Border Cook

Chapter 701 Scolding Hot and Sour Soup

Here, Lu Qiyan had already brought Xia Mingyue back home.

Lu, Zhuang Cui, Yin Qiao and others have already learned the news about Xia Mingyue's whereabouts, and guessed that Xia Mingyue is safe now. However, no one feels uneasy since they have not seen Xia Mingyue in person, so they are all looking forward to it and waiting for Xia Mingyue.

When they saw Lu Qiyan brought Xia Mingyue back safely, they were all overjoyed, their eyes wet with excitement. They even pulled Xia Mingyue up and down to look her up and down. When they saw that Xia Mingyue was indeed safe and sound, a big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." Everyone choked up and hurriedly helped Xia Mingyue walk into the house, "Go in quickly, go in quickly..."

Surrounding Xia Mingyue and walking inside, everyone started to get busy.

Yinqiao went to prepare hot, easy-to-digest meals, Qingju went to prepare hot water, and Zhuangcui went to get new, clean clothes...

Yin Lingyou examined Xia Mingyue.

After all, having encountered such a big thing, he must have been extremely frightened. Taking his pulse will make him feel more at ease.

Xia Mingyue understood Yin Lingyou's good intentions, cooperated with the pulse diagnosis, and told Yin Lingyou about the abrasions on her body, asking him to prescribe some ointment to remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and heal the wounds.

Yin Lingyou took Xia Mingyue's pulse carefully, and then checked the obvious scratches on her face and arms. He frowned and said, "She was frightened, but her pulse is fine. She only needs to drink some soothing medicine for a few days. The wounds on her face and body need to be treated carefully."

The wounds were not deep, but the abrasions were large and bleeding. When the scabs formed, it was easy to leave scars.

Moreover, in late spring and early summer, the weather is hot and windy, and there is a lot of dust and pollen, which is also very unfavorable for wound recovery.

In short, you must use the medicine carefully.

After all, this scar is a very bad thing for a woman.

Yin Lingyou used all he had learned in his life, and even dug out the royal medicinal herbs that he had treasured in the palace, just to make an excellent ointment for Xia Mingyue, so that after her injuries healed, her skin would still be as smooth as before, without any scars left.

But while preparing the medicine, Yin Lingyou cursed, "This damn thief actually dared to do such a cruel thing to Madam Xia, he is simply not a human being!"

"That's because I'm not around. If I were, I would sprinkle all the insect powder on those people and let them suffer!"

Bug powder is a unique powder made by Yin Lingyou himself. Once it is sprinkled out, the smell will attract all the nearby bedbugs, ants, and cockroaches, which can't wait to eat the powder.

If these powders were sprinkled on human wounds, the bugs would surely eat up all the rotten flesh on the wounds, making their lives worse than death!
"Doctor Yin, don't be so anxious." Xia Mingyue comforted softly, "Those people kidnapped me, but they just tied me up with hemp ropes and didn't deliberately torture me."

"These injuries are caused by collisions with rocks and wild grass and trees on the cliff when I jumped down from the cliff, causing scratches..."

As soon as these words came out, Yin Lingyou jumped up from the stool, his eyes widened, "Jump off a cliff, what do you mean by jump off a cliff?"

"I was kidnapped by thieves at that time. When Qi Yan arrived..." Xia Mingyue roughly described the situation at that time, "It was Qi Yan who was quick-witted and put himself in a desperate situation. That's how we were able to escape successfully."

It turned out to be the case.

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, but they were also filled with sighs and amazement.

It's a pity that the situation was so dangerous at that time, and it's amazing that Lu Qiyan could still be so calm and think of such a thrilling method.

"As expected of Qi Yan, she is so decisive. As expected of my sister-in-law, she has such courage." Mrs. Lu was deeply moved.

If any one of these is missing, Lu Qiyan will not be able to rescue Xia Mingyue successfully. This shows that husband and wife are one, they complement each other and neither is indispensable.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but Yin Lingyou's beard stood up, and he slapped the table with his hands, staring at it, "Nonsense!"

"How can something like jumping off a cliff be praised? It's basically gambling with one's life. If there's any mistake, it could cost two lives!"

Yin Lingyou felt sorry for Xia Mingyue, and everyone could see it. They just opened their mouths to comfort her, "Doctor Yin, although that's what you said, the situation was special at the time, and there was no other way..."

