Bab 46: Making Up A Story
After Mrs. Zhao finished speaking, she sighed. The back of the mountains is really not a good place. There are too many poisonous snakes and scorpions there. If one is not careful, they will be seriously injured in the blink of an eye.
Lu Jiao's eyes grew gloomy. She had urgently dealt with snake venom for Xu Duojin earlier, so he should not be paralyzed, but there must be sequelae.
In fact, if he takes the medicine she has prescribed, it would not leave any sequelae, but what can she do? The Xu family obviously didn't believe her, so she didn't want to make fun of herself.
Lu Jiao and Mrs Zhao parted ways after a few more words. After that, Lu Jiao brought cold noodles and vegetables into the east bedroom, and the family started to eat dinner.
The four little ones ate at the small table, and Lu Jiao decided to feed Xie Yunjin first.
"Your antidote for snake venom really works?" Xie Yunjin squinted at Lu Jiao while eating.
Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows and said lightly, "Believe it or not."
Xie Yunjin saw she didn't seem to be in a good mood, so he asked, "Do you have something on your mind?"
Lu Jiao turned around and looked at Xie Yunjin. Under the dim light, the man's handsome and cold face seemed to be outlined with a layer of light, and his skin seemed as smooth as cold jade.
However, there is a bit of gentleness shining in the depth of his pupils. Does he actually care about her?
Lu Jiao stared at Xie Yunjin in surprise, but Xie Yunjin quickly averted his gaze and stopped looking at her.
Lu Jiao suspected that she was overthinking things and said with a long sigh, "It's just annoying. Obviously, someone was kind to help others, but they just don't appreciate it."
As soon as she said it, Xie Yunjin knew that she was talking about Xu Duojin's family.
When Lu Jiao came down from the mountain earlier, as soon as she reached home, she rushed to the room, looking for paper and a writing brush, and then wrote the antidote. But then, what happened? The Xu family did not believe her at all, and they must have already taken Xu Duojin to the town to seek medical treatment.
Xie Yunjin raised his eyebrows and said, "That's because you haven't shown your ability in this area before, so no one will believe you. After some time, everyone will definitely believe you."
He suddenly looked up at Lu Jiao after he finished speaking and asked again, "Is the detoxification prescription you wrote really effective? Will he not lose hair, have deformed muscles, or be paralyzed and confined to bed?"
Lu Jiao nodded enthusiastically, "Actually, there will be practically no adverse effects as long as the detoxification antidote is tailored as per the characteristics of that particular snake that bit the victim. The reason why the detoxification antidotes prescribed by many doctors for the detoxification of snake venom are not effective is that they do not understand the characteristics of snakes. The golden ring snake is a type of poisonous snake with neurotoxins. It will paralyze people's nerves, so the dosage of the Quanxie and Wugong must be increased in the antidote to counter the poison which has already spread in the person's body. Most doctors do not dare use too much of Quanxie and Wugong, so they are unable to dissolve the residual poison."
"Another example is the king cobra, which has both neurotoxins and haemotoxins. If one is bitten by it, it is easy to get poisoned with both the neurotoxin and the haemotoxin, or maybe just the neurotoxin or the haemotoxin. In this case, it is critical to determine whether the injured person has been severely poisoned by the haemotoxin or the neurotoxin, and the symptoms must be thoroughly observed for that. Only after that can an effective antidote be prescribed."
While Lu Jiao was explaining all this, her eyes seemed to have an inexplicable charm. Even if she had a fat face, it did not affect the confidence that was being reflected in those dazzling eyes of hers.
When Xie Yunjin looked at her shining eyes, he couldn't feel the disgust and hatred he had previously felt.
But, when he looked at her like this, he couldn't help but fall into a new line of thought. He wondered, this Lu Jiao, who was in front of him right now, who was she earlier?
Not only can she identify medicinal herbs, but she can also detoxify snake venom. By the way, let's not forget, that she had also taken out a fish bone for Xie Xiaobao before. All of these clues point in one direction. This woman is most likely a doctor.
Xie Yunjin thought about it and asked sharply, "In addition to detoxifying snake venom, what other diseases can you treat?"
Lu Jiao was rather taken aback when she heard Xie Yunjin's question, and she wondered if she should just take this opportunity to let him know about her medical skills, lest she be exposed in the future.
