Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Su Xi put down her phone temporarily and went to have dinner. After dinner, she quickly returned to the room and opened the game interface.
During the time she was having dinner, the hardworking cub had already done a lot of things.
In addition to harvesting eggs once a day and watering zucchini and other crops once a day, he also spent some time figuring out the ratios of the various medicinal ingredients, such as coptis chinensis, phellodendron chinense, dried ginger, aconite, and asarum, in the packet of medicine that Su Xi had given him before.
He returned to the house, spread out the papers in front of the table, rolled up his sleeves slightly, looked focused, and the lines of his exposed wrists were clean and slender, with the clarity and tenacity of a young man.
…Of course, to Su Xi outside the screen, it looked like a cartoon kid with short arms and legs standing in front of the table with a serious expression… revealing a small piece of white arm.
However, seeing the prescription written fluently by him, Su Xi was quite shocked. As a liberal arts student with average grades, she was completely confused by such a precise calculation down to milligrams. She asked the system: “Did the cub calculate the right ratio?!”
The system said: “It is exactly the same.”
“……!” Su Xi never thought that one day she would admire the protagonist of a game!
——You said that the cub gets up early and goes to bed late, is diligent and conscientious, is smart and has a photographic memory. Although he comes from a humble background, he still has ambitions and sympathizes with the people. Is there anything he cannot succeed in?!
Su Xi was in awe, but she immediately asked another question: “Will the medicine he prepared according to the medicine ratio in the mall work? Or must the original medicine purchased from the mall be effective?”
The system said: “The medicine in the mall has a 100% effect bonus, so the medicine he made is naturally not as effective as the medicine in the mall. But according to this one-to-one formula, it can at least have an 80% effect, which is enough to cure those seriously ill people.”
Yes, Su Xi nodded involuntarily. You know, in ancient times, the herbal medicines prescribed by doctors might be almost useless. Even the imperial doctors in the palace would need ten days or half a month to completely cure a person’s typhoid fever.
However, since my own medicine is more effective, I will buy some more from the mall at night and send it to my baby.
Thinking of this, Su Xi saw the cub write the prescription very quickly and then spread out the large pile of medicinal materials bought with the five taels of silver, picking them up one by one, and soon, he had prepared fifteen prescriptions.
As it was the peak season for typhoid fever in the city, the price of medicine had gone up, and he could not buy much medicinal materials with his five taels of silver, so he only paid this much in the end.
At this dosage, only fifteen civilians could be saved.
….
But it seemed that the cub had other plans.
After he picked up the medicine, he put it aside temporarily and walked to the table.
She then saw him picking up the brush and frown slightly, as if he was considering what to write.
Su Xi became a little nervous when she saw him start writing, as if she was watching the other person texting and she couldn’t reply. But she was also curious about what he would write, so she couldn’t help but zoom in on the screen and enlarge him and the papers on the desk.
….
Lu Huan stared at the phoenix feather bow and arrow tied with a bright red ribbon and pondered for a long time.
This phoenix feather bow and arrow was not something that an ordinary person could afford or make. In addition, the robes that person sent were all gorgeous and brocade, which were very valuable and more likely to be something that only people in the palace or other people of status in the capital could touch.
From these, he could infer that the person must be of extraordinary status.
In addition, the novel shape of the cold-proof shed and the typhoid medicine with a formula that had almost never been heard of before, all these indicated that the man must be proficient in the art of mechanics and medicine.
Another thing was that the man could come and go freely, so he must be very skilled in martial arts.
Lu Huan carefully analyzed in his mind who in the capital could meet these three characteristics at the same time.
But for a moment, he really couldn’t figure it out.
The first time he left a note, he directly asked who the person was, but the person didn’t reply at all, which meant that he didn’t want to reveal his identity. That’s right, if he was willing to tell him, he wouldn’t have avoided him every time.
But the second time, he left two gifts and the man was willing to take them, which showed that although he didn’t want to reveal his identity, he was still willing to communicate with him.
In this case, why not find a way to know more about the other party?
….
Su Xi looked at the baby on the screen who pondered for a long time and finally put pen to paper and wrote a line of words. Su Xi was afraid that he would ask questions that she couldn’t answer, so she shuddered and quickly zoomed in to see what he wrote.