"Why not?" Yin Lingyou glared at Lu Qiyan fiercely. "You usually lead troops in battles, learn how to deploy troops and battle formations, and pay attention to the situation and tactics. At this time, you can pretend to be indifferent and let the thieves let down their guard, and then attack them by surprise, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Lu Qiyan touched his nose.

He naturally understood the reason behind this, and he also knew that in this situation, the most appropriate response strategy was to let Li Junhao and others relax their vigilance as Doctor Yin said.

But when he saw Xia Mingyue's situation, his anxiety was beyond words and he couldn't pretend.

Not to mention that he had already reached halfway up the cliff, and Li Junhao would definitely not disbelieve those nonchalant words, and he was unwilling to say those words in front of Xia Mingyue.

Even if those were false and were only temporary measures, he was unwilling to say cold words and make Xia Mingyue feel uncomfortable.

Make him feel uncomfortable.

But Lu Qiyan did not explain these words to Yin Lingyou. He just smiled and bowed, "Doctor Yin is right. I didn't think of such a plan at that time. I was stupid."

Yin Lingyou looked at Lu Qiyan.

Lu Qiyan has always been as shrewd as a fox. When has he ever been stupid?
It's obviously...

Yin Lingyou sighed inwardly and glared at Lu Qiyan fiercely again, "Not only is he stupid, he is as stupid as a pig!"

"Doctor Yin is right." Lu Qiyan still responded with a grin.

The main thing was that no matter how angry Yin Lingyou got, Lu Qiyan would always greet him with a smile and never refute him.

A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water!

Yin Lingyou waved his hands helplessly, "Come on, come on, it's useless to talk, just go aside and don't delay me from preparing the medicine!"

"During this period of time, Madam Xia's wounds cannot be exposed to water or tired. Since you are at home, please take good care of her so that she can recover soon."

"Don't worry, Doctor Yin." Lu Qiyan bowed again.

After chattering for a while, Yin Lingyou stopped talking this time, pushed Lu Qiyan aside, and called Zhuang Cui and Mao Sanli to help him.

Boil, grind, prepare medicine...

While Yin Lingyou and others were busy, Xia Mingyue and Lu Qiyan went into the house to pack and change clothes.

"Doctor Yin got angry just now because he was worried. Don't take it to heart." Xia Mingyue comforted him softly.

"I understand, don't worry." Lu Qiyan replied with a smile. Not only did he not care at all, but he was actually a little happy to hear such words of blame.

After all, this move was indeed very risky on his part. Even though the result was satisfactory, it caused his wife to suffer greatly. Even though everyone said that he had no choice at the time and his wife praised him for his quick wit, he felt guilty and self-blaming in his heart.

At this time, with Yin Lingyou's rebuke and questioning, he felt a little better.

"Doctor Yin has a sharp tongue but a kind heart. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. The time that Doctor Yin spends prescribing medicine for you, he will also prescribe some medicine for me."

While Lu Qiyan was talking, he helped Xia Mingyue put on her coat, tied her hair up, and put on a hairpin.

The movements are gentle and skillful, and the bun is smooth and natural, which looks quite good.

Xia Mingyue looked in the mirror, her face full of amazement, "When did you acquire such skills?"

This bun was even more beautiful than the one she usually wore.

"I stayed in Jinwei for a while, usually staying in the royal garden in the capital of Jinwei. I had a lot of free time and was bored, so I practiced."

Lu Qiyan answered like this, but Xia Mingyue blinked her eyes, "Yun Ji is willing too?"

There are different techniques for combing your own hair and combing someone else's hair. If you only practice with your own hair, you won't be able to be this skilled if you suddenly comb her hair.

It must be the hand that Xia Yunji was using to practice.

Xia Mingyue couldn't help laughing when she thought of Xia Yunji sitting in front of the mirror, with a look of despair on his face, letting Lu Qiyan play with his hair.

Lu Qiyan smiled and said, "At first he refused, but I said that since we helped Li Juncheng ascend to the throne of King Jinwei, the emperor would definitely reward us a lot. I would give him most of the reward from the emperor and let him use it as a betrothal gift to the Fan family. Yunji agreed very readily."

The wedding of Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan was granted by the Emperor himself, and Fan Jinglan was the apple of the royal family's eye, so a grand dowry was inevitable.

But the Xia family is a new noble family without any foundation. The things they have are much richer than those of ordinary families, but they are much inferior in comparison.

