Snacks

  Shi Er originally thought Fang Zhen's arrangement made sense, but looking at this little foodie who was still muttering about roasted crabs in his sleep, he suddenly wasn't so sure anymore.

  Yu Xia Zhenren heard on the second day that she had someone move her luggage to her own courtyard, and seemed a bit stunned.

  Qiu Qiu didn't understand why her master was so shocked. In her opinion, taking care of a sick person meant just being nearby to take care of them. If she were eight zhang away, even if the child really fell ill, she wouldn't know about it, let alone be able to take care of him.

  Yu Xiang Zhen Ren told her to sit down.

  In this quiet room, there were only two rush mats. Qiuqiu moved the rush mat closer and sat in front of her.

  "Fang Zhenren entrusted Xi'er to me, and I will certainly take good care of her." Yu Xia Zhenren looked at the bewildered Qiū Qiū: "I see that Xi'er gets along well with you, this is also... fate. Take this manual, just follow it and do as it says."

  Qiu Qiu picked up the small booklet given by her master, she felt that when her master said the word "fate", his tone was a bit strange, as if there was a sense of reluctance and a hint of sourness.

  Anyway, Xia Er settled down on their mountain. Autumn treated her more like a new and beautiful doll than taking care of her as a patient. She was so quiet and looked so pleasing to the eye that even if she didn't say anything, just looking at her made people feel it was a kind of enjoyment.

  Qiuqiu originally only regarded taking care of her as a task, but now she truly enjoys spending time with her. Although there are two senior sisters, the eldest senior sister is focused on cultivating her skills and they have a large age gap, so they don't have much in common. As for the second senior sister, after Qiuqiu arrived at the mountain, her attitude wasn't bad, but she always tries to take precedence in everything, fearing that Qiuqiu will surpass her. Qiuqiu isn't stupid and can naturally sense whether someone is treating her well or not.

  She also understands Jingyi, after all, she entered the door first. If she was surpassed by her younger sister, it would be embarrassing to lose face, and it wouldn't be easy to explain to their master either. Qiū Qiū isn't someone who likes to compete for superiority either, she has always been humble towards Jingyi and maintained her dignity as an older sister.

  This is not because Qiū Qiū has a holy mother factor in her personality, nor is it that she has a white lotus halo. It's just that she's lazy and prefers to do less rather than more. What's the point of fighting for power? Qiū Qiū figured out what path to take after only a few days on the mountain. At that time, people placed great importance on birth order, and Eldest Sister was stable, had high cultivation, and was Master's clear choice as successor. If there were any sect treasures or secret techniques, they would definitely be passed down to her. Qiū Qiū didn't have any plans to fight for power, anyway, Eldest Sister was nice to get along with and treated her well. As long as she could cling to Eldest Sister's leg, she'd have a place to live and food to eat in the future, and could just lazily cultivate and pass the days.

  As for Jingyi Shifu, everyone has their own aspirations. She doesn't understand the lofty ambitions of a swan, and she's not going to waste her energy trying to understand either.

  Usually, Qiū Qiū also wanted to have someone to talk to, but couldn't find anyone. Now she had a good listener, who quietly listened to whatever topic she talked about. She wasn't completely unresponsive, although she didn't show any expression, Qiū Qiū could feel that she was happy too.

  Her master and senior sisters were all detached, except for their cultivation, they weren't interested in anything else. In a good way, it could be said that they were devoted to the Tao, but overall, they lacked a bit of human touch. Patients are most afraid of being bored, having someone accompany them and chat with them would definitely make them happy. Thinking this way, Qiū Qiū felt that she was truly meritorious, her master and senior sisters should award her honors such as "Righteousness and Bravery" or "Willing to Help Others".

  After a few days, Qiuqiu found that Xiaohui didn't eat anything. To be exact, except for the medicine, she didn't eat anything else.

  Of course, the people on the mountain are all like this, from the master to the senior sister, they are all figures who can be full by drinking wind. But Qiuqiu always feels that eating is such a wonderful thing, loving life must start with loving food! Patients need to rekindle their passion for life, and delicious food is also essential!

  She brought out all sorts of snacks she liked and presented them to her son as treasures.

  "This is chestnut, this is pine nut, this is melon seed, this is bamboo shoot, this is sour plum, this is red fruit jelly……" One of the great benefits of cultivating immortality is that collecting snacks is very convenient. There's everything on the mountain, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you're willing to climb! Now, let alone climbing trees and wading through rivers, which don't count for anything to her, even fighting tigers and drawing out their tendons she can do, but she doesn't feel like bothering with that. She doesn't want to cook tiger bone soup to drink either, it's not worth it to mess with the mountain's old tiger family. Tiger dad and tiger mom just had two tiger cubs, it's a happy family time, she doesn't want to go destroy someone else's family happiness either.

  "What would you like to eat?"

  He stared at her blankly.

  "Didn't you eat anything at all?"

  Children without snacks have no childhood, a life without snacks is unhappy!

  Autumn took out one by one for her to taste.

