big sister headed home

Chapter 60

"Sister, 'How are you? Are you feeling better' and does it still hurt?" Dou Cui asked with concern.

"Yeah, big sister, are you in pain? Let me blow it up for you." Little Dou Hong said.

"Elder Sister must be in great pain, her feet are swollen into steamed buns." Dou Lin said with red eyes.

Dou Hua expressed that she was very grateful for the concern of her younger siblings.

"I'm fine. It's much better now. Uncle Lin's medicine is very useful." After I applied it, it didn't hurt so much." Dou Hua said, "It's mainly a sprain." Along the way, she was very red and swollen. She didn't hurt her bones. 'Otherwise it's difficult.

"You girl, let me tell you what you are." Didn't you just get a reward of ten taels of silver from the magistrate of the county yesterday? Why isn't it enough for you brothers and sisters?" You still go to the mountain to dig that medicinal herb so hard, Look at this, you are going to suffer, it hurts your muscles and bones for a hundred days, but you have to take good care of it." Sitting on the edge of the kang, Li said with a disapproving expression.

"Auntie said yes, I won't do it next time." Dou Hua didn't argue, just nodded in agreement.

"Well, it's good to know, be hungry, I'll bring you some porridge and rice, Qing'er, you have been out for a day, go and eat, the food is warming in the pot, and you little ones I didn't eat just now, let's go eat together." Li Shi said.

Walking to the cool stove outside, Mrs. Li brought out the still warm food in the pot, served a portion for Dou Hua, moved a small kang table on the kang, and Dou Hua ate directly on the kang.

The little ones wanted to guard Dou Hua, but they were unwilling to leave. In the end, the food was served on the kang, and the little ones ate with Dou Hua.

"Auntie, have you eaten yet? Let's eat together." Dou Hua greeted Li Shi.

"I've already eaten, you can eat quickly, don't worry about me, I'll pour you some hot water." Mrs. Li was busy inside and out, and after they finished eating, they removed the bowls and chopsticks, This time, Dou Qing and Dou Cui are all helping out. My aunt is an elder, so it is very good to be here to help, how can I let her work any more.

Dou Qing and Dou Cui are both used to housework, and took over the work neatly. Dou Cui washed the pots and dishes, and Dou Qing was busy adding fodder to the livestock in the family, donkeys, goats, rabbits, chickens, dogs None of the cubs were pulled down.

Mrs. Li looked at Dou Qing's brothers and sisters working neatly, and sighed in her heart, Dou Hua managed the family very well, the brothers and sisters are so sensible, much better than the younger ones in her own family, thinking Do you also have to teach the little ones at home, it's always good to be diligent.

After Dou Hua and the others finished their meal, Dou Sishan came back with the medicine prepared by Uncle Lin. There were six packs of medicine in total. Each pack of medicine was divided into three decoctions, three times a day, for a total of six days. Still need to continue to take the medicine, Dou Sishan carried the medicine bag and explained to Dou Hua.

Dou Hua looked at the six packs of medicine, and couldn't help frowning, which reminded her of the first month when she came to this world, when the original owner was beaten to the point of bleeding, and she replaced the original owner, but it was full of pain. After eating bitter medicine soup for more than a month.

These days, they are all Chinese herbal medicines, and they are all dried and processed by themselves. Don’t mention the taste, it’s a bitter word. At that time, every time she drank the medicine, she would retch and feel nauseous. Seeing the little ones staring at her pitifully, she really didn't have the confidence to drink the bitter medicine soup.

And now she was going to drink the bitter medicinal soup again, she just felt that her mouth seemed to be bitter now.

Mrs. Li saw that she was afraid of taking medicine, and she rarely showed her weak side, so she couldn't help laughing, "Hua'er, you must drink this medicine, otherwise your feet will not be so easy. Seeing that you are usually very strong, Even afraid of taking medicine, it's not as good as those little kids."

"Auntie, this medicinal soup is really bitter." Dou Hua frowned and sighed.

"It's right to be bitter. Haven't you heard such a saying that good medicine is bitter, and the bitterer the medicine, the better and more useful it is?" Li said.

Dou Hua: "..."

Where did this theory come from? It's not scientific, okay?

Mrs. Li picked up a medicine bag, intending to help Dou Hua make some medicine, and supervise her to drink the medicine honestly.

At this moment, Dou Cui came over, took the medicine bag and said, "Auntie, give me the medicine, I've already washed the clay pot."

The last time Dou Hua was injured and lay in bed for a month, most of them were taken care of by brother and sister Dou Qing and Dou Cui. At that time, Dou Hua had to drink medicine every day. This thing is very familiar.

"Tweety, can you do it? How about I fry it?" Li said.

"Auntie, I will do this." Dou Cui skillfully set up the clay pot and began to decoct the medicine. Li Shi watched from the side and saw that she was really skilled, so she let her go.

It was getting late now, thinking about the young ones in the family, Dou Sishan and his wife gave Dou Hua a few words and left.

After Dou Sishan and his wife left, after a while, Dou Cui poured the boiled medicinal juice into a bowl and served it to Dou Hua while it was still hot.

"Eldest sister, the medicine is ready, drink it while it's hot, don't let it stay, you must drink it all up." Dou Cui already knew her eldest sister's temper is fierce everywhere, but she is most afraid of drinking medicine, every time It is very difficult to drink medicine every time.

Dou Hua lowered her head and glanced at the pitch-black medicinal soup. The lingering bitter taste of the medicine lingered in her nose. She only felt the bitterness in her mouth. She frowned, gritted her teeth at last, and took the medicine. bowl, held his breath, and poured it into his stomach in one breath.

