Tong Wenyao reached out and touched his head, explaining, "Sister's injury wasn't caused by chestnuts, so why not eat them? Qiu Zhen took it down, and when I'm healed, I'll cook chestnut chicken for you."

Wen Jiang sobbed and stopped crying, "Sister, next time you go up the mountain, call me and I will protect you." Tong Wen Yao felt warm in her heart and responded, "Okay."

Tong Wenyao even took the opportunity to bring out some grapes for them to eat, coaxing them into laughter and stopping their tears. After dark, Tong Wenyao went to the back mountain to fetch Pei Guanyu. Although he had been hungry all day, he ate his meal with a calm demeanor, though a little faster than usual. His slender, white hands held the chopsticks, eating without haste or slowness.

After dinner, Pei Guanyu said that he wanted to visit General Hong. Tong Bo heard this and a flash of inspiration came to his mind, but he couldn't grasp it. Second Aunt asked Tong Bo to take him to visit her since they would sleep together at night anyway.

They will probably have to sleep on the floor tonight. Originally, Tong Wen Yao suggested that he sleep in the woodshed, but Qian's mother disagreed, so she let the eldest and second brothers sleep on the floor, and they will make do for one night.

The moment they lay on the ground, they realized that the house was really no longer viable. In the middle of the night, Tong Wenyao knocked on the door and said anxiously, "Yao'er, Master Pei has a fever and is unconscious."

The village doctor couldn't be called in the middle of the night, so Tong Wen Yao had to get up and see him. In the dim moonlight, her mother put clothes on her, and then called Tong Wen Yao in to help her see the doctor.

Tong Wen Yao held a candle and helped her in. In the dim light, Pei Guanyu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and his face was very red. Tong Wen Yao reached out to touch his forehead, then quickly pulled his hand back. It was very hot!

Tong Wenyao brought her a stool to sit on, and then took Pei Guanyu's hand to feel her pulse. The cool touch made Pei Guanyu wake up drowsily, but her eyelids seemed unable to open.

Tong Wenyao frowned and took her pulse carefully. The pulse was chaotic, and there was a poison running rampant inside. This poison had been there for at least ten years. Tong Wenyao saw her expression and it seemed not good. He quickly asked, "Sister, how is he?"

Tong Wenyao shook her head. "He's been poisoned, that's why he has a fever. I'll use acupuncture to suppress the fever first, but that's only treating the symptoms. If we want to detoxify him, we need to find several kinds of herbs."

After taking out the needle, she asked Tong Wenyao to help her stand up and insert acupuncture needles into the Shaoshang acupoint, Dazhui acupoint, etc. The people present could only see her hands quickly inserting the needles. Everyone present felt scared when such a long needle was inserted into the flesh. Tong Wenyao assisted her from the side, turning over when she was asked to and raising her hands when she was asked to.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, she pulled out the needle from one of the acupuncture points. The needle tip had turned black and emitted an unpleasant smell.

This poison was too overbearing. If she hadn't discovered it while taking her pulse and switched to acupuncture with silver needles, her gold needles would have been ruined. By the time she had pulled out all the silver needles, she had already collapsed to the ground. She told Tong Wenyao to put all the silver needles away and not to touch the needles, and she went to wash her hands and go to bed.

"Yao'er, you've worked hard. Drink some water before you go to sleep." If Tong Bo hadn't said it, she wouldn't have felt thirsty. She took the cup he handed her and drank it all in one gulp.

If I had known earlier, I would not have saved him. He suffered so much. She endured the pain in her abdomen and returned to her room. She guessed that the wound had cracked again when she was given the acupuncture just now. She couldn't bear to wake them up, so Tong Wen Yao flashed into the space and changed her clothes there before coming out to sleep.

The next morning, the sky was bright outside, and light shone in through the window. Tong Wenyao finally woke up. She turned over and tried to get up, but she pulled her abdomen and let out a "hiss" in pain. When Qian's mother heard the sound, she hurried in and said, "Don't even think about going out. Heal your injury before going out."

Even if he tried to act coquettishly and wanted to go out with Qian's mother, she rejected him.

She could only lie in bed and listen to the sound of Lang Lang reading outside. During this time, Qiu Zhen came to see her, sometimes bringing some wild fruits for her to taste and chatting with her.

Every day she would lie in bed reading medical books. Whenever she heard coughing outside, she would call Pei Guanyu in to give her acupuncture.

After lying in bed for a few days, the wound had mostly healed, and Qian's mother allowed her to leave the room. She had been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in the room these days, and she was almost getting moldy from staying there all the time.

But there is also good news. The house in the workshop has been built. The materials and labor cost about one hundred and twenty taels. After the workshop is ventilated in the next two days, we can go in and make spicy strips.

Because it is wasteland, she does not have to pay taxes in the first year, and the tax will be collected only in the second year. However, her second aunt and mother will take care of it, so she doesn't have to worry.

Since Pei Guanyu woke up, he sat in the yard to bask in the sun every day, without caring at all that he had to sleep on the ground for two winters. Tong Bo thought that this must not go on, so he found Tong Wen Yao and discussed whether it was possible to build a house. He also asked the two gangs of people in the workshop to do it, otherwise the thatched house might collapse when it snowed in the winter. It was only early winter and it could still withstand the snow, but if it snowed heavily, it would probably not be able to withstand the snow.

When Tong Wen Yao heard this, she realized that this was indeed the case. She had used fifty taels of the snow lotus she had bought earlier to give to her second aunt for household expenses, and she had five hundred and fifty taels left. She could indeed use one hundred taels to buy a large brick and tile house.

Tong Bo said, "I can pay for the construction of the house. I have made a lot of money from writing storybooks." After that, he took out a silver note of one hundred taels and more than ten taels of change.

She began to praise, "Brother, you are so awesome!"

Tong Wenyao was surprised and delighted. She didn't expect her brother to be so quiet and dedicated to his career! Tong Bo said gratefully, "I have to thank my sister for the advice last time. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to earn so much."

After the two of them discussed it again, they said they could build a house on the wasteland next to it, but they thought it would be better to buy it and then build it. Tong Wenyao asked if she should ask her mother and second aunt, and Tong Bo smiled and said, "I've already said that, and now I'm going to discuss it with you."

After hearing this, she nodded, and then said, "Second brother, then you go find the village chief and buy the wasteland next to our house." Before Tong Bo left, he went to the room to get her paper and pen. Now she could sit at the table and draw the blueprint. At least there would be a room for each person, and a guest room would also need to be prepared. She prepared a courtyard with two entrances and two exits.

They live in the front yard and they live in the back yard, and then they build a bathroom in each room. The technology of using bamboo to carry water is relatively mature here, so she doesn't have to worry. However, it would be better to dig a well in the backyard. On rainy days, the water will be turbid, but the well water will not be turbid.

After Tong Bo came back, Tong Wen Yao had finished drawing the drawings, and the whole family held a collective meeting to see if there was anything that needed improvement. Of course, Pei Guanyu knew how to avoid suspicion and returned to his room.

The white blueprint was passed back and forth among the people. After the second uncle finished looking at it, he said, "It's nice to add a toilet to the room, but won't it be too smelly?"