Chapter 108 Illness
The mother wolf left, and the breeding shed became vacant.
Gather the supplies for the mother wolf and her cubs together and put the two rabbit boxes into the breeding room.
Then water was added to the large pot, and they prepared to process all the prey given to them by the wolves.
Skin and clean the rabbit, and pluck the pheasant feathers after scalding them with hot water.
They gutted all the meat, removed the internal organs, and froze the processed meat in the back room.
After finishing everything, cleaning the floor, and washing up, I can finally rest.
Today's exercise was really too much. Not only did I walk a long way, but I also processed a batch of prey. I'm quite tired now.
I don't know if it's because I've done too much work, but my whole body is a little sore and my throat is a bit tight. I just want to sleep right away.
Learning from past experience, I checked the gate and windows of the house before going to bed, and put the dogs inside as well. Then I felt at ease, covered myself with the blankets, and fell into a deep sleep.
I didn't sleep well that night, and I kept having nightmares. One dream was that I was captured by bad guys, and the next I dreamed that I fell into a river.
I also felt unwell, like I was in a furnace. I was very hot under the covers, but very cold when I lifted the covers.
After a long and difficult night, dawn finally broke.
When I came to my senses from that dazed state, I realized that I must be sick.
My body was burning hot, and the breath I was exhaling from my nose was scalding my lips.
I struggled to sit up to find some cold medicine, only to find that my whole body ached and I had no strength at all.
I want to rest in bed, but I can't right now. I haven't fed the pigs, chickens, rabbits, or dogs at home. I need to feed all the animals first before I can rest, and I'll heat up the house first.
Despite feeling unwell, I put on thick clothes and went to the small west room to find some cold medicine and fever reducer to take.
Then light the stove, cook a pot of white rice porridge in a clay pot, and light the large stove to warm a pot of water in an iron pot.
Sitting on a small stool by the stove, waiting for the water to heat up, I was so drowsy I almost fell asleep.
Once the water was hot, I prepared a bucket of feed for the pigs and chickens. I drowsily fed the pigs, chickens, and rabbits, and then floated back to my room.
The room was filled with the aroma of white rice porridge. I filled a small bowl with porridge and let it cool. I also took the rest of the porridge off the stove.
I had just taken my medicine not long ago, and now my stomach felt empty. I gently blew on the porridge in the spoon to cool it down before drinking it down, one spoonful at a time.
The slightly hot porridge, with its soft and sticky rice grains, slid down my throat into my stomach, warming me as well.
After eating the porridge, I regained some energy; at least my limbs weren't as weak as they had been.
He mixed the leftover porridge in the clay pot with leftover vegetable soup, stirred it, and put it in the dog bowl. Regardless of whether the puppies ate it or not, he closed the door, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and lay down in bed.
The fever reducer must have worked; her body isn't as hot as it was when she first woke up.
After lying down for a while, the heated kang bed beneath me finally warmed up, and with its warmth, I soon fell asleep again.
I woke up three hours later and felt less uncomfortable, but my limbs still felt weak.
Little Earth was sitting on the ground looking at me worriedly. When it saw that I was awake, it immediately stood up, stuck out its tongue, and wagged its tail.
I slowly got up, sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and patted Xiaodi's head.
Once I'm a little more awake, I add some coal to the stove and boil a kettle of water.
Go to the kitchen and get some millet to cook some millet porridge.
Once the water boils, place the clay pot containing the millet directly on the stove.
It was time to feed the pigs, chickens, and rabbits again.
While heating the kang (a traditional heated brick bed), I thought to myself, "Life is usually very comfortable when I'm alone, but it's really inconvenient when I'm sick. The livestock at home can't be left alone, and I still have to work even when I'm sick."
After taking the medicine, the millet porridge was cooked. I ladled a bowl for myself and let it cool, then fed the rest to the dog.
I really feel bad for the dogs, they had to eat porridge with me all day.
The sticky millet porridge had a unique fragrance, and when eaten with crunchy pickled vegetables, it actually made me sweat a little.
I'm sick and don't plan to do any work. I'm going to make myself some rock sugar stewed pears.
The clay pot I got from the rice noodle shop has been cleaned very well, so I'll stew the pear in the small clay pot.
Cut the pear into small pieces, put them in a small clay pot with the red dates, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer on the stove.
Once the water boils, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and simmer slowly.
I wasn't in a hurry to drink, so I went back to rest on the heated kang. I took two cotton mats, one to lay on the kang and the other to lean against the wall.
Covering myself with a small blanket, I sat on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove), leaning against the wall with the kang table on my lap, and slowly watched Miyazaki Hayao's "Spirited Away".
By the time Chihiro saw those little coal balls, the stewed pear was almost done.
I placed the rock sugar stewed pear on a rag and poured it into a creamy yellow soup bowl, then put it on the kang table.
While watching cartoons, I sipped pear soup spoonful by spoonful. I used to drink it when I was sick, but I never felt it had any effect. I think I was just being greedy.
The pear soup has a moderate sweetness, not too cloying, and its slightly hot temperature makes it very pleasant to drink.
The pears had been stewed until they were soft and tender, and they tasted sweet and fragrant. The red dates had also absorbed the pear juice, and they were soft, sweet, and fragrant when you bit into them. I immediately felt like I was half cured.
I only drank porridge all day, and my stomach was empty. It wasn't until I drank a bowl of pear soup that I felt somewhat full.
I didn't get up until the whole movie was over. I took the big bowl to the kitchen, then brushed my teeth and washed up. I always make sure to brush my teeth after drinking something sweet, even if I'm sick.
I took some medicine before bed last night, mainly cold medicine and anti-inflammatory drugs. Every time I catch a cold, my throat gets swollen and sore, so I need to increase the dosage to fight off the virus.
I woke up feeling refreshed, with only a slight feeling of weakness and no other symptoms, so it seems my cold is getting better.
I haven't been sick much since the apocalypse. I only caught a cold once, but I didn't expect to recover so quickly. It should be related to the daily work and exercise, which has improved my physical fitness and resistance.
Yesterday I ate porridge all day, and the dogs ate porridge with me all day too. Today I need to eat something good to replenish my energy.
I just finished processing some wild game, so let's make some pheasant soup today.
Light the kang (heated brick bed) and stove, soak the white poplar mushrooms picked in autumn in water, and take out a frozen pheasant to thaw in the water as well.
The water in the iron pot is hot, so I'm feeding the pigs and chickens as usual. I'm going to feed the rabbit something different; they can't just eat dried corn leaves every day.
I went to the basement and found a few apples that I had stored up in the fall. I washed them, cut them into large pieces, and put them in the cage.
The rabbit hadn't eaten much fruit all winter, and after munching on dry leaves at my place for a few days, it's now extremely enthusiastic about apples.
Her little mouth moved quickly, and in no time she had eaten a large piece of apple down to just the edge.
These furry, round little creatures, how am I supposed to kill them and eat them in the future?
Why would you eat a rabbit when they're so cute?
With a sigh, I shook my head, stood up, and decided to stop observing the rabbits. I didn't want to develop any feelings for them; they were my reserve food.
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