Chapter 3 High Fever
Xiaohuan is a good cook. Including roasted snake meat, there are two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and one soup.
She also made minced meat porridge and steamed tender egg custard for Yuanyuan alone. The child Yuanyuan expressed her satisfaction and was very satisfied with the meal.
While Xiaohuan was cleaning up the dishes, Shangwan and Shitou worked together to clean up all the rats in the house and cellar.
Shitou felt that Shang Wan's hearing was terrifyingly sharp. No matter where the mouse was hiding, as long as it made the slightest movement, Shang Wan could immediately and accurately pick out the mouse.
Within two-quarters of an hour, all the descendants of the mouse returned to the sack.
At Shang Wan's request, Shitou carried a sack of dead mice with a dull face to the villagers to exchange for things. Unexpectedly, he actually got two quilts in exchange, just for sleeping at night.
Shang Wan and Xiao Huan took Yuanyuan to sleep in the main room, while Shi Tou slept alone in the west wing and was responsible for keeping watch.
Light leaked from the roof, air leaked from the walls, and there was a faint musty smell on the quilt. The resting environment was not really comfortable.
But because there were no zombies in this world, Shang Wan slept so soundly that when someone pushed him awake in the middle of the night, he almost broke the person's neck.
Fortunately, she was confused for less than a second. When she saw Xiaohuan's face clearly, she subconsciously let go.
Xiaohuan covered her neck and coughed twice. She ignored her fear and surprise and said anxiously: "Young Madam, Miss, she has a high fever!"
The round, fleshy face was red with heat, but the lips were white. Touching his forehead and body, it was so hot that his hands burned.
"The lady must have suddenly changed places and she couldn't adapt to it. The wind blew again at night, and she developed a high fever." Xiaohuan's eyes burst into tears with distress, and she said at a loss, "Young madam, what should I do now?"
Shang Wan motioned her not to panic, "Go get a small bucket of well water first."
"Okay." Xiaohuan responded and ran out.
Taking advantage of this time, Shang Wan opened his round mouth and poured a drop of spiritual spring water in.
"Madam, here comes the water!" Xiaohuan put the bucket on the table.
Shang Wan walked over and took advantage of the twisting of the handkerchief to hide it, and also dropped a drop of spiritual spring water into the bucket.
"What happened?" Shitou was disturbed by the sound of Xiaohuan fetching water. He saw the lights on in the main room and hurriedly put on his clothes and came over.
Because Shang Wan was inside, he didn't rush in rashly and just stood by the window and asked.
"It's okay, you go back and sleep." Shang Wan replied outside. She took turns testing the temperature on her round palms, soles of her feet, vest, armpits, and forehead. She keenly felt that the burning temperature was slowly dropping. .
Just be useful.
Shang Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and saw that the stone pestle was still stuck at the window, so he asked him to go to the kitchen to boil water for Yuanyuan to take a bath later.
Shitou left without saying a word.
By the time everything was over, it was almost dawn.
Shang Wan's eyes were covered with bruises and he was yawning from sleepiness, thinking that raising a baby was not easy.
Xiaohuan said considerately: "Young madam, I will go to the kitchen to make breakfast. You can sleep with me for a while."
Shang Wan was not polite. He lay down and hugged the small meat dumpling, closed his eyes, and soon began to breathe evenly. Yuanyuan smacked her little mouth in her arms, and her little hands unconsciously grasped Shang Wan's clothes tightly.
Xiaohuan covered the two of them with quilts, walked out of the house quietly, met Shitou's gaze, and raised his hand to point outside the yard.
The two walked outside the yard, Shitou lowered his voice and asked, "How is Miss?"
"The high fever has subsided. As long as it doesn't recur, you should be fine."
"That's good." The young master is still in prison, and nothing can happen to the young lady.
Shitou frowned and said, "Don't you think that after the young lady hit her head and woke up, she seemed like a different person, her temper also changed, and she didn't even cry after she woke up."
Xiaohuan nodded in agreement.
Not to mention taking the initiative to help her with work, let's just say that last night, it was impossible for the former young lady to stay by the young lady's side and even change the lady's veil herself.
Before being kicked out by the Lu family, the young lady would only worry about the young lady getting sick. Not to mention taking care of her personally, she would not even come over to take a look.
"You saw it when the young lady killed the snake last night, right?" Shitou raised his hand and gestured to Xiaohuan, "It's such a big snake. I tried it with a dagger secretly when I was skinning the snake last night. I couldn't handle it at that distance. But the young lady killed the snake with just a stick as thick as her little finger. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.”
Xiaohuan also recalled the scene last night. She saw Shang Wan throw the stick out with her own eyes. She didn't even look out the window when she threw it.
Shitou touched his chin and said in confusion: "How could a lady from a boudoir who can't carry her shoulders or lift her arms have such good skills? I never saw it before."
When she was in the Lu family, every time she was bullied by someone from the second room of the eldest family, the young lady would just cry in aggrieved manner like a bully, without knowing how to resist. If it weren't for the protection of the young master, the young lady would have been tortured to death by the madam and the people in the two houses.
"You also know that the young lady is very thoughtful, and she might have hidden something secretly." Xiaohuan sighed, "We were protected by the Lu family before, but now we have been kicked out by the Lu family, the young master is in prison again, and the young lady is still counting on us. As for the young lady, if the young lady doesn’t stand up, she will really not be able to survive this day.”
Shitou's heart was pounding when he heard this, "You keep a close eye on the young lady and young lady. I'll go to the city to inquire and see how the young master's case goes. By the way, I'll look for a place to recruit helpers and earn some money."
Although I exchanged silver hairpins for food with the villagers yesterday, I can only eat enough for two days at most if I save a little bit of food. I can't just sit back and have nothing.
Xiaohuan said: "You can go after eating the morning meal. Only when you have a full stomach will you have strength."
"Okay." Shitou nodded, approached Xiaohuan and whispered in a low voice, "After I leave, you must follow the young lady every step of the way."
He bit the words "never leave even an inch" very hard. Xiaohuan was stunned for a moment, but then realized what he was talking about, and his expression suddenly became complicated.
The young lady of her family has always disliked the young master's frailty and was worried that the young master would die early, so she had long had the desire to cheat on him. Shitou was worried that the young lady would leave the young lady and run away.
Shang Wan, who was sleeping on the kang in the main room, easily heard the conversation between the two in lowered voices clearly.
In the last days of human genetic evolution, all aspects have been significantly improved, and Shang Wan is a superpower. Although he does not have combat superpowers, his skills are not comparable to those of ordinary people.
According to the Zhou Dynasty, Shang Wan's current strength is equivalent to that of a martial arts master with profound internal strength.
Yesterday, she deliberately didn't hide her skills, just to see how Xiaohuan and Shitou would react.
Now that neither of them had reacted beyond her expectations, she raised the corners of her lips, gently poked the small ball of flesh sleeping peacefully in her arms, closed her eyes and truly fell asleep.
Whether it is to survive or save people, you must first nourish your spirit.
(End of chapter)