Chapter 56 Exchanging Fortune for Your Safety

Huo Shaoxuan pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing Master Shu lying peacefully on the bed, there was nothing unusual in the room, he frowned: “Was it my imagination?”

He walked to the window and looked out, but found nothing special.

At this time, Master Shu on the bed suddenly hummed.

Huo Shaoxuan walked over and saw that Master Shu was frowning and calling for water, he quickly poured him a cup of warm water, helped him up and slowly fed him the water.

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“Did you find her?” Wei Shi returned to the courtyard and asked Shen Dong, who had just come back from another direction.

Shen Dong shook his head: “No, we searched the whole room!”

Doctor Qu ran over: “I also searched the backyard, no one.”

Chunxi said: “She’s just a little kid, where could she hide?”

Shu Liu thought for a moment and asked: “Did you search my father’s room?”

Doctor Qu said: “Brother Nie went to check, she shouldn’t be there, if she was, Brother Nie would have come back by now!”

“Then where did Nian Nian go?” Shu Liu’s face darkened: “Could she have gone out through the back door?”

Shen Dong and Wei Shi’s faces changed, if she went to the street, it would be even harder to find her.

Just when everyone was anxious, a soft, tender baby voice rang out.

“Little sparrow, don’t fly, stop!”

It was Shen Nian’s voice.

Everyone quickly followed the sound and soon saw Shen Nian’s small figure running from the direction of the bathroom, she was chasing a little sparrow.

The little sparrow was flying in the air, up and down, it was unknown whether it was injured or deliberately teasing her.

“Nian Nian!” Wei Shi ran over and hugged Shen Nian.

The sparrow was startled and flew high.

Well, it was just teasing Shen Nian.

“Mom, I finally found you, where did you go? I came out from behind the tree and couldn’t find you.” Shen Nian said innocently.

Shen Dong squatted down and looked at her: “What tree? Your mother has been following you, but you ran too fast, when you got to the bathroom, we couldn’t find you, we were all looking for you.”

Shen Nian said: “You were all looking for me?”

She looked at Shu Liu and the others, lowered her head and said shyly: “I’m sorry, I caused you trouble! I didn’t mean to, when I went to the bathroom, I saw a little sparrow under the big tree over there.”

She pointed to a big locust tree not far from the bathroom and continued: “The little sparrow was lying on the ground, I thought it was injured, so I went to take a look, but it wasn’t dead, it was pretending, as soon as I got close, it flew up, I chased it around in circles, and even went into a small cave, there was water next to the cave, there were red little fish in the water, it was so fun, I was playing and playing and then I had to pee, so I went to the bathroom, and when I came out, I saw the little sparrow again.”

Doctor Qu understood: “I see, when your mother was looking for you, you were catching birds behind the big tree, so your mother didn’t see you. When we were looking for you, you hid in the small cave in the rockery, and you just happened to avoid us. You little girl, you’re jumping around catching birds everywhere, you made us search for you for a long time.”

Shen Nian hugged her head and squatted on the ground: “Ah! I’m sorry! I was wrong, I won’t catch little sparrows anymore!”

Shen Dong said seriously: “It’s not about catching birds, it’s about not running around randomly in other people’s houses.”

Just when they were about to educate Shen Nian, Huo Shaoxuan ran over.

“Sixth Master, Master Shu is awake!”

Master Shu’s awakening attracted everyone’s attention, saving Shen Nian from a scolding.

Doctor Qu took Master Shu’s pulse, and suddenly found that Master Shu’s body seemed to have improved a lot.

He had given Master Shu acupuncture before, but the effect wouldn’t be this good, what was going on?

Doctor Qu couldn’t figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

It’s a good thing Master Shu is fine.

Doctor Qu told Shu Liu that Master Shu had improved, Shu Liu was overjoyed.

Master Shu received Shen Nian and her family of three.

Looking at the cute and lovely Nian Nian, Master Shu smiled and said: “It’s good that you’re fine, I was already sick, it has nothing to do with you that I’m lying here.”

Shen Nian took his hand: “Uncle, you are a good person, your illness will get better, you will live to be a hundred years old. The villagers all say that I am a lucky star, I will give you my fortune, in exchange for your peace and safety.”

Shu Liu couldn’t help but laugh, forgetting about Shen Nian’s running around earlier.

Whether Shen Nian’s words were heartfelt or taught by adults, he was touched.

Master Shu lovingly stroked Shen Nian’s little head: “Nian Nian is so good, thank you for your kind words, Uncle will get better as you wish.”

Shen Nian and her family didn’t stay long, seeing that Master Shu had woken up, they felt relieved.

Doctor Qu treated Shen Dong and Wei Shi’s injuries, the couple only had minor injuries, they just needed to apply some medicine and bandage them.

Shen Dong wanted to pay the consultation fee, but Doctor Qu refused, saying that they should bring him two more scallion pancakes next time they came.

Shen Dong agreed and soon left Shu’s residence with his wife and daughter.

As they came out of the gate, Shen Nian saw someone.

It was Zhang Ying.

She was dressed as a peasant woman, carrying a basket of vegetables as she passed by Shu’s residence, she didn’t stop and quickly walked away.

Shen Nian blinked, her eyes didn’t linger on Zhang Ying for long.

Master Shu, who had suffered a relapse, could no longer eat greasy food, he couldn’t eat scallion pancakes, he could only drink rice porridge.

After a bowl of rice porridge, Master Shu fell asleep again, this time his breathing was much calmer than before.

Doctor Qu took his pulse again, he could clearly diagnose that Master Shu’s body had indeed improved.

This discovery surprised him.

You know, Master Shu’s body was already failing, the only hope was to find Doctor Nie, Nie Jiu.

But now, before they found Nie Jiu, Master Shu’s body had changed.

Although it was strange, it was also a pleasant surprise.

Shu Liu, who was beside him, saw that Doctor Qu’s expression was not right, he asked anxiously: “How is my father? Has he really improved?”

Doctor Qu put away his thoughts, got up and said truthfully: “Master Shu has indeed improved, but I am incompetent, I can’t diagnose the reason, I don’t know if this improvement is temporary or permanent. Sixth Master, just in case, we still need to continue searching for Doctor Nie and be prepared to return to the capital at any time.”

Shu Liu breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the stool: “I understand, you can go down now!”

Doctor Qu retreated.

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When they returned to the pancake stall, half of the scallion pancakes had already been sold, Shen Xue was busy like a spinning top.

Shen Dong quickly went up to help, Wei Shi watched over Shen Nian.

The mother and daughter looked at the bamboo basket and strawberries that were crushed on the ground, their faces full of heartache.

Shen Nian pulled Wei Shi’s hand: “Mom, don’t be sad, the strawberries at home will ripen in a few days, we can continue to sell them.”

Wei Shi nodded: “Mom knows, Mom is not sad, it’s the best that you’re fine.”

At the same time, in town.

The second and third families’ scallion pancake business was very good, and they also sold a lot of strawberries, both families were so busy that they didn’t even have time to eat lunch.

Not far from the market entrance, under a tree, Ma Chenggong and Bai Xiaohui were staring intently at Shen Xi and Sun Shi, who were selling pancakes.

Bai Xiaohui’s eyes were cold: “Brother Ma, when are we going to make our move?”