Zhulan was a little slower than her daughter in reacting and said, "Hurry up and pick up the boss."
Boss Zhou untied the firewood from the child and threw it on the ox cart. He then picked the child up and muttered, "What a sin!"
Zhulan didn't mind the tattered clothes. She touched the child's forehead, which was even hotter than Zhou Shuren's. If he got burned like this, he would become a fool. "Hurry, go home."
You must lower the temperature first. If you go see a doctor directly, there were no specific medicines in ancient times, and boiling the medicine takes time, so you're really afraid that it will get burned if you delay.
Fortunately, they were very close to home. When they got home, Zhulan signaled Xuehan to fetch some water, and signaled Zhou Lao Da to take the child to the main room.
Zhou Shuren said to Zhou Laoer who came out to greet him, "First take the things out of the car, and then go to the county to ask a doctor to come over."
Zhou Laoer was calculating a lot. It cost a lot of money to hire a doctor. People are selfish. He only thought about his family. But his father couldn't understand it anymore. He could only respond, "Okay, Dad."
Zhou Shuren entered the main room and said, "Take some money and ask the second child to come to the doctor. This child is too weak to be tortured."
Zhulan applied a compress to the child's forehead and felt bad as she touched his skinny body. "Okay."
Boss Zhou stood at the door, hesitant, "Dad, should we notify Zhou Datie's family?"
Zhou Shuren pondered for a moment, "Zhou Datie's wife is very unreasonable. Don't say that our family rescued the child, or she will come to our house to make trouble. She will say that the child frightened the cow, threw Xuehan out, and asked Zhou Datie's family for money, and then tell them that the child had a high fever and was going to be stupid."
Boss Zhou: "... .....remember it."
After all, he is his father, and he thinks things through carefully. But he just doesn’t understand the deeper meaning, and always feels like he has overlooked something!
Zhou Shuren went to find his daughter who was waiting outside for news and said, "I'll ask your mother to tie your arms to disguise you. You can pretend for a while."
Xue Han heard it from outside and blinked, "Don't worry, Dad, I will pretend to be real."
Zhou Shuren likes this smart girl very much, "Yeah."
Zhulan signaled Zhou Shuren to continue cooling the child down. He tore off a piece of dark cloth and tied it around his daughter's arms. He also soiled her clothes, messed up her hair, and touched her face, signaling her to smell the ginger slices and cry.
Zhulan was very satisfied. It was much simpler than modern makeup techniques.
Then he gave the silver to Zhou Laoer, reminded him not to leave too fast and be careful, and then went back to the house.
Zhou Shuren took action and motioned Zhulan to sit down. "This child is pitiful. If her parents don't love her, she has never been a human being."
Zhulan has the memories of her original body. Zhou Datie is a relative of the Zhou family who is five generations apart. Zhou Datie was sold as a slave when he was a child. Later, he broke his leg for some unknown reason. He released his indentureship and returned to his ancestral home with his wife and children. It is said that Zhou Datie had four daughters, and he sold two of them as slaves and brought back two and a son.
After returning, she became enemies with her parents, bought land and built a house, and gave birth to two sons in succession. The eldest son was worthless. Zhou Datie and his wife made the four-year-old son work hard, and he was worse off than the other girls in the family. San Ya's life was better than this child's. She was the most miserable child in the village.
There were also people in the village who couldn't bear to see this and didn't want to help. Zhou Datie's wife turned around and made a fuss, shouting that she was willing to help pay money to buy the boy back as her son.
Otherwise, just stay out of other people's business. Zhou Datie's wife is particularly fond of committing fraud and has blackmailed many families. The villagers are unwilling to intervene and at most secretly send some food to the children.
The original body had also given it as a gift, but the original body hated Zhou Datie's wife Zhu, so it gave it behind people's back.
Zhou Shuren handed the face cloth to Zhulan, "Do you miss this child?"
Zhulan nodded, "Well, it's a miracle that the child is still alive."
Zhou Shuren had been to an orphanage and had seen many abused children. Many of the scars on this child's body were caused by beatings. "Oh, what a sin!"