Xiao Jingcheng wasn't particularly interested in the reward she mentioned. Seeing that she dodged his head and took two steps back, he frowned tightly. Instinctively, he lifted his foot as if to chase after her, but then he stood there in a panic.
Although he had learned to stand, he still didn't know how to use his legs to walk. That out - of - control feeling filled him with panic.
Ye Wanmian noticed it too. She kicked Qi Wen, who was sitting beside watching the show, and said, "What are you standing there for? It's your turn to step in."
Qi Wen was forced to take the stage. He clapped his hands and stood up. He made a fist with his hand and cleared his throat beside his lips. "Your Highness, watch closely!"
Qi Wen lifted his arms and swaggered around the yard.
But that posture looked really strange...
Suddenly, Ye Wanmian remembered something and pressed her forehead speechlessly.
This guy Qi Wen was actually imitating a martial artist in an opera!
Xiao Jingcheng's attention was indeed drawn to Qi Wen. He tilted his head, his face full of confusion. Then he actually took a step and started to walk like Qi Wen.
Who would have thought... his left leg tripped over his right leg and he fell!
"Be careful!" Ye Wanmian and Qi Wen were both shocked. They rushed forward to support him and steady his body.
"Miss Jiang, I'm sure I didn't take the wrong step just now, right?" Qi Wen asked innocently. "This wasn't what I taught..."
Ye Wanmian sighed helplessly and said to Qi Wen, "Forget it. I'll do it. You go to the front to manage the shop, sort out the medicinal materials and the account books."
Qi Wen couldn't have been happier. He immediately let go of Xiao Jingcheng and got up to leave.
Ye Wanmian grabbed Xiao Jingcheng's wrist and said, "Follow me and learn from me. This is the left, and this is the right. Step with your left leg first—"
She lifted her left leg to show Xiao Jingcheng. After a moment of thought, Xiao Jingcheng also lifted his left leg.
After his left leg touched the ground and he stood steady, Ye Wanmian motioned for him to change to his right leg.
Xiao Jingcheng did as he was shown and lifted his right leg.
The two of them practiced walking in the yard like this.
Xiao Jingcheng either forgot how to walk because he hadn't done it for a long time or still thought he was a dog. At first, he staggered behind Ye Wanmian, looking panicked.
Ye Wanmian led him around the small yard again and again. By the third lap, he finally learned how to control his body and walk upright on two legs like a human.
When he walked around the yard on his own without Ye Wanmian's support or guidance, he was as happy as a child and even started to trot around the yard.
Seeing his excited look, Ye Wanmian couldn't help but smile.
So when he ran in front of her and deliberately bent down to bring his head closer, she gently patted it and said softly, "Goudan is so smart. You learned so quickly. I won't go back on my promise about the reward."
Xiao Jingcheng had just woken up and had limited energy. After running and jumping around the yard for a while, he got tired.
Ye Wanmian took the opportunity to coax him into the house. She made him lie down on the bed and covered him with a quilt.
"Okay, that's enough for today. You take a nap first. When you wake up, I'll teach you something else. Okay?"
Xiao Jingcheng sensed that she was about to leave him again like before. He struggled to get up. Ye Wanmian had an idea and called out, "Dahuang, come in."
The next moment, Dahuang trotted in from outside. He stuck out his tongue and sat upright in front of her.
"Dahuang, lie down and go to sleep." Ye Wanmian gave the order.
Dahuang immediately lay down, put his head on his paws, and closed his eyes.
Ye Wanmian praised, "Good dog. Dahuang is the most obedient."
Then she looked at Xiao Jingcheng. "What about you?"
Xiao Jingcheng gave the yellow dog lying on the ground a cold look. Reluctantly, he let go of Ye Wanmian's hand, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.
Ye Wanmian gently stroked his forehead and hair and said in a soft voice, "So obedient. Goudan is really well - behaved. When you wake up, I'll reward you with a piece of candy."
The man opened his pure and flawless eyes like glass, rubbed his head gently against her palm, and then obediently closed his eyes again.
Ye Wanmian let out a sigh of relief and left the room.
When Ye Wanmian passed through the small door and came to the medical clinic in the front yard, Qi Wen had already taken care of everything and officially opened the clinic for patients. At this time, Li Zhao was sitting on a lounge chair, reading a medical record.
He wasn't fully recovered yet. While reading, he coughed.
Hearing the footsteps, Li Zhao put down the book in his hand, looked at Ye Wanmian, and sat up straight. "How's the one in the back?"
"I just taught him how to walk for a while. He's learned it. Now I've coaxed him to sleep." Ye Wanmian smiled and glossed over it lightly. Then she asked, "Uncle Li, why are you here so early? You're not fully recovered yet. Why don't you rest more?"
But Li Zhao smiled. "I've been lying here for four days. I'm tired of lying down. People need to move around more so that the illness can get better quickly."
"That's true." Ye Wanmian motioned for him to stretch out his hand. She felt his pulse and found that his condition had indeed improved, so she was relieved.
Noticing the medical book in Li Zhao's hand, she asked, "Uncle Li, why are you reading this?"
Li Zhao said, "It's nothing. I just want to see how well you've learned medicine."
Ye Wanmian smiled. "What? Uncle Li is afraid that I can't cure your illness?"
"That's not what I mean." Li Zhao laughed and added, "Leaving aside other things, your handwriting is quite good."
After all, she grew up in an official family. Ye Wanmian rolled her eyes, picked up the pen beside her, dipped it in ink, and showed it to Li Zhao with a sly smile.
"The Li family in Luozhou has been a noble family for generations with many famous scholars. With your background, Uncle Li, I'm sure your calligraphy is excellent. I wonder if I have the honor to ask for a calligraphy work from you?"
Seeing her bright and cute eyes rolling, Li Zhao stroked his beard and laughed. He took the pen from her hand and said to her, "You should know that I used to never write without the Xuan paper from Huzhou."
"Then Uncle Li's calligraphy must be very valuable, right?" Ye Wanmian's eyes lit up. She spread out the Xuan paper that she usually used to write prescriptions in front of him. "It's a pity that the medical clinic is too poor to afford the Xuan paper from Huzhou. Uncle Li, please make do with this."
"What do you want me to write?" Li Zhao asked gently.
Ye Wanmian frowned and thought for a while. She didn't know what to ask him to write.
Li Zhao asked, "When you were in the Ye family, what name did they give you?"
"Ye Wanmian." Ye Wanmian answered truthfully. "They gave me this name because it was late at night when I was born, the time when all things in the world were asleep."
She smiled and added, "Later, they found their real daughter and named her Wanxing. The stars in the sky are twinkling and beautiful. It seems that everything was destined."
Li Zhao unconsciously tightened the pen in his hand and looked at her. "If you don't like this name, I can give you a new one."