The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

The next day, Huanhuan's cold not only did not get better, but became worse. She started coughing and crying early in the morning. Xu Qu invited a doctor to treat Huanhuan. When Mrs. Xie and Xu Xiangyue heard about it, they also came to Xinyuan to visit Huanhuan.

The doctor invited was named Shi, who was a loyal and honest man with great medical ethics. The Xu family loved to see him for any illness, big or small. Doctor Shi listened to the brief account of the drowning incident and took the patient's pulse for a while. Then he said, "Madam, you caught a cold after falling into the water and were blown by the cold wind. It's not serious. You will be cured after taking a few doses of medicine." He then wrote down five doses of Chinese medicine.

After writing it, Xu Qu took the doctor's prescription and looked at it. After a moment's hesitation, he said politely, "Doctor Shi, my wife has caught a cold. We should use a medicine that dispels wind and cold and warms the exterior. Would it be better if we add a little windproof medicine?"

The doctor took the prescription back, thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Xu, what you said makes sense. I'll add it right away." Then he picked up his pen and added "Fangfeng".

After sending the doctor away, Xu Qu took the prescription and went out to ask Cheng to get the medicine. Madam Xie told Huanhuan a few words to take good care of herself, and then she went back to Jingyuan. Xiangyue took the initiative to say that she wanted to stay and sit with Huanhuan for a while.

Huanhuan covered herself with a quilt and sat on the bed. She curiously asked Xiangyue who was sitting beside the bed, "Does my husband also know medicine?"

Xiangyue sighed and said, "After my brother was rescued from the poisoning, his ear disease could not be cured. Later, he began to study medicine on his own and even took an old doctor as his teacher. The old doctor was highly skilled in medicine, loved to travel around, and had a wide range of knowledge. It was a pity that the disease had been chronic for a long time, and the old doctor was unable to cure my brother's ear disease."

Then, Xiangyue asked the question that had been lingering in Huanhuan's mind, "Sister-in-law, I remember that the ship's rim was quite high, how did you fall off?"

After thinking for a while, he felt that there was no need to hide it from Xiangyue, so he said, "I stepped on a log, and someone stepped on the log from the other end, and my foot slipped and I fell into the water."

Xiangyue was surprised and said, "There is such a thing!"

He said slowly and confidently, "The log was as thick as an arm, and was pretty thick and heavy. It wouldn't have rolled if someone hadn't stepped on it. Before I fell into the water, I saw with my own eyes a lady in green standing on the other end of the log."

"I haven't noticed anyone wearing green clothes. Sister-in-law, do you know who that person is? Or describe what that person looks like." Xiangyue also wanted to know who that person was.

Huanhuan recalled and said, "I remember hearing her companions call her father Lu Tongzhi."

Xiangyue frowned slightly and said, "It's her."

He slowly sat up straight and leaned forward, asking, "Sister, do you know her?"

Xiangyue was silent. She struggled for a moment whether to tell Huanhuan or not. After some hesitation, she finally said, "Miss Lu had proposed marriage to my brother four years ago. At that time, it was her family who asked a matchmaker to come to their house first. Everything was going well at first, but later, for some reason, her family was no longer willing."

Xiangyue tucked the quilt in slowly and continued, "We guess that she may still dislike us because we are a business family and think that we are not worthy of her family. But in fact, her family is only a fifth-rank civil servant."

Huanhuan frowned as she listened, and after thinking it over again and again, she told Xiangyue all the conversations she had heard in Baoqin Pavilion, including the fact that Miss Nalu had feelings for Xu Qu.

Xiangyue opened her big eyes with distinct black and white, blinked her long eyelashes a few times, and said, "There are still these things! No wonder the marriage didn't go through back then. I didn't expect that Miss Lu still misses my brother."

At this point, Xiangyue realized that she had said something wrong. She glanced at Huanhuan hesitantly. Seeing that Huanhuan did not look unhappy, she continued, "But sister-in-law, don't believe them. Our Xu family has a good family tradition. Even with his hearing impairment, my brother is still outstanding among the young men in the family. He is definitely not the playboy they say he is."

He smiled slowly and said, "Okay, I understand."

Xiangyue asked hesitantly, "Sister-in-law, do you think Miss Lu did it on purpose?"

He shook his head slowly and gently, and said, "I don't know either."

Seeing that Huan Huan was getting tired, Xiang Yue said, "Sister-in-law, please have a good rest. I will come to visit you tomorrow."

After Xiangyue left, she lay down alone in the warm bed. The petite figure of Miss Lu always appeared in her mind.

I didn't expect that Xu Qu was still being cared about like this. Four years is not a short time, and Miss Lu is also a deeply devoted person.

Did Miss Lu deliberately move the log? Even if she did, it was understandable.

Huanhuan actually felt a little sympathetic towards Miss Lu. If Miss Lu was willing, she should be able to agree to her marrying Xu Qu as a concubine. Thinking of this, Huanhuan was shocked. She didn't expect that she was such a virtuous wife who didn't mind her husband taking a concubine.

She changed her mind and slowly stroked her forehead and shook her head. What was she thinking? Miss Lu was the daughter of a fifth-rank civil servant after all. How could she be willing to be someone's concubine? Besides, from what Miss Lu said, she didn't know about Xu Qu's hearing problem. If she knew, who knows what would happen.

However, knowing that Xu Qu has hearing loss, how does my feelings for Xu Qu compare to those for Miss Lu, who is still unmarried?

