Chapter 413: Get well? Work like an ox or a horse
Luo Xinxin didn't ask any more questions. At around seven or eight o'clock in the evening, someone in the family building set off fireworks. The children's laughter and cheers came in, and her interest was aroused. She took out a box of fireworks and took the children out to set them off.
Luo Weian and the high priest were still drinking and expressing their feelings, so no one paid any attention to them.
Luo Xinxin likes to set off a kind of firework called the little bee. After the fuse is lit, it will spin rapidly like a flower, which is very beautiful.
Da Mao, Er Mao and Li Long like to set off rockets. After the fuse is lit, the rockets will soar into the sky with a whoosh and then explode with a bang.
Li Long also liked this and played with the two children. They inserted the sky rockets into tree holes, soil, wall cracks, or held them in their hands. This was more exciting and the three children all had a lot of fun.
Old Mrs. Luo in the house listened to the laughter outside and felt even sadder. She was in this state, but no one came to care about her. Was she dead and no one was collecting her body?
The door opened and Zhi Honglan came in to deliver food.
Before the meal, Luo Xinxin asked her to leave some rice for Old Lady Luo and send it over after the New Year's Eve dinner. She took some of each dish and put it on the stove to warm it up. It is still hot now.
"Xiaozhi... I'm going to die..."
Seeing Zhi Honglan, Old Mrs. Luo felt aggrieved again and cried like Xianglin Sao.
"Auntie, eat!"
Zhi Honglan put the food on the table and helped Old Mrs. Luo get out of bed.
She said she was not hungry, but when she smelled the delicious food, her stomach started to growl and she finished all the food that was served to her.
Zhi Honglan smiled and said that since he could still eat so much, he must be fine.
"Xiaozhi, they have no conscience. They don't even come to see me. You're the best..."
After eating her fill, Old Mrs. Luo pulled Zhi Honglan and started crying again.
"Auntie, I'm going to wash the dishes."
Zhi Honglan pulled her hand out, not wanting to listen to Old Lady Luo saying bad things about the boss. The boss was such a good person, but it was this old woman who did bad things all the time. However, she was just here to help, and she couldn't get involved in the boss's household affairs, so she didn't listen or say anything, and just worked.
"Don't go, help me get on the bed!"
Old Mrs. Luo still had no strength left and wanted Zhi Honglan to help her lie down on the bed, but Zhi Honglan had already left, so she had to slowly move back to the bed by herself.
Luo Xinxin was having so much fun playing with the children that she forgot about treating Old Lady Luo. When she remembered, it was already New Year's Day.
Breakfast was also delivered by Zhi Honglan. Old Mrs. Luo was lying on the bed, but her appetite did not decrease at all. Luo Weian checked her pulse again and was sure that the old woman was pretending to be sick, so he did not give her a good look.
After breakfast, Luo Xinxin called Li Long to see Old Mrs. Luo.
"What illness can a child have? Your grandfather can't cure it."
Old Mrs. Luo didn't believe that Li Long could treat illnesses at all.
"Then just lie down and wait to die. When you die, I'll burn you and throw you into the ditch to feed the fish!"
Luo Xinxin retorted coldly, and Mrs. Luo immediately became obedient.
Li Long pretended to take her pulse and asked her to stick out her tongue and roll her eyelids, acting like an old Chinese doctor. Old Mrs. Luo believed him a little bit. Luo Weian also followed this procedure when he treated patients. This kid might really have some skills!
"My master has had this disease before. You feel weak all over and even have trouble getting out of bed, but your appetite is not affected."
"Yes, yes, that's right. Doctor...can my illness be cured?"
Old Mrs. Luo was extremely excited; all the symptoms the child described matched her symptoms.
"It can be cured. The person my master cured is still alive and well!"
Li Long spoke in a certain tone, and Mrs. Luo burst into tears of joy. She finally didn't have to die.
"Little doctor, please give me a prescription quickly. I'll take the medicine right away!"
"Your illness is a disease of the rich. It's caused by a lack of exercise in your body cells, which leads to muscle weakness. You don't need to take medicine. You can recover by working every day."
Li Long's expression was extremely serious, and he spoke as if it were the truth.
Luo Xinxin pressed the corners of her mouth hard. She had to hold back and not ruin her uncle Long's plan to play a prank on her.
