It was really a leaky house, but it rained all night, and the boat was late and encountered a strong wind. Unsatisfactory things happened one after another, and Li Pingan felt quite exhausted.
While nodding to his mother, Li Ping'an touched the back of Xiao Ruyi's neck and then touched her palms. After finding that there was no sweat, Li Ping'an felt a little unsure.
"She must have caught a cold. Mom, did my little sister get caught in the rain during the day?"
"It rained a little, but I made some ginger soup and drank it for her." After Chen Dajuan touched Xiao Ruyi's forehead, she felt distressed for a while, then she touched the foreheads of Jixiang and Xinglong uneasily, and touched them again and again. After confirming that they were okay, I felt relieved a little.
"It's not like you'll be fine after drinking ginger soup." Seeing that Xiao Ruyi seemed to shrink a little, Li Ping'an quickly hugged her a little tighter, "Mom, I bought brown sugar. You can look for it and cook it with half a piece. A pot of ginger soup, let Jixiang Xinglong and others also drink a bowl."
He was in poor health in his previous life. When he was in junior high school, he had a cold and fever every two or three months for two years. He was almost able to get a VIP at the medicine shop opened by an old Chinese medicine doctor near the school, so he had some understanding of the differences between wind, cold, and heat.
To put it simply, people with wind-cold are afraid of the cold and their pores shrink, so they generally don’t sweat or sweat less; wind-heat causes their pores to expand and cause sweating. In addition, there are differences in tongue coating and nasal mucus. Of course, it is also common for wind-cold in the early stage to wind-heat in the later stage.
At first glance, Xiao Ruyi's condition was caused by fever caused by wind cold, but her body temperature was indeed a bit high. Li Ping'an was a little unsure, so although he bought the medicinal materials of kudzu root soup for treating wind cold, he did not dare to fry it first. Give it to Xiao Ruyi to drink. His parents would not agree to give medicine to little Ruyi without the doctor seeing it.
So Li Ping'an planned to give Xiao Ruyi some brown sugar and ginger soup to check. If the symptoms were not relieved at dawn, he would take her to the city to see a doctor.
Chen Dajuan began to work, and Li Erlin was not idle either. Under Li Ping'an's guidance, he mixed warm water to wet a handkerchief and applied it to Xiao Ruyi's forehead. After all, Li Ping'an was not a doctor. Xiao Ruyi was afraid of the cold and shouldn't use cold compresses, but he had a high fever and should use cold compresses. He would be confused for a while, so he could only use warm water as a compromise.
There was an earthen pot used to boil water on the fire. Chen Dajuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and asked Li Erlin to put on the iron pot. Brown sugar is such a precious thing. If you want to cook it, cook more and let your relatives, especially the children, drink it. Serve a bowl.
Li Ping'an naturally had no objection. He held Xiao Ruyi tightly and secretly prayed that she would get better soon.
After the ginger soup was cooked, Li Pingan woke up little Ruyi. The little guy was wilted and didn't speak. He just hugged Li Pingan and refused to let go. Li Ping'an originally wanted to feed Xiao Ruyi, but he couldn't spare any time, so he had to let Chen Dajuan do it.
After feeding the ginger soup, Li Pingan coaxed little Ruyi to sleep again, "Little Ruyi, please be good. When you get better, big brother will reward you with a piece of candy."
Xiao Ruyi still had no energy, her expression was aggrieved, she looked weak, pitiful and helpless.
Li Ping'an stopped talking and hummed the tune of a lullaby he had met in his previous life. In his mosquito-like humming, little Ruyi slowly fell asleep.
Li Ping'an and his father and mother were no longer sleepy. They sat by the fire and watched the flickering light in silence.
Li Erlin was always taciturn, while Li Ping'an focused all his attention on Xiao Ruyi. Chen Dajuan was worried about Xiao Ruyi, but also couldn't let go that Chen An had died like this, and he had helped their family such a big favor before the accident.
When the sky was dark and the dark clouds in the sky had not dispersed, Li Pingan was not sure what time it was, but most of the villagers were already cooking breakfast.
Today the men are going to the city to see if there is any food to buy, so they have to cook early and also cook dry food. There was no telling when they would be able to come back, and they would not be hungry until they were full.
The villagers learned last night from Li Erlin and others that the price of food has increased. No matter whether they have any surplus food at home or how much, they must go take a look today and buy as much as they can if they can. If you don't buy it, if this situation continues, we don't know how high the price of food will rise in the future.
"Do you want to take Ruyi to the city to see the doctor?" Li Erlin looked at Li Ping'an and asked. They will go together today. The food they bought yesterday can only last for a month at most, which is far from giving them peace of mind.
Li Ping'an is active and independent. Not only can he find a living for his family, but he can also find ways to make money himself. He also often travels around and communicates with businessmen from all over Qingfeng County. He knows much more than him.
Not to mention that at Li Pingan's age, even now, he knows that his ability to support his family is not as good as Li Pingan's, so he has long stopped treating Li Pingan as a child and will discuss everything at home with Li Pingan. , ask Li Pingan for his opinion.
Little Ruyi was still sleeping. Li Ping'an touched her forehead with the back of his hand. The high fever had subsided, but it was still a little hot, so he said, "Take her to have a look. If you want to take medicine, take medicine."
"Take it with you as you wish. You can buy whatever you want with the remaining money." Li Erlin gave Li Ping'an a lot of money. Although he also thought that Li Ping'an spent money lavishly, after all, everything Li Ping'an bought was useful. thing.
After breakfast, Chen Song, with red and swollen eyes, began to count the number of people who went to buy food. There were seventy-three households in Xiaochen Village, and each household had different sizes. The smallest one, such as the family of Zhang Xiaoshan's future daughter-in-law, Chen Taohua, only had two sisters. There are usually more than ten or twenty people living together, and the whole family does not live in separate households.
More than a hundred people went to the county seat, mostly men in their prime. After going down the mountain, they pushed all the carts at the foot of the mountain. The remaining people returned to their respective homes, those with sticks took sticks, and those with hoes took hoes.
Buying food is important, but being able to protect it and bring it back is equally important.
Not all men go to the county town, people must be kept in the village, not only to guard against wild beasts in the mountains, but also to guard against people coming to the village to rob and smash.
Zhang Dashan from Li Ping'an's aunt's family and Li Dong from his uncle's family did not go this time and stayed to take care of the women and children at home.
Li Ping'an was walking among the crowd with Xiao Ruyi in his arms. Seeing that Xiao Ruyi was wilting, the men around him asked about the situation with concern. They learned that Xiao Ruyi had a high fever last night and that she was going to the county to see a doctor, so they forced Li Ping'an to ask. Ping An held Ruyi and sat on the cart.
Li Ping'an knew that the villagers had good intentions, but he really didn't want to ride on the cart. The official road was uneven and muddy. This kind of cart takes this kind of road, and after an hour, I'm already upset.
The problem was that he couldn't resist these uncles, so he could only sit on it with Xiao Ruyi depressed. After sitting for a while, Xiao Ruyi started to cry in discomfort. Li Ping'an coaxed Xiao Ruyi and took advantage of this opportunity to get off the cart again. Come.
When he saw the county city wall, he also noticed a long queue in front of the city gate. At first, Li Ping'an didn't think too much, thinking that there were too many people coming to buy food and the guards guarding the city gate were too busy, so he entered The city is slow.
But as time gradually passed, when it was almost their turn, Li Ping'an was suddenly shocked when he saw clearly the situation at the city gate.
Looks like something big happened!
