Chapter 90: Applying the medicine, he looks like a good man who has been betrayed by a bad woman...
In the main room, He Guixiang was chatting with Lin Dashan about their well-being, while Lin Xiaopu was helping to prepare the dishes. When they heard the noise from the stove, they all ran out to see what was going on.
Lin Shu was holding Zhou Ye's hand and washing her palms with the mountain spring water from the bamboo pipe. Her pretty face looked dark.
Zhou Ye was tall and strong, but he was bent over by her and silently let her hold his hands.
The two of them were close to each other, with their arms crossed and overlapping, looking quite intimate.
However, when this happened, He Guixiang and the others were not focused on it.
He Guixiang hurriedly asked, "Why did you burn your hand for no reason? Is your burn serious?"
Lin Dashan also said, "Rinse more with this water. This mountain spring water is cool and perfect for scalding!"
Lin Xiaopu said quickly, "I remember the leaves of the sugar jar tree can cure burns and scalds. I'll go to the back mountain to pick some!"
The sugar jar she mentioned is a plant that can bear sweet fruits, which is also the golden cherry mentioned by Lin Shu. It can be found in the back mountain. In the past, when He Guixiang accidentally burned her hand, she used the crushed leaves of this sugar jar to apply on it, and it was very effective.
Lin Shu hurriedly said, "I'll go with you."
"Aye, continue to use this water to rinse the burned area. Do it for at least 25 minutes before stopping!"
Then he said to Lin Dashan and He Guixiang, "Father has to go to the fields after dinner, and Mother has to work too. Don't worry about us little ones. Go eat first and leave the leftovers for us."
After saying this, he picked up the basket and left with Lin Xiaopu in a hurry.
In addition to the leaves of golden cherry, Lin Shu also knows several other plants that can treat burns and scalds, and she plans to pick a few more.
Zhou Ye wanted to call Lin Shu, but the moment he hesitated, Lin Shu disappeared.
Do you really want to use this mountain spring water for quarter of an hour?
He felt his burns weren't that serious, and there was no need to be so anxious. He'd been a blacksmith's apprentice, and his leather was more resistant to fire and heat than most. But Ah Shu... seemed worried?
Zhou Ye felt that he shouldn't have done that, but he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, and thoughts like "this burn was worth it" flashed through his mind.
He Guixiang warned: "Aye, what Ah Shu said is absolutely right, you should listen to her."
Zhou Ye thought to himself that he didn't dare to disobey, so he continued to stand by the bamboo water pipe, keeping his hands spread out to be washed by the water. He looked a little silly.
"Dad, you eat first, the food will get cold soon." He Guixiang served Lin Dashan the rice first.
Lin Dashan scratched his head and said, "Okay."
The morning was cool, and everyone got up early to work in the fields, so they could take a nap under the shade of the trees when the sun was at its hottest at noon, and take a little time to be lazy. He had been working on an empty stomach, and now was the time when he was most hungry.
"His mother, you can sit down and eat with us. Ah Shu said nothing more, just save some for them."
Lin Dashan picked up the chopsticks and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of braised loach. It was so delicious that he didn't have time to say anything. The braised loach made by his daughter was so fragrant!
Ginger is more effective in removing fishy smell than duck feet and mugwort, and it is braised with a strong flavor, so the fishy smell is basically unnoticeable. Lin Dashan picked up a piece and coated it with the juice in the pot and ate it. His mouth was full of red juice, which was sweet and slightly spicy, and went very well with rice.
Lin Dashan ate his rice in big mouthfuls and found a break to say to He Guixiang, "No wonder you women like eating candy. Dishes made with it are so delicious. Ask your daughter to make more of it in the future. I love it!"
He Guixiang scolded him, "You know nothing but eating! Didn't you see how much rock honey Ah Shu put in this dish? It was a huge handful. You want to eat it every meal? You're so lucky! Just eat whatever Ah Shu cooks. This kid is also a glutton and won't treat himself badly. We'll all benefit from it in the future."
