Chapter 15: The Wound
"Nope." Chu Xiao was inexplicably nervous, and put his hands behind his back.
He didn't regain his memory, but he felt like he was lying.
Fortunately, Tong Xiang didn't ask again, but fell asleep tiredly leaning on the ox cart.
The two returned the car, and when they arrived at the house, they saw an old woman with a red rope tied on her head walking out of her door.
Tong Xiang walked into the room and saw Li Shi cleaning up the teacups on the table, and the smile on his face was about to overflow.
She leaned over and asked, "Mother, why are you so happy?" ”
When Li saw his daughter coming back, he hurriedly pulled her to sit down: "Xiang'er, you are back." ”
Tong Xiang's eyes turned slightly, and a trace of bad premonition faintly rose in his heart.
"Mother, I just came in and saw a person going out, who is that?"
"Oh, that's our village's matchmaker. She came to our house today and said that the eldest son of the Tong family at the head of the village has taken a fancy to you and wants to discuss marriage with you. ”
When Tong Xiang heard this, his expression also turned cold.
Li Shi saw her strange appearance, knew that she didn't like it, and sighed in his heart.
"Xiang'er, my mother is old, you must have a home in the future."
Seeing this, Tong Xiang stood up from the bench and took half a step back: "Mother, now Hua'er is still young, and the family needs me, let's talk about marriage and marriage, let's wait for Hua'er to talk about it." ”
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Li had no choice but to give up.
"It's okay, my mother hasn't agreed yet, but I just told Matchmaker Zhang, when you come back, listen to your opinion."
With that, he laughed twice, went into the house, and put on the newly bought quilt.
Chu Xiao set up his belongings and was coming out of the house when he bumped into their conversation.
Hearing Tong Xiang's refusal, he hooked his lips and smiled.
It's just that in the future, if he heals and leaves, will she marry another woman?
In the next few days, Chu Xiao was always uneasy in his heart, and he didn't seem to be so comfortable staying with Tong Xiang.
Tong Xiang didn't notice his strangeness.
These days, she is busy sharing the farm work for her mother, leaving the house every morning and returning home when the moon rises.
This morning, because it was drizzling, she barely had a day of rest at home.
I made breakfast, but I didn't see Chu Xiao get up yet.
She bent down and greeted Tong Hua, who was washing her face.
"Hua'er, go and see if that big brother is up."
Tong Hua got the task and agreed crisply: "Okay! ”
Before the words fell, he spread his feet and ran towards Chu Xiao's room.
Because of the improvement of food these days, Tong Hua has obviously grown a lot of weight, and the pants that were too long before are just up to his ankles now. I guess I'll have to make him new clothes to wear soon.
Tong Hua went for a while, and then ran out in a panic.
"Sister, it's not good! The big brother seems to be sick, he looks very uncomfortable, and his mouth is white! ”
Tong Xiang hurriedly put down the sieve in his hand and rushed towards the house.
I saw that in the faint light, the man lying on the bed had his eyes closed, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat.
She immediately bent down and covered his forehead with the back of her hand, but she shrank her hand as if she had touched a steamed bun that had just come out of the oven.
"I was fine yesterday, how can I have a fever?"
Tong Xiang wanted to take something from the space, so he turned around and separated Tong Hua.
"Hua'er, you go and help my sister get a basin of cold water, soak the towel in the water and bring it over, okay?"
"Good!"
Tong Hua got the order, and his calf ran out quickly.
Hearing the sound of water outside, Tong Xiang moved neatly, took out an electronic thermometer and hid it in his sleeve, and swept it at his forehead.
The electronic thermometer makes a "drop" sound. She turned her back to check the temperature on the thermometer.
Thirty-nine degrees eight!
With a body temperature close to 40 degrees, isn't this going to be like the original owner, and he will die?
She quickly took out a tube of potion from the space, lifted his sleeve, and pricked it with a needle.
Chu Xiao was already burned unconscious, and even if he was stabbed, he was motionless, like a dead thing.
After packing up his things, Tong Hua happened to walk in with water.
She wrung the towel half-dry, folded it into several layers, and covered his forehead.
Tong Hua squatted beside the bed, looked at his eldest brother worriedly, and then looked at her.
"Sister, big brother, will something happen to him again?"
"Of course not." Tong Xiang turned around and smoothed his younger brother's frowning little brow, "As long as the eldest brother sleeps a little more, he will be fine." ”
She was very confident in the medicine she brought, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Chu Xiao's fever would subside.
It's just that he doesn't look like he's infected with the plague, how can he burn so badly? Could it be that the wound is inflamed and suppurated?
"Hua'er, can you go outside and pour some hot water in?"
Tong Hua nodded in agreement.
After she went out, Tong Xiang began to pick up his clothes.
It was only when she touched his chest that she heard the man hiss.
Is it already so badly hurt? Tong Xiang frowned puzzled.
She is a master of Western medicine, why can't she even treat a simple wound?
Just as he was puzzled, Tong Xiang felt that his hand was caught, and the back of his hand was cold.
She raised an eyebrow, thinking he was dreaming, and pulled her hand out.
Chu Xiao opened his eyes and opened his mouth, but his throat couldn't make a sound.
Tong Xiang saw that he was awake, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Your wound is inflamed, I will heal your wound, don't move." ”
As he spoke, Tong Hua had already brought hot water in.
"Sister, the water is coming."
She carefully took the bowl and tasted the temperature of the water before picking up the spoon and feeding it to him in small sips.
Hot water ran down his throat and into his chest, warming his lungs. Chu Xiao looked at her careful care, and a burst of warmth swelled in his heart.
After drinking half a bowl of water, Chu Xiao felt that his throat was no longer hoarse. He looked at Tong Xiang's clear eyes, spoke lightly, and his voice was pitifully hoarse.
"Thank you...... Thank. ”
Seeing that he was awake, Tong Hua came up to him with a smile on his face: "Big brother, you finally woke up!" I'll ask my mother to make porridge for you! ”
Tong Xiang touched his round head with a gentle expression.
"Go, Hua'er."
When Tong Hua left the room, Tong Xiang had to take off his clothes again. Chu Xiao was so ashamed that he didn't turn his head, and hurriedly raised his hand to stop it.
"It's not the first time you've taken off your clothes, what's this? Your wound is inflamed and will kill you. Tong Xiang said coldly.
In the past, she healed him, but Chu Xiao had never resisted so much, was there anything strange?
Thinking of this, she turned her heart down, and with a force on her hand, she stabbed it, tore the cloth shirt on his chest, and threw it to the ground.
The clothes fell, the man's solid chest was unobstructed, and the tight abdominal muscles could be faintly seen.
It's just that the red wound is like an ugly python, horizontal on the man's chest, swollen and high.
Seeing his injury, Tong Xiangmei's heart jumped.
This wound is so badly inflamed, I don't know how it happened.
She was about to interrogate, but she heard a shrill voice coming from the door.
"Who?" She turned her head suddenly, her eyes full of fierceness.
The old woman standing at the door was startled by her, covered her mouth with her hands, and limped out.
Tong Xiang saw the red rope on her head and recognized her as the matchmaker Zhang who came to matchmaking that day, and got up to chase after her, but was stopped by Chu Xiao.
Seeing the heart-pounding wound on his chest, he sat down, cleaned the wound, and re-medicated.
She wrapped the gauze, tied a knot, and lowered her eyes: "Your wound, what's the matter?" ”
Chu Xiao spoke weakly and said, "Maybe these two days...... Touched to the wound ......"