Chapter 160 Fever

The winter days are already short, and the weather is gloomy, and at the beginning of Shen, that is, at three o'clock in modern times, the sky is dark. The dusky sky was low and pressing, as if it could not bear the weight of the leaden clouds and would collapse at any moment.

Nearly three and a half hours after the operation, Qin Zheng began to have a fever.

Because of the blood loss from the operation and the residual effect of the anesthetic, Qin Zheng fell asleep, and he slept soundly. Lacking his usual alertness and vigilance, his pale cheeks flushed with heat, the man lost his sharpness and retracted his blade, revealing a defenseless sleeping posture like that of a baby.

Qiu Chen's tentacles probed Qin Zheng's forehead, the temperature of the tentacles was obviously hot, but it was not hot, she estimated that it was almost between thirty-seven and a half degrees to thirty-eight degrees, and there was no obvious sticky sweat on her forehead......

This shows that Qin Zheng's fever is only the normal absorption heat that occurs after surgery, not because of wound infection...... Wound infections are accompanied by sticky sweat, and if the fever is caused by a wound infection, the time is too short. Fever should not appear until two days after surgery.

Postoperative fever is a self-purifying immune response triggered by the absorption and decomposition of exudates, body fluids, blood and other substances damaged by muscle organs after the body is injured. And some people will behave more intensely, and may burn to more than 38 degrees......

Here, Qiu Chen didn't have a thermometer to use, there was no way, she could only judge by virtue of the experience of the touch of her palm.

inquired about the taking of the medicine, and determined that she had only fed the decoction once, she immediately discussed with Tang Wenyong, increased the dose by half, and then took another dose.

Still sent An Zhen to boil the medicine, Qiu Chen took the alcohol jars and absorbent cotton prepared in the corner cabinet, and then taught Qin Yi to wipe Qin Zheng's forehead, palms of hands and palms of feet to lower his body temperature. Because the body temperature was not too high, she did not ask Qin Yi to wipe the patient's armpits, groin, etc.

After explaining this, Qiu Chen and Tang Wenyong avoided the back room, and told Qin Li to find a thicker reed pole. Liujiaao does not produce bamboo here, but there are a lot of large and small reeds along Qingshui Creek, this season, the reeds have dried up, with gray-white reed flowers, swaying in the cold wind, reed poles are not difficult to find.

Qiu Chen and Tang Wenyong only drank a cup of tea in the living room, and Qin Li came back with twenty or thirty reeds, because Qiu Chen couldn't say clearly, the reeds that Qin Li brought back were almost complete, not only with withered yellow leaves, but also white reed flowers.

Glancing at Qin Li, Qiu Chen said: "Remove the leaves and reed flowers, take only the thickest part and cut it off, and then use a slender and sharp object to remove the partition in the middle of the reed, be careful, don't talk about the reed cracking." ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Qin Li's face, but he agreed without hesitation, and once again took the reeds out of the house.

This time it was faster, Qiu Chen only poured a cup of tea, and Qin Li took two slippery reed rods and turned them around for Qiu Chen to check.

Qiu Chen looked at it, measured the length of about twenty centimeters, and asked Qin Li to cut it into sections.

Estimating that he should come back faster this time, Qiu Chen took a large bowl, poured boiling water, and put it aside to be cold. Sure enough, in a moment, Qin Li came back with the reed pole.

Qiu Chen took it and put it into a large bowl of hot water one by one to make sure that there would be no more dirt, so he took a tall cup and put the scalding haode reed rods into it.

"Your general can't get up for a short time, lie down and drink water, and it's easy to choke or spill with a spoon or bowl, so you won't be able to use this." As he spoke, Qiu Chen took one, put it in his teacup, and showed it to Qin Li.

Qin Li was stunned for a moment, then bowed happily and respectfully to Qiu Chen: "Thank you Lady Lin for considering my grandfather thoughtfully." ”

The few people who had just been instructed went around, and Qiu Chen did not deny that it was because of the boring behavior of these people before, which made her have some small ambitions. At this moment, it was just a few reed pipes, but it made Qin Li salute so solemnly and thank you, but it made Qiu Chen uncomfortable.

