After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Chapter 24 The Second Uncle Is Sick
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it is almost the end of the new year, and the weather is extremely cold.

Yingbao took Youyou to run around the threshing ground for more than a dozen laps before returning home with Dani Erni.

This is her daily exercise. By the way, she trains the deer to make it more docile and obedient, so that one day she can use it as a mount for herself.

Jiang Sanlang, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw his daughter coming back, and said with his head: "Your uncle and second uncle gave you [-] Wen. Dad put the money on your kang table. Hurry up and put it away."

"Oh." Yingbao sent Yoyo to the thatched shed, added grass to the stone trough, and then ran towards the west room.

Three hundred copper coins are strung together with fine hemp rope, each string is fifty ren, and there is a small pile when they are coiled together, which is pleasing to look at.

After collecting enough money, she will go to the town to order a leather saddle for Yoyo, so that she can ride it farther.
Yingbao happily put these copper coins together with the last time, and ran to the east room to see her younger brother.

A Niang was sitting on the kang spinning, and the two little babies were lying beside her, sleeping soundly.

"Bao'er, is it cold?" Chunniang asked.

"It's not cold." Yingbao eats a handful of Wudingzhi every day before going out, her body is warm and comfortable, and she is not afraid of the cold at all.

Chun Niang looked at her daughter with a smile, "Why do you think you have grown taller?"

"Really?" Yingbao ran to the wall and stood still, comparing the last mark with her hands.

"Hey, I've really grown taller." She smiled and narrowed her eyes.

It's good to be taller, the taller you are, the stronger you are, so you won't be afraid of being bullied.

"No wonder the sleeves of your padded coat seem to be short. My baby is growing so fast." Chunniang put down her work and leaned over, "Let mother see if you want to put the sleeves outward."

Ying Bao quickly shook her head, "Don't put it down, it's just right." Previously, the sleeves were a bit long and it was always inconvenient to do things, but this is just right.

Then he turned and ran out of the house, "I'm going to help daddy light the fire."

I went to the kitchen to see that my father had already cooked the meals.

Fish soup, lard cake, rice porridge, a bowl of pickles, two boiled eggs.

This kind of dinner is quite rich in the village.

Yingbao helped her father bring the dishes to the east room and put them on the kang table.

After the family of three finished eating, Jiang Sanlang went to wash the pots, wash the dishes and boil water to wash, and he was busy until dark.

Yingbao lay on the kang, peeling off the black scab on her wrist little by little.

The burn on the wrist has completely healed, and the skin is smooth, with only a faint pink color remaining. I believe that this pink color will return to its normal color soon.

The original plum blossom birthmark is gone, but there is a small red mole the size of a needle nose.

Ying Bao frowned, a little dissatisfied.

The burn was so deep last time that it was not completely removed. Do I need to burn it again?
Thinking of the pain that day, she shrank her neck.

Forget it, let’s just leave it at that, anyway, there are still several years left.

And I haven't seen Han Shi coming again recently, and even her two daughters seem to have disappeared, never appearing in front of my eyes again.

But even so, Yingbao couldn't take it lightly.

The wrist still needs to be wrapped, um, and I have to borrow a pen from my little cousin, and it is best to get some cinnabar mud. She wants to draw a turtle pattern on her wrist, just in case.

Because even if he didn't have a birthmark on his wrist, Han would still set his mind on himself.

What the woman wanted was never a daughter, but a son.

Blow out the oil lamp and enter the cave.

The wheat and rice in the Dongfu have matured, and the heavy tassels are full, which looks very gratifying.

Yingbao picked up a sickle and decided to start harvesting from rice.

An hour later, only a quarter of the rice had been harvested, but two big blisters appeared on Yingbao's palm, which caused her to grin her teeth in pain.

Hissing, Yingbao tearfully picked a little bit of Wudingzhi from the rock wall, crushed it, rubbed it on the blisters in his palm, and went to bed.

When I woke up the next day, the blisters on my palms had disappeared.