Although the Fan family didn't care about these things, Xia Yunji cared about Fan Jinglan's reputation. He didn't want the bride price to appear too little, which would make others think that Fan Jinglan had poor taste in choosing a husband and gossip about her behind her back.

Lu Qiyan's willingness to take out the reward at this time was naturally like a pillow delivered to Xia Yunji's door, so he quickly grabbed it in his hand.

As for the fact that his hair was combed like a woman's, with pearls and jade all over it, and he was laughed at by the soldiers below...

unimportant!
"You." Xia Mingyue reached out and touched Lu Qiyan's cheek. "It's just that Yunji is sincere and was fooled by you. Yunji came to propose marriage. As his sister and brother-in-law, shouldn't I give him some good things to help him?"

"He is the one who sees things most clearly." Lu Qiyan disagreed with Xia Mingyue's statement, "It is because he knows this that he gave me a way out and did me a small favor."

After all, he also wanted to see his brother-in-law and sister being in love.

Xia Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled, "You two really understand each other."

"They are all people around my wife, so it's natural." Lu Qiyan helped Xia Mingyue up, "My wife, go eat something."

Yin Qiao just said outside that all the food has been prepared.

"Okay." Xia Mingyue stood up and went to the main room with Lu Qiyan.

The table was already filled with various steaming meals.

Light and delicious wontons with fresh meat, silver noodles with delicious soup and green and tasty leaves, fragrant and delicious steamed dumplings, small fried dough sticks with crispy skin and soft inside, and the hot and sour soup that Xia Mingyue had been talking about all the way.

The other things were fine, except for the hot and sour soup, which was not suitable for Xia Mingyue to eat. However, she was thinking about it so much at the moment, so she only indulged her once and scooped a small bowl.

The amounts of vinegar and chili were well controlled, and the pepper was added just right, with the degree of sourness and spiciness just meeting Xia Mingyue's current taste requirements.

After taking a sip, I felt extremely comfortable from my mouth to my esophagus and then to my stomach. After taking a few more sips, my whole body became warm and comfortable.

The more he drank, the more appetizing the sour and spicy taste became, making Xia Mingyue, whose stomach was originally empty, feel even hungrier. He just put the soft and crispy fried dough sticks and the steamed dumplings with soft skin and rich fillings into his mouth.

While enjoying the light and delicious silver thread noodles, Lu Qiyan whispered to Xia Mingyue to eat slowly, and put the fried dough sticks and steamed dumplings in front of Xia Mingyue.

Xia Mingyue also did not forget to scoop a few more wontons for Lu Qiyan.

The couple had a pleasant meal together. Yin Lingyou had already prepared the medicine and ointment and brought them over.

"Take the decoction while it's hot, three times a day, half an hour after a meal. Use the ointment in the morning and evening. Use it to clean the wound before applying it to wipe off the dust attached to the wound."

After Yin Lingyou explained in detail how to use it, he threw the largest porcelain bottle in front of Lu Qiyan and said, "I didn't control the amount when I prepared the medicine for Madam Xia, so I prepared a little too much medicine. You got it for free."

"But your medicine lacks some rare and attractive medicinal materials. But you are a grown man with thick skin and flesh, so you don't need to worry about it. It's just that the wound heals quickly and does not fester."

"Yes, Doctor Yin is absolutely right." Lu Qiyan bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Doctor Yin."

"Don't thank me. I just had too many things and gave them away casually." Yin Lingyou still refused to give Lu Qiyan a good look.

Lu Qiyan didn't care and still responded with a smile.

The two people went into the house separately to take medicine and apply ointment.

In the afternoon, Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan came back with Wu Jin.

The two men and the dog had been in the mountains for most of the day and were now hungry and tired. When Yinqiao and the others brought the food to the table, they wolfed it down.

Especially Wu Jin, who had only drunk some spring water in the mountains to quench his thirst from last night until now. He was now so hungry that he was almost seeing stars. He didn't care how the meal tasted today, he just turned into an excavator and swallowed mechanically.

Xia Mingyue felt quite distressed when she saw this.

This was the first time she saw Wu Jin eating like this since she met him.

Even when he first took Wu Jin in, and he was so thin that he was almost skin and bones, it had never been like this before.

Right now, I'm really hungry.

Xia Mingyue kept reminding Wu Jin to eat slowly, and asked Yin Qiao to add some noodle soup to Wu Jin.