Ms. Li's wishful thinking was loud and clear, and she would always take advantage of her return to her parents' home to deliberately tell her neighbors what she had planned. She was quite busy, but the results were minimal. Most of the ordinary neighbors just regarded her as a stranger. The gossip is listening, whether you can completely believe her rhetoric is another matter, let alone going out to help promote it everywhere!
After waiting for several days and seeing no disturbance, Li could only find a few village women who were greedy for money and talkative, promised them some benefits, and asked them to publicize it everywhere.
But Li's money was destined to be wasted. The only reason for this was that Wang had done too many immoral things before. When most people in the village first heard that she had been beaten, their first reaction was Everyone clapped their hands and applauded, and some even said: "Retribution!" Then the discussion started. What did Wang do this time to deserve this beating? The discussion was heated , no one still remembers who hit him, and who he is related to.
Li Shi waited for no results, her family was sick and worried, and she felt lifeless all day long. Then she took a wrong approach, and the thin and long-faced woman in the paper money shop made a fuss again.
But obviously, Li's plan failed again. Not only did it not bring some breathing space to Uncle Chu's family, which was already at the center of the gossip, it also pushed the Wang family to the forefront of the limelight again. No matter what weird rhetoric Li comes up with, no one will believe it.
This was how the entire Winter Clothes Festival was spent, with Uncle Chu and his family spending their time in constant struggle and depression.
On the other side, the business of the young couple's paper money shop was still tight, but it was still closed after the Winter Clothes Festival. At this time, Shen Luzhu's stomach was like a balloon, getting bigger and bigger day by day, and the weather was getting worse. The colder it gets, the heavier the clothes, the more cumbersome people become to move around. Except for taking a walk in the yard every day during meal time, the young couple spend most of the rest of the time in their own room. , relatives and friends came over from time to time, chatting or playing cards, accompanying Shen Luzhu to relieve his boredom, and he lived a contented life.
On this day, Shen Luzhu was bored in the house when he saw Qian, the aunt next door, bringing Chu Ping and his wife into the house: "Auntie finally came over today, I was bored! I thought you wouldn’t come today.”
Chu Ping complained with a smile: "It's not Grandma. Shuang'er and I thought about it early in the morning. It's Grandma who asked us to wait for her!"
Yuan Shuang, who was carrying Mr. Qian into the house, heard this and said, "Obviously, my husband, you stayed in bed by yourself in the morning. My mother and I were waiting to take off and wash the quilt, so you were delayed!"
Qian smiled and patted Chu Ping's arm, and said angrily: "That's right, you brat dare to rely on your mother! We haven't decided the winner of the card game of Luzhu yesterday, so what's going on today?" Maybe I won’t come! But Auntie, I have something else to talk to you about.”
"What's the matter, cousin?"
"Isn't there a lot of big things happened in the family this year? First you two separated, then Chu Ping got married, and then you got pregnant. I was thinking about going to Qichan Temple in a few days to go up. Let’s pray for incense and worship Buddha, etc., before the New Year, we also want to be auspicious. I don’t know what you think, Lu Zhu?”
Shen Luzhu was naturally very interested after hearing this. After all, she had been staying in the Chu family's old house recently and had not even been out of the yard. However, her current situation did not allow her to do whatever she wanted.
After thinking about it, I decided to forget it: "I won't join in the fun. There will definitely be a lot of people at the temple fair. Everyone will have to take care of me then. I'd better wait at home until my cousin wants me in the future. When you go, call me."
Qian nodded, as if he had expected Shen Luzhu's answer, and then revealed his plan: "It's not something that takes any trouble, but you are pregnant now, and you are going up and down the mountain. It’s a bit tiring, not to mention the weather is so cold, and it snowed a few days ago. The stone steps going up the mountain are probably very slippery! I wanted to take Xiuxiu and Ah Li with me to pray for you to have a safe charm when I come back. , it can be considered that you have done your best, and the Bodhisattva will not blame you!"
When Chu Xiuxiu heard that she was going to pray for her cousin-in-law, she was naturally very happy. She nodded and said, "Auntie, I will go with you to save my cousin-in-law the trouble!"
"That's fine. During these days, Xiuxiu has only been spending time with me and hasn't been out much. And Ah Li,
When he comes back from school today, I will ask him, he is going to trouble his aunt! "
"What's the trouble? They both are very sensible!"
"I remember that November 24th every year is the last temple fair of the year in Qichen Temple. There are less than ten days left now. Are you planning to go on that day?"
Shen Luzhu was thinking about the twenty-fourth day, but it seemed that he had not caught up with Chu Li Academy's ten-day break. If he wanted to go for a walk, he should find some reason to ask for leave from the teachers at the academy.
But Qian waved his hand and said, "You remember correctly, the last temple fair of the year will be held on the 24th, but I don't plan to go on that day. There are too many people that day, and everything has to be arranged." The ice and snow conditions last a while were unbearable. We mainly went to pray for blessings. I plan to go there in the next twenty. It’s close to the temple fair and there aren’t many people.”
"That's good, my son is on holiday for ten days. If he wants to go, he doesn't have to ask for leave from his husband. Are my grandpa and grandma going together that day?"
"No, your cousin is staying at home with the elders. My mother originally wanted to go, but the weather has been gloomy these past two days, and her legs feel uncomfortable."
Shen Luzhu nodded. Grandma Tang had cold legs, especially in winter. She had taken a lot of soup, but the effect was not very great: "Then let's invite Aunt Han to cook at Aunt Tang's house. We and the three of us will My uncle went over to accompany my grandparents, and my aunt took her time to stroll around, so there’s no need to rush back.”
