When Ruyi got up, she saw the rolled-out noodles on the cutting board and immediately boiled water to cook them.
Li Mingyue asked, "Ruyi, how early did you get up? You've already rolled out the noodles?"
Ruyi said, "Auntie, it was rolled out by my aunt."
Li Mingyue: "Xiaoyue, you haven't been sleeping!"
Ruyi: "She probably hasn't slept. We ate quietly and went to work without disturbing her."
After breakfast, Wang Weiguo and Li Mingyue moved their belongings back to their own home.
Chang Le and Ru Yi also went to work.
Xiaobai is already on winter break. After breakfast, he went back to his room to tinker.
Yan Ci and his wife slept until lunchtime before waking up.
After lunch, Bai Xiaoyue dragged Yan Ci to the courtyard where the sent-down personnel lived, wanting Grandpa Cui to take his pulse.
As it turned out, Grandpa Cui wasn't there. Cui Yunchen said that Wen Tong hurriedly came and called him away.
Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci exchanged a glance. Who is sick?
The two hurriedly returned and went directly to Wen'an's courtyard.
Bai Wen'an opened the door, and Bai Xiaoyue asked in surprise, "Wen'an, why didn't you go to work?"
Bai Wen'an said with a worried expression:
"Sister, Mom is sick, she has a high fever that won't go down, and Rui Rui is the same."
Two family members fell ill at once, and there's also a young child; I was worried Wen Tong wouldn't be able to manage. I asked someone to help me request a day off from Secretary Du.
Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci entered the room, where Grandpa Cui had already written a prescription. Bai Wen'an hurriedly went to get the medicine.
Bai Xiaoyue first inquired about her mother's situation.
Grandpa Cui said, "The old lady and the child were both too frightened. They'll be fine after taking some medicine and resting for a while."
Bai Xiaoyue said to Grandpa Cui, "Grandpa, I'll have to trouble you to take a look at Yan Ci."
Yan Ci sat down, and after Old Master Cui had examined him thoroughly using the four diagnostic methods (observation, listening, questioning, and palpation), he waved his hand and said:
"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a couple of days."
Bai Xiaoyue asked, "Do you need to take some medicine?"
Grandpa Cui said sternly, "Girl, every medicine has some toxicity. Don't take any medicine unless you're feeling well."
Bai Xiaoyue nodded in agreement.
Yan Ci went to see off Old Master Cui, and only then did Bai Xiaoyue have time to visit her mother.
Both Bai's mother and Rui Rui's faces were burning red, and Bai's father applied a cold towel to Bai's mother's face.
Wen Tong applied a poultice to Rui Rui.
Bai Xiaoyue took the towel from Wen Tong and said:
"Wen Tong, don't worry, go and rest for a while, I'll apply the compress to Rui Rui."
Wen Tong was indeed exhausted that day. First, someone broke into her home and robbed her, almost costing her her life. Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, her mother-in-law and child fell ill.
She didn't go to rest, but sat beside her and watched her youngest son.
Seeing that her father's eyes were bloodshot, Bai Xiaoyue said with heartache, "Dad, let me apply the compress to Mom's eyes. You go and rest for a while!"
Mr. Bai only shook his head at his daughter, then touched his daughter-in-law's forehead with the back of his hand, and looked towards the door to see if his son had brought back the medicine.
Soon, Bai Wen'an pushed his bicycle into the yard.
Wen Tong asked anxiously, "Wen An, did you manage to buy it?"
Bai Wen'an took out a medicine packet from his pocket, found the fever-reducing pills, and handed them to his father first: "Dad, these are for reducing fever, give them to Mom first."
Then he gave Rui Rui fever-reducing medicine.
Seeing her younger brother so busy, Bai Xiaoyue said to him:
"Wen'an, I'm going back to prepare dinner. You don't need to cook. I'll bring it over later."
Bai Wen'an: "Sister, thank you so much. Wen Tong and I really didn't have time to cook."
