Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Didn’t Hear Wrong Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Didn’t Hear Wrong The medicine Gu Ya had gotten was divided into two types.
One kind was for external application, and the other was for ingestion after being boiled in water.
Su Yunjin first grabbed the herbs for external application for Gu Ya, like Dahurian angelica root, Sichuan lovage, and Pinellia among others. These herbs were meant to relieve pain and reduce inflammation, and they also had the function of activating blood circulation and dispersing stasis.
After the shop assistant had prepared the externally applied herbs according to what Su Yunjin said, Su Yunjin then told the assistant about the herbs that Gu Ya needed to take internally.
The very practiced assistant then prepared the internally taken medicine for Gu Ya as specified by Su Yunjin.
After asking about the cost of the medicine, the total was thirty copper coins, which was not too expensive, leaving more than half of the money Su Yunjin had with her.
Leaving the pharmacy, Su Yunjin didn’t dillydally but directly took a cart back to the Gu Family home after casually buying a few flatbreads at the market.
During the busy farming season, although the Gu Family had almost finished harvesting their millet in the fields, there was still much work left to do. After having breakfast, everyone from the Gu Family went out to work. When Su Yunjin returned, no one was at home except Gu Ya and her father-in-law.
Su Yunjin went straight back to the room and as soon as the bedridden Gu Ya saw his little wife, he immediately propped himself up and sat up, “Yunjin, you’re back?”
“Hmm!” Su Yunjin, who had been thirsty from the journey, walked over to the table, put down the two bags of herbs in her hand, and first poured herself a glass of water to drink.
Regardless of whether the water on the table was cool.
Gulp gulp gulp, Su Yunjin drank an entire glassful.
“Yunjin, take it slow,” Gu Ya was genuinely worried that his little wife might choke.
After Su Yunjin finished drinking the water, she then turned to Gu Ya and said, “I’ve already gotten the herbs for you! Wait a moment, I’m going to apply them on your leg now.”
The herbs for external application had pain-relieving effects, and Su Yunjin just needed to apply them on Gu Ya’s leg to stop the pain.
Aside from relieving pain, applying them could also reduce inflammation and disperse stasis.
That way, Gu Ya’s leg injury would also heal more quickly.
Gu Ya looked at the table, where the two bags of herbs were plump, showing that there was a good amount of medicine.
The externally applied herbs Su Yunjin brought back for Gu Ya needed to be processed before they could be applied and couldn’t be used directly. They had to be crushed first, then mixed with water, before they could be applied to Gu Ya’s leg.
Su Yunjin went to find two clean stones in the courtyard, washed them, and used the stones to crush the herbs. Once it seemed sufficient, she scooped a bit of cold water to mix into the crushed herbal residue.
After preparing the mixture, Su Yunjin took the mixed herbs to apply them on Gu Ya, sitting by the bed, she asked Gu Ya to lift his pants, “Husband, lift up your pants, I will apply the medicine for you.”
Following his little wife’s instructions, Gu Ya lifted his pants. His legs still had the wooden boards Yunjin had fixed on them the day before. Finding it inconvenient to apply the herbs with them on, she decided to take off the wooden boards she had used to immobilize Gu Ya’s broken leg. After applying the herbs, she would help him refix the boards.
With a bit of the prepared medicinal paste in her hand, just as she was about to apply it on Gu Ya, he suddenly said, “Yunjin, wait a moment!”
“What’s the matter?” Su Yunjin looked up at Gu Ya.
Gu Ya didn’t speak, but his gaze turned towards his lower waist, and Su Yunjin also looked down following Gu Ya’s gaze. Then, she heard Gu Ya say, “I need to go to the outhouse!”
Gu Ya said he needed to go to the outhouse?