Chapter 258 Water Pressure Well
After Chu Hong returned home, she complained to her family: "People are so greedy that they think we got the upper hand when the money was divided."
Chu Dan immediately agreed: "That's right, why don't they think about the fact that they can pay so much money because of you and our father's efforts?"
Secretary Song was very calm about this: "This is the human heart."
However, that evening, Song Xiaojun's biological father came to the house with a jar of fermented fish to apologize on behalf of his son.
Secretary Song couldn't refuse and finally had to stay.
It’s amazing that the fermented rice fish smelled really good. I steamed a few pieces of it in the evening and ate them. They were so salty and tasty that Chu Hong wanted to learn this craft.
"It doesn't have any fishy smell at all." Chu Hong couldn't help but praise: "It's really delicious, isn't it? Let's get two fish and ask them to teach us how to pickle the fish."
Wu Xiu also nodded in agreement: "This wine-grown fish is indeed delicious, even better than our grandma's cooking."
Secretary Song shook his head and said, "That requires wine lees first, and it has to be summer. When you still remember it, let them come and help teach you."
Gu Ci, who had finished his meal, also spoke up: "Mom, do you have any antipyretic medicine?"
"Yes." Wu Xiu immediately looked at him and asked with concern: "Who is feeling unwell?"
He seemed to be in good spirits and had a good appetite. He ate two large bowls of rice and didn't look like he was sick.
"Jiang Mingche seems to have a fever." Even though Gu Ci didn't want Song Dongzheng and Jiang Mingche to get too close to his family, it was indeed Jiang Mingche's credit that nothing serious happened at the farm this time.
Therefore, if he saw something was wrong with him, Gu Ci would pretend not to notice.
Wu Xiu said, "Then I'll go see him."
After saying that, she looked at her man.
It was dark outside and she didn't want to go out alone.
Of course, Secretary Song would not let her go out alone, so he immediately stood up and said, "I'll get the flashlight and the medicine box, and we'll go take a look together."
As soon as they left the house, Chu Tong cleaned up the dishes diligently: "I'll clean it up, you guys go wash your feet first."
Xiao Yuer didn't want to sleep yet, so he came to Chu Hong and whispered, "Second Aunt, shall we play cards?"
There aren’t many ways to play card games nowadays, and children just like to play solitaire.
Chu Hong was also willing to play with her: "Okay, go get the cards."
On the other side, Secretary Song accompanied Wu Xiu to where Jiang Mingche and others lived, and saw Song Dongzheng cleaning up the dishes.
After hearing their purpose, Song Dongzheng was also very grateful: "Secretary, Doctor Wu, thank you so much for thinking of us."
"He felt cold earlier, so we let him lie down after dinner."
Wu Xiu first measured his temperature with a mercury thermometer and felt his pulse before saying, "It's 39 degrees. The chills and fever are a sign of a cold. I'll go get some Chinese medicine. You can boil it for him to drink for two days."
She said calmly: "If you don't get better tomorrow, go find Lao Jia to check your pulse. Her medical skills are better than mine."
Now Old Jia is well-known in the village. He has cured many children's coughs and relieved the old people's back and leg pain. Secretary Song also specifically asked everyone not to spread this matter.
It’s no wonder that country people tend to stick together and they really hope there is a doctor in the village so that they don’t have to go anywhere to get treatment when they get sick.
Therefore, everyone had a tacit understanding and nothing was spread out.
But Song Dongzheng and Jiang Mingche had been in the village for a long time and they both knew about this.
Originally, Wu Xiu thought that there was nothing wrong with the prescription he wrote. After all, the most common diseases in the countryside are colds and fevers.
Unfortunately, by the next afternoon, Jiang Mingche's fever had not subsided and he was still feeling unwell. When Wu Xiu found out, she went to ask Lao Jia to help her see a doctor.
This was also a good opportunity to learn, so Wu Xiu specially asked her three daughters to go with her.
After feeling Jiang Mingche's pulse, Lao Jia wrote another prescription: "You previously used Nepeta, Saposhnikovia, Ginger, Chaihuo, Poria, Licorice, Qianghuo and Duhuo, which are indeed suitable for those with severe cold on the surface, but you need to add Ephedra and Cinnamon Twig to enhance the effect of warming and dispersing cold."
"Besides, he was worried and anxious, so it was not easy for him to get better."
Wu Xiu listened very carefully and even wrote it down in her notes: "Should we increase or decrease the amount?"
Lao Jia handed her the prescription he had written and said, "Follow this."
After that, he looked to the side again. Jiang Yu, whose face was uneasy and eyes were red, whispered, "His disease is easily contagious, and the child's resistance is not very good. Why don't you come back with me?"
Jiang Yu shook his little head like a rattle and cried, "No, I don't want to leave Dad. I want to take care of Dad."
In fact, children are also very sensitive and know that their father is their only relative now.
His father, who had been protecting him, was now lying uncomfortably on the bed, which made him even more uneasy and worried.
Song Dongzheng rubbed his head and said gently: "Children have poor resistance. If you get sick, your father will be very worried."
"Uncle is here to help you take care of your father, why don't you go back with them?"
Although Jiang Mingche felt cold all over and his throat was uncomfortable, he was not yet delirious with fever. He immediately said, "Xiaoyu, be obedient. Dad will pick you up tomorrow when he is better."
He was feeling so bad about being sick himself, and he was even more afraid that his son would be infected by him.
He was too embarrassed to speak before, but now that he heard Lao Jia speak, he was more than happy to do so and of course didn't want to miss it.
Xiao Yuer had often played with Jiang Yu before, and Jiang Yu often went to the Song family. Jiang Tong was familiar with the child, so she stepped forward and held his hand, saying gently, "Your father will be worried about you if you stay here. Come home with your aunt and play with Xiao Yuer, okay?"
Jiang Yu used to be spoiled by his family, but after something happened at home, his father was the only one left to depend on. Now, when he heard her words, he couldn't help crying.
In the end, Chu Tong took Jiang Yu home.
The effect of Chinese medicine is not as fast as that of Western medicine, but as long as it is used for the right symptoms, you will get better slowly.
By the ninth day of the New Year, Jiang Mingche's fever finally subsided, but Song Dongzheng, who lived and ate with him, was infected and fell ill as well.
For Jiang Yu's safety, little Jiang Yu stayed at Secretary Song's house for three more days.
Of course, when Jiang Yu sees that his father is better, he will not ask to go back.
At Secretary Song's house, not only can he eat enough every day, but he can also eat well and sleep soundly with Xiao Yuer. He almost hates to go back.
However, Secretary Song, Captain Song, and Gu Ci went to the city several times to get materials for the water well. They finally ordered various materials and arranged for everyone to start digging the well when they came back.
Not all families can find water holes by digging. Some families have no water holes in front of their houses and can only dig behind them.
If the back of the house has not been dug yet, start digging from the left and right sides.
Fortunately, they had abundant water resources here, so even after digging a few more times, they finally found the water source.
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