"Sister, I'm so sorry. I didn't know they would arrange for us to rest in the woodshed. I can only ask you to make do for now. Please rest here for a while. Once I have some wages, I will take you to another place."
Xia Sen gritted his teeth and then arranged for Xu Yuehuai to sit on the cotton quilt.
Xu Yuehuai looked around and thought it was not bad. After all, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain was much better than being outside.
She wasn't a particularly meticulous person, and had experienced many similar crises and hardships before. This time, however, it wasn't as serious, except that her wounds were particularly severe.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. I can be anywhere as long as I'm with you. These things don't matter that much."
"Now you need to work hard in this restaurant. After your sister recovers, she will take you to find your brother-in-law."
Xu Yuehuai spoke to Xia Sen, who was hearing her mention her other relatives for the first time.
"I didn't expect you to be married, sister! Your other half must be exceptionally outstanding, otherwise you wouldn't be with him."
"But why is my sister alone in the temporary refugee camp in Qili Village?"
Why aren't you with your brother-in-law?
Xia Sen was genuinely puzzled, wondering why Xu Yuehuai would appear alone in the temporary refugee camp in Qili Village.
Xu Yuehuai seems to have a very unusual background, and it's unknown what her original family background was like.
Xu Yuehuai recalled the things that suddenly happened when the mudslide occurred.
“I wanted to stay with him tightly, but the mudslide suddenly started. We were holding hands, but we couldn’t withstand the violent mudslide, so we were separated.”
"Although we're separated now, we've already discussed it and will meet up in other towns around here. Maybe he hasn't found me yet and is waiting for me somewhere."
"Once I recover, I'll take you to see him. Maybe we'll run into each other again in a while."
"He is an exceptionally capable man, and he will surely be able to lead us through this difficult period."
Hearing this, Xia Sen suddenly became very curious about what kind of person the man Xu Yuehuai was talking about was.
"Okay, sister, I will take good care of you during this time. After you get better, we will go to find your husband together."
After making arrangements for Xu Yuehuai, Xia Sen went to the front of the restaurant to help the people inside.
Xu Yuehuai was resting well in the woodshed, but suddenly she felt that her health was getting worse. She kept coughing and had a fever, and she didn't feel better at all.
"Could I really have contracted the plague?"
Xu Yuehuai felt extremely uncomfortable, as if her whole body was burning with fire, with an extremely high temperature from the inside out, like she was being steamed in a steamer.
But now they have no resources or medicine, so they have no way to treat their illness.
I wonder if the doctors around here know how to treat the plague?
Xu Yuehuai kept her mouth and nose covered, not wanting to affect others.
And Xia Sen has never been infected by her, which is actually a good thing.
For the next period of time, Xia Sen usually helped those people in the restaurant, and he would bring some food to Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai has been taken very well during this period, but her health has not recovered and she feels even worse.
"Xiasen, I might really have caught the plague! Cough cough cough..."
Xu Yuehuai coughs violently every time she speaks, as if she's coughing up her lungs.
Just as she and Xia Sen were discussing this, it seemed that someone outside had passed by and heard their voices.
That person originally worked in the backyard of the restaurant, and every time he passed by, he would hear Xu Yuehuai coughing.
He had initially thought that the person he was interviewing might have caught a cold, but then he suddenly heard them talking about the plague.
Suddenly, the person was terrified and immediately dropped what they were carrying and ran away.
"It seems like someone outside overheard what we were saying!"
When Xu Yuehuai learned that someone seemed to know she had contracted the plague, she felt a little scared. She wondered if this person would tell others, and if they did, she might cause Xia Sen to leave the restaurant.
Xia Sen had finally found a job, and she was about to be kicked out because of her, which made her feel particularly bad.
"Sister, don't be afraid. No matter what happens, I will stand by your side. Even if they try to kick you out, I will leave with you."
Xia Sen's heart was only filled with Xu Yuehuai in front of him. No matter what happened, he would never abandon Xu Yuehuai.
While they were talking, that person suddenly told the shopkeeper about it.
After the shopkeeper learned of this, he quickly led his men to the woodshed.
"The girl inside is seriously ill, and we want to take her to see a doctor."
Upon hearing this, Xia Sen knew that they must have found out about that matter. Now, they probably didn't want to help Xu Yuehuai with her treatment, but rather wanted to throw her out.
He would never let those people hurt Xu Yuehuai, so Xia Sen said to the shopkeeper, "Then I'll take my sister to see a doctor, so you don't need to trouble yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the woodshed opened, and Xia Sen carried Xu Yuehuai out.
When the shopkeeper and the others saw Xu Yuehuai looking sickly and her face was frighteningly pale, they all took a few steps back, worried that they might catch the plague from her.
Xia Sen ignored these people and quickly left the restaurant with Xu Yuehuai on his back, wanting to go to where the doctor was.
Just after they left, when they were still around the corner, he overheard the shopkeeper talking to the others.
“That girl has most likely contracted the plague. This is a very serious matter. You all need to clean up the woodshed thoroughly later. The rest of you go and call the government officials over.”
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