Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 37 The Old Man

Just as Su Yue was about to fall asleep on the cart again, she was woken up by someone throwing clods of dirt at her.

"Who is it! Come out here, can't a person rest? If you keep causing trouble, I'll smash your dog head in!" Su Yue stood on the cart and looked around to see who was playing a prank on her.

I looked around but didn't find anything.

Strange, where did that person go? Too lazy to use her mental power to look for him, Su Yue was about to lie down and rest again.

Then they heard an old man's voice coming from a big tree not far away: "Little girl, could you let your mule go a little further away to sleep? Its snoring is really too noisy."

Huh, it was in the tree. I hadn't noticed it before. I scanned the area with my mental energy; there was no one else around, just this old geezer.

Su Yue ignored him. As long as he didn't bother her, that was fine. If he thought it was too noisy, he could just stay away. This old geezer had just thrown clods of dirt at her, so she figured they were even.

"Hey, you impolite little girl!" The old man in the tree was so angry that his beard almost reached the sky.

This was the first time someone had dared to ignore him; this little brat must not recognize him, that must be it.

Think of those imperial nobles; which one of them wasn't respectful to him, afraid of offending him?

Think of yourself, a renowned healer from the Valley of Medicine, and yet there are those who don't even recognize you.

If I hadn't found the valley boring and insisted on going out to explore, I wouldn't have encountered refugees fleeing famine everywhere.

"Little brat, are you deaf? Do you want me, this miracle doctor, to take a look at you? It's free, just give me some water from your bamboo tube, okay? Let me tell you, little brat, I'm a miracle doctor who can cure any ailment. Why aren't you talking to me, little brat…!" The old miracle doctor rambled on and on, and when he realized no one was paying attention to him, he threw a small clod of dirt at Su Yue's cart.

Su Yue found the old man too noisy and thought he was trying to trick her out of her grape juice, so she turned over and faced away from the old man in the tree.

Yu Guangzhong saw the old man on the tree stomp once, and the tree beneath his feet flew to the side of the cart.

Su Yue never imagined that there were actually people who could fly in ancient times, but unexpectedly, she saw the legendary lightness skill in this old man.

The TV series was right!

"You old rascal, you keep hitting me with things. Ouch, this is terrible, you've hurt my back! Hurry up and pay me back!" Su Yue pretended to be in pain, holding the spot where she had been hit.

"Hey, you little brat, trying to scam this old man? If you want compensation, pour me a pot of the same thing you drank, and I'll pay you back, how about it!" The old man walked up to the cart with a grin and took a gourd off his waist.

Su Yue inwardly cursed, "This old geezer is quite cunning. He thinks he can trick me into drinking? Dream on."

"Old man, you should compensate me with ten taels of silver first, and then I'll give you some money."

"Are you robbing me?! Ten taels of silver! Why don't you sell my old bones and see if they're worth ten taels of silver?" The old man pretended to be angry and started nagging at Su Yue.

"Little girl, you can't treat an old man like this! Why don't you give me a sip first, so I can try it, okay? Hey, hey, hey... Little girl, don't fall asleep, listen to me..."

Su Yue was too lazy to talk to the old man, so she lay down with her back to him and covered her ears.

"Little girl, listen to me, I'll just have one bite, one bite is enough!" The old man saw that Su Yue was still ignoring him.

"Oh, alright, I'll pay you back, I'll pay you ten taels of silver, you little brat, I'll pay you ten taels of silver, hurry up and pour me some of that water you were drinking." The old man saw that Su Yue sat up as soon as she heard about the compensation and stopped pretending to be asleep, so he wanted to hit the girl and stuffed the gourd in his hand into Su Yue's hand.

Su Yue took the gourd without rushing, and stretched out her small hand to the old man: "Pay me first."

The old man felt that if he didn't take out money today, the girl really wouldn't give him a drink, so he had no choice but to rummage through his pockets. He pulled out a cloth bag, then a handkerchief from the cloth bag, and finally a crumpled ten-tael silver note.

"Here, this is all the old man's savings. It's all yours. I'm going to rely on you from now on. Hurry up, I've given you the silver notes. Quickly pour me some to try." The old man handed the silver notes directly to Su Yue.

Having received the silver note, Su Yue didn't care whether the old man would try to take advantage of her or not. She hoped to follow him now and learn the light-footed skill of flying from him, then who would bother with this old man?

"Turn your back, and don't peek." Su Yue made the old man turn his back, then took out a small key from her small handbag, unlocked the wooden cabinet on the cart, and used a gourd to fill a wooden bucket inside the cabinet with grape juice.

Su Yue only filled the gourd halfway with water, not worried that the old man would find it unpalatable. It was filled with spiritual spring water from the space, and the mule had even filled the whole gourd just to get a sip.

"Here, take this and drink it!" Su Yue returned the gourd to the old man and then half-reclined on the cart.

The old man happily accepted it, but found it a bit light after holding it. He shook it again and found it was only half a gourd.

This girl is really stingy. She only gave me this little bit of water for ten taels of silver. I want to taste this water and see if it's worth ten taels of silver.

The old man took a big gulp from the gourd spout, and his eyes lit up after tasting it. It was so delicious!

This was a taste he had never had before; it tasted like grape juice, but something about it was different.

Then I took another big gulp, and finished it in a few gulps in no time, feeling unsatisfied.

"Girl, is there any more? Give this old man some more." The old man turned around and asked Su Yue for some.

"That's all, just a little bit," Su Yue said with a smile as she sat up.

"Hey, you little brat, you just took ten taels of silver from me." The old man thought the girl was too greedy.

"This is one of a kind in the world. If you want to drink it, you have to exchange it for something else." Su Yue didn't care what the old man said.

"Oh dear, I really have nothing left, just ten taels of silver notes, and I've already given them all to you. How about I compensate you with this old man?" The old man sized up Su Yue. She was young, and if he taught her properly from now on, she might really be able to inherit his mantle as a divine physician. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. If he became her master, he wouldn't have to worry about not having anything to drink.

"What good is an old geezer like you? You can only walk one step and then rest for three. You eat everything and leave nothing behind. You're useless at everything. If you were a young person, you could at least pull a cart or cook. But someone like you would probably just eat and drink my food and expect me to serve you. No, no, get away from me and don't disturb my afternoon nap." Su Yue completely ignored the old man's plans.

"How can you look down on an old man like that? Although I can't pull a cart, I know medicine. If someone gets sick or injured on the road, I'll come in handy. Little girl, look, I can even teach you medicine. What do you think?" The old man said, expressing his thoughts.

When Su Yue heard that the old man knew medicine, her heart skipped a beat, but on the surface she pretended to be indifferent and said, "Medicine? I don't believe you're that good. Besides, why would I learn medicine?"

The old man grew anxious and quickly said, "Hey, you little girl, I'm a renowned physician! My medical skills are unparalleled! If you learn from me, I guarantee you'll become a famous doctor in the future!"

Su Yue was secretly delighted. Since she wanted to learn lightness skills from him anyway, she pretended to consider it for a moment and said, "Alright then, but I'd like to make it clear beforehand that you can come with me, but I don't keep people who don't like me here. You'll be in charge of cooking from now on."

The old man readily agreed, but in his heart he was thinking: Hey, this little girl is very clever, she doesn't let anyone take advantage of her at all.