After entering July, it will rain from time to time, and the road in the village is difficult to walk, not to mention the road on the mountain. Although the rain came at the right time, there were several benefits for the crops, but for Xi Yanqing, who had to go up the mountain when there was no farm work, it was a bit of a pit. Originally, he would go up the mountain when the weather was sunny, but when it rained, he might not be able to go for two or three days, which would really delay him from collecting herbs.
When he first went to the drugstore to deliver the medicine, Xi Yanqing had already negotiated with the shopkeeper that he would deliver the medicine to the shop within seven days at the latest. And since they agreed, it hasn't been more than seven days at a time, but this time, it's been almost ten days, and he hasn't picked up much useful things, which makes Xi Yanqing a little irritable.
In the north, it is not as good as in the south. In the south, it may be available most of the year, but in the north, there are only two seasons in the mountains to collect herbs. If you miss this period, you have to wait for the next year.
Xi Yanqing is eager to make money, but he also pays attention to safety, so he will definitely not go up the mountain when it rains. But when the rain stopped, he couldn't hold back a little - mainly because Dr. Liang came to Xi Yanqing that day and asked him if he had Asarum, a medicinal ingredient that was recently lacking. Xi Yanqing really knew where it was. At the time, he thought it looked like sweet potato leaves, but he didn't know it at the time, so he didn't pick it. When he reacted later, he was already down the mountain, and he was reading a book on medicinal materials.
"It looks like it won't rain, but will it be difficult to walk in the mountains?" Luo Fei looked at the sky outside. The rain has only stopped for a long time. Although it is extremely hot at this time, can the ground on the mountain be dry
"It shouldn't be very easy to go. But if you don't go, you'll miss this opportunity. Besides, it might rain again, so I'll go take a look. At best, I'll be more careful." Xi Yanqing carried the bamboo basket on his back, "Eat Ready for me?"
"Well. Four vegetable buns and some side dishes are packed." Luo Fei handed Xi Yanqing a cloth bag, "And water and medicine are also packed."
"It's so sweet." Xi Yanqing laughed, "By the way, where did you get the steamed buns?" He remembered that they ate steamed buns in the morning.
"It was steaming when I had breakfast. It wasn't good at the time. I was worried that the first time would not be successful, so I didn't take it out first. I just tasted it, and it tasted pretty good." Luo Fei said, "I am today. One is stuffed with cabbage, and I will try something else later.”
"Daughter-in-law, your craftsmanship is getting better and better." Xi Yanqing took out one and took a big bite, "I used to like to eat vegetable buns, but at that time I always felt that the ones sold outside were not very tasty. You did a good job. Go back and get some wild vegetables and dry them, we can also make buns in winter. "
"Okay, then use shepherd's purse, that's delicious!"
"It's also delicious with mushrooms." After Xi Yanqing finished speaking, he pecked Luo Fei's mouth, "I'm leaving, the door is closed, don't forget to eat at noon, don't do needlework for too long, do Remember to get up and do some eye exercises in a while."
"I know, I know, Dad!" Luo Fei sent people out, "Be careful of yourself!"
Xi Yanqing waved his hand and walked all the way up the mountain.
After Luo Fei entered the yard, he took the time to wash and hang the pile of unwashed clothes, and then began to embroider the purse again.
This time he listened to Xi Yanqing and embroidered other patterns, such as peacocks, flower baskets, and some zodiac signs.
He thought the zodiac models would sell well, so he decided to embroider two of each.
Today he embroidered this one from a pig. He chose a light blue for the bottom of the purse, and a darker blue for the thread he embroidered on the pig. This 80% is still a little boar.
Luo Fei wanted to be happy by himself, but who knew that embroidered and embroidered, he had pierced his hands for the first time.
"Hey!" He shrank his hands suddenly and put the things aside so as not to be stained by blood beads. After wiping his hands, he picked up the embroidery stretcher again, "As expected, I often walk by the river, and I don't have wet shoes. How can I tie my hands with such a skill?" Luo Fei said to himself and shook his head, "Ah!" For a moment! what the hell!
Luo Fei simply put the embroidery stretcher into the sewing basket and stopped embroidering. Suddenly I felt a mess in my heart, and I didn't know what was going on.
