When they entered, Li's mother was lying on the bed. She wanted to drink water but couldn't get the cup, so she knocked it over.
Li Mei was just about to scoop water from the water tank to boil water, but she found that there was no water in the tank. She had to go quite a distance to fetch water. However, Yan Shuhua was a little worried about Li Mei's physical condition, so he took the initiative to help them fetch water.
Although it has been a while since Yan Shuhua was reborn in this era, he has never done such strenuous work as carrying water. A full bucket of water he fetched from the well would be half empty by the time it reached Li Mei's house.
During the whole journey, Yan Shuhua felt a little uncomfortable in his shoulders, but he didn't want to show it in front of them.
Li Mei hurriedly boiled some water, but because most of the firewood was wet, the fire produced thick smoke. Although there was a door between the room and the kitchen, there was a gap in the door panel, so black smoke poured in, causing Yan Shuhua to cough violently.
In less than a moment, Li Mei came in with some water and quickly gave the water to Li's mother. Li's mother was so thirsty that she drank the bowl of water in one gulp.
Yan Shuhua saw that she was in this state mainly because of overwork, so he asked her to stay in bed and rest as much as possible. However, when Li's mother heard the words "stay in bed and rest", she immediately shook her head and said, "If you don't make money, how can you live?"
I have to work every day and I can barely make ends meet. If I don’t work I’ll starve to death.
Yan Shuhua looked at Li Mei, who was alone and weak, and looked like she could only work part-time at best. Seeing how hard the family was going, she thought of the days she had with Shen Hongmei a few years ago, and suddenly she felt pity for her.
"Sister Li, if you know herbs, why don't you help me pick them in the future? I'm preparing to make some medicine at home. My fiancé has a problem with his legs and I need to cure him. If you can come and help me, I can concentrate on making medicine." Yan Shuhua said this without mentioning the reward, and Sister Li immediately agreed happily: "Okay, Shuhua, I will help you in the future."
"You can't ask for help either. I can give you some food." Yan Shuhua couldn't bear not to pay her.
"Shuhua, there's no need for this."
"Your mother and you both have to eat, don't you? I'm just inviting one person anyway, so I might as well let you come." Yan Shuhua had indeed thought about finding someone who knows about medicinal herbs to help her. Now that she has Li Mei, their difficulties have been temporarily solved. Li Mei was very happy: "Thank you, Shuhua."
Yan Shuhua smiled and said, "It's okay. I live in the next village. Come and see me when you are free."
"Okay." After seeing Yan Shuhua off, Li's mother looked at her from behind and said, "Although that woman doesn't dress well, she gives people a different vibe. I believe she will have a bright future. Sister Li, just follow her in the future."
"Mom, I think so too."
"It's a pity for your dad, ah."
"It's okay, Mom, it's all over." Li Mei felt that it was a great thing to meet Yan Shuhua. In the future, she must help her and learn some skills.
Yan Shuhua helped Li Mei, but failed to collect herbs after spending most of the day. Seeing that it was getting late, she hurried back to the village. Just as she arrived in the village, the postman came and said that there was a letter from the city. Yan Shuhua opened the envelope and found that it was from Liu Cuiman. When she saw the contents, she felt upset.
When Yan Shuhua got home, he talked to Shen Hongmei about the contents of the letter: "Liu Cuiman said that she used the skin care products we gave her and her face became allergic. She wanted to trouble me to see how we would deal with it."
Shen Hongmei was cooking. When she heard about this, she was afraid of getting into trouble, so she asked anxiously, "No way, you and I both used it well, why did they become allergic to it?"
"I saw that Liu Cuiman and her daughter both had other skin care products before, so I was afraid that they would use two things together and have a bad reaction or allergy."
After listening to this, Shen Hongmei sighed and said, "Don't worry about this mother and daughter."
How could Yan Shuhua know that she was now wholeheartedly treating Xiao Jinchu, and now so many annoying things had come up. She thought that if she really had to go to the city, it would be bad if the mother and daughter made a scene in the countryside.
She didn't care, but if Xiao Jinchu's identity was exposed and caused trouble, this would be the result that Yan Shuhua least wanted to see.
"Shuhua, what should we do?" Shen Hongmei thought for a while and came up with a solution: "How about I go to the city to check on them? Otherwise, this mother and daughter will not stop."
Yan Shuhua put the letter away and didn't want to deal with this matter for the time being: "Anyway, her family has plenty of money. If she has an allergy, she will go to the doctor. Don't worry about her."
"Is this reasonable?" Shen Hongmei was just afraid that the mother and daughter would not cause any other trouble. Just when the two of them didn't know what to do, Xiao Jinchu suddenly interrupted and said, "I have a plan. I'll ask Song Yan to go back and ask my mother to ask a doctor to treat them."
Xiao Jinchu's idea came at a very timely moment, and Shen Hongmei agreed immediately: "That's fine."
His suggestion was indeed the best solution at the moment, but Yan Shuhua was still worried: "It's okay, but I just asked the captain for his job. What if I say my cousin is gone now?"
"Just say you're going back to visit your relatives." Xiao Jinchu thought it was very simple.
"Okay then." Yan Shuhua could only nod.
Yan Shuhua thought that since Song Yan had gone to work, there would be no one to chop firewood, so she wanted to chop some firewood while she had some free time, otherwise she would have no fire to warm herself by at night. As a result, when she went outside, she saw a pile of chopped firewood.
"Hey, isn't Song Yan not at home today? How come the firewood is still chopped well?" Yan Shuhua looked at Xiao Jinchu: "Could it be that you chopped the firewood?"
"Yeah." Xiao Jinchu nodded. Yan Shuhua's disbelieving eyes moved from his face to the wheelchair he was sitting in: "You're doing this while sitting in a wheelchair?"
"Um."
Xiao Jinchu didn't want to see her tired so he took on all the work. He would do those things that could be done by hand.