Chapter 78 - 78 Meat Porridge
78 Meat Porridge
Bai Wutong nodded. “Thank you.” Then she placed a few bottles of Six Flavor Yellow Earth Pills that she had prepared in front of Cui Shiji. “These are some of my extra Six Flavor Yellow Earth Pills. Master Cui, please take them to Mister Yang.”
Some of the medicinal herbs for the Six Flavor Yellow Earth Pill were relatively rare. Cui Shiji was worried about what to do in the future after feeding them to Yang Quanzi a few times. Bai Wutong gave him four bottles of them that were enough to last him two months. It was completely enough for the team to last until they entered the Ling Kingdom’s city to buy the medicinal herbs.
Since the Six Flavor Yellow Earth Pills were more important to his teacher, Cui Shiji pretended to politely decline initially before he accepted all the medicine bottles. He even said, “Madam, if you need any other medicinal herbs, feel free to tell me. Our Cui family will do our best to give them what we can.” Originally, even if Bai Wutong did not give the Six Flavor Yellow Earth Pill, they would definitely give the medicinal herbs. Now, Cui Shiji felt that they had taken a huge advantage of Bai Wutong.
Bai Wutong thought that Gu Zhongxun might need more herbs to study the formula and nodded. “Alright, I’ll definitely ask Patriarch Cui if I need.”
Hearing Bai Wutong say this, Patriarch Cui felt a little relieved.
When Bai Wutong got the herbs, Lin Yue was secretly happy and kept glancing at Qingfeng.
When Bai Wutong saw this, she sighed in her heart. She hoped that this disciple of the divine doctor could concoct an antidote.
The team continued to set off for Fengming City. As long as they safely crossed the Fengming Mountain Range, they would be able to enter the territory of Ling Kingdom.
The closer they got to Fengming City, the steeper the ground became. They could clearly feel the temperature drop drastically.
After walking for half a month, it was already autumn in the other cities. The temperature in Fengming City had already plummeted to below zero. Bai Wutong felt her limbs cold as she sat in the carriage.
The others who were walking outside were even colder. Apart from a pair of eyes that were exposed, everyone put on whatever clothes they could. But the team had obviously slowed down.
With the low temperature, everyone’s energy consumption was huge. Originally, the team had to rest twice a day, but now, they needed to rest three times a day.
Bai Wutong looked at the sky and said to everyone, “Everyone can’t walk anymore. Let’s find a place to camp today.”
“Alright, Madam.”
Bai Wutong’s team stopped, followed by the 30 Qinghe families.
Everyone’s expressions relaxed. After walking for so long, they could finally stop and have a hot meal to warm up.
Village Chief Zhao and the others skillfully set up the overnight tent. Bai Wutong alighted from the carriage to take a breather. When Gu Zhongxun saw this, he immediately came over with his notebook and charcoal pen.
Bai Wutong said that she was not an expert who had developed the plague prescription, but she had superb surgical stitching skills.
While he was helping the team take care of the patients, as long as the team stopped, other than testing medicine for Qingfeng and the others, he would look for Bai Wutong to clear any medical doubts that he did not understand.
At first, he was more reserved and did not dare to disturb her for too long. Later on, he realized that Bai Wutong’s knowledge of surgical procedures was comparable to the vast sea. After benefiting greatly, he wished he could turn into a tail and grow on Bai Wutong.
How could the other tail of Bai Wutong agree?
As soon as Bai Wutong got out of the carriage, Chu Tianbao, who was originally sitting in the carriage with Stinky, jumped down from the carriage with a whoosh and stood in front of Gu Zhongxun. He said angrily, “Why are you here again!”
At first, Gu Zhongxun felt embarrassed. Later, he realized that as long as he appeared, Chu Tianbao would stop him from talking to Bai Wutong. In order to learn more and novel medical skills, Gu Zhongxun’s skin gradually thickened. From the beginning, when he would blush, but now, he could smile without changing his expression. “Master Chu, I’ll just say a few words to Madam Bai.”
