Chapter 75: Midnight
That night, there was a whole pig feast on the Wei family's dinner table, and the stewed and fried were all wild boars that Wei Lai hunted today. Aunt Wei can be regarded as showing off her skills, but as for the vegetarian dishes, they have become garnished side dishes.
The Wei family is a small family, and there are not many rules on weekdays, except for the coachman's insistence these days, everyone eats together. So of course, Wei Lai saw Miss He who looked like usual again at dinner.
He Zhi didn't seem to take the afternoon's events to heart, whether it was facing Wei Lai or Aunt Wei, there was no trace of embarrassment or unnaturalness on her face. It's just that Wei Lai still inevitably muttered in his heart, always worried that Miss He was thinking about something more, and she was almost peeking at He Zhi during the whole meal, hoping to see something different from her face.
At this glance, Wei Lai really saw something - she naturally couldn't see her feelings from Miss He's face, but she saw that Miss He seemed to have a bad appetite tonight, and even used only half a bowl of rice, and ate less vegetables, almost didn't move those fragrant but greasy wild boar, and only picked up vegetarian vegetables and ate a few bites.
Wei Lai peeked, but he didn't forget to pick up the rice. The food cooked by Aunt Wei has always been the most appetizing to her liking, and it took a lot of effort to kill the wild boar today, so she ate three bowls of wild boar meat in one breath with this fragrant wild boar on the table. At the end, when I saw He Zhi putting the bowl, I realized that today's meal didn't seem to meet Miss He's appetite.
Because Aunt Wei, who had arranged the whole table of meals, was still sitting at the edge of the table, Wei Lai didn't have a good time to ask He Zhi directly. waited until after dinner, Aunt Wei and Xi Qiu went to the kitchen to clean up the mess, and then she waited for the opportunity to ask He Zhi: "Jin Rui, is tonight's meal unappetizing?" I see you eat very little. ”
He Zhi shook her head when she heard this: "No, the food cooked by my aunt is delicious." It's just that today I don't have a good appetite and don't want to eat much. ”
Wei Lai stared at He Zhi twice, but Miss He looked sincere, not as if she was polite. So he had no choice but to say, "Well, if you are hungry at night, tell me, and I'll get you something to eat." ”
This is no better than the capital, and the Wei family is not better than the He family, and you can find some dim sum and preserved fruits and other things to cushion your stomach all the time. So Wei Lai's kindness He Zhi did not refuse, and nodded lightly: "I know, thank you." ”
After saying a few words, the two had nothing else to communicate, and when Xi Qiu and Aunt Wei came back, they dispersed. As for the injury on Wei Lai's back, they deliberately ignored it after the two left Wei Lai's house in the afternoon.
For the rest of the night, Wei Lai waited for Xi Qiu, waiting for her to come and find what she wanted to eat. As a result, she waited until the end of the day, and she didn't hear the slightest movement in He Zhi's room next door, so in the end she had to wash and sleep.
In the middle of the night, Wei Lai finally waited for Xi Qiu.
At that time, Wei Lai had already fallen asleep, but he was awakened and sat up at the moment when there was a knock on the door. After opening his eyes, he was stunned, and it took half a beat to realize that he was no longer on the battlefield in Beizhou, but at home in Qizhou, so he got up and opened the door with sleepy eyes.
Xi Qiu outside the door was wearing a white middle coat, and the thick cotton clothes were just hurriedly put on the outside, and he didn't even have time to do the simplest tidying. In the dark, General Xiao Wei, who had good eyesight, saw the anxiety and helplessness on her face at a glance......
Wei Lai's head suddenly sobered up, the fashionable and hazy sleepiness of opening the door had already receded, and a pair of eyes were bright and terrifying: "Xi Qiu, what's wrong?" ”
In the middle of the night, Xi Qiu came to knock on the door like this, and it must not be for a bite to eat.
Sure enough, Xi Qiu's voice with some crying came over the next moment: "General Wei, go and take a look, Miss, Miss She's sick!" ”
He Zhi's body is not good to say that it is good, and it is naturally not bad to say that it is not bad. It's just that I have been pampered for many years, and I haven't suffered much, and there are a group of people around to take care of me at home, so my physique is weaker, but I rarely even have a headache and brain fever on weekdays. The little girl has been following He Zhi for several years, and she has never seen her sick, but this time she was scared.
Xi Qiu was frightened by He Zhi's sudden illness, and as soon as he turned his head, he ran over and startled Wei Lai. She didn't think about it so much, but Wei Lai even raised her heart when she heard her crying, and ran to He Zhi's room next door without saying a word.
In the middle of the night, Xi Qiu realized that something was wrong, and lit the lamp as early as when he got up to check, Wei Lai ran to the side of the bed to take a look, and saw He Zhi frowning and falling asleep in a daze. The fair face is an abnormal flush, but the lips that have always been rosy are a little pale and dry, and it looks very uncomfortable.
Wei Lai had a vague bottom in his heart, and hurriedly reached out to probe He Zhi's forehead, and the temperature was really hot. She gently patted He Zhi's cheek again and called her name, but unfortunately Miss He seemed to be burned in a daze, except for frowning and snorting twice, she didn't mean to be sober at all.
"Go to the kitchen and get a basin of cold water, and then bring a handkerchief." Wei Lai walked to the table and poured a cup of tea, and instructed Xi Qiu, who had just chased into the house.
The little girl hurriedly answered, turned her head and went to the kitchen again.
Wei Lai hesitated for a while with the cup of tea but then put it down, she slept in a daze and didn't know what time it was, and after pouring the tea, she found that the tea was already cold. Although He Zhi had a high fever and lacked water, she didn't dare to pour cold water on her in such weather, so she could only wait for a while and let Xi Qiu burn some more.
