Mo Qianshang reached out and touched the child's forehead; it was burning hot. She gently patted the child's shoulder: "Ru'er, Ru'er? Can you hear Auntie?"
Yu Ru stirred slightly, but did not wake up. Mo Qianshang reached out and lowered the bed curtains on one side, then reached into Yu Ru's collar to touch her back.
“This child is covered with such a thick blanket, and it’s not that cold today, but he hasn’t sweated at all. Just covering him with a blanket is useless.”
She glanced at the anxious father and said, "Go sit somewhere else. I need to take the baby's clothes off."
The child's father quickly went out and helped the two elderly people to the table.
"Manniang, come and lend a hand, take off the child's clothes."
While undressing the child, Mo Qianshang got up, took a teacup from the table, opened the white wine she had brought, and poured it into it.
After the clothes were removed, she dipped her hand in the white wine and generously applied it to the child's neck, then began to rub it vigorously.
Does your child develop bumps after coming into contact with alcohol?
Seeing that Man Niang looked blank after she asked, she knew that this family had no idea about the child's situation and probably had never touched alcohol.
“Using baijiu is a last resort, after all, the child is still young, and it wouldn’t be good if she absorbed too much alcohol. But she has such a high fever now, we have to use some drastic measures, otherwise the child will burn to death, do you understand what I mean?”
Man Niang was on the verge of tears, but she still nodded: "I know."
After rubbing the child's neck, armpits, arms, legs, and even back, Mo Qianchang rubbed the child until the skin was fair and rosy, then covered the child with a large quilt.
"Let me put clothes on her!"
Mo Qianchang reached out to stop her: "Who wears several layers of clothes when they're sweating? If you wear too many clothes, you won't be able to stay warm. On the contrary, it's easier to stay warm with just one layer!"
At this moment, the door opened again, but it wasn't Little Yao who came in; instead, it was Qin Baiyi carrying a charcoal brazier.
Mo Qianshang was somewhat surprised: "Why are you here?"
She had noticed that the lights in Qin Baiyi's room were off, and assumed he had already gone to bed early. She never expected him to be here.
Qin Baiyi didn't answer that pointless question: "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Mo Qianchang chuckled: "Look at this whole family, there's no way you'd need to lift a finger. You've worked hard, go home and rest early!"
Qin Baiyi shook his head: "If it's convenient, I'll wait for you here."
Mo Qianshang was helpless, but the family kept saying they wouldn't disturb her and even poured water for Qin Baiyi.
When Mo Qianshang tucked the blanket around the child, the little girl's eyes moved and she actually opened them.
"Oh, you're awake?"
Man Niang was both surprised and delighted, and Yu Ru's father also ran over: "The girl is awake!"
Mo Qianshang pressed the child down as he tried to move: "Don't move, you're sick, lie down."
Yu Ru is six or seven years old. She is well-behaved and somewhat resembles her mother. Although she doesn't recognize the pretty aunt in front of her, she will stay still when told not to.
Man Niang, who had been holding back her tears, suddenly burst out and reached out to touch her daughter's hair and face: "You're finally awake! You scared your parents to death!"
Mo Qianshang remained calm: "Don't be too happy yet. She's awake, but her fever hasn't gone down. Go boil some water. Do you have any ginger at home? Make me some ginger water. Also, what do you have at home? Make some for the child, pick out what she likes to eat. She needs to eat more when she's sick."
The parents finally came to their senses. Although they couldn't understand what Mo Qianshang had been up to, the child was truly awake, and whatever she said was law. The whole family immediately sprang into action, and the child's grandmother also went to the kitchen.
Mo Qianshang asked them to boil some water, let it cool down, and bring it over. Her family's current habit is to drink cooled boiled water, and they can't stand seeing other families drinking tap water.
Yu Ru still had a fever. Given her condition, physical cooling methods alone were definitely not enough. Mo Qianshang opened the system to check how much silver the fever-reducing medicine cost.
One thousand taels...
She rubbed her throbbing forehead and continued reading the instructions.
This fever reducer costs 100 yuan per box, which contains two strips of medicine, totaling 24 pills. The best thing about it is that it's a system-produced medicine, and the recommended dosage is one pill once a day.
She had no intention of becoming a bodhisattva. She got up and went to the kitchen to see the couple boiling water: "I have something to tell you."
Yu Ru's father was boiling water, and Man Niang was cooking. Mo Qianshang told them that she had fever-reducing medicine, but it was expensive.
"This is expensive, how much is it in silver?"
Mo Qianchang said, "Fifty taels a day."
The couple were stunned, but not terrified.
Mo Qianshang had long since realized that this family was quite well-off; otherwise, she wouldn't have brought it up at all. At this moment, she remained silent, waiting for the couple to make a decision.
Yu Ru's father asked, "How long do we need to take this medicine?"
Mo Qianshang said, "I can only give it to the child for three days at most. This medicine is too strong. Even if you want me to give it to the child on the fourth day, I will not give it to him for the time being."
That's 150 taels in three days. Yu Ru's father gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, we'll buy the medicine!"
Mo Qianshang could tell that this man was a decent person, genuinely worried about his daughter, and truly committed to doing what he was supposed to do. She nodded, "Maybe you'll return it after just one time, and I'll sell it to you again and again."
The couple immediately went to get the silver for Mo Qianshang. Mo Qianshang sighed and exchanged a thousand taels for fever-reducing medicine, feeling an intense pain in her heart.
After the water cooled down, she took the medicine to Yu Ru and made her take it. Yu Ru felt a hard little particle being put into her mouth. Mo Qianshang told her to swallow it whole, so she obediently swallowed it along with the water.
"Alright, after you finish eating, cover yourself with the blanket and get a good night's sleep. For the next two days, we'll switch to three meals a day. Make sure you eat your fill and eat plenty of vegetables."
Not eating when you're sick is a big no-no. Without nutrition, how can your body have the strength to fight off the disease?
After giving the family instructions, Mo Qianshang took Xiao Yao back to the next house and told them that she would come again the next morning.
The rain lasted all night, and it had stopped when Mo Qianshang woke up the next day. However, the clouds in the sky were still heavy and yellow, as if the heavy rain had not yet completely stopped.
She sighed and told Xiao Yao not to rush to hang things out to dry, as the rain might not be over yet.
Last night, I chatted with Xiao Yaoshi for a while before bed and learned that our neighbor's surname is Xu. Yu Ru's father is a scholar who passed the imperial examinations twice. His parents own a manor outside the city to support the family. He can do some accounting and write letters, but most of his wealth is still in the manor.
He and Manniang had been together since childhood. Manniang was gentle and lovely, and quite beautiful. She was well-known in the county. The two were very loving and had only one daughter, Yuru, after many years of marriage, but that didn't affect anything.
The two elderly people in the Xu family were also open-minded. They only had one son, Xu Xiucai, and they lived a harmonious and happy life.
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