Chapter 249 Xiaolan's Fever Relieves
The Wan family had just finished dinner when Yu came to the Wan family's door with Xiaolan in her arms, looking anxious, and knocked on the door: "Aunt, is anyone home?"
"Mom, it seems that Sister Yu is here." Wan Ersao had just finished cleaning the kitchen and heard a knock on the door when she passed by the yard. The voice seemed to be Yu, so she immediately shouted to the people in the house.
As soon as Wan Ersao finished her words, she had already walked to the door. As soon as the door opened, she saw Yu holding Xiaolan, standing at the door with an anxious look on her face.
"Sister Yu? What's wrong with you?" Wan Ersao asked with concern.
Yu didn't bother to greet Wan Ersao, and said anxiously: "Sister, my Xiaolan has caught a cold and is now delirious with fever. Can you ask Brother Jinzhu to take us to the town to see a doctor in a bullock cart?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Ersao hurriedly looked at the little girl in Yu's arms, only to see that Xiaolan's face was flushed and she had started talking nonsense.
At this time, Old Lady Wan and others also came over.
Little Fubao saw his good friend at a glance, who was currently being held tightly in her mother's arms.
However, Xiao Fubao didn't know that Xiaolan was sick.
He happily walked up to Xiaolan and greeted her.
"Sister Xiaolan, are you here to play with Fubao? I have good news for you. My big rabbit has given birth to little rabbits. I promised you that I would give you one. When they grow up, I will give you one."
Wan Ersao quickly picked up Xiao Fubao and whispered, "My dear, your sister Xiaolan is sick. Ask your father to take them to the town to see a doctor. When your sister Xiaolan gets better, she can play with you."
Little Fubao burst into tears after hearing this, "Sister Xiaolan, why are you sick? Fubao wants to go too. Fubao wants to accompany Sister Xiaolan."
Wan Ersao had no choice but to give Xiaolan a try, and was very worried that Yu would not be able to take care of Xiaolan alone, so she handed Xiao Fubao to Wan Laoer, then untied her apron and handed it to Liu.
"Mom, I'm going to take Xiao Fubao and Sister Yu to the town with the head of the household. I'm afraid she can't handle it alone, so please lock the door at home!"
"Okay, go quickly. Poor child, how could he catch a cold for no reason? Second son's wife, you have to dress little Fubao warmly. I think it's going to snow today." Old Mrs. Wan said with a worried look on her face.
Because it is located at the border, the weather here is extremely cold and the altitude is very high, so snowflakes often fall from the sky as soon as October begins. In previous years when the climate was dry, the first snow would fall in the twelfth lunar month. But Grandma Wan knows clearly that there will definitely be no drought this year.
"Mom, don't worry. I will go put on the cotton-padded jacket for little Fubao right now. You guys should go into the house quickly and warm up the kang. I think the weather is going to change. Who knows how cold it will be at night." After saying that, Wan Ersao turned around and walked into the room, took out a thick cotton-padded jacket, and carefully put it on little Fubao.
The group rushed towards the town against the wind. A layer of hay was spread on the ox cart. It was cold at night, so Wan Ersao also spread a quilt on the hay.
Yu held Xiaolan in her arms and sat on the ox cart. Xiaolan snuggled tightly in her arms, but her body still trembled uncontrollably.
Looking at Xiaolan in her arms, whose face was red and body was burning with fever, Yu couldn't help but feel anxious. She felt that the ox cart was moving too slowly and the long road seemed to have no end in sight.
Since Wan Xingmo had previously led his men to take care of all the nearby gangs and wolf packs, Wan Laoer did not encounter any danger while driving the ox cart along the way.
After a long journey, they finally arrived at the clinic, but the office was closed.
Wan Laoer hurriedly stopped the ox cart, quickly walked to the door of the clinic, and knocked on the door anxiously: "Doctor, is the doctor here? A child has a high fever, doctor, help!" He shouted loudly while banging on the door.
However, in this quiet night, accompanied by the biting cold wind, the knock on the door seemed a little weak.
After a long time, Wan Laoer heard a voice coming from inside. It sounded like a young man, probably the voice of a medicine boy.
"Who is it? It's so late, don't you know that our clinic is closed?" The medicine boy's impatient tone made Wan Laoer's heart sank.
But he did not give up and continued to knock on the door and said, "My child is very sick, please save her!"
The medicine boy was already used to seeing people coming to the doctor in the middle of the night. Although he was a little impatient, he didn't say anything.
After all, doctors have a kind heart and he can't just stand by and watch someone die.
Wan Lao Er stood at the door, looking at the medicine boy anxiously: "Brother, please save my child! He has caught a cold and is almost delirious with fever..."
