NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22: You Look Like A Beggar
Climbing into her mule cart, Xu Xiang took out a small wooden basin and a small cotton towel from her space. She filled the small wooden basin with water, and then returned to Xiao Shao with the small wooden basin and a small cotton towel.
She put the small wooden basin on the ground and handed him the small cotton towel. Seeing that he was only staring at her without taking the small cotton towel, she put the small cotton towel in his hand and spoke in a flat tone.
"Wipe your body clean. You look like a beggar."
The beggar Xiao Shao: "...."
Leaving this sentence behind, she returned to her mule cart. In the cart, Xu Xiang took out another pack of medicine bought from Bei Qiang City. She also took out a small package of recovery medicine powder from the space.
She opened the medicine pack, sprinkled the recovery medicine powder on it, and packed it up. She went back to the bonfire, cleaned up the medicine pot, poured the pack of medicine into it, and added two bowls of water. Afterwards, she added some dry twigs to the remaining fire amber, blew on it, and rekindled the fire.
She didn't put the pot of medicine on top of the bonfire until the fire lit up. Sitting not far from her, Xiao Shao watched her preparing his medicine while wiping his face and body. Looking at her calm and serious face, he suddenly felt that it was really rude for him to keep staring at her. But the more he observes her, the more attracted he is to her.
Xu Xiang didn't know what he was thinking at this moment, and turned to look at him after put the medicine pot on top of the fire. Seeing that he looked clean and refreshed after wiping his body, she got up and approached him. When she bent down to take the small wooden basin away, she saw the color of the water inside. She paused, and the originally expressionless face suddenly became stiff.
She stared at the water for a while, then slowly raised her eyes to look at Xiao Shao. Seeing her staring at him with surprise clear in her eyes, he turned his head away in embarrassment. After staring at him for a few more seconds, she silently picked up the small wooden basin and the small cotton towel.
'Let's pretend we didn't see the color of his bath water.'
Considering Xiao Shao's dignity, she walked quite far away before pouring out the dirty water in the small wooden basin. After that, she squatted down and poured out the water from her water bag, and washed the small cotton towel together with the small wooden basin. Before she could throw away the dirty water, a weak female voice came from beside her.
"Ex.. excuse me, young lady."
Xu Xiang turned her head and saw a thin woman in patched dirty clothes standing there, holding a thin toddler in her arms. Standing up, she saw the toddler lying on her with his eyes closed. She wasn't sure if the toddler was asleep or unconscious.
The woman looked at her and spoke hesitantly. "Young lady, can… Can you give me that water?"
Xu Xiang glanced at the dirty water in the small wooden basin, then at the woman, and asked, "What do you want that water for?"
The woman blushed when she heard Xu Xiang's question, but she glanced at her son and gritted her teeth.
Moving her eyes from her son, she looked at Xu Xiang and said, "To be honest, we haven't drank water for more than two days. My son has been unconscious since yesterday. Please, if you want to throw away the water, can you… Can you give it to me instead?"
Hearing what she said, Xu Xiang realized that she was asking the water for her son to drink. Sensing the despair in her voice, Xu Xiang sighed in her heart.
"The water is dirty. Come with me."
She poured out the dirty water, took the small wooden basin and the wet small towel, and walked to the mule cart. Seeing that she walked away after saying this, the woman stood there in a daze. Xu Xiang didn't hear the thin woman's footsteps following her and turned around.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "Come with me."
The woman came back to her senses after hearing her clear voice, and hurriedly followed her. Watching Xu Xiang followed by a thin woman to the mule cart, Xiao Shao frowned. Looking around, he didn't see anyone waking up at this time, and just watched them in silence.
Xu Xiang didn't know the complicated thoughts in Xiao Shao's mind, and climbed into her mule cart after saying, "You wait here."
The thin woman stood there holding her son, not daring to move around. When Xu Xiang came back from Bei Qiang City in a mule cart, she had already seen her. But knowing that Xu Xiang knew those officers, she didn't dare to approach her.
Until this morning, she woke up and found that her son had not moved, and didn't know what to do. In her panic, she saw Xu Xiang throw away Xiao Shao's bath water, and then wash the wooden basin and cotton towel with clean water.
Not caring about anything else, she mustered up her courage, approached Xu Xiang and asked for the water before Xu Xiang threw it away. But who knew, Xu Xiang still threw the water away. Now, she can only pray that Xu Xiang is kind enough to give her son some water to drink.
While the thin woman waited anxiously outside the mule cart, Xu Xiang closed the cover of the cart, took out a wooden bowl and filled it with mineral water from her space. She lifted the cover and handed the bowl to the thin woman. When the thin woman saw the bowl full of clear water, her hands trembled with joy.