Chapter 99 Weak Legs
"Uncle, put grandma down."
She pursed her lips and carefully searched for the acupuncture points on her old grandma's face, and then quickly inserted needles. One needle was inserted between the eyebrows, and soon black blood came out.
Then, Zhou was going to take a handkerchief to wipe the blood, but she saw Su Jiuyue pinching the middle between the eyebrows and squeezing it.
Zhou didn't know if she should wipe or not. Just at this time, Su Jiuyue stopped squeezing and pressed hard somewhere on the grandma's back. The old grandma spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm.
Zhou hurriedly went to pick up the broom, and Su Jiuyue was relieved when she saw her grandma's breathing was steady.
It was also the first time for her to press the acupuncture points, especially the one on people's back. Since she couldn't see it on her body, she could only feel it.
At this time, sweat also dripped from her forehead. She helped the old grandma to lay flat on the bed, and said: "Okay, if possible, please take five grams of glycyrrhiza to make some licorice juice for my grandma first. And then wait for the master to come back."
Liu Dalin really believed Su's words when he saw that his mother was truly not as uncomfortable as before.
Liu thought that his daughter-in-law was really capable. Since the apprentice was awesome, her master would definitely be better. His mother could be cured this time.
"Jiuyue is so excellent! I'll go to the barefoot doctor to get the medicines!" Liu exclaimed.
Zhou cleaned up the house and poured some hot water to wipe her mother-in-law's face.
Looking at the bluish purple between her mother-in-law's brows, Zhou was very envious about Liu Cuihua.
Liu Cuihua was really lucky with her first two competent daughters-in-law.
At that time, her third son fell down and suddenly became stupid. Everyone said that the Wu family had run out of the fortunes. But nobody expected that her stupid son could marry such a good woman like Jiuyue.
While Zhou's daughter-in-law, who was lazy and greedy, kept making troubles all day at home.
If it wasn't to support the family, her son would not go to Yongzhou. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad...
Su Jiuyue went outside to clean her hands, while Chunmei was staring at her hands beside.
Su Jiuyue felt uneasy and asked: "Why do you always look at me?"
Chunmei clicked her tongue twice, replying, "I just don't know my beautiful sister actually has such kind of skills. It's amazing!"
Su Jiuyue felt a little hot because of shyness, but fortunately the cold weather outside cooled her down. She said: "I'm not so great. I just learn from my master. Actually I am also very panicked."
Chunmei raised her chin, retorting, "I say you are excellent, then you are excellent! Don't be modest and argue with me!"
Su Jiuyue smiled and shook her head, saying: "Fine, I won't argue, my great sister. So, could you please lend me your handkerchief?"
Chunmei glanced at her and grinned: "Why not? And I even can help you wipe your hands!"
As she spoke, she grabbed Su Jiuyue's hands and carefully wiped the water off with the handkerchief.
"Your little hands are so beautiful that you should take care of them. Or they will be rough if you keep working every day."
Su Jiuyue liked her sister Chunmei very much, because she was kind and interesting, and was fond of pretty words. She loved complimenting, which made Su Jiuyue very shy.
"My great sister, stop praising me. I'm going to float up due to happiness."
"Just float to the sky to let everybody have a look. They might wonder which fairy has descended to earth? Isn't it good?"
......
The two chatted and laughed, and one hour had passed.
Liu Dalin, who went out to get medicines, also came back. Then, Su Jiuyue went to the kitchen to light a fire, decocted the glycyrrhiza into licorice juice, and helped her grandma to drink it.
At the same time, she also felt the pulse of her grandma. She was not very skilled in her studies, but it was not difficult to notice that the pulse of her grandma was very weak.
She was a little anxious and hoped her grandma could hold on.
In terms of Wu Xiyuan and Liu Cuihua, they had a rough trip. It was the first time for both of them to ride a horse, and they didn't have any riding tools such as saddles. In addition, the mountain road was difficult to ride. When Honghong entered the woods, it turned into a wild horse that ran at a dizzying speed.
Wu Xiyuan and Liu Cuihua had to hug the horse's neck tightly, or they would fall off.
After a long time, Liu Cuihua couldn't stand it anymore. So she screamed: "Honghong, run slowly. My old and weak waist can't stand it!"
Wu Xiyuan saw that the horse did not slow down, so he touched its mane and repeated the words against its ears.
Honghong then slowed down and the wind stopped. Liu Cuihua was able to raise her head, but she also felt that her neck was not very comfortable.
"Go over this hill and we will arrive." Liu Cuihua said.
Wu Xiyuan also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he didn't feel very well himself, and riding a horse was not as comfortable as he imagined.
The kiln to burn charcoal was built by the mountain. A house was built at the front foot of the mountain. They lived here when they burned charcoal. Now this was the residence of Huang Husheng and Wu Zongyuan.
Wu Dacheng said he wanted to help them collect some firewood, so he had already entered the woods.
Outside the house, Huang Husheng was making a fire. He and Wu Zongyuan had just returned from picking up a lot of firewood and weeds. The wooden house was ventilated everywhere, so they had to build a fire to keep warm.
Otherwise, even if Huang Husheng could survive in such environment, Wu Zongyuan might die because of coldness, both of them thought.
Huang Husheng felt Wu Zongyuan was young and weak.
But Wu Zongyuan thought that since he was a martial artist, his body was more stronger than that of the old and weak Huang Husheng.
Just when they started a fire outside the house, Wu Zongyuan suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he clenched the small dagger around his waist.
He didn't expect his uncle could find him in such a short time...
"Someone is coming."
Huang Husheng's hearing was not as good as Wu's. But as the hooves got closer, he heard the sound too.
He suddenly was tense, and quickly dropped the firewood in his hand and stood in front of Wu Zongyuan.
"My lordling, leave now. I can resist them for a while to buy time. Find a place to hide, quickly."
Wu Zongyuan shook his head, and sighed like a little adult, "They must have come with dogs, so I can't hide at all."
Just when the two were disheartened, a horse appeared in their sight.
After they saw the horse clearly, they were puzzled.
Why did this horse look wild? There even was not a horse rein.
They took a closer look and found that there were two people on the horse.
After Liu Cuihua and Wu Xiyuan jumped off the horse, the frightened two finally calmed down.
"Why are you here?" Huang Husheng asked.
If they were here to deliver dry food, why they did not bring anything?
Besides, when did they have a horse? Huang Husheng was really full of doubts.
Liu Cuihua directly knelt down with a plop and Huang Husheng and Wu Zongyuan were both surprised by her. Wu Xiyuan hurried to help her stand up.
"Mom? What happens? Please get up, quickly!"
Liu Cuihua waved her hand and pushed him away, saying, "I'm fine. Just my legs are a little weak due to the riding."
Huang Husheng was wordless: "..."
He thought that something terrible might had happened. But it turned out that she was just not used to riding a horse.
Liu Cuihua didn't get up. She looked at Huang Husheng and begged: "Master Huang, my mother is seriously ill. Could you please help her?"