When Bai Xiaoyue returned, Yan Ci had already cooked the millet porridge, and even cooked a large pot of it.
She exclaimed with delight, "Aci, you are my fairy godmother, so thoughtful!"
Yan Ci rubbed his wife's head and asked, "Has Wen'an returned with the medicine?"
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "I bought it. Mom and Rui Rui have already eaten. They can have some porridge later when their fever goes down."
She washed her hands and began cooking. As she chopped the vegetables, she said to Yan Ci:
"People with fever should eat light meals. I'll make some hot and sour shredded potatoes and stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, which will be more appetizing."
Yan Ci tended the fire for her, and the dishes were cooked in no time.
Bai Xiaoyue filled a basket with vegetables and steamed buns, while Yan Ci carried a bowl of porridge.
When the two arrived, Bai's mother and Rui Rui's fevers had already subsided.
Bai Xiaoyue placed the food on the kang table for the family to eat:
"Wen'an, clean up after you finish eating. Yan Ci and I will also go back for dinner. Call me if you need anything."
Bai Wen'an hurriedly said, "Sister, brother-in-law, Mother and Rui Rui's fevers have subsided, they're fine now. You must be tired, so you don't need to run back and forth."
Yan Ci nodded, greeted Bai's parents, and then took his wife home.
When the couple got home, they found that Chang Le and Ru Yi had returned, and the whole family enjoyed a happy dinner together.
After tidying up and lying on the kang (heated brick bed), Bai Xiaoyue sighed and said to Yan Ci:
"Are we having bad luck this year? So many things are happening. If we weren't forbidden from going to temples right now, I would love to go and pray!"
Yan Ci said, "Wife, you should think positively. The fact that we were able to turn danger into good fortune means that good luck has always been with us."
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "Aci, you're right. Catching those people and preventing them from harming others is a good deed."
Did Liu Guoan say how those bad guys would be sentenced?
Yan Ci said to his wife:
"He said that they needed to go through the proper procedures first, to verify which cases they had committed, and to have the victims' families identify them."
Those four men committed multiple crimes and have taken many lives; there were two cases in the nearby village just a few days ago. They are all facing the death penalty.
Bai Xiaoyue felt relieved: "The death penalty is good. They harmed so many people, they deserve this end!"
Yan Ci didn't want his wife to keep thinking about this, so he tried to distract her.
He asked, "Wife, I saw Chang Le give someone a gift when she went to buy fabric. Do you know what it was?"
Bai Xiaoyue's thoughts immediately followed Yan Ci's:
"She didn't say anything! But she took a bottle of Moutai from here last time."
Yan Ci said, "She most likely gave it away. You've kept those bottles of wine for almost ten years, how could you bear to part with them?"
Bai Xiaoyue: "No matter how long it's left, it's still just a bottle of wine! She wanted a bottle, so I gave it to her."
Yan Ci smoothed his wife's hair without saying a word.
Bai Xiaoyue asked, "Aci, would you like to try some? If you want to drink some, I'll cook you two dishes and open a bottle for you tomorrow."
Yan Ci asked with a beaming smile, "Wife, are you serious?" He didn't really want to drink it; he just wanted to see if his wife would be willing to part with it.
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "Really."
Yan Ci pulled his wife into his arms: "We won't drink it tomorrow, we'll wait until the New Year to drink it."
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "That works too."
Yan Ci lowered his head and kissed his wife:
"Grandpa Cui said I'm fine, so you should also get checked out and see if there's anything wrong with my body."
Bai Xiaoyue wrapped her arms around Yan Ci's neck and asked:
"Aci, you've had so much going on these past few days, aren't you tired at all?"
Yan Ci put his hands on her waist and said, "Wife, come and see if I'm tired."
...
Afterwards, Yan Ci rubbed his wife's back while jokingly asking, "Wife, am I tired?"
Bai Xiaoyue said weakly, "I'm tired!"
Yan Ci finally cuddled his wife and went to sleep, completely satisfied.
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