Chapter 10

By the time Qin Jiao returned home, it was already winter.

Around mid-October, classes in Qin Jiao's school resumed.

When Qin Weimin and his wife received the notice of resumption of classes, they took into consideration that the situation at the time was unstable and that their Jiaojiao would not be able to adapt to school life after this incident. Therefore, they temporarily applied for a long leave of absence for Qin Jiao.

Qin Jiao had no interest in the "school", so she let her parents do as they wished.

Even now, as December approached, Qin Jiao had been staying at home and had hardly stepped out of the house.

However, Qin Zhao was obviously not as carefree as Qin Jiao.

He was already in his third year of high school, but he was always wandering between home and school. It seemed that only the word "busy" could describe his life during this period of time.

In comparison, Qin Jiao, who stayed at home all day, seemed to have nothing to do.

Qin Jiao was so bored that she did not need to cultivate, so she could only read books to pass the time.

However, most of the books were classified as "pornographic", so there were only a few that she could read.

Fortunately, a few days ago, during the Qin Family dinner, Qin Jiao coincidentally found a medical book in Fang Shuyun's room.

After flipping through it, she actually found the joy of learning alchemy back when she first started learning alchemy.

Actually, that book belonged to Fang Shuyun's father, Old Master Fang. It was a book that explained medicinal herbs, but after Old Master Fang started practicing medicine for many years, he wrote down his years of experience in medicine in the book.

Back then, Old Master Fang wanted to pass down this book and his medical skills to his descendants.

However, his only son was focused on politics.

His only daughter, Qin Jiao's mother, Fang Shuyun, studied medicine, but she studied western medicine.

However, she had no interest in her father's Chinese medicine.

Old Master Fang tried to persuade her many times, but to no avail. He gave up and could only sigh inwardly that his medical skills had no successor.

Later on, due to various reasons, he left the book with his daughter.

Then, until now.

Qin Jiao found this book by accident.

Qin Jiao naturally knew how precious this book was.

Let's not talk about the medicinal herbs recorded in the book for now.

The notes on the book were Old Master Fang's lifetime of experience in medicine. It was his life's work, and it was something that many people couldn't get their hands on.

Knowing this, Qin Jiao naturally cherished it when she flipped through it.

Unexpectedly, Fang Shuyun decided to give the book to Qin Jiao after seeing how much she liked the book.

Of course, Qin Weimin and his wife tried their best to evade the responsibility.

Qin Jiao looked at her parents and Auntie who kept rejecting her. She took the book, thought about it, and said to her Auntie, "Auntie, I will treat you well in the future and be filial to you." Her words made Old Madam Fu and Fang Shuyun laugh.

The old lady laughed and teased him. "How can you treat your aunt well?" Qin Jiao thought carefully. "I'll do my best," Qin Jiao said seriously with a small face.

"Oh, okay. I'll be filial to you when Jiaojiao grows up," Fang Shuyun said with a smile.

"Only filial to your aunt? What about your grandfather?" Qin Weiguo joined in the fun and teased Qin Jiao.

"Of course, I'll be filial to you," Qin Jiao replied.

Jiaojiao pretended to be serious on her pink and tender face, making everyone laugh.

However, they didn't know at that time that Qin Jiao, who was still a child in their eyes, would bring earth-shattering changes to the Qin Family in the future.

Qin Jiao had been in this strange world for nearly two years. Ever since Qin Jiao found out that he couldn't cultivate, he had been more or less going with the flow. To put it bluntly, he didn't know what he should do.

Ever since Qin Jiao gained consciousness through cultivation.

She had been cultivating, cultivating, and cultivating every day.

All she thought about was how to improve her cultivation. She rarely thought about anything unrelated to cultivation.

However, one day, someone suddenly told her that she didn't need to cultivate anymore. She might not know what to do anymore.

But it was different now. Ever since she got the book, she had an idea in her heart. She hoped that her family would accompany her for a long time.

It was as if she suddenly had a goal, which made her feel alive.

Qin Weiguo and his wife were quite satisfied with their daughter's current appearance. They felt that their daughter had grown up.

On this day, Qin Zhao's school was on holiday. Qin Jiao planned to ask him to accompany him to the bookstore to see if there were any books on Chinese medicine.

Qin Zhao naturally couldn't ask for more from his baby sister.

The next day, the two of them set off for the bookstore in the city center after breakfast.

However, Qin Jiao didn't expect that he would have a problem with "being afraid of the cold".

It was already winter. B City was geographically located in the north. Once winter came, the temperature dropped rapidly. It was already very cold now.

However, when he thought of those medical books, Qin Jiao gritted his teeth and went to the door to wait for Qin Zhao to bring the bicycle out.

When Qin Zhao pushed the bicycle to the door, Qin Jiao didn't say anything.

Instead, he urged Qin Zhao to quickly carry her up.

Speaking of which, most bicycles in this era didn't have a back seat. They could only sit on the front of the bicycle. It was very uncomfortable to sit on the front of the bicycle for too long.

For this reason, Qin Zhao wrapped the bicycle with layers of cotton pads to make it more comfortable for his baby sister.

