Chapter 5: Human made knives and knives

"Oh no, the carriage shaft broke just like that!" The old lady's scolding voice came from outside. Soon, she lifted the curtain with a face full of red marks and smiled, "Miss Nine, I'm really sorry. The carriage shaft broke somehow. If we need to fix it, we have to send someone to the nearby town to buy the parts. What do you think? Shall we wait here for a while? It's also a good opportunity to wait for Master Lin to catch up, isn't it?"

Her words were reasonable, and Su Fu naturally couldn't argue. She smiled and replied, "Then I'll wait in the carriage."

The old lady was taken aback and hurriedly said, "I've already had a fire set up ahead. Come down and warm yourself. The carriage needs to be lifted to check it properly."

Upon hearing this, Su Fu had to get off the carriage, but she didn't forget to instruct Xiao Chun, "Stay close to me and don't go anywhere."

Seeing her suddenly serious expression, Xiao Chun nodded and quickly followed.

When Su Fu got off the carriage, she saw that the group had already deviated from the official road and had run onto a desolate and remote path. There were people setting up a fire ahead, near a small grove, and surrounded by three or five attendants.

"Miss Nine, go warm yourself by the fire," the old lady came over and said with a smile.

Su Fu looked at the skin she had scratched until it bled, slightly surprised, and asked, "What's wrong with your neck, Nanny?"

The old lady, eager to get her to go over, just casually replied, "Perhaps it was bitten by some unclean insects." As she spoke, feeling uncomfortable from the itching, she became agitated, "Miss Nine, please go over quickly..."

She raised her hand to push, but as she did, Xiao Chun screamed first, and everyone looked over to see the old lady's hand, hidden in her sleeve, covered in blood from being scratched. They were all shocked.

The old lady hurriedly pulled her hand back into her sleeve, but the more nervous she became, the more it felt like thousands of ants were biting her, driving her crazy.

"What are you all shouting for? It's not a plague. If you keep shouting, I'll kill you all!" The old lady scolded angrily, and the attendants by the fire looked slightly grim at this situation.

"Miss Nine..."

"Boil mugwort and white atractylodes in hot water and use the steam to relieve the itching," Su Fu said before the old lady could speak.

The old lady looked at her suspiciously, "How do you know, Miss Nine?"

"I had this symptom when I was young, and my mother used this method to cure me," Su Fu said, already turning to have someone gather the white atractylodes and mugwort.

The old lady was stunned, but the itching on her body was unbearable, so she had to let the attendants wait for a while, while she endured this bout of itching.

Following Su Fu, Xiao Chun also noticed that something was wrong and asked quietly, "Miss, is something wrong?"

"Um," Su Fu responded lightly. She couldn't say too much to her, afraid of being discovered by these people and causing a desperate situation. But what should she do next? Will Lin Yuesheng be able to arrive in time?

Su Fu felt a bit heavy-hearted, but she knew that the servant who was supposed to go buy the carriage parts wouldn't be back so soon. She could only wait. The feeling of having her fate completely in the hands of others made her feel stifled, but there was nothing she could do. With both parents deceased and her marriage to Yunying not yet settled, she had to follow their arrangements.

It seemed that she should get married sooner.

After a round of steaming, the old lady's condition improved a lot. She smiled at Su Fu and said, "Miss Nine, thank you for thinking for a lowly servant like me."

Su Fu smiled faintly and looked at the malice in the old lady's eyes, her palms tightening slightly.

The old lady turned to the attendants and said, "What are you still standing there for? It's very cold outside. We don't know when we can return from the town. Hurry and set up a shelter for Miss Nine in the grove..."

Seeing her constantly trying to lead Su Fu into the grove, Xiao Chun became nervous and said, "It's not necessary. It's fine here."

"How can it be fine?" The old lady withdrew her hands from steaming the water pot, her wrinkles squeezing together, "It's windy here, and Miss Nine looks delicate. If she gets sick later, the old lady will be beaten to death by the old mistress. After saying that, regardless of whether Su Fu agreed or not, she directly signaled to the two maids beside her, and they quickly surrounded Su Fu.