Border Cook

As expected, after being married for a long time, the novelty wore off and he was neglected.

Middle-aged man...

Bitter!

While Zhang Heming was silently digesting the bitter taste, Xia Mingyue also drank the bitter medicine soup.

The reason was that when Xia Mingyue got up early that day, she felt her head was swollen, her limbs were weak, and her whole body was aching.

At first, Xia Mingyue thought that she was a little tired because of being busy during this period, so she didn't care much about it. She just scooped a basin of water to wash her face, and then prepared to stretch her muscles in the yard to make her body feel more comfortable.

Yin Qiao noticed that Xia Mingyue's eyes looked a little dull, and her movements were not as agile as usual, with even two abnormal blushes on her cheeks. She felt something was wrong and quickly reached out to touch Xia Mingyue's forehead.

This touch startled Yinqiao.

The forehead was so hot that it could be described as scalding hot.

Yin Qiao did not dare to delay, and hurriedly helped Xia Mingyue back to the house to rest, and then hurriedly called Qingju to call Doctor Yin over.

Yin Lingyou examined the patient carefully for a long time and determined the cause of the disease - a heat cold.

Although Xia Mingyue was usually thin, her overall physique was pretty good. Even if she caught a heat cold, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, Xia Mingyue had been overworked recently and was extremely weak. The symptoms after catching a heat cold were much more serious than those of ordinary people.

If not treated in time, it is easy to develop a chronic disease in such hot weather. In serious cases, it will damage the foundation and endanger life.

Yin Lingyou did not dare to delay, and hurriedly prescribed a fever-reducing prescription and asked Zhuang Cui to boil it into a thick soup. He also personally made a fever-reducing plaster and asked someone to stick it on Xia Mingyue's forehead, navel, etc.

At this time, Xia Mingyue was already in a daze due to the high fever. She just lay on the bed, letting Zhuang Cui and Yin Qiao take care of her.

The medicine soup was ready quickly. Zhuang Cui brought it over and fed it to Xia Mingyue spoonful by spoonful.

Xia Mingyue was feeling uncomfortable due to the fever. Even though she was drinking the extremely bitter medicine, she didn't have the energy to care. She just opened her mouth and swallowed mechanically.

After drinking a bowl of medicine, Zhuang Cui followed Yin Lingyou's instructions and kept wiping Xia Mingyue's armpits, palms, soles of feet, etc. with a warm towel to quickly cool her down.

After being busy like this for half an hour, Xia Mingyue's back began to feel damp and she showed signs of sweating.

Zhuang Cui stopped wiping the warm water and covered Xia Mingyue with a thin quilt so that she could sweat and completely reduce the high fever.

At this time, Xia Mingyue was already fast asleep.

The discomfort all over her body gave Xia Mingyue nightmares.

The whole person seemed to fall from a great height, with a strong tearing sensation in the head due to weightlessness, and then fell into the bottomless pool of water, completely submerged in the water, unable to breathe...

Xia Mingyue was awakened by this and suddenly realized that she was as if pulled out of the water. Her clothes were almost all wet and stuck to her body, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Xia Mingyue was a little dazed. After a moment of silence, she asked Zhuang Cui who was taking care of her by the bed, "Was I rescued?"

Zhuang Cui was stunned. "What rescue?"

"Didn't I fall into the water and be rescued?" Xia Mingyue was also a little surprised.

Zhuang Cui, "..."

He was so confused due to the fever that he even forgot about being sick!

Zhuang Cui felt extremely distressed and hurriedly explained, "Madam has caught a cold and has a high fever. She just drank a bowl of fever-reducing soup and sweated a lot. Madam is feeling better now. Would you like to drink some water?"

Yin Lingyou had said that if you sweat a lot, you need to drink more water, especially water with some sugar and salt. After Zhuang Cui said this, Xia Mingyue finally understood, and said, "Oh", struggling to get up, "I want to drink some water."

Her throat felt like it was being stabbed by a knife and was extremely painful. She needed to drink some water to relieve the pain.

Yin Qiao hurriedly took a soft pillow and put it under Xia Mingyue so that she could lean on it more comfortably. Zhuang Cui took a spoon and fed her water one spoonful at a time.

After drinking half a bowl of water in one breath, Zhuang Cui brought over the boiled medicine.

The medicine I just drank was to reduce the high fever as quickly as possible, and this bowl of medicine is to clear away heat and detoxify, and relieve Xia Mingyue's symptoms at this time.

At this time, Xia Mingyue, whose high fever had mostly subsided, had regained a little strength. There was no need for Zhuang Cui to feed her. She just held the medicine bowl and gulped down the black medicine in big gulps.

After all the medicine was consumed, Xia Mingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The extremely bitter taste returned to her mouth with the breath, making Xia Mingyue frown and even dry heave twice.

"Madam, please rinse your mouth quickly." Zhuang Cui brought over some water.

After Xia Mingyue rinsed her mouth, he handed her the candied fruits that had been prepared long ago.

Xia Mingyue ate two and then held another piece in her mouth to alleviate the bitterness of the medicine that still remained in her mouth.

The dried fruit is made of plums, and has a sweet and sour taste. It feels very comfortable when I hold it in my mouth.

Xia Mingyue felt better and leaned back on the soft pillow, her complexion looking slightly better.

Seeing this, Yin Qiao hurriedly went to get the food that had been prepared long ago, so that Xia Mingyue could take a bite or two while she still had energy and replenish her energy.

The meal consisted of small wontons with fresh meat. They were wrapped in such a small size that one could eat one in one bite without much effort.

Remembering Yin Lingyou's instructions, Yin Qiao did not dare to use shrimp or dried shrimp to enhance the flavor of the wontons. She only used green onions and fresh meat. Although the taste was slightly worse than those with shrimp, the soup was made with chicken bone broth, and the various ingredients were well controlled when making the filling, so the taste was quite good.

It’s a pity that Xia Mingyue couldn’t taste anything because of her illness. This bowl of delicious wontons tasted like chewing wax in her mouth.

But seeing Yinqiao's expectant eyes, Xia Mingyue generously gave a high evaluation, "Yinqiao is good at cooking, and the wontons she made are very delicious."

After receiving Xia Mingyue's recognition and praise, Yin Qiao's face was full of joy, and she said, "If my lady thinks it tastes good, please eat more."

As he spoke, he kept putting the spoon into Xia Mingyue's mouth.

Xia Mingyue was very ill at this time and had no appetite at all.

But she also knew that the sicker she was, the more she should eat to maintain a certain level of physical strength to fight the virus in her body.

So, I swallowed mechanically, forcing myself to do so.

After eating half of the small bowl of wontons, Xia Mingyue really couldn't eat any more and had to give up.

After the meal, Xia Mingyue began to feel sleepy as the medicine she had drunk earlier had a calming effect, and she closed her heavy eyelids.

Xia Mingyue fell asleep, but Yin Qiao and others did not dare to leave. They just stayed by her side and observed her condition at any time.

This sleep lasted for quite a long time, from mid-afternoon till the sun was setting.

Just when everyone thought that Xia Mingyue was able to sleep because her condition had improved and she was about to recover, Xia Mingyue's temperature gradually rose again. (End of this chapter)