Ji Huai opened his eyes. Tang Xiuer was no longer there. He looked at the leg that could not move at all. It was in severe pain. Li Langzhong only said that taking medicine would make it better, but he knew in his heart that his leg , is already half useless.
The injury was serious and the medical skills of the doctor in the small town were not very good. No matter how good the treatment was, it would not work.
He sighed and used a privilege in the space to buy a "repair pill". After digesting the "repair pills", the pain in my legs was significantly relieved, the bleeding areas began to itch, and new flesh began to grow rapidly.
Outside the yard, Tang Xiuer was digging with a hoe in the vegetable garden next to her with a big belly. There was a big sun above her head. She moved awkwardly and sweat kept flowing down her face. After planting the vegetables, she reached out to wipe the sweat and looked at looking at the chicken in the pen.
They only have one chicken, and because it is a hen, she has been reluctant to sell it. She wants to keep it to lay more eggs, but because she is not fed enough food, she has not laid eggs for several days.
Sister-in-law Ji came over, bent over her waist and looked over the fence, looking worried for her, "Didn't you lay any eggs today? You are still pregnant with the child. You can't eat white rice porridge all day long, right?"
"There are wild vegetables." She whispered.
She went to pick wild vegetables this morning.
"Oh." Sister-in-law Ji nodded, "The wild vegetables are also delicious."
When Tang Xiuer went to the kitchen to wash wild vegetables and prepare for cooking, Sister-in-law Ji came and asked her for wild vegetables. "This stuff tastes good when cooked in rice. Can you give me a handful?"
Hearing this, Tang Xiuer paused while washing vegetables, nodded slightly, and whispered back, "Okay."
In fact, before she agreed, Sister-in-law Ji had already reached out to that other end. Over the years, she has been equivalent to a maid in the Ji family. Sister-in-law Ji married first and gave birth to two children, basically treating her as a maid.
She couldn't refuse the other party's request.
A quarter of the wild vegetables were missing, which she had worked so hard to pick early. Sister-in-law Ji chopped up the wild vegetables and put them in the pot. She casually asked, "How is Ji Huai? Is he feeling better?"
"It should be better." Tang Xiuer lowered her head and replied, feeling very lacking in confidence.
She felt that nothing had changed, and his temper was very bad, but she thought it would get better, and she could only hope for the best.
"It will definitely get better gradually." Sister-in-law Ji replied, but she didn't take it seriously. Tang Xiuer was just adamant.
She had heard Mr. Li say that Ji Huai was lame even after he recovered. It's a pity, otherwise they would eat some meat every now and then, and she wouldn't eat meat for half a month.
There were only a few drops of oil and water in the wild vegetables Tang Xiuer fried. They didn't have much rice left, so they could only eat sparingly. She ate half of the bowl and gave the other bowl to Ji Huai. She put most of the wild vegetables in his bowl, just wanting him to eat more and get better faster.
Sister-in-law Ji also cooked. Although there was no meat, there were fried eggs and two stir-fried vegetables. There were wild vegetables in the rice and a plate of salted radish heads, which looked very rich.
She glanced at it and silently carried two bowls of rice to the utility room.
Sister-in-law Ji looked at her back and sighed, "Tell me, in this situation, if their child is going to be born in the future, what will they do?"
Hearing this, Brother Ji also frowned.
"Look at her small body, how can she afford it? Ji Huai needs to take medicine again, and she will have to hire a midwife. Otherwise, something happens to her, and we will definitely not be safe." Sister-in-law Ji picked up the salted radish and ate it. He looked irritable.
Brother Ji: "We'll see when the time comes. If you can't afford it, you can give it away."
Ji Huai definitely couldn't point it out.
"It must be given away. What can I do if I can't afford to raise it?" Sister-in-law Ji lowered her voice and said, "The Li family's daughter has hired a son-in-law. She hasn't had a child for several years. People say there is something wrong with her daughter. Now she wants to If you adopt a child, the introduction fee will be five taels of silver."
When he heard that there were five taels of silver, Brother Ji tightened his grip on the chopsticks, "Really?"
"Of course, they will definitely be given a large amount of money by then. With Ji Huai's condition now, treatment will continue to cost money." Sister-in-law Ji said.
"Yes, we need to introduce them. We can have children in the future, but we can't afford to raise them now." Brother Ji nodded. This was considered as a consideration for them. Otherwise, if this continued, the two of them would have to rely on their help.