Waving his hand, Qiu Chen half-lowered his eyes, as if he didn't care, and said, "Don't thank me, your lord will get better as soon as possible, and you will ...... Well, you rejoice, and I don't worry. ”

As soon as she spoke, she almost told the truth. I almost said it, get out of here when I'm sick, where do you come from, don't stay with me!

Fortunately, her sanity stopped these words in time.

However, looking at Qin Li and Tang Wenyong's forbearant expressions, you can know that these two people must know what her unfinished words are.

"Okay, you go and pour water, a bowl of water mixed with half a spoonful of sugar and half a spoonful of salt, and feed it to your grandfather to drink lukewarm...... As long as he can drink, just feed him, and before dinner, make sure at least two bowls of water per hour. ”

Qin Li hurriedly agreed, took the reed pipe and entered the back room.

Qiu Chen also immediately got up and said to Tang Wenyong: "I know a few home remedies, and the next decoction and needle stone treatment will be handed over to you, as long as he doesn't have a fever anymore, or the fever has subsided, you don't need to go to me." If your temperature rises a lot, come back to me. I still have guests in my house. ”

Tang Wenyong raised his eyes and looked at Qiu Chen for a while, and when he saw that her face was indifferent and detached, he knew that he was still offended by the incident just now, and he had no choice but to agree.

Busy for a while, the sky is approaching the end of the hour, five o'clock in the afternoon, it should be dark, but it seems to be brighter than normal at this time, Qiu Chen shook her head slightly, a few fine snowflakes have fallen on her head and face, cold little snowflakes, stirring on the warm skin, cool and cool, instantly melted into a little droplets. It's just that the snow has just fallen, the snowflakes are very small, and the small water droplets after melting are also extremely small, and after melting, they are more like dense fog and drizzle that wet the skin, and they are far more scattered than those that are scattered, unlike the dense fog and drizzle, which will soak you all over the place.

"It's snowing!" Qiu Chen said, his hand tightened the cloak on his body, and he subconsciously walked towards the gate.

The children haven't finished school yet, and Qingjiang hasn't come back to pick up Lin Xu yet...... If it snows heavily, the carriage will not be easy to walk.

Junko is still on duty at the porter. The farming is idle, and Daxing is also a lot more leisurely. The two sat on the kang in the gatehouse and drank tea, although it was just ordinary large-leaf tea, but this leisure and relaxation was once rare in the Liao family.

“…… How do I think it's not just about curing a disease? "Junko is an honest person, but honest people tend to have more accurate intuition.

Daxing glared at him, lowered his voice and said, "This is not what we should say. ”

Shunzi shrunk his neck and said quietly: "I know, I'm not worried about the third son......"

"I can't say this in the future, not only don't I say it, I can't even think about it." Daxing glared at Junzi and sighed, "We are now the house slaves of the Lin family...... Also, think about it, with what our wife can do, but the Liao family can protect it? ”

Dashun was stunned and fell silent.

He has a simple temperament, but he is not stupid. There are some things that he doesn't fight for or rob, which doesn't mean that he can't see or understand clearly.

Before, when he was in the Liao family, he was indeed just a manager of stables, horses and vehicles, and he only felt that the Liao family was already very big, very rich, and very great. But after coming to the Lin family, although it seemed that he had gone from a rich family to a Zhuang family, he had never seen the prefect's son, and he had seen all kinds of rich officials and eunuchs in the county......

Slowly, he also saw some doorways.

Although the Lin family was only a Zhuang family on the surface, or just a Zhuang family that had just begun to flourish, when they first arrived, the pillar of the Lin family was still dead, and there was only one young woman living with a few children. However, the Lin family is far from an ordinary Zhuang family, here, the third son of the Liao family is just one of the partners, and there is also the prefect's son...... That's all, and later the Lin family had to give the royal pen plaque, and later, there was a mysterious military dormitory to recuperate......