Even so, Jiaojiao still didn't want to sit on the bicycle. She hated the pain and didn't want to sit on it.

Seeing Qin Jiao's anxious look, Qin Zhao only thought that she was in a hurry to find the books. He didn't think much of it. After quickly carrying her up, he rode the bicycle to the bookstore.

It wasn't easy to endure the cold all the way. Qin Jiao felt that his face was about to freeze.

Qin Jiao's heart ached for his little face that had been "destroyed" along the way. He thought that it would be better for him not to go out in the future.

When they arrived near the bookstore, Qin Zhao parked the bicycle and the two of them hurried to the bookstore.

A woman was guarding the entrance of the bookstore.

She was wrapped up tightly and rubbed her hands back and forth vigorously. She even blew into her hands from time to time.

When she saw Qin Zhao and Qin Jiao, she only glanced at them casually and let them in.

Qin Jiao thought that it would be warm once they entered the bookstore. He didn't expect that with the "expensive" price of coal, it would be impossible to heat a bookstore.

Qin Zhao didn't expect that Jiaojiao would be so afraid of the cold.

However, when he thought about it, Jiaojiao had been cooped up at home since winter. His house had a heater, so she wouldn't be cold.

Looking at Qin Jiao who was shivering in the cold, Qin Zhao's heart ached. He hurriedly urged her to hurry up and look for the books. He also nimbly helped her look for the books.

It wasn't that Qin Zhao didn't care about her and insisted that she look for the books herself. It was better to move than not moving at all.

The situation was complicated now. Many books had been listed as "pornography" and confiscated.

As a result, most of the books in the bookstore were "red books" and "newspapers". There were very few books of other types.

After Qin Zhao and Qin Jiao quickly searched through the bookstore, they only found two books related to Chinese medicine.

One of them was "Chinese Medicine Sketches", which was about the introduction of medicinal herbs. (The various titles in this book were self-made by the author. There was no historical basis, so it wasn't worth investigating.) The other book was "Acupuncture Techniques", which was about acupuncture.

Qin Jiao was disappointed, but she understood the current situation. In the end, she could only helplessly pay one yuan and eighty cents and take the two books away.

After waiting for a while, they finally arrived home. It was already noon.

As soon as they entered the house, Qin Jiao didn't have time to take off her clothes. She rushed to the heater by the wall.

Qin Jiao took off her gloves and immediately put her hands on it. Immediately, a warm stream of air rushed from her hands to her whole body. It was extremely comfortable.

Old Lady Qin, who had heard the door open, came out of the kitchen and felt very distressed.

She hurriedly walked over and touched her granddaughter's small face. It was cold all of a sudden.

Qin Jiao was startled by the pair of hands that suddenly touched her face. When she saw that it was her grandmother, she sighed and hurriedly asked, "Grandma, why are you here?"

"Your grandfather and I miss you very much. Your grandfather has been talking about you all day long and waiting for you to come and visit us. We waited for a long time, but you didn't come. We had no choice but to come and visit you, you heartless little girl," Old Lady Qin said angrily.

"I've been obsessed with that medical book recently. I just finished reading it and was planning to visit you and my grandfather tomorrow." Qin Jiao acted coquettishly towards Old Lady Qin.

"Alright, alright. I knew you were obsessed." The old lady laughed at her shaking.

She hurriedly asked, "Where did you go? Why are you so cold?

Take off your coat, in case you catch a cold. "Old Lady Qin helped her to take off her coat.

Qin Jiao followed Old Lady Qin's movements and replied, "I wanted to buy a few books about Chinese medicine. Qin Zhao happened to be on vacation, so I asked him to take me to the bookstore.

I didn't expect it to be so cold outside. I'm freezing to death. "

"Where's my grandfather? Why don't I see him?" Qin Jiao looked around and didn't see his grandfather, so she asked Old Lady Qin.

"He went to play chess with your Grandpa Li. He'll be back soon."

Old Lady Qin continued, "If you want to read books, ask your brother to buy them for you. It's so cold outside. Don't go out.

If you can't, you can buy them when the weather gets warmer. "Qin Zhao parked his bicycle and heard his grandmother's words as soon as he entered the house. He was very angry.

"Only Jiaojiao is your eldest granddaughter. I'm not. You really know how to order me around. I have no one to care about me. What a miserable life." Qin Zhao teased Old Lady Qin and Qin Jiao.

"Yes, I don't care about you. I don't care about you," Old Lady Qin replied.

"Okay, then I'm going to wander around the world. Take care."

After saying that, Qin Zhao made a gesture of opening the door.

"Go, go, go, go. Hurry up." Qin Jiao added fuel to the fire.

"Oh, you heartless little boy." Qin Zhao was not willing to leave. He went over to Qin Jiao and made a fuss.

"Okay, stop messing with your sister.

Hurry up and take off your coat. "

"Oh, you finally know how to feel sorry for your grandson."

"I'm afraid you'll catch a cold." Old Lady Qin rolled her eyes at Qin Zhao.

"Hahahaha." Qin Jiao couldn't stop laughing.