When he heard that Lu Xiao was not at home, Lu Jie turned around and left, "Then I'll go to the corn field to find him."

Jiang Wanwan looked puzzled. Seeing that the sun was about to set, she prepared to go to the kitchen to cook dinner. Before she could decide what to cook in the evening, Lu Xiao came back.

The man's expression was also a little serious and a little uncomfortable.

"Do you have any more of that fever-reducing medicine? My second brother's child, Xiaoqing, is sick. She's had a high fever all day and it won't go away. The village barefoot doctor saw her, but it didn't help. The town clinic is closed now. My second brother just asked me to borrow the oxcart so I can accompany him to take the child to the county hospital. The team leader said the oxcart has to be put to work tomorrow."

In fact, not only do we have to work in the fields, the most important thing is that it has just rained.

The mountain road is difficult to walk on. If something happens, the cattle are the property of the whole village.

Jiang Wanwan looked at his expression and didn't ask any more questions. "Come on, I'll go with you to take a look."

Because they are insignificant supporting characters, the text does not introduce the Lu family in detail, and only briefly mentions the villain Lu Xiao later.

At that time, Lu Xiao almost turned evil and treated his family coldly.

She originally thought that he didn't have much affection for the Lu family, but judging from how he treated Chunsheng and Chunshu, it seemed that was not entirely true.

Now that Second Brother Lu has come to them for help again, she can't just sit back and watch.

When Brother Lu and his wife gave her the money to recognize her as a relative, she didn't feel embarrassed or unhappy at all.

The two of them soon arrived at the Lu family's old house.

There was no work in the fields this afternoon, so everyone was at home. When it was time to cook, the lights in the kitchen were still off, and several couples were crowded in Lu Jie's room.

Jiang Wanwan followed Lu Xiao directly into the house. Lu Jie and his eldest sister-in-law were standing on the ground, while his second sister-in-law Wang Sanni and Lu's mother were sitting on the kang.

Xiao Qingqing was lying between the two of them, covered with a thick small and large quilt, which almost covered her head.

Jiang Wanwan frowned slightly when she saw this scene. Even though she had never raised a child, she knew that a child with a fever should not be covered.

This is not conducive to the body's heat dissipation.

On the way here, she remembered that the original text seemed to mention that Brother Lu's eldest daughter became mentally retarded due to a high fever when she was a child.

It was also a plot that was mentioned briefly, without specifying the time and her age.

Looking at it now, it's probably this time.

Mother Lu didn't expect that Lu Xiao brought Jiang Wanwan with him. She felt a little uncomfortable with this educated youth's third daughter-in-law.

Just as she was about to get off the kang, Jiang Wanwan stopped her, "Mom, I'm coming to see the child."

She greeted Wang Sanni again before lifting the quilt.

I saw that Xiao Qingqing's little face was burning red, her little mouth was dry and peeling, she closed her eyes, and twitched from time to time. When I touched her forehead, it was incredibly hot.

"Mom, this won't do. We need to take off the quilt. If we keep covering the child like this, he'll get hurt."

Without further ado, Jiang Wanwan pulled off the quilt.

No one in the room expected her to do this. Even Lu Jie and Lu Xiao, who were talking, looked over.

Wang Sanni held her hand, with a look of anxiety on her face.

"Sister-in-law, Dr. Li Man from the village said that Xiaoqing had a fever because she caught a cold. She needs to cover herself up and sweat."

Mother Lu thought Jiang Wanwan had good intentions and perhaps just didn't understand, so she followed suit and explained.

"I was examined by Doctor Li Man this morning. I took medicine, but I just couldn't sweat. Doctor Li Man said that if I can't sweat, the fever won't go away. I'll sweat if I cover myself up more."

Jiang Wanwan also understood them. Back then, there was no developed Internet to popularize medical knowledge at any time. People's cultural level was generally not high, so they naturally believed whatever the doctor said.

But Li Man was just a barefoot doctor without any credentials.

These days, barefoot doctors had no guarantee for their treatment. Even if they killed someone, they would think it was the person's bad luck and that they were destined to die, and would not blame the doctor.

"Mom, I gave Qingqing medicine this morning, and she's not feeling better yet, which means it's ineffective. I brought some medicine with me, let's try a different one. Also, Qingqing can't keep running this hot. Feel her forehead with my second sister-in-law to see how hot it is. If she keeps running this hot, her brain will get burned. Let's lift the quilt to help her cool down."

Jiang Wanwan had already prepared the medicine when she arrived.

Fortunately, there was a shortage of antipyretic drugs in the pharmacy at that time. One time, she couldn't buy adult antipyretic drugs but had Motrin for children, so she bought a bottle directly.

There is only about half a bottle left now, and the label on the outside of the bottle has been removed.

"Brother, do you have a small spoon? Please bring me a spoon."

Since he failed to borrow an ox cart just now, Lu Jie originally planned to let his third brother take the children to the commune clinic with him early tomorrow morning.

As a result, the third brother said he would think of a way, and who knew that his third brother's wife was brought here in a short while.

At this moment, he had not yet reacted to Jiang Wanwan's action of lifting the quilt, and asked for a spoon again, so he responded subconsciously.

Just as I was about to look for a spoon, my sister-in-law next to me called out.

"Hey, Third Sister-in-law, even if you're an educated youth who studied two years longer than us, you can say whatever you want, but you can't take medicine carelessly. Doctor Li Man told me to keep it under wraps. Are you any better than that doctor? Then why would you farm?"

After she said this, Lu Jie became hesitant and looked at Lu Xiao for help.

The latter said calmly, "I can go with you to the commune clinic tomorrow. Do you think it's okay for the child to wait like this for another night?"

Of course he was not sure, otherwise he would not have asked Lu Xiao to borrow an ox cart from the team and go to the county overnight.

"I'll get it," Lu Jie no longer hesitated.

"What's the question of whether this is feasible or not? You're just making a mountain out of a molehill. Chunsheng and Chunshu have all been sick and had a fever before, and everyone has just taken a pill and sweated it out. But she's so squeamish that she has to go to the hospital? Is that a hospital you can just go to whenever you want? A shot there costs several dollars, it's ridiculously expensive."

No one paid attention to Zhang Xiu Lan's words, and after a while Lu Jie brought a small spoon.

Jiang Wanwan had already noted the dosage beforehand, and was about to pour the medicine out after unscrewing the bottle cap, when someone snatched the spoon away.

Zhang Xiu Lan looked at the bottle of medicine and said with a look of "I'm doing this for your own good."

"I say, Mr. and Mrs. Lao, even if you are desperate and want to try any possible means, you can't treat your child's life lightly, right? Even though she's just a girl, she's still a life. How can you let her do this to you? You didn't listen to Dr. Li Man, but listened to an amateur. Think about it, if anything happens to Xiaoqing, will you regret it?"

After that, she turned to Lu's mother and said, "Mom, I know you favor the third son and his wife, but as the eldest sister-in-law, I really can't stand it. The third son's wife just picked up some medicine and said it can cure the disease. Look at her medicine bottle and the color of the medicine. Is this medicine for curing the disease? Whose medicine is this color? Xiaoqing is your granddaughter."

Merrill Lynch: Blame me for designing me in the color that children like!

"And Third Brother's wife, even if you want to show off in front of others, you can't joke about the child's life, right? The child is so young, can you really bear it?"

Zhang Xiulan's face was full of sarcasm, as if Jiang Wanwan really wanted to kill her for money.