It seemed that the sky was about to be cloudy again. Luo Fei stood at the door and moved his shoulders and neck for a while, and then listened to Xi Yanqing to do eye exercises. The neighbor's Aunt Zhou saw it and asked with a smile, "Er Bao, what are you doing?"
Luo Fei said, "It's nothing, Auntie, rub your eyes. I've been doing a lot of needlework these two days, so I'm not very comfortable."
Aunt Zhou also knew that Luo Fei was doing needlework, and she was doing well, so she said with concern: "And you have to feel sorry for yourself, this needlework is not done by the middle school, and it will make you sick if you do it for a long time. "
"Don't worry, Aunt Zhou, I'm thinking about it." Luo Fei smiled, "Then you're busy, I'll go to the vegetable garden." They can eat some of the grass in the back vegetable garden, and they can pull out some and chop them up to add vegetables to chickens and ducks. After Luo Fei finished feeding the chickens and ducks, he picked two more cucumbers. At noon he made some cucumbers and ate them, and then he thought about painting some new tricks.
Xi Yanqing got him ink and paper. He usually only uses it when he draws more complicated things, but today... let's just paint the little carp in the lotus pond.
"Bang dang!" Seeing that halfway through the drawing, the water glass was knocked over! A good painting is so smeared!
Luo Fei was so angry, but after getting angry, he felt a little flustered for no reason. He simply put away the things, and threw the paper around the stove next to the stove, and then he did nothing and went to Han Xu's house.
Han Xu lived far away now, and Luo Fei walked for a while before he got there. When he went, Chen Huazhang was there, and he was sitting in the yard playing a table. He was afraid that he would take on a new job from someone else, and Han Xu sat next to him, sometimes wiping his sweat or something.
Luo Fei felt that it was not the right time, but Han Xu had already seen him: "Hey! Luo Erbao, why didn't you knock on the door and dawdle outside?"
"Isn't it because the two of you are there, ahem, it's so sweet there, I'm too embarrassed to call the door."
"Why are you embarrassed to come to my house? Come in!" Han Xu came over and opened the door, "Why are you thinking about coming here at this time?" It's more when I go in the morning.
"Come here to see if you are fat." Luo Fei looked Han Xu up and down, "It seems you are really fat."
"Go go go! You've gained weight!" Han Xu said, "I'm just because..." Han Xu said suddenly, "It's just because the weather is hot and I drink too much water."
"Come on, if you were really that kind of person, you would have fattened into a pig with the amount of water you drink every day. I think your brother carpenter fed you too well, right? Look at you... Huh? Luo Fei suddenly noticed that the plum blossom on Han Xu's hand had changed color. Originally, Han Xu's plum blossom was a bright pink, but now it has become a little dark red, as if blood has dripped on it, "Do you have a carpenter?"
"Well... it seems to be." Han Xu's voice was quiet. He didn't want to let Luo Fei know so early, because Luo Fei had been married for so long and had no children, so he didn't want to stimulate Luo Fei. Although Luo Fei has always been relatively calm, he is not sure whether this calm is forced or...
"This should be a happy thing, what are you doing with such a stepmother's face?" Luo Fei looked suspiciously small, "Don't tell me you are afraid of hitting me?"
"No, no, I'm not, it's more surprising." Han Xu really didn't expect it to be so fast. He had previously told Luo Fei that the color of the flowers on his hands would change in ten days and eight days.
"I said why your brother carpenter looks like he picked up a treasure. He is very happy, isn't he?"
"Well, it's a bit." Han Xu tried his best to control it, but he could still see that he was also very happy.
Luo Fei was naturally happy for Han Xu, but as far as he had no children, it was always others who were more anxious than him. He is not in a hurry, I am afraid that he may not be in a hurry without him in this life.
Seeing that Luo Fei didn't seem to care, Han Xu said, "Do you have time to teach me how to make children's clothes?"
"Okay." Luo Fei said, "When my little nephew is about to be born, I will make it for him too." He remembered that the clothes he wore when he was born were made by his grandmother. His mother kept the clothes until he grew up to show him. It is a very meaningful little dress with the blessing and expectation of the elders!
Thinking of that little dress, Luo Fei thought of grandma again. He was restless all day, and he didn't know if his grandmother was in bad health. But now I can't see it in a hurry.
There is also a banquet. It seems that it is going to rain again, so Xi Yanqing should be back soon, right
Luo Fei couldn't sit still: "Han Xu, I'm going back first, I have to go back quickly and make something to eat before my brother Qing comes back."
