"Stop!" Jiang Tuantuan had just finished speaking when he punched Jiang Li in the stomach, knocking him to the ground.
The chickens in the chicken coop flapped their wings and became restless. Jiang An saw Jiang Li being beaten, and rushed towards the group of refugees in anger.
He knocked down two of them directly, but in the end he was outnumbered and Jiang An's cow was hit many times.
"Stop fighting, let them take it!" Jiang Tuantuan shouted in a state of collapse.
The bearded man said coldly, "You're smart."
Just as I was about to enter the chicken coop to catch chickens, I heard the sound of horse hooves behind me.
The leader on horseback shouted, "Catch those people quickly."
It was the government officials who arrived, and Jiang Tuantuan breathed a sigh of relief. The refugees didn't even bother to catch the chickens and just ran away.
Jiang Li got up from the ground, holding his stomach, and looked at the big yellow cow. Fortunately, nothing was wrong with it. It just had some minor cuts and nothing serious.
The leading man in black dismounted and said, "It's been a bit rough around the edges lately, with refugees running around everywhere. If you have nothing to do, just stay home."
After saying that, he mounted his horse and chased after the group of people.
Jiang Tuantuan breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the house with the help of Feng Xiaoli.
Perhaps he was frightened and ran out of the house in a hurry without wearing an outer coat, so he caught a cold and was bedridden the next day.
Her forehead became hot and her whole face was red. Jiang Tuantuan kept holding her stomach and tossing and turning in bed. Feng Xiaoli panicked and told Jiang Li to go to Erlaizi's house and call him over.
Take Tuantuan to the county town for medical treatment without wasting a moment.
Erlaizi took a special leave these two days and went back to clean up the accumulated water in the fields, but he didn't expect this to happen.
It is autumn now and the weather is getting cooler. Feng Xiaoli specially spread thick bedding on the cart. After Jiang Tuantuan lay down on it, she covered him with another layer of quilt.
Originally, Feng Xiaoli also wanted to go with them, but she didn’t know if she could come back that day. Jiang Dafeng’s leg still needed to recuperate for another ten days, so she had to stay at home.
He took out a hundred coins from the house and gave them to Jiang Li.
When we were almost at the gate of the county town, the road was almost blocked by refugees. There were a few porridge stalls set up at the gate, but there were too many refugees and there were not enough to distribute.
After squeezing into the city, the originally bustling streets became very deserted. When I arrived at the entrance of Tongji Hall, I found that only half of the door was open.
Jiang Li ran in first and shouted, "Is Doctor Su here?"
Su Qingming was sorting medicinal herbs in the backyard. He ran out when he heard the sound. When he saw it was Jiang Li, he had a bad feeling.
"Please ask Doctor Su to save my sister Tuantuan. She has a high fever and is semi-conscious."
Su Qingming immediately ran out of the door, and the three of them worked together to help Jiang Tuantuan into the clinic.
After taking the pulse, Su Qingming sighed, "Luckily it's just a common cold. The fever came suddenly after being frightened. It will be fine after taking medicine for a few days."
After taking the medicine and sleeping for the whole afternoon, Jiang Tuantuan slowly opened his eyes.
"Boss, you're awake!"
"Doctor Su, the patient is awake, please come and take a look."
Su Qingming entered the room and took her pulse. "Much better. I'll prescribe a few more medicines later. You'll be fine after taking them for three days."
Jiang Tuantuan: "Thank you so much, Doctor Su!"
"This is my duty as a doctor, there's no need to thank me."
"Can you please help me, Doctor Su? My thatched cottage is really old and shabby. It's already a bit cold in the fall, and it's definitely uninhabitable in the winter. So I'm thinking of buying a small house in the city, but my budget is only one hundred taels."
Su Qingming agreed without even thinking, "Miss Jiang, you can stay here whenever you want."
"Don't worry, maybe two to three months later."
"good!"
After taking the medicine and waking up, Jiang Tuantuan felt much better and prepared to go home quickly before dawn.
"Where's Little Lili, Second Beggar?"
"He said he was going to the county town and left. He'll probably be back soon."
Speak of the devil, the devil appears, "Wow! Sister Tuantuan, you're awake."
"Well, let's go home quickly, otherwise mom will be worried. Have you checked? You were punched yesterday. Does it still hurt?"
Jiang Li: "It didn't hurt last night. I recover quickly."
On the way back to the village, Jiang Li said, "I just went to the county town and saw that the price of grain has risen to 25 wen per catty, more than double the price before."
"I also went to the back door to see Zhou Rouer. Rouer told me that the county magistrate forced the wealthy in the city to donate a lot of money and food. I guess they're going to impose corvée labor."
Jiang Tuantuan frowned. Aren't you afraid of riots if you impose labor service at this time?
It was dark when she got home. Feng Xiaoli originally thought that she might not be able to come back today, but when she saw that Jiang Tuantuan was fine and her face was no longer red, she burst into tears of joy.
I specially stewed a chicken. "Tuantuan, drink more chicken soup to nourish your body. Xiaolili should drink more too."
Er Laizi just happened to have a sumptuous dinner.
Two days later, the village chief received a notice from the head of the village, requiring each family to send one person to repair the dam upstream. If they did not go, they would have to pay ten taels of silver in exchange for their head.
Only Jiang Li from the Jiang family could go; Jiang Dafeng definitely couldn't go. Jiang Tuantuan said distressedly, "Little Lili, don't go. I'll give you ten taels of silver in exchange for your head."
Jiang Li was very touched. "It's okay, Sister Tuantuan. I have to save this money to buy a house. I'm in good health. I heard that this corvée service will only take eight days at the fastest and ten days at the slowest. I'll be through it."
Feng Xiaoli stayed up late and lit a lamp to make a knee pad and a new pair of shoes for Jiang Li. It's cold now, so he should wear more clothes and don't catch a cold.
Daping Village is responsible for the section of road leading from the upstream to the downstream, which is blocked by a lot of silt. Everyone took out a shovel and started digging, standing with their legs in the wet mud. When the autumn wind blew, they were so cold that goose bumps appeared all over their bodies.
Erlaizi wanted to be lazy, so he worked a little slowly, and the officers and soldiers standing behind him just hit him.
Erlaizi jumped forward, covering his beaten butt, and screamed in pain.
The officers and soldiers shouted, "Anyone who doesn't work hard will be whipped!"
Erlaizi had no choice but to pick up the shovel and continue digging. At lunchtime, everyone had only a bowl of thin soup with only one or two grains of rice in it, which was no different from drinking water.
Everyone lined up to get food, and the soup served to the people standing at the back was cold.
Erlaizi and Jiangli ran fast and got the hot soup. They took out the pancakes made by Feng Xiaoli last night from their arms and took a bite of them.
Zhang Dahu held the cold soup and sighed helplessly. He only had one daughter in his life, so he had to do the labor service himself every year.
Er Laizi happened to see this scene and walked over to him, "Brother Dahu, let me give you my bowl of hot soup. I'll drink your cold one."
Zhang Dahu was amused. "I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you've changed? You're no longer the little bastard who stole things a while ago."
"Oh, I have reformed," he said, snatching the cold soup from Zhang Dahu's hand, giving him his own hot soup, and tearing off half a piece of bread to give him.
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