Seven herbs

  The time Qiuqiu fainted was actually very short, just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Jingxin Shijie was the first to rush over and rescued Qiuqiu from under the heavy pressure. Master Yuxia Zhenren also hastily ended her meditation and rushed over. With her intervention, even if Qiuqiu wanted to pretend to be dizzy and take a break, it would not have been possible.

  With the master's intervention, there won't be any problem that can't be solved. The master gave her medicine and used true yuan to help her regulate her meridians, now Xier's condition has stabilized, but she still hasn't woken up.

  It wasn't until then that Shifu could spare some time to care about Qiuqiu.

  "Are you hurt?"

  "No." Qiuqiu also found it strange, at that time the child's body was scorched like a hot iron, and she fainted. When she woke up, there was no abnormality on her body, neither scald nor pain, really strange.

  "I'm fine, I didn't get hurt."

  "But you must be scared, right?" The master patted her head: "Fang Zhenren told me about it before, but I didn't expect his illness to be so severe. For the next two days, don't practice with Chu'er for now, lest you get affected too."

  Qiu Qiu responded with a "yes". The child lay on the couch, covered with a thin quilt, and was so still that there wasn't even a slight sound, if not for the faint rise and fall of his chest, he would have been just like a stone statue.

  "Master, although we can't practice together, I'm a bit worried about leaving her behind. I'll stay here and take care of her for the next few days."

  "Also, you're close by and you're familiar with each other. But don't try to be a hero, if there's anything wrong, tell me immediately or find your senior sister, don't get yourself involved."

  Qiuqiu nodded and saw off Yu Xia Zhenren. Now only she and Shi Er were left in the house.

  Qiu Qiu sat on the edge of the bed, carefully examining the child.

  She was still the same as ever, her whole person like an ice sculpture. Autumn's hand on her nose could feel her weak breath, still as cold as usual.

  It's really strange, she's such a cold person, how can she be burning all over when she's sick? What kind of weird disease is this?

  She's still young, but she's so ill, she must have suffered a lot.

  Shi'er slept for three days before waking up. Qiuqiu heard the movement behind her, turned her head to look, and saw that Shi'er had already opened his eyes and was supporting himself on the bed, trying to sit up.

  "Hold still," Qiuqiu picked up a bowl of soup in front of her: "This is what Master told me, saying that when you wake up, you must drink it quickly."

  The medicine soup was black in color, but the taste was surprisingly refreshing and fragrant. Autumn secretly took a sip, only to find it so bitter that she almost spat out her bile.

  But he drank it all down without batting an eyelid, his expression unchanged.

  Qiu Qiu seriously suspected that this child might not have a sense of taste. In the past, when she was given delicious food, she also tasted like wax, without any expression of excitement. Drinking such bitter medicine, her face didn't change color, as if she couldn't taste it at all.

  "You scared me to death." Qiuqiu took over the medicine bowl: "How did you get sick so suddenly? If it's like this every time, even if you bring the medicine with you, it won't be in time to take it."

  The child finally gave face this time and said a few more words: "Summer will be over in two months, and it'll be fine."

  Luckily, luckily. If it's like this every time, Qiuqiu wouldn't dare to get close to her again. Otherwise, not only would she fail to save others, but she'd also put herself in danger.

  "How's your body feeling now? I'll go ask Master to come and take a look at you?"

  She nodded slightly and seemed to be fine. Yu Xia came over to take a look and said she was okay too.

  Qiuqiu only truly accepted the fact that Shier was a seriously ill person from now on. Before, everything had been calm and peaceful, she had never really treated Shier as a sick person.

  The result is really a case of "if you don't make a sound, then that's it; but if you do make a sound, it will be earth-shattering".

  "What's wrong with you? What kind of illness is this?"

  "Why does your whole body get so hot when you're sick? It's like it's on fire."

  "How long have you been sick?"

  "Can our combined efforts really cure you?"

  "You're really something else."

  The child finally lifted her head and looked at her with autumn's full of expectation.

  “……”

  “……”

  Alright, silence is golden.

  Qiu Qiu gave a middle finger in her heart.

  Boobs!

  Will saying a few more words kill you?

  Just when she had lost all hope, Xiao Er suddenly spoke up: "It's been like this since I can remember."

  "Ah," Qiuqiu suddenly turned from anger to joy, although the child had only answered one of so many questions, but Qiuqiu's annoyance instantly turned into sympathy for her.

  Her illness is so painful, she's already miserable enough, and she's digging into the details, which is like rubbing salt in her wounds. No wonder Xiao Er doesn't want to talk to her.

  "Why don't you just stay home these days? Wouldn't it be safer to stay indoors? Anyway, summer is almost over and autumn will be much better, right?"

  This summer has come to an end, and autumn is approaching hastily. Overnight, the mountains and fields are filled with golden wind. In the spring, Jing Xin Shifu opened up a small plot of land on the mountain to plant medicinal herbs. If she couldn't find time, Qiuqiu would take care of it for her. Now that many of the herbs can be harvested, Jing Xin Shifu is too busy to handle it alone, and Qiuqiu naturally goes to help without hesitation.

  Shi Er was dragged here by her, Qiu Qiu held a small rake and loosened the soil over there, Shi Er sat on the ground watching. These herbs are precious, Qiu Qiu is afraid of hurting the roots, so she rakes very carefully, like embroidering flowers. The dug-up herbs were immediately packed into a jade box, not daring to be careless at all. Shi Er watched her for half a day, moving slowly, just like a fat worm. Compared to when they first met, Qiu Qiu's height hadn't increased at all, but her face had become rounder than before. So to speak, she has also grown up, but she grew sideways. Her face was white and round, just like a glutinous rice ball.

  She had just finished mowing a clump of grass, her forehead was covered in fine sweat, when a towel suddenly appeared in front of her.

  Qiu Qiu was startled and almost jumped up, and then she handed the towel forward again, before Qiu Qiu finally took it.

  "When did you come? Like a cat, I didn't hear anything at all."

  Qiu Qiu didn't use her handkerchief, instead she wiped the sweat with her sleeve. The handkerchief was exceptionally light and thin, pinched in her hand it felt like pinching a wisp of cloud.

  The child didn't make a sound, but the meaning conveyed through his eyes was somehow understood by Qiuqiu.

  "Alright, I'll take a break and continue later. Shifu has many things to attend to, so I can help her with some simple tasks. By the way, do you understand herbal medicine?"

  The child nodded slightly.

  "I don't quite understand these things, although I've read the book that my sister gave me and even copied down those strange flowers and fruits from the Hundred Herb Catalog. But when I actually see them, I still can't tell them apart. For example, this type of芝草 is all one kind, but the difference between nine-leaf and seven-leaf is too small, and I always get it wrong. And then there's ginseng and this red bead fruit - if you don't dig up the soil to look at the roots underneath, the parts above ground look exactly the same."

  "Not the same."

  Qiu Qiu was stunned for a moment before reacting and realizing what Shi Er had said.

  "It's obviously the same..."

  Shi Er's hand stretched out, pointing at a red bead fruit in front of them: "Its leaf veins are translucent red."

  Autumn autumn regretted not being able to lie down and take a look. If he hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have known. But now that the child has mentioned it, his face really did turn slightly red.

  "Really? But it's not written in any book, how did you know?"

  The two of them locked eyes for a moment, and an awkward silence spread out quietly.

  Autumn turned her head away with a huff.

  No comment, who cares.

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  I caught a cold, waaahhh...