"Madam has suffered from heatstroke. Although it is autumn now and the sky is clear and the air is crisp, you still need to be careful in the midday sun and not stay in the sun for too long. All medicines have some side effects. Judging from your pulse, the baby in your womb is healthy. It is best not to take any medicine if possible. Madam, please rest more these few days."
It was a false alarm, and the doctor's attitude became incredibly kind. Seeing the food laid out on the table, his attitude improved even further.
"Thank you for your help, doctor. My family has prepared some food. If you don't mind, could you please have some with us as a late-night snack?"
The one speaking was naturally Liu's husband, Lin Chaodong.
Lin Chaodong was able to return today only after the doctor confirmed that he was healthy and free from illness.
In fact, not only him, but no one in the whole village contracted the disease. This was all thanks to Lin Chaonan informing the village chief early on, and the villagers' obedience, which allowed them to escape this calamity.
You see, in other villages, if even one person gets the disease, the entire village has to be quarantined, and whether they can be cured is up to fate.
The whole family—no, the whole village—was safe and sound. The authorities even distributed food to the village, and the disinfection work for epidemic prevention continued. Everyone also started making arrangements to rebuild their houses.
Previously, everyone was making do in the caves for the sake of epidemic prevention, and no one was in the mood to build any houses. Who knew that once the epidemic broke out, the houses they built would still be inhabitable?
Now that the doctor has examined everyone and confirmed that no one has contracted the disease, everyone has hope for the future again. Even the family that lost its able-bodied member is happily welcoming their new life.
Except for a few brick houses that are still standing, the courtyard walls of all the houses in the village have collapsed. As for the mud-brick houses, there is no hope of survival; they have all collapsed. The best ones still have half a wall left, making it look like a deserted village.
Although there were only a dozen or so households left, with the old and young combined, totaling only about a hundred people, everyone still had to live their lives as usual. Some were mixing mud, others were making mud bricks, and the hillside was all dressed in new clothes.
The villagers are busy preparing to build houses. At this time, Yue Jiuyue's family does not need to help. They have already prepared nearly ten acres of terraced fields and carried up the soil that has washed up to the base of the walls. Today, they plan to start planting wheat.
Planting is much faster than preparing the land. Ten acres can be planted in less than four days. The main reason is that the soil moisture is just right at this time, so there is no need to water it. There is no need to carry water from Nanhu Lake up the mountain again and again, which is why it can be planted so quickly.
After planting the wheat, the next step was to prepare the land. Liu Shi stayed at home with Xiao Man'er, picking wheat seeds. Xiao Man'er had something on her mind, so she couldn't concentrate on the work and kept running back and forth to the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Mom, when will the chicks come out? I've listened for so many times, but I haven't heard any chicks coming out."
She knew she couldn't lift the blanket, otherwise the chicks inside the egg would get cold and wouldn't come out, so she just listened intently to see if there were any chicks chirping inside.
Liu tried hard to recall.
"Well, it should take about 20 days. Last time, it seemed to hatch in half a month. The time before that, it was about 25 days? And the time before that, it was about 20 days. Anyway, the dates are all pretty much the same."
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