Chapter 19： Treat his leg

Chapter 19 Treat his leg

Wang Xiuqin didn’t object, and Zhang Ying certainly wouldn’t object, but “I think we can give it a try. Of course, I still have to discuss such a big matter with your second brother, and he still has to make the decision on matters at home.”

Ning Xi also knew that business matters needed to be discussed with Lu Nan, and she could not make decisions alone, so she didn't say more.

After the men in the room finished drinking, Ning Xi helped put the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen.

At this moment, Lu Xu noticed that Ning Xi was walking lamely, so he asked aloud, "What's wrong with Ning Xi's legs?"

When Lu Nan said this, she felt helpless, "She was kicked by her father. This girl is restless. Her legs were dragging her legs the first day and she went to the mountains to collect herbs the next day. This lasted for several days, and then she I had a big fight with the Ning family and my leg is still injured.”

“What happened to her family?” Lu Xu rarely went back to the village, so he naturally didn’t know what was going on in the village.

 Lu He told Lu Xu what had happened these days, and Lu Xu frowned, "Is there something wrong with Ning Dalong and the others? That is their biological daughter, how could they do this."

Lu Nan responded calmly, "Probably not biologically."

"If she's not her biological child, how can she be picked up?" Secretary Lu glanced at Lu Nan, "Ning Dalong and his wife have been bad to the girl since she was a child. They either beat or scolded her. They thought it would get better when she grew up, but... well!"

Wang Xiuqin was still wiping the table. When she heard what they said, she couldn't help but say, "If everyone hadn't seen Liu Shufang's pregnancy, we would have really suspected that this girl was not their biological child. How could there be such cruel parents?" He actually treats his own children like cattle.”

"Did you ask Grandma Wang to help deliver the baby at that time?" In the 1960s, all the children born in the village went to a midwife. Grandma Wang, who was almost ninety years old, was the midwife in the village. Most of the people in the village of their generation It was Grandma Wang who delivered the baby.

Wang Xiuqin shook her head, "It wasn't Mrs. Wang who picked her up. Liu Shufang happened to be at her parents' house when she gave birth to Ning Xi. She should have asked the midwife from our village to pick her up."

Lu Nan took a sip of warm water from his tea cup and stopped asking any more questions. Wang Xiuqin also went back to the house to make the bed. Lu Xu drank wine at night and definitely couldn't drive back to town.

The moonlight shone in through the window, illuminating the room brightly. Lu Nan had just returned from the shower and was wiping his short hair with a towel. Ning Xi came into the room with a pot of concoction and placed it in front of him to "soak his feet."

Ning Xi sat on a small stool and put Lu Nan's feet in the basin, then poured the potion with her hands and poured it on his calves.

The potion in the basin was no longer very hot, so Ning Xi helped Lu Nan dry her feet.

“Brother Nan, take off your pants and lie down while I give you an injection.” Ning Xi took out the silver needle she just bought and sterilized it carefully.

After disinfection, she turned around with the silver needle in hand, her face changed uncontrollably, and her eyes shrank.

There is almost no good patch of skin on the outside of his right thigh from crotch to knee, and it is covered with hideous scars.

Those are burns. There are three circular scars in the burns, which should be gunshot wounds.

"scared?"

His cold voice pulled her back from the shock. He walked to her side, accurately found the acupuncture point, disinfected it with a cotton swab, and then gently inserted the silver needle.

"It must have hurt at the time." Ning Xi's voice was trembling. This was the first time she saw his injury, and her heart was hurting.

“Hmm! It hurts.”

"How did you get hurt?" When she asked the question, Ning Xi wanted to bite off her tongue. She shouldn't have let him recall that painful memory.

“The enemy held a gun against his thigh, and the bullet penetrated directly from his right leg to his left leg.”

So the burns on that area were high-temperature burns from the gun muzzle. His legs lost feeling and he couldn't stand up because the bullet injured the nerves in his legs.

