Qin Guifen looked at Yun Qiao expectantly, as if she really wanted to help, not just saying it casually.
Yun Qiao did not refuse, as she just needed someone to keep her fire burning.
"Sister-in-law Qin, can you help me watch the fire?"
"OK."
Qin Guifen sat down in the stove tentatively, gathered the firewood behind her, picked up the matches on the stove, and said, "Shall I start the fire now?"
"Light it up, just keep the fire low."
While Yun Qiao was boiling the medicine, the two little girls, Yang Xiaohong and Qin Zhenzhen, stood quietly by and watched with their big round eyes, looking very interested.
But Qin Guifen was afraid that the two of them would get burned if they were too close, so she waved her hand and drove them out of the main room: "Hey, hey, go find your dad, and stop hanging around in the kitchen. You'll get burned by the pot again."
The two little girls were very obedient. Although Qin Zhenzhen was a little reluctant, she was scared when Qin Guifen glared at her, and she obediently followed Yang Xiaohong out of the kitchen.
Without the children around, Yun Qiao felt a lot more relaxed.
The temperature of the casserole was quite high, and the two little girls were too close to it. She couldn't help but worry that they would get burned, so she had to pay special attention while boiling the medicine.
Only after they left could she calm down and concentrate on making the medicine.
Yun Qiao poured sesame oil mixed with coarse medicinal powder into a casserole, fried it over low heat until the medicinal powder turned brown and slightly dry, then poured it out and filtered it with clean gauze.
After filtering it clean, pour the medicinal oil back into the casserole. Feeling the temperature rise again, Yun Qiao pours beeswax into the casserole until the beeswax melts and removes it from the heat.
Finally, using the residual heat of the casserole, pour the red ginseng powder into the pot and stir evenly, then add the camphor and dragon's blood, stirring repeatedly until completely mixed.
Seeing Yun Qiao stop, Qin Guifen curiously stood up and poked her head out to take a look: "Is it ready now?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "It's fine now. You can use it after the ointment cools down completely."
"How do I use it?"
Yun Qiao said, "Just scoop a little and apply it on your hands. After applying it, you can rub it with the palm of your hand. The best effect is to rub it until your skin turns red and warm."
Qin Guifen held out her hand and asked Yun Qiao, "How long will it take for my hands, which are always frozen, to fully heal?"
Shortly after winter began, she developed several large chilblains on her hands. Deep red sores etched themselves on her skin, and though they appeared only slightly darker now, they would soon darken further, and if not properly cared for, they would crack, ooze pus, and even fester.
Yun Qiao knew at a glance that she must have had her hands frozen every year, and her finger joints were swollen and deformed.
"Sister-in-law, if you can take good care of your hands, keep them away from cold water, and prevent them from freezing again, they will be healed in about two weeks."
"What if I can't protect them?" Qin Guifen said worriedly, "I have to wash clothes and cook every day, and I have to touch cold water eight or ten times a day. There's even ice in the water. How can my hands not be frozen if I soak them in such water every day?"
"Try to use warm water instead of ice water." Yun Qiao could only say this: "Otherwise, even if you apply ointment, you will still freeze. When you recover, you will freeze again. When you recover, you will freeze again. You will be the one who suffers."
Qin Guifen frowned: "You can't boil warm water. We only have so much firewood at home. We don't even want to use it to cook, so how can we boil hot water all day long?"
"You can ask Captain Yang to pick up some firewood for you." Yun Qiao said casually, "There's a forest on the mountain behind us, with so many dead tree trunks and branches, it's enough to burn for the whole winter."
"Him?" Qin Guifen snorted twice, glanced outside, and deliberately raised her voice: "All he cares about is work, not even a bit of housework! It's better to rely on my two daughters than to rely on him to collect firewood for me."
"Otherwise, why is there that old saying? You'd be better off trusting a fat pig to climb a tree than to trust a man to be reliable!"
Yun Qiao couldn't respond to this.
Captain Yang is listening next door.
The couple complained a few times and then made up after a fight. If she dared to say something, she would be courting death.
Yun Qiao could only hint at her: "Sister-in-law, please be careful with your own hands. Don't ruin your hands just because you can't bear to give up a little firewood."
"Your hands are frozen every year, you're used to it. If you continue to do this and don't take good care of them, when you're old and your finger joints ache, it will be too late to regret it."
Qin Guifen: "Can't your frostbite cream prevent it from freezing?"
"Sister-in-law, this is frostbite cream, not a magic medicine!" Yun Qiao said helplessly: "If you keep doing this, dipping your head in freezing water every day, even magic medicine won't work!"
"Okay, okay, I'll be more careful next time." Qin Guifen also felt that this was not a good way to do it.
What woman doesn't like to be coquettish?
She was once a little girl who loved beauty, but after she got married and became a mother,
Not only do I have to take care of the children and serve my husband, but I also have to cook, wash clothes and do housework. I am so busy like a top every day that I gradually have no time to take care of myself.
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