don't know what to do, those books...... Ah!" was a happy face, hurriedly stood up and took a few books and said: "These books are selected by Uncle Qing from the books left by my father, Uncle Qing saw that my meridians had some strange symptoms that day, so all I took were some medical books and pharmacopoeia, and there were some rare books in it, although I didn't know medical skills, I could also look for them slowly, maybe there were some home remedies that were not circulated in the world!"

Wan Xiu was not as excited as him, so he smiled indifferently and said: "Actually, I think it's good to be like this now, carefree, and I can talk and chat with Lin Gongzi like this, I ...... I've made a wish. ”

Lin Jianlan was stunned for a while, then put away the books, and said: "Ah Xiu, it's getting late, I'm leaving, if it's okay, I'll come to see you every night, you have to take care." Seeing Wan Xiu nodded, he jumped out of the window again.

After a few days, Lin Jianlan came to accompany Ah Xiu at night, but he didn't stay too late, just changed some medical books that he hadn't read and returned to his residence, and after practicing, he checked it all night, and in a blink of an eye, a bunch of books had been flipped through by him, and he had memorized a dense pile.

Lin Jianlan closed the last book, gently pressed on the scattered notes, pushed the door out, the cool breeze hit his face, the flames behind him suddenly jumped, and the paper on the table also made a crisp sound, and there were a few drums faintly in the drum tower in the distance.

Lin Jianlan sighed softly, a clear glow under the face of disappointment, these days of hard work has not made some progress, such as "limbs weak, brittle bones are easy to crack", "weak, often prone to convulsions", "unbearable long distance, unbearable work, fainting immediately caused by slight shock, small falls often have broken bones" and other symptoms, all found in the book, very consistent with A Xiu's condition, all corresponding to an ordinary case, folk called "hypochondrosis", the treatment is also quite simple, not a difficult disease, nothing more than "bone to nourish bones", Dietary collocation, no need for medication", "It is not suitable to stay in bed for a long time, and walking slowly is gradually effective", etc., which is the saying in Liaodong, "what to eat and what to supplement". But Wan Jianhong is the head of the Kuangyi Gang, and Mrs. Wan married from the "first chef" family.

Seeing that he had been busy for a few days, although he had found exactly the same illness and treatment, but it was extremely ordinary and unbelievable, Lin Jianlan couldn't help but be depressed, and said secretly: "What's the difference between this and nothing?"

Lin Jianlan walked back to the house sullenly, and saw that there were a few pages that were not pressed well, floating on the ground, and picked them up one by one, and saw that there were all written on them the treatment methods he had copied, which were generally the same, and one of the pages was specially copied and written: "There are seafarers from the east, saying that there are big fish overseas, killing them to take liver and gallbladder, and taking them can be solved." But how can hypochondria be so tormented? With a wry smile, Lin Jianlan piled these papers together haphazardly, threw them in the dustpan, and never looked at them again.

He was always at ease in his heart, and after a little recuperation of his spirit, he meditated and practiced as usual, and when it was time for lunch, he hurried to the inn, begging the shopkeeper to boil a pot of thick soup with big bones, and heard that if it was to stew until the fire, it would take some effort, so he picked a seat near the window, and waited slowly.

Lin Jianlan knew that the taste of this soup must not be as good as that cooked by Mrs. Wan, but perhaps the more particular people were, the less likely they were to eat these rough things. He was lucky, and in the evening, the shopkeeper put the soup in a crockpot, carefully took a cotton bag and packed it, Lin Jianlan immediately hugged it to his chest, flew out, and in an instant, he was stunned by the shopkeeper, and secretly exclaimed in his heart: "My mother, alas, flying around, it's like a fairy!"

When he arrived at Wan Xiu's residence, the soup was still hot, but Lin Jianlan had beads of sweat on his face, Wan Xiu saw him holding something like a baby, slowly peeled off the bag, lifted the lid of the crockpot inside, and a burst of white gas suddenly came out.

Lin Jianlan said a little shyly: "I asked someone to stew some soup, and the taste is naturally not as good as your mother's, but maybe it will help your condition." ”

Wan Xiu was stunned for a moment, silent for a moment, and then filled a bowl, and after drinking it slowly, she looked up and smiled: "This is bone broth, right? ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Yes, I didn't expect you to taste it all at once." ”

Wan Xiu said with a smile: "Well, she often makes it for me to drink, and the dishes I eat are more or less stewed with bones." ”

Lin Jianlan secretly said in his heart: "Sure enough, the disease they asked the doctor to diagnose and treat before is also hypochondriasis, alas, how can there be any luck in the world, what can I think of, how can others not know?"

Wan Xiu saw his disappointed face, and said softly: "Lin Gongzi, my condition is already like this, don't waste your mind anymore, you ...... Hurry up and leave Chang'an. ”

Lin Jianlan let out an "ah" sound, and said in his heart: "Obviously, Mrs. Wan told her that day, why didn't she ask me to take her to the doctor? If she really begged me, how could I be good?"

Lin Jianlan came back to his senses and hurriedly replied casually: "I still have some things in Chang'an, but just now I thought of women walking around the rivers and lakes, in order to avoid trouble, there are also people who hide their faces with light veils such as hats, but I have never seen you like this, all day long, and you don't even want to show your fingers." ”

He was asking at random, but he didn't expect Wan Xiu to answer, but he saw Wan Xiu's eyebrows frowning, and his expression changed greatly, it seemed that this question was very difficult to answer, and he was about to explain, when he heard Wan Xiu say in a low voice: "Lin Gongzi, I am like this all day long, and there is a reason, alas, if you want to know, don't come at this time tomorrow, come here at dawn, I'll tell you, okay?"

