Su Yin did not cook for this evening's meal. In Su's mother's words, her cooking was delicious but too expensive. It was ok to eat it once or twice occasionally, but Su's mother would not agree to eat it every day.
Su's mother simply cooked a pot of meat porridge and paired it with the dry biscuits she had made earlier. It was the simplest food, but it was a delicacy that many people wanted to eat but couldn't.
While they were eating, little Yang Gui took three scallion pancakes.
"Aunt, sister, mother asked me to bring it here. It's delicious." While speaking, she did not forget to look at what delicious food they were eating. When she saw it was tiger meat porridge, she immediately lost interest.
I eat this every day these two days, so I’m naturally not greedy.
Mother Su did not refuse, and took it with a smile, "Thank your mother for me."
Little Yang Gui left happily.
A woman came over holding a child. When she approached them, she was a little shy. She lowered her head and looked at the child in her arms. Then she mustered up the courage to step forward and ask.
"Sister Chunxiang, can you buy me a bowl of meat porridge on credit? My child has been weak lately, and I want to give her some nourishment."
The woman had already asked two families, but was rejected by both. She had no choice but to continue asking with a thick face.
Su Yin and the other two looked at the woman. She was not very old, and the child in her arms looked only one or two years old. At this moment, the child's face was flushed, and his eyes were tightly closed.
During the days of traveling, Su Yin got to know everyone in Xinghua Village, but they were just acquaintances without much contact with them, let alone familiarity.
The woman in front of him was Yang Daren's wife, Xu, and she had an elderly mother. Not long after the young couple got married, Yang Daren was conscripted, and within half a year, he received news that he had died in battle.
At that time, Yang Daren's wife was pregnant, and after much difficulty, she gave birth to a girl. Yang Daren's uncles took this opportunity to seize the five acres of good land and three acres of dry land left by the orphan and his widow. Fortunately, Yang Lizheng stepped forward and left two acres of good land for their family, and the other three acres of good land and dry land were divided up.
They were the ones who came along with everyone else in this escape from famine, and their situation was the hardest among all the refugees.
A young woman has to take care of her children and her mother-in-law who has poor eyesight.
Su Yin heard her aunt talk about Yang Daren's wife and admired her very much.
Su's mother quickly scooped a bowl of meat porridge and handed it to the other party, "It's just a bowl of porridge, what's the matter with credit or not."
"Thank you." Madam Xu thanked him repeatedly with gratitude.
Madam Xu sat aside, gently calling the child in her arms, "Niuniu, wake up, there is delicious meat porridge to drink."
The child in her arms didn't wake up. Su Yin noticed that the baby looked abnormal. "Aunt Xu, can you let me see Niuniu?"
"good."
Su Yin reached out and touched the child's forehead and cheeks. They were very hot. "Niuniu has a high fever."
"High fever?" Madam Xu panicked.
During the day, the child was lying quietly on the cart. Because it was daytime and the weather was so hot, he didn't notice anything wrong at the first time. When he rested at night, the child had no appetite and felt listless. He thought it was because of the heat and tiredness, and didn't think about it at all.
"What should I do?"
"First, wipe the body with a wet towel to cool the child down."
Su Yin picked up the child, placed him on the straw mat, and untied the clothes wrapped around him.
"Mom, use warm water."
"good."
"Aunt Xu, please fan the child."
"Okay." Aunt Xu responded quickly.
I used a towel soaked in warm water to wipe the child's neck, armpits, and front thighs to promote heat dissipation and cooling. After repeated wiping, Niu Niu's body temperature dropped, but not much.
"What's going on?"
Yang Dashan looked at the baby lying on the straw mat, and then at Madam Xu who was wiping her tears.
"The child has a high fever. Uncle, can you help me ask which store has wine?"
I have been reincarnated here for more than ten years, and the farthest I have been is the county town. I know very little about many things about this dynasty.
Su Yin was not sure whether there were distilled liquor or high-proof liquor in the Dayong Dynasty.
Soon Yang Dashan came over with a pot of wine, "This is some wine from my third grandfather's house. It's good wine. My third grandfather has always been reluctant to drink it, but when he heard that you wanted to drink it, he took it out immediately."
Su Yin poured a little, smelled it, and took another sip to make sure it was not a strong liquor and could not be used to cool the child's body.
If you want to completely lower your body temperature, you need medication.
"It's useless. Uncle, thank my third grandfather for me."
When Madam Xu heard that it couldn't be used, she panicked and said, "What should I do?"
My aunt and the others came over when they heard the noise. I immediately comforted her, "We'll meet a village tomorrow at noon. We'll go into the village and find a barefoot doctor to prescribe some medicine. Let's use warm water to cool down tonight."
In fact, everyone knew that the child had a high fever. If the temperature was not lowered in time, and if medicine was not prescribed tomorrow, he would easily become a fool due to the fever.
Even if he is burned into a fool, he still has life. He might die of a high fever in the second half of the night.
The child is young and weak.
It is common for children to be killed by high fever in the countryside.
In the current environment, my aunt and others can only comfort themselves and think positively.
Su Yin took out a dose of medicine from the package. When she was buying supplies, she had thought about the possibility of encountering such a situation while fleeing from famine.
In ancient times, high fever was not a minor illness; it could be fatal.
In the wilderness, the child had such a high fever, Su Yin couldn't just stand by and watch him die, so she took out a dose of antipyretic medicine from the package. These were included in the supplies she had bought in the county town before, just in case this kind of problem occurred.
"I have a fever-reducing medicine here."
Madam Xu knelt down and kowtowed to Su Yin.
Su Yin hurriedly helped Madam Xu up.
"I, I really don't know how to thank you."
"Auntie, get up quickly and boil some medicine for the child first. The most important thing now is the child."
"Yes, yes, you are right."
The sleeping baby opened his eyes. Due to malnutrition, his body was thin, and his head and eyes looked big.
A pair of big eyes looked at her innocently, and her voice was soft and gentle, "Sister, I feel bad."
The call of "sister" made Su Yin feel soft in her heart, and she gently stroked the baby's head.
"You will feel better after taking the medicine. When you recover, I will make barbecue for you."
When the little kid heard about barbecue, his eyes sparkled.
My aunt-in-law brought a bowl of porridge. The porridge was not very thick, but it was better than what Mrs. Xu usually ate.
"Give the child a mouthful of porridge first. Once he is full, the illness will be easier to recover."
Meat porridge, the little guy can’t eat it now.
"Thank you." Madam Xu kept thanking him.
Su's mother helped to boil the medicine, boiled three bowls of water into one bowl of water, cooled it down a little, and fed it to the child. After the child finished drinking and fell asleep, Xu insisted on taking the child back, not wanting to trouble them any more.
Mother Su looked at the departing figures of the orphan and widow and sighed softly, "It's just the beginning, and the child has a high fever. The road will be more difficult as time goes on. I'm afraid..."
My aunt and several others couldn't help but sigh.
"Daren is Daren's only child. If he dies, Daren's mother will not be able to bear it."
"Alas, they are all miserable people."
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