First smoked mind

Chapter 23
This afternoon, Qiao Chuxun and Xiao Taoer came back from the market and bought a lot of fresh ingredients.Qiao Chuxun carried a vegetable basket in one hand, and asked Xiao Taoer to hold a small basin containing tofu.I heard from the fish and shrimp peddler before that there is a tofu shop at the north end of the market. It sells hot bean juice every morning and sells fresh tofu in the evening. The tofu is thin and smooth, with a bean fragrance. It is very thick, and everyone who eats it in the city knows to go to his house to buy it.

It happened that Qiao Chuxun wanted to cook a dish that used tofu, so he went to this place with Xiao Taoer to have a look.In the end, I bought two large pieces of tofu for cooking, and I saw that the watery tofu just out of the pan was really tender. It’s still early, so I can buy some and add some sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, red bean paste, etc. Yes, treat these people as desserts to fill their stomachs first.

The proprietress was quite enthusiastic. Seeing that the two young girls had nothing in their hands and they were carrying a lot of things, she found a small basin from the back kitchen and took a cloth towel to put it on, and asked them to hold water and tofu. Just remember to bring it back when you come back next time.

So the two walked back quickly all the way out of the shop.Although it was covered with a lid, it was cold after all. The water tofu was fresh and tender. If it was cold and then returned to the pot, it would not taste the same.

As soon as I turned a corner, I saw a woman dressed as a young woman sitting on a stone slab by the side of the road, covering her belly, her forehead was dripping with cold sweat, her lips were bloodless, and her vegetable basket was lying on the ground beside her.Standing next to her was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, holding the woman's arm and stomping her feet anxiously. Obviously she had never experienced this kind of situation, and she was at a loss as to what to do.

Coincidentally, it was sunset time, most of the passers-by on the road were in a hurry, and no one noticed the movement here.Qiao Chuxun frowned as soon as he looked at the woman's figure and face.He walked quickly to the two of them, put down the vegetable basket in his hand, bent down and asked, "What's the matter, madam?"

When the little girl saw someone coming, she quickly grabbed Qiao Chuxun's cuff, and she couldn't speak in a hurry: "My sister... my sister is pregnant! I don't know what happened just now, but suddenly... our family It's two streets away from here, and my brother-in-law is still in the government office, I can't help her by myself..."

Qiao Chuxun patted the back of the girl's hand, signaling her to let go, and then looked at the woman who was in so much pain that she couldn't speak: "Madam, I will help you to the medical center, which is not far ahead."

The woman nodded her head, and said incoherently: "I'm... bothering you, girl."

Xiao Tao'er was also very anxious watching from the side, knowing that human life is at stake, but she was worried about Qiao Chuxun, and looked at her with round eyes: "Sister Chuxun...how about I go."

Qiao Chuxun helped the girl to stand up, looked at Xiao Tao'er's cold reddish hands, and felt a little embarrassed: "Let's put the food here first. Xiao Tao'er, you go back to the house first, and tell the young master and Brother Gao, Dinner may be late tonight. There are still a lot of steamed buns frozen in the tank in the southeast corner of the kitchen. Take out the red bean paste and sweet-scented osmanthus sauce I made a few days ago. If everyone is hungry, eat water tofu first. There are buns. I will try to go back as soon as possible."

Xiao Taoer was still a little hesitant. Seeing Qiao Chuxun frowned at her and signaled her to be obedient with her eyes, she nodded and responded, "I'll go back right away. Sister Chuxun, don't run around when you arrive at the medical center. Brothers, hurry up!" Just come here." The nearest medical clinic is on the next street, so she has to go back and tell the big guy.

The young woman who was being supported also heard something, and seemed very disturbed: "Please trouble girl..."

The little girl next to her helped hide the two baskets of vegetables that Qiao Chuxun put on the ground behind the stone slab, then turned her head and couldn't help but thank her: "Thank you sister, thank you..."

Qiao Chuxun shook her head, and curled her lips: "It's okay. Slow down, madam."

The two supported the limp woman to turn around the street corner, following the woman's pace, walking not too fast.Qiao Chuxun held the young woman's wrist with one hand, and calmly probed for the pulse, but the doubts between her brows became more and more serious. The pulse...