In the eyes of Shunzi and several old servants of the Liao family, among these people contacted by the Lin family, unfortunately, the status of the third son of the Liao family is the lowest.

Dashun was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly. He admits that Daxing is right. If there is anything big about the lady of the Lin family, the third prince of Liao will not be able to help.

"Oh, by the way, it's not that the master didn't ......" Junko seemed to suddenly remember this person she had never seen before.

When he said this, even he felt a little ridiculous. The man is still there, no matter who the third son of the Liao family is, he doesn't have anything to think about!

Daxing glanced at Junko, sighed and shook his head: "This...... I don't know, but if you think about it, our wife and a few young masters are all filial piety......"

As soon as Daxing said this, Shunzi really showed a sudden look. But isn't it, Mrs. can't help but wear plain clothes, and there are almost no jewelry on the whole body, even the second master, the little young master and the little lady are all plain clothes. The young masters are all wearing red leather jackets...... In this regard, it is not that the lady does not like festive colors.

Could it be ...... "Our lady doesn't believe that the master is still ......?" Junko asked hesitantly.

Daxing shook his head and was about to answer, when the cotton curtain was lifted from outside, and a cold wind swirled in with a few small snowflakes.

Qiu Chen patted his shoulders and walked in with a smile on his face: "It's really going to get down this day......

Daxing and Shunzi hurriedly jumped down from the kang to greet him, Qiu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, how many times a day, return to salute, you are not tired, I am also tired for you!" ”

Both of them recovered from their faint melancholy and both laughed.

Qiu Chen immediately said again: "It's snowing, seeing that it's getting dark, which of the two of you is better at riding a horse, bring a torch to greet you, and see why Qingjiang and your second master haven't come back yet, don't let Xue be trapped on the road." ”

Daxing and Junko said almost at the same time: "Go for the little one!" ”

Seeing the two of them like this, Qiu Chen couldn't help laughing: "You can arrange it yourself, just go to greet them, I guess they should come to Qingshui Town at this time." ”

This time, without waiting for Junzi to answer, Daxing hurriedly said: "Then it's still the small one, and the small one will go and lead the horse!" ”

"Okay!" Qiu Chen agreed, watched Daxing grab his leather jacket and walk out, and instructed, "Hurry back when you catch them, the snow is getting bigger, and the sky is going to be dark......"

"Yes, ma'am, the little one wrote it down!" Daxing bowed, put on a leather jacket and a leather hat, lifted the curtain and hurried away.

Qiu Chen turned back to Shunzi and said, "This snow looks like it's going to fall heavily, our stables, fragrant roe deer pens, sheep pens or something are fine, right?" Do I need to add some insulation measures? ”

Shunzi hurriedly said respectfully: "Madame, don't worry, the eldest uncle and the second uncle have gone to see it in person, our family's livestock sheds are covered solidly, and after the winter, they have added thatched reed curtains to cover them, and the feeding materials are also carefully frozen, and they can't freeze." ”

Qiu Chen nodded, then left from the gatehouse, turned around and went to the East Cross Courtyard.

Now not all of the Lin family's hired workers are from Liu Jiaao, and there are more than ten people in the surrounding villages, seeing that it is dark and snowing again, Liu Jiaao is okay to say that the people in the other villages should let them go back from work as soon as possible.

After entering the winter, the nights are long and the days are short, and the Lin family's workshop only has one lunch every day, and when it is about to get off work in the evening, they will make a salty soup with more ginger shreds in the meat oil boiling pot, so that everyone can drink hot and go home.

When Qiu Chen entered the East Cross Courtyard, the kitchen was already filled with the rich aroma of meat oil and ginger, and the curtain was steaming, but there was no smoke in the chimney on the roof.

In the workshop on the other side, the soap-making side has cleaned the stove and containers and is being delivered to the storeroom. Several other follow-up groups are almost finished.