As Lu Jiao thought about it, she looked at Xie Yunjin with a sincere face and said, "Actually, I just understand a little bit, but it's not too much."
Without waiting for Xie Yunjin to reply, she continued, "Do you know why I understand this?"
Xie Yunjin remained silent, raised his eyebrows, and slowly ate a spoonful of cold noodles from Lu Jiao's hand, thinking to himself, 'I'll just watch you make up stories out of nowhere.'
Lu Jiao said solemnly, "There was a lonely old lady who had fled to our village as a refugee. People in the village didn't like or care about her. I saw that she didn't have anything to eat, so I brought something to eat when I went to see her. Later, she taught me medical skills. In fact, that old lady had a vast knowledge of medicine. She was a very capable doctor."
Xie Yunjin looked at Lu Jiao's expression as she talked. She seemed so excited, as if all of this had actually happened in reality.
The corners of his lips couldn't help but twitch. Now he knew that this woman had another ability. She could talk nonsense and make up stories without blinking her eyes even once, and that too, so convincingly that even he would have believed her if he didn't know any better.
Lu Jiao had no idea what Xie Yunjin was thinking. Seeing that the expression on his face remained unchanged, it seemed that he had really believed her words.
Lu Jiao breathed a sigh of relief. She rejoiced as she had finally found a source for her medical skills.
There was indeed such an old lady who had fled to Xinghua Village and lived close to her parents' home in Xinghua Village, and the original owner really liked playing with her.
The key point in the whole story is that everyone in Xinghua Village is busy, including the children, who must pick hogweed. So, because the original owner used to be sick, she had no one to play with, and she had nothing to do, so she used to go to the old lady's house to play with her.
Of course, no one needs to know the details of this. After all, the old lady died four or five years ago.
Her mood started to get better now that she had found a source for her medical skills. Thinking of further polishing her story, Lu Jiao looked at Xie Yunjin with a smile and said, "Actually, I only know a little bit, because I was not very good at learning all these things."
When Lu Jiao's words were finished, Xie Yunjin suddenly said, "She should be literate since she knows medicine. Why not teach you to read? Could it be possible to learn medicine without knowing how to read?"
Lu Jiao was stunned and quickly thought about how to continue her story.
"Actually, I am literate. Really. I just don't know much. I used to be too playful and didn't take my word learning seriously, so I don't know much."
In order to show that she really knew how to read, Lu Jiao stood up and walked to the other side of the room to find a book, and then she tried hard to look for the words she knew.
[T/N: Some characters are written the same in Simplified Chinese as in its traditional version, while some traditional characters are still used in certain contexts. For example, people write the names of historic sites or culturally significant items, such as classical books, etc., using traditional characters.]
"This is Han, book, painting, group, shell, writing brush, die, granary, cart, long, insect, lantern, lightning."
Lu Jiao quickly recognized some words and then raised her head to look at Xie Yunjin with a smile.
"Look, I can read."
Under the dim yellow light, the woman's eyebrows were raised, her eyes were squinting, and her fat face seemed to shine with soft golden light, making her look a bit like a little cutie.
Xie Yunjin let his thoughts run wild as he continued staring at her face for a while, and then he mentally sneered at himself. He didn't even know what kind of existence was living within this body, yet he could see the cuteness of the other party. Could it be that his brain is not good?
But it was quite interesting to just silently watch this woman play tricks so cunningly.
Xie Yunjin's handsome and cold brows eased as a small, amusing smile came upon his lips. He looked as if his eyebrows and eyes had been carefully drawn with a paintbrush.
Lu Jiao was taken aback and quickly averted her gaze. This man is not easy to provoke, so she should just take it easy instead of overdo her story.
By this time, the four little ones had already finished eating. Going by their expressions, it was obvious they were all delighted to eat the tasty dinner, and the Youngest Child rushed over to flatter her.
"Mother, the food you make is the best in the world."
Lu Jiao was instantly amused by him. She said, "You've only eaten food made by a few people, so you praised my food as the best in the world."
The Youngest Child looked up at Lu Jiao with a smile. His peach blossom eyes turned into crescent moons as he smiled. He said cutely, "Even if I eat the food made by a lot of people in the future, the food my mother makes will still be the best."
After he finished his words, he even asked the Eldest Child, the Second Child and the Third Child, "Am I right?"
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