Perhaps it was because of the cold, she felt dizzy and couldn't figure out why. She simply stopped thinking about it and decided to cure her cold first. So she put aside all distractions and fell asleep peacefully.

After an unknown amount of time, Huanhuan was awakened by Xiaoyu's clear voice and constant shaking. When Huanhuan opened her eyes, she saw Xu Qu standing in front of the bed with a calm expression, and Xiaoyu sitting beside the bed. A strong smell of Chinese medicine led Huanhuan's eyes to the small table beside the bed, on which was placed a white porcelain bowl filled with Chinese medicine soup.

The medicine tasted bitter just by smelling it, and he couldn't help but frown.

Xiaoyu helped Huanhuan sit up first, then picked up the white porcelain bowl, scooped a spoonful of medicine with a spoon and handed it to Huanhuan, saying, "Miss, drink the medicine. I boiled it for you myself."

Huanhuan has been afraid of drinking medicine since she was a child. She shrank back and said, "It's so bitter."

Xiaoyu handed the spoon to her persistently, saying, "Miss, good medicine tastes bitter, be obedient, open your mouth, ah——"

Huanhuan made a bitter face and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "No, it's too bitter. It smells bitter."

Xu Qu clenched his fist and placed it on his lips. He coughed twice and said, "Madam, if you don't take the medicine, your recovery will be very slow. The doctor only prescribed three doses of medicine. Madam, you only need to take the medicine for three days."

When he heard that he had to take medicine for three days, he slowly shook his head like a rattle and said, "It's okay not to take the medicine. I'm in good health and can handle it myself. Cough, cough, cough..."

"Madam, if you don't take the medicine, your cold will get worse and it will not be just three days of bitter medicine." Xu Qu's words stunned Huanhuan. She looked aggrieved and slowly moved from the bed to the bedside. She reached out to take the bowl from Xiaoyu's hand and said, "Why don't you prepare any candies?" Huanhuan looked incredulous.

Xiaoyu was afraid that Huan Huan would change her mind and refuse to drink the medicine, so she immediately said, "I'll go to the wing room to get rock sugar. Miss, you drink the medicine first, I'll be back soon."

He drank the medicine slowly, one mouthful at a time. He frowned after taking the first mouthful. He stuck out his tongue after taking the second mouthful. He grimaced after taking the third mouthful. He took the fourth mouthful...

Xu Qu watched Huanhuan drinking the medicine with a different expression and couldn't help but remember that he was also very afraid of taking medicine when he was young, but later he drank more and not only was he not afraid anymore, he could also drink it in different ways. He said to Huanhuan, "Madam, I have a few little tricks for taking medicine."

As soon as Xu Qu finished speaking, Huan Huan had just finished the last sip of medicine. After hearing what Xu Qu said, Huan Huan choked and started coughing, "Cough, cough, why didn't you say so earlier, cough cough."

Xu Qu's tone remained calm. "Oh? Is it too late now? Then I won't say anything."

Huanhuan, who is so easy-going, certainly didn't want to argue with him, so he quickly said, "It's not too late, it's not too late, you can say it."

Xu Qu opened his mouth slowly, "First, you can pinch your nose and drink it all in one breath. Second, you can hold a piece of rock candy in your mouth and hold it with the tip of your tongue. Then drink the medicine. Third, you can drink half a mouthful of water in your mouth first, don't swallow it, then slowly suck the medicine into your mouth and slowly swallow it with the water."

"Okay, I will try your method tomorrow. How do you know so many methods?" he asked slowly raising his head.

"You will know the answer if you drink more herbal medicine. After I woke up from the poisoning, I drank herbal medicine for several years to treat my ear disease." Xu Qu said with a relaxed look, as if he was talking about someone else.

Huanhuan stared at Xu Qu when she heard that. She didn't feel relieved at all when she thought about the hardships Xu Qu had to endure at such a young age.

Xu Qu looked down at Huan Huan, who was only wearing a white shirt, and her long hair was uncombed, hanging down like silk, most of it hanging straight down her back, with a strand of hair going over her shoulders and hanging down in front of her chest. She tilted her face up, and although her face was not made up, her eyebrows were delicate, and her eyes were beautiful and well-proportioned. Her slightly pale lips made her look even more elegant.

She frowned slightly and looked at him with moving eyes, as if her mind was full of thoughts that could not be expressed in words.

They just looked at each other, no one spoke, and a feeling of affection quietly spread between them.

"Here it comes, here it comes, the candy is here." Xiaoyu pushed the door open and rushed in hurriedly, carrying a small dish of rock sugar. Xu Qu and Huanhuan quickly and tacitly turned their heads to the side, one to the left and the other to the right.

Xiaoyu sensed that the atmosphere in the room was unusual and felt as if she had done something wrong. "Um, Miss, do you still want to eat this candy?"

"Eat." He slowly picked up a piece of rock candy from the small plate held by Xiaoyu and stuffed it into his mouth. He lay down face down, pulled up the quilt to cover himself, and said no more.

Xu Qu still spoke to Xiaoyu in a calm tone, "Xiaoyu, take good care of the young lady. I have things to do, so I'll be leaving first." After saying this, Xu Qu opened the door and went out. Before closing the door, he took a slow look into the room. This look was full of meaning.

Huan Huan secretly took the rock candy as Xu Qu said, pressed it with the tip of her tongue, and fell asleep sweetly.