kvmb Chapter 435 An equal world?
Chapter 435 An equal world?
After Sanxiu Pharmacy reopened, the front yard was bustling with people again. Sanxiu and Siyao were sitting in the clinic as usual, and the pharmacists were busy at their respective posts.
Caiyi couldn't help in the front yard because she didn't know any medical knowledge, and the back yard had already been taken care of by someone, so without waiting for Xiuming to think carefully, she volunteered to help in the kitchen, and Xiuming agreed.
Caiyi helps in the kitchen during the day and only has time to go to the study to learn to read at night. There is a chef and two aunts helping in the kitchen. Because she works diligently and efficiently, has bright eyes and a kind face, is cheerful and sensible, and was brought back by Si Yao, she is very popular in the kitchen.
After dinner that day, before the sun set in the summer, Caiyi came out of the kitchen and headed straight for the study, but suddenly bumped into Xiuming again at the corner. This time, it was Xiuming who was in a hurry and almost knocked her to the ground. Fortunately, he caught her in time after she stumbled, so she didn't fall down in embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I was too anxious. Are you okay?" Xiu Ming helped her steady herself before letting go and asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Why are you so anxious, sir?" Caiyi shook her head, raised her eyes and smiled at Xiuming.
After getting familiar with people in the pharmacy, she was no longer as reserved and shy as before, especially when facing the great master Xiuming, her round eyes became brighter.
"My master and I are going out tomorrow, and I have to say a few words to Master Liu. Is he still in the kitchen?" Whenever Xiuming saw Caiyi's pretty smile, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for her. He raised his hand to tidy up her slightly messy hair and asked with a smile.
"Uncle Liu, he should still be there." Caiyi thought about it seriously, then nodded and smiled.
But Xiuming didn't know that it was his gentleness that was like the warm sunshine in winter that made Caiyi smile uncontrollably.
"Okay, it's almost You hour, time to go to the study to study." Xiuming gave her a gentle smile and then instructed.
"I'm just about to go. Don't worry, sir. Caiyi will study hard every day!" Caiyi smiled again, bowed slightly to Xiuming, and ran away happily.
Xiu Ming looked at the beautiful figure that was gradually going away, a trace of compassion flashed in his eyes that were still smiling, and he sighed in his heart again: It is rare for someone to be so optimistic after experiencing hardships since childhood, fortunately she met her junior sister.
"I'm sorry to trouble you tomorrow. If there are many people, don't force yourself. Let Xiaolu and Rongfan come to see the patient the day after tomorrow." As night fell, in the tea room of the pharmacy, Sanxiu looked at his apprentice Si Yao beside him and gave careful instructions.
"Master, rest assured. I will take care of it." Si Yao nodded, and then said with concern: "It's very hot in summer, so you have to be more careful on the road."
"Leave early tomorrow and you will be there before noon. You don't have to worry." Sanxiu responded to Siyao softly, then turned to look out the window and worried about his old friend: "Alas, how come this old man Mu is seriously ill? He even sent me new tea during the Grain Rain."
"Don't worry, Master. Maybe Uncle Mu just suffered from the heat." Si Yao continued to comfort the Master.
"Yeah, there's nothing to worry about. As long as this old man can wait for me, Sanxiu, I don't believe that I can't snatch it away from the King of Hell with the help of the right time during the hottest days of summer when the yang energy is the strongest?" After listening to his apprentice's advice, Sanxiu turned around and pursed his lips with an unconvinced look.
Seeing that his master suddenly became so ambitious, Si Yao was surprised but couldn't help but smile secretly.
The night was just getting dark, but it was still hot and humid. The medicine boys were all laughing and enjoying the cool air by the lake in the backyard. Sanxiu had to get up early the next day, so he sat in the tea room for half an hour before returning to his room. After the master left, Si Yao also came out of the tea room. He was bored and wanted to go downstairs to the small courtyard to see Yan Yu.
"It's dark outside, don't keep reading the storybook. Do you want to become half-blind at such a young age?"
"What? Would you despise me if I became half blind?"
"Of course I'll despise you. You can't see anything clearly. Maybe one day you won't even recognize me from a distance of ten feet."
"Humph, how dare you despise me!"
"Ouch, ouch, sister Guoying, please forgive me?"
But just when Si Yao reached the stairs, she saw Xiaolu and Guo Ying leaning against the railing of the corridor and flirting with each other, one of them making a sweet voice and pretending to be angry while the other one had a playful smile. Soon, the two of them became very close to each other. Even Si Yao, who was slow to realize it, couldn't help but get goose bumps all over her body, so she hurried downstairs.
