A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 277 A word is final

The dog days of summer have ended and the cool autumn has arrived. The dog days have just passed and the scorching sun has turned into rain.

The dog days were over and the heat was subsiding. Seeing that the frail Chen Lin was getting better, Si Yao felt relieved to put the traveling doctor plan on the agenda. She was also secretly glad that the prince had not made any move during the delay.

"Unconsciously, it has been almost two years since you came to the pharmacy. Time really flies by in the blink of an eye." In the tea room, Sanxiu couldn't help but sigh when he heard his apprentice Si Yao propose the plan of becoming a traveling doctor.

Although Si Yao has been studying medicine for less than two years, she has been treating patients in the pharmacy for more than half a year, and her patients are very good at it. However, there are always people who are better than you, and people are shaped by the local environment. Sanxiu always believes that as a doctor, you should not work in isolation, but travel around to understand the climate, diet and living habits of different places, and learn from local doctors, which will help you find more pathologies and improve your medical skills.

"Yes, it's been almost two years. During these two years in the medicine shop, I feel like I have found a home. I am grateful to Master and Senior Brother for their care all the time." Si Yao was deeply touched by Master's words, so he raised the teacup in his hand and toasted to Master Sanxiu and Senior Brother Xiuming in front of him, thanking them sincerely.

"Kid, why do you have to say these polite words when we are family?" Sanxiu glanced at Si Yao and muttered.

“Even though we are family, I cannot take the kindness of Master and senior brothers for granted. I should thank them when I deserve it. I can still repay the kindness of outsiders, but the kindness of my relatives is accumulated bit by bit over the years. It is impossible to repay them even if I can’t count them. Therefore, I should thank them more.” Si Yao smiled slightly, but explained seriously.

"I'm so good to you because you are my apprentice. As the saying goes, once a teacher, a father for life. How can parents ask their children for a debt?" Sanxiu disagreed with his apprentice's words and still believed that the relationship between relatives is maintained by family affection and should not be so clearly divided.

"Master..."

"Alright, alright. You both have your own reasons. There's no point in arguing any further. Junior sister, don't argue with the master." Seeing that the master and disciple were about to start arguing again, Xiu Ming on the side hurriedly interrupted Si Yao with a smile.

"That's right. Why does your junior sister always like to compete with you?" Sanxiu pouted at Xiuming with a look of grievance and muttered softly.

Being so close, Si Yao could naturally hear it all clearly, but seeing that her master was somewhat dissatisfied, she had to pretend that she didn't hear it, lowered her eyes and smiled helplessly.

"This is your first time traveling as a doctor. Where are you planning to go? Going north or west?" Xiu Ming couldn't help but burst out laughing, then he looked at his junior sister and asked.

"Jingsong Kingdom." Si Yao raised her cold eyes and replied thoughtfully.

"What? You are going to Jingsong Kingdom?" Sanxiu widened his eyes in surprise when he heard that.

Although Xiu Ming was also surprised, she soon remembered that her junior sister had told her last time that she had found someone who looked exactly like her, that person being Li Yunye, the current boss of Jiangnan Ming Li from Jingsong Country. It seemed that she was going to Jingsong Country to take advantage of the opportunity of traveling as a doctor to find this Li Yunye.

Xiuming had naturally heard of the famous Li from the south of the Yangtze River in Jingsong State, but this Li Yunye... maybe because he was young and had just taken charge of the Li family business, and was still in mourning and not out and about, the outside world knew very little about him. When Xiuming learned from his junior sister that this Li Yunye actually looked exactly like his junior sister, he was indeed a little bit unbelievable. Later, he learned that his junior sister had not seen the young master Li yet, and it was just a temporary guess. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile bitterly. How could his clever junior sister be so sure that the man looked exactly like her when she hadn't even seen him? However, seeing that his junior sister didn't explain too much, Xiuming was full of doubts but didn't ask too much.

"Ahem, A'yao, this is your first trip and your teacher thinks you shouldn't run too far." Sanxiu coughed twice, then frowned worriedly and advised.

"Yes, although Sanxiu Pharmacy has always adhered to the principle of saving people regardless of their wealth, status, or nationality, Jingsong Kingdom and Xiyue Kingdom are now at a tit-for-tat moment. Moreover, bandits are rampant in Jingsong Kingdom and there is a drought now, which makes the bandits even worse. It is a troubled time. How can my master and I let you, a girl, go to Jingsong Kingdom?" Although Xiu Ming knew the real purpose of his junior sister's going to Jingsong Kingdom, he did not support his junior sister's decision as usual this time. Instead, he stood aside with his master and persuaded her patiently.

Si Yao did not refute the persuasion of her master and senior brothers. She knew that they were also worried about her safety. However, the reason why she chose Jingsong Kingdom as a place for traveling medicine was not only to find Jiang Siyao, but also to avoid King Zong.

