Chapter 389: Peace of Mind
Chu Junlan tried to keep his eyes open, but his vision was blurry.
She was so tired, but the strong desire to find Xiao Xu had been supporting her, and she took a few deep breaths to stabilize her mind, only to see Fu Zhiheng and Xia Zhenyan squatting in front of her, Xia Zhenyan was holding her wrist with three fingers.
"Xia Gongzi, it's great that you're still here." Chu Junlan didn't care about anything else, and grabbed Xia Zhenyan's wrist, as if as soon as he let go, Xia Zhenyan would disappear from his eyes.
"No matter what happens to you, you need to eat, rest, and sleep well now," Xia Zhenyan frowned, "You are just a little woman, why do you think you are beaten by iron?" β
Fu Zhiheng also said worriedly: "Junlan, you look terrible now, you have lost a lot of weight, and your face is too bad. Just now we have been in front of you for a long time, you just stared at me, but did not speak, Xia Gongzi said that you are barely awake physically, but mentally you are already extremely tired. If you can't go on like this, something big will happen, and if there is anything to do, wait for you to have a good meal and sleep. β
Chu Junlan shook his head: "Fu Gongzi, Xia Gongzi, Xiao Xu has been missing for almost ten days. I suspect that there is a formation on Tiandao Mountain that traps him, so I ran back to Xia Gongzi for help with a glimmer of hope," grabbed Xia Zhenyan's wrist and shook it, "Please help me." β
Xia Zhenyan wrinkled his eyebrows: "He has been missing for ten days, shouldn't you have been looking for ten days without sleep?" β
Chu Junlan was stunned: "I've slept a few times." β
Fu Zhiheng frowned deeply, and his heart felt as if he was being slapped hard, and he should be poured two jars of vinegar into his mouth when he opened his mouth.
His voice was particularly dry: "Prince Gong's son can worry about him like you, it's not in vain, it's just that you are not in a good state now, even if Gongzi Xia agrees to go with you, you don't have the strength to lead the way, it's better to fix it first, you can tell us what's going on, although I'm not talented, I can help you think of a way." β
Chu Junlan really wanted to drag Xia Zhenyan back to Tiandao Mountain immediately, but what Fu Zhiheng said made sense, her current state was so bad that she couldn't help, and it would be bad to help Xia Zhenyan.
Thinking of this, she nodded: "Thank you." β
Fu Zhiheng said: "I asked someone to prepare hot water and clothes for you, and also asked someone to make you something good to eat, you wash up first, and then sleep after eating, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it when you are rested, and you have frostbite on your face and hands, and you must have ...... on your feet."
If Chu Junlan was not a woman, Fu Zhiheng would like to personally check where else she was injured and personally press her to give her medicine.
Chu Junlan nodded, supported the wall and barely stood up, and relaxed, only to find that the muscles on her body were sore, and her legs were even trembling.
Xia Zhenyan also teased her unceremoniously, "Look at you, you can't stand still, and you still want to find your fiancΓ©." β
Fu Zhiheng's heart hurt when he was poked by the word "fiancΓ©", and he wanted to help Chu Junlan, but Chu Junlan was very hard-hearted, and he didn't need to be supported at all.
"Don't worry, my own body, I know myself, I'm just too tired, I've only slept three times in this short time, and I've only eaten a few mouthfuls of dry food, I'll write a prescription later, just ask you to help me get medicine, as for frostbite, I have ointment on my body to cure."
Fu Zhiheng nodded: "Okay, you go and settle down first." β
Chu Junlan went to the courtyard of the female dependents, and when he heard that Chu Junlan had returned, many women got up.
The current livelihood in the villa is all counting on Chu Junlan's paper mill and printing wine stamps, these widows or poor women who have no protection from their mother's family and were driven out of the house by their husband's family now have a place to live, the first is to thank Fu Zhiheng, and the second is to thank Chu Junlan who gave them a livelihood.
Seeing that Chu Junlan was in trouble now, everyone didn't say a word, they helped to carry water and boil water, helped Chu Junlan cook rice and porridge, and in the middle of the night, there was a sister-in-law who went to kill a chicken that was ready to be raised until the New Year, and stewed it in a casserole overnight.
Chu Junlan took a good bath and rubbed medicine on the frostbite on his face, hands, and feet. Although the medicine is a good medicine, the frostbite is still inevitably very painful, but Chu Junlan didn't care, ate a bowl of freshly boiled japonica rice porridge, and fell asleep with his long hair that was half wet and half dry.
When the ladies saw Chu Junlan like this, they all sighed.
They are all people who have experienced the ups and downs of life, and there are many people who have experienced the darkness of the world for a long time. Now seeing that Chu Junlan has suffered such a big crime as a young girl, there are a few older ones, thinking of their daughter, tears are flowing.
Xu is to find Xia Zhenyan and let Chu Junlan put his heart at ease, or the place of the villa, surrounded by people who are full of kindness and gratitude to her, and Fu Zhiheng is very trustworthy, so Chu Junlan put down his heart and completely fell asleep.
By the time I opened my eyes again, it was already dark.
A thin and rugged big-headed doll was lying on the edge of the kang, and when she saw Chu Junlan open her eyes, she immediately rushed out without waiting for her to speak, "Auntie! Miss Chu is awake! β
"Hey!" There was a sound of footsteps outside, and several women wiped their hands on their clothes and rushed in.
Chu Junlan sat up with a smile: "Thank you sisters-in-law." β
"Thank you, don't say anything."
"That's right, our lives were saved by Fu Gongzi and Miss Chu, you thank us in turn, how can we get by in our hearts."
"The chicken has already been boiled crispy, so I'll bring it here."
Several women didn't give Chu Junlan a chance to speak, and turned around and went to get busy.
"This is the clothes that Fu Gongzi sent this morning, saying that he was looking for someone to go into the city to buy a new ready-to-wear garment, you can see if it fits."
"Miss Chu, this chicken soup has been simmered overnight, and now it is the flesh and bones that are crispy, you can eat it while it's hot, look at your poor complexion, young people need to cherish themselves more."
Several aunts and sisters-in-law surrounded Chu Junlan, helped her change her clothes, combed her hair, poured the chicken soup into the bowl, and almost fed her with her own hands.
Chu Junlan was very moved in his heart, knowing that these people had a hard life in the past, they were reluctant to eat it on weekdays after working hard to raise chickens, but now they brought it to her to eat, Chu Junlan ate a small bowl and said that he couldn't eat it, looked at the door and the row of small head melons by the window, and beckoned to them with a smile.
The children were all picked up by Fu Zhiheng from the neighborhood, most of them were orphans, and some followed widows or widows' grandmothers, only half of these children were healthy and able-bodied, some of them were disabled, and some of them were born with low intelligence. But it's always a bunch of lovely kids.
Chu Junlan gave them the chicken and chicken soup to eat, and turned around to the woman who took care of her: "These days, the steward of the winery will send the things that have been prepared before, and when the year is approaching, the winery is ready to give all the workers under it a bag of corn, ten catties of fat pork, and two fat chickens. Our villa is full of heroes who make paper and print wine stamps, and everyone has a share. β
Fu Zhiheng and Xia Zhenyan walked to the door, and when they heard this, they couldn't help laughing and said, "How can you eat a bowl of porridge and a bowl of chicken soup in our villa, and you have to take so many things to pay back?" β