Text Chapter 52 Earthwork
Just as Sun Lao worried, Chen Youyi's high fever not only did not go away, but became more serious. By the next day, she was as cooked as a shrimp.
"This won't work," Mu Xiulian was so anxious: "Ziheng, you take her to the county town and find a doctor to take a good look, if you continue to burn like this, people will be stupid!" You wait, my mother will go and get you the silver! ”
Mu Xiulian rummaged through the cabinets and took out all the family's savings, handed them to Qin Ziheng, and told him to be careful in everything. Qin Ziheng agreed, and planned to ask the people in the village to borrow an ox cart and pull Chen Youyi to the city.
As soon as I went out, I saw Sister-in-law Zhang walking towards Qin's house with a bowl, and when she saw Qin Ziheng, she stopped him and said, "Just when you came out, I boiled some herbs for your daughter-in-law to treat frightened fever, let her drink it while it's hot!" ”
"Thank you Sister-in-law Zhang for your trouble," Qin Ziheng said politely: "Her illness is fierce, I'm afraid I have to find a doctor to take a look, I'm going to the county seat now." ”
Sister-in-law Zhang grabbed him and pulled the person back stiffly: "Don't be busy first, drink the medicine and then talk." Although this medicine is said to be an earthwork, it is specially designed to treat frightened people, and drink it in a bowl to ensure that the medicine is eliminated. ”
Qin Ziheng was anxious, but he couldn't match Sister-in-law Zhang, so in desperation, he could only let Sister-in-law Zhang feed the medicine first.
"Wait, the young man is just impatient, and he can't afford such a little time," Sister-in-law Zhang saw that Qin Ziheng was in a hurry to go out again, so she stopped him and asked him to wait for a stick of incense to see the effect.
Sure enough, after drinking the medicine, the high fever that had not subsided all night suddenly subsided, and Chen Youyi also woke up.
"Now rest assured," Sister-in-law Zhang quipped: "Look at your father-in-law, as if you have lost your soul, how much you care about you." ”
Chen Youyi had just woken up, her mind was a little unconscious, she didn't really understand what Sister-in-law Zhang said, she just heard her mention Qin Ziheng, and she looked at it along the way, but when she saw Qin Ziheng relaxed, she was a little embarrassed, and she was rarely uncomfortable.
The Qin family thanked them and sent Sister-in-law Zhang out of the door, and turned around Chen Youyi's bed.
"Are you feeling better, is there anything you still feel unwell?" Mu Xiulian stretched out her hand and put it on Chen Youyi's forehead, and once again confirmed that the fever had subsided: "I was really scared to death, I didn't sleep all night last night, I'm afraid something will happen to you!" ”
Qin Huai also lay in front of the bed, looked at Chen Youyi with blinking eyes, and patted Chen Youyi on the quilt like his mother.
"Okay, I'm here, you all go and rest." Qin Ziheng sent Mu Xiulian, who had stayed up all night and was a little pale, back to the room: "Mother, you are not in good health, pay more attention to yourself, don't be tired." ”
When he returned to the room again, Qin Ziheng held a bowl of porridge in his hand.
"It's always warm on the stove, are you hungry or not, get up and fill your stomach and go to sleep." Qin Ziheng put the porridge on the windowsill and asked in a low voice.
Chen Youyi was confused for a while, and gradually woke up from the inertia of sleep, only to find that this was Qin Ziheng's room, and she was sleeping on Qin Ziheng's bed.
"How can I ......" Before she could feel shy, the image of the python rushing towards her appeared in front of her again, the snake's pupils were clearly visible between breaths, and the hissing snake hyacinth seemed to be still in her ears.
Qin Ziheng pressed Chen Youyi, who suddenly opened his eyes wide and almost jumped out of bed, and comforted: "It's okay, the snake is dead." You're at home now, you'll be fine. ”
Chen Youyi's heart was beating wildly, and her disgust for reptiles and fear of death took over her body. Among them, only Qin Ziheng's deep voice wrapped around her in wisps, slowly dragging her out of fear.
"Thank you," Chen Youyi closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she had calmed down: "When I was asleep, I heard that you saved me." ”
She burned all over her body and couldn't move, but she wasn't unconscious the whole time, and for a few moments, she had a sense of the outside world, but she couldn't move.
"It's good for you to wake up." Qin Ziheng didn't dwell on these things, and said: "You have slept for a day and a night, you should be hungry, eat something light first." He leaned down, helped Chen Youyi up with half support and half hug, leaned against the head of the bed, brought the porridge that had become warm, and fed it to her.
Chen Youyi woke up and felt that it was nothing serious, but she was a little weak, and she didn't want others to feed her, this person was still Qin Ziheng, which made her cheeks red even more, and quickly excused herself: "I can drink it myself, don't bother you!" ”
"You're just right, you need to rest a little longer." Qin Ziheng insisted on refusing, and insisted on scooping a spoonful of porridge and placing it next to her mouth.
Chen Youyi couldn't push it, and he was a little reluctant to push it, so he hesitated for a while, but he still ate it by Qin Ziheng's hand.
The two of them fed one and the other opened their mouths to eat, but they had a very tacit understanding. Chen Youyi didn't have the energy to think about anything else, staring at the spoon wholeheartedly, trying not to accidentally drip the porridge on the bed.
A bowl of porridge was only so ordered, and it was eaten in a few spoons, Qin Ziheng put the bowl down, helped Chen Youyi lie down, and then went out with the bowl: "You sleep for a while, I'm outside." ”
Chen Youyi tilted his head sideways, what he saw in his eyes was Qin Ziheng's slender back, his heart warmed, and he said in a low voice: "Thank you." ”
Qin Ziheng looked back at her, replied 'no', and went out, and carefully closed the door for her.
What he didn't know was that Chen Youyi's thanks were not only to thank Qin Ziheng for saving her, but also to Qin Ziheng for feeding her porridge personally. As an orphan, Chen Youyi was fed when she first fell ill.
The fever is also very draining, Chen Youyi drank a bowl of hot porridge, her stomach was warm, and she fell asleep again after a while. When she woke up again, it was already evening, just in time for dinner.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Chen Youyi walking to the kitchen by herself, Qin Ziheng stepped forward to help her: "I'll send the food over later, and you go back to the room to rest." ”
Chen Youyi hurriedly said: "No, I don't think I'm fine." She tried to show it, assuring that she was all right, and was pressed down by Qin Ziheng.
Mu Xiulian, who was busy working on the stove, also said: "You are just going to be strong, look at you, you don't look at you and make something happen, you really want to anger me!" ”
That being said, the dinner is all easy-to-digest food, and it is all Chen Youyi's usual favorite food, and an old hen that lays eggs is stewed.
In the end, Chen Youyi won the right to eat at the same table on the grounds of 'getting up and getting up, and it will be cold if you lie back again'. When the seats were divided, Qin Huai sat next to him, leaving the position close to the chicken soup to Chen Youyi.
Listening to Mu Xiulian's nagging complaints, Qin Ziheng picking up vegetables for her from time to time, and Qin Huai being even more well-behaved than usual, Chen Youyi only felt that her heart and stomach were just as hot.