Chapter 46 Picking up a child covered in bruises!
There was a bumper harvest of peppers in the autumn, and Qin Zhizhi stored all the dried peppers.
Without fresh peppers, Erye's family thought that their stir-fried pork business could no longer be successful, and they felt a little disappointed.
In Qin Zhizhi's eyes, it was no big deal. She also taught Erye's family how to make braised pork trotters with rice.
Things like pig's trotters are not valuable here and the cost is not high. Although they are not as popular as stir-fried pork with rice, the income is still good.
Because there was no fresh chili peppers, Qin Zhizhi provided Manager Wang with a recipe for spicy chicken, which has become very popular.
The dried chili peppers that Qin Zhizhi had stored finally came in handy, and she sold them to Shopkeeper Wang at the same price as the chili peppers.
When autumn comes, Qin Zhizhi’s favorite thing to do is to go to the back mountain.
Qin Zhizhi was ecstatic when she accidentally discovered several wild chestnut trees in the back mountain. She had picked some and brought them back two days ago. Today, she wanted to eat chestnut roast chicken, so she went to the mountain again.
Qin Zhizhi roasted chestnuts. Feeling sorry for her husband and brothers who had to work hard at studying, she went to the academy in the afternoon to bring them food.
When she was coming back, she passed by the city gate and met a child who was beaten all over. The child fainted in front of her ox cart.
Qin Zhizhi and Qin He took the child to the clinic. The doctor took the child's pulse and said that the child fainted from hunger and the wounds on his body were infected.
The doctor prescribed some medicine and some rice soup, and told me to take good care of myself and come back in a few days to take my pulse and change the prescription.
The doctor prescribed the medicine, and Qin He came back after going out to inquire about the news. The child was a little beggar, and no one knew where he came from.
Qin Zhizhi looked at the wounded little boy and discussed with Qin He, "Dad, let's take him home. If we don't take care of him, he might not survive."
Qin He was a little hesitant, but when he thought about the information he had heard, he felt pity for the little beggar.
"Zhizhi, you and Jing Huai just got married, it's not good to bring a child back home suddenly. If you want to bring a child back, then raise him in the Qin family."
"Dad, everyone in the village knows about the Qin family's situation. I'd better take them to the Gu family and say they are distant relatives of the Jing Huai family."
The Gu family had fled here before, so if they said they were distant relatives, no one could verify it.
Qin He felt that his daughter was thoughtful and nodded.
Because they were delayed in returning home by treating the little beggar, it was almost dark when the father and daughter returned home, so Qin He drove the ox cart directly to Gu's house.
Because the father and daughter came back late, the Qin family members were waiting at Gu's house.
Mrs. Qin was so anxious that she was ready to ask her eldest and third sons to go find the father and daughter.
"You are finally back, why are you so late?" Seeing her son and granddaughter return safely, Mrs. Qin finally felt relieved.
"I'm sorry to have worried everyone. My father and I were delayed due to some issues." Qin Zhizhi was moved when she saw the anxious expressions of her family members.
"I'm glad you're okay. You haven't eaten yet, I'll heat it up for you." Zhang was finally relieved to see her husband and daughter come back.
"Mom, don't worry, uncle, come and help."
Hearing his niece calling him, Qin Shan quickly squeezed over, and everyone then saw that there was another person on the ox cart.
Li came closer with the oil lamp and was startled when she saw it. She asked in a low voice, "Zhizhi, why is there a child here?"
When the others heard there was a child, they quickly gathered around.
"Everyone, be quiet. Take the child into the house first. I will explain to you later."
Everyone didn't know what was going on. When Qin Zhizhi told them not to make a sound, everyone automatically shut up.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and help hold the baby."
Seeing her eldest son standing there stupidly, Mrs. Qin couldn't help but remind him.
Qin Shan quickly helped carry the child into the house.
"Mom, please help me cook some rice soup and bring it over." Qin Zhizhi said to Zhang before entering the house.
"Mom knows. You should go in quickly. It's cold outside." Zhang felt sorry for her daughter and did not forget to remind Qin Zhizhi when she went to the kitchen to cook rice porridge.
"Thank you for your hard work, mother."
Qin Zhizhi also felt it was cold outside and quickly went into the house.
"Second brother's wife, let me help you." Aunt Li also followed Zhang to the kitchen.
Obviously, the rice soup that the niece wanted was for the child, but the rice for her niece and second brother was not hot yet, so she helped to heat it up.
The little beggar was carried into the house. Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Gu had already changed the child into Gu Jingshu's clothes.
Seeing the injuries on the child, they both felt very distressed.
When Qin Zhizhi told her family about the child's situation, her family decided to respect Qin Zhizhi's decision.
Especially the Gu family, who had experienced hardships themselves, so they could empathize more.
When Qin Zhizhi said that the child should be told to others that he was a distant relative of the Gu family, the Gu family was very supportive.
Qin Zhizhi also told her family that they should keep the little girl’s injuries a secret while she was recovering at home, and tell anyone else when she was better.
The main reason is that the child is now injured and it is easy to cause misunderstanding.
Qin Zhizhi even gave special instructions about her three children.
The people in the main room discussed a plan, and the rice soup and hot meals cooked by Zhang and Li were also served on the table.
"Dad, you eat first. I'll go feed little Tuanzi some rice soup."
"You must be starving. Grandma, go ahead and you and your dad can eat yours."
Mrs. Qin took the rice soup and went into the house with Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Li followed them in.
Zhang stayed to take care of the father and daughter, and learned what had happened from them.
The little girl drank the rice soup and fell asleep again, which made everyone feel distressed.
Mrs. Qin arranged for him to sleep in the same room with Gu Jingshu. Qin Zhizhi was worried that he would get a fever at night, so she told Gu Jingshu not to lock the door at night and that she would come to check on him.
Before going to bed, Qin Zhizhi applied ointment on him. The ointment was exchanged with Wanwan and was mainly used to treat the injuries on Xiaotuanzi's body.
After spending one or two taels of silver on Qin Zhizhi, Qin Zhizhi suspected that Wanwan was cheating her.
In the middle of the night, Qin Zhizhi discovered that Xiaotuanzi really had a fever, so she quickly exchanged it with Wanwan for some quick-reducing fever medicine.
Qin Zhizhi returned to the room to rest only after Xiaotuanzi's fever subsided.
Early the next morning, Qin Zhizhi went to see Xiaotuanzi. She felt relieved when she found that his forehead was no longer hot.
The doctor said that Xiaotuanzi was too hungry before, so he couldn’t eat too much at once.
Qin Zhizhi cooked rice porridge and boiled eggs for breakfast. She was afraid that Gu Jingshu and Gu Jingyao would not be full, so she asked them to go to Qin's house for meals for the next few days.
When Mother Gu got up in the morning, she didn't see her two children and felt a little surprised. After listening to Qin Zhizhi's explanation, Mother Gu smiled helplessly.
Ever since Qin Zhizhi got married, the relationship between the Qin and Gu families has become better, and the three children stick together every day.
For breakfast, Gu's mother and Qin Zhizhi drank white porridge and boiled eggs. Qin Zhizhi crushed the egg yolk into the white rice porridge and fed it to the little girl.
Little Tuanzi was probably very hungry. He drank a small bowl of egg yolk and white rice porridge and looked at Qin Zhizhi eagerly.
Qin Zhizhi's heart melted when she was looked at. She gently touched the little girl's head and coaxed her, "You can't eat so much now. When you can eat, sister will help you, okay?"
The little dumpling hesitated for a moment and nodded.
At this moment, he didn't know that Qin Zhizhi had decided to keep him.
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