Old Mrs. Luo frowned. She had been in the Luo family for decades and had never heard of this kind of disease caused by affluence. Could this child be deceiving her?
"I still want to take medicine."
Old Mrs. Luo doesn't want to work at all and would rather take bitter medicine.
"If you don't work, you'll die!"
Li Long's expression became even more serious, which frightened Mrs. Luo. She whispered, "I can't even get out of bed now. I can't do anything even if I want to!"
"It's okay, as long as you get moving, you'll get more energetic!"
Li Long handed her a glass of water with the antidote he had added in it, which would take effect ten minutes after drinking it.
Old Mrs. Luo was thirsty, so she drank half a glass of water and decided to try it for an hour. If it didn't work, she would lie down again.
She lifted her feet with difficulty and slowly moved to the door to get the broom. It took her ten minutes to walk just a few meters. After getting the broom, she suddenly realized that she had strength.
"I'm fine!"
Old Mrs. Luo shook her hands happily and kicked her feet. Her arms and legs were back to normal.
"If you don't work, you will become like before. If you want to get better, you have to work and can't stop!" Li Long said.
Old Mrs. Luo was so scared that she started sweeping the floor immediately. The more she swept, the more energetic she became. The room was not big, so she finished sweeping the floor quickly. She then went to get a basin of water to wipe the table and windows. She worked for a full hour and her waist was sore from exhaustion.
"Take a break, your waist will break if you keep doing this!"
Old Mrs. Luo pounded her waist and sat down to rest. She sat there for two hours, and then she discovered in despair that her body was weak again.
"How could I get such a strange disease? God, you must be blind!"
Old Mrs. Luo questioned God sadly. She had never hurt anyone in her life, so why did she get this fatal disease of affluence? Did she have to toil like an ox or a horse for the rest of her life?
If she had known that this would be the case, she might as well have married the accountant her mother had chosen!
Old Mrs. Luo was sad for a while, then continued to work. This time she went to Luo Xinxin's room to clean. She mopped the floor spotlessly clean and wiped the windows until they were transparent. She even made Zhi Honglan feel a sense of crisis, so she immediately picked up a hoe and went to the vegetable garden to open up wasteland.
Looking at the greatly changed old lady Luo, Luo Weian felt like he was dreaming. This old woman had been married to him for decades and had never been so diligent. Could it be a last gasp of glory?
Luo Weian took her pulse again and found it was stronger than a sow's. He guessed that she would definitely live longer than him, so he ignored her.
Old Mrs. Luo tried several more times. She could only feel relieved for one to two hours after working. If she didn't continue working, her body would become weak again. Helplessly, she could only continue to work like a beast of burden, working at least five hours a day.
Throughout the first month of the lunar year, she was wiping tables, mopping the floor, cleaning windows, washing clothes, and washing bed sheets. She was spinning like a top and was so busy that she didn't even have time to talk.
Luo Xinxin silently gave Li Long a thumbs up. This transformation plan was quite successful. If Old Mrs. Luo could keep it up like this, she would still be willing to support her.
"Xiao Luo, what's wrong with your grandma? She snatched my clothes and tried to wash them, but I refused and she kept crying."
Li Guimei came out of the bathroom and ran over to inquire.
"Let her wash, she's losing weight!" Luo Xinxin said with a smile.
"No wonder, she does look a bit thinner. Your grandma either doesn't work at all or when she does, she's more industrious than an old ox."
Li Guimei had no doubt that Mrs. Luo was indeed too fat and needed to lose weight.
But this old lady is too polarized. She was too lazy to grow hair before, but now she is so busy that she looks like she is possessed by a millstone devil.
Li Long originally planned to go home on the tenth day of the first lunar month, but Luo Xinxin asked him to wait until after the Lantern Festival before leaving, and she also called his school to ask for leave. Anyway, the child is smart and has already taught himself up to the fourth grade. He will skip a grade next semester, so it doesn't matter if he misses a few days of classes.
After the Lantern Festival, Li Long and the high priest went back together. Luo Xinxin bought sleeper tickets for them. When they left, Li Long secretly gave her two packets of medicine powder, one packet was cartilage powder and the other packet was an antidote.
"Half a year is enough for your grandma to develop a good habit of working. This is half a year's supply of medicine. If she makes trouble again, continue giving her more medicine!"
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