Chapter 10 The first goal is achieved
"Mom! How could you listen to her? Hasn't she done enough ridiculous things along the way?" Jiang Caiwei said unconvincedly, "What if she brings back another bunch of poisonous weeds and harms Heng'er and the others?"
Madam Lu said unhappily, "Then what do you say we should do? Do you know how to treat illnesses? Or is there a way to get a doctor?"
Jiang Caiwei was speechless.
Indeed, she neither saw patients nor had the means to call a doctor.
On the other side, Jiang Tangtang had already greeted the night watchman and walked towards the woods.
It was just getting light, and the lighting in the forest was not good. But Jiang Tangtang was not worried, and she didn't plan to actually look for herbs in the forest.
She found a secluded place and quickly entered the space. After taking out cold medicine and fever-reducing medicine from the medicine box, she picked some Houttuynia cordata in the yard, picked a few pomelo leaves and pomelo leaves, and took them back to the camp.
Jiang Caiwei looked at Jiang Tangtang coming back, raised her eyebrows, and said disdainfully: "Is this the herbal medicine you talked about? If these messy leaves of yours can also cure diseases, I... I..."
"What's wrong with you? If I'm cured, will you avoid me next time you see me?" Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes at her and turned to boil the medicine.
Houttuynia cordata, pomelo leaves, and pomelo leaves were the folk remedies her grandmother often made for her when she was a child in the countryside.
She wasn't sure if it could cure the disease, but she knew it would have no side effects. She didn't expect the herbal remedy to actually reduce the fever or cure the disease.
When she was filling the bowl, she used her sleeves to cover the cold and fever-reducing medicine, put them into the bowl, stirred them, and then took the bowl to feed the two cubs.
Seeing that the two little guys were seriously ill and dying, and their lives were in danger at any time, Mrs. Lu did not stop them.
The two little guys were delirious with fever, no longer as cold and arrogant as usual. At this moment, they were like a weak sick cat.
Jiang Tangtang felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She said softly, "Dear, drink the sugar water. You won't feel uncomfortable after drinking it!"
I don’t know if it was because her voice was too gentle or because they were craving for sugar water, but the two children were very well-behaved and drank the medicine she brought them.
Mrs. Lu looked at her with a bit of surprise and said, "Is there any medicine left in the pot? Bring a bowl to Shi Yan as well."
"Grandma, there's more!" Jiang Tangtang said, "I'll go get some for him right away."
At this time, Lu Shiyan closed his eyes tightly and frowned, as if he was trying his best to endure the pain.
Su was anxiously standing by, and when she saw Jiang Tangtang bringing the medicine, she opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing.
Like Madam Lu, she was not entirely confident in the herbs Jiang Tangtang had found.
But in the current situation, she could not think of any other solution except to trust Jiang Tangtang.
Afraid that someone would stop her if she continued watching, Su simply turned around and went to look after her two grandsons.
Jiang Tangtang let Lu Shiyan put his hands on her shoulders, tried to help him up, and leaned him against her arms to make it easier to feed him medicine.
But she overestimated herself. Although Lu Shiyan had become skin and bones due to exile, he had a big frame and was tall, so it was not easy to help him stand up and feed him medicine.
Fortunately, after all this trouble, he finally woke up from his coma.
He half-opened his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"
The hot breath sprayed against Jiang Tangtang's ears. Suddenly, some blushing and heart-pounding images flashed through her mind. Her heartbeat suddenly quickened, and she said with unsteady breathing, "You are sick. I made some medicine for you. Drink it quickly!"
She tilted her head slightly as she spoke, increasing the distance between them, and brought the bowl closer to his mouth.
Lu Shiyan wanted to reach out to take the bowl himself, but Jiang Tangtang didn't let him. "It's just this one bowl. If you break it, the children will have nothing to drink their porridge from."
The eldest son of the Dingbei Marquisate, the god of war that the people of Qi feared, now didn't even have a bowl of rice to eat. Jiang Tangtang suddenly felt a little sorry for him.
Lu Shiyan seemed to have the same idea as her. He laughed at himself and obediently drank the medicine in the bowl.
"Sleep a little longer!" Jiang Tangtang helped him lie down, and when she pulled the old clothes beside her to cover him, she found that his ankles were deeply wounded by the iron chain.
Perhaps because the wound has not been properly treated, it has now become festered.
If this wound is not treated, I am afraid that by the time I reach the place of exile, my legs will be crippled.
Jiang Tangtang looked at the haggard but still handsome face, hesitated for a moment, stood up and filled the remaining medicine soup in the pot with a kettle, then fetched a pot of water and boiled it.
He then went to the official to borrow a large copper basin. After the boiled water cooled down, he first used the boiled water to clean the wounds on his body. Then, when no one was paying attention, he cleaned them again with hydrogen peroxide. Finally, he applied ointment on the wounds and bandaged them with a clean cloth.
Fortunately, it was night time and everyone was tired after walking all day. Even Jiang Caiwei, who had always been picking on her and staring at her, couldn't hold on and fell asleep.
This made it convenient for her to secretly take out hydrogen peroxide and ointment from the space to treat Lu Shiyan's wound.
After finishing her work, Jiang Tangtang was also tired, so she went back to hug Lu Tiantian and continued to sleep. However, this time, she woke up after a short sleep.
Jiang Tangtang knew that she was able to come and go freely in the woods last night and even went to borrow a copper basin from the officials. They were so easy to talk to because of her cooking skills.
So when Jiang Tangtang woke up, she went to the officers and offered to make breakfast for them. The officers had been fondly remembering the meal Jiang Tangtang had prepared the previous night, so they naturally wouldn't refuse.
In the morning, without any officers to go hunting, the meal was still brown rice and beans. The officers had initially thought that Jiang Tangtang's cooking would be poor, as the ingredients were limited. However, they were surprised that Jiang Tangtang could cook such simple beans and brown rice very deliciously.
This time, Jiang Tangtang did not cook the mixed beans and brown rice together, but stewed the mixed beans separately in the pot.
He borrowed a machete from a constable and went to the nearby bamboo forest to cut down a lot of bamboo. He then cut the bamboo into tubes, put the washed brown rice in the tubes, added an appropriate amount of water, and steamed them all in a large pot.
This kind of bamboo tube rice not only makes the brown rice more fragrant, but also makes it convenient to eat. If you can't finish it, you can even take it away and eat it when you're hungry on the road.
The officials were very satisfied with Jiang Tangtang's cooking skills. When Jiang Tangtang finished cooking and was about to leave, Liang Jiamin stopped her and gave her three bamboo tubes of rice. "We will arrive at the post station tonight. How many people do you want to get food for then?"
He had agreed to Jiang Tangtang's request to get her own food instead of eating dry food.
Jiang Tangtang said, "Thank you for your understanding, my great-grandmother and several children are weak, and my husband... could you please replace all our dry rations with grain?"
In short, except for Madam Lu, only the rations of the eldest wife were exchanged for food, and the others had nothing to do with her.
Liang Jiamin nodded, very satisfied with Jiang Tangtang's understanding.
If she took the opportunity to ask for an exorbitant price, he would have to think twice about whether to agree to her request.
When Jiang Tangtang returned with the meal, the Lu family had already packed up and were sitting on the ground eating moldy dry food.
When they saw her bringing back the fresh bamboo tube rice, Chen and Jiang Caiwei's eyes flashed with jealousy.
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