In the dead of night.
Yu Ying, who was sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes. What she saw was a lonely darkness, and the sound of wolves howling intermittently could be heard outside the house.
This scary beast's sound not only made Yu Ying wake up instantly, but also reminded her where she was now.
Just now, she dreamed that she was back in modern times, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with her grandparents, parents, and sister.
They were talking and laughing while admiring the moon, when her grandfather pointed to her the bright moon in the sky.
Yu Ying looked in the direction, and when she came to her senses, she was horrified to find that there was no one around her, and she was the only one left.
Dreaming of this, Yu Ying woke up from her sleep instantly.
Thinking of her relatives, Yu Ying's eyes were sour and gradually turned red.
After suppressing it for a long time, she finally couldn't hold it back. Tears fell like rain. She covered her mouth tightly with her hands to prevent herself from crying.
She stayed up for half the night, until the sky got slightly brighter and the sadness gradually faded away. She gathered her emotions and got up.
Luo Shi was waiting outside Yu Ying's door early in the morning.
When Yu Ying opened the straw curtain and came out, she saw Luo Shi standing outside the door. Maybe she was too absorbed in thinking, so Luo Shi didn't notice when she came out of the house.
Yu Ying picked up the stick that was leaning against the door and used it as a crutch, and tapped the ground lightly.
Luo Shi came back to her senses after hearing the sound, and turned to face Yu Ying. Because her eyes were very cloudy, and it was dim in the morning, she could hardly see anything.
Luo Shi opened his mouth and whispered: "Erlang promised to let you treat his leg."
Yu Ying was still a little surprised. She didn't expect the male protagonist to agree so easily.
She nodded and responded: "Then let's wait until it gets brighter and I'll go take a look."
There was no oil lamp in the Fu family, and it was almost impossible to see the fingers when entering the house, so there was no way to check the male protagonist's condition.
Luo Shi breathed out, then turned around, fumbled with the bamboo pole, and walked towards the fire frame in the courtyard, preparing to make breakfast.
Yu Ying glanced at Luo Shi's back, then withdrew her gaze and looked up at the bright sky with a few stars. Thinking of the dream last night, she sighed softly and buried all her sorrows deep in her heart.
The sky was getting slightly brighter, and villagers outside were beginning to do farm work. Yu Ying glanced at her half-swollen feet, thought for a while, then simply took the basket placed in the yard and went out to find some wild vegetables and herbs.
In ancient times, the level of medical care was poor, and a single cold could kill someone. Thanks to her grandfather being an old Chinese medicine practitioner, she unswervingly chose the major of Chinese medicine. Because of this, she can still use some skills today, and even in this barren and backward ancient times, she is better able to save herself.
Now, she had to go out to collect some herbs and dry them to prepare for future emergencies.
When Luo Shi heard the sound, his ears twitched and he looked towards the sound with a puzzled expression.
Because I couldn't see clearly, I didn't know what Yu was doing.
Yu Ying walked out of the yard with a basket on her back and a stick.
There were a lot of weeds around the country roads, but almost all of them were herbs that could be used as medicine. Every time she found an herb, she would pick some.
But I didn't see the wild vegetables that I usually see. It must have been picked by the villagers.
The sky was getting brighter. Yu Ying didn't notice it and walked farther and farther, and unknowingly reached the foot of the mountain.
She should have stopped, but after some hesitation, she decided to go deeper into the mountain.
The more precious herbs only grow in the mountains, so it’s better to collect more and be prepared.
Furthermore, when she followed her grandfather into the mountains to learn about herbal medicine, she often heard her grandfather say that the mountains were full of treasures.
She wanted to go into the mountains to see if there was any treasure that could earn her money.
If she wants to change her current situation, she can't sit still and wait for death, she must become active.
Yu Ying, who had experience hiking in the mountains, used a stick to hit the weeds, firstly to open a path, and secondly to drive away snakes and insects in the grass.