With the power of the Zong Wang, it would not be difficult for him to find her in the territory of Xiyue Kingdom, but it was different in Jingsong Kingdom. He was now in the northern border of Xiyue Kingdom, and even if his hands were long, he could not reach the southern part of Jingsong Kingdom. Moreover, even her master did not know that she went to Jingsong Kingdom to look for Jiang Siyao, so the Zong Wang naturally could not guess it.

"Even though your junior sister didn't say anything, in my opinion, she must have made up her mind to go to Jingsong Kingdom." After Si Yao left the tea room, Sanxiu looked outside the door and sighed helplessly.

After almost two years together, Sanxiu was naturally very clear about the character of his apprentice. Although Ayao would argue a few times about things that were not firm, she would still listen. Once she made up her mind, she would remain silent and not argue, and ten cows could not pull her back.

"Junior sister has always been like this, but this time she is going to Jiangnan of Jingsong Kingdom. Jiangnan is a prosperous and stable place, so it should be safer." Xiu Ming had no other choice but to comfort his master in this way, but he didn't expect that his words aroused Sanxiu's suspicion.

"Hmm? How do you know she was going to Jiangnan, Jingsong?"

Xiu Ming's face froze, and he realized belatedly that he had let the cat out of the bag. He was struggling over whether to answer truthfully or lie to continue hiding the secret for his junior sister, when he heard his master say, "That's right, since we can't persuade her to come back, let her go to the south of the Yangtze River in Jingsong Country. Let Xiaolu go with her this time. He is the smartest and most reliable of all the children in the village."

"Yes." Seeing that his master did not question him about what he had let slip, Xiu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, you'd better go and call Xiaolu over. I want to tell him a few words in person." At this moment, Sanxiu's whole mind was on his disciple Si Yao's trip to Jingsong Kingdom. Although Xiuming's words just now made him suspicious, he didn't have time to think about it and just asked casually.

"Disciple will go find the path right away." Xiu Ming responded and left the tea room. When he came to the corridor, he felt relieved again.

After leaving the tea room, Si Yao went straight to the study. From outside the door, he saw from afar a thin little figure kneeling in front of a desk, practicing calligraphy. The thin and weak hands tightly grasped the pen, and each stroke was trembling with some effort. Si Yao could not help but shook his head helplessly and walked in.

"More haste, less speed. Reading and writing are not something that can be learned overnight. You are still young, and there will be plenty of opportunities to do these things in the future. The most urgent thing is to focus on maintaining your health."

"Miss Yao?" Si Yao's sudden voice startled Chen Lin, and his already weak hands loosened, and the slender ink pen fell onto the table.

"I'm sorry for scaring you." Seeing that Chen Lin was frightened by her, Si Yao hurried forward and touched his head. While speaking softly, she also felt a little bit of self-blame. Chen Lin had been ill for a long time and was weak, so his courage was naturally insufficient, so he was easily frightened. She shouldn't have rushed in so hastily.

"Don't blame Miss Yao, it was Chen Lin who sneaked here to practice calligraphy first." Chen Lin hurriedly shook his head and said in a baby voice. Perhaps because of the fright just now, his already frail face turned a little pale.

"What's written?" Si Yao smiled faintly, then hugged the child in front of her into her arms. Looking at the two crooked and indistinguishable words on the desk, she asked curiously.

"My name is Chen Lin." Chen Lin was frustrated when he saw that Miss Yao did not recognize the words he wrote. "I remember that the master taught me this way. Did he remember it wrong again?"

Si Yao's mouth was slightly stiff, and she carefully looked at the two crooked characters in front of her. Each character was missing two or three strokes, but in order to encourage the child, she rarely said something against her will: "It's not bad for you to be able to write like this at such a young age."

Si Yao's encouragement really made Chen Lin smile happily.

"I will be away from the pharmacy in two days. You must listen to the owner and the master, take medicine on time, and rest on time." Looking at the self-healing smile on Chen Lin's face, Si Yao's cold eyes couldn't help but smile, and then she reminded him softly.

"Where are you going, Miss Yao? How long will it take for you to come back?" Chen Lin's smile disappeared instantly when he heard this, and he asked reluctantly.

"It's a bit far, and I'm not sure how long it will take to come back." Si Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"Don't worry, Miss Yao. I will listen to the owner and the master in the medicine shop, take the medicine on time, rest on time, and get up early in the morning to practice exercises with the owner to strengthen my body. When Miss Yao comes back, she will definitely look at Chen Lin with new eyes." After a moment of silence, Chen Lin smiled again and said to Si Yao in a baby voice.

"Okay, it's a deal." Si Yao nodded with a smile, then raised his right palm.

Chen Lin immediately raised his slender right hand and struck her palm.