Chapter 173: Sick
What's even more terrifying is that because the summer solstice no longer uses firewood for heating, and the weather cools down again, it actually got a high fever one night, and the whole person was burned dizzy and red.
The next day was discovered by the people of the inn, the summer solstice at that time was unkempt, because of the fever, the padded jacket on her body was torn open several buttons, some of the clothes were disheveled, plus before Jia Shi took the summer solstice to the mountains, the clothes on the body were not only dirty, but also broken here, where a piece was broken, very embarrassing.
In order to prevent Jia Shi from finding her easily, Xia Zhi not only cleaned herself, but on the contrary, she made herself more and more depressed, and even smeared a handful of black ash on her face in order not to let people see it.
In the eyes of the kitchen aunt, isn't this image of the summer solstice just a living Hanako sneaking into their inn. Although the kitchen aunt feels sorry for the summer solstice, but she is a worker hired by the inn steward, she doesn't dare to keep the summer solstice privately, because that may make her lose her job, so she will be sad in the future, because it is difficult to find such a job. And Xia Solstice is still feverish, if she stays with Xia Solstice privately, and there is no money to treat her, if something happens to Xia Solstice at that time, she will be questioned.
The kitchen aunt thought about it again and again, and still reported the matter of the summer solstice to the steward of the inn. After all, the steward of the inn is a businessman, he will not take in Xia Zhi for no reason, and the steward hates those beggars who steal chickens and dogs the most in his life, and Xia Zhi was mercilessly blasted out of the inn by him.
Fortunately, the innkeeper was not so ruthless, and seeing that Xia Zhi had a high fever, she asked the kitchen aunt to make a few rice balls and stuffed them into her hands. As for whether the summer solstice can survive or not, it is not something that can be managed.
Summer solstice because of high fever. Missed the time to avoid the kitchen man. Because she was discovered, she was kicked out of the inn, which made the slightly sober Xia Zhi very annoyed, and now the people in the inn have an image of her, and it is impossible to get in again, and what's worse is that she is now dizzy, and she doesn't even have the strength to walk, how can she escape from Guanmiao Town.
Summer Solstice didn't dare to stand in front of the inn for a long time. Afraid of attracting the attention of others, Jia Shi learned the news of her, so she could only carry the rice balls given by the inn, dragging her dizzy head and tired body while walking, but everyone avoided her wherever she passed, obviously they all disliked her dirty and messy appearance, thinking that she was a beggar, in fact, she was indeed a beggar, Xia Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
To put it aside, she had to roll her eyes at regular intervals. It's a pity that now she doesn't even have the strength to roll her eyes, so she can only ignore their gaze. It's just that the target of being watched at her like this is too big, and Xia Zhi is afraid that if she doesn't pay attention, she will attract the attention of Jia Shi, and she will be caught again.
She didn't dare to go to the city gate, thinking that Jia Shiyao must be waiting for the rabbit there. The only way to do this is to find a place to hide, and then take care of the illness on her body, but she has no money on her, and she can't catch medicine at all, so it's not easy to cure the disease, and she doesn't know anyone in this Guanmiao Town, so now she is dressed as a beggar, and no one is willing to take her in.
Xia Zhi thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a solution, and the strength in his body became smaller and smaller, Xia Zhi felt that his head was getting heavier and heavier, and he was about to faint when he saw it. No, she was eye-catching enough to walk on the street, but because there were other beggars in Guanmiao Town, she didn't have much eye-catching, if she fainted on the street at this time, she would have to attract people to watch, which Xia Zhi never wanted to see.
Xia Zhi bit her tongue secretly, trying to stimulate her brain with pain sensation and make herself feel refreshed, at least she couldn't faint until she found a safe place. The pain really lifted Xia Zhi's spirits, although her mouth was already full of fishy and salty taste, she still didn't dare to let go, because she was afraid that as soon as she let go, she would faint immediately.
Xia Zhi leaned against the wall, biting her tongue, and walked into the alley step by step, just hoping that there was no one there, so that she could be a little informed, Xia Zhi felt as if she was burned by fire, and she couldn't wait to take off her clothes and jump into the water. Xia Zhi Zhilu said that her temperature must have risen again, and if she goes on like this, she will find a place to rest, that is, if she walks for a while, maybe she will fall.
While resisting the harassment of the disease, Xia Zhi was a little scared in her heart, she was afraid that she would die of a high fever, and she still had a lot of things to do. Daddy and Auntie must be in a hurry if they can't find them, and Grandma and Grandpa, as well as uncles and aunts, sisters and sisters, they must be waiting for her to accompany him to build a snowman, the two younger brothers have just been born, and she has to watch them grow up.
She hasn't helped A-Niang find her uncle, the family still lacks a younger brother, she still has to rent the family's land, the family in the province is tired and half-dead every time they go to the farm, and they have to help the family open a few more shops, help the sisters and sisters earn more dowries, and watch them get married, watch the younger brothers get married, and watch the grandpa and grandma enjoy their old age......