The two families planned well, but on the 20th day of the winter lunar month, they failed to go as promised.
Qian originally planned to leave early that day, and specifically asked Chu Xiuxiu and Chu Li to get up early and go to have breakfast next door. However, when the young lady and brother were going out, an accident happened.
When it was still dark, Xiuxiu and Chu Litian packed up, prepared to leave their yard, went to the next door to have breakfast, and then set off together.
But as soon as he opened the door of his courtyard and took two steps outside, he found a woman who had fainted from the cold curled up in the sheltered corner between her shop and the courtyard wall!
Chu Xiuxiu and Chu Li called people into the yard and struggled to help people into the room in the west wing specially used for entertaining guests.
When Shen Luzhu heard that his sister and brother had actually picked up someone outside, he and Chu Yi hurriedly put on their clothes and hurried over. Hearing the noise in the yard next door, Qian Shi also appeared in the west wing with Yuan Shuang and Chu Ping.
Qian stepped forward and felt the person's breath, then touched the temperature of her body. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, it's okay. She probably just fainted. She was wearing quite thick clothes and was feeling something in her sleeves." It’s also warm, so I think nothing will happen to you!”
Chu Ping was ordered by Qian to run out and invite the village doctor, while Shen Luzhu hurriedly went to find two quilts and a set of his own clothes with Chu Yi.
Just as he was about to hand it to Yuan Shuang and Qian, asking them to help change the man's clothes that were already wet with frost, he noticed that the temperature in the west wing was a little low, and then he remembered that there was no one here at night, and there had been no fire all night. .
"Chu Yi, let's light the fire. Let's heat up the kang and warm her up. How about preparing hot soup?"
At this time, Uncle Chu, who had already heard the sound and rushed over, hurriedly stopped him and said: "No, no, I heard the old man in the village said that a person who has fainted from the cold cannot be allowed to get too hot all at once. She must warm up little by little, otherwise this will happen." The cold air has gone to the internal organs, and even if the person is rescued, he will probably be seriously injured!"
Qian patted his thigh and said: "Yes, yes! I seem to have heard that, just like the frozen meat, how can it be melted with hot water! The temperature in this room is still good now, Let’s not light a fire now, wait until the doctor comes, even if we need to light a fire, it’s not too late to do it again then!”
Shen Luzhu really didn't know much about this matter. Since Uncle Chu and Qian both said so, there must be some truth to it, so he drove the men at home out, and together with Qian and others, He held his hand and helped the sleeping woman change her clothes.
Soon Chu Ping pulled the doctor into the house. The doctor put his hand on the woman's wrist with a serious face. He seemed to take a breath for a long time, and the expression on his face softened a lot. Then he checked the other people. After seeing the situation, he turned to talk to the Chu family.
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The woman was indeed fainted by the cold. The cold air entered her body and her pulse was a little weak. But fortunately, she didn't faint for a long time and her roots were not damaged. If she takes a good rest for a while and drinks some decoction, there should be no big problem. . But the room shouldn't be too hot right now. It needs to be warmed up little by little. When she starts to sweat, it's no big deal. When she wakes up, give her some decoction and I'll give her a prescription right away. "
"Then I'll trouble you, doctor!"
The Chu family took the medicine according to the prescription given by the doctor, and took it directly in the kitchen. After half to an hour, they went to test the woman's body temperature. If she felt warm, she would take some medicine. After adding more coal to the stove, everyone in the Chu family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her forehead begin to sweat slightly.
The woman was still a little confused when she woke up. She was looking around when she suddenly heard someone walking in behind her. As soon as she turned her head, she happened to see Yuan Shuang and Chu Ping pushing in the door. She suddenly became alert. He hurriedly propped up his still weak body, and while watching the movements of Yuan Shuang and the two of them warily, he held the quilt and slowly moved to the side of the kang, as if he was ready to rush out of the door at any time!
Yuan Shuang was surprised to see that the man had not only woken up, but also sat up with his body propped up. He was about to run to call others over when he saw the woman spoke first: "Who are you? Why should I At this?"
Yuan Shuang wanted to take two steps forward to explain to her, but as soon as he was about to make a move, he saw the man suddenly ducking to the side, as if he was very wary of her, so he could only stand there and said: "My name is Yuan Shuang. He is my husband-in-law, we live next door, this is my cousin’s house, you..."
Before Yuan Shuang could finish speaking, Chu Ping noticed the woman's increasingly wary eyes and movements, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull his wife who was still trying to show her goodwill: "It was my cousin who picked you up. Yes, just wait, my elders will be here soon."
After saying that, he pulled Yuan Shuang and turned around and walked out. When everyone in the Chu family returned to the west wing again, they saw that the woman had fallen to the ground, with the clothes she had changed for her in the morning and a person she had brought with her. Carrying the package, he was struggling to stand up by the edge of the bed.
Seeing this, Mrs. Qian hurriedly took two steps forward, trying to help the person up: "What happened? Why did he fall to the ground?"
But when she saw the woman hiding behind her, as if she was keeping strangers away, Qian remembered what her son and daughter-in-law had just said, and felt that this girl might have regarded them all as bad people, so she stopped what she was doing and stopped talking to her. Before: "Look at our big family. If it's not a child or a pregnant woman, who looks like a bad person? The doctor said that you are too cold. If you continue to sit on the ground like this, I'm afraid it will be even worse. , I’ll help you up first, if you still feel uneasy, you can just leave, no one will stop you!"