Plunging the last silver needle into the acupuncture point, Ning Xi quickly turned around, tears that had been held back for a long time sliding down her eyelids.

He held her hand and comforted her softly, "Don't be sad, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Of course it doesn’t hurt. My whole leg has lost all feeling. It’s strange that it hurts. Ning Xi raised her hand to wipe away her tears, "I'll make you a scar removal ointment another day."

"Yeah!" Lu Nan responded nonchalantly. The soldier had no scars on his body. They didn't care about these. They were even proud of the scars on their bodies. But if she cared, he could cooperate.

In order to prevent him from thinking about those bad memories, Ning Xi changed the subject and told Lu Nan about her idea of ​​​​doing business with Zhang Ying.

After she finished speaking, Lu Nan was silent for a while before asking, "Why do you want to do business with your second brother and second sister-in-law?"

“I’m going back to school, so I’ll make some money with them. When I go back to school, they can continue to do this business. My second uncle and second aunt have been kind to you, and I have to help you repay them.”

Lu Nan reached out and wiped Ning Xi's head. What more could a husband ask for when he has a wife like this?

After taking out the silver needle, Ning Xi lay down next to Lu Nan.

At this time, she didn't need to take the initiative. He had already put her in his arms, waving the fan with one hand and gently patting her back with the other to coax her to sleep.

I don’t know if it was because of being coaxed to sleep, but she fell asleep quickly again.

He lowered his head and kissed her forehead, his obsidian eyes looking tenderly at the little wife in his arms.

Little daughter-in-law, you have exposed your secret.

Those memories are very painful, I will slowly help you erase them.

*

In the morning, Lu Nan cooked lean meat and vegetable porridge. As soon as the couple sat down to prepare for dinner, Lu He and Zhang Ying came over. Their purpose was very clear. They wanted to start a business of dried fish and spicy strips with Ning Xi.

At breakfast time, the four of them finalized the business matters.

Ning Xi stayed at home to teach Lu Nan how to make spicy strips, while Lu He and Zhang Ying took Lu Lin and Lu Bei out to fish.

After Lu Nan learned the lesson, Ning Xi took Lu Xu's car to the market and bought a bunch of seasonings. Before dinner, Ning Xi and Zhang Ying got busy in the kitchen. She didn't hide it from Zhang Ying, and bought all the seasonings and dosages needed. He told Zhang Ying and gave Zhang Ying many important points.

These are all given to Zhang Ying. When she goes back to school at the beginning of the school year, Zhang Ying and his wife can continue to do this business.

Pot after pot of fragrant and spicy dried fish and spicy strips came out of the pot, and several people's faces were full of smiles. They would be able to make money from these spicy dried fish tomorrow.

Midsummer lasts longer than other seasons, and the mornings also get brighter earlier. At 5 o'clock in the morning, the dark night is slowly replaced by day, and a bright light with green top and pink bottom appears in the east.

Ning Xi was awakened by the sound of pots and pans. She sat up and glanced at her pocket watch. It read 5 o'clock in the morning.

At this moment, Lu Nan was no longer in the room, and he didn't call her at all.

After a brief wash, Ning Xi walked into the kitchen. Lu Nan had already put the porridge on the table to cool down and was frying pickles.

What time did he get up to make breakfast?

“Brother Nan, you don’t have to get up so early. I can just eat whatever I want in the morning.”

“Breakfast can’t be enough.” Lu Nan put the pickles on the table and said, “Eat breakfast first.”

Lu Nan pushed the wheelchair out, took the backpack that he had cleaned last night, put it on the pad with oil paper, and put all the dried fish in it.

Zhang Ying and Lu He came over soon. Zhang Ying was also carrying a basket lined with greased paper. Ning Xi didn't make many spicy strips, not even half a basket. Knowing that Ning Xi's legs were not completely healed, Zhang Ying took the initiative. Put the basket with the dried fish on your back.

(End of this chapter)