Chapter 46 Doctor, your wife has a good physique and sufficient kidney essence. ...
When Yan Jigang heard that he could continue to sleep with his sister, his face lit up and he obediently fetched water and washed himself.
After washing, he went to the middle, with his sister on his right and his brother-in-law on his left, which made him pull the quilt up to his nose.
"What are you so happy about?" Yan Xue helped the young boy pull down the quilt.
Yan Jigang stretched out his hand to write, but Yan Xue didn't give him her palm. "Talk, there's no one here."
This made Yan Jigang secretly glance at Qi Fang, feeling a little nervous and a little embarrassed.
"It's okay. When I first married your brother-in-law, he talked less than you." Yan Xue also smiled and glanced at the man.
Yan Jigang's eyes widened when he saw this, as if he couldn't believe that someone spoke less than him, who spoke incoherently.
Being stared at by two pairs of very similar eyes, Qi Fang paused for a moment, then reached out and touched Yan Jigang's head. "It's okay, go ahead."
Yan Jigang stumbled over his words, "Feel, feel... like, like..."
Yan Xue's eyes were filled with encouragement. Qi Fang's expression was cold, but he wasn't impatient, let alone mocking her. He continued, "Like Dad, Daddy... Mom."
As he said this, he held Yan Xue's hand, then looked at Qi Fang on the other side, but did not dare to move.
Yan Xue's heart softened because of this. The child didn't enjoy many days with his parents. He lost his mother when he was five or six years old, and his father passed away when he was eight.
She couldn't help but look at Qi Fang, and was about to remind him with her eyes, but Qi Fang had already taken the initiative to pull Yan Jigang's hand.
This made Yan Jigang blush, and his little body was so nervous that it stiffened for a moment.
But he couldn't suppress the curve of his mouth, and he even shook the hand holding Yan Xue's happily, then pulled up both of their hands and placed them in front of him.
"Sleep, sleep."
This time he spoke much louder and closed his eyes, indicating that he was going to sleep, but Yan Xue clearly saw that his eyelashes were still trembling.
This look was so adorable that Qi Fang couldn't help but hold the little hand again.
But he and Yan Xue were being pulled at the same time, and with this movement, the back of his finger immediately brushed against Yan Xue's fingertips.
He paused and couldn't help but look at Yan Xue again.
Yan Xue didn't pay attention at first, but soon, some slender fingers wrapped around her little finger.
This happened right under Jigang's nose, and she looked over immediately.
In the darkness, the man's pair of peach blossom eyes were still, not only did they not relax, but they even tightened three points.
Yan Xue went to see her brother again.
The young boy closed his eyes and was almost asleep, completely unaware of what the two shameless adults were secretly doing.
Yan Xue did not pull out, and her fingers that were hooked by the man even tightened slightly.
She knew what it meant when a man looked at the solar calendar cards. Even if she didn't know it at the time, she would understand it later when she thought about it.
Not to mention that the seven days had already passed, even if they hadn't, whether it was accompanying her back home, offering her support, or offering to bring her grandmother over and saving her life together, it was enough to reduce his sentence. Yan Xue asked Jigang to come over to sleep because she was simply worried about her brother and had no intention of asking him to reflect on his actions.
Thinking of this, she hooked her little finger and scratched the man's fingers.
This action was a little naughty, and it made people's hearts itch. Qi Fang felt it and immediately retracted his long fingers.
Yan Xue could clearly feel the difference in his strength and whispered softly, "Don't wake Ji Gang up."
The man didn't say anything, but turned over and gently held her and Yan Jigang in his arms.
In the middle of the night, Yan Jigang was awakened by a nightmare, screaming and gasping for breath.
Yan Xue immediately reached out her hand to comfort him, and when her hand met another big hand, they tacitly moved away from each other and patted each other lightly.
There were also soft footsteps coming from the house opposite, but they did not get closer. After everything here returned to silence, they turned back.
The pots and pans had to be moved on the day of moving, especially the pots. Yan Xue got up early the next day and returned to the old house.
When Yan Jigang came over with his brother-in-law and grandmother, thick rice porridge and crispy pancakes were already on the table. The salted duck eggs were cut in half, and the yolks were still oozing with oil.
The richness of the food made his eyes widen and he rubbed them, wondering if he had not woken up yet and must have seen it wrong.