However, within half an hour, Yu Ying had gained a lot.
In addition to some herbs that are rarely seen on country roads, she also found a small patch of Yao Jinniang in the grass.
The so-called Yao Jinniang is commonly known as Nianzi in Lingnan. The twister is a purple-black wild fruit, one as big as a finger, with a flower-like top. The fruit is particularly sweet when mature.
She picked the ones that were already ripe. After picking them for a while, they weighed a little more than a pound, but she stopped picking them.
In addition to wild fruits, she also found red mushrooms.
It rained heavily during the few days she came, which was suitable for fungi to grow.
Ancient people may have thought that brightly colored fungi were poisonous, so no one harvested the red mushrooms.
After eating wild vegetables without any flavor for many days, Yu Ying was almost moved to tears when she saw this red mushroom.
Even if it is oil-free and salt-free, and there is no meat to go with it, even if the red mushroom soup is stewed alone, it will still have a faint umami flavor, and I don’t know how much better it is than stewed wild vegetables.
Moreover, after the red mushrooms are dried, they can also be used as food storage.
In this impoverished situation, Yu Ying was like a hamster, eager to collect everything she could eat.
Yu Ying picked all the red mushrooms nearby, about two kilograms.
Afraid that the villagers would suspect her of poisoning the Fu family, she put the red mushrooms at the bottom of her basket and covered them with wild vegetables.
There were many ferocious beasts in the mountains, and she didn't dare to be too greedy, so she didn't go deep enough. When she was done picking, she turned around and left.
It was already bright when she came out of the mountain. A village woman in her forties changed her face when she saw her coming out of the mountain.
Yu Ying lowered her head and walked past the village woman. The village woman glanced at the wild vegetables and weeds in her basket and frowned.
After Yu Ying walked by for a moment, the look on the village woman's face kept turning, and finally she couldn't help but turned and said to the back: "Fu family's bride, the mountains are dangerous, you'd better not go in."
Yu Ying paused, turned around and looked at the village woman.
Whether he meant well or not, she nodded and said, "Thanks for reminding me."
After thanking her, she turned around and went back.
There was a bit of surprise on the face of the village woman. She originally thought that the bride of the Fu family was not easy to get along with, but she didn't expect that she was still somewhat polite.
Yu Ying returned to Fu's house, and her grandparents and grandson were standing in the yard, seemingly waiting for her.
She didn't say anything and put down the backpack. Thinking that they might need to use a backpack, she emptied the contents of the basket.
Fu An and Fu Ning looked at what she poured out.
There are wild vegetables and fruits that they know, and there are also weeds that they don't know.
When he saw the red mushrooms, Fu An's face suddenly turned pale. He rushed over, kicked the mushrooms away with his feet, and shouted: "This mushroom is poisonous and cannot be eaten."
Seeing that he was about to destroy the red mushrooms, Yu Ying quickly stopped him, grabbed his hand, pulled him aside, and scolded: "I know better than you whether it is poisonous or not."
Fu An struggled with his hands and shouted to his grandmother: "Grandma, this bad woman wants to poison us. She picked poisonous red mushrooms!"
Yu Ying was so noisy by him that she had a headache. She let go of his hand, but stopped him to prevent him from destroying the red mushrooms.
With a stern face and a feigned look on his face, he said, "I didn't say I would feed it to you. This is what I eat for myself."
Fu An looked disbelieving and stared at her: "You just want to poison us all!"
Yu Ying did not continue to explain to him. She glanced at the worried Luo Shi. She sighed, then collected the red mushrooms on the ground and said, "Just keep an eye on me while you are cooking. Don't touch my red mushrooms." mushroom."
These are rations. If there is a natural disaster and there is no food supply, we can still sustain ourselves.
Luo wanted Mrs. Yu to save her son, so after some hesitation, she still sided with Yu Ying. She scolded her grandson: "Fu'an, don't mess around."
Fu An: "But she..."
"Come here!" Roche shouted loudly.