When he was in He Mansion in the capital, Xi Qiu, as He Zhi's personal maid, also had some status in the mansion. On weekdays, she just follows the young lady to do some small things, serving tea, pouring water, washing and cooking, etc., naturally it is not her turn. Only after this trip out, although she was not big or small to Wei Lai from time to time, but on the other hand, she became more and more capable, and she helped Aunt Wei cook, wash dishes and wash clothes on weekdays without complaining.
When Xi Qiu brought the water and towels, Wei Lai hurriedly soaked and wrung out the towel and put it on He Zhi's forehead, and then ordered: "Xi Qiu, your young lady has a fever, I will go to the doctor immediately, if this handkerchief is hot in a while, you can take it down and wash it, and then wring it out and put it on her." By the way, if you have time in a while, you can boil the kettle of hot water and pour it into your young lady, and it will be better to sweat. ”
Hearing this, Xi Qiu nodded hurriedly and obediently responded. She was actually from a poor family, and she didn't understand these things at all, but she was a little flustered for a while when she saw that the young lady, who had never been seriously ill, suddenly fell ill.
Before going out, Wei Lai glanced back again, and saw that Xi Qiu had calmed down and began to concentrate on taking care of He Zhi, so he put down his heart and hurriedly ran out while tidying up his clothes - it happened suddenly, and she didn't have time to tidy up, needless to say, she was only glad that she had been cautious and used to it over the years, and even if she went home to sleep and went to bed, she never let go of her long hair.
Changning Town is just a small town, and there is only one medical clinic in the town. Although Wei Lai has never seen a doctor over the years, he is quite familiar with the medical hall, just because of her special identity, and she was afraid that she would be sick and expose her identity in the early years, so she studied with the doctor in the medical hall for more than half a year, and simply knew some medicines, and also knew how to treat some common injuries and diseases.
It's just that there are no medicinal materials prepared at home now, and it is He Zhi who is sick, so she naturally doesn't worry about her half-baked medical skills, so she wants to invite the doctor to the house to have a look.
On this cold winter night, the town's shops closed early, and the last shop was lit up at the beginning of the day. By the time Wei Lai ran out onto the street in the middle of the night, the whole street was dark, and there was only a little moonlight in the sky.
It's been a few years since I've been on this street, but Wei Lai is still familiar with finding the medical hall - this is the good thing about small places, not to mention a few years, even if it is more than ten or twenty years, the changes here are negligible, and the sign of "Rejuvenation Hall" on the gate is no different from seven years ago.
Wei Lai glanced up, made sure that the medical hall was still the same as the one back then, turned his head and ran around the alley to the back door of the medical hall. Then he didn't care if it disturbed people's dreams in the middle of the night, and slapped the door panel with a crackle: "Doctor Zhang, Doctor Zhang, wake up, someone in the family is sick, waiting for you to save people......"
Dr. Zhang, as the only doctor in the town, is often knocked on the door in the middle of the night to seek medical treatment, and there are always so many times a year. He has a good temper, and most of the time he doesn't care about anything, but it is rare that he does not knock on the door of the medical hall, but runs directly to the backyard to knock on the back door. However, because the back door was close to the bedroom, he quickly woke him up, and then came over with a lantern in a dress and opened the door for Wei Lai.
Opening the back door, the old doctor squinted at Wei Lai in the dim light of the lantern for a long time, and recognized the person: "It's Xiao Wei Lai, what's wrong?" Is your mother sick? ”
In the dark night, Wei Lai's face was a little red, and I don't know if it was because of Dr. Zhang's words or the sentence "Little Wei Lai". She coughed dryly and replied, "No, my mother is fine, it's someone else in the family." It must have caught a cold during the day, and was a little frightened, and had a fever in the middle of the night. ”
The old doctor understood as soon as he heard it, but he waved his hand and looked indifferent: "Go to the medicine cabinet in front of you to grab the medicine, just put the medicine money on the counter." In the middle of the night, the old man has to go back to sleep. ”
Dr. Zhang didn't take this matter to heart at all, and when he turned around after speaking, he really planned to go back to sleep - wind and cold fever is a trivial matter, especially in this poor Changning Town, most people would rather carry it, drink some hot water to cover their sweat, and don't even know how to take medicine, thinking that it is a waste of money. In the past, most of the people who came to Dr. Zhang in the middle of the night to see the emergency department were seriously ill or urgent, and they were not sloppy at all, and they had never encountered a cold or fever and were in a hurry to ask for it.
Wei Lai naturally knew this, but Miss He was delicate and frail, and she was really a little worried. Seeing that Dr. Zhang was really ready to leave, she hurriedly dodged in front of her: "Dr. Zhang, you can go with me to take a look, I see that she is burning badly, and I am a little worried." ”
Doctor Zhang glanced at her when he heard this, and snorted angrily: "Isn't it just a wind chill?" It's not a big deal if you don't take medicine, not to mention that I didn't let you grab the medicine yourself? You studied with me for half a year, but now you can't even match the recipe of the vice wind chill? ”
When Wei Lai followed Dr. Zhang to study medicine, the most serious thing he learned was common diseases such as wind and cold, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of various injuries such as knife wounds and falls. But at this time, she didn't say a word, only that she was not good at learning, and she had to drag people away, so that the old doctor had no way, and her sleepiness was gone, and in the end she could only blow her beard and stare while carrying the medicine box with her.
By the time the two hurried back to the Wei family, the Wei family's small courtyard was already brightly lit. Not only He Zhi's room, but also the kitchen and Aunt Wei's room were also lit up, and Aunt Wei, who went to bed early, was obviously already alarmed. Kneel and beg to return to the field
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Chapter 75 of the text in the middle of the night