The autumn harvest of wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes is all ready for the next stage.
Now it's time to thresh wheat. The whole village starts using grain racks to thresh the wheat, and after threshing, they start drying it, selecting the good ones, and packing them into bags.
Then they started threshing and bagging the corn, preparing to deliver the grain to the government the day after tomorrow.
With tight deadlines and heavy workloads, the whole family lost weight after this autumn harvest.
Guo's mother took out some cornmeal from the house and prepared to steam some cakes to nourish everyone.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door at night. "Who is it?"
Zheng Xiaocao cried and said, "Auntie, my son Huzi suddenly developed a fever last night. I wanted to ask if you have any medicine at home?"
“The child is talking constantly because of the fever, and I’m afraid it will make him delirious. We’re too far from the city now, we can’t make it in time.”
When Tingting saw her crying like that, she quickly said, "Sister Xiaocao, you go back first. Jianjun and I will go in a bit."
"Wipe the child's body with cool water. We'll get dressed and come right away. If the child wakes up and can't see you, he'll be worried."
Little Grass nodded tearfully and ran home quickly, because at this time, a fever could be fatal.
Tingting took out four packets of children's fever reducer from her spatial storage, tore them open, divided them into smaller portions, put them in a paper bag, and hurriedly ran to Xiaocao's house.
"Sister Xiaocao, we've searched for ages and found some fever reducer. Please mix it with warm water and give it to the child."
Xiaocao and her husband Wang Dahai rushed to prepare medicine for Huzi, but he couldn't drink it, so they fed it to him mouth-to-mouth.
Jianjun fetched well water and used cotton cloth to wipe the child's neck and armpits, hoping to quickly lower the temperature and prevent the child from getting a high fever.
As for alcohol, there's not even enough food to eat right now, let alone alcohol. This is no joke.
After a while, the child's temperature finally came down, and both Xiaocao and Wang Dahai shed tears.
Wang Dahai said to Jianjun and Tingting, "Thank you."
"I asked all the neighbors in the neighborhood last night, but none of them had the medicine. If we take the child to the city tomorrow morning, the child will be gone."
"Brother, if you need anything in the future, just tell me. This is our only child now. Thank you, brother."
"Brother Dahai, we're all neighbors. Your wife helped our Tingting a while ago, so don't be so polite."
"Give the child plenty of water now that he's awake, it'll help him recover faster. Tingting and I will be leaving now."
"Okay, you two go back to sleep. Oh, right, didn't I give you four packets of medicine? If you still have a fever tonight, take another packet. That's all you can take. If you need anything, just knock on our door."
"Yes, Jianjun, I understand, thank you."
At home, Xiaocao cried and said to her husband, "It's all thanks to Tingzi and her husband. If we had gone to the city by tomorrow, even if the child was alright, he would have been brainwashed. We should thank them when we have the chance."
"Mother," Tiger called out.
"The child woke up with swollen, burning eyelids. The couple helped the child sit up and quickly gave him some water."
The next day, Tingting and Jianjun took the wild bird eggs from their spatial dimension and delivered them to Hu Zi.
"Sister Xiaocao, how's the child?"
"Come inside quickly, girl."
"I had a fever again last night, but after taking medicine, I've woken up now."
"That's good. Jianjun and I found some wild bird eggs on the mountain a while ago. They weren't anything special, but we can give the child some nourishment."
"Thank you both, sister. Alright, sis, we're going back now. We have chores to do at home."
"Okay, go ahead," Zheng Xiaocao said as she saw the two of them out the door.
She started cooking wild bird eggs for Tiger, saying, "Tiger, look what this is, let Mom peel it open for you."
"Mom is an egg, yes, eat quickly, you'll feel better after you finish. This was brought by your Aunt Tingting, we should thank them properly in the future."
Tiger nodded. "Mom, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten, you should eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
"Mommy smells so good!" Little Grass cried as she listened to her son's innocent words.
When Tiger saw her crying, he cried too, saying, "Mother, don't cry."
"Don't cry, Tiger. Eat quickly, and I'll go get you some hot water."
Grandma Guo asked, "Tiger's fever has gone down."
“Yes, Mom, the fever has gone down. Xiaocao and Wang Dahai only have one son. If anything were to happen to him, it would be a disaster,” Tingting nodded.
Jianjun and Tingting said inside the house, "Let's find more food these next few days. The chestnuts on this mountain should be ripe by now, so we can save them for winter. It would be even better if we could hunt some game."
The couple had been exhausted lately and were planning to go up the mountain for a good meal to replenish their energy.
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