Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Cui Qiyan took the initiative to offer to go pick the snow spirit grass.

Dong Jiafu felt dizzy as she looked at the bottom of the cliff. She turned around and said, "Why don't we look for another place? We will definitely be able to find another Snow Spirit Grass."

"Afu, believe me, I am sure I can pick it. When the pills are ready, we will go back to Beijing together." Cui Qi Yan said gently.

"But……"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Dong Jiabai was also worried, "Master Cui, are you sure? Although we need the Snow Spirit Grass, we can't take such a big risk."

"I'm not bragging. I've just observed that the cliff looks very steep from here, but it's completely possible for people to stand on it." Cui Qiyan said firmly, "I know the limits."

"Then you must be careful."

Cui Qi Yan nodded, gave Dong Jiafu a reassuring look, then walked to the edge of the cliff, looked carefully for a while, and climbed up the cliff with his bare hands.

Dong Jiafu held her breath nervously, and her clenched palms were sweaty.

Liuzhisun pointed at Cui Qiyan and whispered to his companions, "This young master is really good at this. We who have been picking snow spirit grass all year round can't compare to him. Maybe he can really pick it."

The wind on the cliff was very strong. Cui Qiyan's clothes were blown up by the wind, and he was pressed against the cliff, looking very small, as if a stronger wind would blow him up.

Suddenly a stone fell from under his feet, rolled on the cliff for several times, and finally fell silently to the bottom of the cliff.

Seeing this scene, several people became nervous.

Cui Qi Yan didn't care too much and focused on the narrow "road" under his feet.

"It's almost there, it's almost there..." Lao Fang clenched his two fists as big as bowls, looking excited.

Cui Qi Yan was seen approaching the Snow Spirit Grass step by step, and finally reached it under the expectant gaze of everyone.

Cui Qi Yan held onto the cliff with one hand, and reached into the crevice with the other hand to pull up the snow spirit grass by the roots, put it in his arms, and then walked back.

"Got it!" Tan Hao said happily.

Dong Jiafu didn't dare to relax, and prayed silently in her heart that Cui Qiyan would return safely.

After getting the Snow Spirit Grass, Cui Qi Yan continued to take every step calmly until he stepped on solid ground.

Everyone quickly gathered around him, and Liuzhisun spoke first: "Young Master, you are so courageous and brave. We admire you!"

Cui Qiyan smiled at Dong Jiafu in front of him and took out the snow spirit grass from his arms, "Afu, here you go."

Dong Jiafu hugged him with red eyes, her voice trembling with fear and worry, "Fortunately you are okay..."

"How dare anything happen to you when I haven't even married you yet?" Cui Qiyan whispered in her ear.

"Cough-cough-"

Dong Jiabai put his fist to his lips and coughed twice. Dong Jiafu then let go of his hand and took the Snow Spirit Grass. After a closer look, she exclaimed in surprise, "There are actually two of them!"

Seeing her happy, Cui Qiyan was also happy, "We are lucky. Now we can make more pills to ensure that Auntie's illness is completely cured."

Liuzhisun said in amazement, "You guys are really lucky. We have been picking snow spirit grass for so many years, but we have never picked two in one place at once."

"Yes, today really opened my eyes." said the villager next to him.

Dong Jiabai bowed to Cui Qiyan and thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Cui, for taking the risk to collect herbs for my mother."

"You're welcome, Master Xiaodong." Cui Qiyan returned the greeting.

Tan Hao said, "Now that we have found the Snow Spirit Grass, let's go down the mountain and make medicine without delay."

After the group got down the mountain, Dong Jiafu found a private clinic, gave the doctor some silver, and borrowed their medicine furnace to make medicine.

Tan Hao prepared the herbs according to the prescription given by Doctor Tan and put them into the medicine furnace.

It takes several hours to refine the medicine, and someone needs to be on duty the whole time.

After Tan Hao prepared the medicine, Dong Jiafu asked him to rest first while she would watch over the medicine furnace.

Cui Qiyan came and sat down next to her, took out a bag of pastries and opened it for her.

"You didn't eat much for lunch, and the medicine will take a while to take effect. Eat some red bean cakes to fill your stomach."

"You went out just to buy this?"

"Well, I wanted to buy you your favorite lotus cake, but I couldn't find it after searching most of Xizhou City. The red bean cake is still hot, you can try it. I heard from the locals that the red bean cake made by this shop tastes good."

Dong Jiafu picked up one and found it was still warm. "How do you know I like to eat lotus cake?"

"If you want to know, you'll know," Cui Qiyan asked hurriedly after she took a bite, "How does it taste?"

Dong Jiafu picked up another one and put it to his mouth, "If you want to know how it tastes, try it yourself."

Cui Qiyan couldn't hide the smile in his eyes. He opened his mouth and bit the red bean cake, and said incoherently: "Sweet——"

Dong Jiafu withdrew her hand and felt that the red bean cake in her mouth was particularly sweet. She ate several in a row.

After eating, she clapped her hands, turned sideways and said to Cui Qiyan: "Thank you for helping me pick the snow spirit grass for my mother."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am willing to do anything for you. Why should I thank you?" Cui Qiyan wrapped up the remaining red bean cakes and wanted her to eat them when she was hungry.

"No, I just want you to know that when you were on the cliff, I was really afraid that you would fall down by accident."

Cui Qiyan stared at her deeply, "Afu, when I return to Beijing and cure my aunt's illness, I will go to your house to propose marriage, okay?"

Dong Jiafu turned away without saying anything. Just when Cui Qiyan nervously thought that she disagreed, she suddenly leaned on his shoulder and uttered one word, "Okay."

She agreed!

Cui Qiyan's heart was pounding and he reached out to hold her in his arms.

An hour later, Tan Hao wanted to come over to replace Dong Jiafu. When he walked to the door and saw the two people cuddling together, he quickly tiptoed back.

After several hours, the pill was finally refined.

Tan Hao put the medicine into two bottles, "These medicines are enough to cure Mrs. Dong's illness."

"That's great, thank you for your hard work." Although Dong Jiabai couldn't help, he still waited in the clinic.

"Brother, I want to set off back to Beijing tomorrow." Dong Jiafu didn't want to delay.

"Okay, it's time for me to go back to Suzhou. I'll take you there tomorrow."

It was almost midnight when the four returned to the inn. They asked the innkeeper to prepare some simple food, and then went back to their room to pack up.

Dong Jiafu remembered the letter and clothes that Xu Yiwan asked her to bring to Dong Jiabai, and gave them to him.

Dong Jiabai stroked the cotton-padded clothes that Xu Yiwan had made for him, and his heart ached.

"My mother was sick but she still thought about making clothes for me. I am so unfilial."

"Don't say that, big brother. Mother prepared these a long time ago. I wanted to send them to you. I happened to be coming to Xizhou, so I took them with me. It's cold in Suzhou, big brother, please take care of yourself."

"Tell mother not to worry about me. Everything is fine in Suzhou. When mother recovers, please write to tell me."

Dong Jiafu nodded, "I've made note of it, don't worry, big brother."

"I'm leaving tomorrow, and I don't know when we'll meet again. Afu, you have to take care of yourself too, and don't just care about others."

"Brother, we'll wait for you to come home." Dong Jiafu was reluctant to let you go.

"Okay." Dong Jiabai replied softly.