Chapter 51 Sickness Qiu Yu said she would get sick after saying that…
After Qiu Yuruo explained the reason for her illness, Su Yunting felt extremely distressed.
She didn't want to see a doctor, but he eventually agreed to take the medicine at home first. If the fever didn't go down after taking the medicine, then she would definitely have to see a doctor.
Qiu Yuruo cared a lot about her own life, so she agreed to his conditions immediately.
Since we weren't going out, there was no need to style her hair. Her hair had already been combed, so I simply gathered it up with my hands, picked her up again, and let her go back to bed.
Qiu Yuruo: "I can walk by myself."
He continued carrying her towards the bed, saying, "I want to hug you."
Qiu Yuruo covered her face: "In broad daylight, if my little sisters see this, won't you be ashamed?"
Su Yunting placed the person on the bed, covered them with the blanket, and said confidently, "If they really see this, it's their business to be ashamed of. What do I have to be ashamed of?"
After saying that, he touched her forehead and said, "Lie down for a while, drink a bowl of porridge first, then take your medicine."
She hummed in agreement, watching him leave the house. She knew he would be back soon, but she still didn't want him to leave.
She attributed this feeling to psychological vulnerability caused by physical illness.
Su Yunting really did go out for a short while. When he came back, he was carrying a bowl of porridge, with a little tail following behind him.
The younger sister went into the inner room and ran to Qiu Yuruo's bedside. She knelt down in front of her and said, "Sister-in-law, you scared us to death just now."
Qiu Yuruo touched her face, which had become thinner as she started to grow taller, and comforted her, "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired and woke up late. Your older brother is here at home, so don't worry."
The younger sister knows that her sister-in-law always treats her like a child. Even when she's sick, she's afraid of making her worry, so she tells her she's just tired.
Su Yunting patted his younger sister's head and said, "Go eat. I'll take care of things here. Your sister-in-law will be fine after a few days of rest."
The younger sister hummed in agreement. She could sense that the relationship between her older brother and sister-in-law had become closer than before.
This discovery put her mind at ease, which had been worrying about her sister-in-law.
Before leaving, she told her older brother, "If you don't take good care of your sister-in-law, remember to call me."
The younger sister went out somewhat worriedly, while Su Yunting sat to the side, stirring the porridge with a spoon to make it cool down faster.
Qiu Yuruo: "Just leave it there. I'll drink it when it gets cold. You should go eat."
Su Yunting reached out his other hand and checked her forehead temperature again, saying, "I eat late this morning, I'll eat after you take your medicine."
Actually, Qiu Yuruo didn't have an appetite, so she told him, "I don't want to drink."
She sounded listless, and to him it was as if she were coaxing him.
Su Yunting's heart melted completely. "Drink a little bit, just to fill your stomach, so you won't feel uncomfortable when you take your medicine later."
Qiu Yuruo naturally understood these principles. She was not a willful person. Just as she was about to sit up, he beat her to it and helped her sit up.
With a neatly folded quilt placed behind him, Su Yunting prepared to feed his lover porridge.
Qiu Yuruo felt he was exaggerating; he only had a fever, not that he couldn't move!
She prepared to take the bowl from his hand: "I'll drink it myself."
Su Yunting stepped back, saying, "It's a little hot."
He wanted to take care of her. Even before she woke up, he wanted to take care of her, like taking care of a baby. She always treated others like babies, but she was his own baby.
Qiu Yuruo didn't have the strength to argue with him, so she let him feed her. She drank half a bowl and then didn't want to drink anymore.
Before Su Yunting could put down his bowl, someone came in from the outer room.
Yun Che stopped at the door of the inner room, called out, "Sister-in-law," and then heard his elder brother reply, "Come in."
Yun Che entered the room and saw his elder brother placing a bowl on the table.
Countless times, Yun Che had seen his sister-in-law stand in his brother's seat, feed him his meal, and then put the bowl back on the table.
Now that my sister-in-law is sick, the two of them have switched places.
At that moment, Yun Che suddenly understood what it meant for husband and wife to support each other.
Looking at my sister-in-law sitting on the bed, who used to be full of energy, she now looked utterly listless.
Yun Che said worriedly, "Let's go to town and have a doctor take a look!"
Qiu Yuruo: "I'll take my medicine first. If I don't feel better, I'll go to town and go to school. Don't worry, your older brother is here."
If his elder brother is still unconscious like before, and his sister-in-law is sick, Yun Che will never go to school.
Now, with the words "Your older brother is here," Yun Che no longer worries.
As soon as Yun Che left, his second sister arrived with a tray carrying the freshly brewed medicine.
Qiu Yuruo said to her, "Let it cool down for a while, or have your older brother take it. It's so hot, what if you get burned!"
Su Yunting realized that Yu Ruo really spoiled her younger siblings!
After comforting the second sister and sending her away, the two apprentices, having finished packing up their stall, also came over.
Qiu Yuruo repeated herself, saying that if the medicine didn't work, she should go to town to see a doctor.
After reassuring his apprentices to leave, Su Yunting handed her the medicine, which had cooled down considerably.
Qiu Yuruo took the bowl and still had the mood to joke with him: "Aren't you going to feed me this?"
Su Yunting laughed after hearing this: "Drink it, drink it all in one go, then lie down and take a nap."
After Qiu Yuruo took her medicine, rinsed her mouth, and lay down, she urged him to eat.
Su Yunting agreed verbally, and only after she fell asleep did he slowly leave the room. He returned shortly afterward and stayed by her bedside.
If Qiu Yu is sick, it's just as she thought. The tension in her heart has been building for so long, and when she suddenly relaxes, the fatigue that had been building up in her body dissipates.
