Doctor Lin comforted her: "As long as there is no long-term contact, she shouldn't be infected immediately. After all, she didn't continue to touch the jade pendant."

"That's good." Mother Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

When she spoke to Doctor Lin, she did not lower her voice. It happened that Doctor Lin lived in the same cave with the Zhao family, and the villagers in the cave heard it.

Old Lady Zhao gloated behind Mother Chu's back, "Bah, it really serves her right. Didn't Mother Chu treasure that foreigner Zhou Jiaojiao? And in the end, the fool still has no son to carry on the family line. It would be better if he got infected and died."

When Shen Lin heard what Chu's mother said, her brows furrowed slightly. She couldn't help but recall whether this had happened when she was following Zhou Jiaojiao before.

But at first she couldn't keep up.

There is a blank period in between.

It's not certain at all.

But it was this uncertainty that made her even more afraid of being infected.

She glanced at the jade pendant in the space and thought that the energy in the jade had been absorbed, leaving only gray and inferior jade.

Shen Lin looked at Mrs. Zhao and said, "Mom, I'm going to take Xiaochuan to the bathroom."

"Don't go too far. If you get lost, I won't wait for you. If anything happens to Xiaochuan, I'll take care of you." Mrs. Zhao was rude to Chen Lin and almost cursed at her.

Shen Lin's face darkened as she led her son out of the cave.

Zhao Xiaochuan stumbled after her and said, "Mom, I don't want to pee."

"Xiaochuan, mom will take you to eat something delicious." Shen Lin lowered her voice and whispered in Zhao Xiaochuan's ear. The child was indeed happy and became very obedient.

This side.

Chu's mother brought Doctor Lin and the village chief to the cave and explained everything to everyone.

She asked Chu San to bring Zhou Jiaojiao to see Dr. Lin.

Zhou Jiaojiao was used to being held and did not resist.

But in the eyes of other villagers, the Chu family really regarded Zhou Jiaojiao as a treasure.

For a moment, many people felt complicated.

Doctor Lin has already examined Zhou Jiaojiao.

He checked her first and asked her if she had a cough, felt unwell, etc. Zhou Jiaojiao naturally shook her head.

"It seems that he is not infected, which is a good thing."

Doctor Lin came to this conclusion.

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing this, the other people in the cave finally calmed down.

"But you must have had a miscarriage before, and you took medicine in time, which barely saved the baby. But don't hit your abdomen violently in the future, and you must take the medicine to preserve the pregnancy."

"Thank you, Doctor Lin."

Chu's mother sent the person away and gave him half a steamed bun. Doctor Lin did not refuse. His family had little food but a lot of medicinal herbs. Maybe someone was willing to exchange food for medicinal herbs now, but when everyone has nothing to eat, they will just bear the illness and he will be of no use.

After seeing off Doctor Lin and the village chief.

Chu's mother and Zhou Jiaojiao tacitly did not mention Chen Lin's weirdness, mainly because they didn't know what methods the other party had.

There is no need to confront the other party.

"Mom, what happened? Is my third sister-in-law okay?" Zeng Wenling asked.

"It's okay. She just felt a little unwell before, so she asked Doctor Lin to check her out to avoid getting the whole family in trouble."

Zeng Wenling said "oh". She didn't care herself, but she didn't want to implicate the child. She agreed with Zhou Jiaojiao's approach of taking the initiative to diagnose and treat the child instead of hiding it.

"Third sister-in-law did a great job. Don't be afraid to seek medical treatment."

"Madam, okay, okay." Chu San also nodded seriously.

"Oh, oh, oh, Uncle San loves his wife very much."

Chu Erbao and several other children were surrounding Chu San and teasing him.

But Chu San was very cooperative.

He stood there holding Zhou Jiaojiao and grinned foolishly.

Zhou Jiaojiao blushed. She had never experienced such a moment before, especially when she saw Zeng Wenling and Chu Xiaomei looking at her with teasing and shy eyes.

Zhou Jiaojiao: ...

"Mother, my husband hasn't come back yet."

Mrs. Chu finished the work at hand and looked around. She didn't find Brother Chu, so she walked to Mother Chu and asked worriedly.

Chu's mother said: "Don't worry, he will be back soon."

"Oh." Mrs. Chu was relieved.

"Go call the second brother and the others over and grind up these fern roots. They can be eaten as dry food. Your third brother and the others brought them back. Let them have a good rest."

Mrs. Chu had no objection to this arrangement, and when she walked over she called out to Brother Chu and Mrs. Chu.

Zhou Jiaojiao also heard it.

She patted Chu San's arm and asked him to hold her and go over.

"Jiaojiao, why are you and the third brother here? It's just a small thing. It will be done in a moment." Mother Chu gave her a disapproving look.

After Zhou Jiaojiao sat down cross-legged, Chu San followed her and sat down obediently beside her.

Zhou Jiaojiao didn't need to say anything, she just reached out and started grinding fern root powder.

"Mom, it's okay. Everyone is tired and we'll be done soon."

"Oh, there are four pounds of meat left. Can we make it into jerky?"

"Well, I'll cut it. It has to be cooked and made into jerky." Chu's mother was very familiar with these tasks. In addition, there was salt in the smoked meat, so it could be eaten at any time after it was dried.

Brother Chu came back half an hour later.

He walked into the cave and, with the dim light of the fire, walked over to Mrs. Chu and sat down.

At first Zhou Jiaojiao didn't notice anything.

After cleaning up and grinding the root powder, Zhou Jiaojiao remembered that she had not yet distributed the cakes to the children, so she went to ask Chu San to get them for her to share. Then she saw Brother Chu handing her a jade pendant.

Isn’t this the jade pendant that Chen Lin took away?

She didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Chen Lin threw it away so quickly?" she was surprised.

Brother Zhou nodded in response without saying anything.

However, there was a hint of strangeness and confusion in his eyes, but no one noticed, so he didn't say anything.

"Really..." Zhou Jiaojiao was a little sarcastic, but it was good that the thing could be retrieved. However, seeing that the jade pendant seemed to be much darker, she knew that the energy inside had probably been sucked away.

She casually put it in her pocket, and to avoid trouble, she put it into the system space.

"You guys should go and have some rest." Mother Chu yawned and said.

"good."

Chu San carried Zhou Jiaojiao back to their cart.

There were quite a few things on the cart at this moment, including quilts and mats, which were all taken away when they left home.

Zhou Jiaojiao spread the mat and lay down directly.

Chu San lay down beside her and served as a human cushion.

"Husband, why doesn't my brother like to talk?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked suddenly.

Chu San was a little slow to react, "Brother... your words are not nice and will offend people."

Forehead?

Yeah?

Zhou Jiaojiao didn't understand what Chu San said at this time.

But until I heard Brother Chu speak in person and saw that he could offend eight hundred people with just one sentence, I understood why he didn't like to talk.

Zhou Jiaojiao closed her eyes tiredly and fell asleep. She vaguely felt a pair of warm hands caressing her abdomen, which made her feel warm and comfortable.

Too tired all day.

Zhou Jiaojiao didn't even dream all night and slept comfortably until morning.