Chapter 91 I Don’t Want a Doctor, I Want You
"That's right, you should wait until you grow up."
Aunt Xu, who had come out after hearing the noise, saw the cloth straps tied around their hands and burst out laughing. "We were worried that there were too many people and you wouldn't be able to control them, but I didn't expect you to have a solution."
"There's some sweet soup cooked in the house. Let's all go in and warm ourselves up."
The sweet soup is made with rice wine and contains glutinous rice balls the size of lotus seeds. Drinking a bowl of hot soup makes my forehead sweat.
After drinking, Sang Zhixia looked alert and said, "Mother-in-law, you can't use the kettle this time."
The sweet water that Xu Jinxi could drink was very unpleasant in Xu Yu's mouth.
We must never give him any chance to get drunk again!
Xu Wenxiu said with a smile: "Do you even need to tell me that?"
Who dares to let Xu Yu drink alcohol?
Sang Zhixia's face was filled with regret and fear. She put down her bowl and stood up: "You guys stay in the house. I'll go cook for our hero who caught the big fish!"
In such a bitterly cold winter, the dishes available are actually very limited.
Sang Zhixia looked up and saw the bacon and sausages that had been smoked and cooked for several days before being baked. An idea suddenly came to his mind.
Use boiling water to wash away the traces of smoke on the bacon and sausages, cut the fat and lean meat into dices, and then chop the peeled potatoes and soaked dried mushrooms into small pieces.
Put oil and seasoning in the pot, stir-fry the chopped ingredients until fragrant, put them all on the washed rice, add water to cover the surface, cover with a lid and simmer on low heat.
The stewed rice was bubbling in the pot. Sang Zhixia cut the remaining potatoes into large pieces, mixed them with the bacon that was stir-fried in another pot, added half a pot of water, and finally added the white radish that was also cut into large pieces.
Xu Yanran came out after smelling the fragrance and asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, these are almost the same things, why do you have to separate them into two pots?"
"That's different."
Sang Zhixia leaned over to adjust the fire in the stove and explained, "On one side is the cured meat stewed with rice, and on the other side is the cured meat and radish soup."
"Your eldest brother can't drink a single sip of our sweet soup, so..."
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
"Go inside first!"
The sudden chaos outside the door made Sang Zhixia frown silently. When she stood up and saw the person who rushed in, her eyebrows jumped silently.
"Xu Yu, what's wrong with you?!"
She was fine when she came back, how come she is dripping with ice water in just a short while???
"Ouch, this isn't the time to talk!"
Wu Changgui, who had supported Xu Yu all the way back, said anxiously, "Uncle Zhang's two children accidentally fell into an ice hole, and it was Xu Yu who jumped in and pulled them out!"
"Sister-in-law, the water in that ice hole is deadly. Hurry up and find him some dry clothes to change into. Let him go into the house and warm up first!"
Sang Zhixia hurriedly dropped what she was holding and rushed over to help the man. When she grabbed Xu Yu's surprisingly cold hand, her heart began to beat wildly.
"Come in quickly."
Xu Yu's face turned blue and purple from the cold, and his breathing was frighteningly short and rapid.
He opened his mouth hesitantly, perhaps wanting to explain but seemed to be so cold that he couldn't speak. He just subconsciously distanced himself from Sang Zhixia with his body filled with ice water.
There was a chaotic noise both inside and outside the door.
The people in the room heard the noise and ran out. Xu Wenxiu was so frightened that her legs went weak immediately.
"Yu'er?!"
"Are you okay, Yu'er?!"
"Don't be anxious, sister-in-law."
Aunt Xu made a prompt decision: "First, go get the charcoal basins and change your wet clothes!"
"Third sister-in-law, bring the hot water from the house! Quick!"
The room was bustling with activity. Xu Yu finally managed to speak through his short, repetitive breaths: "It's okay, don't panic."
"Mom, you guys go out first. I'll change my clothes."
Seeing that he just looked a little weird, Xu Wenxiu staggered out with tears in her eyes.
Sang Zhixia closed the door with her backhand, blocking out all the noise and grabbed Xu Yu's collar expressionlessly.
Xu Yu trembled uncontrollably: "Zhizhi, I..."
“Stop talking nonsense!”