After getting his approval, Sister-in-law Ji was making plans in her heart.
The other end.
Tang Xiuer entered the room with two bowls of rice. Ji Huai was still leaning against the wall. When he saw her coming in, he slowly opened his eyes to look at her.
"Are you hungry? It's time to eat." She walked over and put the rice on the bedside, her breathing becoming cautious.
Ji Huai was a mouthful. Ever since he went hunting, the food at home was not bad and eating meat was common, but now he has been eating vegetarian food for more than half a month.
There was no way, all the money at home was spent on medicine for him. Every time he saw these meals, his face would sink and his temper would become unstable. If he wasn't hungry, he wouldn't even look at it.
"Yeah." Ji Huai responded, unable to guess his emotions.
He was sleeping on the bed, and she was sitting beside the bed. The utility room was dim and dark, the lighting was very bad, there wasn't even a chair, and there was a faint smell of medicine in the air.
In such a house, if you don't close the door, you won't be attacked by thieves.
He raised his chopsticks and was about to eat when he saw how little rice there was in her bowl and asked, "Why do you eat so little?"
Tang Xiuer looked at the food in her bowl and pursed her lips. She was about to say that she was not hungry, but before she could finish her sentence, Ji Huai stretched out his hand and gave her a lot of the rice in his bowl.
"I've had enough." She said quickly and poured it back for him.
"I don't want to eat, I have a bad appetite." Ji Huai had already leaned back against the wall and picked up the food to eat.
When he said this, she stopped moving again, looked at the rice in the bowl, and looked at him again from the corner of her eye. She could only eat in small bites. Seeing that he was in a good mood, she whispered softly, "I'm going to town tomorrow morning. I’ll get some side medicine for you.”
I still have to continue drinking the medicine, otherwise what will happen
"Does the family still have money to buy medicine?" he asked.
Tang Xiuer was not good at lying to him. She lowered her head and said after a while, "I want to exchange that hen."
"Forget it." He objected flatly.
"But you want to continue taking medicine, how can you forget it?" She looked anxious, fearing that he would give up on himself.
"I feel better. I don't feel any pain today and can still move." He said, moving the foot slightly.
When Tang Xiuer saw it, her face showed joy, she was very excited, and her eyes were a little red.
He's getting better!
"Just leave the hens to lay eggs for you to eat. How long can you eat the rice at home?" Ji Huai finished his meal in a few moments and put the bowl aside.
"Three or four days." She was already very economical, but the food they received was very little. When she finished speaking, seeing Ji Huai frown, she quickly explained, "I will embroider handkerchiefs and take them to the town these days. Exchange for rice.”
Ji Huai didn't say anything. He was silent for a while and then said, "I have to rest for a while before going hunting. It will probably take less than half a month."
"Don't go." She shook her head repeatedly, showing fear on her face.
This time it cost him half his life. What if this problem happens again next time? What if things get worse
"I was careless this time. I will set some traps. If we don't go into the mountains, there will be no big insects." Ji Huai's words were filled with relief.
Tang Xiuer: "But..."
He interrupted her, "I have a sense of propriety. I can't keep eating these."
Hearing this, she stopped talking, just thinking that he was tired of eating, but she couldn't get anything else, and then she mustered up the courage to say, "You still need to drink the medicine to get better faster."
It doesn't matter if she eats eggs or not.
"After drinking those medicines, I feel uncomfortable but they still don't work. The pain is so painful that I can't sleep at night. If I don't drink it, it won't hurt." When talking about the medicine, Ji Huai looked a little unhappy.
In fact, it did not have much effect. Li Langzhong felt that there was nothing that could be done about his leg, so he just prescribed some symbolic medicine.
"Ah?" Tang Xiuer was confused, "That's the medicine prescribed by Mr. Li."
She finally invited Dr. Li here. He was quite famous in the town and his medicines were more expensive than others.
Ji Huai: "Stop for a few days and let me observe."
After he said this, Tang Xiuer naturally couldn't say anything more and could only nod. She also thought that she would embroider more handkerchiefs during this period, and in exchange for the money, she would find a doctor to treat him.
At night, dim oil lamps were lit in the house.
Ji Huai moved slightly and reached out to untie the linen on his feet.
"Let me help you." Tang Xiuer hurriedly walked over, holding her waist.
