In the afternoon of the same day, the lame mother-in-law surnamed Gu came over in the Ji family's ox cart. Mrs. Gu is over half a hundred years old, slightly fat, with half a hundred hair, although she is lame, she is clean and fresh. It can be seen that he is a person who does things sloppily.

After asking Shu Mei about Ling Li's daily medication and eating, Gu Pozi asked Shu Mei where to get water. Shu Mei hugged the clay pot and took her to the water collection place outside the courtyard. Along the way, Mrs. Gu just answered Shu Mei's questions and didn't ask any more questions. Shu Mei couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Granny Gu curious why my brother and I came to Rouge Island?" ”

Gu Pozi smiled: "If you can give up the green mountains and green waters of South Vietnam, and come thousands of miles to this hot and dry place to beg for a living, you have encountered a dead end." The girl didn't want to say, why should I ask, mother-in-law? You also tell your brother, after serving the soup and medicine, I will take the soles of my shoes in the yard, and he will call me if he needs to drink water and go to the toilet, and I will not sit in the house and stare at him to embarrass him......"

This mother-in-law is so clear and thorough, Shu Mei suddenly feels relaxed.

With Gu Pozi taking care of Ling Li during the day, Shu Mei did her best to take care of Worm Valley for Ji Da Fat. Every day is busy, and time flies faster.

Since coming to his senses, Ling Li's appetite has been getting better than ever. Especially after Gu Pozi took over the three meals, he felt that the chicken soup was several times more delicious than before, and his appetite became better and better. In addition to chicken soup, he gradually began to eat rice, steamed buns, vegetables and fruits.

In addition to medicine and food, he lies in bed every day, insisting on practicing fists, arm bending, chest expansion, and leg lifting, hoping to recover his strength and self-care ability as soon as possible. In just a few days, he was able to sit up slowly on his own.

After a few more days, he was able to get out of bed and move a few steps against the corner of the table. He felt the corners of the table, the edge of the bed, and the walls as he walked around the room, and soon knew the size and furnishings of the room. He also judged the distance by hearing, and guessed that the house was in a rural place far away from the crowds. In short, every day he is tirelessly expanding his range of activities and trying to understand his surroundings. Even, he found a triangular knife used by the original owner to cut animal skins from the cabinet in the next room, and quietly hid it under the pillow mat.

However, whenever he heard the noise outside, and sensed that the woman or Shu Mei was about to come in, he lay back on the bed and did not move.

Ling Li was already able to get out of bed and move on his own, Shu Mei didn't know, but his pale face was gradually ruddy, his thin cheeks were becoming fuller day by day, and his well-defined and handsome face was recovering day by day, these were what she could see. And when she closed her eyes and wiped his body for him, the muscles of his chest and arms gradually plumped up, which also made her feel something.

Ji Dapang is right, this Gu mother-in-law takes care of the patient, and it is really good. Shu Mei wiped his body for him and praised in his heart.

The warm cloth towel passed all the way from his waist and abdomen, and his hand was grabbed by him.

"Brother, you-" In a stunned state, Shu Mei opened his eyes, and as soon as his gaze touched his body, the roots of his ears immediately turned red, and he closed them tightly.

"You, you go out first, I'll come by myself." Ling Li's breathing was a little short, and his tone was a little heavy.

"Okay." Shu Mei let go of the hand holding the cloth towel, got up and left the room with a sense of relief.

Ling Li listened to her footsteps and walked away, and breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe it was because the Siwu soup that nourished qi and blood was too nourishing, and with the recovery of his physical strength, he always felt hot and restless in the past two days. Just now she leaned over to scrub his body, the soft hair on his forehead brushed his skin, and her warm breath swept across his chest. Before, the faint scent of grass on her body poured into the bottom of his nose, which already made him a little uneasy, not to mention that the hot cloth towel touched and swam all the way against the skin, which was even more unbearable......