Yan Xue pushed him on the back in amusement and said, "Go wash your hands."
The young boy ran to the washbasin rack and sat at the table, but he was a little hesitant to pick up his chopsticks.
The second old lady was also a little hesitant. She looked at it for a long time with her chopsticks and first gave the duck egg yolk to her grandson.
"Eat." Yan Xue brought bread to both of them. "I asked someone to buy some fine grains from a nearby village, but it's not much. We usually have to eat cornmeal."
It’s good to be able to eat cornmeal, Yan Jigang blinked his big eyes, although he didn’t say anything, his expression was all there.
Yan Xue scratched his nose with the end of her chopsticks. "It's different here than back home. We don't grow sweet potatoes, and 70% of our food supply is cornmeal. By then, I'm going to make sure you're full."
Yan Jigang didn't say anything. He just carefully took a bite of the cake and drank a mouthful of rice porridge. His eyes narrowed with happiness.
He felt that he would never have enough to eat. Cornmeal is real food. Isn't it better than eating sweet potatoes every day?
The second old lady was an adult after all, so she was more practical. "Can Jigang and I register our household registration here?"
When Yan Jigang heard this, he immediately looked over.
Without a household registration, there would be no food supply. Yan Xue had already thought about this. "Let's ask someone to help us get one and try. If that doesn't work, we can temporarily settle down in a nearby village. Although we can't earn work points locally and get food, we can buy it from the production team, which is cheaper than buying the overpriced food from individuals."
"It's okay for me. Let's find a way to help Jigang first." The second old lady was more concerned about her grandson. "It's time for him to go to school."
Yan Xue also knew this, "I'll go ask Secretary Lang later to see if this matter can be handled."
But there was no rush, they still had to move their things first. Yan Xue also took the money and went to Auntie Guo's house next door.
The wages of temporary workers here are generally divided into two levels: one yuan and thirty-two cents a day for light physical labor and one yuan and sixty-eight cents a day for heavy physical labor.
Yan Xue worked seasonally in the family team, and her job involved heavy physical labor. She originally wanted to pay Aunt Guo according to her light physical labor, but Aunt Guo stopped her.
"I'm just helping you watch the fire, how much can I expect from you? If you continue like this, it will be too formal."
In the end, she only gave her another eight yuan, plus the five yuan she had given her before, averaging one yuan a day. Even so, when Auntie Guo sent her out, she said, "You don't have to come so early tomorrow. I'm old and can't sleep in the mornings. I'll just help you get some fuel."
Now that the weather is hot, there is basically no need to light a fire to raise the temperature during the day. You only need to pay attention in the morning and evening.
Yan Xue thanked her and came out just in time to see Qi Fang borrowing the carriage back. Following him was Liu Weiguo, whom she hadn't seen for nearly half a month. "Why didn't you tell me you were back?"
"I've been so busy that I haven't had time to take care of it." Yan Xue went back and got out a few pairs of cotton gloves.
She had been married to Qi Fang for a short time and did not have much property. She borrowed the carriage mainly to transport her tree stumps.
As a result, Yan Jigang also came out and seemed to want to help her move. However, Yan Xue's family didn't have such small gloves, so he sent him back.
"Is this your brother?" Liu Weiguo also asked for a pair and put them on his hands while asking.
Yan Xue nodded and said, "When you have time, ask Chuncai and the others to come and play with him."
"No problem." Liu Weiguo agreed immediately. "It just so happens that Weibin keeps saying that playing with his two sisters is boring and he wants a younger brother."
"Then our Jigang wouldn't dare to go shopping with him. He's new here and he's still feeling unfamiliar."
Yan Jigang couldn't possibly avoid contact with outsiders for his entire life, but he was afraid of being laughed at by others, so he could only ask someone close to him to help look after the child.
The Liu family's children are all good. Liu Chuncai is cheerful, Liu Chunni is shy, and although Liu Weibin is a little naughty, he is still obedient. You can see that from the fact that he never goes ice skating in the river.
Even if a child like this finds out that Yan Jigang stutters, he probably won't laugh at him. It just so happens that Liu Weibin and Yan Jigang are of the same age and can play together.
Several people worked together and soon the first truck was loaded. Liu Weiguo patted his gloves and asked, "Do you remember how many bricks you used to build that house?"
Who would have nothing better to do than ask someone to build a house, unless they themselves needed it? Yan Xue glanced at him and asked, "Are you asking this for someone else or for yourself?"
