After Song Huaizhi left, Mr. Lu asked several other elderly people to bring bowls and divided the large bowl of food into three equal portions.
The other two old men took out the meat and put it in Lu Laojia's bowl: "Your granddaughter-in-law is pregnant, so she needs to eat more meat, otherwise it will be difficult for the baby to be born."
Mr. Lu’s face was filled with worry.
His entire family was sent down to the countryside. His son and daughter-in-law died when they were being criticized. He and his wife were sent to Xiaojing Brigade along with their grandchildren and granddaughter-in-law.
Being sent down to the countryside is really hard. My granddaughter-in-law finally got pregnant, but she keeps getting sick and now she has a fever. I really don’t know what to do.
The pregnant woman lying on the ground curled up in discomfort.
"Jingjing, eat something first. A kind person gave you some rice and meat. You will feel better after eating them."
The old woman helped the pregnant woman sit up.
The pregnant woman also knew that she had to eat something, but as soon as she opened her mouth and took a bite of meat, she started vomiting.
"Grandpa, grandma, you guys eat." The pregnant woman lay down again, "I'll sleep for a while, I'll be fine tomorrow, it's okay."
The old woman couldn't hold back her tears and said, "Go to sleep first. I'll save some food for you... Don't be afraid, you'll get better."
If my grandson had not been assigned to carry water, he would have definitely found a way to send the person to the hospital. Now, there is no one to help and I can only pray that my granddaughter-in-law can make it on her own.
At this time, a gentle voice suddenly came from the door of the cowshed: "Mr. Lu, my son said that you have a pregnant woman with a fever here?"
Mr. Lu turned around and saw Jiang Wanyue.
Jiang Wanyue walked into the cowshed, squatted down and took a look at the pregnant woman. Although the light was dim, it was obvious that she had a severe fever and her body was red.
"A pregnant woman with a fever is no small matter." She took out a dollar from her pocket and handed it over, "Hurry up and send her to the health center. Don't delay and affect the baby in her belly."
Mr. Lu shook his head: "The health center will not accept bad elements like us..."
"this……"
Jiang Wanyue covered her forehead.
She thought for a moment and said, "Use cold water to cool down the pregnant woman first. I'll be back soon."
She turned around and left, ready to go to the health center to buy medicine as quickly as possible.
As soon as she reached their row of houses, she saw a bicycle parked in front of her in-laws' house. She walked a few steps closer and realized that it was her eldest sister-in-law who had returned.
The eldest sister-in-law of the Song family is called Song Hongxia. She married a worker. Last year, when Song Hongxia’s son got married, she and the girl’s family scraped together some money and bought a bicycle that was only used by someone else. This is the one in front of you.
"Big sister!" Jiang Wanyue stood at the door and greeted, "Let's go to my house for dinner later. I'm out of salt. I'll borrow your bicycle to go to the commune to buy some salt. I'm leaving first!"
Song Hongxia was just about to say, you haven’t even touched a bicycle, how can you ride one.
Before I could even finish my words, the bicycle had disappeared.
She was immediately furious: "Why did she do this? I didn't even agree, so why did she ride the bike away? Can she afford to pay for it if it breaks?"
"It's just a broken bicycle, it's meant for people to ride, how can it be broken?" Zhou Xiugui said with a curled mouth, "Besides, Wanyue invited you to her house for dinner, you ate her meal, what's wrong with her riding your bicycle?"
"Who would look down on her family's food? It's either sweet potatoes or black noodles. I won't eat it." Song Hongxia was stunned and said, "Mom, didn't you look down on Jiang Wanyue the most before? Why are you still speaking for her?"
"The past is the past, and the present is the present." Zhou Xiugui raised her eyes and said, "Wanyue will be the deputy secretary of our brigade from now on. You should be polite to her when you see her next time."
Song Hongxia couldn't believe it: "No way, in order to let her stay in Xiaojing Village, Dad actually gave her a deputy branch secretary position. Doesn't Uncle Tian have any objections? Doesn't anyone else in the brigade have any objections to this? Will Dad be scolded?"
While the mother and daughter were talking, Jiang Wanyue had already ridden her bicycle to the commune's clinic.
It’s fast to ride a bike, it only takes ten minutes to get there, otherwise it would take more than half an hour to walk.
She pushed the car into the clinic, asked the guard to help watch it, and then walked in. There was no need to register at the commune clinic, and there was only a barefoot doctor on duty.
Jiang Wanyue sat down and said, "...I feel uncomfortable, have a fever, and feel like vomiting. Can you give me some medicine?"
The barefoot doctor took out a thermometer and handed it over: "Take the temperature first."
"I've already measured it at home, it's over 38 degrees." Jiang Wanyue propped up her head and said, "Doctor, please prescribe some medicine for me. I feel so uncomfortable."
The barefoot doctor's treatment was very rough and simple. He just looked at her tongue coating and started prescribing medicine.
Jiang Wanyue interjected, "My period has been late for several days. I don't know if I'm pregnant. Can you please prescribe some antipyretic medicine for pregnant women?"
Hearing this, the doctor put the medicine bottle back, took out another medicine, took out a few small pieces of paper, poured out a few pills, wrapped them up and handed them to her, and reminded her: "If the fever doesn't go down after taking the medicine, you have to go to the county health center for a check-up."
"Thank you, doctor!"
Jiang Wanyue paid the money, thanked him, then quickly put the medicine in her pocket and rode her bike back.
She rode directly to the cowshed, then walked over, took out a packet of medicine and handed it over: "I've prescribed three days' worth of medicine. Pregnant women can take it. Let her swallow it quickly."
"Thank you... Thank you, Teacher Jiang." Elder Lu burst into tears. "When there is a chance, our Lu family will definitely repay you for saving my life..."
Jiang Wanyue waved her hand: "It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning."
After she said that, she left the bullpen and rode her bike back.
After all this trouble, it was already past six o'clock in the evening. Every household had started cooking, and the smoke from the cooking stove rose into the sky.
Jiang Wanyue rode her bike to the door of her parents-in-law and said to Song Hongxia with a smile on her face: "Sister, your bike is really good to ride. How much did you buy it for?"
When someone asked this question in the past, Song Hongxia usually responded with sarcasm, after all, few people could afford a bicycle these days.
But just now, she heard from her mother that Jiang Wanyue received eight yuan in royalties for each painting, and the commune also paid Jiang Wanyue to paint... The deputy party secretary also received more than ten yuan in salary a month, so if this continued, it would only be a matter of time before he bought a bicycle.
Song Hongxia said sourly: "This is a Phoenix brand bicycle, it costs 180 yuan."
"Don't brag." Zhou Xiugui said, "You bought this from someone who had already ridden it. It has been passed on three times, and the wheels are all broken when you bought it. I remember it cost me 95 yuan."
Song Hongxia: “…”
Jiang Wanyue smiled and said, "It's getting late. The meal should be ready at home. Let's go and eat."
When walking over, call the eldest, second and third Songs to go together. Everyone has to bring their own bowl and chopsticks, and also bring a stool.
As soon as they stepped into the yard, everyone smelled the rich aroma of meat.
Erlangzi sniffed and said, "Wow, there is meat at Fourth Aunt's house. That's great. I like meat the most."
Song Fenglian ran in quickly: "There really is meat, and it looks delicious!"
On the table, there were four oversized bowls with fish and meat, plus a bowl of mixed fish, lettuce and stir-fried vegetables. The four dishes were quite rich, better than what we had during previous Chinese New Year and other festivals.
Song Hongxia really believed that her fourth sister-in-law had indeed made money.
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