Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Sleepiness
Early in the morning, someone knocked on the Fu family's door.
Zhou was making breakfast in the kitchen, thinking that Yu Li might come back for breakfast later.
When she heard someone knocking on the door, she couldn't help but feel confused. She wiped her hands and walked out of the kitchen, shouting, "Who is it?"
The person outside the door said, "Xiao'er's mother, open the door quickly, your mother Li has fainted."
When Zhou heard this, she didn't care about anything else and ran over quickly.
When she opened the door, she saw Da Zhuang from next door carrying Yu Li on his back, with his wife and Aunt Zhou following behind, looking nervous.
Seeing her, Aunt Zhou said quickly: "We were just about to go to the fields to work when we met Li Niang on the way. She suddenly collapsed. We don't know what happened."
Zhou was so panicked that she said quickly, "Quick, send Li Niang in..."
Da Zhuang responded and carried Yu Li on his back towards the east wing. He often came to the Fu family to help fetch water and chop firewood. He was very familiar with the Yu family and knew where Fu Wenxiao's room was.
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In the room, Fu Wenxiao woke up early.
Yu Li didn't come back last night, so he slept a little uneasily.
I don’t know if it’s because of the past two months, the two of us have been sleeping in the same bed. Even though we sleep separately, as long as I’m awake, I can feel that there is someone next to me.
Over time, he gradually got used to the man's presence, and sometimes even when he woke up in the middle of the night and felt the hand on his neck, he was not surprised but just found it funny.
I don't know what kind of environment made her so alert and lonely. She can't stand having another person in the room when she is sleeping. Her alertness and rejection are even more serious than his.
Fu Wenxiao also heard last night that something happened to Yu Li's sister Yu Zhu. Later, Zhou went out to inquire and found out what happened.
He was also a little worried about this.
If Yuzhu's condition is as serious as the villagers say, I'm afraid even if a doctor comes, it will be useless. She will be very uncomfortable then, right?
She is a very principled person. Now that she has become "Yu Li" of the second branch of the Yu family, she will take good care of her younger sisters.
She really cared about those sisters and considered them her responsibility.
No matter which one of them got into trouble, she would not be happy.
Fu Wenxiao didn't wait for Yu Li to come back last night, and he knew that Yu Zhu's condition might be more serious than he thought.
At this time, he heard some noise outside.
Fu Wenxiao's heart tightened a little. He stood up with the help of the bedpost, walked over and opened the door.
When the door opened, I saw Da Zhuang from next door coming over carrying someone on his back.
Seeing Fu Wenxiao standing at the door, Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment and said, "Xiao brother, Li Niang has fainted."
Fu Wenxiao's heart sank, his face went blank for a moment, and he subconsciously reached out to catch the person on his back.
"Xiao brother, I'll take the baby in." Da Zhuang always remembered that his health was not good, but he didn't dare to give the baby to him. In case he didn't have the strength and couldn't hold the baby, something would happen to both of them.
Fu Wenxiao paused and said, "Thank you."
He stepped aside and let Dazhuang carry the person in.
After Da Zhuang entered the room, Aunt Zhou and Da Zhuang's wife who were following behind him both saw Fu Wenxiao.
It was the first time that Da Zhuang's wife met Fu Wenxiao. When she saw the man bathed in the morning light, she was stunned for a moment.
Recently, some people have been saying that the son of the Fu family is extremely ugly, simply because he is frail and sickly, and has been suffering from a long-term illness. He must have been tortured by the disease and emaciated, and he is not good-looking at all. Even the fact that he has never appeared in the village has further confirmed this speculation.
This news spread from the surrounding villages to Qingshi Village.
When women from other villages who married into Qingshi Village return to their parents' home, they are also asked if this is the case.
In fact, this matter is mentioned repeatedly because everyone is curious about how ugly this person will be when he is sick.
In addition, in everyone's eyes, the Fu family is rich. Even if they are not as rich as the landlords in the village, they are better than many people in the village. It is inevitable that they will attract a lot of attention and prying.
So when they meet people from Qingshi Village, they always ask a question.
At this moment, seeing Fu Wenxiao in person, Da Zhuang's wife thought vaguely, if men like this are called ugly, then there are no good-looking people in this world, right?
No wonder she once curiously asked her mother-in-law and Dazhuang about this, and they both looked at her strangely.
Who on earth spread the rumor that Fu Wenxiao was ugly? This rumor was really outrageous.
The person who spread the rumor must have never met Fu Wenxiao in person and was deliberately talking nonsense.
Da Zhuang put the man on the bed.
Fu Wenxiao walked over slowly and asked, "Brother Dazhuang, what happened to Li Niang?"
"I don't know either." Da Zhuang said honestly, "We met her on the road and greeted her but she didn't respond. Suddenly she fainted."