After working for about half a cup of tea, I arrived at the medical clinic, just in time for people to close the door.Seeing that there were three women, the one in the middle was obviously pregnant, so the old doctor didn't say much, put down the lock with his hands down, and ordered the medicine boy to enter the house and hold the lamp.

After entering the room, he first helped the woman to sit down on a couch, and then Qiao Chuxun stepped aside so that the doctor could come forward to give her pulse.The woman's younger sister didn't dare to talk nonsense, and just watched anxiously from the side.

The old doctor took his pulse for a while, his gray brows were tightly frowned, and he turned his head to look at the two of them: "What did she eat before?"

The little girl was taken aback by the question, and seeing Qiao Chuxun frowning at her, she stammered and replied, "No, it's nothing. It's just ordinary vegetables and rice... Oh, and there's also a bowl of steamed eggs. I In the past two months, my sister vomited very badly and didn’t want to eat meat, so recently I have taken care of her taste in cooking, and the cooking is quite light.”

The old doctor pondered for a moment, then looked at the woman who was already dizzy at this time: "Madam, you feel that your lower abdomen is swollen, your breath is sinking, and sometimes you feel colic?"

The woman nodded weakly, her voice trembling slightly: "Doctor, is the child..."

The old doctor shook his head and stood up: "Madam, don't worry, the child is fine." After taking the pen and paper from the drug boy, he said with some hesitation: "Madam needs to pay more attention to her daily diet. Don't eat unfamiliar food. Food, just pay attention to warming up." The little girl nodded again and again, and went to support the woman to lean against the end of the soft couch, while comforting the woman in a low voice.

The old doctor glanced at the two of them again, but didn't say anything, and walked to the side to write a prescription.Qiao Chuxun also followed. After all, she had never taken a pulse and treated people seriously, but judging from the pulse just now and the woman's symptoms... she should ask clearly about some things.

Looking at the medicinal materials and dosages written down by the old man on the paper, Qiao Chuxun became more sure of what he was thinking.As soon as I opened my mouth to ask, I felt a gust of cool wind blowing from behind, and my whole body was hugged into an unfamiliar embrace, and the voice above my head was not as calm as usual, but a little impatient: "What happened? "

Hearing the sound, the old doctor turned around, took a good look at the person who came and the intimate posture of the two, coughed twice, then turned his eyes away, and continued to read the prescription written in his hand.

Qiao Chuxun was slightly embarrassed, and supported Jing Yi's arm to signal him to let go: "I'm fine, I met a lady who was unwell on the road, and her younger sister was too young to help her..."

Jing Yi helped the person in his arms to turn around halfway, looked at the person carefully, and finally stopped his gaze on the person's face, looked into her eyes and said, "Why didn't you ask anyone to follow? Whose class is it today? God It's getting dark so early, and you are unfamiliar with the place, and you let Xiao Taoer go back first, do you know that the city is not peaceful all day long?"

The old doctor next to him handed the prescription to the drug boy, turned around and looked at the two of them, with a smile in his eyes: "Young lady is really kind, it is really rare to give a helping hand when we meet by chance." Then he glanced at Jing Yi again, The smile deepened in the words: "However, what this young master said is not wrong. There were indeed many incidents in the city a while ago. When going out in the future, it is better to follow as many people as possible."

After saying that, he cupped his hands towards the two of them, and went to the couch where the woman was resting.

Qiao Chuxun's face was burning slightly, and he glanced at Jing Yi with some reproach, and whispered, "It's okay, I walk these streets almost every day, and it's been half a year since I came here, it's not counted as life—"

"Stubborn!" Jing Yi frowned and scolded him in a low voice, directly holding one of his hands in his palm: "From now on, you are not allowed to go out without a shadow guard." As he spoke, he pulled him to go out.

But there was a crisp voice from the other side of the room. The little girl trotted over, first saluted Jing Yi, and then thanked Qiao Chuxun politely.Qiao Chuxun said with a slight smile that there was no need, while Jing Yi looked at him coldly, not intending to speak at all.

After Qiao Chuxun finished talking to the little girl, she turned her head to look at him again: "I have something to ask that doctor..." As he said that, he was about to pull his hand out of Jing Yi's palm.