Yingbao was very happy, and quickly entered the cave again, ate a handful of Wudingzhi, took advantage of the energy, continued to cut for a while before coming out.

Alas, I still don't have enough strength. When will this large piece of rice, wheat and soybeans be received?

Put on clothes and get off the kang, go to the stove to scoop up water to wash, then run to the chicken coop to pick up eggs, and take Yoyo outside to have fun.

"Third uncle, third uncle!" Jiang Quan from the uncle's house hurried into the main room.

Jiang Sanlang poked his head out from the kitchen, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Quan turned to the kitchen again, and hurriedly shouted: "Third Uncle, go and have a look, Second Uncle has a persistent fever and is coughing up blood this morning."

Jiang Sanlang was startled, and hurriedly put down the spoon in his hand and walked out, "Why did you cough up blood, didn't you look good yesterday?"

It's not a good thing for a patient to cough up blood. It's not good if the second brother gets tuberculosis. His son Huzi is only three years old, and Erni is only six years old.

"I don't know." Jiang Quan said: "Yesterday I heard my second aunt and second uncle were arguing, his family didn't cook at night, Er Ni and Hu Zi went to our house to eat."

Jiang Sanlang lowered his face, feeling a little displeased.

This second sister-in-law is too ignorant, and her second brother is still sick, so she doesn't even cook.

Without cooking, it must be even more impossible to decoct the medicine, and I don't know if the second brother took the medicine yesterday.

Jiang Er's family is not far from the two brothers' homes, only a few households in between.

Before the uncle and nephew arrived, Leng's crying was already heard.

Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought for a while, then turned to ask his second nephew, "How is your father?"

"My dad was fine after drinking the medicine yesterday, but he still coughed a bit. He woke up this morning and ate two big bowls of rice porridge." Jiang Quan said.

Jiang Sanlang felt relieved.

It seems that the medicine I brought back is still effective.

However, the second brother's body has always been weaker than the elder brother's, and it was due to his own negligence, thinking that if they catch the cold together, the symptoms should be similar, but the second brother vomited blood.

Annoyed, Jiang Sanlang walked into the yard, and saw Leng sitting on the ground holding the tiger and crying.

Erni also had tears in her eyes, and stood at a loss, while a few villagers stood outside the fence with rice bowls in their hands to watch the excitement.

"Second sister-in-law, it's cold outside, hurry back to the house, don't freeze the child." Jiang Sanlang said in a deep voice.

When Leng saw Jiang Sanlang, she cried even louder, and she complained while crying, saying that her life was miserable, and it was useless to marry a man, and her children would suffer.

Jiang Sanlang saw that her words became more and more outrageous, so he turned his head and went into the house angrily, and saw his parents and sister-in-law Zhou were there.

"Sanlang, take your second brother back to the town to have a look." Old man Jiang said: "Your eldest nephew has gone to borrow a donkey cart."

"En." Jiang Sanlang nodded, went to the kang, and tried his second brother's forehead.

The temperature is very high, and there is a high fever.

"Second brother, how are you?" Jiang Sanlang asked.

Jiang Erlang's face was flushed, he kept coughing non-stop, and looked very weak, "I feel uncomfortable in my chest, cough, cough, cough... I have no strength."

Mrs. Zhou came over with a bowl of porridge and handed it to the third younger brother: "Feed the second younger brother some porridge. He was hungry all night yesterday, can he have strength, alas." She also accepted the second sister-in-law.

Jiang Sanlang took the bowl and helped his second brother up, "Drink some porridge to warm you up, and I will take you to town later."

Jiang Er was really scared, nodded, and ate half a bowl of rice porridge.

After a while, the eldest nephew Jiang Cheng drove the donkey cart to the door. Jiang Sanlang picked up his second brother and sent him to the cart, and wrapped him in a quilt.

Jiang Liushi caught up and handed Saner a consistent amount of money, and said in a low voice, "Take it, and use it for the second child's medical treatment."

Jiang Sanlang didn't refuse, took it in his arms, got on the shaft of the chariot, waved his whip and left.

(End of this chapter)