Chu Tianbao had also become smarter. Hugging Stinky, he placed one hand on his hip and looked at him through his nostrils. “Sure. Two sentences. Go ahead.”
Gu Zhongxun immediately regretted it. He stood on the spot and thought about how he could say a few words and make Bai Wutong answer countless questions in his mind.
Bai Wutong still wanted Gu Zhongxun’s master to check on Chu Tianbao’s mind and was very polite to him. When she heard their conversation, she glared at Chu Tianbao and said to Gu Zhongxun, “My husband is joking with Doctor Gu. If you have any questions, ask them.”
Gu Zhongxun heaved a sigh of relief. From the corner of his eye, he saw Chu Tianbao, who was glaring at him covetously and would kill him if he dared to say more than two sentences. An idea flashed through his mind. He raised the letter in front of Bai Wutong and said, “Madam Bai, can you help me answer these questions?”
Bai Wutong took it and winced.
The notes were filled with questions.
She suddenly felt that it was a very wise move for Chu Tianbao to stop him.
Just as she was about to answer Gu Zhongxun’s question, Chu Tianbao suddenly said, “Wife, Stinky seems to be hungry.”
Bai Wutong turned his head and saw Stinky chewing on Chu Tianbao’s hair. Bai Wutong looked at Gu Zhongxun apologetically. “I’ll write down the responses in the letter for you.”
Gu Zhongxun widened his eyes and said excitedly, “Thank you, Madam Bai. I’ll leave it to you then.” Bai Wutong had explained so clearly in words, so the notes she would write must be a million times better than what he had compiled.
As soon as Gu Zhongxun left, Stinky spat out the hair that Chu Tianbao had stuffed into his mouth at the last minute in disdain. He spat hard and climbed onto Chu Tianbao’s shoulder. He grabbed a good piece of meat that Chu Tianbao had exposed and bit it with his four baby teeth.
How could a baby know his limits? Chu Tianbao felt as if a needle had pierced into his flesh. With a roar, he picked up Stinky and threatened fiercely, “If you dare to bite your father again, you won’t be called Stinky anymore. You’ll be called Doggie!”
Stinky was suddenly pulled up by him and glared coldly at. He paused for a moment, pouted, and started crying.
Stinky rarely cried. When he did, his eyes were watery and it made one’s heart break.
Bai Wutong quickly picked up Stinky from Chu Tianbao’s hand and coaxed him gently, “Stinky, don’t cry. Stinky, don’t stoop yourself to your father’s level, okay?”
Stinky cried even louder.
Bai Wutong glared at Chu Tianbao, who was bullying Stinky, and coaxed in a low voice, “Then I’ll bring you to eat meat porridge, okay?”
Stinky cried a few times. His nose and eyes were red. When he heard the words “meat porridge”, his cries stopped abruptly, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
His tears were still in his eyes. He hugged Bai Wutong’s neck with his small hands and pounded softly it a few times, as if he was asking for meat porridge.
Bai Wutong didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She glanced at the withered Chu Tianbao and carried Stinky to find meat porridge.
Chu Tianbao stood where he was, covered in the shadows of loneliness. He lowered his eyes aggrievedly.
His wife only liked Stinky and did not like him at all.
Stinky was carried by Bai Wutong. When he saw Chu Tianbao standing there without moving, his happy expression immediately became anxious. He stretched out his chubby little hand and insisted that Chu Tianbao hug him. “Daddy… Daddy…”
Bai Wutong turned around and saw that Chu Tianbao was so aggrieved that he was about to cry. It was as if he had been abandoned. Her heart immediately twitched.
There were more people in the team now. Everyone came to ask her about all kinds of things. She had indeed neglected Chu Tianbao a lot recently.
She carried Stinky over and took Chu Tianbao’s hand. “Shall we have meat porridge together?”
Bai Wutong suddenly held his hand, and the warmth of her palm spread over. Chu Tianbao suddenly looked up, and the haze in his eyes was gone. He smiled brightly and said, “Okay.” He also naturally carried Stinky over, as if the sadness just now was just Bai Wutong’s imagination.
Bai Wutong smiled and tightened her grip.