Han Xu saw that Luo Fei's thoughts were not here at all, and he always felt that he was not right today, so he said: "Then go back quickly, and be careful on the road."
Luo Fei quickened his pace when he walked, and almost kept running when he got home. He suddenly hoped that he could see Xi Yanqing at a glance when he went home, and this was a feeling he had never felt before.
Every time Xi Yanqing went up the mountain, he would come back when it was getting dark. Obviously there is no watch, and I don't know how this person is so accurate.
Sure enough, Luo Fei didn't see Xi Yanqing when he got home.
Xi Yanqing didn't come back, the door was still locked. Luo Fei opened the door in disappointment, and after entering, he absently prepared dinner. He heard that Xi Yanqing likes to eat steamed buns, but despite the trouble, he still steamed ten more.
The originally made noodles were almost used up, so Luo Fei kneaded another bowl of noodles and put them aside, then stood at the door and waited.
It really started to rain outside, and the sky was getting darker and darker.
If it were left in the past, Xi Yanqing should have entered the house at this time and was ready to eat, but Luo Fei stood at the door and watched for a long time without seeing Xi Yanqing, until he couldn't help but wonder if he should go find someone else. When I was looking for it, from a distance, a limping figure came by leaning on a wooden stick. If it weren't for the moonlight, Luo Fei would not have been able to see it.
"Brother Qing?!" Luo Fei shouted, and ran out, "You, are you injured?"
"Go back, go back to the house and talk about it." Xi Yanqing's breath was unsteady, and his whole body was wet. Luo Fei can't tell whether he is sweaty or rainy.
"Brother Qing, please slow down." Luo Fei gently helped Xi Yanqing, looking closely at Xi Yanqing's feet, it seemed that the feet were swollen and swollen very high, because the shoes had been trampled by Xi Yanqing. At the heel, it was dragged. He could see that his feet were too swollen to fit in the shoes.
"Er Treasure, get me something to eat first, I'm starving to death." Xi Yanqing took a long breath after sitting on the kang, "I really should eat more before going out today."
"Let's eat for a while! Next time, I'll let you eat three meals a day before going out!" Luo Fei said in a bitter tone, "What's wrong with you, let me see."
"Don't look at it, it's mainly the foot. I don't know if it's twisted or broken. But you can get me something to eat first. I'm really starving."
"I've served you." Luo Fei went out and came back with a few vegetable buns after staring. "It's freshly steamed at night. You can eat it slowly. I'll get you some water to wipe it, and then go to Dr. Liang to have a look."
"Are you steaming again? If I had known, I wouldn't bother with those..." Xi Yanqing said vaguely.
"what?"
"Nothing, wipe my hands for me."
"Don't go up the mountain after it rains in the future. It's too dangerous." Luo Fei took off Xi Yanqing's socks and realized that his feet were swollen like a pig's head. At first glance, he couldn't tell that it was a person foot! There are also different degrees of scratches on his face, arms, back, and chest. The most serious was the chest, which was cut open by a sharp object such as a stone tip, and the depth was one centimeter by visual inspection. It's been so deep that it hasn't healed yet. Luo Fei felt scared after thinking about it! What if it hurts somewhere else? !
"All the wealth in this world is accompanied by danger, there is no way." Xi Yanqing ate something, warmed up, and felt that he was reasonable. Mainly because it was raining and hungry before, and he felt a little cold on the way.
"But it's too dangerous." Luo Fei pointed to the asarum in the bamboo basket, "Do you think it's worth it? If you get injured, you won't be able to get a big truck in exchange."
"It's not that."
"But if I'm telling the truth, I'm afraid you'll beat me."
"Must say! For what?"
"This." Xi Yanqing pointed to the cloth bag that Luo Fei gave him, "It fell off when I was collecting the herbs. I thought that I haven't eaten enough of this vegetable bun, so I have to pick it up, right? It's a small risk." Xi Yanqing didn't say that he was so distressed at the time, so he didn't care so much. The main reason was that the slope where he collected the herbs was very steep, and the vegetable buns rolled a long way after they fell. And he was reluctant to bear this vegetable bag and cloth bag, so he took the risk and went to pick it up. The cloth bag was specially sewn by Luo Fei to feed him, and he didn't want to lose it, so he didn't care whether the slope was too slippery. Fortunately, the bag was picked up.