Sang Zhixia said angrily, "Your arms are so frozen that they can't even bend, and you can't even change your clothes by yourself?!"
"Take off your clothes quickly!"
Her rare anger rushed towards Xu Yu's head and face. Xu Yu was stunned for a moment and curled up his trembling hands.
Just as he walked back from the river, his wet clothes were covered with ice, which was so cold and hard that it pricked his hands like ice knives.
Sang Zhixia didn't care about anything else. With Xu Yu's stiff cooperation, she stripped him off in a few seconds, put some dry clothes on him, and rolled Xu Yu up with two layers of quilts.
Only Xu Yu's head was exposed.
Aunt Xu said worriedly outside the door, "Xia Xia, I brought the charcoal brazier in."
"Okay! Second Aunt, come in!"
There were four freshly lit charcoal braziers placed in the room, and the warmth quickly swept away the remaining cold air in the room.
Xu Yu drank two bowls of hot water and recovered. He reached out to pull away the ridiculously thick quilt.
"Would you like to try moving?"
Sang Zhixia squinted at him unkindly: "If you dare to lift the quilt, I will have to get some sorghum wine to keep you warm."
Wine...
Let’s just forget it.
Xu Yu retracted his restless hand with a sullen look on his face, exhaled, and said to Xu Wenxiu, whose eyes were red, "Mom, I'm really fine."
He has quick reactions and is good at swimming.
From the time the children fell into the water to the time they were picked up one in each hand and thrown out of the ice hole, it only took a moment.
It's just that his mortal body was chilled by the ice water and his face looked a little pale for a moment, but it's nothing serious.
Xu Wenxiu was so distressed that tears welled up in her eyes: "How could you be so careless, child? If..."
"Is he okay? Is Xu Yu okay?"
"I told you there were so many holes in the ice, you shouldn't have gone up there without someone watching!"
"Look at what a fuss this time!"
The old man who got the news a little later hurried back, followed by a group of worried villagers.
Amidst the flurry of inquiries, Xu Yu said with a sense of relief, "Mom, please go out and help me. Tell everyone I'm fine."
"And as for Grandfather, he can't be provoked again."
Xu Wenxiu was truly distressed, but huddling in the room wasn't an option, so she could only say, "Xia Xia, please take good care of Yu'er."
Sang Zhixia forced a smile.
"good."
The door was closed again, and the purple color on Xu Yu's face faded a lot in the overwhelming warmth.
He wanted to say that he was almost sweating, but when he saw Sang Zhixia's cold and hard jaw, a deep look flashed in his eyes.
"cough……"
Sang Zhixia turned her head sensitively: "What's wrong?"
Xu Yushuang, who had appeared calm in front of others just a moment ago, was now completely exhausted. He drooped his head listlessly, and his voice was muffled: "Zhizhi, I don't feel well."
Sang Zhixia frowned and walked over to get some more clothes to wrap him.
But as soon as her hand touched the quilt, Xu Yu, who was wrapped in the quilt, leaned towards her limply with a dazed look in his eyes!
Sang Zhixia's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly supported the person and was about to call for help.
But Xu Yu leaned against her chest and said sullenly, "Don't scream."
"When Mom gets angry, the house becomes a mess."
"But you..."
"I'm fine."
Xu Yu was stubborn and insisted, "I'm really fine."
Sang Zhixia gritted her teeth in frustration: "Why can't you just sit still?"
Xu Yu pushed himself further, closed his eyes and said, "It's not that I can't sit still, I just don't have the energy."
"Zhizhi, can you let me lean on you for a while?"
If it were any other time, Sang Zhixia would have kicked the man away.
But it’s different now.
His face was pale and his lips were blue and purple, but he said he could bear it even in such a horrible state!
"Xu Yu, will you die if you don't show your strength?"
Sang Zhixia said angrily, "Hurry up and lie down! I'll go get a doctor for you!"
"don't want."
Xu Yu buried his face in her waist, spread the quilt with his hands like a roc spreading its wings, and rolled himself completely onto Sang Zhixia.
"I don't want a doctor, I want you."
"Xu Yu, you..."
Xu Yu raised his head slightly and looked at her. His pale face, devoid of any color, was covered with a pale smile. "Zhizhi, hold me for a while, just for a while, okay?"
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