Chapter 114 Ginseng whiskers
Zheng hurried to find the village chief and Jinniu.
After Jinniu went back to write the divorce letter and left, she thought about her mother-in-law Wu's bad condition tonight and became very worried about her, so she went to her mother-in-law's room with an oil lamp to take a look.
When she looked up, she found that the kang was empty and there was no one there. She thought her mother-in-law had gone out to the toilet, so she waited in the main room for a while, but she waited and waited and did not see Wu come back.
Zheng immediately felt that something was wrong, so she went to the toilet and looked around, but found no one there. She then looked around the yard and still didn't find anyone.
Zheng then realized that something serious might have happened, and immediately ran out to find the village chief and Jinniu to go back.
When Mrs. Wan heard what Zheng said, she quickly said to the village chief, "Brother Village Chief, please go back and see my sister-in-law. I'll ask my eldest and second sons to go with you to look for her. It's so dark here, where can my sister-in-law go?"
Old Mrs. Wan also began to worry about the village chief's family.
The village chief was already in a panic, urging Jinniu to carry him back quickly, and he didn't care what Old Lady Wan said.
Old Lady Wan asked the eldest and second oldest Wan to go with her to check out the situation, so that they could lend a hand if help was needed. After all, the village chief's family had few descendants, and there were no extra people to go out and look for people.
"Mom, don't worry, we'll go right away, you can go back quickly."
The eldest and second oldest Wan quickly followed behind Taurus.
Old Mrs. Wan glanced at the direction where the few people left, sighed, and asked the Third and Fourth Wan to carry Shen into the house where Qiu had lived before.
Everything in the room was ready and had not been replaced yet. All we had to do was heat up the kang.
Second Sister-in-law Wan was busy heating the kang, Third Sister-in-law Wan was busy boiling water, and Old Lady Wan took out the old clothes of the eldest Sister-in-law Wan and prepared to give them to Shen.
Old Mrs. Wan sent the third and fourth sons of the Wan family back to sleep, leaving her and her two daughters-in-law to look after Shen.
"Second son's wife, come and change her clothes. She is so pitiful. She is still wearing torn clothes in the middle of winter. It is a blessing from God that she didn't freeze to death. Her hands are also cold. I don't know if she can survive."
Old Mrs. Wan sighed as she helped Mrs. Wan Er take off Shen's clothes.
When the two were changing clothes, they discovered that there was not a single healthy spot on Shen's body. There were either large patches of bruises or marks of beatings.
Wan Ersao was crying. How did Shen Shi survive in the Shen family? The people in the Shen family were really worthless. Even the animals raised at home would not be treated like this.
At this time, Mrs. Wan San came over with hot water and wiped Shen's body to warm her up.
"Mom, these people from the Shen family are worse than animals. How have they tortured me?"
While cursing the people of the Shen family, Mrs. Wan San quickly wrung out the handkerchief and wiped Shen's body.
Wan Ersao also said to Old Lady Wan at this time: "Mother, we will go to the Shen family to ask for money tomorrow. We can't let these beasts spend the New Year so carefree."
Old Lady Wan nodded and said, "What the second son's wife said is right. We will go to them to collect the debt tomorrow."
After changing Shen's clothes, her face was pale and she was so thin that her bones were just skin and bones. Her face was the size of a palm.
Old Mrs. Wan asked Mrs. Wan San to quickly prepare something nutritious for Shen to drink first.
Wan Sansao agreed and immediately went to the kitchen to prepare a bowl of egg drop soup.
The temperature is low at night, so the egg drop soup will warm up after being left outside for a while.
"Mom, the egg drop soup is here."
Sister-in-law Wan San put the bowl on the kang table, and Sister-in-law Wan Er picked up the spoon to taste it and found it was warm.
She scooped a shallow spoonful of egg drop soup and brought it to Shen's mouth, but Shen didn't open her mouth.
I tried for a long time but couldn't feed it a single bite.
Old Mrs. Wan looked a little unhappy. She was an experienced person and had seen so many elderly people pass away that she couldn't remember how many of them there were.
"It seems there's no hope. I can't even eat. I think this is going to be tonight."
Wan Ersao didn't believe it, so she helped Shen up and asked Wan Sansao to hold her head. She pried open Shen's mouth and forced the liquid in.
The two of them took great pains to get Shen to drink a mouthful of egg drop soup.
"Mother, look, drink it, drink it!"
Wan Ersao shouted excitedly.
A smile finally appeared on Old Mrs. Wan’s face.
"Okay, as long as he can drink it, it's fine. Second son's wife, hurry up and continue feeding him."
"well!"
Wan Ersao's voice became much lighter, and she used the same method to drink the rest of the egg drop soup.
Later on, Shen already knew how to swallow, but he was a little slow. However, this was also a good change.
"Okay, let her have a good rest. Third wife, you go back to sleep first. Second wife, you stay here tonight. If anything goes wrong at night, call me immediately. Third wife, you haven't had a bowl of egg drop soup for Shen these days. When she can open her eyes, give her some minced meat porridge."
Mrs. Wan San and Mrs. Wan Er nodded in agreement at the same time.
After returning home, Old Lady Wan took out the ginseng sent by Qiu. She stroked the box for a long time and thought for a long time before she was willing to open the box. In the box was still the ginseng tied with a red string. Old Lady Wan carefully broke off a very thin ginseng beard from it and placed it in the palm of her hand.
She quickly closed the box again and put it back where it belonged.
Old Mrs. Wan came to the yard next door with a ginseng beard and entered the house where Shen was temporarily living.
"Mom, why haven't you gone to bed yet? Is there something going on?" Wan Ersao was about to go to bed, but when she heard the noise, she got up quickly.
Old Mrs. Wan lifted the curtain and walked in.
"Second brother's wife, this is the ginseng Jing'er sent me. I broke off a beard.
I thought about it and realized that since we had accepted the job of taking care of Shen, we couldn't let her die overnight.
Mr. Shen is also a pitiful person. After all, it is a human life.
Although ginseng is a good thing, it is for human use. We ordinary people don't need this good thing in our daily lives. If we can use this root to save Shen's life, it can be regarded as a blessing for our family.
Take it and put it in Shen's mouth. It will at least keep her going until the doctor comes tomorrow morning."
Wan Ersao took it carefully, then pried open Shen's mouth and stuffed the ginseng whiskers into her mouth.
Old Lady Wan sighed, "It all depends on Shen's luck. We have done what we should do. If she is blessed with a good life, she will definitely make it through. If she survives a disaster, she will surely have good fortune in the future. Shen, you have to work hard."
Shen seemed to have heard what Old Lady Wan said. Her fingers moved slightly and a line of tears flowed out.
But neither Wan Ersao nor Wan Laotai saw it.
After sending Old Lady Wan back, Mrs. Wan returned to take care of Shen.
Old Mrs. Wan returned to the house and looked out at the pitch-black darkness. She lay on the kang, unable to sleep. She didn't know what was going on with the village chief.
The eldest and second brother have been gone for such a long time and they haven’t come back yet. Could something really have happened?
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