Zhou Mingjiao lay on the bed, feeling utterly weak and her legs were about to break. "Mother, what kind of medicine did you give me?"
Zhou's mother was extremely anxious at this moment. "I... I don't know either. I just said it would work, but who knew..."
"Mom, go find my sister-in-law to take a look at me, oh no, my stomach hurts!" After saying that, she hurriedly started running outside.
Zhou's mother was extremely anxious, sneezing repeatedly, and in her haste, she didn't even have time to put on her cotton-padded coat.
"Old man, tell the fourth son to go and call his sister-in-law over. If this continues, she'll be in serious trouble," Zhou's mother said, at her wits' end.
Mr. Zhou's face darkened. "Look at you, feeding Mingjiao all sorts of random things. Now look what's happened."
"Go and call the fourth brother quickly."
While Shen Banxia was asleep, she heard a loud knocking sound at the door.
When Zhou Mingqian returned after opening the door, he said, "It's the fourth brother. Zhou Mingjiao has diarrhea and came to buy medicine."
Shen Banxia pointed out the location to him; the commonly used medicines were still kept at home.
Zhou Mingqian took it out, and Zhou Laosi saw that only his eldest brother was there. "Big brother, where is sister-in-law? Mother asked me to call her over to help check on her."
"Your sister-in-law has gone to sleep."
"But……".
“What do you mean by ‘but’ or ‘no’? It’s so cold, the ground is so slippery, and it’s the middle of the night. Your sister-in-law is pregnant. If something happens to her, can you take responsibility?” Zhou Mingqian wasn’t going to tolerate it.
Zhou Laosi shook his head honestly, but thinking of his mother who was about to go crazy, he couldn't help but say, "Big brother, why don't you and your sister-in-law wear something thicker? Aren't you also..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted, "Alright, here's the medicine. Take it if you want, or get the hell out of here."
Zhou Laosi was still afraid of his elder brother and dared not cause any more trouble.
After Zhou Laosi left, Zhou Mingqian warmed himself up in the outer hall before going into the inner room.
This is a tin stove that Wu Qianjin managed to get. At night, the bottom damper is sealed, but not completely, so that there is always some heat.
However, because of the use of coal briquettes, gaps were still left in the windows.
After Zhou Mingqian fell asleep, Shen Banxia asked him, "What were you talking about outside just now?"
"It's nothing, go to sleep, it's getting late."
"Okay," Shen Banxia was indeed sleepy, and after snuggling into Zhou Mingqian's arms a couple of times, she fell asleep.
The next day, Shen Banxia was unable to go out. In the middle of the night, it snowed heavily, and when she woke up in the morning, the snow had completely blocked the door.
Zhou Mingqian was absolutely unwilling to let his wife go out.
Shen Banxia wasn't someone who wouldn't listen to advice, but what she didn't expect was that even with such heavy snow, Zhou Laosi actually carried Zhou Mingjiao over, with Zhou's mother following behind.
Zhou Mingjiao had dark circles under her eyes and a pale face. She looked like she had been hit by frost, and her voice was weak and feeble. "Sister-in-law, what did you give me to eat? I almost had diarrhea last night."
"What are you talking about?" Shen Banxia asked, looking completely bewildered.
"Sister-in-law, do you think you can get away with it by denying it? I almost lost half my life!" If Zhou Mingjiao hadn't been too weak, she would have torn Shen Banxia's innocent face to shreds.
Is she still innocent?
If she hadn't given her some weird medicine, she wouldn't have had to run to the toilet so many times, leaving her with no strength and almost dead.
Zhou's mother had a stuffy nose and spoke in a muffled voice, "Jiaojiao, don't worry about that now, let's focus on getting better first."
Zhou Mingjiao dared not let Shen Banxia see this right now, but she couldn't go to the commune at all.
She came here to seek justice.
"No, I just want to ask, sister-in-law, what grudge do we have? Why are you hurting me like this?"
"Zhou Mingjiao, if you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'm really not done with you. When did I give you anything to eat?" Shen Banxia was very clear about medical matters and wouldn't tolerate any ambiguity from others.
Yes, she dislikes, and may even hate, Zhou Mingjiao, but she has always been a person with moral principles. She doesn't want to become someone without moral constraints, and she will never cross the legal line.
From day one, she never intended to use her medical skills to harm people.
"Sister-in-law, I had my mother come to you to get medicine because I was in pain, and what happened?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did your mother-in-law come to get the medicine? How come I didn't know?"
Before Zhou's mother could stop her, she said, "Ahem, Jiaojiao, actually, I didn't get the medicine from your sister-in-law."
Zhou Mingjiao: ……
Thinking back to when I asked my mother where she got the medicine, she was always vague and evasive. And then I remembered her mentioning biting someone's neck... Could it be...?
The thought of that possibility made Zhou Mingjiao feel like the sky was falling.
It wasn't for any other reason; she had a dream in which someone died after taking Miao Pozi's medicine, and then that person was captured and executed in a gun.
"Aaaaaah!" Zhou Mingjiao's inner voice exploded wildly.
But she couldn't tell anyone about her situation; she was still young, and she didn't want to die at all.
With a "thump," he knelt directly on the ground, pleading, "Sister-in-law, please, I beg you, save me!"
Shen Banxia: ...
There's no need for such a grand ceremony.
Zhou's mother became anxious and couldn't help but curse, "Shen Banxia, you heartless bastard! Your little sister has begged you like this, and you still..."
Shen Banxia stared coldly at her, and Zhou's mother swallowed the rest of her words. She grumbled and swallowed hard, feeling a chill run down her spine. How could this eldest daughter-in-law be so frightening? She looked like she was about to devour someone.
He couldn't help but soften his tone, "Well, eldest sister-in-law, I didn't mean it. I was just too hasty. Why don't you take a look at your younger sister instead?"
Shen Banxia remained unmoved. She did not intentionally harm others, but she was not so despicable as to harm someone like Zhou Mingjiao who wanted to kill her.
However, the script on the light screen, which had been silent until now, was flashing red text in bold capital letters like crazy: "Save the female lead of the doting novel, or the world will collapse. Special alert! Special alert! Special alert!"
This really is something important that I have to say it three times.
Shen Banxia took a deep breath, took the pulse and examined the tongue coating, "Lead poisoning."
Zhou Mingjiao rolled her eyes and, lo and behold, fainted.
Zhou's mother was crying with tears and snot streaming down her face. "Waaah, my poor Jiaojiao, please don't die! What will I do if you die?"
Shen Banxia felt as if someone was wailing at a funeral.
"Shut up. I didn't say it's impossible to save him. However, the medicines needed are expensive, and it will take a lot of effort. Two hundred yuan, no bargaining. Think it over carefully."
Yes, Shen Banxia didn't want this world to collapse either. Although the system said it was a scripted world, she was a living, breathing person.
However, even if she were to save Zhou Mingjiao, she wouldn't do it without causing her to bleed profusely.
Zhou's mother wanted to scold her, but seeing Zhou Mingjiao's pale face, as if she might not wake up at any moment, she couldn't help but grit her teeth and say, "I'll pay."
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