In the east room, the eldest brother of the Zheng family was lying on the bed with a quilt on his legs, holding his niece in his arms and looking at it carefully.
"Yes, this baby is well-raised. He is white and plump. His eyebrows are also beautiful. He will definitely not be ugly when he grows up." The eldest brother of the Zheng family said. The baby's eyebrows and eyes are all the shadow of his brother-in-law Jiang Xianjun. His sister is really a gift. Goods.
Jiang Xianjun stood aside and looked at her. When his uncle praised his daughter for her good looks, a look of pride filled his eyes and brows.
All the things that his uncle had done before when he kicked him and hit him were no longer a big deal in an instant.
Zheng Xiaoqin got up and came to the end of the bed, gently lifted the quilt and looked at her eldest brother's feet carefully.
When she saw the red and swollen foot, which was obviously two or three times larger than the other normal foot, Zheng Xiaoqin's nose was sore and she almost shed tears.
"Brother, why did you do this? Doesn't it hurt so bad?" Zheng Xiaoqin wanted to touch it, but didn't dare to.
The eldest brother of the Zheng family saw the girl's red eyes, which showed worry and concern that could not be disguised. A warm current flowed through his heart, and he shook his head and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I can't die, just hurt it a little bit." !”
"Brother, what are you talking about!"
Zheng Xiaoqin frowned slightly. Her eldest brother's nails turned purple, showing that there was a lot of congestion inside.
"Xiao Qin, you stay here and chat with your elder brother, while I go out to help my father-in-law and mother-in-law find Piggy."
Jiang Xianjun said this to Zheng Xiaoqin, turned around and strode out of the house.
The eldest brother of the Zheng family wanted to call him out, but Zheng Xiaoqin stopped him, "Brother, just let him go. It will be faster to find him if you help him."
Zheng Xiaoqin, her mother's piggy, heard that her father had owed it on credit to an acquaintance a while ago. A twenty-pound piggy cost nearly 600 yuan!
No way, since the floods in the first half of the year, prices in all aspects have gone up. I don’t know how many poultry and livestock have drowned in ten villages and eight villages. The piglets that cost 30 cents a pound were served to you in the name of an acquaintance. At that time, I gave them to you. He paid three hundred cents, and promised to pay back the balance of the remaining three hundred cents when the wheat is harvested next spring.
After three months of hard work, Piggy has grown up a lot. If he gets lost or has an accident, he will be in big trouble.
"Brother, what did the doctor say? Did he prescribe medicine?"
Zheng Xiaoqin sat back and asked again.
The eldest brother of the Zheng family smiled and said, "The doctor asked me to take care of it first. Don't work in the fields during this period. As for the medicine... I prescribed two packs of Panax notoginseng powder and let me soak my feet for half an hour before going to bed every day to wait for the blood to dissipate." Just open it."
Panax notoginseng powder is cheap. You can buy two packs for 20 cents, which is enough to soak for several days.
The doctor also prescribed other medicines to strengthen muscles and bones, but he didn't take them. One pack cost dozens of cash. The family's current total living money was less than 500 cash, and they still had to save it to buy clothes for the children during the New Year. It’s New Year’s goods!
"It won't work without taking medicine, and recovery will be slow." Zheng Xiaoqin added.
The eldest brother of the Zheng family smiled nonchalantly, "Just slow down, it's already winter anyway, and there's not much work in the fields."
It would be really urgent if we catch up with the busy farming season in spring. This is a blessing among misfortunes.
Zheng Xiaoqin thought of something, took out an oil paper bag from her arms and put it next to the pillow of the eldest brother of the Zheng family.
"Brother, I brought you something, saying it will be good for your situation. I'll ask my mother and sister-in-law to make soup for you later."
"What is that?"
The eldest brother of the Zheng family glanced at the oil paper bag and asked.
Zheng Xiaoqin said a little embarrassedly: "What's the name...what are the bones? I remembered it before, but suddenly I forgot it again."
bone?
The eldest brother of the Zheng family put the child on the bed and let her lie down to sleep, then picked up the oil paper bag and opened it to look at it.
"Ah, this is...deer bone?"
Seeing the shocked look on the face of the eldest brother of the Zheng family, Zheng Xiaoqin suddenly said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's a deer bone. It's said to be the bone of a deer."
The eldest brother of the Zheng family raised his head and looked at Zheng Xiaoqin in shock: "Sister, how did you get this thing?"
Zheng Xiaoqin: "Brother, what's wrong with this thing? Do you recognize it?"
The eldest brother of the Zheng family was surprised and happy, and even laughed excitedly: "This is a deer bone, the bone of a deer. It is the best medicine for my situation. It can cure and nourish. The doctor has half of it, sir." The black-hearted ghost wants to sell it to me for a tael of silver, but I can't afford it. The quality of your deer bones is much better than that of the black-hearted doctor!"
"Ah? Really?" Zheng Xiaoqin also became excited, so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
"That's fine, that's fine. I'll let my mother make soup for you later."
The eldest brother of the Zheng family was even more excited. He squeezed the deer bone in his hand hard. There was better medicine, who wouldn't want it? Who doesn’t want to get back to walking as soon as possible?
"By the way, girl, where did you get the deer bones?"
This thing is difficult to do. You have to be very particular about hunting deer in the mountains. Ordinary deer are not good enough. You need to score the year and the sex.
Go to the drug store to buy these two deer bones. The quality and size of these two deer bones are worth two taels of silver. Don’t even think about it!
That’s two taels of silver!
"Brother, we didn't make this ourselves, it was given by others." Zheng Xiaoqin said.
"Giving it to someone else? Who is that? Such a big deal? Do I know him?" The eldest brother of the Zheng family asked, his body straightened up.
Zheng Xiaoqin didn't want to tell her that she was now a nanny to the Luo family's two children. She also told Zheng's mother not to tell these things to her parents' family.
So she just smiled and said, "It's the friendship between Xianjun and his father."
When Sister Qing'er brought the deer bone to her, she said that it was nothing unusual and that it just happened to be an effective medicinal ingredient, so she took it with her.
I didn’t expect this deer bone to be such a good thing!
Sister Qing'er is really...
The eldest brother of the Zheng family wanted to inquire more, but then there were chaotic footsteps and voices outside. It was Zheng's father, Zheng's mother and Jiang Xianjun who were back.
"Brother, let me take a look."
Zheng Xiaoqin took this opportunity and quickly got up and ran out of the east room.
Just as Zheng's mother and the others entered the main room, they heard that their daughter and granddaughter were here. Zheng's father and Zheng's mother casually washed their hands and came to the east room.
When Zheng's mother passed by the two daughters-in-law, she stopped for a moment and told them: "What are you doing standing around? Why don't you go and have lunch quickly?"
The sister-in-law pretended not to hear.
The second sister-in-law said to her mother-in-law with a smile on her face: "Mom, we have just had breakfast, so there is no need to worry if you have a fever later..."
Mother Zheng stared at her two daughters-in-law. She knew exactly what they were thinking. She didn't want to entertain Xiaoqin, his wife and their children!
When Mother Zheng was about to have a seizure, Zheng Xiaoqin rushed over and held Mother Zheng's arm, "Mom, we also came here after breakfast, and we are not hungry at all. Besides, Xianjun and I just came over to see my elder brother, sit down I’ll go back in a while and won’t stay to eat.”
Hearing Zheng Xiaoqin say that he would not stay for dinner, the two sisters-in-law next to him were obviously relieved.
Father Zheng, who had been silent until now, frowned and said, "You've already come, how do you feel about leaving without eating?"