His wounds had not been treated in the past few days because he would not let her touch them and would lose his temper, but she did not dare to bring it up.
After untying the linen, the wound was exposed. It was bleeding and pus-filled before. Today it looks a bit scarred and there is still some tender flesh. The wound is recovering.
"It seems a lot better." She suddenly raised her head and said, her clear eyes shining slightly, very happy.
"Yeah." Ji Huai glanced over and didn't say much.
"I'll help you clean it and then apply the medicine." Tang Xiuer said, carrying the water next to him under the bed, washing the linen, and then stood up to help him wipe it. She also warned, "It hurts a little, I'll be gentle."
Ji Huai didn't say much: "Yeah."
He had often been injured while hunting in the past, and she would also help him apply medicine.
At this time, she was carefully trying to rub around his wound, bending over, her belly bulging, her eyes focused and serious.
No one spoke, and the room was so quiet that one could hear each other's breathing.
Ji Huai kept looking at her, he almost didn't look at her carefully. Tang Xiuer had a small almond face, clean and fair face, bright and rosy cheeks, but she had lost a lot of weight recently, and she didn't have much flesh on her body. My body is supporting my big belly, which is very strenuous and hard.
Tang Xiuer felt uncomfortable being watched all the time. She turned her head and looked directly into his eyes. Her little face turned red immediately, and she got into a fuss and even touched his wound.
"Hiss." Ji Huai felt pain and took a breath.
"I, I... I..." She turned pale and spoke incoherently, fearing that he would get angry again. He used to be neither hot nor cold towards her, but the relationship was fine. When they first got married, the relationship warmed up a little bit. However, after he was injured, his temper became worse and worse, and he might get angry if something didn't go his way.
"It's okay." He didn't respond, just turned his head to the side.
Tang Xiuer continued to wipe him, and then applied medicine to him. It hurt a little when applying the medicine. He frowned, and turned his head with embarrassment when he looked at her. His tone was unnatural and urging, "I'm sleepy."
"Okay." She nodded, looked away, and moved her hands faster.
The two of them didn't speak for a while, but their emotions were different. The lights in the room were dim, but there was an ambiguous atmosphere at this time.
Maybe he was easy to get along with today. After applying the medicine, Tang Xiuer asked, "Would you like some water?"
Ji Huai: "Yeah."
She walked to the old table, picked up the pot, poured him a glass of water, and brought it to him.
Ji Huai fell asleep after drinking water. He was used to her taking care of him, so he rarely asked today, "Do you want to go to sleep?"
"Come now." Tang Xiuer blew out the oil lamp and walked towards the bed.
"Be careful." The utility room was dark, and he was frightened by the sight and hurriedly warned.
"Okay." Tang Xiuer groped forward. The utility room was small, and they didn't have much. When they reached the edge of the bed, they climbed up and couldn't help but curl up their lips.
His injury is now healing, so his temper has calmed down a lot, and he will definitely get better in the future.
The bed is very small, so you can only sleep on it, and the quilt is not big. Ji Huai didn't care about her much before. Fortunately, it's not winter, otherwise she would definitely catch a cold.
When she fell asleep, he put the quilt a little over there, and then said, "The quilt is small, you should sleep more closely. It's rainy and cold today, otherwise you will catch a cold."
"Okay." She whispered again, put her hands on her belly, and moved her body forward towards his side. His side was very warm, so her movements became more restrained.
Tang Xiuer looked at him in the dark, unable to see anything clearly. Only then could she look at him openly.
Although Ji's mother kept telling him that she was his future daughter-in-law, he didn't seem to care and never paid attention to her. When Ji's mother said that they were getting married, he didn't object. Before he was injured, she knew that he didn't like her, but he didn't seem to hate her.
Later, I was injured, and my whole temperament changed. Now that the injury is almost healed, my temper should also be better
Thinking about it, she felt relieved. Although it was difficult now, it would definitely get better and better. He would definitely be fine!
The patter of rain could be heard outside the door, and Ji Huai suddenly said again, "Are you cold?"
Before she could speak, he put the quilt closer to her, and a wave of warmth hit her side. Her face became hot, her little hands under the quilt were clasped together, her heartbeat accelerated, and her whole body tensed up. With.
Hearing his even breathing, she slowly relaxed her nerves again, her eyes fell in his direction, and stared at him for a while.