Jing Yi clenched his little hand even more tightly, and without saying anything, he dragged her to find someone together.

The old doctor explained to the woman some things that should be paid attention to in daily life, turned around and saw that the two hadn't left yet, so he asked with a smile: "What else can you two do?"

Qiao Chuxun glanced at the woman and the little girl, and said softly, "Doctor, take a step to speak."

The three then moved to the other side of the room.Qiao Chuxun curled the corners of her lips, showing a slight smile: "Doctor, according to your opinion, is there something strange about the pulse condition of that lady just now?"

The old man's complexion changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Qiao Chuxun: "Girl..."

The smile on Qiao Chuxun's lips remained unchanged, and he said in a warm voice: "To be honest, I had a pulse check for another pregnant lady a few days ago, and her pulse and symptoms were almost exactly the same as today's. Suspicious, so I hope the doctor can enlighten me."

Jing Yi was by the side, and he wasn't paying much attention at first, but half of what he heard was moved in his heart, and he looked sideways at the people around him.

The old man looked gloomy, pondered for a moment, and slowly shook his head: "Since the girl has already guessed in her heart, she can get the proof by going back and looking through the books. There are some things, and I am sorry for the inconvenience of telling you."

Jing Yi's face was displeased, and his tone was a little heavy: "It's just that Qi and Huang are competing with each other. Is there any truth that can't be said outright?"

The old doctor frowned even tighter, looked at the two with embarrassment for a while, finally sighed, and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, a big medicine hall opened in the city. If you want to find out about it, you might as well Go there and have a look."

Jing Yi nodded slightly, thanked him, and dragged Qiao Chuxun out of the hospital.

At this time, night fell, a small crescent moon hung on a bare tree branch, and there were not many pedestrians on the road, and the dark sky looked a little intrusive.The two walked slowly along the side of the road when Qiao Chuxun suddenly stopped and said with wide eyes, "The vegetables I bought..."

Jing Yi chuckled, and squeezed her hand: "Someone took it back a long time ago. Xiao Tao'er said that the two of them had family members working in the government office, so she also sent someone to tell Yi Qingyu."

Only then did Qiao Chuxun breathe a sigh of relief, unaware that the two were still holding hands at this time, looked up at Jing Yi, and smiled slightly: "Young Master is really thoughtful."

Jing Yi also bent his lips, and the corners of his slightly raised eyes were even more upturned because of the smile, together with the two slender eyebrows, as if they were about to fly into his temples: "I don't want to be more thoughtful, do you still look like you? I just follow others like a fool." Let’s go, Xiao Tao’er will not let you follow me, what if someone deliberately tricks you and abducts you?”

Qiao Chuxun cast a dissatisfied glance at him, and pursed the corners of her lips lightly: "No way! I can't tell if that person is really sick or not." Then she hadn't read all the books in the past ten years for nothing!
Jing Yi smiled and looked at her delicate appearance with slightly pouted lips, and deliberately teased her to argue with himself: "Why not? Don't you know that people with strong martial arts can stimulate internal energy to change their pulse? Everyone in this world has it. There are many people with vicious thoughts and vicious thoughts, if they intend to harm you, with your little knowledge, you will not be deceived by others."

Qiao Chuxun was really a little anxious by what he said, and looked at him with wide eyes: "I..."

"What are you?" Jing Yi still had a calm expression, but his eyes were full of smiles: "Little girl, you don't understand anything, and you are not allowed to run around alone in the future."

Qiao Chuxun was slightly flustered by his staring gaze and the slightly doting tone of voice. After a short breath, she suddenly found that she was letting him hold hands all the way. Withdraw your hand.

Jing Yi didn't tease her much this time, he let her go with his hands slightly loosened.

Qiao Chuxun clasped his hands in front of him, and twisted them gently in his sleeves. He didn't have anything to say at the moment, and the two of them walked side by side in silence.You can vaguely see the warm orange lantern in front of your house, Qiao Chuxun pursed his lips, telling himself not to think about it.Because the job of helping people caused a lot of trouble for everyone, Jing Yi came out to find someone, and the big guys couldn't eat in time.Xiao Tao'er should have prepared the staple food and porridge right now, and she has to fry the vegetables quickly when she goes back later.

(End of this chapter)