Chapter 62: Grandma Medicine (1/2)

Translator: Soldier

‘How long has it been?’

Yun Wu had no idea. When she came around from coma, she felt drowsy, and she also found that she was lying on a rough bed instead of on the riverside

With parched lips and a deathly pale face, Yun Wu slowly opened her purple eyes and this movement seemed to have cost all her strength.

This was a very crude cottage and the furnishings in it were rather simple. Though it was not spacious, there were two beds in it.

Apart from the rough bed that Yun Wu was lying on, there was another worn one.

It could be told that there should be two people living in this cottage.

She faintly heard people talking outside the cottage.

”Little Leaf, I heard that your grandma took another people home. You barely have enough food for yourselves. Why did she take in a dying person again? Please take my advice and send that person back to the riverside while your grandma isn't home.”

”Aunt, how could you say that? That is a person's life you were talking about. Not just my grandma, I myself would also have taken that person back if I were the one who found her, so stop nagging and go back to your own place if you don't have other business here. If my grandma hears your words, she'll get mad again.”

That was a fairly childish voice tinged with anger.

”Okay, okay. Bot you and your grandma are good Samaritans. I, your aunt, am the villain. I was just thinking that you were having a hard time yourselves, so I wanted to remind you out of good will. It seems that I'm just being a busybody. No good deed goes unpunished -- this is so true,” the woman nagged and left, sounding as if she was very displeased.

And then she faintly heard intermittent light footsteps. It seemed as if that person outside was walking back and forth and busy doing something.

Yun Wu glanced around and noticed that the branch previously sticking in her abdomen was gone, and that all her wounds had been dressed.

'Did that person who saved me dress my wounds?'

'Once touched, that branch would sink deeper into my body. How did that person get rid of it?'

These questions flashed through her mind, but gradually she felt as if her eyelids were getting heavier and that she was about to fell asleep again.

Yun Wu knew that she was too feeble. The first reason for this was probably that she hadn't eaten anything for a long time, and she also hadn't drunk any beast blood for just as long, which might be another reason.

She could distinctly feel that although her wounds had been dressed, they weren't healing at all.

If she kept lying in bed like this, it was very unlikely for her body to recover naturally.

Clenching her teeth, Yun Wu attempted to sat up.

But at this moment, the door was pushed open. A petite figure holding a bowl of medicine walked in.

The moment that girl saw that Yun Wu had woken up, she hurriedly reminded her, ”Don't get up. You're still very weak. You might worsen the wounds.”

After putting down the bowl on the table, the girl came over, grabbed a pillow and cautiously placed it upright at the head of the bed so that Yun Wu could lean on it.

”I did what my grandma told me to and dressed your wounds after washing them with medicine, but it's been three days and your wounds still didn't heal. My grandma said that your injuries were too serious and that you had been soaking in water for too long. This morning, she went to the mountain to collect medicinal herbs for you. Be a good girl and lie in bed. If your wounds ache, try to subdue the pain. I've decocted some herbal medicine for you. You'll gradually feel better after drinking it. Don't worry.”

This was a little girl about ten years old. Her skin color was somewhat unduly yellow, but she had bright, big eyes and comely countenance. She talked with a frown on her face, as if she was an adult.

However, Yun Wu could tell from her tone that she was a kind-hearted girl.

”Don't move. I'll go and get the medicine for you,” the girl reminded her again. Seeing that Yun Wu was no longer fidgeting, she looked relieved and turned around to get the bowl of medicine on the table.

Yun Wu looked at her blandly with her purple eyes and said nothing.

Little Leaf sat on the edge of the bed, blew on the medicine in the bowl to cool it down and then sent a spoon of it to Yun Wu's mouth.

Heavy odor of medicine rushed at her nose. According to her knowledge of medicine, that was a mild medicine that helped wounds heal and it was very beneficial for feeble patients with major injury.

But for Yun Wu, this mild medicinal property was totally ineffective in healing her wounds.

Seeing that Yun Wu wouldn't open her mouth, Little Leaf thought that she was afraid of the bitterness. Like coaxing a child, she said, ”Elder sister, all good medicine is bitter. If you drink this medicine, I'll buy you some sweetmeat later, okay? Come on. Ah... Open your mouth.”

Yun Wu frowned, but surprisingly, when she saw the sincerity in the girl's eyes, she didn't have the heart to decline, so her tightly clamped lips slowly parted.

Seeing this, Little Leaf delightedly curved her lips in a smile, ”Good girl. I'll keep my promise and buy you sweetmeat later.”

Her coaxing words made Yun Wu somewhat speechless with embarrassment.

Upon her remarks, the girl spooned the medicine into her mouth one spoonful after another...

She did it so skillfully that it seemed as if she had been doing this on a regular basis.

”You must be hungry since you've been in coma for three days. Get some more rest. I'll go and make some millet congee for you.”

Little Leaf tucked Yun Wu in and made sure that she was okay, and then she took the bowl and walked out of the cottage.

Before long, Yun Wu heard faint, intermittent footsteps outside the door. It seemed that the kitchen was outside.

Lying in this rough bed and hearing the busy footsteps from outside, Yun Wu felt comfortable and relaxed for the first time.

She felt as if she could leave all her disguise and burden aside here in this cottage.