In mid-March, the Northeast was hit by another heavy snowfall.
In the past few days, many people in the two villages did not pay attention to the temperature difference and caught severe colds due to improper warming.
The infirmary was filled with coughing sounds from morning to night, and the smell of medicine wafted in the air from morning to night. Fearing that the children at home would be infected, Shen An Ning sealed the door leading to the yard. She always entered the yard through the side door, and had to change and disinfect her clothes before entering. At night, An Xuan took Xixi to sleep, and she slept alone in the east room.
At noon, looking at the time, Shen An Ning was about to close the door of the infirmary and go home to cook when a woman in a floral light red cotton jacket walked in. Shen An Ning looked at her. She had seen this woman several times. She was a widow living at the end of the village. She didn't know her name. Everyone in the village called her Wang Liushi. She didn't have a good reputation in the village.
Ana Shen sat still, watching the woman sit on the stool opposite her.
He took out the medical history book that had been stored in the drawer and turned to the latest page. "Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
“Shen Zhiqing, you are really just like what the villagers said, you are very polite to others.”
Shen An Ning looked at the woman in front of her, her eyes and eyebrows full of charm. Just by sitting there, she could feel her coquettishness. No wonder the women in the village always had complaints about her.
"You're joking. I'm a doctor. I'm supposed to be patient and polite to my patients. I just don't know what's wrong with you."
"Recently, I've been having trouble sleeping at night and my legs are a bit sore. It's better during the day, but especially at night, my throat won't listen to me anymore. I cough constantly and my chest hurts."
After listening to this, Ana Shen took out a piece of wood from the drawer and said, “Open your mouth, open your mouth wide, I’ll show you.”
"ah."
"alright."
"Have you caught a cold recently? Have you taken any medicine?"
Looking at the woman's changing expression, Shen Anning felt helpless. Is this question of hers difficult to answer?
"Can't you tell me?"
Liu Xiaohua came back to her senses, a little embarrassed, "No, Shen Zhiqing, I stayed out for a while a few nights ago. I might have caught a cold then, and I took some medicine, the same typhoid medicine you prescribed for the villagers."
Shen Anning nodded and wrote the symptoms in the notebook, “Are you writing Wang Liushi or your own name?”
"My name is Liu Xiaohua, Shen Zhiqing, I have a name, my name is Liu Xiaohua."
Seeing Liu Xiaohua's somewhat excited expression when she mentioned her name, Shen Anning said nothing and wrote the three words Liu Xiaohua on the line of her name.
"Your symptoms are also caused by typhoid fever, but others have more severe symptoms. I'll prescribe some anti-inflammatory and cold medicine for you. The leg pain might be due to the cold weather, so go home and try to keep warm. Also, if your headache isn't caused by lack of sleep, then there might be other problems. Go home and rest for a few days to see if there's any improvement. If not, come back and see me later."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Shen. How much does this medicine cost?"
“Sanmao, or you can keep a record and use the work points to offset it during the autumn harvest.” Shen Anning wrapped the medicine, put it on the table, and pushed it over.
"I'll give you the money, Shen Zhiqing, so you don't have to keep a record." Liu Xiaohua touched a stack of banknotes in his coat pocket, smiled, took out the purse hidden inside his clothes, and solemnly counted out three cents and put them on the table.
Shen Anning watched her walk away with the medicine, and some emotions that she didn't know how to describe flowed around her.
Liu Xiaohua took the medicine and walked back home on the snow. She stood at the door and looked at the small courtyard in front of her. This might be the greatest wealth left to her by the irresponsible man. At least it allowed her to have a place in this village.
He calmed down, opened the gate and walked into the house.
As soon as she entered the room, she was hugged by the man. "Darling, you missed me so much. You didn't let me come over these days. Do you have another lover?"
Liu Xiaocao pushed the man's hands away, put the medicine in the kang cabinet, half-sat on the kang, stared at the man standing not far away, and snorted in her heart.
"Brother Liu, you have a wife and children at home. Even though your sister-in-law gave birth to you a son after five pregnancies, she has made a contribution to your Liu family."
Liu Mazi had a lewd smile on his face. He pushed the woman down on the kang and put his mouth close to hers. "How can she compare to you? You were a virgin when you first married me. It's a good thing that the man in your family died early, otherwise how could you have gotten such a good deal?"
Soon, the room was filled with the sounds of men and women making love.
. . . . . .
Liu Xiaocao pushed the man away, put on her clothes and lay down in bed. "Go back quickly, Brother Liu, otherwise it will be bad if someone sees you."
Liu Mazi touched his head and smiled obscenely, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, which made Liu Xiaocao feel sick.
Watching the man open the door and go out, she didn't rush to close the yard door. Lying on the kang, Liu Xiaocao thought about herself five years ago. It had been a long time.
At that time, she was also a good girl in the village. She was bought by the Wang family to be a daughter-in-law. However, the husband was a disabled and useless person. He beat and scolded her. Perhaps evil deeds were punished. First, the vicious mother-in-law in the family died, and then the husband also died. She was the only one left in the family.
She originally wanted to live a good life, but her life was ruined by Liu Mazi, so from then on, she gave up on herself and accepted all the men in the village. So what if she became the public enemy of all the women in the village? She had no shortage of money and food, and was the woman who lived the most comfortable life in the village.
Even the inspection team and the militia have her followers, so she is not afraid of being cheated on, but what happened to her today?
. . . . . .
Because of the heavy snow in the past few days, the villagers went to bed early at night. Liu Xiaocao had slept with Liu Mazi in the afternoon and was a little tired from thinking, so she fell asleep on the kang. She was not woken up by the cold wind that blew into the house when the door was opened at night.
He looked at the person standing at the door and asked, "Why are you here? Aren't you afraid that your wife will chase me and scold me?"
"Don't you see what time it is now? She's asleep. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to come... Come on, I've been busy with village affairs these days and haven't come."
Shen Anning was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums. The first thing she thought of was that something happened in the village again.
Putting on shoes, he ran to the north room. Shen Zixi was not scared because she was still asleep. When she saw Shen An Ning, she stretched out her hands and smiled happily, "Auntie, hold me."
Having not hugged her for several days, the little girl has now learned to act like a spoiled child, "Okay, give me a hug, Xixi is so good."
Shen Anyu looked at his elder sister, listened to the noise outside, and was a little worried, "Eldest sister, something happened outside, why don't I go and take a look."
"Don't go yet. If the matter has anything to do with us, someone will come looking for us."
After sleeping alone for several days, Shen Anning slept comfortably while hugging the little girl with the sweet smell of milk. She never thought that she would meet Liu Xiaocao in that way after waking up.
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