No matter how fast she drank, the bitterness in her mouth was still choking, her stomach and throat reacted naturally, and she wanted to vomit. Fortunately, she was alert, so she quickly stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and swallowed hard a few times with her head raised.

Dou Cui had already prepared a bowl of warm water, and quickly handed it to her to rinse her mouth.

Dou Hua took the water bowl and poured it into her mouth. It felt better, but the bitter taste still lingered in her mouth. This taste was really unpleasant.

"Sister, eat candy." Dou Hong held a small piece of malt candy in her hand and stuffed it into Dou Hua's hand.

Dou Hua usually doesn't eat sugar, but now in order to dissipate the bitter taste in her mouth, she stuffed maltose into her mouth.

"Huh~" When the maltose in her mouth melted and most of the bitterness in her mouth dissipated, Dou Hua let out a sigh of relief. There is really nothing more bitter than drinking bitter medicine soup.

"Sister, is the medicine you take really that bad?" Dou Lin asked.

"Yeah, it's very tasty, do you want to try it?" Dou Hua said.

Dou Lin shook his head violently, "It smells so bad, I don't want to drink it."

Dou Hua laughed when she heard this, touched little Dou Hong's head, and said, "Our Hong'er is so good, she knows how to give me candy."

"Candy is sweet. Elder sister won't feel bitter after eating sugar. In the future, when elder sister takes medicine, I will feed elder sister candy." Little Dou Hong said, Dou Hua looked at her cute, so she kissed her on the small face Take a sip.

Thinking of the medicinal herbs dug up before, they have not been sorted out. If they are not done properly, today’s sin will be in vain. Dou Hua called Dou Qing to bring the medicine basket, thinking that the medicinal herbs will be sorted out tonight, and Dou Qing will take them tomorrow. Change money at the pharmacy.

Two of these herbs are the herbs that Baohetang is looking for. From the halo of the herbs, it can be seen that these herbs must be valuable.

The younger ones said nothing to let Dou Hua do anything, but let her watch and guide them to tidy up. Fortunately, they had some experience in tidying up herbs a few times before, and with Dou Hua guiding them, they sorted out the herbs quickly .

Maybe it's the effect of the medicine, maybe it's because Dou Hua was too tired after going out for a day, and after taking the medicine, she was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. Seeing that the herbs were tidied up, she relaxed and fell asleep.

Dou Qing and Dou Lin went back to their room, fearing that Dou Hong would dishonestly touch Dou Hua's feet while sleeping, so Dou Cui and Dou Hong changed places, guarded Dou Hua, and carefully covered her with a thin quilt. She also put her injured foot in a good position and raised it up a little.

The next day, Dou Qing went to Baohetang with the herbs he dug in the village oxcart. When the shopkeeper saw the few herbs he had been looking for, his beard was raised with joy, and he said a few words in succession. A "good" word.

I personally went to hand the 200 taels of silver bill to Dou Qing, and asked him to keep it carefully. Hearing that Dou Hua had sprained her foot, she took out a black porcelain bottle and handed it to him, saying, "This is the best wound medicine. For the effect of swelling and blood stasis, let your sister apply it three times a day, it is better than applying any medicine."

Dou Qing was already pleasantly surprised and anxious with the two hundred silver note, now that she received the medicine, she hurriedly thanked her, carefully put the silver note in her phone, and rushed home.

Dou Hua was not too surprised when she saw that Dou Qing brought the two hundred silver bills. She deeply felt that the injury was not in vain, and she had made up for it. This silver ticket was hidden with the previous silver, thinking that when his legs and feet recovered, he went to the county to find a shop.

Injured this time, Dou Hua lay on the kang for ten days, and finally couldn't lie down anymore, so she got her siblings to agree to get off the kang by herself. In fact, the injury on her foot was not that serious. After all, it was just a sprain and it was applied medicine , I took medicine again, and it got better very quickly. The swelling subsided in seven or eight days, and it didn’t hurt so much when I moved it. Go to the ground and let her take good care of her.

In the end, she lay down for a few more days before getting out of the kang. At this time, her feet were basically fine, except for a little pain when exerting force, and she could walk freely.

The main reason why Dou Hua thinks about getting off the kang is that she has eaten so well during the time she was injured, and she already feels that the flesh she lost so hard some time ago seems to have returned.

Can she not get fat? Every day there is fish, meat, bones, etc. She doesn't eat, and the little ones just look at her eagerly, full of begging, helpless, so they can only eat more.

I can eat so well, thanks to one person, Jiang Ermeng. I don’t know how he knew about Dou Hua’s injury. From the day he knew about it, he would send all kinds of ingredients over every day, wild animals on the mountain, fish and shrimp in the river , I will buy a few big stick bones with meat every two days.

Every time he delivered food, he would not enter the door to avoid embarrassment. Every time he delivered something, he would look at Dou Hua's house in the yard before leaving, and it never stopped for many days.

The younger ones also wanted Dou Hua to eat well, and they used all the ingredients they sent. They didn't think there was anything wrong with it. This is because their future brother-in-law loves the eldest sister. They are still happy for Dou Hua .

Every time Jiang Ermeng came, a few young people called Ermeng brother sweetly, and gave him a portion of the prepared food.

Of course, every time Jiang Ermeng came here, he would not only send fish, but also occasionally a bunch of small wild flowers. Hearing that Dou Hua was afraid of suffering from taking medicine, he bought ten pieces of malt candy and sent them here.

After drinking the medicine, Dou Hua ate the sweet and greasy selling medicine candy, and she felt sweet in her heart.

(End of this chapter)