  "This is a walnut." Qiuqiu picked up a large walnut, and with two fingers lightly pinched it, the hard walnut shell shattered like thin paper.

  This is also one of the benefits of practicing. In a previous life, if there wasn't someone handy around, eating a walnut could make you sweat all over.

  Qiu Qiu took out a whole walnut kernel and said to Shi Er: "Open your mouth."

  She stuffed a whole walnut kernel into Xi'er's small mouth, as a result, Xi'er's small mouth was deformed.

  Alright, with that, the beautiful image of a cold and unapproachable girl was instantly shattered.

  She is still a heavenly beauty - okay, now she's just a pretty girl. No matter how beautiful, with puffed cheeks and bulging eyes, she can't be made to look good anymore.

  "Is it delicious?" Qiuqiu asked very sincerely.

  "Hmm..." The young boy's expression was very perplexed.

  Can't you even tell what's delicious and what's not? Qiuqiu asked in a different way: "Do you like it?"

  This time the child nodded.

  "Come on, try some of this. I made it myself. The honey is from the wild bees in the mountains behind our village."

  Qiuqiu fed her another honey-soaked cherry, the cherry was soaked to perfection, that deep red color, the honey stuck to the pale lips of the child, also deep red.

  Qiu Qiu sucked on her fingers stained with sweet juice, looking at the lively and vivid face of the child who had a hint of crimson on his lips.

  Originally, they were all like people in paintings, light ink and white drawings. Now, suddenly, they came to life and walked down from the painting paper.

  Two people ate from walnuts all the way to pressed dried peaches, although they only had a taste of each, but the total amount was quite considerable. Qiuqiu also brewed two cups of bamboo core green tea and suggested: "Why don't we stay up tonight? Master said I should practice with you, it's good for your body."

  Then two little friends who were full from eating snacks started a pure duel!

  Really pure eyes! So cute!

  Two people sat face to face with their legs crossed, Qiū Qiū placed her two hands on Shí Er's two hands - this posture was written in the small book given by her master today, but Shí Er seemed not used to it and turned his hands over to press Qiū Qiū's hands underneath.

  It doesn't really matter who's on top or bottom, does it? But Qiuqiu can understand - she used to know someone who had to sleep with their hands spread out to the sides of their body, and if they put them on their body, they would definitely not be able to fall asleep, and even if they did, they would have nightmares.

  The child may not be used to being pressed.

  Besides, she's a patient, weak and frail.

  Qiu Qiu is as gentle as a stream, letting her two hands rest on top of her head.

  Qiu Qiu closed her eyes, silently reciting the incantation in her heart, and began to circulate her Qi.

  Normally when she practiced on her own, the true yuan would circulate through her body's meridians for a full cycle before returning to her dantian. But today was different. She could feel the warm true yuan in her body flowing out from the center of her left palm and being absorbed into Xier's palm without a single bit leaking out.

  This feeling was quite wonderful. As her true yuan entered the body of Xi Er, she vaguely felt the true yuan circulating in Xi Er's meridians. At the same time, a faintly cool true yuan drilled into her right palm and quickly merged with her own true yuan, like a rushing stream, happily circulating in her meridians.

  It feels different from when she cultivates by herself.

  When I meditate on my own, everything is routine and there are no surprises or unexpected events. This feeling is brand new and unfamiliar, full of uncertainty.

  Qiu Qiu felt a little nervous, but at the same time had an air of anticipation in her heart.

  She didn't know if practicing like this could really help her son recover from his illness, but after circulating her qi once, Qiuqiu felt that her own progress had greatly improved. Practicing like this just once was equivalent to the results of several months, no, even a few years of practice in the past.

  Two people waited with bated breath, Qiū Qiū was extremely nervous, staring at Duō ěr left and right, up and down, without stopping. Even someone as calm as Duō ěr made her feel uneasy.

  "How do you feel?"

  He looked at her with some helplessness - although she was still expressionless, Qiuqiu felt that she was a bit helpless. Being stared at by those black eyes, Qiuqiu suddenly felt tremendous pressure. However, she persisted and didn't back down.

  It was originally for treating illness, of course we need to ask about its efficacy.

  The boy fell silent for a while, then spat out two words: "It's okay."

  Are you okay?

  Is this supposed to be some kind of answer? Qiuqiu furrowed her small brow, she thought that the annoying degree of these two words was only second to "whatever".

  But looking at Xia Er's appearance, her mouth was tightly closed, and it seemed that she didn't want to say another word. Although her eyebrows weren't furrowed, Qiu Qiu could still sense that she was getting impatient.

  Huh, wasn't she more insensitive to Xiao Er's emotions before?

  Is this also one of the changes brought about by dual cultivation?

  The two sat in silence for a while, and then the child spoke softly: "Thank you."

  "Ah, what's all this fuss about? Don't be so polite."

  The memory is broken, within half an hour it can blue screen four times, and keep beeping~~~~ Luckily I have two memory sticks plugged into my computer, after removing one stick and leaving the other one in, it still works but becomes very slow.