Tian went home and called Ma Xiaodou, leaving Ma Xiaomi at home to take care of Ma Fuquan, and then asked Ma Xiaodou to go and call the eldest son of the Chang family. The eldest son of the Chang family was about the same age as Ma Xiaomai, and he helped Chang grow vegetables at home every day. When Ma Xiaodou went to call him, he was watering the vegetable garden with a wooden bucket.
When Chang's husband Ding Pingshun heard that Jian Ning and Tian had arrived, he hurried out to tell them that his eldest son Ding Sheng would be here soon and asked them to wait a moment.
He coughed and gasped as he spoke these two simple sentences. Jian Ning knew from his complexion that he was a person who had been ill for a long time, but he still asked, "Brother, did you catch a cold?"
Tian said, "He has tuberculosis. It's not contagious, but it's incurable. He needs medicine to stay healthy."
Jian Ning smiled slightly, "Tuberculosis is not a terminal illness. It can be cured. It will show improvement in a month, and it can be cured in half a year at most."
Ding Sheng and Ma Xiaodou came over from the vegetable garden in the backyard and happened to hear Jian Ning's words. Jian Ning had saved Ma Fuquan from the brink of death, and the whole family knew about it. He hugged his father and shouted, "Daddy! Daddy! Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Your illness can be cured!"
Ding Pingshun nodded repeatedly with tears in his eyes.
"I'll go tell Mom and make her happy." Ding Sheng said and ran away.
"This child is usually like a grown-up girl, shy and quiet. Today she is so happy." Tian wiped her eyes and then grabbed Jian Ning's hand and said, "My dear sister, how come you are so good? You can even cure tuberculosis. We didn't dare to mention it to you. Sister Chang said her husband's disease is incurable. She was afraid that you would feel guilty if she told you that you couldn't cure it, so she told me not to mention it to you."
Jian Ning smiled, took out his hand and patted her shoulder, then turned to Ding Pingshun and said, "Don't worry, big brother. This is a lung problem. It's not a difficult disease to treat. I'll come to treat you after lunch."
Ding Pingshun was so excited that he kept coughing. His eldest daughter patted him on the back gently, but her eyes were looking at Jian Ning, full of gratitude.
"Mother! Mother!"
Ding Sheng ran into the Ding family's old house like a gust of wind. When Chang saw him, she raised her eyebrows and was about to scold him when she heard him say, "My father's illness can be cured. He can be cured in half a year..." He pointed at Ding Youtian and said, "Aunt Ding said so!"
Chang was so excited that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. After a while, she came to her senses and was about to kneel down before Ding Youtian. Ding Youtian quickly moved aside and refused her greeting.
"Sister-in-law Chang, please stop. My wife knows medicine, and curing illnesses and saving lives is a doctor's duty. Besides, the relationship between our two families is not what it used to be. Just relax. My wife said she can cure it, and she definitely can. Don't worry."
He refused to accept the greeting, so Chang also knelt, dragging Ding Sheng down with her to kneel as well. In fact, after hearing that Jian Ning had saved Ma Fuquan from death, she had briefly considered asking Jian Ning to treat her husband's illness. But then, remembering that her husband had tuberculosis and that she had never heard of a cure for tuberculosis, she gave up the idea.
Chang pulled her son and kowtowed three times. After that, she said loudly, "Brother, from now on, our family will obey you and your sister-in-law's orders. If you have any complaints, I will punish you with thunder and lightning!"
Ding Youtian said, "Get up quickly. It's too formal to say that."
Blind Liu stroked his beard and smiled slightly. He heard that Jian Ning could cure tuberculosis, but he didn't say a word.
Chang stood up, wiped her tears, and picked up the broom she had thrown on the ground. She was cleaning the yard when Ding Sheng arrived, and seeing her, he was about to help her out of habit, but was nearly knocked over by her broom.
"Hurry up and go up the mountain to help chop wood!"
Ding Sheng asked her to drink some wine to wake her up, then turned around and ran to meet Jian Ning and the others to go up the mountain together.
Jian Ning and her group chatted and laughed as they headed up the mountain. Along the way, they kept seeing villagers coming down from the mountain after setting traps. Some villagers, hearing that they needed firewood for brewing wine, offered to chop some for her when they had some free time. Jian Ning thanked them one by one.
After walking up a bit, they saw Ma Xiaomai coming down with two rabbits in each hand. Upon seeing them, Ma Xiaomai excitedly swung the two rabbits and shouted, "Master! Mom! We caught two more big rabbits!"
"Oh, this secret water is really magical. I will be satisfied if I can catch one today."
"Oh my god, did he set the trap yesterday? He caught two big fat rabbits so early in the morning. I'll come up and take a look in the afternoon. Maybe my family can have meat tonight, too, haha."
Several villagers standing by the mountain path were even more excited than Ma Xiaomai. They were even discussing whether to stir-fry or steam the wild animals they had caught in the evening. They were talking so hard that their saliva was almost dripping.
Tian was also amazed and couldn't stop laughing. She hurried over to Ma Xiaomai, took the rabbit, and patted him on the back. "Hurry up and help your master chop wood. Your master is holding the axe for you."
"Master, I've also visited your place. There are rabbits and turtledoves there. I've set up the trap for you. After I finish chopping wood, I'll accompany you to get the prey." He told Jane Ning in a low voice.
Jane Ning nodded with a smile.
"Sister Tian, you and Sister Chang will help me cook at noon. Lunch will be provided from now on, including for your family. If you can't come, you can take some home."
This was too arrogant. Although the country people would provide a meal when they hired someone to help with something, but providing it every day and paying for it was too much for Tian. She hesitated for a while before saying, "Well, then I'll tell them to eat less."
"That won't do." Jian Ning laughed. "How can you have the energy to work if you don't eat enough? Eat as much as you want. There's meat for every meal. You'll be full as long as you eat."
Ma Xiaomai cheered and then said, "Master, I will give you a rabbit. You can eat my rabbit at noon."
Jian Ning smiled and said, "Isn't there some in my pit? There will be some every day before winter comes."
Tian said cheerfully, "With your master's secret water, eating meat will be as easy as eating vegetables. You can eat it every day if you want."
Near noon, Jane Ning saw that the firewood was almost chopped, and she secretly threw a lot of large tree roots among the grass. She asked Tian and the children to rest there, and she and Ma Xiaomai went to the trap.
In addition to the hare and the turtledove, the trap also caught two wild antelopes. Ma Xiaomai immediately ran to his side. After a while, Jian Ning heard him shout, "Master, I have one here too!"
After setting the trap, the two men carried the antelope down. Jian Ning told Tian that they could go back and make soup with the sheep bones for Ma Fuquan to drink, which would be good for his recovery.
Tian was so happy that she didn't know what to say. She just kept grabbing Jian Ning's shoulders and shaking her until she felt dizzy.
"Okay, if you keep shaking me I'm going to get dizzy."
Jian Ning pushed her away with a smile, then pointed to the two bundles of firewood and told the children, "You guys form teams. Jiajia and Yaoyao will be one team, and Xiaodou and Wuya will be another team. Each of you will drag a bundle of firewood."
"No, I want to be on the same team with Yaoyao!" Ma Xiaodou grabbed the rope and handed it to Sanniu, saying with a flattering smile, "Yaoyao, we're on the same team. You just hold the rope. I'm stronger, so I'll pull it in front, okay?"
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