Chapter 23： False alarm

Chapter 23 A false alarm

Tao Hongying was busy for a while, then turned around and saw her daughter asleep.

She habitually touched her daughter's forehead and frowned, as if she felt slightly warm.

Looking at her daughter's little face, which was also a little pale, she became even more frightened.

"Mom, Fu Niu'er fell asleep as soon as she came back from the river. I think her face doesn't look right..."

Tao Hongying carried the good news to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li immediately took it and teased her a few times in a low voice. She even pinched her granddaughter's face but there was no response. She was also a little panicked.

“Second brother, go borrow a donkey cart. Fu Niu’er seems to have a fever. Hurry up and see a doctor in the county!”

Old Mrs. Li directly pulled up the quilt and wrapped her granddaughter up, and shouted to Mr. Li who had just come back from outside.

As soon as they heard that Fu Niu'er might be sick, the Li family all panicked and threw away all their work and wanted to follow her.

In the end, Li Laoer drove the donkey cart and took Mrs. Li, Li Laosi and Tao Hongying to the county.

The donkey-cart was not fast if there were too many people in it, so the rest of the people could only watch them off at the door with red eyes.

Wu Cuihua was holding a jar of pickled eggs and drooling. Seeing this, she secretly muttered.

“As for that, it’s just a girl movie…”

After hearing this, Zhao Yuru gave her a rare look and snatched the jar away...

The bumps of the donkey cart were like a cradle. Jiayin fell into a deeper sleep and did not wake up even once.

This made Mrs. Li and Mr. Li even more worried.

After arriving in the county, the family went straight to Baicaotang, the herbal soup with the best reputation.

The old doctor with a gray beard was very serious when he saw that the patient was a child.

After diagnosing the pulse and checking again, he was a little bit dumbfounded.

"There's nothing wrong with this child, he's just too young. It would be good to sleep more as he grows. However, he may have caught wind and cold and has a little low-grade fever."

She touched the child's palm again and gave instructions.

"Go back and wipe your body with warm water. Don't let her cry and worry. She will be fine in a few days."

After hearing this, the Li family’s hearts finally dropped.

After thanking the old doctor and paying ten yuan for the consultation fee, the family left the medicine hall.

Old Mrs. Li said as she saw that it was still early and it was rare to go into the city.

“Lao Si, I’ll sit here with Fu Niu’er in my arms and rest for a while. You go to the market with Lao Er and Hongying and buy everything you need at home.”

Li Laosi glanced at the small basket of apples and chestnuts on the donkey cart, and his heart moved.

This is what Zhao Yuru pretended when they hurried out.

Afraid of Fu Niu, if you give it to the doctor, people can do their best.

"Mom, do you remember the **** leader Liu from the previous **** team? I want to go see him and give him these apples and chestnuts, okay?"

Li Laosi asked his mother for her opinion.

Mrs. Li thought about how **** Liu had taken care of their family on the road. There was no reason to disagree.

"Go ahead, I'm afraid these mountain goods are a bit light. You can buy something else and put them together. They won't be too thin."

After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she took the largest silver lock from her arms and gave it to her son, and said again.

“Then you go find Captain Liu and let your second brother watch the donkey cart. Hongying and I will take Fu Niuer around and we’ll meet here in half an hour.”

“I got it, mother.”

Li Laosi habitually touched his daughter's little face, and then he asked all the way and found the **** agency.

“Hey, Qiu Sheng, why are you here? Come in and sit down!”

Bouncer Liu was very happy to see Li Laosi and pushed the small basket and refused to accept it. “What are you doing with these things? You have a big family to feed!”

Li Laosi touched an apple, held it in his hand, and said with a smile.

“Brother Liu, I won’t show you the other things, but I got them in the mountains a few days ago. It’s a rare and good fruit, so I’m bringing it to you so you can eat it fresh.”

Liu Biaotou looked at the red fruit and liked it too.

“Indeed, this fruit really doesn’t look like one that grows in the mountains. It looks delicious. My boy has been a little angry lately and his mouth has blistered. I’m not welcome, I’ll take it back and give it to him to sweeten his mouth.”

After saying this, he happily took it over and pulled Li Laosi to sit down.

Li Laosi reported his home address.

“Thanks to Brother Liu for taking care of us before, our family was able to come to Junyang County safely. Now we have bought a house and fields in Qingshui Village, and we plan to settle down in the future. Whenever Brother Liu has free time, he must go to his house to sit.”

“Of course, I will definitely identify the door another day and walk around frequently.”

The two were chatting and laughing happily, and Liu Biaotou suddenly thought of something and said:

"By the way, brothers, you are coming from out of town, so you probably don't have all the things you need to know to live a good life. We are close to Kyoto, and the government is very strict. If you buy a kitchen knife, you have to report it."

He pointed in the direction of Kyoto with a bit of disdain.

"Fortunately, our bureau only eats food that licks blood from the edge of a knife, so it's not difficult to get some iron tools. I bought two more sickles, a wood-chopping ax, and an iron pot the day before yesterday. If you don't mind it, I'll do it soon. Take it back and use it.”

Li Laosi was overjoyed when he heard this. There was only one iron pot at home, brought from Saibei, and the kitchen knife was sharpened, not to mention the other axes and sickles.

I wanted to buy it before, but I heard it was nothing more than a hassle. Unexpectedly, Biao Liu solved it for the first time.

"Great, Brother Liu, you are really timely. We are short of these things at home, and I won't be polite to you anymore. I will come to my house for a drink someday. My wife is good at cooking, so let's have two more drinks."

“Okay, this is how you should be happy. I was afraid that you wouldn’t want it, so you would have to give in and give in. This is a real man!”

Liu Biaotou laughed, he and Li Laosi were really at odds with each other.

After saying a few more words, Li Laosi thought about his mother, wife and children, so he took the iron pot on his back and left with his ax and sickle.

Of course, he insisted on giving him five taels of silver. He only had so much in his pocket. If it was not enough, he would have to make up for it next time.

Liu Biao quickly gave up, and once again made an appointment to go hunting and drink together when they had free time, the two of them broke up.

On the other side, Mrs. Li hugged her granddaughter, and Tao Hongying carried a basket and did a lot of shopping.

A large family has just settled down and really lacks everything.

 It is necessary to add some new cotton to the old coat and trousers to keep them warmer. Jiaren and his friends have grown taller, so they also need to make new linings and cotton shoes.

There is also good news. The Sun family only gave me summer clothes and thin quilts, but no thick coats or quilts for winter...

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked hard to save and reduce expenses, but in the end they spent more than three taels of silver to fill two baskets.

When Mr. Li came back happily, he saw the axe, sickle and big iron pot, and the whole family was very happy.

This is what the family lacks the most. I originally wanted to ask the village chief for help, but unexpectedly Mr. Liu took care of it easily.

The family drove the donkey cart and returned home happily.

Jiayin finally woke up at this moment, and Tao Hongying quickly put her daughter in her arms and fed her well.

Old Mrs. Li immediately took it over, kissed her granddaughter, and teased her twice.

She was completely relieved when she saw that her granddaughter's sleeping face was red and her big eyes were twitching. It really didn't look like she was sick.

Stepping on the sunset glow of dusk, the donkey cart clattered along, and finally we saw the entrance of Qingshui Village from a distance.

“What happened? There seem to be many people at the entrance of the village?”

Li Laosi had good eyesight and stretched his neck to look forward.

As we got closer, there was indeed a faint sound of noise.

(End of this chapter)