Qi Fang was about to take the driver to the new house when he heard the words more directly, "Is it done?"
"I guess so." Liu Weiguo touched his head. "We got engaged three days ago. We plan to pick a good date in August or September to get married. Anyway, we'll do it before the logging team goes up the mountain."
This was really quick. Qi Fang always asked questions directly and directly. "Did your family propose the engagement?"
"Yes and no," Liu Weiguo said. "My family had discussed it. We gave them a ginseng plant as a gift to build connections. We were afraid they wouldn't acknowledge it later, so we wanted to count it as a betrothal gift. But before my mother could even open her mouth, Zhou Wenhui brought it up."
"It's not going very smoothly, right?" Yan Xue always felt that with Zhou's father's personality, he would rather have a leader as a relative than an old member of the Liu family.
As expected, Liu Weiguo nodded. "Her father is still not happy. She said that if he insists that she marry into the Jiang family, she will go to the factory and tell him about his selling his daughter."
How could Zhou's father continue to be the deputy director in this situation? Even if he succeeded, he might be removed from his post. He had no choice but to compromise.
But some trouble is inevitable. Fortunately, after Jiang Debao's incident, the reasons for not marrying into the Jiang family are ready, and the Jiang family can't say anything.
In fact, there is a more radical way to cut off the source of the problem. After all, Zhou Wenhui's household registration is at the educated youth site. She is determined to marry Liu Weiguo, and her family can't stop her.
But this trick can't be used unless it's absolutely necessary, and Yan Xue and Qi Fang can't give them this idea. After all, getting married without their parents' consent is also considered elopement, which will easily lead to gossip, and even the character of the Liu family will be brought up.
What kind of girl from a good family would get married without her parents' consent? What kind of boy from a good family would kidnap a girl without spending a penny?
After all, this era is not a few decades later. Cities are large and the population is highly mobile. If you close the door, no one will care about anyone else. If you are not careful, it may even affect the marriage of the remaining children.
Now that the Liu family has paid the betrothal gift and the marriage has been decided, anything else will be the Zhou family's own problem.
But after all, this matter was not accomplished smoothly. Otherwise, with Liu Weiguo's personality, he would have been in high spirits and showed off to them as soon as he entered the door.
Qi Fang looked at his buddy and said, "Don't regret it."
"How can that be possible?" Liu Weiguo immediately retorted, "If the ginseng is gone, we can dig it up again. People are not important."
If Zhou Wenhui had just accepted it without saying anything, he might have felt a little uncomfortable, but didn't he?
Qi Fang didn't say anything else. After all, the reason he came up with that idea was mainly because when he first saw Yan Xue, he thought Yan Xue was his fiancée who had broken off the engagement with him.
Although it was later proved that he was wrong, his strict father had no importance to him long before that.
What Liu Weiguo chooses depends entirely on what he cares about more. He just mentioned it, and whether to adopt it or not depends entirely on the Liu family themselves.
Qi Fang followed the car and left. Liu Weiguo helped Yan Xue clear the tree stumps outside. He couldn't help but ask Yan Xue, "When are you planning to move?"
"The day after tomorrow is a good day to move." Yan Xue had already looked at the calendar.
This matter really cannot be delayed any longer. If we delay any further, the second round of young forest cultivation will have to begin.
On the day of moving, Liu Weiguo came to help on time, Zhou Wenhui also came, Yan Xue carried the pot at home, and Qi Fang carried the rice bucket full of rice, and they officially moved to the new house.
Even Yan Jigang was assigned an important item, and he followed behind his sister and brother-in-law, holding the small box that Qi Fang had brought with him.
Yan Xue even laughed at him, "Your brother-in-law trusts you quite a bit. Even I haven't opened this thing before."
Yan Jigang just smiled, went into the house, handed the box to his brother-in-law, put it away, and went out to watch the two of them install the pot.
The stove base under the earth pot had been built long ago. Qi smeared yellow mud on it, and Yan Xue placed the pot on it.
Of course, just sitting on it is not enough. You have to turn it twice to close the gap. You also have to apply a circle of yellow mud on the joints between the pot and the stove, otherwise smoke will come out when the fire is lit.
The family had a meal in the new house, and the move was complete. The next day, Yan Xue immediately took people to the town to see a doctor.
