Chapter 11

Saving Someone and Getting Kicked

Du Xiao Li drew up Du Xiu Heng’s pant leg and saw on his white little leg a four to five centimeter long slanted cut. Must have been cut by a branch. Aside from this, there aren’t any other major problems.

“Big brother, how can you be this careless? Seeing how you still haven’t come back, I was worried to death. Luckily the cut isn’t very deep. You’ll be fine after resting for two days. However, in these two days, you can’t work.” Du Xiao Li put down his pant leg and stood up.

Du Xiu Heng saw the distinct worry on Du Xiao Li’s face, and thought of how, although she was different from before now, she understood how to care for others.

“Let’s go back home first. Else, the sky will grow dark in a bit.” Du Xiu Heng said with reddened eyes.

(T/N: ;;A;; AHHHHHHHHHHHH PLEASE PROTECT THIS SMOLL BEAN)

“Let me.” Du Xiao Li picked up the wood bunch on the ground and carried it on her back. Some of the longer pieces of wood were even taller than her, and those wood weighed several catty. Don’t know how the injured Du Xiu Heng was able to carry back this heavy firewoods.

“Younger sister, how about I do it, your strength is still so small.” Du Xiu Heng wanted to take it back, but was dodged by Du Xiao Li.

“Let’s go big brother, I can still carry it. You’re injured, so it’s best if this leg doesn’t receive pressure.” Du Xiao Li said and walked ahead, carrying the firewood on her back.

Seeing Du Xiao Li being insistent, Du Xiu Heng could only head back following behind her, while also reaching out to help lift it, letting Du Xiao Li have an easier time carrying it.

When they finally arrived back home with great difficulty, Du Xiao Li felt she was about to be squashed onto the ground.

“Phew….” Placing down the firewood, she couldn’t help letting out a long sigh. She wiped the sweat from her head, and in her heart, she couldn’t help complaining about her current body, really too weak. Looks like need to properly train some time.

“Already said to let me do it. See, look how tired you are.” Du Xiu Heng helped her place down the firewood and said.

“But I’m only exhausted for a bit. Your leg is injured. For you to carry it would be adding injury to the injury. Du Xiao Li said, “Go sit on the stool, I’ll treat your wound for you. Right now, the temperature is somewhat hot, if it gets infected, it’ll be troublesome.”

Du Xiao Li let Du Xiu Heng sit on the stool in the courtyard. Then afterwards, she took out the wine. There weren’t any cotton b.a.l.l.s, so she could only use an unused cotton cloth to soak in the wine. After a while, she used the cotton cloth to lightly wipe clean the cut. When the cut was about sanitized, she then used a clean cloth to wrap it up.

Du Xiu Heng watched Du Xiao Li’s adept skills, his expression slightly changing. He wanted to ask something, but in the end, didn’t say anything.

After Du Xiao Li had the cut taken care of, she moved a stool and placed it in front of Du Xiu Heng. Then she got him a bowl porridge and placed it on the stool, saying: “Big brother, why don’t you just eat here?”

Du Xiu Heng picked up the chopsticks, looked to the different from usual porridge, and said, “What porridge is this?”

Du Xiao Li also filled herself a bowl, and then sat down next to Du Xiu Heng, replying: “Today at grandpa Niu’s place, I got some medical herbs. This is herb porridge, good for the stomach and replenishing energy.”

“You just started going to grandpa Niu’s place and already learned this much?” Du Xiu Heng partially seriously, partially jokingly said.

“Yeah, this was what grandpa Niu told me, so I tried making something to eat from it. Look at how weak your body is. Of course you need to supplement more. Else, how are you going to take care of me!” Du Xiao Li heard Du Xiu Heng’s words and replied somewhat unnaturally. “That’s right, tomorrow, don’t go into the county seat* to sell firewood. Wait until your leg recovers then go. Besides, our family doesn’t lack money right now either.”

(*T/N: Tbh I really don’t like the wording for this, but it is what it’s actually called…I’m so conflicted.)

Du Xiu Heng looked at his own leg, then turned his head to look at Du Xiao Li, who was holding a bowl of porridge, drinking very contently, and nodded his head in response.

The next day, Du Xiu Heng didn’t go to sell firewood, but instead stayed in his own room all day reading. Ever since Su Su Xin fell gravely ill, he hadn’t read a book like this in a very long time.

Du Xiao Li stood at the doorway, watching Du Xiu Heng’s engrossed appearance. A light flickered past her eyes, and she made a decision in her heart.

