When Situ Jing saw Cheng Jiu, she was surprised and surprised at first, and then her expression turned into anger and anger.
"You're actually following me?" Situ Jing suddenly realized that Cheng Jiu couldn't appear here for no reason.
"Who is following you? I...I'm here to buy medicine!" Cheng Jiu refused to admit it and suddenly panicked.
Situ Jing didn't want to talk to Cheng Jiuduo, so he bent down and picked up the medicine bag that fell on the ground, and then walked away quickly.
Cheng Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then followed Situ Jing's footsteps.
After walking for more than ten steps, Situ Jing noticed that Cheng Jiu was following her, stopped and turned around, asking, "You still said you weren't following me?"
Seeing this, Cheng Jiu simply walked over, raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, do you think I want to? It's the elder brother who insists on me following you to protect you!"
After saying that, Cheng Jiu put his hands on his hips and turned his head to look away.
Situ Jing became angry when she thought of Cheng Jiu's previous treatment of her, and immediately said bitterly: "No need!"
Cheng Jiu originally wanted to reply, but after thinking about it, he decided not to cause trouble on the street again like before.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Situ Jing continued walking to the inn. Cheng Jiu waited for her to walk a few steps before following her.
In this way, the two of them returned to the inn one after another.
After returning, Situ Jing said a few words to Ge Hong and then went to the back of the inn with the medicine bag.
Ge Hong turned around and called Yu Tie and asked him to go to the back to help Situ Jing cook the medicine.
Yu Tie has an old wound in his throat and often needs to take medicine, so he is very familiar with decoctions. Situ Jing is a pampered official lady, and Ge Hong guesses that she is probably not capable of doing these things.
After Tie nodded, Ge Hong looked at Cheng Jiu and asked, "What's going on? Why does Miss Situ look so angry again?"
Cheng Jiu shrugged and said casually: "Who knows..."
"Okay, you can go back to your room and rest." Seeing that no big problem happened, Ge Hong stopped talking.
Cheng Jiu nodded and returned to the room.
In the backyard of the inn, Yu Tie was making medicine for Situ Jing.
Situ Jing couldn't help but feel ashamed when she saw Yu Tie's quick movements. These things are easy to say, but in fact they are not easy until you do it. If Yu Tie hadn't come to help, she wouldn't know where to start now.
"Brother Yu, thank you." Situ Jing thanked her sincerely.
Yu Tie waved his hand hurriedly, looking a little embarrassed.
Situ Jing suddenly saw the scar on Yu Tie's throat and asked curiously: "Brother Yu, how did you get this scar?"
Yu Tie shook his head. He didn't know whether it was because he couldn't express it or because he didn't want to say it.
Situ Jing asked: "Is it a stab wound?"
Yu Tie still shook his head and said nothing, but concentrated on decoction.
Seeing this, Situ Jing was too embarrassed to ask any more questions.
In the next stick of incense, except for the occasional cough, Yu Tie was very quiet the rest of the time. He held a worn-out small cattail fan, patiently and gently fanned the stove, and carefully observed the situation in the medicine jar.
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Situ Jing suddenly remembered something, so he took out half a silver coin from his purse and handed it to Yu Tie's eyes.
Yu Tie thought that Situ Jing was going to give him money, so he immediately shook his head and waved his hands to refuse.
Situ Jing hurriedly said: "No, Brother Yu, I want to ask you to do a favor and transfer this money to... to Cheng Jiu..."
Yu Tie looked at Situ Jing in confusion, wondering why she gave the money to the fourth child.
Situ Jing explained: "Brother Yu, it's like this. He helped Xiaohuan to hire a doctor before and paid the medical fee in advance. Xiaohuan is my person, so naturally I should pay for the medical treatment. These are returned to me.
his."
Situ Jing didn't want to owe Cheng Jiu anything, and she would definitely pay back the money she paid for the doctor, but she didn't want to see Cheng Jiu's face, so she wanted to ask Yu Tie to hand it over at the last minute.
Yu Tie looked at Situ Jing, then at the silver in her hand, then nodded solemnly, and while taking the silver, he handed the small cattail leaf fan into Situ Jing's hand, then stood up and left.
"Brother Yu..."
Situ Jing did not mean to go to Cheng Jiu right away, but Yu Tie misunderstood. When Situ Jing wanted to stop him, Yu Tie had already disappeared.
Situ Jing then thought: Forget it, just go, you will always have to give it anyway.
Yu Tie returned to the room with half a silver coin. When he entered, he saw Cheng Jiu napping on the bed. He came to the bed in a few steps and pushed Cheng Jiu awake twice.
"Second brother?" Cheng Jiu opened his eyes and saw Yu Tie, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yu Tie handed the silver coin to Cheng Jiu's eyes, and then started making gestures with his other hand.
Cheng Jiu sat up and took the silver, watching Yu Tie's gestures carefully.
"Second brother, did Situ Jing ask you to return this money to me?" Cheng Jiu asked.
Seeing that Cheng Jiu understood the meaning, Yu Tie stopped and nodded vigorously: "Yes."
Cheng Jiu looked at the silver in his hand and thought for a moment, then asked: "Second brother, where is she now?"
"Ah...uh uh..." Yu Tie pointed to the backyard of the inn.
Cheng Jiu turned around and got out of bed, grabbed his shoes and walked towards the backyard. Yu Tie was stunned for a moment before turning around and following him out.
When Cheng Jiu hurried to the backyard, the two stoves that Situ Jing was looking after were already on weak fire. Situ Jing wanted to open the medicine jars on the stove to check the cause, but was so burned that he jumped up in pain.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Jiu couldn't help but shook his head. This woman was really clumsy!
Cheng Jiu didn't want her to knock over the medicine jar and was wasted, so she strode forward, put a hand on Situ Jing's shoulder, and pushed her back.
"ah!"
Situ Jing was suddenly pulled back by a force and screamed in fright.
When she saw that the person who treated her rudely was Cheng Jiu, she said angrily: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Jiu didn't even look at Situ Jing. He bent down and placed the two hot medicine jars on the stove on the ground. Then he said, "Do you know how to work? It's strange that the fire won't go out if you put so much firewood in it!"
Both stoves were filled with too much firewood by Situ Jing, and Cheng Jiu was pulling out one by one.
Just as Situ Jing was about to shout back at Cheng Jiu, Yu Tie quickly passed by and squatted on the ground to help Cheng Jiu play with the stove.
Situ Jing looked at the two of them and held back the words that came to her lips.
Soon, the two of them lit the fire again and continued to fry the medicine.
Yu Tie continued to look at the fire, while Cheng Jiu turned around and looked at Situ Jing.
Situ Jing looked back at him with great resistance and said angrily: "What are you looking at!"
Cheng Jiu suddenly raised his hand, handed the half ingot of silver to Situ Jing's eyes, and said, "Here you go!"
Situ Jing said: "I don't want it! This is my medical fee to repay you, I won't owe you anything!"
Cheng Jiu said forcefully: "Just take it if I tell you to!"
But Situ Jing was determined not to.
Cheng Jiu said with a sullen face: "I spanked you anyway, and the consultation fee I paid will be regarded as compensation!"
When Situ Jing heard that Cheng Jiu actually mentioned the spanking in front of Yu Tie, her face immediately turned red, and she shouted anxiously and shyly: "You...don't talk nonsense."