Late in the night, there was a rapid knock on the door accompanied by the sound of rain.
Sun Jiaxue heard the voice in a daze and gently pushed Li Mingqing.
"Brother Mingqing, someone is knocking on the door."
Li Mingqing, who was sleeping soundly, heard nothing at all.
"Wife, there's no one knocking on the door. It might be the wind. Go to sleep."
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Listen carefully and there really is a knock on the door. I'll go check it out."
Before her feet even touched the ground, Li Mingqing tucked her back into the bed. He stood up, put on his clothes, and went out with a flashlight.
When I left the house, I could hear more clearly that it was indeed a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"Mingqing, it's me, your second sister-in-law."
When Li Mingqing opened the door, he saw the anxious Li Lizhu covered with an oil-paper bag.
"What happened to my second sister-in-law?"
"Your second brother has a fever, very hot, so I came to see you because I had no other choice."
"I'll go take a look."
Li Mingyuan was lying on the bed with his whole face red from the fever, and he was covered with two thick quilts.
"Mingqing, you're here. I didn't let your second sister-in-law go, but you insisted on going. I'll just sweat it out."
"It's been burning all night, and the temperature is getting higher and higher."
"Second brother, you might have caught a cold after being caught in the rain today. Let me take your pulse."
A moment later.
"Brother, sister-in-law, it's nothing serious. There's nothing wrong with my body. I just have a high fever."
After saying that, he skillfully took out the silver needle and started acupuncture.
Dazhui, Quchi, Hegu and Shixuan points.
Li Lizhu and Li Mingyuan were stunned. They had grown up together and had never seen Li Mingqing like this.
"Brother, I think your fever will go away in half an hour. I'm going back first. Call me if you need anything."
"Sorry to bother you so late at night."
"We're family, so don't talk behind each other's backs. Go to bed early. I'm leaving."
Li Mingqing hurried home and lit a kerosene lamp in the house.
"Wife, why aren't you sleeping?"
"Waiting for you, what happened?"
"My second brother has a high fever. He must have caught a cold after coming back from the rain in the afternoon and his body couldn't handle it."
"Are you ready?"
"Are you still not confident in my medical skills? I must be able to cure any disease instantly. Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow morning."
Li Mingyuan's face was not as red and his high fever subsided.
"Fourth brother's acupuncture is really amazing. It's much faster than taking medicine."
"Indeed, he is much better than the barefoot doctor."
The couple praised each other for a few moments and then fell asleep. After all, they had to go to work early the next morning.
The next morning, Li Lizhu brought a large bowl of millet porridge to the new house.
Seeing her coming over, Sun Jiaxue asked with concern, "Has my second brother's fever subsided?"
"Resigned. The medical skills of the Ming and Qing dynasties were truly excellent. This is porridge made with millet and corn grits. I'll give you a bowl to try."
"I've prepared the meal, please take it back."
Li Lizhu put the porridge on the table and said with a smile, "There's no point in taking it back."
She put it down and ran away swiftly.
Li Mingqing got up and just sat down when he saw Sun Jiaxue coming over with a bowl of ginger soup.
"To warm myself up."
"Wife, I'm fine, please don't make ginger soup for me anymore."
But he still picked it up and drank it in one gulp.
After the heavy rain, the sky was deep blue with a few light white clouds floating in the sky.
Li Mingqing sat under the eaves and looked up at the sky.
"Brother Mingqing, I'm going to plant some corn in my own plot later so we can eat it in early summer."
"Okay, take your time and don't get tired."
"It's just two furrows, and it will be planted in half an hour. Give me some soybeans and plant some at the edge of the field."
Li Mingqing took out half a bowl.
Although there is plenty of food in the space, he will not stop his wife from farming because she likes to do so.
Sun Jiaxue grabbed two handfuls of soybean and corn seeds, put them in her pocket, and went to her private plot.
Li Mingqing looked at the time and saw that there was still more than half an hour before work, so he thought about going to take a look.
The two of them happened one after the other.
As soon as Sun Jiaxue went out, she was stopped by Liu Xiang and Zhou Xiaohong.
"You are finally willing to go out, you have a foxy look."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Your man interfered in my family's affairs, so he must be held responsible. He rescued my wife but she went crazy. Do you think he should pay compensation?"
Sun Jiaxue saw Old Lady Wu yesterday. She was fine, no way she was crazy.
"Sister-in-law Wu, how can you talk nonsense? Everyone in the village knows that Aunt Wu is fine."
"We say it's crazy, so we say it's crazy. Pay the money quickly."
Zhou Xiaoshuang was so jealous of her clothes that he walked up to her and tried to pull the hairpin out of her hair.
Just as Sun Jiaxue was about to block, she saw Li Mingqing pulling Zhou Xiaoshuang's arm. With a little force, she heard the sound of dislocated joints.
"Wife, are you okay?"
"fine."
Zhou Xiaoshuang asked Liu Xiang reluctantly, "Didn't you say he went to work? Why is he still at home?"
"I saw this vixen come out alone and thought..."
Li Mingqing looked at the two sisters-in-law and said, "Blind? Aunt Wu was fine, how could she go crazy? The whole village can testify to this. You two forced the old lady to hang herself, and yet you dared to come here? I showed leniency by not sending you to the police station. You really think you are innocent.
Next time I come looking for trouble, I’ll just smash your house up. It’s not like I haven’t done this before.”
Liu Xiang and Zhou Xiaoshuang were really scared. Wang Dazhu's house was smashed, but they didn't expect Li Mingqing to actually attack them.
Zhou Xiaoshuang leaned back, holding his dislocated arm.
She wanted Li Mingqing to hold her arm but she didn't have the courage.
Liu Xiang risked her life and said, "The old woman is crazy. We are her daughters-in-law and we don't help with the housework. How can this be justified? Aren't we going to have to take care of her in her old age?"
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