Episode 6 recap: Chi Yue cut meat for medicinal purposes.
Chi Yue went home and when she came out again, she not only had two sets of medicine in her hand but also leaned on a crutch while walking on the road. When Niu Dasao saw Chi Yue, she asked what happened to her foot. Chi Yue sadly recounted how she was despised and mistreated by Mrs. Li, who asked her to cut the flesh from her leg and boil it into medicine. Upon hearing this, the women passing by instantly felt sympathy for Chi Yue, while Mrs. Li was condemned by everyone for claiming to be cultured but actually having a malicious heart.
Chi Yue brewed the medicine for Mrs. Li to drink and asked her how it tasted. Mrs. Li took the opportunity to scold and threaten Chi Yue, telling her to obediently listen or else she would continue to be ill. Chi Yue understood Mrs. Li's intentions and then revealed that the medicine she brewed for Mrs. Li was made from corns on her feet. She had already cut off the flesh from her left foot and boiled it. If Mrs. Li still needed more, there was another corn on her right foot, which made Mrs. Li feel nauseous.
In the evening, Chi Yue returned home and while removing the bandage wrapped around her calf, she mocked Mrs. Li, thinking that she was still too inexperienced to compete with her. At that moment, Ji Hong, who had heard about Chi Yue's meat-cutting, hurriedly came to deliver medicine to her. Seeing that Chi Yue hadn't actually cut any meat, he couldn't help but feel that she was particularly unique. He gathered his courage and took out a moon-viewing tube he made, inviting Chi Yue to watch the moon together.
Chi Yue knew that Ji Hong was interested in astronomy, so she asked him to calculate the date of the next lunar eclipse, which was important to her. Just then, a shooting star streaked across the sky, and Chi Yue devoutly made a wish, piquing Ji Hong's curiosity about her even more.
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