Fu Wenxiao looked at Yu Li's pale and weak face. Her lips were so white that there was not a trace of blood. When his eyes fell on her chest and saw the coagulated blood, his eyes froze slightly.
He said to Da Zhuang, "Brother Da Zhuang, please go to the city and ask Doctor Xu to come over."
"Okay." Da Zhuang nodded in agreement.
He walked out, said something to his mother and wife, took the silver handed to him by Zhou, and hurried to the county town.
When there was no one else in the room, Fu Wenxiao reached out and carefully lifted the clothes of the person on the bed. Seeing that there were no injuries on her chest, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When he saw the bloodstains on her collar, he thought she was injured by some sharp weapon and many things came to his mind at once.
Since there is no injury, then this blood...
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After Da Zhuang left, Aunt Zhou and Da Zhuang's wife confirmed that nothing was wrong and left too.
Seeing that Yu Li was sweating all over and her clothes were stained with dirt and dust, Zhou hurriedly went to get a basin of water to clean the stains on her body.
"I don't know what happened to Li Niang. Why did she suddenly fall into coma?" Zhou said with red eyes.
When Li Niang first came in, although she was so thin, she looked full of energy and was very likable.
After raising it for two months, it finally gained some weight and looked more energetic, but then something unexpected happened. She felt very sad.
Fu Wenxiao sat aside, holding Yu Li's wrist and taking her pulse.
Before the Fu family was in trouble, he had learned some medical knowledge, not for anything else, but to prevent others from plotting against him, not to mention what happened later...
He also has some knowledge of medicine.
Zhou wiped Yu Li's face, neck and other parts of her body, and was soon shocked when she saw the blood stains on her chest.
"Why is there blood on Li Niang's clothes? Could it be Zhu Niang's?"
But that's not right, the bloodstain is very fresh and hasn't dried completely yet.
Zhou didn't understand what was going on, so she looked at Fu Wenxiao. Seeing that he was concentrating on taking the pulse, she didn't dare to disturb him.
After a long while, Fu Wenxiao finally withdrew his hand.
"Xiao Ge'er, what happened to Li Niang?" She asked nervously, "Is she injured? Are those people...chasing us?"
When she said this, her face was filled with fear, as she was afraid that the nightmare from that year would recur.
Fu Wenxiao shook his head, "She is not injured, she is just exhausted and has lost her vitality..."
He hesitated when he said this.
His medical skills were not very advanced, but only slightly proficient, and he was afraid that he had made a wrong judgment. At the same time, he couldn't figure out what she had done to exhaust her physical strength and even damage her vitality.
Originally, this person looked skinny and malnourished. He didn't gain much back after two months of care. Her body had already been riddled with holes from all the hard work over the years. It was probably only slightly better than his now. If he wasn't well taken care of, his life span would be shortened in the future and he might not live long.
At this moment, I have lost my vitality again. It is really...
Zhou's face turned pale, she was shocked and angry.
"How could that be? Could it be that something is wrong with Zhu Niang? She is too sad..."
She guessed again and again but couldn't figure it out, so she had to continue cleaning Yu Li's body and changing her blood-stained clothes.
While she was changing Yu Li's clothes, Fu Wenxiao turned around politely.
Seeing this, Zhou couldn't help but sigh.
Although these two are husband and wife, they are not in real marriage. Looking at Xiao Ge'er's avoidant look, I'm afraid that if he dies one day, he will let Yu Li leave and find another lover.
She felt very uncomfortable and terribly upset. She didn't know whether it was because of Yu Li who was unconscious on the bed or because of Fu Wenxiao.
Not long after, Yu Yin hurried to the Fu family, his face pale.
The expression on her face was even more frightened than when she learned yesterday that Yuzhu was in trouble. Her body was trembling slightly and she felt cold all over. She looked at Zhou, her lips trembling, and she couldn't say a word.
“Ayin.” Seeing her like this, Zhou seemed to be about to faint, so she quickly hugged her and said, “Ayin, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, Li Niang will be fine!”
Yu Yin's throat was dry and he wanted to say something but couldn't open his mouth for a moment.
Her throat felt like it was clogged with cotton and was extremely uncomfortable.
After a long while, she finally spoke, "How is my elder sister? I want to see her..." Then she added, "It's all my fault. I noticed something was wrong with my elder sister when she left, but I didn't accompany her back..."
At the end of her speech, she burst into tears and turned and walked towards the west wing.
There are no secrets in the countryside, and if something happens in a family, it will spread quickly.
The news that Yu Li fainted on the road naturally spread quickly. Someone who had a good relationship with the Yu family went to the second branch of the Yu family and told them about Yu Li's fainting on the road.
