Gu Sanniang's illness can be described as menacing, she slept for three days, the water and rice did not stick to her teeth, and she was also groggy when she occasionally fell asleep, poor Xiaoye was frightened, but she didn't dare to cry in front of people, lest she add bad luck to her own mother.

When he was sick, the first thing was to spend money to ask a doctor to take medicine, and it was good to say that Shen Zhuo knew some medical skills in the Qin family's compound, and after Liu Langzhong left last time, in order to save money for the Gu family, he came to Gu Sanniang to see the pulse these days, but the money for medicine could not be saved, just two or three days, Gu Sanniang had spent six or seven dollars just for medicine, which made Qin Damiang shake her head and sigh, she couldn't get sick at all.

Gu Sanniang's mother and daughter are so pitiful, the other two families in the yard have to take more care, this day Shen Zhuo dressed Brother Yu'er, and then carried a bucket to carry water for the West Chamber, he just walked into the house, he already smelled the smell of medicine from the kitchen, the little leaf was decocting medicine, after she heard the movement, the probe saw that it was Uncle Shen, and opened her mouth to greet him: "Uncle Shen, you are here." ”

Shen Zhuo poured the water into the tank first, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Is your mother better today?" ”

Xiao Yezi's face was gloomy, and she said: "I woke up last night, I fed her a few mouthfuls of vegetable porridge, and she was still asleep at this time." ”

Since she got sick this time, Gu Sanniang always seemed to have not slept enough, and when she woke up every day, she didn't have enough time for a meal, and when Xiao Yezi woke up in the middle of the night, she always wanted to probe her mother's snort, for fear that she would just fall asleep.

Shen Zhuo listened to Xiao Yezi's worries, and said with relief: "Don't worry, just like some fruit trees, if there are many and good fruits in a certain year, there will not be much fruit in the future, and it must be a good life and rest for a few years before it will grow fruit again, this is like your mother, she hurt her foundation in the embroidery work this time, as long as she is resting, she can always raise it again." ”

Xiao Yezi didn't let go of her heart because of this, she squatted down again, fanning the fire in her hand, Shen Zhuo saw that she was still sullen, but when she was still worried about her mother, she said: "You are a good child, your mother is for you, and she will definitely get better." ”

Xiao Yezi was silent, and after a long time, she said in a deep voice: "I heard that some neighbors in the alley made fun of my mother, saying that she was silly and stupid, and she desperately earned a few dollars and spent it all on medicine, but I know that my mother is not stupid, she can see better than anyone else, and those people don't understand her good." ”

Shen Zhuo looked at the little girl squatting in front of the stove, he remembered that not long ago she was still yelling to be a fool, but an accident made her learn to look at the people and things around her like a little adult.

"Your mother is a loving and righteous woman, and what she does is admired even by a man like me!" Shen Zhuo said.

Xiao Yezi's tightly locked brows slowly loosened, she had heard many people say bad things about her mother in the past few days, but today, her most respected husband definitely said that her mother was a loving person, which made Xiao Yezi have a slight pride on her face.

Shen Zhuo and Xiao Yezi said a few words, then turned around and went out to carry water, and when they picked four or five loads, there was a coughing sound from the house, Xiao Yezi hurriedly threw down the pu fan in his hand and ran in, Shen Zhuo also hurriedly followed.

In the past few days, Gu Sanniang has been taking medicine three times a day, and the smoke in the house is bitter, at this time she was retching on the side of the bed, Xiao Yezi patted her distressedly, twisted a handkerchief for her, and asked in her mouth: "Mother, there is still warm porridge in the pot, have you ever wanted to eat two bites?" ”

Gu Sanniang took a few breaths, waved her hand gently, Shen Zhuo, who was standing on the side, poured her a bowl of hot water from the thermos, Xiao Yezi took it and moistened her throat, and Gu Sanniang's breath gradually calmed down.

Gu Sanniang looked at Shen Zhuo and said, she said, "Shen Juren, I'm bothering you again." ”

A few days ago, Gu Sanniang was misunderstood by Shen Zhuo, in order to avoid being gossiped about by others, she avoided Shen Zhuo since then, but in the past few days, Shen Zhuo often came to show her pulse, so Gu Sanniang was embarrassed to be cold to him anymore.

Shen Zhuo took a closer look at her complexion and asked, "Gu Niangzi, do you feel better today?" ”

Gu Sanniang's face was pale, and she replied: "I feel better than the previous two days, but I always have no appetite, and I don't have the strength to do it, so I feel very tired as long as I sit a little." ”

"This is also normal, you are now losing both qi and blood, the most important thing is to have a good life, if you just don't take care of yourself, you can only drag this sick and crooked body for the rest of your life." After a pause, Shen Zhuo looked at her again and said: "People eat grains and grains, there is no one who does not get sick, you don't have to be anxious, the work of the embroidery village will be slowed down first, and then go to work when you are sick." ”

Gu Sanniang smiled bitterly, she said, "I can't even hold a needle, how dare I think about going to work." ”

Two days ago, Guan Yongwang and a few good sisters in Xiuzhuang came to visit Gu Sanniang, everyone saw that she was only half sick, and their hearts were sighing, Guan Yongwang knew that she was boiling down in order to catch up with the pine crane longevity chart, so he was very guilty, so he said to Gu Sanniang that she wanted her to rest, and then go to Xiuzhuang to work when she was sick.

