Chapter 53: Each side takes a step back, and then the shock leads to a fever

"You agreed very quickly. Hand over the wild boar. As for us, the wild boars have caused damage to our house like locusts. Everything has been spoiled, and the wild boars are gone. If you don't want to live like this anymore, just say so."

Lin Xiuzhi quarreled loudly with Jiang's father, and the other people who didn't know the inside story were scared. Pan Wenlan grabbed her husband's clothes and asked him to go up and persuade him.

The man grinned and shook his head. He didn't dare. At this moment, his mother's fighting spirit was at its peak. If he dared to say a word, he would roll up the blanket and go out to sleep with his father in the next second.

Chu Sangning gradually approached the river for the banquet. Under the cover of night, no one noticed that Chu Sangning's cheeks were slightly red and her eyes seemed to be filled with tears.

She asked in a low voice: "Auntie, are you okay? Do you want to go up and give her some advice?"

Jiang Xingyan didn't react at first. His mother has always been very concerned about her reputation and would never quarrel with family members outside, in order to avoid becoming a topic of conversation for others during meals.

This time? Jiang Xingyan's brain was quick. Seeing his father lowering his head and not saying anything, with a calm expression, he suddenly understood something. He pulled Chu Sangning's wrist and stepped back, "It's okay. Let's stand further away so we don't get affected."

This is just an act, performed for those villagers who have ulterior motives.

Sure enough, when Lin Xiuzhi and Jiang's father were arguing fiercely, the people in the village realized that they had gone too far, and they came forward one by one and stood between the two of them.

He stretched out his hand to persuade them: "Okay, okay, there are so many people here, stop arguing, stop arguing."

"What Auntie Lin said is right. He killed the wild boar himself. What does it have to do with us? Uncle Jiang is kind, but we can't get carried away and forget to be grateful."

A young man was filled with righteous indignation: "Captain, Uncle Jiang's family has already suffered a disaster. We can't take advantage of them for nothing. So, how about we use our work points to exchange for jobs?"

Lin Xiuzhi's quarrel suddenly stopped. "Okay, but if anyone wants to take the wild boar away without any effort or work points, I, Lin Xiuzhi, will be the first to disagree."

After the white-faced man finished speaking, the red-faced man said, "Ah, everyone has a hard time, so let's ask for less and let the children at home have some meat to enjoy."

Those who were still hesitant after hearing Lin Xiuzhi's words could no longer suppress their thoughts. Yes, it didn't matter if the adults didn't eat it, but what about the children? The children at home were all greedy. I would cut two taels of meat and bring it home to let the children taste the meat.

"Captain, let's do it according to Auntie Lin's method. We will use work points to calculate and not let Auntie suffer any loss."

Jiang Zongzheng nodded and said, "Okay, put the big wild boar in the brigade's warehouse first, and we will divide it up after we finish the work tomorrow afternoon."

He paused for two seconds and gave everyone a heads-up: "The Jiang family made the greatest contribution in killing wild boars. Do you have any objections to the Jiang family picking the first one?"

"No, no, definitely not."

"Yes, it's as they should. We all agree to let the Jiang family choose first." Whoever gives the milk is the mother. The villagers didn't object. They were all happy as if they had picked up money.

Jiang Zongzheng asked someone to carry the wild boar away first. He was old, and he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. It was already the middle of the night. After the people left, he asked, "Is everything okay?"

Father Jiang shook his head and said, "Brother, you should go back to sleep as well."

"Okay, if you need anything, just give me a shout and I'll ask my family to help."

After everyone left, Lin Xiuzhi stopped pretending to be nice to her old man. The two smiled at each other, and Jiang's father said proudly, "It's much better than your yelling, right?"

"Humph, I'm always the bad guy. Now my reputation for being fierce is even more resounding."

Lin Xiuzhi looked at the mess in the yard and simply turned a blind eye to it. She waved her hand and signaled everyone to go to bed first: "Hurry up and get some rest. We'll clean it up tomorrow morning."

Chu Sangning felt that his steps were heavy. Lin Xiuzhi's words seemed to be automatically recorded. He only remembered what she said when she opened her mouth, and knew nothing else.

Jiang Xingyan sensed something was wrong, but before he could catch up, Chu Sangning closed the door and waved at him like a kitten, "Bye, I'm going to sleep first."

"Are you okay?" Jiang Xingyan frowned worriedly and listened carefully to the movements in the room.

Chu Sangning felt very sleepy, but Jiang Xingyan continued to ask, so she shouted, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."

After he finished speaking, there was no more movement in the room. Jiang Xingyan couldn't push a little girl's door in the middle of the night, so he stood there for three or five minutes, and when he heard no sound, he went back to the room.

Chu Sangning automatically ignored the burning sensation on her body. When it was almost dawn, she was woken up by the heat. It was a cold autumn day, but her quilt was soaked with sweat, and her whole body was wet.

Only then did she realize that something was wrong. Chu Sangning just touched her forehead and felt it was burning. She slowly got out of bed, but her legs and feet went weak before she took two steps. What was even more frightening was that she was so cold that she got goose bumps.

Chu Sangning found a packet of antipyretic medicine from the space and drank it with cold water. After a while, the effect of the medicine took effect and she began to feel sleepy again. She closed her eyes and lost consciousness.

I didn't even know when I woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw Lin Xiuzhi sitting next to me sewing clothes.

Chu Sangning's voice was hoarse. She coughed and her face flushed. "Auntie, what time is it?"

"It's just past seven o'clock, you should sleep a little longer." Lin Xiuzhi stood up and tucked the quilt for her. She felt that Chu Sangning's forehead was no longer hot, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that the fever has subsided. I was afraid that it wouldn't. After Lin Xiuzhi relaxed, she began to mutter: "If Xingyan hadn't noticed that you hadn't gotten up yet and came over to call you, we wouldn't have known about it."

"You kids can't take care of yourselves. You're already unconscious from the fever, but you don't even know how to call for help. If you were to be burned for a whole day, your brains would be burned out."

Lin Xiuzhi poured Chu Sangning a glass of warm water and watched her drink it before nodding with satisfaction.

"I'll let Xingyan do the work for you today, you just take a good rest."

Chu Sangning struggled to get up, "His leg injury hasn't healed yet, Auntie, I'll sleep for a while and go by myself in the afternoon."

This child was just stubborn. Lin Xiuzhi couldn't stop her, so she had to comfort her softly, "Okay, you sleep a little longer, get up at noon to have a meal, and you can even watch the pig being slaughtered."

The wild boars are now in the brigade's warehouse. After work and lunch at noon, we will start killing the pigs and dividing the meat.

"Do you want to eat something fat or lean?" Lin Xiuzhi asked.

"It's all fine. It's up to you, Auntie." After all, Chu Sangning was staying in someone else's house, so it was better not to interfere in some matters.

"Then let's have half fat and half thin." Lin Xiuzhi made the final decision.

When Chu Sangning woke up from a long nap, Pan Wenlan and the others had already returned. Lin Xiuzhi looked behind them and asked, "Where's Brother Yan?"