When Yu Yin learned about this, he ran over immediately.
Yu Jin also wanted to go over, but her younger sister hadn't woken up yet and her parents had gone out to work. She was really worried about leaving Yu Zhu alone at home, so she could only wait anxiously for news at home.
Yu Yin walked in and saw Fu Wenxiao sitting in front of the bed.
She called out "Brother-in-law" softly, then came to the bed and saw Yu Li's pale face on the bed. She covered her mouth and cried, with bursts of sobs leaking out from between her fingers.
Fu Wenxiao looked up at her, frowned slightly, and asked, "What happened to Li Niang at the Yu family?"
Yu Yin's eyes were blurred with tears. It took her a long while to react. She wiped the tears from her face and said hoarsely, "My elder sister stayed with us all night last night. When we woke up in the morning, she left..."
Speaking of this, she felt very guilty and thought that they should not have fallen asleep last night. They should have let their eldest sister go back to the Fu family to rest first.
She thought that her elder sister must be tired.
Mingming's elder sister looks thinner than them and does more work than them. How could her body possibly endure it?
Fu Wenxiao instinctively felt that this shouldn't be the case. How could he fall into a coma after staying up all night?
He asked Yu Yin to speak carefully, telling her everything she saw yesterday, without skipping any details.
Yu Yin was totally bewildered by Yu Li's coma, so when she heard his question, she didn't think much about it and told him everything that happened from yesterday to this morning in detail, occasionally adding a few words.
She is very organized and can fill in the gaps that were overlooked. She is a very careful girl.
When Fu Wenxiao heard her say that when they woke up in the morning and saw Yu Li holding Yu Zhu's hand, his face looked a little strange, he vaguely felt that the problem might lie here.
She must have done something after everyone in the Yu family fell asleep.
Otherwise, her body wouldn't have suddenly been so damaged and her strength wouldn't have been depleted to this extent.
But what did she do? Was it related to the blood on her collar?
Fu Wenxiao really couldn't think of anything. He looked at Yu Li's pale and quiet face on the bed, slightly distracted.
This girl named "Yu Li" was the most mysterious and unpredictable existence he had ever encountered in his life. It seemed as if fate had favored him at the end of his life and gave him an unexpected surprise so that he would not die too lonely.
Her origins are mysterious and difficult to guess.
At first he suspected that she was not Yu Li from the second branch of the Yu family in Qingshi Village, but someone else, who might be using the identity of "Yu Li" to hide her origins.
Her alertness, cold murderous intent, and lack of worldly wisdom...
All of which show her uniqueness.
But when he saw her appearance and the marks on her hands, which were a pair of hands from a country girl who often worked, it pointed out that she was "Yu Li" from the second branch of the Yu family.
Fu Wenxiao suddenly remembered that when he was a child, his wet nurse, Zhou, told him some strange stories from the countryside, such as fox fairies transforming into humans and coming down the mountain to repay gratitude, and female ghosts returning to life to avenge themselves.
He speculated that she must be a resurrected ghost.
She is a lonely soul, coming from nowhere, and accidentally resurrected with the help of the body of "Yu Li" from Qingshi Village.
She should also be called Yu Li, because her reaction was very natural when her name was called.
If this is the case, it would be understandable why she could become the "Yu Li" of Qingshi Village. Perhaps the name is an opportunity and a connection between the two.
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When the sun rose high in the sky, Da Zhuang finally invited Doctor Xu from Huichun Hall back.
Doctor Xu didn't expect that the one who fell ill this time was the daughter-in-law of the Fu family. After examining her, he came to the same conclusion as Fu Wenxiao.
"This girl has consumed too much energy and has lost a lot of vitality. She should be allowed to rest and replenish her body..."
Doctor Xu was not surprised at all. After all, when he first saw Yu Li's appearance, he knew that she was not living a good life. She didn't eat well, didn't rest well, and did hard and tiring work. It was common for her to suffer a great loss of vitality.
As for the excessive physical exertion, it was probably because he was exhausted from doing too much work in the countryside.
The human body has its limits. If it is too tired, something bad will happen.
Doctor Xu prescribed some medicine to replenish the vital energy and asked Da Zhuang to go to the county town with him to get the medicine.
Zhou and Yu Yin both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
"That's great, sister is fine!" She felt relieved and so happy that she almost cried again.
She couldn't imagine that something would happen to her elder sister. In their hearts, her elder sister was very important. They hoped that she was alive and well, had enough food to eat, and could do what she liked. As long as she was alive and well, it was a happy thing...
Seeing that Doctor Xu was about to leave, Zhou thought of something and quickly said, "Doctor Xu, there is another patient in the village. Please go and see him." She turned to Yu Yin and said, "A Yin, take Doctor Xu over there."
Yu Yin nodded in agreement.
