Chapter 23 Su Ming Falls Ill
The noodle dumpling soup with rabbit meat and wild vegetables was no longer so thin that you could soak your face in it. It really made everyone full. Not to mention the children, even the adults were as happy as if it was New Year's Day.
Before Shen Yi left, Su Chunlin forced him to eat half a basket of eggs, which shocked Su Tai.
"Mom, where did Dad get the eggs?"
Han sneered, "It's because Shen Yi gave so much extra food, your father has always been thinking about it, and he knows that he won't take the money, so he secretly found someone to exchange eggs for it, and has been saving it for a while."
People are not able to eat enough these days, and very few families can afford to raise chickens, so eggs are very precious. This half basket of eggs was bought with copper coins or exchanged for grain. Some of them are worth five hundred coins.
After seeing Chen Yi off, Su Chunlin and Su Zhan closed the fence door of their home tightly, bolted the wooden door of the main room, and officially began to hibernate.
From now on, family members should lie in bed when they have nothing to do, curl up in the quilt and reduce activity. If they don’t move, they won’t be hungry, and they can eat less, thus saving food.
This makes it convenient for Su Tai to work in the earth space-time.
Now there is only one acre of land in the Earth Time and Space, and the upgrade requires the submission of one thousand kilograms of crops. Currently, two hundred and fifty kilograms of wheat have been deducted from the Earth Time and Space, and there is still a shortfall of seven hundred and fifty kilograms. There is no requirement for the variety of this crop, so she now has to allocate one-third of the land for growing vegetables.
The maturity period of vegetables is shorter than that of wheat, which can help her upgrade quickly and accumulate virtual currency. The wheat seedlings that were cleared out were not wasted, but sold directly to the automatic trading cabinet, earning 30 virtual currency.
After planting the vegetable seeds, Su Tai felt a lot more relaxed and began to think about how to survive this long winter.
Next door, Su Chunlin and his wife were planning food arrangements for their home.
"Dad, originally Chen Yi gave our family 40 kilograms of food, plus what we saved before, there are still 56 kilograms left. If our whole family tightens our belts and saves a little, we can still make it to the spring. But you exchanged 10 kilograms for eggs, plus what we have eaten at home during this period, there are only 43 kilograms left now. I'm afraid we can't make it to March!" Han sighed, frowning.
Su Chunlin also frowned, "We still have some money in hand. If it doesn't work, I'll go find Shen Yi to buy some food."
Anyway, I have already lost face once, so I am not afraid of it happening again.
This made Han's brows relax a little, but she didn't dare to relax, so she asked, "Will big brother and his family come back during the New Year?"
If Su Chunsen and his family were to return to the village to celebrate the New Year, they would have to prepare more food.
Su Chunlin shook his head decisively, his expression serious, "You ask this question every year, and I answer it every year, but when have I ever seen my eldest brother and his family come back? Besides, they have no place to stay when they come back!"
Although half of the house he lives in now was built with the help of Su Chunsen, there is indeed no extra house in the family, and the brothers Su Zhan and Su Ming are still squeezed into one room.
Han sighed helplessly, "If we have extra money, we have to build two more rooms. Apart from anything else, Ah Zhan is growing up and will get married in the future, so we have to prepare a new house for him. I don't care about other people's situations, but our family must reserve a room for Xiao Tai, otherwise she will have no place to rest when she returns to her parents' home.
We also need to prepare one or two guest rooms. If there are any extra rooms, you can go see your brother and invite them back to celebrate the New Year, right?"
Su Chunlin was deeply moved by these words.
As the couple was talking, they rolled into the bed curtains.
Su Tai originally pricked up her ears to listen, but the more she listened the more she felt something was wrong. Her face turned as red as a cooked shrimp, and she secretly complained in her heart, no wonder there were so many pregnant women in spring in ancient times, and it seemed that the couple who were locked up together in the middle of winter had nothing else to do to entertain themselves except this activity.
This kind of situation might happen again. In order to avoid eavesdropping, she had to help the family make money as soon as possible.
Once she has money, her parents' wishes will come true, and she can also have a quiet little house of her own.
A month later, the seeds planted by Su Tai sprouted and grew, and she realized that they were cabbage.
The maturity cycle of cabbage is related to the sowing season, variety and various growing conditions.
The planting conditions in the Earth Time and Space are all optimal. After only thirty days, the cabbages have almost grown. It seems that the ones Shen Yi gave her are early-maturing varieties, and it is estimated that they can be harvested in half a month.
Su Tai was happy and silently calculated the harvest time.
Before she could be happy for a few days, the door of the Su family was slammed and creaked, alarming Maodong's family.
Su Chunlin was the first to open the door and go out. Seeing that the person coming was Su Changxi, he quickly invited him in and asked, "Why are you out in such a cold weather?"
Su Changxi heard the worry in Su Chunlin's words and shook his head solemnly, "I have to go out. There is a cold in our village. Three elderly people died five days ago. Since that day, more people have died every day. Seven more died today. I can't sit still anymore. I'm going door to door to ask, is anyone in your family sick?"
Su Chunlin was shocked and shook his head repeatedly, "It's not in our family, is it serious in other families?"
"Serious! How can it not be serious? Six babies are gone, and one of them is not even a month old! Poor thing, first there was a severe drought, and now there's a cold. Why is it so hard to live?" Su Changxi wiped his tears, lamented and clapped his legs.
Seeing that Su Chunlin's family was fine, she quickly wiped her tears and went to the next house.
Han was frightened. As soon as Su Changxi left, she immediately checked the children one by one.
Everything was fine at first, but at night, Su Zhan suddenly rushed into Su Chunlin's room in a panic and shouted, "Dad, Mom, I have a fever."
Su Chunlin was so scared that he fell off the bed, and Han started crying before she even got off the bed.
The noise was so loud that Su Tai was also woken up.
By the time she got dressed and walked out of the house, candles had already been lit. Only Su Chunlin and Han were in Su Ming's room. The couple refused to let Su Zhan and Su Tai in no matter what.
The two could only stand outside the door and look around anxiously.
"Mom and Dad, is my condition serious?" Su Tai asked worriedly.
Han looked as if the sky was about to fall and was unable to answer the question at all.
Su Chunlin said in a muffled voice, "I have a fever."
"Will his forehead be very hot? Did the little brother say he was afraid of the cold, or what is his mental state?" Su Tai continued to ask.
Su Chunlin followed Su Tai's words and examined Su Ming, saying, "He doesn't look very well. He's very tired and cold."
That means the temperature is still rising. In ancient times when medical conditions were backward, colds could really be fatal.
Thinking of this, Su Tai hurriedly said, "Dad, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to go find a doctor."
"Yes! Find a doctor, find a doctor quickly!" Han seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, with an anxious look on her face.
Su Chunlin comforted her repeatedly, "Okay, okay, let's find a doctor. I'll go find a doctor when it's daybreak."
"Dad, I'll go with you. One more person means more strength." Su Tai said while gritting her teeth.
Han originally wanted to object, but then she changed her mind and thought that her daughter had now recovered and was calmer than both of them when faced with problems. It might not be a bad thing to let her daughter go with him, so she did not stop him.
(End of this chapter)
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