"You just... give up your mind!" Luo Fei glared hard, "You can't do this next time, I'll make it again when the buns are gone, and steam the buns when they're gone. You say you're injured, which is more than this. less?"
"I knew you had to feel sorry for me."
"Fuck you!" Luo Fei was so angry that Xi Yanqing didn't take it seriously, "I'm going to find Doctor Liang, wait for me at home, and don't let me go to the ground, listen?"
"Then what if I want to pee?!"
"Hold on!"
Of course, Luo Fei said so, but he still helped Xi Yanqing to go to the toilet, and even helped the shameless take off his pants and helped the bird!
The little bird thief was stunned, and he was refreshed after peeing. He was lightly patted by Luo Fei, but with that inch of strength, Xi Yanqing was patted "Ouch!" a little!"
Luo Fei said: "You deserve it! You should be beaten to death, so that you don't pay attention to safety."
Xi Yanqing knew that Luo Fei was distressed for him, and he was happy when he was scolded.
Later, Luo Fei went to find Dr. Liang, and he still ran. After Dr. Liang came over, he took a closer look at Xi Yan, and found that it wasn't just a sprain, but there were probably cracks in the bones, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to hurt even a little bit. So he took the medicine and wrapped Xi Yanqing's feet, and instructed Luo Fei to try his best not to let this person go to the ground, preferably for ten days and a half months.
When Xi Yanqing heard it for ten days and a half months, he frowned: "It doesn't take that long, Liang Bo?"
Doctor Liang sternly said, "You are the doctor and I am the doctor?!"
Xi Yanqing said, "But I have to work in the fields in two days."
Dr. Liang pointed to the gate: "Go and do what you do, you go now. You can do it, why don't you fly up to the sky?! I'm not afraid that a few people will come to rob your Luo Erbao when something goes wrong. Then I'll see how you're chasing with your lame leg!"
"Bah! Can you say something nice?" Xi Yanqing was about to die of trouble. I have to say that the price of picking up the buns this time is a bit high, and he doesn't know whether he regrets it or not.
Naturally, I didn't regret it at the beginning. After all, Luo Fei made the bag and the buns, but after thinking about his injury, Luo Fei's life would become heavier, and Xi Yanqing couldn't take it anymore.
As a man, the last thing Xi Yanqing wants is to make the person he likes suffer.
But what is there to say? House seemingly endless rain. Of course, it didn't mean it was really raining, but on the night that Xi Yanqing was injured, this guy developed a high fever. Not sure if it was because of the cold from the rain or the infection of the wound. Anyway, when Luo Fei found out, Xi Yanqing's face was already burning red, and the whole person was so cold that he began to shiver.
Xi Yanqing has been protecting Luo Fei like a big tree, not letting Luo Fei get sunburned, or let Luo Fei get wet. He always seemed to be standing behind him, so secure and trustworthy. So he was suddenly injured like this, and Luo Fei suddenly panicked.
Luo Fei quickly covered Xi Yanqing with the quilt, and then twisted the towel and put it on Xi Yanqing's forehead. He patted Xi Yanqing's face lightly: "Brother Qing? Brother Qing, can you hear me?"
Xi Yanqing heard it vaguely, but he felt that his eyelids were very heavy. He tried hard but didn't lift it up, so he had to say, "Don't worry about my daughter-in-law, I'm fine."
Luo Fei still felt uneasy: "You have a fever, why don't I go find Dr. Liang again?"
Xi Yanqing shook his head, his voice a little hoarse: "No, please pour me some water."
Luo Fei hurried to pour the water, and after feeding Xi Yanqing, he brought the washbasin into the house. After changing the towel on Xi Yanqing's forehead, he went to find another towel, wet it, and wiped Xi Yanqing's hands and neck. He remembered that his mother gave him a fever when he was a kid.
Xi Yanqing felt cold all the time, and then he was confused and didn't know whether he was dreaming or really sick. Everything is so vague, only the light wipe that never leaves his body is so clear, so clear that he feels very peaceful in his heart.
When it was about dawn, Xi Yanqing's fever finally subsided. He opened his eyes and looked at it for a while, and the first thing he did was to hold Luo Fei's hand.