In the following two days, Du Xiao Li didn’t let Du Xiu Heng go out either. In the mornings, she would go to Niu Jing’s place to learn how to differentiate herbs. Then in the afternoon, she would come back and read the medical books on her own. Moreover, she would also bring back some medical herbs from Niu Jing’s place to make into medicine for Du Xiu Heng, preventing his wound from getting infected. And just like this, the wound on Du Xiu Heng’s leg very quickly healed into a scab.

“Big brother, I can already recognize some medical herbs. In the future, when you go into the mountains to chop wood, I also want to go together with you.” Du Xiao said.

At first, Du Xiu Heng didn’t want to let Du Xiao Li go into the mountains, but recalling that she wanted to dig for herbs, he didn’t feel rea.s.sured leaving her at home alone either. Thus, he agreed.

The morning of this day, Du Xiao Li came to Niu Jing’s house, just like the previous two days, but discovered that Niu Jing went out. Moreover, one of the bodyguards was also missing, with only one bodyguard standing behind Han Ming Yi.

“Big brother Xiao Yi, where’s grandpa Niu?” With no other choice, Du Xiao Li asked the person who was lying down sunbathing.

“Temporary had something to do and went out.” The bodyguard behind Han Ming Yi replied. “Before he left, he said to let you wait in the house, and also to review those medical herbs.”

“Oh. Thank you, this big brother.” Du Xiao Li sweetly smiled, then turned and walked to a corner of the courtyard, turning over the medical herbs drying in the wicker basket.

She waited for a long while, but still didn’t see Niu Jing return. After she turned over all the medical ingredients once, just as she was preparing to go into the house to read the medical book, a ‘peng’ sound suddenly came from behind. Startled, she quickly turned her head, seeing Han Ming Yi lying on the recliner, curled up in a ball, twitching all over. In his mouth was a cotton cloth that the bodyguard quickly shoved in.

“Young master.” The bodyguard knelt down on the ground on one knee, and had his body placed flat. Afterwards, he turned Han Ming Yi’s head to one side. Although Han Ming Yi was biting on a cloth, white foam still leaked out from his mouth and onto the ground.

Du Xiao Li walked over and asked, “Your family’s young master has epilepsy (also commonly known as seizure disorder)?

The bodyguard glanced at Du Xiao Li, but didn’t say anything, only paying attention to Han Ming Yi’s condition, muttering in his mouth, “Why has doctor Niu still not returned yet?”

“Your family’s young master is often like this, and you’re still not used to it?” Du Xiao Li said, even she herself could hear the pleasure at another’s misfortune in her own words. Alright, until now, she still remembered the grudge from the beginning when Han Ming Yi didn’t accept her bowl, and even not saying a single word to her!

“How did you know?” The bodyguard’s gaze filled with killing intent shot towards Du Xiao Li.

“This epilepsy would act up every once in a while, what’s so strange about this!” Du Xiao Li said, “Seeing how skilled you are, you should have experienced it before many times already, so why are you still this panicked?”

“The epilepsy you speak of, what it is, I don’t know. However, the time interval between young master’s attacks are becoming more and more short. It’s precisely because young master just had an attack a few days ago, that’s why doctor Niu went out, not expecting that it would happen so soon again.” The bodyguard coldly replied.

“So it’s like that.” Du Xiao Li shifted her gaze onto Han Ming Yi. Seeing that he’d already fainted from twitching, her expression changed as she said, “Oh no! Quick, press his philtrum acupuncture point and joint valley acupuncture point.”

(T/N: Philtrum is the area under the nose, and ‘joint valley’, the literal translation, is the point between the thumb and index finger.)

And she herself thus swiftly removed his shoe and sock, rolled up his trousers, one hand pressing on the zusanli, and one hand pressing on the ‘gushing spring’ point. Seeing the bodyguard still in a daze, she shouted at him, “What are you still waiting around for, do you want your young master to die? Quickly do as I say!”

(T/N: Zusanli is an acupuncture point below the knee; ‘gushing spring’ is point under the foot.)

Getting yelled at by Du Xiao Li like this, the bodyguard finally returned to his sense, quickly pressing on the philtrum with one hand, and pinching the ‘joint valley’ point with the other.

After a while like this, Han Ming Yi finally faintly woke up. What he saw when he opened his eyes was his own foot held in the embrace of a little girl. He instinctively reacted, and had Du Xiao Li kicked far away, berating, “Audacious!”

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