Bai Yihong was stunned for a mont. When did he beco unwell? Wasn’t he fine?
Lin Pinger reacted quickly, pinching him secretly, and he showed a bitter expression, "It’s as Ruozhu said."
Jiao Yunyun beca worried, "Hong’er, I see Ruozhu’s dical skills are quite good. You should let her treat you well. You are in your pri and cannot afford to have any ailnts."
"My father’s illness lies within his heart, it needs heart dicine. As long as grandma is in good health, only then can his heart ailnt be relieved," Bai Ruozhu said hastily. She was afraid that Jiao Yunyun would think her wishes fulfilled and lose the will to continue living.
Jiao Yunyun quickly said, "I will take good care of myself, don’t worry about ."
Jiao Ling smiled gratefully at Bai Ruozhu, and Bai Ruozhu pointed at the dishes and said, "Everyone, eat quickly. Today, it’s light fare, tomorrow we’ll make sothing better."
Everyone picked up their chopsticks, Jiao Yunyun looked at this one and that one, feeling deeply moved. It was rare to have so many loved ones around her.
Unexpectedly, Bi Tao ca in from outside holding a basket and, seeing the table full of vegetarian dishes, imdiately said, "Sister Ruozhu claims to cook deliciously, but it looks quite ordinary, don’t you even know how to cook at dishes?"
She then showed a look of surprise, "Is it rare for you to afford to eat at normally?" Finishing her sentence, she covered her mouth as if she had accidentally revealed so secret.
Bai Ruozhu found it amusing. Without even understanding her family’s situation, she wanted to undermine her. Where had her previous cleverness gone?
"I just don’t eat at regularly, and the kitchen didn’t prepare any. What’s it got to do with Ruozhu?" Jiao Yunyun said sowhat angrily.
Bi Tao cursed herself inwardly for misspeaking and hurriedly smiled apologetically, "Granny, I misunderstood. These are fresh fruits my mother asked to bring over."
As she spoke, she placed the basket on the table beside them. Bai Ruozhu glanced at it—it contained oranges, peaches, and other fruits.
"Sit down and eat with us, don’t just stand there," Jiao Ling said with a smile to her.
Bi Tao was inwardly disdainful; she didn’t want to eat this table of vegetarian dishes at all—there wasn’t a bit of oil. However, she didn’t want to upset Jiao Ling, as her mother had ntioned that Jiao Ling had inherited the true teachings of the Master in chanical Technique, and if Bi Tao could be accepted as Jiao Ling’s disciple, she’d surely beco an expert of her generation.
She had to put on a happy face, sit next to Jiao Ling, and pick up chopsticks to taste the food.
This ti she was sowhat stunned. Clearly, it was just green veggies; why did it taste different from what she usually ate? And what was this sauce?
Bai Ruozhu glanced at her reaction, secretly curling her lips. She had added her specially concocted sauce, always kept in her Space, to the green veggies—it was, of course, sothing good.
And what’s wrong with vegetarian fare? Many temples are famous for their vegetarian feasts. Bi Tao really was inexperienced.
"Ruozhu’s cooking is indeed delicious. Even if it’s the sa vegetables, her dishes taste different," Jiao Yunyun happily praised.
Jiao Ling laughed and said, "Ruozhu’s dical skills and culinary skills are indeed superb, only she’s not learning chanical Technique very fast—too clumsy."
Originally, Bi Tao’s heart hurt, afraid Jiao Ling would accept Bai Ruozhu as a disciple and have no energy left to take in another. But fortunately, Jiao Ling said Bai Ruozhu was too clumsy.
However, Jiao Ling’s next words left her heart half-cold.
"Luckily, she can have children. Her Dengdeng is still young, but he has great talent in chanical Technique. I’ve already taken him as my disciple."
Hearing this, Bi Tao said aggrievedly, "Wasn’t Aunt going to take as a disciple too?"
Jiao Ling showed a troubled expression, "I’m limited in energy. Now that I’ve taken Little Dengdeng as a disciple and have to ntor Ruozhu, I really can’t spread my energy more. Otherwise, you can just co to if you have any questions, but you still need to find a better master."
"I..." Bi Tao was almost in tears. Asking questions isn’t the sa as being a disciple, right? You can inform a passerby, but would you teach your true skills to anyone outside your disciples?
"Alright, let’s eat first, and I’ll talk with your mother later," Jiao Ling hurriedly gave Bi Tao a chopstick of food to divert the topic.
Bi Tao nodded aggrievedly, obediently not pursuing the issue further, which made Jiao Ling feel a bit guilty, as her senior had ntioned wanting Bi Tao to be her disciple before.
Fen Jiu soon returned, bringing so cooked dishes and rice wine, making the al much more sumptuous, and everyone raised their cups in celebration.
After the al, Jiao Yunyun, exhausted, was sent back to sleep imdiately. Jiao Ling and Bai Yihong stayed beside her, not daring to leave, afraid that the mont they left, their mother might never wake again.
Bai Ruozhu whispered to the two, "Grandma’s eye ailnt is very serious, her tears contain blood, and she has residual poison in her body. Has no one been able to detoxify her all these years?"
"There’s never been a way to cure it, just like Elder Su’s leg poison, which is also incurable," Jiao Ling said.
Bai Ruozhu secretly blad the Jiuli doctors for their insufficient dical skills, but on second thought, without the "Poison Classic," she wouldn’t know how to detoxify either. After all, "Poison Classic" wasn’t sothing just anyone could see. Nowadays, exceptional doctors are more focused on studying diseases than poison skills.
"How did grandma get poisoned?" Bai Ruozhu asked.
"After mother gave birth back then, she was found poisoned. It was suspected to be done at the Bai Family. Mother was also worried I was poisoned, too, but after an examination by the family’s doctor, it turned out I was fine," Jiao Ling said.
Bai Ruozhu nodded, not asking further.
"Ruozhu, is mother’s illness easy to treat?" Bai Yihong asked nervously, fearing to hear bad news.
"It can be treated, but heart ailnts are hard to heal," Bai Ruozhu answered truthfully.
Jiao Ling’s eyes reddened, "Mother often sits in the Peach Forest, unable to let go of what’s in her heart. I heard that she and that person t in the Peach Forest back then. She said that Peach Forest wasn’t as beautiful as the one at ho, and they argued over it, so..."
Bai Ruozhu patted her aunt’s shoulder, "It’s okay, we’ll slowly guide her."
The two remained to accompany Jiao Yunyun, while Bai Ruozhu left the room to spend so ti with her mother and others, but she constantly felt uneasy in her heart due to the vivid mory of the scene with Jiao Yunyun.
Why should a woman remain lonely and sad for a lifeti due to a love wound? Why can a man marry another and have children in the na of the family lineage? If Achun dared to betray her, she definitely wouldn’t dwell in pain forever. Instead, she would find a man good to both her and Dengdeng and remarry, and in the future, live better than Achun!
She thought this angrily, then found it amusing; what did this have to do with her and Achun anyway?
Subsequently, she lulled the three children to their afternoon nap but couldn’t fall asleep herself. So, she left the small building and walked towards the Peach Blossom Forest.
Her embroidered shoes stepped on a ground full of petals, with many also landing on her body. She felt a peace in her heart, her entire being becoming tranquil. No wonder grandma liked to stay here.
She walked past several peach trees and suddenly saw a pale figure in the distance. The breeze blew by, his clothes fluttered as if he were about to drift away with the wind.
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