Young boys and girls who are just beginning to fall in love are naturally inseparable. Si Yao couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that she and the prince were no longer young and were both rational people, and would definitely not indulge in this like the two of them.
Under the bright moonlight, Si Yao saw Xuanyu and Zeng Si sitting on the rooftop before she even approached the courtyard. The two of them were leaning against each other and whispering softly. Although she couldn't hear their love words clearly, she couldn't help but be stunned by the sight of the charming and lingering scene under the moon. It was intimate but not greasy, lingering but not vulgar, and pleasing to the eye.
Unable to bear interrupting the love between others, Si Yao quietly turned around and went back to her room. When she sat alone by the window and looked at the moonlight outside, her thoughts were inexplicably a little confused. Compared with the lingering relationship between Huanyu and Zeng Si, the relationship between her and the prince was not satisfactory. She always felt that something was missing... Could it be tacit understanding? After all, they had not experienced hardships and never left each other like Huanyu and Zeng Si, and they did not even know each other well enough.
Dong dong dong
A few knocks on the door brought Si Yao back from her thoughts. She hurriedly put down the teacup in her hand, stood up and opened the door, and was surprised to see the prince's secret guard Xin Nu appear in front of her.
"Why are you back?" Si Yao frowned and asked coldly.
The prince had promised her that he would no longer send people to lurk in the medicine store without permission, so when she saw Xin Nu, she naturally thought that he had broken his promise and acted on his own.
"Miss Si Yao, please don't misunderstand. I am here tonight to deliver a letter for His Highness." Xin Nu also noticed the displeasure on Si Yao's face, so she hurriedly took out a letter and explained to her.
Si Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly opened the letter after taking it. Yan Zong was not a poetic person, so he naturally would not write any lingering love poems. He picked up the pen for a long time and only wrote some daily greetings and concerns, but his longing for her was revealed between the lines.
After quickly reading the letter, Si Yao felt a little warm in her heart, and then she looked up at Xin Nu who was still waiting outside the door and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Do you want to rest in the manor? I'll arrange it for you..."
"Miss, don't be busy. I have a place to rest, so I won't bother you in the medicine shop." Before Si Yao could finish her words, Xin Nu clasped her fists and bowed.
"There is no inn near the pharmacy, where can you rest?" But Si Yao didn't believe it, so he asked again.
"For those who practice martial arts, anywhere is a place to rest." Xin Nu continued.
"Why don't you take a rest if you have a place to rest? Why go to the wilderness and be on guard against wild animals at night?" Si Yao shook her head, turned around, closed the door, and continued to say to Xin Nu: "Let's go, there is an empty room in the manor, you can stay here tonight. If you are worried that your prince will blame you, I will tell him later."
Hearing Miss Si Yao's unquestionable tone, Xin Nu did not dare to refute anymore and could only follow her silently.
"I see you are the only girl among these secret guards. Why do you want to be a secret guard?" Si Yao suddenly asked curiously as the two of them walked one after the other down the corridor.
"My family was poor, and I was sold to a human trafficker by my parents when I was young. Later, I learned that the human trafficker wanted to sell me to a brothel, so I escaped when they weren't paying attention. I almost starved to death on the way. It was Your Highness who saved me. To repay Your Highness, I took the initiative to choose to be a secret guard." Xin Nu lowered her head and said slowly.
"There are many ways to repay the prince. Why do you, a girl, choose to be a secret guard?" Another pitiful girl since childhood. Si Yao looked back at Xin Nu with sympathy, and then asked.
"Because I want to become stronger so that I won't be bullied so easily. Only when I become stronger will my repayment be meaningful to Your Highness. A weak person who needs protection to survive has no right to talk about repayment." Xin Nu raised her firm and cold eyes and continued to reply.
"Everything in the world is ever-changing. Where there are strong people, there will naturally be weak people. But no matter whether they are strong or weak, their existence is meaningful. I think the fault of your past experiences is not because you are weak, but because of this unfair world that does not treat people as human beings. If everyone is equal, fair and just, even the weak can stand on their own in the world. Then, in such a world, do you still think that the weak are not qualified to talk about repayment?"
Si Yao is a person who has lived through the modern world where everyone enjoys basic human rights. Naturally, she does not agree with what Xin Nu said, but she understands her thoughts. After all, she has never seen such a world.
An equal world?
Si Yao's words were undoubtedly nonsense to Xin Nu. She was numbed by the oppression of power and could not imagine what kind of world that was. She did not know how to answer for a moment and could only continue to follow her silently.