After a few words of gossip, Shen Zhuo saw that Gu Sanniang's face was tired, so he went out of the house and returned to the east chamber with a bucket.

After a few more days, Gu Sanniang no longer blindly slept like before, occasionally when she woke up, she could still sit on the kang, but she still didn't have the strength to walk under the kang, Shen Zhuo showed her pulse, and added or minus a few medicines for her, Xiao Yezi watched her mother get better day by day, she was happy and sad, happy that her mother's condition was improving, and she was worried that the family's money bag was about to bottom out, and in a few days, I was afraid that she would not even have the money to buy medicine, but she didn't dare to tell her mother about this, she was afraid that her mother would refuse to take medicine anymore.

On this day, Xiao Yezi went to pour the medicine residue, and happened to meet the father and son of the Shen family head-on, Xiao Yezi stood still, and first said hello to Shen Zhuo, the royal brother called her sister sweetly, during this time, Xiao Yezi did not go to Shen Zhuo's house to study in order to take care of her mother, Gu Sanniang was afraid of being sick to the royal brother, and he was not allowed to come to the West Chamber to be stubborn, so the royal brother had not been naughty with Xiao Yezi for several days.

Today, Shen Zhuo took Brother Yu out to buy things for daily use, Brother Yu got a sugar gourd, he endured saliva all the way, and wanted to come back and share it with Xiao Yezi, this time when he saw her, he generously handed it to Xiao Yezi and asked her to take a bite.

Xiao Yezi is a strong character like her mother, and she is too old to compete for Yu Ge'er's snacks, so she shook her head and said, "Yu Ge'er, you can eat it, I don't like sweet." ”

Brother Yu looked at Xiao Yezi with a disappointed face, and said: "I brought a sugar gourd for my sister to eat, my sister doesn't like to eat this, I would have known to buy mung bean cake." ”

Xiao Yezi smiled at Brother Yu'er, she said: "My mother will make mung bean cakes, and the ones sold outside are not as delicious as she makes, and when she is ready, I will ask her to make mung bean cakes for us to eat." ”

When Brother Yu heard this, he rejoiced again, and he said softly: "I also want to give Brother Yu of Grandma Qin's family to eat." ”

While the two children were talking, Shen Zhuo took the medicine jar in Xiao Yezi's hand, he lowered his head and sniffed it, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "How many dishes are this medicine fried?" ”

Xiao Yezi's face turned red, and she said, "This jar of medicine has been fried for two or three days." ”

Shen Zhuo immediately guessed that her family's money for taking medicine had run out, and he said: "If you don't have the money to buy medicine, you should sue me, if you take such a decoction, it will not be of any use to your mother's body." ”

Xiao Yezi's eyes were red, and she said, "My mother won't let me say it." ”

She originally wanted to hide from Gu Sanniang about the lack of money at home, but Gu Sanniang was in charge of her life, and there was nothing she didn't know about the firewood, rice, oil and salt at home, and now that she had taken medicine for so long, the money she earned earlier should have been empty, at first Xiao Yezi didn't admit it, and then under her repeated questioning, Xiao Yezi told the truth that not only was their family gone, but she also had several pairs of medicines on credit in the pharmacy, and it was difficult for her to be a six or seven-year-old sister, and the pharmacy was willing to let her owe it.

After learning about these things, Gu Sanniang really refused to take any more medicine, Xiao Yezi fried and fried the leftover medicine residue at home, the medicine had long been out of medicinal properties, and she was about to pour the medicine residue, but she didn't want to be seen by Shen Zhuo.

Shen Zhuo returned the medicine jar to Xiao Yezi, and said: "You go and pour this medicine residue, I'll give you some silver money later, you go and pay back the money from the pharmacy, and then take the prescription to buy medicine for your mother and come back to eat, don't drag it out like this, save your mother's condition when it gets worse." ”

Xiao Yezi hesitated, she looked at Shen Zhuo with her eyes, and said, "If my mother knows, she should beat me!" ”

"It's irrelevant, if your mother asks, I'm here." Shen Zhuo said.

Xiao Yezi lowered her head and pinched the corner of her clothes, she knew that the Shen family was not rich, if she borrowed his family's money, his father and son should also live a tight life, but in the past few days, her mother has no medicine, and seeing that her spirit is not getting better day by day, Xiao Yezi is very worried, but she is afraid that her mother's condition will recur.

Shen Zhuo looked at her and said, "If you want your mother to get better as soon as possible, just listen to Uncle Shen." ”

Xiao Yezi gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Shen." ”

Saying that, she carried the medicine jar, poured the medicine residue to the intersection, and then went to the east chamber, when she entered, Shen Zhuo was taking out a money bag from the wooden box, he handed the money bag and the prescription to Xiao Yezi, and carefully instructed: "You take this money first to repay the silver money of the pharmacy, and then follow the above prescription to catch the medicine back." ”

Xiao Yezi asked, "My mother asked, what should I say?" ”

Shen Zhuo said: "I'll go and show your mother the pulse later, and I'll tell her." ”

Xiao Yezi calmed down, she saw that it was not early, so she took the money bag and went to the pharmacy.