Luo Fei knew that Xi Yanqing had a high fever and did not dare to sleep again. In the morning, he cooked porridge and steamed steamed buns. Seeing that Xiyan was awake now, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Qing, do you feel better? Do you want to eat something?"
Xi Yanqing said "um" and remembered, but the wound was involved as soon as she moved. He frowned and forced himself to sit up: "What time is it?"
Luo Fei said: "The genius just dawned."
Xi Yanqing rubbed his forehead. I didn't feel so much pain when I came back yesterday, but now I've been lying down all night and I feel that my whole body is not right. It's just that his feet don't seem to go down well, so he has to jump on one leg when he gets to the ground.
Luo Fei brought the food to the table: "You can rest at home these few days and let me do it."
A faint smile overflowed from Xi Yanqing's lips: "What do you do? You just serve your husband at home. If you can't do anything outside, just hire someone."
The family's four acres of paddy fields should be weeded. He originally planned to weed it after picking this medicine, but it seems that he can't keep up.
Luo Fei agreed, but after thinking about it when he went out, he didn't find anyone. Instead, he asked Luo Yi to help take care of Xi Yanqing and then went to the field. For a long time, Xi Yanqing was only responsible for letting him do the housework, such as laundry, cooking, cleaning, watering the vegetables, and feeding chickens and ducks, but now that Xi Yanqing is sick, he naturally has to do more. You can't rely on Xi Yanqing all the time. If two people live together, they naturally have to be twisted into a rope.
Luo Fei felt that money was so hard to earn, and Xi Yanqing never rested for almost a day in order to save money, but it was a bit extravagant for him to use the money to hire people to work. Besides, he felt that he could do what Xi Yanqing could do. , at most one day less to do. But when he really did it, he realized that he was too naive.
First of all, bending the waist all day to pull weeds in the paddy field is really not something ordinary people can do. Especially when the sun is scorching, it is so dry and hot, I feel dizzy after a while, not to mention it takes a day to work.
The worst part is that there are leeches in the paddy fields!
Luo Fei knew that Xi Yanqing was hard work before, but he had never really experienced it. He never realized that it was so hard.
There are no boots here. His feet stepped into the mud, one deep and one shallow, and they turned white after soaking for a long time. And hands too. He had been working for less than half an hour before he felt like he was about to fall into the mud pit.
How did Xi Yanqing insist on doing so much work? !
Luo Fei plucked less than one-tenth of the grass and stopped plucking. He went to the field to pick up his shoes, went to the nearby river to wash his feet, put on his shoes and went to the other end of the ground - where his elder brother was weeding: "Brother, I really can't do it anymore, you know I don't know who has someone who is idle and works quickly? I will give him some money a day and let him help me finish it."
Roji said: "Then why do you need to find someone? After the elder brother has finished pulling the family's ones, he will help you pull them out. You haven't been in the paddy field for many years, so it's strange that you can do it. I said earlier that you don't need to do this. Hurry back. Go home and take care of Brother Xi. He can't be idle, and if you leave him at home, he might be a demon."
Luo Fei thought for a while: "That's it, big brother, I won't be polite to you."
The big deal is to go back and save more money, and help Logy when he remarries or needs help.
Mainly because the work in this field is too tiring!
Luo Fei thought about embroidery before, but compared to this, at least it was within the range he could bear. Xi Yanqing didn't know how much dangerous work and how much tiring work he had done in a place he didn't know, he had to work harder!
From this point of view, the life of Ruyi's boss has to continue.
Luo Fei made up his mind along the way. After returning, Ziba Ziba gave Xiyanqing something to eat. The couple ate lunch together. After that, Luo Fei changed Xiyanqing's medicine.
It's hot, and the herbs here will go bad after a long time, so they have to be changed every day. Luo Fei saw that Xi Yanqing's foot was swollen higher than before, and asked uneasy, "Is that Doctor Liang's technique good? Why is the swelling even higher?"
Xi Yanqing said, "It's herbal medicine after all, and the effect can't be that fast, but Dr. Liang's medical skills are still good. At least I don't feel that much pain now."
Luo Fei touched Xi Yanqing's head: "It's still a little hot, I'll go pick some nightshade for you to eat?"
Xi Yanqing smiled: "Okay."
Luo Fei went to pick all the ripe nightshade for Xi Yanqing to eat, and Xi Yanqing fell asleep after eating. Seems to be in really good shape.
However, at night, Xi Yanqing had a high fever again.