Chapter 42: Trivia in the First Month

He seemed to have been drinking and was staggering as he walked.

"I just came back from my father-in-law's house. My brothers-in-law took turns getting me drunk. I almost passed out." Doctor Hu said, "Luckily I have hangover pills."

"Is there any other good stuff like that?"

"Of course, I don't have anything," said Doctor Hu. "I wanted to go to bed when I got home, but that woman insisted on rushing me to come and see how you've been doing these past few days. She said that the medicine was so expensive, and nothing could go wrong."

"My sister-in-law treats me well, I remember it in my heart!" Lu Qiniang laughed heartily, "It's nothing, don't you think this is good?"

Doctor Hu rechecked her pulse and said, "Well, take the medicine for half a month to clear out the...dirt. Then you can rely on yourself and slowly lose weight."

"It's okay, don't worry." Lu Qiniang said, "I'm not a young lady about to get married. It doesn't matter whether I look good or not. As long as I'm healthy, it's fine. You can check on Xiao Yan again. He followed me to cut ice today. I'm afraid he might hurt his broken bones..."

"Chopping ice?" Divine Doctor Hu almost jumped up. "Lu Qinniang, are you crazy? You're taking medicine and doing such heavy physical work? I really... deserve to die!"

He was so angry that he spoke without thinking.

"No, no, I was pulled back by Xiao Yan." Lu Qiniang said, "I'm not going anymore. I was thinking of doing some lighter work. You go around the streets and treat people. If anyone needs help, please keep an eye on them for me."

"Work, work, work. If you don't work for a day, will you die?"

"If you're alive, you have to work," Lu Qiniang said, "I can't lie down."

Doctor Hu didn't bother to pay attention to her and said to Xiao Yan, "It's okay, just take care of it slowly, it won't affect anything. Just don't be like someone who always wants to do heavy work."

A fracture in this area of ​​the ribs is not a serious matter as long as it does not involve the internal organs.

Xiao Yan thanked him and asked another question: "I feel better day by day, and I have more strength... Before, I thought my hands and feet were useless..."

This was something that puzzled him.

Because he was previously forced to drink poison while in the imperial prison, which was said to have destroyed all his martial arts skills.

But now it seems that everything is fine?

"Isn't it fine? What's wrong with it? I told you long ago that you're not sick. Stop pretending to be sick and help your abandoned mother with her work. Don't bully the fool! I tell you, the fool has a brother!"

He puffed out his chest.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "I dare not. Thank you, Doctor Hu."

Doctor Hu stood up to leave.

Lu Qiniang held him back and said, "Since you're here, why don't you come with me to see Grandma Sun? She's all alone and helpless, and it's pitiful."

"You pity others, but who will pity you?" Doctor Hu said angrily, "Lu Qinniang, stop it. Stay home and finish taking the medicine for the next two weeks!"

"I'll watch over her." Xiao Yan suddenly said.

"Watch him and tie him up."

Lu Qi Niang laughed.

Daya said, "Mother, I will accompany Doctor Hu there. You can rest at home. If there is anything, I will tell you when I get back. I won't miss anything."

Doctor Hu was delighted when he heard this. "Daya, do you want to be my daughter-in-law?"

"Bah! There's a ten-year age difference between them! Your son can't get married? He's only three years old and he's asking for a wife every day!"

Doctor Hu: "It's a bit big... What a pity."

Daya blushed.

Lu Qiniang said, "But since we've come to this point today, can you please keep an eye on Daya? I've decided that marrying into the family doesn't necessarily mean I have to. It's really hard to find a good one... but the person has to be a good person, and have a good family tradition..."

She thought that marrying into the Zhang family's family was just a delaying tactic to deceive the Zhang family.

When she saves some more money, she can return the house to the Zhang family.

Although I am reluctant to leave after living here for so many years, my daughter's happiness is obviously more important.

Daya said: "Mother——"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Daya came back after a while and told Lu Qiniang that Doctor Hu said that Mrs. Sun was fine.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"But I also said that at her age, she can just go if she wants to."

Lu Qiniang: “…”

I hope Sun Shun can bless his grandmother with a long life in the underworld.

Because Doctor Hu repeatedly emphasized that Lu Qiniang was not allowed to work, Lu Qiniang enjoyed a vacation she had never had before for the next half month.

But for her, it was real torment.

She wants to work!

She didn't want to stay at home every day, where the only thing she could do was feed the dog and turn the eggs to hatch chicks.

She put the chicks on the kang, wrapped them in a quilt to keep them warm, and turned them over several times a day.

On the seventh day, she looked carefully under the light and picked out four eggs without embryos.

"There are still eighteen left. It will be fine as long as I can feed ten of them." Lu Qiniang said to herself.

In another half a month, the chicks will hatch.

Daya was a needlework worker. She could embroider a purse every two days and earn twenty cents.

For this job, the fabric and needles and thread were provided by the shop, so I only earned twenty cents, but I was busy embroidering from the moment I opened my eyes in the morning until the night.

Lu Qiniang was afraid that she would hurt her eyes and neck, so she asked her to embroider one every four days.

Only Daya is strong-willed and gets up early and goes to bed late.

Erya was doing nothing, so Lu Qiniang scolded her.

Erya said unconvincedly, "I've made up my mind. After the Lantern Festival, I'll find a job."

"What kind of work are you looking for?"

"I won't tell you yet, but I think I can definitely do it. By then, I can make at least three hundred dollars a month!"

"Stop bragging! Whatever you do, you have to ask me first, okay?"

"I know, I know. Are you annoying?" Erya faced the water in the basin, shook it left and right to adjust it, and used it as a mirror.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Lu Qiniang drank the last bowl of medicine, indicating that she was going out to do something big today!

She's going to buy a pig!

This concerns the family's livelihood for the whole year and is the biggest thing.

The whole family was mobilized, even Xiao Yan had to go.

"The place where pigs are sold stinks. Can you handle it?" Lu Qiniang advised him not to go.

"I can do it."

Take things as they come.

Xiao Yan has become accustomed to the new life and has also been influenced by Lu Qiniang. Now he wants to live seriously.

Just for myself and this little family.

He is now more grounded than ever before.

"Okay, I'll teach you how to pick a pig. I'm really good at it." Lu Qin's mother looked proud.

She is an expert in raising pigs.

The morning glow shone on her face, casting a soft glow on her red, frozen face, and also illuminating the bright, happy anticipation in her eyes.

"Who knows? If you go out more, you might even find a way to make money! By the way," Lu Qiniang said with a smile, "I know over eighty characters now. I'm going to go out and find some more to learn."

She has been very busy in the past half month!

Not only does she know how to do the splits, she also knows so many other words.