This time, it's not just Qi Fang who needs to be watched. Yan Ji was just frightened, and the second old lady hasn't fully recovered yet. In the whole family, Yan Xue is the only good person left.
When a family of four went in together, the doctor thought they were all there to see a doctor, so he asked their family members to wait outside.
As a result, Yan Jigang sat down, and several people helped to explain the situation. After taking the pulse and prescribing medicine, the second old lady sat down.
The doctor guessed the old lady's condition from the color of her lips and then felt her pulse. "Have you been poisoned before?"
The second old lady nodded and said, "We didn't do it right when we applied the Dichlorvos."
"My foundation is a little weak, I need to recuperate. Who are these two?"
"My granddaughter and grandson-in-law."
It was rare to see a granddaughter and grandson-in-law accompanying their grandmother to see a doctor. The doctor couldn't help but take another look at them, wrote a prescription, and told Yan Xue and Qi Fang some precautions.
I thought it was definitely over this time and was about to call the next one when Qi Fang sat down again.
The young man was handsome and looked young. The doctor looked at him and asked, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"I can't sleep." Qi Fang said concisely.
Yan Xue was standing behind him and helped him add, "For two or three years, I can only sleep four or five hours at most at night."
"Have you seen a doctor before?" The doctor pushed the pulse pillow over to him, but before he could put his hand on it, Qi Fang said, "No."
This made the doctor look at him again, "You haven't seen a doctor for two or three years. You are really unbearable."
After a short while, he finished taking her pulse. "Liver depression and qi stagnation, heart and spleen deficiency. This is the pulse of depression and excessive thinking. Have you suffered a great blow before?"
Yan Jigang and the second old lady immediately looked over with concern, but Qi Fang didn't answer. "Can it be cured?"
"It can be cured, but you have to let go of some things." The doctor felt him again and asked, "Have you felt any stronger lately?"
Is it stronger?
Qi Fang looked back at Yan Xue and murmured "hmm".
"Then keep going. There are some things you shouldn't think about, so just forget about them." The doctor followed his gaze and looked at Yan Xue. "The family should also comfort him more often and try to keep him in a good mood."
Yan Xue nodded. Seeing that the other party was about to prescribe a prescription, she hurriedly asked, "Does he have any other problems?"
"It's been hot lately, so I'm a little bit hot-headed, but it's nothing serious."
"Is it really gone?" Yan Xue obviously didn't believe it.
If it was just insomnia, how could he be so sick when he appeared in the original book more than ten years later and die in his forties?
After all, she was the patient's spouse and might know something. The doctor felt him again and asked, "What else is wrong with him?"
Not to mention Yan Xue, even the patient Qi Fang didn't know the answer to this question.
He couldn't help but glance at Yan Xue and said, "No, I'm usually very healthy."
The doctor felt around for a long time but apparently couldn't find anything. He frowned and pondered.
Yan Xue could only remind the other party: "It's the kind that is more hidden. It's generally not easy to find and difficult to tell others. It has a particularly big impact on people."
This man is very stubborn. Who knows if he really doesn't feel uncomfortable, or if he does but refuses to tell her?
For example, she didn't discover his insomnia until several months after they got married, and it was because she caught him red-handed. He was unwilling to admit it when Liu Weiguo brought it up before.
Yan Xue felt her reminder was spot-on, and the doctor clearly understood. With a look of sudden enlightenment on his face, he carefully felt her pulse again and said, "No, your husband has a healthy physique and sufficient kidney essence. There shouldn't be any problems in that area. Is there something wrong with you two?"
At first, when he said that her kidney essence was sufficient, Yan Xue didn't react, but then she said that there was a disharmony in that aspect...
She felt the man looking over at her immediately, and the second old lady was even more worried. "This is a serious matter, doctor, please take a look at him quickly."
"There's nothing wrong with it. People with kidney deficiency won't be like this." The doctor had already loosened his grip and looked at Yan Xue instead. "Do you want to take a diaphragm too?"
Yan Xue certainly didn't want to make it seem like there was indeed discord between them and that the problem was with her.
But Qi Fang had already stood up and pressed her down on the stool without a word. She could only hold out her hand and said, "I'm not feeling unwell."
Facts have proven that she's been a hard-working person in both of her lives. She was bedridden for half a year after her head injury, but now she's alive and kicking. When they got out, three of the four people had taken medicine, but she was fine.