This time the handwriting was not as clear as the previous two times, showing the cub’s urgent mood, but rather it was restrained, reserved, and hesitant.
——”The birthday noodles last time were delicious, but can you make me one of your best hometown dishes?”
After finishing writing, Lu Huan picked up the pen, with a hint of uncertainty in his dark eyes.
If that person was willing to make his best hometown dish like he did last time with birthday noodles, then you could basically judge where that person’s hometown was by what kind of dish he made and how much salt and sugar he added.
However, would such a request be too abrupt?
I want to know who that person is, why he appeared in my stagnant life, and what he wants to do.
However, if the other party only treated him as a plaything for entertainment, then doing this would probably make the other party feel bored and lose interest.
If the other party no longer appeared because of this…
When Lu Huan thought of this, his dark eyelashes trembled slightly.
….
Su Xi was staring at the words written by the cub in surprise. Wait – poor, silent and aggrieved cub wanted to eat hometown food, she was happy to make it, but what was going on now?
Was she playing the game, or was the game playing her?
Why did she feel that she was becoming more and more passive? Was it her illusion?
Su Xi was stunned for a long time as to why the cub made such a request. She only saw the cub but had no idea what he was thinking, however he had some annoyance and complicated emotions passing through his face. Then, he frowned, crumpled up the note with the request and threw it aside, as if he had given up the request.
Lu Huan didn’t think about what to write on the note for a moment.
…Because he still didn’t know the man’s true purpose, he was still afraid that all this was just to tease him. But even so, he still had some ridiculous thoughts in his mind…
…Even if it was just a prank, he couldn’t help but hope that person would stay with him a little longer.
Therefore, if he asked like this, it might cause that person’s impatience.
So……
Lu Huan clenched his pen tightly, and finally wrote on the paper:
Su Xi looked over and saw that the cub had thought about it and changed it to…
——”Although I don’t know who you are, I am very happy.”
These few words, blurred by the light from the setting sun and the snow, seemed to have a sense of tenderness and tranquility.
…Su Xi’s face suddenly turned red. Of course, she didn’t know why she blushed – what does this mean, you little brat? Doesn’t it mean “Thank you, mother, for appearing in my life”?
Su Xi was just feeling happy, when she saw the cub frowning again, staring at the note in confusion, looking dissatisfied.
The slender finger bones crumpled the note into a ball again.
“Swoosh——” and threw it away.
Su Xi: “…”
Then he changed the note to: “I don’t know who you are but thank you for the bow. I am very happy.”
Su Xi: ????
No, why does it feel like there is no meaning at all after adding five more words? It suddenly became a simple “Oh, thank you for the bow” so distant and cautious?
It seems that the relationship has suddenly changed from that of a parent and a child to that of a philanthropist and his beneficiary?!
Lu Huan stared at the third note he had finally written and finally felt that this was right. He breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his brows, and then placed the third note on the table as usual.
Today he put it in a wooden box without covering it with a lid. If that person came, he would definitely see it.
He turned around and began to pack his things, wrapped fifteen doses of medicine in a piece of clothing, and prepared to go out.
….
Su Xi watched the cub finish all this and then go out with his small bag on his back. Whenever he went out, he would wear a cloak and a black hat to attract no attention. Previously, she thought he looked best in white, but now, perhaps because of her mother’s love for the cub, she thought he also looked very cute in black.
Su Xi was still thinking about the three notes, feeling very depressed. Before she could take a screenshot of the second note as a souvenir, the cub crumpled it into a ball and burned it over the candlelight.
Su Xi couldn’t figure out why the cub burned two and left the last one. She just thought that the cub asked to eat hometown food, but maybe he was afraid of troubling her, so he withdrew the request.
In this case——
Su Xi rolled up her sleeves and stared at the small kitchen in the cub’s yard… She was determined to make a special dish for him to see!
However, the most urgent task before that was to follow him to Yong’an Temple and help rescue people.
The author has something to say:
Su Xi: The traveling frog can send postcards, what can you do?
The cub: I… (forcing a smile.jpg)
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