Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 101 The Lady Meets the Scholar

Little Xingxing grew up under the careful care of both father and daughter, and showed amazing talent. She learned medical skills and poison skills very quickly, and some of them were mastered at once. The Valley Master was ecstatic and taught her all his life's skills. He thought that the Poison Doctor Valley would be cut off with him, but he didn't expect that God would not bear it and sent this child to him. He finally had the face to meet his ancestors in the underworld.

Compared to Xiao Xingxing's talent, her young lady's talent was mediocre and she had only learned the basics. Every time she was asked to learn, she would say confidently: "It's enough for Xiao Xingxing to learn it. As long as the Poison Doctor Valley continues its inheritance, it's enough." She didn't like this and didn't like reading medical books. Instead, she liked to read some storybooks and shed tears for the infatuated men and women in them.

"The young lady is soft-hearted, sentimental, and easily trusts others," Jingzhen concluded.

That was when Xiao Xingxing was ten years old and the young lady was already sixteen years old. The master's health had deteriorated in his early years, and he had been holding on for so many years. This year was particularly bad, and he was so weak that Xiao Xingxing worried every day, fearing that the master would die soon.

"That person broke into the Poison Doctor Valley at that time." Jingzhen's angry expression scared the two of them. You know, she rarely gets angry.

The weather was not very good that day. Xiao Xingxing and her senior sister (from now on she was called Miss) were picking herbs on the mountain. Seeing that it was about to rain, the two of them hurriedly ran down the mountain.

It was on the way down the mountain that they met the thin scholar. The scholar was carrying a gray-haired old woman on his back, followed by a ragged little girl. Seeing them, the scholar hurriedly put down the woman he was carrying, let the girl lean on his chest, and asked anxiously: "Excuse me, ladies, do you know where the miracle doctor lives? My mother has been poisoned and is unconscious. I want to find a miracle doctor to save my mother..."

Xiao Xingxing didn't say anything. The senior sister went forward, lifted the woman's wrist and felt her pulse. The woman was in danger and was already dying.

"Come with me." said the senior sister, she was a kind-hearted girl.

The scholar was overjoyed, and quickly thanked them, then carried his mother on his back and went back with them to the stone house where they were sitting.

When they came back, it was raining heavily outside. The scholar knelt before the Valley Master and begged him to save his life.

The valley master was in a dilemma. The woman had eaten poisonous mushrooms. It was possible to save her life, but he needed two precious medicinal herbs worth a fortune. He had to keep them for her future use. Moreover, judging by the way the mother and her two children were dressed, he was afraid that he could not even afford the medical fee.

"Wait a while until the rain stops and you can go. I'm sorry, I can't do anything for you." The Valley Master hardened his heart. There were too many poor people in this world. For the sake of his daughter, he had to live. He couldn't close his eyes until he saw her get married.

The scholar burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly. Soon his head was broken and blood was flowing. This was his last hope. If even the Poison Doctor Valley could not cure the poison, he would be left without a mother.

Seeing the heartbroken look on the scholar's face, the elder sister felt compassion for him. She pleaded with her father, but her father remained unmoved: "Don't think about it. I left those things behind to save your life. I am worried about you not having a family yet."

The scholar took these words to heart and kowtowed continuously: "Please, doctor, save my mother. I am willing to marry you. I swear to be good to you all my life..." The girl next to him also kowtowed, begging the valley master to save her life.

The young lady was at the age when love began to blossom. She was immediately attracted to the handsome scholar. She winked at her father and ran back to her bedroom in shame. In her mind, her father's poor health had not been a matter of one or two days and he would be fine after recuperation. She didn't know that her decision would take her father's life prematurely.

Seeing his daughter's pleased look, the Valley Master understood everything. Besides, the child was filial as he carried his mother over mountains and across rivers to come to the Poison Doctor Valley.

After getting the scholar's promise, (the scholar promised to be good to his daughter all his life and promised not to take a concubine all his life) the valley master took out the life-saving herbs and saved the old woman's life. The scholar also kept his promise and married the senior sister in the valley. He said that he had no relatives in his hometown, his father died early, and his mother relied on selling her meager property to support him to study and to support him and his siblings.

This time she was poisoned in order to save some food, she picked some mushrooms in the mountains and brought them back to eat. She was afraid that something might happen to the children after eating them, so she secretly ate some herself to try it out, and something happened as a result.

After marriage, the two lived a loving life for a while. However, the Valley Master's health became worse and worse. Half a year after they got married, he passed away. The young lady (after the marriage, the master asked her to call him Young Lady and to follow him in the future as a support) then realized that her father had sacrificed his own life to fulfill her wish.

Not long after the valley master passed away, the Great Xia Dynasty welcomed the quadrennial examination. The scholar said goodbye to his wife, entrusted his mother and sister to his wife's care, and went to the capital alone with the money his wife gave him. He wanted to fight for a future for himself. He told his wife that passing the imperial examination was his goal all along, and he was very confident about it. His teacher also said that he was born to be a scholar, otherwise his mother would not have devoted all her efforts to support his studies.