Little Yan Jigang obviously didn't want to take the medicine, and his face was gloomy as he walked.
Yan Xue couldn't help but pinch him, "Grandma and your brother-in-law are drinking with you, be good, and I'll buy you some candy."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a gaze falling on her back. She turned around and saw Qi Fang looking at her.
The man's eyes were deep, and it was obvious that he wanted her to know that he was looking at her. He looked at her for a moment before saying, "The photo studio is not far away. Let's go take a family photo."
When Yan Jigang heard this, his gloomy face immediately brightened up, but he still went to see his sister for her opinion.
"Then let's do it." Yan Xue naturally had no objection. From now on, the four of them would live together, so this would be a souvenir.
Upon hearing this, Yan Jigang hurriedly straightened his collar, then tugged at the corners of his shirt, and also helped Yan Xue and the second old lady to tug at them. When they got to the photo studio, he was very cooperative, sitting down when the photographer asked him to, standing when he asked, and silently calling out "Eggplant" when the photographer asked him to. After the photo shoot, he quietly asked Yan Xue how long it would take before she could pick up the photos.
"I'll wait for you to come back and get some Chinese medicine next time." Yan Xue's words successfully made the young boy's face fall.
Then she felt that gaze again, and in a blink of an eye it was Qi Fang again.
This time the man moved away quickly and said to the photographer, "Take two more photos of us alone."
Yan Xue then remembered that they had gotten married in such a hurry that they didn't even take wedding photos, and they never got around to it afterwards.
Before she could take a step, Yan Jigang pushed her and smiled at her with his lips pursed.
Yan Xue had no choice but to walk over and stand with Qi Fang. She first took a half-body photo, and then stood on a small stool under the photographer's instructions.
There's no way around it. There's a huge height difference between them, and it's impossible to take a photo that only captures the head without standing on a bench.
Perhaps fearing she would fall, the man even reached out to support her back. Then she heard a whisper in her ear: "How come I didn't know you were unhappy with me?"
Yan Xue didn't understand at first, but when she met his meaningful gaze, she instantly remembered the misunderstanding in the hospital.
Sure enough, this man is very vindictive. She asked why he looked at her whenever she mentioned taking medicine. He looked at her whenever she mentioned taking medicine.
Now Yan Xue didn't even need to try to recall the feeling of being newly married. Her ears turned red on their own, mainly out of embarrassment and a little annoyance.
Besides, who knows what this man will do if he holds a grudge? I still have to find a chance to explain to him.
After taking photos and visiting the supply and marketing cooperative, the four of them took the train back as it was almost time.
On the way, Yan Jigang was still quietly asking Yan Xue if ginseng could really become a spirit. The main photographer told them a story about a young woman who had come to the Chengshui Photo Studio. She was wearing a red coat and a red hairband. The photographer looked through the camera and saw that it was actually a large ginseng plant.
The photographer felt something was wrong and moved the camera away. It was clearly a grown-up girl, but when he looked through the lens again, it was still ginseng.
How could a child not be curious about these things? Yan Xue thought about it and simply asked him, "Do you want to go up the mountain to dig ginseng?"
Can I still go up the mountain to dig ginseng?
Yan Jigang's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.
"Then I'll ask around and take you up the mountain in the fall. But whether we can dig it up depends on our luck."
Yan Xue knew something about this. After all, she sold ginseng in her store in her previous life and also purchased wild ginseng from individuals.
All in all, this trip was pleasant except that he had to start taking medicine again. After the door opened, Yan Jigang ran into the house.
But he went to the room with the old lady. His things were actually all there. These past two days, he only came to sleep with his sister at night and went back during the day.
The couple was the only ones left in the room. Qi Fang immediately gave Yan Xue a meaningful look and asked, "How many days will Jigang sleep here?"
Yan Xue was very familiar with this smell, the smell of revenge.
She straightened her expression and said, "Doctor, you misunderstood me. I wanted to ask if you had any hidden dangers in your body. After all, you never tell me what you have."
Qi Fang didn't know whether he had heard it or not. He raised his peach blossom eyes meaningfully and took out his small box.
Yan Xue saw that he was about to put in the note for going to the photo studio to pick up photos. Just as she was about to say something else, the man suddenly stopped, rummaged through the contents from top to bottom, and his eyes darkened.
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