Qiu Chen found a few little stewards and asked them to arrange it to finish as soon as possible and let the workers in other villages leave work early.

I didn't drink the hot soup, and each person was given two clean flour buns to take with them, and hurried home.

Lin Jiafa's winter clothes are covered on the outside of the cotton jacket, but the cotton clothes are not uniformly made because they are not sewn. Therefore, under the seemingly uniform work clothes, some workers wear thick and warm cotton jackets, while some workers' cotton jackets are tattered and cannot withstand the wind and cold.

After sending away a few workers from other villages, Qiu Chen walked around the workshop again, and a thin man who was cleaning up the workshop stood up: "The lady of the owner! ”

Qiu Chen's eyes were paying attention to the few workers who were cleaning the crushing tools next to him, he didn't notice a greeting, turned his gaze back, and was stunned for a moment before he recognized that the man in front of him who was lying on his back, with a sallow and thin complexion, and some gray sideburns, was actually the harvest.

The actual age of this man should be less than thirty, right? But his appearance is so old that he seems to be in his fifties and sixties. He came to work half a month ago, and Qiu Chen was not at home at that time, so he had not made a special trip to see him.

"Uh, it's Big Brother Harvest, how is your body? Can this work be eaten? ”

"Eat well, eat well...... The lady of the proprietor and the uncle take care of it, this job is to sweep the floor, and save the ......" The harvest confessed again and again, and it seemed that Qiu Chen was afraid that he would misunderstand him, and he wanted to save the work.

Qiu Chen nodded: "That's good." Brother Harvest, you do this first, don't be in a hurry at this time, don't rush to do heavy work, wait for your injuries to recover again, let's transfer the work......"

"Thank you to the lady of the owner, I will do this work, someone else has done it, and the brothers have done a good job......" Harvest thanked him, and hurriedly excused himself.

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "It's not about snatching work from others, big brother don't have to worry about the harvest." Over the years, there is work in our workshop, and there is only enough manpower, so where do we need to grab work from others! ”

Hearing this, the harvest truly rejoiced, and bowed down again and again to thank him. The workers next to them listened with joy on their faces.

Some have already begun to think about who else in their own family can come out to work; Even if you don't think about your family, the Lin family is prosperous, which also indicates that the helpers who have signed the deed with the Lin family can be more stable and more doable!

sighed secretly, the trials and tribulations of life almost crushed this peasant man. When I first came to the Lin family to help build a house, the harvest was still strong, and there was still the spirit of a young man...... But now, this man with a sallow face and gray sideburns can no longer see the pride of a young man, but only the ruthlessness of time and the world.

Of course, what makes her happy and relieved is that although this person has experienced ups and downs, he has not lost his simplicity and duty, and he has not complained because of his wife's departure and the torture of injury, and still maintains a pure kindness and peace.

A person with such a heart is trustworthy.

Qiu Chen secretly sighed and walked through the workshops, and when he came to the sub-assembly workshop in Zuihou, the work here had been finished, and the workers were coming out of the workshop in twos and threes, and when they saw her say hello, they went to the kitchen to drink soup and then went home.

Contrary to the flow of people, Qiu Chen entered the workshop, there is no danger here, but it may cause a waste of items. If there is negligence, there may be problems with the storage and transportation of finished products.

In the sub-assembly workshop, the utensils are relatively simple, the most eye-catching is the long board in the middle of the workshop, the corners of the house are stacked in a neat and orderly manner, and there are several pieces of oilcloth of different sizes on the rope at one end of the workshop. These tarpaulins were used to cushion the basket to hold the powder.

At this time, a woman was holding a rag and wiping the remaining powders on the tarpaulin. She wiped it carefully, and the few pieces on her left hand side were clearly polished.

Qiu Chen frowned slightly, wiping the oilcloth is also a part of the cleaning work, it is not too tiring, but it is more time-consuming. With so much tarpaulin, why did the steward arrange for only one woman to do it? Even if she came over today to prompt the workshop to start work earlier, the steward should allocate a few more people to complete the work together?