The doctor Feng Dalang called last night was not Dr. Xu from Huichuntang, because Dr. Xu was not in the county town yesterday. He went to other villages to see patients. So he had to find a doctor from another pharmacy.
When Doctor Xu heard that someone had hit his head, his expression became serious. Without saying anything, he went to the Yu family with Yu Yin.
Da Zhuang took the prescription written by Doctor Xu to the county town to get the medicine.
In the afternoon, Dazhuang brought back the medicine and Zhou went to boil it immediately.
Fu Yanhui and his sister huddled next to Zhou, worry evident on their little faces.
"Grandma, auntie will be fine, right?" Fu Yansheng asked in a baby voice.
Zhou said patiently, "Yes, the doctor said she was just too tired and needed to rest and replenish her body. Once her body is replenished, she will be fine."
The brother and sister blinked and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fu Yansheng continued: "Then give my candy to little aunt to nourish her body."
"And there are cakes." Fu Yanhui followed up, "I won't eat cakes anymore. Give more to my aunt."
Ever since Yu Li went to work in the county town, he would buy a lot of things back every day, and there was never a shortage of candies and snacks at home. In addition, Yu Li was very generous, so everyone had a share, and the brother and sister could be said to be living a good life.
At this moment, seeing Yu Li lying on the bed, they were worried that she would get sick like her uncle. They wished they would not eat anything and give the food to their aunt to make her get better.
Zhou touched the two children's heads and felt a little sad.
As the saying goes, children are the best at distinguishing good from bad intentions. If Yu Li wasn't really a good person, why would they like her so much?
Originally, she was married for the purpose of bringing good luck, but now Zhou no longer cares about it. She just feels that with Yu Li in the family, it feels like a home. Even Xiao Ge'er seems to have cheered up a little.
After decocting the medicine, Zhou brought it into the room.
After the medicine cooled down a little, she carefully fed it to Yu Li.
Fu Wenxiao sat aside and watched. In the past, others had served him and he had never served anyone before, let alone taking care of a sick person. Zhou was worried that he would not be able to take good care of the patient, so she decided to do it herself.
After feeding the medicine, Zhou went to cook, intending to make some white porridge first, which Yu Li could drink as long as he woke up.
The doctor told her to have a good sleep and she would wake up after a good rest.
But she didn't know when she would wake up, and was afraid that she would be hungry when she woke up. Zhou planned to be ready at all times and would not let her go hungry.
Yu Jin came over in the afternoon.
Now that Yuzhu is being taken care of by Yuyin, she can finally make some time to come and see her elder sister.
Seeing her elder sister lying there unconscious, she covered her mouth and cried, her shoulders shaking.
Fu Wenxiao sat aside and did not try to comfort her.
After a long while, Yu Jin finally stopped crying and wiped the tears from her face.
"Brother-in-law, please and Aunt Zhou take good care of my sister." She said in a low voice. Actually, she wanted to stay, but her eldest sister was already married, and it was not in accordance with the rules for her to stay here.
Fu Wenxiao hummed lightly.
Yu Jin glanced at the person on the bed reluctantly, then walked out of the room.
When she met Zhou, she asked Zhou to take good care of Yu Li, and if anything happened, she could send someone to find her at Yu's house at any time.
Zhou patted her on the shoulder and reassured her, "Li Niang is just too tired. She will be fine."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Yu Jin curled her lips and almost cried again.
Yu Jin choked up and said, "Eldest sister is indeed too tired. Before... Later, she never rested. She always worked very hard and seriously."
Whether it was the eldest sister before or the eldest sister after she got married, she was always a very hard-working person and never slacked off to rest. Her life was so hard and tiring that it was so uncomfortable.
Zhou sighed. That’s right.
In fact, there are many people in this world who live as hard as Yu Li. People are busy with life, living for the sake of living, and busy trying to live a good life. They have no leisure in their entire lives.
Yu Li didn't wake up until the evening.
Zhou was very worried. While wiping Yu Li's body, she kept muttering, "I don't know when Li Niang will wake up. She didn't eat anything last night, and she hasn't eaten all day. She must be very hungry. I have to make more buns for her to eat when she wakes up..."
Not only buns, but also something that can be stored and can be heated up and eaten when she wakes up.
After Zhou took care of Yu Li, she said to Fu Wenxiao, "Xiao brother, you guys take a rest. Call me if you need anything."
I felt a little worried, one patient taking care of another patient...
How can I be at ease?
But there was nothing she could do even though she was worried. There were only two rooms in the Fu family that could accommodate people. The rest were the living room, the kitchen, the woodshed, and the warehouse. There was no place to live at all. She couldn't let Fu Wenxiao sleep with the two children, could she?
Zhou left worriedly.
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