Seeing Yong Miao's greedy face, Yong Ruo smiled and ordered him: "Go and wash your hands first!"
This is Yong Ruochuan's constant requirement after coming here. Now she has the elder sister's authority. Although Yong Miao was reluctant to give up the food box, she had no choice but to fetch water and wash her hands reluctantly.
Yongqiao came in with the bowl and chopsticks. Yong Ruo took out the peanuts and candied dates, and asked Yong Qiao and Yong Miao to eat them with chopsticks. They were not allowed to hold them with their hands, and they were not allowed to eat too quickly.
She turned up the fire in the cottage fireplace, put a small pot on the simple stove, scooped a little water from the bucket into the pot, waited for the water to boil, put the bowl of minced radish and meat Pour the porridge into the pot, put two slices of sausage and two slices of bacon into it, and stir them together to heat.
When the porridge was hot, she divided the porridge into two portions, each of Yong Qiao and Yong Miao, and each of sausage and bacon.
"Sister, what about you and your mother?" Yong Qiao swallowed greedily, but asked hesitantly.
Yong Ruo said with a smile: "Sister has already eaten. Mother is asleep now. When she wakes up, I will heat up dumplings for her to eat. This porridge is for you."
Yong Miao pointed at the chicken, duck and fish in the food box reluctantly: "Sister, can I have some more of those vegetables?"
Yong Ruo shook his head: "No! We have been hungry for a long time, we can't eat too much at once, otherwise we will have a stomachache, and we need to drink that kind of bitter medicine to get better. Don't worry, we will slowly eat the rest of these things tomorrow. eat."
The weather is still cold now, even if there is no refrigerator, it will not be broken after a day or two.
Yong Qiao and Yong Miao cherished the porridge in their bowls. When I ate my slice of bacon and sausage, I was reluctant to put the whole piece of meat in my mouth. Instead, I took a small bite at a time and ate it slowly with the porridge.
After eating, the two of them were very satisfied and began to feel sleepy—after all, they were already ugly, and at their age, it was not easy to survive till now.
Yong Ruo sent them to wash their mouths. Washing your face can be avoided. They don't have skin care products, and there are tiny cracks on their faces, so don't wash your face too often.
Yong Miao was very reluctant and didn't want to rinse his mouth, so he begged: "Sister, don't rinse your mouth tonight! After eating meat, I want to keep the smell of meat in my mouth for a while! If you are hungry in the middle of the night, I licked the minced meat between my teeth and ate it, maybe I can have a good dream of eating too much... "
Yong Ruo burst out laughing. I thought: What Yong Miao said is another "civil suffering" that can be told to Mr. Feng!
"Look at how promising you are!" Yong Ruo scolded with a smile, and resolutely refused, "If you don't rinse your mouth before going to bed, your teeth will be broken! When your teeth are rotten, you won't be able to eat anything!"
Yong Miao muttered: "I still need to change my teeth! If they are broken, I will replace them with new ones!"
Yong Ruo frightened him: "Then what do you eat before you change your teeth? Don't play tricks, go!"
Yong Miao was reluctantly caught by Yong Qiao to rinse his mouth, and then they got into bed and fell asleep soon.
Yongruo cleaned up the dishes, looked around and found that Mrs. Zhou was awake, and hurried over: "Mother, I'm back! How are you?" He took a pillow and put it on Mrs. Zhou's back, helping her to sit up halfway.
Mrs. Zhou said weakly: "It's still the same!" Pulling Yong Ruo to look around, he didn't find anything wrong with Yong Ruo, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "I heard that you went to sell flowers at the Lantern Festival, I'm worried. It's too bad... Now that I'm back, I feel relieved!"
But a few words, but she was out of breath.
Yong Ruo patted her hand and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry! Today I am a lucky star. Not only did I sell all the flowers, but I also met a noble person. That old lady looks very dignified and kind. I just said a few words of flattery, and she was very happy. She not only bought my flowers, but also invited me to a restaurant to have a meal with her. I picked out those coke things and told her a few things , made her laugh non-stop..." She recounted her experience tonight.
She took off the rucksack that was tied next to her body, and poured all the money in the rucksack on Zhou's quilt.
A five taels of silver ingot, a lot of scattered silver, a lot of copper coins! Zhou's eyes straightened: "This... so many?!"
Yong Ruokang nodded, with excitement in his expression: "A junior from her family poured out all the broken silver in the purse to me, saying it was a reward for me."
Mrs. Zhou caressed the money on the quilt, smiled wryly for a moment, and said reminiscently, "The last time I touched so much money was when your father was alive..."
Then Mrs. Zhou took out the five taels of silver ingot and put it aside, picked up a few larger pieces of broken silver and put them there, and said to Yong Ruo: "Put these silver in a small jar and bury them in a place." stand up."
Then he divided the remaining broken silver into two parts, and told Yongruo: "Hide them in two places respectively. Keep them safe."
Yong Ruo said: "I'll go to hide later. Mom, let me heat some dumplings for you! It's a three-fresh stuffing made of shrimp, pork, and mushrooms. It's delicious."
Mrs. Zhou hesitated for a moment: "Just warm up two for me! I can't eat too much. If I vomit again, it will be a toss."
Yong Ruo then heated up two dumplings, put them in Zhou's special bowl and spoon, fed them to Zhou, and massaged Zhou's limbs and feet.
When Mrs. Zhou fell asleep, she came in with a small short-handled shovel, looked and looked around the room, denied many places, and finally locked on a place - the simple stove by the cottage fireplace, the small firewood for plant ash Gray Pond!
