Chapter 44 Grandma Ji got poisoned after eating wild vegetables
Ji Xiaoming chuckled: "That makes sense."
He returned to his room in high spirits and quickly shared the good news with Ji Daming. The two brothers, who had been worried all day at school, could now sleep soundly.
After only a few days together, Wang Yuqing was deeply moved. How could their biological mother bear to abandon these three wonderful children and return to the city? If she stayed and took good care of them, they would be blessed in the future.
Wang Yuqing couldn't understand why she had never heard of these three children in the 21st century. Was the information really kept secret?
She looked out the window for a long time before she saw Ji Xuening come home. After a simple meal, he sat on a stool by the door as usual.
That's a really bad person, but hang in there, bro, you'll be a millionaire soon!
Having probably gotten used to the hard bed, she slept very comfortably today, and before she knew it, the sun was high in the sky. When she got up, neither Grandma Ji nor Ji Meimei were home.
For breakfast, she had another bowl of corn porridge, which was still warm in the pot. After finishing it, she went to Grandma Ji's room and opened the rice jar. There was still a little less than half a jar of corn grits left, and the corn flour in the millet jar next to it was almost gone.
These, along with the small amount of sweet potatoes in the sweet potato cellar next to the private plot, won't last until the end of the year.
Wang Yuqing sighed. She had originally thought she would come here to relax and enjoy a good life, but in the end she still had to work to earn money. Fortunately, the Ji family treated her well.
She decided to go fishing tomorrow afternoon, make spicy stir-fried snails for dinner, and then take them to the county town to sell early the day after tomorrow. She is very confident in her cooking skills.
She wasn't idle either; she took a sickle to the bamboo grove by the door to cut bamboo and then whittle it into toothpicks. Since she had never done this before, she accidentally cut her wrist. She simply rinsed it with water, and once the bleeding stopped, she didn't care about it.
But her left eyelid kept twitching, and she had a feeling that something was wrong.
As the sun began to set, the villagers gradually finished work and went home, but Grandma Ji and Ji Meimei did not return home, nor did they come back for lunch.
Wang Yuqing saw that she had almost enough bamboo skewers, so she got up and went out to look for them.
"Qing'er..."
"Qing'er, something's wrong... Your grandma has fainted and is foaming at the mouth."
Just as she reached the door, the enthusiastic middle-aged woman Lei Yongxia came running up breathlessly, with Chen E carrying the unconscious Grandma Ji on her back. She said anxiously, "Yuqing, come and see what's wrong!"
Tang Wan held Ji Meimei in her arms, and Ji Meimei cried loudly, "Grandma... Waaah... Grandma."
Wang Yuqing panicked and rushed over to check on Grandma Ji. She was unconscious and vomiting, and her condition was very serious.
A large crowd of onlookers followed behind.
Wang Yuqing told Chen E to quickly put Grandma Ji down. She then asked Ji Meimei, "Meimei, don't cry. What happened to Grandma?"
Ji Meimei sobbed as she said, "Grandma dug up a lot of wild vegetables to eat, and this is what happened after she finished eating them, boohoo... Grandma..."
Tang Wan said, "When I found them, Grandma Ji was lying on the ground. There were some spider lilies and wild plants nearby, which are all poisonous."
Wang Yuqing knew it was food poisoning, so she quickly ran to the kitchen.
Some people said, "Why are they digging for wild vegetables and eating them raw? Has the Ji family run out of food?"
Liu Li craned her neck to look into the kitchen: "What is she doing with such a big incident? Why isn't she hurrying to get the person to our production team's clinic? What is she doing in the kitchen? She's so careless."
She then said to Yuan Fang beside her, "Did you hear that? People are going to die from digging up wild vegetables to eat. Before she came to the Ji family, Grandma Ji wouldn't have gone out to dig up wild vegetables to eat, let alone eat them raw."
Yuan Fang wouldn't talk to her. These past few days, she'd been gossiping about her everywhere she went, making her depressed. Although she felt good inside, she didn't dare say anything more.
Liu Li teased, "What's wrong? Are you scared now? You weren't like this before."
Yuan Fang rolled her eyes and ignored her.
The bachelor, chewing on a blade of grass, said, "Isn't this woman just a freeloader? She ate all the Ji family's food, forcing old woman Ji to eat wild vegetables."
Women's team leader Shi Feng arrived with a barefoot doctor, saying, "Quickly, take a look at Grandma Ji..."
The barefoot doctor was a young man. He stepped forward, glanced at the family members briefly, and said, "Where are the people in this household? Quickly take them to the commune clinic for a checkup."
Just then, Ji Daming and Ji Xiaoming returned home from school.
The barefoot doctor, putting on airs, ordered: "Daming, Xiaoming, hurry up and take your great-grandmother to the commune's clinic, or it will be too late."
Ji Daming and Ji Xiaoming ran over and hugged Grandma Ji, crying.
The barefoot doctor looked at him with disgust: "What are you crying for? Why are you still crying? These two children are like they have no brains. Stop crying, take them to the commune clinic."
Just as Ji Daming was about to carry Grandma Ji on his back, he saw Wang Yuqing come out of the kitchen.
Wang Yuqing ran out quickly with a spoon and warm water, saying, "No rush, Daming and Xiaoming, you two stand aside."
Ji Daming and Ji Xiaoming listened to Wang Yuqing and stood obediently to the side.
The barefoot doctor looked at the water and spoon in her hand and asked, "Are you the new daughter-in-law of the Ji family? What are you doing? Hurry up and get her to the commune, or she'll die."
Shi Feng also said, "Yes, this is a matter of life and death, and we can't afford to delay."
Wang Yuqing ignored them and poured a lot of warm water into Grandma Ji's mouth, almost half a basin full, which made everyone around her click their tongues in disapproval.
Shi Feng looked anxious: "Oh dear, oh dear, what are you doing?"
The barefoot doctor angrily retorted, "Didn't you hear me? What are you doing, making such a fuss?"
Wang Yuqing said to Ji Daming, who was standing anxiously beside her, "Daming, hurry up and go find your dad and bring him back."
Ji Daming nodded and quickly ran away.
She then said to Ji Xiaoming, "Xiaoming, go to your grandma and dad's room and see how much money they have, and take it all out."
Ji Xiaoming didn't ask any more questions, wiped his snot and tears and ran inside.
Shi Feng stamped her feet and shouted, "Comrade Wang Yuqing, this is our production team's barefoot doctor! Why don't you listen to him? The old lady has been poisoned by wild vegetables. Didn't the barefoot doctor say that we should take her to the commune clinic? She's so old, why are you still bothering her here?"
“She told me yesterday that she was running low on food, so she dug up wild vegetables to eat today, all to save you some food. The old lady is kind-hearted and treats you like her own granddaughter. Now that she's about to die, instead of taking her to get treatment immediately, why are you here giving her random advice?”
The onlookers whispered among themselves, and one of the bolder men said, "What a cruel heart."
Seeing that Wang Yuqing ignored her, Shi Feng suddenly stepped forward and snatched the basin away: "I am the women's team leader, you have to listen to me. Please stop immediately and take the person to get treatment."
"If anything happens to Grandma Ji, won't your conscience bother you? When Ji Laosi comes back, he definitely won't let you off the hook."
Wang Yuqing snatched the basin away and roared, "Shut your dog mouths! Can't you see I'm giving Grandma first aid? It takes several hours to get to the commune, don't you know that distance?"
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