Fu An reluctantly returned to his grandmother, but his eyes were fixed on Yu Ying.
Yu Ying hugged the red mushrooms with the hem of her skirt, then entered the house and placed them on the ground.
After opening the straw curtain and coming out of the house, she looked at Fu An and warned: "Don't touch my things."
After all, Fu An was an eight-year-old child, and he was originally a little afraid of his original owner. After being warned by Yu Ying's stern voice, he became timid and couldn't even control his feet and took two steps back.
Yu Ying warned the older one, then looked at the younger girl. But he saw that those big timid eyes were filled with fear for her.
As soon as she looked over, the little girl immediately hid behind Luo Shi and tightly grabbed the hem of her grandmother's clothes, so timid.
…
This little girl was so timid that she didn't even have the courage to enter her house. She probably even walked around her house.
Yu Ying rolled up her sleeves, limped to the water tank, and took half a ladle of water to wash her hands.
The water in the water tank is only half full and has never been full.
She discovered yesterday that Fu'an brought half a basin of water back from the river.
Fu'an made about ten round trips yesterday.
The weather was so hot that his sallow face was red with sweat, and water could squeeze out of his clothes. If he went back and forth again, Yu Ying was afraid that he would faint from heat stroke.
Because it was the child who was not yet ten years old who beat her back, Yu Ying always felt a little guilty when she used the water. She planned to show the male protagonist the back of her legs and then fetch some water back.
After washing her hands, Yu Ying looked at Luo Shi and said, "I'm going to go into the house now to take a look at Erlang."
Luo Shi nodded, and then said to his two grandsons: "You guys wait outside the house."
Fu An curled his lips and said "Oh" reluctantly.
After Luo Shi warned, he slowly groped his way into the house.
Yu Ying followed closely behind.
The room was slightly dark because the straw curtains on the window were not raised.
Yu Ying looked at the cold-looking male protagonist on the bamboo bed.
They came in, and even though there was just a thatched wall in front of them, he still looked ahead unmoved.
There was no emotion in his eyes, like a calm pool of stagnant water. No one knew what he was thinking.
In this dim environment, Yu Ying felt a depressing and lifeless atmosphere.
She didn't like this feeling.
Even though she is in a harsh environment now, she still wants to live well and optimistically.
Yu Ying withdrew her gaze and heavy thoughts, rolled up the straw curtain, and hooked it with a bamboo hook.
The straw curtain was rolled up, and suddenly a faint morning light came in through the window, half falling on the ground and half falling on the end of the bamboo bed.
The entire thatched house suddenly became much brighter, and the dead air was also dispersed.
Yu Ying turned around, pulled a bamboo stool to the bedside, and sat down.
She pulled a corner of the thin quilt over the edge of the bed, then looked at the male protagonist and said in a clear voice: "Give me your hand, I will feel your pulse first, and then check the leg injury."
Fu Wei's eyes moved slightly, and he turned to look at his wife in name only. Although her skin was white, her face was covered with black spots.
Fu Wei knew very well that the man forced him to marry this ugly wife just to retaliate against him and insult him.
Vicious, lazy, and ugly were Fu Wei's impressions of his wife for half a month.
Without any benefit, she decided to treat her legs. What was the purpose?
What was she thinking about, but Fu Wei didn't have the slightest interest in it.
He even felt that it would be okay if she wanted to murder him.
After a moment of silence, Fu Wei put his hand on the corner of the quilt, palm up.
Seeing his cooperation, Yu Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
We are not afraid of diseases that cannot be cured, but we are afraid of patients not cooperating.
After all, if the patient does not cooperate, even the cold will be difficult to cure.
Yu Ying raised her hand, and her white, tender and calloused fingertips fell on the thin wrist with not much flesh.
After feeling her pulse, Yu Ying's face gradually became serious.
Just looking at the male protagonist's face, he seemed to be in good spirits, but upon inspection, he found that his foundation was severely lacking.