She walked over, dug the ashes in the ash pond aside, and then began to dig a hole at the bottom of the ash pond. After digging, she put the jars and silver in and buried it, flattened the soil, and backfilled the ash into the pond. middle. I took two steps back and looked at it, but I couldn't see any traces of digging, so I nodded with satisfaction.
He also hid some of the remaining silver money and kept some in his bag for tomorrow's use. Then she rinsed her mouth and went to bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
After waking up the next day, Yong Ruo heated up the remaining dumplings and buns, and woke up Yong Qiao and Yong Miao. The three brothers and sisters ate most of it, and left some for Mrs. Zhou. Then Yong Ruo asked Yong Miao to guard the Zhou family, and she took Yong Qiao and went out on a wheelbarrow.
Today, they had to pay back the money they owed, and they had to buy rice, noodles, firewood, and many other things, and they also had to find another doctor to see Mrs. Zhou.
When buying rice, Yong Qiao wanted to buy cheap old brown rice, but Yong Ruo couldn't bear it long ago, so he insisted on buying white rice and noodles, and also bought some dried vegetables such as dried beans, dried beans, and dried radishes. A few radishes, a few eggs, and various condiments such as oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, which have been seriously lacking in the kitchen, were added. I also bought a few bundles of firewood, put them on the wheelbarrow together, and pushed them back with Yongqiao.
Yong Ruo really wanted to eat some green leafy vegetables and fruits, but it was a pity that this was ancient times, and the vegetables and fruits that could be eaten in winter were extremely limited, and they were all very expensive.
When they shop in big bags and small bags like this, the neighbors around them can't help but make a fuss, and they inquire half enviously, half sourly: "Buying so many things, your family has become rich?"
Yong Ruo took out the nonsense she made up yesterday and said it again: "... I met a very noble old lady, got her old man's favor, talked with her for a while, and was rewarded with a few pieces of silver... "
After dealing with the neighbors, after returning home, Yongqiao couldn't help asking: "Sister, how did you meet that old lady last night? What did you say? Why did she treat you so well?"
Yong Ruo fooled him with a few words, told him to stay at home to pack his things, take care of his mother and younger brother, and went out to invite a doctor by himself. It is said that there is a Dr. Wu who is extremely skilled in medicine and a good person, but the consultation fee is more expensive. The Yong family could not afford to invite him before, but now they can invite him to visit the Zhou family.
That Dr. Wu's residence was quite far from Mopan Hutong, and Yong Ruo found Dr. Wu's house until his feet were sore from walking. Fortunately, Dr. Wu was at home, so she talked and paid for a car, so she hired Dr. Wu.
Dr. Wu came to Yong's house by car, and took the pulse of Mrs. Zhou who was still asleep. Yong Ruo invited him to the main room to prescribe a prescription, and gave him an ink mill very graciously.
Dr. Wu picked up the pen with a very solemn expression, and he couldn't write for a long time. Yong Ruo, Yong Qiao, and Yong Miao all looked at him eagerly. Yong Ruo's heart beat extremely fast.
After a while, Dr. Wu sighed, put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone into the medicine box, and said to Yong Ruo with the medicine box, "Little girl, take a step to talk!"
After hearing Dr. Wu's words, Yong Ruo felt a little nervous, and told Yong Qiao and Yong Miao to stay in the main room, and she followed Dr. Wu to the yard.
Dr. Wu actually returned the consultation fee that Yong Ruo had given her before, and said in a low voice: "This old man has superficial medical skills, and he is powerless to treat your mother's illness. Miss, please find another expert!" He bowed his hands to Yong Ruo, " Ashamed! Farewell!"
Standing in the yard with the refunded consultation fee, Yong Ruo watched Doctor Wu's back disappear outside the door, feeling extremely heavy.
Doctors are not willing to prescribe prescriptions! Does it mean: Zhou's dying soon? !
Yong Qiao and Yong Miao had come behind her at some point, Yong Qiao's face was pale, and Yong Miao asked her with tears in her eyes, "Why doesn't that doctor refuse to prescribe the prescription? Sister, you... have you been deceived, please?" A liar came?!"
Yong Ruo sighed slightly, squatted down, hugged Yong Qiao and Yong Miao into her arms, and hugged them tightly, feeling that they were both trembling.
Yong Miao struggled endlessly and cried, "Sister, talk! Why doesn't that lousy doctor prescribe a prescription? Let me go! I'll go find the liar, get the money back, and find another good one to treat my mother! "
"Shut up!" Yong Ruo yelled sharply, "Then Dr. Wu is a good man, not a liar! He has already returned the consultation fee to me!"
"Refunded?" Yong Miao said absentmindedly, "Why did he refund the consultation fee?"
"Because Dr. Wu said that there is nothing he can do about my mother's illness, so he refunded the consultation fee and refused to prescribe a prescription."
"That must be because his medical skills are not good!" Yong Miao said quickly, "Sister, why don't you want to find a good doctor for your mother?"
Yong Ruo lowered her face: "Miao Miao, don't blame others for your dissatisfaction, unhappiness, and unwillingness!" She hoped that Yong Miao would be mentally prepared, "You must know that there are some things in this world , No one can do anything about it!" After finishing speaking, she herself began to cry!
In her previous life, when she had a good future, she was found to have cancer. No matter how she cooperated with the treatment and how hard she struggled, she could not escape her untimely death. Even if she doesn't want to part with everything in that world, now, she has completely lost it!
Yong Miao stopped struggling and crying, but hugged Yong Ruo tightly, crying bitterly.
Just as the three siblings were crying together, a voice rang out from the door: "What happened?"