Lin Jianlan listened to her tone very resolutely, as if he had made great determination, he was a little surprised, nodded and said, "In that case, I will come to see you tomorrow morning." Then he wrapped the jar and went through the window.

Wan Xiu stared at the bamboo forest outside the window moving lightly with the wind, making a slight sound, like a sculpture, not moving, half a day Fang sighed softly, tired lying on the table, the candlestick on the table slowly accumulated a thick layer of candle tears, the two girls pushed the door in, it seemed that they had already seen the strange, mixed Wan Xiu into the bed and placed it, and then closed the window, the curtain was blocked, and then left.

Lin Jianlan went out at dawn, he almost didn't sleep all night, thought about it for a night, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, even if Doctor Cheng had any plans for Duanmu Daochang, if Ah Xiu spoke, he must take her to the doctor. Although his current martial arts are not as good as that of Dr. Cheng, he can still resist for a while, Mo Tan should also be a good assistant, if there is an accident, the trick can still be avoided, it seems that Ah Xiu's illness can't wait long, so he can only take a risk.

Although the thoughts in his mind were complicated, the steps were fast, Lin Jianlan thought all the way, and unconsciously arrived, seeing that the window had already been pushed open, but the curtain had not yet been rolled up, he gently opened a corner and looked in, and saw that Wan Xiu was already sitting by the window, still dressed in the past, wrapped tightly, and turned his head to look at him, and said: "Lin Gongzi, I took those two girls away, you come in from the main gate over there." ”

Lin Jianlan remembered that he had been jumping out of the window, quite indecent, his face was red, he turned around to the front door, and sure enough, no one was there, and after pushing the door in, he walked to Wan Xiu's side and said: "It's the first time I've entered this room through the door, looking at you like this, I remembered that you were dressed like this in Jinju that day, and you learned from your mother to talk and hide from the guards." ”

Wan Xiu was silent for a long time, and then said, "Does Young Master Lin want to know why I am always like this?"

Lin Jianlan hurriedly said: "I just asked casually yesterday, Ah Xiu, you don't have to be so serious." ”

Wan Xiu shook her head, lifted the black veil on her wrist, and stretched out the window, Lin Jianlan didn't know what she was going to do, so she stayed there without knowing it, but saw that Wan Xiu's face was getting whiter and whiter, her lips were bitten tightly, and she was getting more and more bloodless, and her face was sweating like rain, and her wrist first trembled slightly, Wan Xiu tried her best to hold it with her other hand, but she still couldn't stop it, and gradually her whole body trembled, as if she was enduring great pain.

Lin Jianlan was shocked at this time, and hurriedly jumped up to open the curtain, but involuntarily snorted softly, Wan Xiu's slender jade hand exposed outside was exposed to the sun, and it was already red and swollen from the sun, Lin Jianlan pulled this hand in, and looked closely, a string of blisters had been exposed on it, and he was guilty and distressed, and said: "Ah Xiu, you ......" but he couldn't speak anymore.

Wan Xiu took a breath of cool air lightly, and smiled reluctantly: "That day, you asked me, have you never seen your own face, I saw it when I was a child, but I don't know when I started, the sun that everyone else can be free to be in it will shine on me as if it was burned by fire, the pain is still second, all the places that have been illuminated by the light are red and swollen, my father and mother asked for famous medicine everywhere, and only recovered a little, but because of the blisters, there are many more spots on the face, which is very different from the previous appearance." ”

Speaking of this, tears were already soaking out of the corners of Wan Xiu's eyes, and he didn't know if it was caused by pain or past injuries, Lin Jianlan felt uncomfortable for a while, covered the curtain carefully, and said, "Ah Xiu, it's good if you tell me, why bother to harm yourself like this?"

Wan Xiu sniffed and said with a smile: "What's the matter? Since then, I have been dressed like this, and I don't dare to see the light at all, this kind of taste is the first time in the past few years, but I miss it a little." ”

Lin Jianlan knew that her hands and heart were in pain at this time, but she was still strong and strong, laughing with herself, her heart tightened for no reason, and she choked up: "You are still strong, where is the ointment to treat this burn?"

Wan Xiu pointed to a cabinet next to the bed and said, "The second one, there is a blue bottle on the right." ”

Lin Jianlan hurriedly took it, unscrewed the cork, dipped it in his hand, and felt the coolness of his fingertips slightly, but the other hand didn't care about any etiquette, pulled Wan Xiu's injured hand, lowered his head and smeared it gently, and listened to Wan Xiu say softly: "I thought later, although I can't bask in the sun, I can always blow a cool breeze at night and look at the moonlight, my parents also love me so much, it's good to go on like this." ”

As soon as the words fell, it was a drop of water dripping on the hand that was applying medicine, Lin Jianlan looked up in amazement, and saw Wan Xiu looking at him, his eyes were full of tears, and he said intermittently: "But I know you again, I can't help but envy Sister Man, why am I so unlucky, giving birth to a strange disease that can't be cured by these two kinds? Alas, maybe it's really something evil I did in my previous life, right? If I can be like Sister Man, even if it's a day, an hour......" Speaking of this, tears have been rolling down, and some of them are dripping on Lin Jianlan's hands, and he can still feel a trace of warmth.

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