Qiu Chen didn't say anything, and silently turned around and walked out of the subassembly workshop. I didn't take a few steps, just in time to see Lin Zi hurrying back.

"Who is responsible for the dispensing of healing medicines? Why is it that the clean-up work is not done and all the work is scattered? Qiu Chen asked.

Lin Zi was stunned, and then replied: "It's Liu Jintian......"

"Then why don't you arrange for the clean-up personnel? So much tarpaulin cleaning, how can it be left to one person? ”

Lin Zi glanced at Qiu Chen's expression and said, "I know this...... That person is Chunhong, she goes home for dinner at noon, and often comes back later, so she takes the initiative to take on the work of cleaning the oilcloth......"

As he spoke, seeing that Qiu Chen did not look uneasy, he said again: "She will leave later, if there is any leftover soup in the room, she can bring some back...... So, Uncle Kaneda discussed with me and gave her the job of cleaning the tarpaulin. ”

Qiu Chen was stunned, raised his head and rubbed his forehead, turned his gaze back and said, "That's it...... Oh, you ...... with her Forget it, I'll let your Aunt Lan Ying talk about it! ”

As he spoke, Qiu Chen waved his hand: "You go and have a look, let her go home quickly!" ”

Lin Zi thanked him again and again with joy on his face: "Hehe, thank you aunt, thank you aunt...... I'm going to tell her! ”

Qiu Chen didn't wait for him to finish, he raised his feet and left, and when he walked out of the packaging workshop, Qiu Chen came back to his senses a little. She arranged work for Chunhong's family, why is this kid Lin so excited? Could it be that this kid has taken a fancy to Chunhong?

To say that Chunhong is really a good girl, it's just that the Qinghe family miscalculated for a while and married their daughter into the Wang family. Chunhong didn't have a good life, she only married for less than half a year, and she became a widow, with a daughter who was not related by blood......

Compared with Chunhong's plummeting value, Lin Zi is now the chief steward of the Lin family, and he has three taels of silver per month, not to mention the entire Liu Jiaao, even the entire Qingshui Town, which is not less than the money taken by the shopkeeper in Qingshui Town. The value has doubled again and again, it is said that since the winter leisure, the matchmaker who said that he was close to the Lin Zi family has piled up, not twenty but more than a dozen, and the daughters are all handsome, virtuous, and the family conditions can be passable.

If it was really Lin Zi's fancy to Chunhong, it would be a good marriage in Qiu Chen's opinion, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy...... Not to mention anything else, Lin Zi's father and mother and the family are afraid that they will not agree. I'm afraid that there will be grinding for this matter!

While thinking nonsense, Qiu Chen went to the kitchen.

Although it was said that Lan Ying was not allowed to work in the kitchen, Lan Ying was an idle character, and she would always help in the kitchen whenever she was cooking.

Some workers who were far away had already drunk the hot soup and left. There are also some workers who have drunk hot soup and are greedy for the warm kang in the shed, and are still crowded here to drink hot soup and rest.

Lan Ying was serving soup to two sixteen or seventeen-year-old helpers, and said with a smile: "You two boys have a full soup and don't eat when you go home?" ”

The two boys were obviously used to making trouble, hehe laughed, and one of them said: "Aunt Manchu, my family's food is clear and watery, and it is comparable to the oil soup here......"

"You stinky boy, this is a gluttony, and I hate that your mother's cooking is not delicious, see if I don't tell your mother Ming'er, let her beat you!" Lan Ying said, but the spoon in her hand floated on the surface, and scooped the fine pieces of oil floating on the surface into the bowl for the two children.

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile and avoided the side, so as not to make the two teenagers who drank more oil soup uncomfortable when they saw her.

------Off topic------

I had a cold, and I fell asleep after taking medicine last night, and I didn't wake up until noon today...... Sorry, it's too late to update today!

It's more today.,I'll start coding tomorrow in the evening.,Tomorrow to resume the six o'clock update!