Will be their own desires. Wang was exposed to the eyes of a Xili spy who looked like Shen Chan, which made him a little embarrassed.

This girl has been going out early and returning late late, although he knows that she is going to take care of cochineal for a businessman surnamed Ji, but his vigilance in his heart has not relaxed. He didn't believe what she said, he saved An Yuancheng, so she wanted to repay her nonsense! If she really wants to repay herself, why didn't she send herself to the camp of the Zhenxi Army, but brought Rouge Island, where the displaced people from the border areas gathered?

After analyzing these doubts, the restless blood flow in Ling Li's body slowly calmed down.

Shu Mei counted the days with his fingers, and before going to the Worm Valley on the second day, he first went to Guo Ziyu's shop in Hulugou.

"How's your brother, can you get out of bed?" Guo Ziyu asked her while pounding the medicine.

Shu Mei shook his head.

"What about the eyes, are they getting better? Can you see the shadows? ”

Shu Mei shook his head again.

"I'm still thinking about the hot weather, it's time to reduce the dose of medicine for him, and he hasn't gotten better?" Guo Ziyu frowned and thought for a while, and said: "In this way, I will add some more medicine to him in the past two days, you pay attention to his physical condition, if there is an improvement, it means that he should take my medicine, if there is no response, the girl may wish to consider sending him to me, I will try to give him acupuncture, medicinal bath......"

"Hmm. Thank you, Dr. Guo. ”

Shu Mei took the medicine and sent it back, and Mrs. Gu also happened to arrive. She handed her the medicine bag and advised, "Please trouble Granny Gu to keep an eye on my brother for the past two days, pay close attention to his movements, and remember to tell me if there is anything abnormal." ”

Ling Li stood against the wall in front of the window, and listened to her words through the wooden window. This mother-in-law surnamed Gu turned out to be supervising herself?!

After a while, he heard footsteps coming towards the house, and Ling Li immediately lay back on the bed, closing his eyes and pretending to be asleep.

"Brother?"

Shu Mei went to the bed and called softly, but seeing that there was no response, she bent down and pulled the wrinkled bed towel over for him and covered it, then got up and went to Worm Valley. Now that the cochineal is ripe and spawning, it is important to complete the swarm cleanup as soon as possible to avoid delaying the next harvest. Since she received Ji Dapang's salary, she had to do her best to do this well.

That Gu Pozi was also really obedient, in addition to serving soup and medicine, she went in and out of the house seven or eight times in half a day, asking him if he drank water for a while, and asking him if he wanted to turn over and pat his back. Ling Li, who wanted to get out of bed and move his muscles, had to lie on the bed and continue to lie down.

The more he lay down, the more irritable he became. Turning it over, I only felt that my whole body was covered with hot sweat, and I kicked the bed towel far away. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't see, he would have pushed the door open and rushed out right now.

Just as he was distraught, there was a sudden sound of footsteps of varying severity outside the hospital.

"Lame woman, why are you here?!"

"You cripple, why can't I be here?"

"Haha, cripple with cripple, born as a pair. So we're all here. ”

"Abductor Li, if you dare to say it again, see if my shoe picker doesn't slap you in the face!" Gu Pozi replied angrily.

"That's it, I won't tease you, Miss Mu is not there?"

"No. Miss Mu went to help Ji Ye take care of Worm Valley, and Ji Ye asked me to take care of her brother for her. What do you want her to do? ”

"I have news from South Vietnam, just come and see if I can sell it to her and make a few pennies to run away."

South Vietnam?! Ling Li immediately turned over and sat up, putting his ear against the wooden window lattice.

"The brothers and sisters of the Mu family are really pitiful, why do you have to charge for breaking the news?"

"Poor for them, isn't it pitiful for me to run so far as a lame man? It's not that I want to make money, it was originally what Miss Mu herself said, as long as there is news from South Vietnam, she is willing to pay me......"

Hearing this, Ling Li was shocked: That girl is really a spy from Xili!