Yue Jiuyue gloriously caught a cold.
She was so tired that she had planned to wait until after breakfast to go back to her room for a nap, but she couldn't stay awake and fell asleep against the wall. The blanket slipped down, and she got cold again.
So she was really guilty, she was even thinking of catching up on sleep during the day.
It was too late to say anything now. Yue Jiuyue was wrapped in three layers of blankets and taken to the town's clinic.
Dr. Li: ╮(╯-╰“)╭
Here we go again!
I brewed some fever-reducing medicine and gave it to Yue Jiuyue. When Yue Jiuyue woke up, she was awake, but her fever hadn't gone down yet.
Once the person is awake, the illness becomes relatively easy to treat.
However, because she had to take medicine every day, she didn't have the chance to take the fever reducer she bought from the mall. Afraid of mixing it with the medicine, she would apply a fever-reducing patch to herself at night, which was better than nothing. She had a fever for several days before she finally got better.
Her voice was hoarse, her nose was stuffy, and she had a headache—she really had it all.
Laba porridge is not sweet at all; it's actually bitter.
Not just Laba porridge, everything tastes bitter to her.
Nothing tasted good to her, so Yue Jiuyue ate less and visibly lost a lot of weight.
Weight loss miracle!
However, Yue Jiuyue would rather not have this method of weight loss!
Besides, she's not fat at all!
Besides, being a little chubby proves she's living a good life! A plump, healthy woman is so much more desirable! Who likes someone who's skin and bones?!
The kind of thin beauty she likes isn't actually thin; it's someone with a slender frame and curves in the right places, not the kind of skinny, bony type that's neither attractive nor healthy.
She likes this kind of plump but not too fat figure the most; it's soft and comfortable.
She also thought that chubby figure was beautiful, but she couldn't accept it because she always felt that she was too fat and would feel tired even when walking.
So, her figure before was just right. She wasn't skinny, she had some flesh but not too much, it was really just right.
Now, she's too lazy to even look in the mirror; her face is so mean-spirited that it hurts her eyes to look at it.
It's not that she has a mean face, it's just that she always frowns and looks unhappy when she looks in the mirror, and her face is not very fleshy, so she appears somewhat mean.
If her expression had been gentler, she wouldn't have acted that way.
Yue Jiuyue was kept under guard at home by her son and daughter-in-law for more than ten or twenty days until the Chinese New Year when she was finally released.
It's time for the family reunion dinner.
Yue Jiuyue frowned as she took a sip of the sweet fruit wine, but it still tasted bitter.
It wasn't good to keep frowning during the Lunar New Year, so she simply stopped eating and watched the children eat. She would drink a bowl of bitter medicine soup later and then she would be full.
Lin Chaodong and the others frowned in unison, but there was nothing they could do but sigh inwardly.
After finishing dinner, to avoid infecting her two grandchildren, Yue Jiuyue, who doesn't get close to her two granddaughters and grandsons, went straight back to her room and waited for her medicine.
"mother."
The one who came in was Lin Chaonan.
Lin Chaodong took the two children back to the courtyard, and Lin Chaobei also took Wang Xiaoxue back.
"Um?"
Yue Jiuyue's voice was still hoarse.
"Mom, cheer up! Dr. Li said you'll be better in a few days. You need to eat well to recover faster!"
Herbal decoctions are for treating illnesses, but if the body doesn't absorb the nutrients to protect itself, the effectiveness of the herbal decoctions will be reduced. What would have been a cure after two doses might now require five doses and still not be effective.
That's how Dr. Li explained it to him, but Yue Jiuyue had a poor appetite, her mouth tasted bitter, and she couldn't eat anything, so Dr. Li was at a loss.
"I know, but my mouth tastes bitter. Can I stop taking the medicine for a few days? Anyway, I don't have a fever anymore, so it should be fine to stop for a few days. Did Dr. Li say that?"
Yue Jiuyue was constantly watched by her three sons, so she could only hope that they would agree to stop taking her medication. Unfortunately, her sons disagreed, thinking that if she stopped eating and taking her medication, her illness would never get better.
However, today is the Lunar New Year, and Yue Jiuyue felt that there was hope that she could stop taking the medication today, at least for two or three days.
"Okay, let's stop and try it for now. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must tell us. Don't try to tough it out on your own!"
Lin Chaodong agreed.
In fact, the fact that he asked Dr. Li meant that he would definitely agree.
It's Chinese New Year again, we can't let his mother not even have a good New Year.
"Okay! I won't tough it out if I'm not feeling well!"
Yue Jiuyue was overjoyed and showed her first genuine smile in a long time.
Seeing Yue Jiuyue smiling happily, Lin Chaonan felt that his decision was correct. He just needed to persuade the other two later, hoping they could understand.
That evening, Yue Jiuyue didn't drink the herbal medicine; instead, she bought some cold medicine and took it, then slept soundly.
Although the next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, she was still recovering from a cold and was afraid of infecting the children, so she only gave her two little ones lucky money and then didn't see anyone else.
The village children still wanted to kowtow to her and wish her a Happy New Year, but the old women persuaded them not to. Yue Jiuyue was only doing it for their own good, so everyone took the various candies, snacks, and treats that Yue Jiuyue had prepared in advance, and they all ran off together.
These children are all around the same age as Xiaoman'er, and there are a few who are a few years older. They are all students at Dongling School. They are more polite than before, and even if they make a fuss, they are restrained and will not be lawless.
The next day, as usual, Lin Chaobei took Wang Xiaoxue back to her parents' home with very generous gifts. Yue Jiuyue also hoped that her future mother-in-law would treat her daughter better, but unfortunately, her thoughts were just that—her thoughts.
As expected, Wang Xiaoxue was not happy when she came back; her eyelids were red and swollen, indicating that she had been crying again.
Yue Jiuyue was helpless about all of this. Wang Xiaoxue herself didn't know how to resist, so what could she do?
This year, it felt like the New Year was over as soon as the second day of the Lunar New Year passed. Apart from the children, no one else felt any of the festive spirit.
Perhaps it's because everyone is living a better life now?
I still remember how difficult life was for everyone in the past, but we would still prepare well in advance for every holiday, even if it meant tightening our belts, to make the most of every festival.
Now, everyone's life is better. They can prepare whatever they want, and children can have new clothes made if they want to wear them. It's no longer the hardship of the past, when "new clothes lasted for three years, old clothes lasted for three years, and then patched up for another three years."
"Mother, I want to take Xiaoxue to the city for a while and come back after the Lantern Festival."
At the dinner table, Lin Chaobei hesitated for a long time before finally expressing his thoughts.
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