The medicine boy frowned and looked up and down at Wan Laoer and the people on the ox cart behind him.
He did not open the door immediately, but asked through the crack in the door: "Where is the patient? What is the disease?"
Wan Lao Er quickly pointed at the children on the ox cart and said, "It's right here, little brother, please be kind and let the doctor take a look!"
The medicine boy looked in the direction of his finger and saw two women holding two children on the ox cart. One of them was as pale as paper and had purple lips. She looked in a very critical condition.
The medicine boy's heart softened, and he sighed, "Okay, you guys wait here first and don't run around. I'll go call the doctor." As he said that, he turned and went into the house.
This clinic was converted from the doctor's own property. The front is the clinic and the back is the residence. In this way, whether it is day or night, as long as there are patients seeking medical treatment, the doctor can arrive in time, which is very convenient.
After a while, the medicine boy came out with the doctor. The doctor walked quickly while asking about the children's condition. The medicine boy simply told him the children's symptoms.
"Where is the patient? Bring him here quickly." The doctor was an old man in his fifties with gray hair. Seeing that the lights in the hall were dim, he immediately said to the medicine boy, "Turn on the lights."
Yu quickly carried Xiaolan forward.
The doctor took it and as soon as he touched it, a look of dismay appeared on his face. How did the child get so feverish?
The doctor quickly undressed Xiaolan and asked the boy to get some warm water to cool the child down, otherwise if the fever continued, she would become mentally ill.
After doing some simple fever-reducing measures, the doctor immediately wrote out a prescription and asked the medicine boy to go to the backyard to boil it and feed it to the child, making sure to reduce the child's fever first.
After tossing and turning for half the night, Xiaolan finally broke out in a sweat, and her body temperature went down and stabilized. Xia Fubao stayed by Xiaolan's side the whole time, looking at the little sister's red cheeks, her little heart also bore the worries of her age.
Yu came out in a hurry and didn't even have any money with her.
It was Wan Ersao who paid for her.
It was already midnight. If they went back, Xiaolan might catch a cold again, which would be bad for her condition. So after a discussion, they went to the Wan family's shop to spend the night.
At night, Xiao Fubao insisted on sleeping with Xiao Lan in his arms. Wan Ersao had no choice but to sleep on the same kang with Yu holding the child.
The next morning, Xiaolan miraculously recovered and became as energetic as ever. Yu was very happy and marveled at the superb medical skills of the doctors in the town.
What she didn't know was that all this was related to Xiao Fubao. After Su Changsheng was splashed with cold water by Wan Laosi, he also caught a cold and had to lie on the kang for half a month before he could get out of bed. What's more, Xiaolan's physique was worse than her peers, and her illness was more serious than others. How could she get better so quickly?
Mrs. Wan Er glanced at Xiao Fubao but didn't say anything.
But because Xiaolan was sick, Yu had to take a few days off and could not continue to work in the shop. Wan Sansao's shop now had a kind of small pot, which was very popular. The business in the store was better than before, especially in this weather. A sip of hot mutton soup could immediately get rid of most of the coldness in the body.
Wan Laosi suggested finding someone to work directly in the town, and Wan Sansao directly handed the matter over to Wan Laosi. Anyway, she was only in charge of the kitchen, so all the previous matters were left to Wan Laosi.
After having breakfast in the morning, Wan Ersao and Yu went to Shizi Village together. Before they reached the village, it started snowing heavily.
Wan Ersao suddenly thought of what her son Ergouzi had told her about Wan Laoer, and she happened to have something to say to Wan Laoer.
"Brother Jinzhu, I heard that your family planted winter wheat?"
"Yes, it's snowing just a few days after we planted the seeds. It looks like the harvest next year will be good."
This snow really touched Wan Laoer's heart.
"So what are you going to plant next spring?"
"If the yield of winter wheat is okay, I plan to plant some corn and cotton. Sister Yu asked if you want to buy a piece of land to plant some too?"
"No, I want to ask if you can try growing potatoes? I have a recipe for potato flour that can be stored for several months. Potatoes have a high yield and do not require much land, so..."
Yu thought about it all night and decided to go home and take good care of her two children. The children were everything to her and no more accidents could happen to them. But how could she feed them? Her ancestors left her a prescription, but she didn't dare to take it out easily, and she didn't have the ability to keep it. After half a year of getting along with the Wan family, she found that they were trustworthy. She wanted to cooperate with the Wan family. She would provide the prescription, and the Wan family would provide the people and the land. She only wanted 30% of the profits.
When Wan Laoer heard the word "Fangzi", he immediately knew that this matter was not simple. He quickly looked around and found that there was no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Yu, let's go back and discuss this matter. This is not the place to talk."
Wan Laoer secretly drove the ox cart faster.
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