Chapter 71 Could I Learn Medical Skills from You?
Su Jiuyue walked over and asked sweetly, "Mom, what's it?"
Liu Cuihua lowered her voice without stopping what she was doing. "Mr. Huang has been taught you to read recently?"
Su Jiuyue shook her head. "No, mom. He's just reading us some travel diaries."
Su Jiuyue seemed very excited at the thought of that.
"Mom, Mr. Huang said the land ended at endless water which is much larger in area than Lake Ming Cheng. It's called the sea and people there tend to row the boats out to sea for fishing."
Liu Cuihua didn't interrupt her chattering. After a long time, Liu Cuihua said, "Actually, there's no easy way for me to say something to Mr. Huang. So I need someone to help me with it and I think you're a better choice than the other three."
Hearing her words, Su Jiuyue was in a fog. "Mom, just make it explicit."
Liu Cuihua was somewhat self-consciously aware of Su Jiuyue's stare and slightly moved forward on the chair before finally saying, "Actually, it's no big deal. I just want you to learn more. Now Mr. Huang happens to be here and he's well-educated. What about..."
Su Jiuyu seemed to take the hint immediately and looked up with sparkling eyes. "Mom, do you mean we should learn some medical skills from Mr. Huang?"
Liu Cuihua was stunned by the wrong message Su Jiuyue had got.
She had just felt it would facilitate a better engagement for the kids in the future if they could read. She thought, 'If only Niuniu and Guoguo were boys. Then it'll be a good introduction to their future schooling.'
But she didn't expect Su Jiuyue to have got the ambition of learning skills from Mr. Huang.
Liu Cuihua didn't even hesitate for a moment about taking it, thinking, 'Girls who can read might not be much help, but girls who know something about medicine will.'
"Just suggest it and don't insist, or Mr. Huang will mistake it as our attempt to steal his skills."
Su Jiuyue gave a serious nod with a silly grin on her face. "Mom, I will."
On a usual morning when the bright sunlight kissed the tranquil village, almost everyone was off for work in the mountains.
Huang Husheng had been aware that something was wrong with Su Jiuyue since yesterday. When she bit something back once again, he put down his book and asked, "What's wrong? Just make it explicit. I can handle anything terrible."
Hearing his words, Su Jiuyue realized there was a mistake and hurriedly explained, "Don't get me wrong. I just..."
She bit her lips, thinking an early confession would mean an early release.
"Could I learn some medical skills from you..."
Her voice faded because of embarrassment.
Huang Husheng was also stunned by her thought he never expected.
When he worked as a royal doctor in Capital, he had got some pupils who all applied for it through others' recommendations. After that, they wouldn't be admitted until they were recognized as to be gifted after interviews.
But Su Jiuyue was different by making this request so explicit herself.
Such a request happened to be what he couldn't decline since Su Jiuyue was the one who struggled to save his life.
Since Huang Husheng was very slow in responding to her, Su Jiuyue was worried that it upset him and hurriedly explained, "I know you will go back home one day, so I just want to learn something to take care of Xiyuan when he suffers from headaches."