Lin Dashan smiled innocently, "I was just saying it casually. I'll eat whatever my daughter cooks. Mom, do you really not want me to accompany you to town tomorrow?"
"What are you going to do? You can't even say a word when you see the doctor. Ah Shu is smart, and having her around is enough, and Ah Ye will go with us. His father, have you noticed that Xiao Pu's health is indeed much better? She has been running and jumping with Ah Shu these days, and her physical strength is even stronger than Ah Shu. I have a strong premonition that when we go to town tomorrow, the doctor will stop Xiao Pu's medicine! Once the medicine is stopped, our family will save this expense and will soon be able to save enough money to buy land. I have long wanted to add another two acres of land. If you were the only man in the family, you would definitely not be able to cultivate the land, but we have Ah Ye, so adding another three or four acres will not be a problem."
Lin Dashan listened with anticipation, thinking back to when he had argued with his third brother over an acre of land, and now, not long after, his family could add another two acres of land. The days ahead seemed increasingly hopeful!
After finishing his breakfast slowly, Lin Dashan lay down on the bamboo lounge chair in the yard. One section of the chair could be pulled out, and he could put his legs up, which was more comfortable than lying in bed.
After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he squinted his eyes and looked at Zhou Ye who was still showering. "Aye, if your hand is severely burned, you won't be able to work in the fields for the next two days."
Zhou Ye said to him, "Uncle, my burn is not serious. I have been flushing it for a long time and I am fine now."
After estimating that it was about time, Zhou Ye stopped flushing the toilet. He looked down at the palms of his hands. There was a red mark on each side, and you could see a little mark of the iron pot handle. It felt a little hot, but he had thick skin, so this little burn was nothing.
Rather than this, he wanted to sit down and have breakfast, as his stomach was already growling with hunger.
Zhou Ye thought about it and decided to fill half a basin with mountain spring water. When he heard some noise outside, he quickly dipped his palms into the water.
Lin Shu, who had returned from a brisk walk, was sweating profusely. Seeing Zhou Ye dipping his hand in the basin, she said, "Why are you dipping your hand in the basin? Burns are best washed with running water."
Zhou Ye explained: "I rinsed it. I just plugged the bamboo tube after rinsing it. I just felt my hands were still a little hot and numb, so I continued to soak them in the water in the basin."
After hearing this, Lin Shu hurriedly washed the herbs she had picked in the basket, put them in a garlic mortar, and crushed them with a pestle to extract the juice.
"Aye, come here, I'll apply medicine on you."
Zhou Ye still remembered her anger, and now he obeyed her every word. He immediately moved over and silently handed his hand to Lin Shu.
Lin Shu took a handkerchief and wiped his hands clean, then applied the herbs to the burned area on the palm of his hand, and then wrapped it up with the handkerchief.
"Ashu, thank you so much."
Lin Shu glared at him angrily, "How could you be so stupid? The iron pot had just been used to boil soup, and the handle was hot, so why did you just pick it up?"
"...I forgot for a moment." Actually, he was thinking about what made Ah Shu angry, and his mind was all on how to find something to talk about, so naturally he didn't pay much attention to other things.
Lin Shu frowned and said, "Apply this herb I picked twice more today. If there are no blisters tomorrow, that's great. If you do, you can take advantage of the time when you go to the town clinic and ask the old doctor to take a look. He can prescribe you some ointment for burns. Also, don't work today. Don't go to the fields or do any bamboo work."
Zhou Ye: "...Ashu, it's not that serious. Bamboo work doesn't take much effort."
Seeing Lin Shu glaring at him again, Zhou Ye stopped talking.
By the time the burns were bandaged, Lin Dashan had already rested and left. He Guixiang simply heated up some food on the stove, which was still on. Lin Xiaopu quickly sat down and started eating. "Sister, Brother Aye, come and eat! I'm starving! It's because I treat Brother Aye like my real brother that I didn't even bother to eat before going to find herbal medicine for his burns."
He Guixiang tapped her between the eyebrows and said, "You, wait for Ah Ye and Ah Shu to come over and eat together. You are being disrespectful."
