After sending away their insincere aunt and uncle, Su Tang and Lu Xiao had no time to catch their breath before things happened one after another.
The first thing to strike was the ubiquitous dampness.
The walls always felt damp to the touch, and the corners were covered with disgusting green hairs and black spots. The air was filled with a strong, pungent smell of mold and the smell of the sea.
The bedding we brought became cold and heavy within two days, as if water could be wrung out of it.
The worst case was that of Su's father. His already weak lungs could not bear the strain in this environment. His cough was rapid and frequent, with a heavy and wet noise, which made people feel nervous.
Su Tang felt so distressed when he saw his father in pain that he immediately pulled Lu Xiao into action.
They moved all the movable furniture outside to expose it to the scorching sun.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant and dryer.
Su Tang also asked Lu Xiao to find a way to get some charcoal from a nearby fisherman's house, break it up, and wrap it in old cloth to make simple "charcoal bags", which he stuffed into various corners of the house.
It turns out that this folk remedy is really effective. The suffocating dampness in the room has finally become less severe.
At night, Su Tang would wrap the stones that had been heated during the day in cloth and stuff them into Su's father's cold bed to warm his feet.
She and Lu Xiao took turns guarding a small charcoal brazier, carefully placing it in a ventilated place, and slowly drying out the moisture in the room.
When it was time to go to bed at night, Lu Xiao turned into a "human heater". He hugged Su Tang, who was attacked by dampness and cold, tightly at night, using his body temperature to dispel the cold for her.
If Su's father and mother hadn't been next door, the two of them might have caused some trouble.
Lu Xiao felt extremely distressed when he saw Su Tang, who had become thin after just two days on the island.
"Tangtang, I've already written back. Wait two more days."
Su Tang turned around and leaned in Lu Xiao's arms, smiling and nodded.
"I know, husband."
This title had never been used before, which made Lu Xiao's eyes widen and he seemed to be shocked.
"you……"
"I'm sleepy, I need to sleep."
Su Tang quickly closed his eyes, looking extremely sleepy.
Seeing Su Tang like this, Lu Xiao felt helpless, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions.
Forget it, his Tangtang is shy.
Just as the problem of humidity was alleviated a little, a bigger crisis came, that is, the lack of medical care and medicine.
Medicinal materials are scarce on the island, and doctors are helpless in the face of Su's father's complicated illness.
The special medicine they brought was almost gone.
Mother Su watched her husband coughing heart-wrenchingly, his face turning blue. She was so anxious that tears were streaming down her face, and her hand that was holding Su Tang was shaking.
"Don't be afraid, Mom, we are here."
Su Tang suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said soothingly, "Mom and Dad, I wrote a letter to our hospital before I came here. Please wait a little longer, don't be anxious."
Fortunately, before coming, Su Tang felt that they did not bring enough things, so before getting off the ship, he wrote a letter to the hospital in the northwest.
However, Su Tang had not seen Su's father at that time, so he could not determine Su's father's illness.
What she was able to do was to infer Su Dad's condition based on the contents of Su Ma's letter and prescribe some medicine.
Counting the days, the medicine should be arriving soon.
While waiting for the medicine, Su Tang was not idle either.
She humbly asked the old fisherman for advice and used the ingredients she could find on the island to make medicinal food for Su's father.
She stewed the fresh fish soup until it was milky white and rich, and then added the island's unique dehumidifying herbs.
The humble kelp and seaweed can be cooked in various ways to supplement minerals.
Although not as effective as special medicine, these nutrients with the smell of the sea also moisturized Su Dad's dry body and made him feel a little better.
It seems that if I can raise it a little longer, I will be able to leave the island.
However, the good times didn't last for two days, and the troublemaker Su Yufen jumped out.
She got a "witch" from somewhere who pretended to be a ghost and insisted that Su's father was "possessed by evil spirits" and wanted to perform a ritual to exorcise the evil spirits.
Su Tang directly blocked the door, his eyes as cold as ice: "Aunt, my father is seriously ill and needs a doctor and medicine, not some kind of shamanistic treatment! If you bring someone like this to disturb my father's recovery again, don't blame me for disregarding our relationship!"
Su Yufen probably wanted to please them by doing this, but unexpectedly it backfired.
Su Tang didn't buy it at all.
Lu Xiao's tall figure stood silently behind her. The oppressive feeling he exuded without even getting angry scared the "witch" so much that she ran away crawling.
Su Yufen was so angry that her face turned pale, but she could only stomp her feet and curse behind his back.
A few days later, Lu Xiao received a letter from the northwest.
"What's wrong?"
Su Tang looked at Lu Xiao's somewhat solemn expression and asked.
Lu Xiao didn't say anything, but just pulled Su Tang out the door.
"Regarding my parents leaving the island, I'm afraid I'll have to go back to the northwest."
Hearing this, Su Tang was stunned.
"You want to go back?"
Lu Xiao nodded: "Yes, I have to do it myself. I have to run some connections."
"Tangtang, you stay on the island with your parents for about ten days. I'll finish my work quickly and then come pick you and your parents up."
Speaking of this, Lu Xiao felt a little reluctant.
But if the family wants to be reunited, this is something that must be done.
Su Tang reached out and hugged Lu Xiao: "Go ahead, don't worry, my parents and I are waiting for you here."
After saying this, Lu Xiao put his head on top of Su Tang's head, feeling a little reluctant.
After the young couple finished talking, they went into the house, and Su Tang told Su's father and mother that Lu Xiao was going back.
When they heard that Lu Xiao was going back, Su's father and mother were also a little surprised.
But Su Tang said that Lu Xiao went back for their sake, and they both felt guilty.
They are all half-dead and about to be buried in the ground, but they still let their children run back and forth for them.
"Mom and Dad, you and Tangtang just stay here. I'll be back soon."
Lu Xiao spoke up to persuade Su's father and mother, and the two old people stopped saying anything.
Lu Xiao left that afternoon.
If he wants to stay with Su Tang, he has to act quickly.
However, after Lu Xiao left, Su Tang felt empty inside.
Su Ma looked at Su Tang and comforted him with a smile.
"A short separation is like a new marriage. When you meet again, you will be even more inseparable than you are now."
Su Tang blushed when she heard Su Ma's obvious teasing.
They are very much in love, but her small body may not be able to handle it.
The technical station came to distribute rations that day.
Su Tang looked at the rations distributed by the technical station. They were coarse and small. Fresh vegetables and fruits were simply a fantasy, and meat was even rarer.
The money brought was of little use on the closed island.
Su Tang is young and strong and can still handle it, but Su's father and mother need nutrition to recover.
Without saying a word, Su Tang rolled up his trouser legs and ran towards the sea, becoming a sea-hunting expert on the rocky beach.
With the help of the countless videos of sea-hunting that he had watched in his previous life and a tenacious spirit of never giving up.
She had sharp eyes and quick hands: plump oysters, crabs cunningly hiding in the cracks of the rocks, silly fish stranded after the tide receded, and various shellfish that she couldn't name... all became trophies in her basket.
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