Chapter 14: Let Out This Breath
Zhu Fangfang laughed and said, "Second sister-in-law, we are all family. We used to eat from the same pot, but now it's inconvenient for us to be busy. Why don't we just eat together like before and help each other?"
Zhao Chunhua glanced at her and thought that this person was quite shameless.
"you see me."
She pointed to her face.
"What's wrong with your face?"
Zhu Fangfang looked at her in confusion.
She forced a smile and said, "Do you think the word 'idiot' is written on my face?"
"Second sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?"
"Otherwise, how could you have the nerve to come here and speak so righteously?"
Zhao Chunhua rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.
Zhang Laosan retorted with an unpleasant expression: "Who said you want to take advantage? We have food to eat at home, and we don't need to rely on you to support us."
Zhao Chunhua spat: "Tsk, who cares about your little food?"
The two of them have always been idle and never done anything solid. They just like to eat and drink for free, and there is actually not much food stored at home.
I'm afraid it's almost finished now.
"Get out of here! If you dare to attack us again, I'll beat you up!"
Zhao Chunhua bent down, picked up the wooden stick, and swung it hard, breaking it into two pieces.
The couple in the third room were so frightened that they ran away in shame, fearing that if they were a step slower they would be hit by a stick by Zhao Chunhua.
This scene happened to be seen by the eldest wife.
Bai Xiaowei covered her mouth and laughed sarcastically: "Oh, aren't you asking for trouble?"
“It’s useless.”
Zhang Defu sneered.
Zhang Dunzi and Zhu Fangfang had suffered a loss at the hands of Zhao Chunhua and were already very angry. When they were ridiculed by the eldest wife, they immediately exploded.
Had a big quarrel with them.
"Are you useful? Aren't you still living a servile life every day, not daring to breathe?"
"What did you say, Zhang Laosan?"
This sentence hit the nail on the head, and Zhang Defu immediately became angry and embarrassed.
"Who is being servile? Explain it to me clearly!"
The two families were arguing so fiercely that they would have almost come to blows if other villagers hadn't come to mediate.
Zhao Chunhua found it quite interesting that the two families usually had a good relationship and were now quarreling like this.
The Zhang family's children also stretched their necks to watch the show.
"Don't look at it anymore. Go back to sleep. We have to travel tomorrow."
At Zhao Chunhua's command, the men immediately obeyed and returned to their temporary residence.
"Wear a mask when you sleep, and don't take it off except when you drink water or eat."
She looked at a few people and made sure they were all wearing masks before she lay down with a thin blanket, closed her eyes and went to sleep.
The cold wind howled in the cave all night, and even though we had a fire, we were still freezing.
This night was a long and difficult process for everyone.
The next day, many people in the team caught colds, and some even had high fevers.
Zhao Chunhua once again reminded her family to wear masks and not to contact people with colds, then hurried to find the village chief.
Zhang Ruoan also caught a cold last night and his head has been feeling dizzy ever since.
"Village chief, more and more people are catching colds now. We can't go on like this. We have to find a way to solve this problem."
Zhang Ruoan was also worried about this matter.
When fleeing famine, falling ill can be fatal.
Not to mention that there is no doctor in their team, no one can prescribe medicine to treat illnesses, so if they get sick they can only endure it.
Zhao Chunhua said: "There is nothing else to do now. Let everyone make a few masks and wear them. It can be of some use. It also reminds everyone to be more careful along the way and pick some herbs to boil water to drink."
“Is this mask really useful?”
Zhang Ruoan nodded and looked at the cotton mask on her face.
"How can it be useless? Look, I'm fine, and my child is fine too."
But even after hearing her say this, Zhang Ruoan was skeptical.
Seeing this, Zhao Chunhua sighed and said no more.
Anyway, now that things have come to this, there is only so much I can say with kind words of advice.
Throughout the whole day, they walked and stopped but did not find any herbs. Instead, they delayed their journey a lot and did not even find a place to stay temporarily. They could only spend the night in an open space.
Although the cave was damp and cold last night, it at least provided some protection from the wind and rain. However, this open space had no shelter at all, making it even more uncomfortable for those who had caught a cold.
That night, people came down with fever one after another, and the coughing never stopped all night.
It was raining in the middle of the night.
The cold rain directly woke up the sleeping people.
Everyone had to pack up their things quickly and travel through the rain all night to find a place to shelter from the rain. It was not until dawn that they found a barely usable land temple.
Those who caught a cold were drenched by the rain, and after one night, more than half of the villagers fell down.
Even some strong young people started coughing.
Not to mention the frail elderly and children.
More and more people fell ill, and only Zhang Tianbao and his friends, whom Zhao Chunhua had always insisted to wear masks, were fine.
At this time, several people finally realized the importance of masks.
Zhao Chunhua didn't need to say anything else, everyone felt that masks were actually not bad and started wearing them consciously.
Others saw this and realized the effectiveness of the masks.
When the village chief mentioned it to them the day before, no one took it seriously. But now they are regretting it after suffering the consequences.
"I didn't expect this mask to be so effective. Look, everyone in Zhang Erfang's house is fine."
"If I had known I would have put it on earlier, I wouldn't have to suffer so much now."
Zhang Defu and Zhang Dunzi had been injured before and were already in poor health. Now they also fell ill. They were coughing so hard that their hearts were broken.
Everyone in my family has been infected and is not feeling well.
When the two families heard that Zhao Chunhua had given masks to the village chief's family but did not remind their own family, they became angry and rushed towards her angrily.
"You are such a bad woman, so cruel and ruthless. You only care about pleasing the village chief and ignore your own family members who are sick. Are you still a human being?"
Zhang Defu first pointed at Zhao Chunhua's nose and scolded her.
Zhang Dunzi and Zhu Fangfang originally wanted to please Zhao Chunhua but failed, and were rebuked by her again, so they decided to stand on the same side with the first wife.
"How can you be so cruel to your own people? If your man knew your behavior..."
Before he could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by Zhao Chunhua.
“He will definitely praise me for doing a good job!”
"What did you say?"
These people stared at her with wide eyes in disbelief.
"You know how you treated me in the past even without me telling you. But my man will definitely support me!"
Zhao Chunhua's face darkened and she sneered.
"Don't act serious in front of me! I didn't tie your hands. If you can't learn to do something, you can only blame yourself for being stupid!"
When these words were spoken, not only did the people in the first and second houses become speechless, but they also made the surrounding villagers feel ashamed.
They are also stupid people who don't know how to learn...
In the end, it was the village chief Zhang Ruoan who stepped in to calm the storm.
"If you cause trouble again, don't follow our team, go on your own!"
Zhang Defu clenched his teeth, feeling that the village chief was clearly biased towards Zhao Chunhua, but he did not dare to say it to Zhang Ruoan's face, so he had to hold his anger.
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