Wei Yuyan began picking flowers quickly. This patch of saffron wasn't very large, and she finished picking it in about 15 minutes, filling a whole cloth bag.
After Wei Yuyan finished picking all the saffron, she looked up and realized, oh no, it was already late afternoon.
If it gets dark on the mountain, she's afraid she'll get lost, so Wei Yuyan quickly picked up her basket and hurried down the mountain.
Wei Yuyan wanted to run, but the basket on her back contained medicinal herbs, and if she ran, the herbs would fall out.
With saffron and wild rabbit in her hands, Wei Yuyan quickened her pace.
"Oh dear~".
Wei Yuyan accidentally stepped into a hole, and her ankle hurt slightly. Without checking her injury, she continued walking back.
After rushing around like this, I finally arrived home just as it got dark.
Wei Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief and saw that the door was ajar, so it seemed that the children were at home.
"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, your sister-in-law is back."
Wei Yuyan pushed open the door and called out.
"Sister-in-law, you're back."
"Sister-in-law, you're finally back."
Xiao Lei and Qian Qian ran out of the kitchen one after the other.
Xiao Lei rushed forward to help unload the basket, and Wei Yuyan quickly sat down, feeling utterly exhausted.
"Sister-in-law, you're finally back! It's been dark and I haven't seen you come back yet."
I told you I was going to ask your husband to come find you. You need to come back earlier in the future; the children are so worried about you.
When Sister-in-law Xiuhua spoke up, Wei Yuyan noticed that Sister-in-law Xiuhua was also there.
"Sister-in-law, it's my fault. I didn't check the time and came back late. Luckily you were here."
Wei Yuyan felt very warm; Sister-in-law Xiuhua was genuinely worried about her.
"Come to the kitchen and have some dumpling soup. We brought you a bowl after we finished eating. Keep it warm here."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua called Wei Yuyan to the kitchen to eat something. Only then did Wei Yuyan realize how hungry she was.
"Okay~".
Wei Yuyan stood up and felt a slight stinging pain in her left foot, probably because she had walked too fast.
Wei Yuyan slowly walked into the kitchen, where her sister-in-law Xiuhua brought over a bowl of vegetable and egg soup with dumplings. It smelled so good!
There were still some pancakes left over from the day.
Wei Yuyan took out a handkerchief from her bosom, inside which was half a pancake. She took out half a pancake and drank it with the dumpling soup, feeling full and comfortable.
"Xiuhua~, Xiuhua~".
Brother Zhang's voice rang out again.
"Sister-in-law, my family is here to pick me up. I'm going back now. I'll come to see you tomorrow."
Seeing that Wei Yuyan had returned safely, Sister-in-law Xiuhua left with peace of mind.
"Xiuhua, is your sister-in-law back?"
Brother Zhang stood at the door holding a torch.
"Yes, she's only been back for a little while. She was just eating something. She's fine. Let's go back. Your wife must be tired after a long day. She should get some rest."
When Sister-in-law Xiuhua saw Wei Yuyan carrying a basket of things back, she didn't know what they were, but she figured it must have been hard work for her all day.
"Okay, Xiao Lei, lock the door."
Before leaving, Brother Zhang reminded Xiao Lei to close the door properly.
"Okay, Sister-in-law Xiuhua, Brother Zhang, take care."
Xiao Lei watched them leave, then closed the door, lit a kerosene lamp, and began processing the things his sister-in-law had brought back.
"Is this a rabbit?"
Wu Lei looked at the dusty rabbit with a hint of surprise.
"Yes, Xiao Lei, that's a rabbit. Let's find something to lock it up."
Wei Yuyan slowly walked out into the courtyard and dealt with these things with Wu Lei.
"good".
Wu Lei found a basket, untied the rabbit's rope, tied it up, and weighed it down with a few bricks.
"Qianqian, help your sister-in-law get a few winnowing baskets, a basin of water, and some gauze."
Wei Yuyan felt soreness in her legs, arms, and shoulders, and her ankles were also a little sore. She didn't want to move anymore, so she decided to direct Qianqian and Xiaolei to do the work.
"They've arrived."
Wu Qian happily fetched water, gauze, and a winnowing basket.
Wei Yuyan poured the saffron into three winnowing baskets. This flower was quite precious and shouldn't be pressed down.
Ideally, the filaments should have been removed today, but it's too late now that it's dark. Wei Yuyan will have to deal with them tomorrow morning.
The others need to be cleaned of the mud.
"Sister-in-law, go wash up and rest. I'll take care of these things. I'll just wipe them clean gently, right?"
Wu Lei took the gauze from Wei Yuyan's hand.
"Yes, there is a ginseng root inside. You need to be careful not to break the ginseng rootlets."
Wei Yuyan was still a little worried.
"Okay, sister-in-law, I will be very careful. There is hot water in the pot, you can go wash it."
Wu Lei took out the Codonopsis pilosula and gently wiped it.
Wei Yuyan went to the kitchen to fetch water for her room, then took a shower. Sitting in the hot water, she felt much more comfortable.
After washing up, Wei Yuyan sat in the courtyard to blow-dry her hair and watched Wu Lei process the medicinal herbs.
Wu Lei has already finished half of it, and Wei Yuyan has also started to help.
The main reason is that the medicinal herbs in the basket are quite mixed, with three or four kinds of herbs.
We need to distinguish them, but the lighting is poor. If we wait until tomorrow to process them, the colors of the herbs won't be as appealing.
It took the two of them half an hour to process the remaining medicinal herbs.
"Xiao Lei, let's put these medicinal herbs in the yard tonight. The weather is nice tonight, it shouldn't rain."
Tomorrow morning, you and your sister will cook porridge. If it's almost 9 AM and I'm still not up, wake me up.
Wei Yuyan couldn't hold on any longer, so she finished giving her instructions and fell asleep immediately.
"Okay~".
Before Xiao Lei could finish speaking, he saw that his sister-in-law had already gone to bed.
The next morning, Wei Yuyan woke up and felt that her arms were not so sore anymore, but her thighs were still a little sore. When she tried to get up, she found that her left foot was very painful and she could not move it.
"Hiss~".
Wei Yuyan gritted her teeth, put on her coat and pants, and then...
He jumped into the yard and sat down.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Wu Qian saw her sister-in-law jump over.
"Qianqian, where's your brother? Help your sister-in-law bring over a basket of flowers."
Wei Yuyan did not see Wu Lei.
He went to the outhouse.
Wu Qian brought over a basket of flowers.
"And bring me an empty winnowing basket."
Wei Yuyan was about to start peeling off the saffron threads.
"Okay," Qianqian obediently brought the winnowing basket.
Wei Yuyan started peeling the flower threads, and after a while, Wu Lei came out of the outhouse.
"Sister-in-law, you're up. I was just about to go and call you."
It's almost 9 AM.
"Ugh, my foot hurts so much. Could you go and call Dr. Qian for me?"
Wei Yuyan guessed that she might have sprained her ankle yesterday, and since she didn't treat it last night, it got worse this morning.
"Sister-in-law, what happened to your foot?"
Wu Lei couldn't help but look at Wei Yuyan's feet.
"I think I twisted my ankle when I came back yesterday. It didn't hurt much at the time, but now it's swollen."
Wei Yuyan took off her socks; her left foot was a little red and swollen.
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