Lin Xiaopu said with a chuckle, "Sister and Brother Aye won't mind. I'm late for breakfast just for Brother Aye."
Then, she blurted out another sentence, "I treat Brother Aye as my own brother, so I don't even have time to eat for him. What about you, Sister?"
Lin Xiaopu covered her mouth as soon as she finished speaking. Did she ask something she shouldn't have asked? Her elder sister was very angry at the moment and she was sure that she couldn't say anything nice.
As expected, Lin Shu said with a straight face: "What could it be? I also treat him as my real brother."
When Zhou Ye heard this, he suddenly looked at her with a look of disbelief. Then, his eyebrows drooped, and a look of loneliness appeared between his brows.
Lin Shumei's heart skipped a beat.
What a look of a good husband and wife who was betrayed by a scumbag!
There is no doubt that the scumbag is her.
"Let's eat first, Aye. Can you still hold chopsticks with your hands like this?"
Zhou Ye glanced at the handkerchiefs wrapped thickly and tied with a bow on his palms and replied in a muffled voice, "It's just a minor burn, nothing serious."
Lin Shu: ...Look how wronged you are.
The three of them were eating when Lin Yushu came. He was surprised that they were still having breakfast at this time, and it seemed like they had just started eating.
After a few visits, he figured out the breakfast time at his uncle's house. He would wait until they finished their breakfast before coming. If he came early, they would have finished their meal and his wife would be washing the dishes. If he came late, everyone in the courtyard would have already started going about their business.
He came quite late today.
"Yushu, please sit for a while. Aye just burned his hand, and it took Ashu some time to wash and bandage him." He Guixiang called out.
Lin Yushu said "oh" twice and retreated to the courtyard.
He Guixiang took a bench, and after thanking her, he sat on the bench and waited.
Inside the main hall, Lin Shu asked loudly, "Cousin Yushu, do you still have room for more? Do you want to come in and try the braised loach I made? These stir-fried snails are delicious too. I'll give you some to try."
Lin Yushu naturally didn't want it and hurriedly declined, but it was no use refusing. He Guixiang directly brought a small plate of fried snails and placed it on the bench next to him, even preparing bamboo skewers and chopsticks.
In addition to the snails, there were two large pieces of loach next to them, covered in red juice.
"In Tianshui Village, we only eat snails and loaches in the water during famines. Ping'er, ducks and geese eat these things, but after Ah Shu has treated the snails like this, they taste great and have much less mud and sand. You will definitely like them after eating them. The loaches are even better, they are very delicious. Yushu, come and try them."
Lin Yushu couldn't refuse, so he thanked him repeatedly and thought to himself: Next time he should come a little later, so as not to run into his second uncle's family having breakfast again.
"Brother Aye, are your burns serious?" Lin Yushu asked.
Seeing that Zhou Ye could use chopsticks to eat, he guessed that the burn should not be serious, but out of courtesy, he still asked.
He Guixiang had already had breakfast with Lin Dashan and was now chatting with him while cleaning the stove. She replied, "Aye said it wasn't serious, but he's not one to complain. We'll have to wait and see if it causes blisters tomorrow... Yushu, stop talking and eat. The snails have their tails cut off, so you can just suck them out with your mouth without a bamboo stick. When your hands get dirty, rinse them under the bamboo hose. It's very convenient. Don't be shy with your second aunt."
"Oh, oh." Lin Yushu responded quickly, but he didn't suck it with his mouth. Instead, he used a toothpick to poke the snail meat inside and ate it.
Unexpectedly, it tasted really good. I don’t know how Sister Shu handled it. He couldn’t eat much mud and sand. He could only chew one or two grains of sand occasionally. The fishy smell was also very light. As he ate, he unknowingly had eaten half of it with a bamboo stick.
Later he asked Sister Shu how the snails were cooked, and asked his mother to make them too, because snails were the most abundant thing in the fields.
After eating the two pieces of braised loach on the side, Lin Yushu was completely impressed by Lin Shu's cooking skills.
Delicious! Ah Shu's cooking skills are too good. He had no idea that loaches in the mud could be made to taste so good!
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