After Su Yunting returned, he soon noticed that she had started sweating.
He fetched some warm water, dampened a towel, and wiped her sweat.
When Qiu Yuru woke up, her body was still sore, but thankfully her head was no longer so dizzy.
She heard the soft sound of water being wrung out, and Qiu Yuruo turned her head to look.
Su Yunting wrung out the towel and turned around, only to see that his lover had woken up.
A smile appeared on his face first, "You're awake."
Qiu Yuruo hummed in agreement.
Su Yunting put down the handkerchief, poured some water on the small table by the bed, and checked the temperature. It was just right. "Your fever has gone down. You were sweating a lot just now. Drink some water first."
Qiu Yuru responded and prepared to sit up, but the soreness in her body was even worse than in the morning. Before she could gather enough strength, a hand passed through the back of her neck.
Su Yunting helped his lover up, sat down next to her, and let her lean on him.
Qiu Yu was extremely thirsty, and she drank from his cup until it was empty before stopping.
Su Yunting didn't move. He still half-held her with one hand, and with the other hand, he placed the cup on the small table and poured another cup of water.
Qiu Yuruo felt less thirsty after drinking her second glass of water.
Su Yunting didn't move, he just put the cup on the table, freed his hands, and put his arms around her: "Your fever has finally gone down. I was so scared when I called you this morning and you didn't respond!"
Qiu Yuruo leaned against him passively, feeling no aversion, only a sense of security.
She comforted him, "I'm fine, I was just tired, but I'm all better now."
Su Yunting lowered his head and rubbed his face against the top of her head. "Take good care of yourself at home for a few days. Once you feel better, we'll go to the county to find Doctor Zhang and have him prescribe some tonics for you."
Qiu Yuruo didn't want to take the medicine at all, but she also knew that her body, which had grown up on a diet of coarse food, was very weak.
She had just tasted a little sweetness in life, but before she could enjoy her happiness for more than a few days, she passed away.
Su Yunting heard her sigh first, then reluctantly reply, "Okay."
He coaxed her, "I'll ask Dr. Zhang to prescribe some medicine that isn't bitter."
Qiu Yuruo was not comforted. Even if the Chinese medicine wasn't bitter, what good could it taste like?
She could only console herself that at least she didn't have to drink it now.
You don't need to take tonics right now, but there's one thing you do need to do right now.
She had just worked up a sweat and her clothes were soaked, so she wanted to change and asked him to go out first.
Su Yunting: "I'll go get it for you."
Qiu Yuruo had no intention of asking him to get her underwear, so she refused outright.
After kicking Su Yunting out, she slowly got up, found some clothes to change into, and thought she would take a shower tomorrow when she felt better.
After lunch, Su Yunting pressed me down so I wouldn't get up, and I took another nap in a daze. When I woke up, I saw my second sister in the room.
Qiu Yuruo asked her, "Where's your brother?"
As soon as the question left her mouth, Qiu Yuruo felt like she must have lost her mind, wondering why she would look for someone as soon as she opened her eyes and couldn't see them.
The second sister didn't think anything of it and replied directly, "Big brother went to the backyard to wash clothes."
In this family, everyone washes their own clothes. When Su Yunting was unconscious, Yun Che washed his clothes. Later, when Yun Che went to school, Qiu Yuru washed them.
Later, after he woke up and was able to move around freely, Qiu Yuruo stopped helping him wash.
The second sister said that Su Yunting went to do laundry, but Qiu Yuruo thought he was washing his own clothes and didn't pay attention.
After sleeping all day, her fever didn't return in the afternoon, and she felt much better, so Qiu Yuruo decided to go for some exercise in the yard.
Su Jingshu was instructed by her elder brother to keep an eye on her sister-in-law and to call him immediately if anything went wrong.
Now that she's awake, without dizziness or fever, Qiu Yu went to the yard to move around. Su Jingshu, thinking about finishing her needlework, and since her sister-in-law's fever had subsided, didn't follow her.
Qiu Yuruo wandered around the yard. Her younger sister must have gone out to play. The others hadn't returned yet, and the yard was quiet. Without thinking, she went to the backyard.
In the backyard, Su Yunting washed his wife's clothes, wrung them out, and hung them on the clothesline to dry.
He hung one item up to dry, bent down to pick up the next one, and stood up to see his wife coming over.
Their eyes met, and Su Yunting hung the clothes on the clothesline and walked towards her: "Why did you come out? Are you still dizzy?"
Following his movements, Qiu Yuru looked at the clothes he was hanging out to dry, and her face immediately flushed.
He wasn't washing his own clothes, but rather the clothes he had changed out of that morning!
As luck would have it, what he casually draped over the clothesline was Qiu Yuruo's underwear.
Su Yunting approached and noticed that his wife's face was even redder than it had been that morning.
He immediately tensed up: "It's burning up again!"
After saying that, he took her hand and led her to the front yard: "While it's still early, let's go to town and have a doctor take a look at you. We can't delay any longer this time. You have to listen to me!"
If Qiu Yu didn't leave, she pulled him back a little.
Su Yunting thought she still didn't want to see a doctor and was about to coax her when he noticed that the redness on his wife's face seemed different from that morning.
He touched her forehead with the back of his hand, and Qiu Yuruo, feeling embarrassed, stepped back slightly.
Then she tilted her head slightly to look at him: "I don't have a fever. Who told you to touch my clothes!"
After she said that, Su Yunting knew why she was blushing.
Relying on the fact that no one would easily come to the backyard, he simply pulled her into his arms, lowered his head and said to her, "We are husband and wife, isn't it only natural that I wash your clothes?"
"You said it yourself: what women can do for men, men should also be able to do for women. Only a man who can do this deserves a wife."
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