She can't die, if she dies, there will be nothing, God finally compensated her, let her soul penetrate the Tian family, there are relatives who love her, and good friends, how can she lose her life like this, she is unwilling, unwilling......
It's a pity that Xia Zhi's whole body is weak and she can't even speak, and her few words are unwilling, so she can only recite them silently in her heart. After that, I only heard a 'poof', and Xia Solstice finally couldn't support it and fell into the alley. Because the alley is a dead alley, usually no one passes through at all, and no one knows the road when Xia Zhi falls inside, which is not noticeable. But according to the current weather, if Xia Solstice can't wake up, or if she is not rescued, then she is likely to end up freezing to death.
And the tragedy is that not long after the summer solstice, the sky began to drift snowflakes again, so far it has been more than half a month since the summer solstice disappeared, and the time has slipped into the beginning of December, many places in the north have been covered with thick ice, that is, the generation of Guanmiao Town, a few days ago, the sun came out for several days, and the ice on the ground was melted, and the land was dried, otherwise the situation at this time would be even more difficult in the summer.
The summer solstice was frozen again, and the time had moved from morning to evening, but fortunately, the snow was not very large, and it was intermittent, so when the summer solstice woke up, only a thin layer of snow fell on the body. Xia Zhi was not so hot because she had been freezing outside all day, and Xia Zhi wanted to reach out and touch her forehead to see if it was hot, but she found that her hands were frozen and she didn't feel it at all. Xia Zhi rubbed it on his body after he came, and it was a little better, but it was not much better if he wanted to come to his body.
Xia Zhi's body is completely not hot this time, but her whole condition is even worse, the whole person is sick, dizzy not to mention, and coughed, her body seems to weigh a thousand pounds, and she can't breathe.
Xia Zhi knew that this was not a good sign, but now she had no choice but to stay next to each other first. Xia Zhi thought about the current situation, he had to replenish his strength, eat something, and only after eating did he have the strength to leave here. Otherwise, if you don't freeze to death, you will starve to death.
Xia Zhi silently took out the rice balls stuffed to her by the inn steward from her arms. The rice ball was only the size of an adult's fist, and when she first took it out of her arms, Xia Zhi felt much warmer than her hand, but as soon as the north wind blew, Xia Zhi felt that the rice ball became cold and cold. I was afraid that the rice balls would become ice rice balls after the worst of the time, so I ate them three times and five times divided by two on the summer solstice, and I thought while eating, now it would be nice if I could have a hot soup.
The imagination is beautiful, the reality is cruel, this is the true portrayal of the summer solstice. After Xia Solstice finished eating a rice ball, she stopped talking. Although the innkeeper gave her several rice balls, Xia Zhi still didn't dare to eat more, and now the situation is unknown, plus she is sick, maybe there will be no next meal after eating, it is better to save a little.
After eating, Xia Zhi didn't feel much better, she only felt that if she didn't feel full, she thought that she was eating ice cubes, because the cold seemed to freeze her internal organs, making Xia Zhi couldn't help but twitch.
However, Xia Zhi gritted her teeth and endured the natural reaction of her body because of the cold, and slowly stood up against the wall, she had to leave here, this alley was a dead alley, there were no pedestrians at all, she believed that if she was frozen to death here during the day, I am afraid that no one would know the way, so she had to leave.
Leaving the alley on the summer solstice, the first thing she thought of was to return to the inn, and maybe she would have a chance to touch it when it was dark. However, when Xia Zhi slowly moved back to the inn, the gate there was already closed, and Xia Zhi circled around the inn, but he couldn't find a place to enter the inn, not even a dog hole.
Entering the inn was hopeless, and Xia Zhi seemed a little lost and confused, because she didn't know where she was going. She didn't dare to run around, for fear that she would meet Jia Ten or Jia Shi's accomplices.
At this time, it was completely dark, and the cold moonlight shone a silver light on the snow, which made Xia Zhi can't help but shrink his neck and pull the cotton jacket he was wearing. Enduring the exhaustion and sickness on her body, Xia Solstice moved step by step, since the inn could not enter, she had to find a place where she could spend the night, she needed to rest, the high fever and cold made her whole body tired, and her head rumbled.
Xia Zhi just kept walking and walking, until she felt that she was going to faint again, she finally saw hope, it was a room in the back of the north area of Guanmiao Town, where the ruins of the world, it looked like it had been inhabited for many years, standing there crookedly, looking like it was going to fall down at any time.
Xia Zhi really had no choice, her body was getting heavier and heavier, because she had been freezing outside for a day before, the high fever that had subsided actually burned again, and this time it was ferocious, Xia Zhi felt like a boiled crab, and she was so burned that she rampage into the house, and she fainted again. (To be continued......)