"Doudou told me that Brother Lin is back. I worked the night shift and had nothing to do during the day, so I came here. I didn't expect you to have a fever. Brother Lin, have you taken your medicine?" Zuo Xiaoqing asked with concern.
"Took two cold medicines."
Lin Yi pointed to the medicine bottle on the bedside.
Zuo Xiaoqing picked it up and looked at it.
"Ah, this medicine has expired for almost a year!"
Lin Yi was stunned,
I was very speechless.
He dug out cold medicine in the drawer, took two pills after looking at the name, and never thought that the medicine was expired.
"Brother Lin, wait for me. I'll go to the hospital to get you some medicine." Zuo Xiaoqing walked out quickly.
Ten minutes later, Zuo Xiaoqing came back excitedly, "I took cold medicine and antipyretic medicine. After taking them for a while, I sweated and the fever was reduced."
Zuo Xiaoqing poured a glass of water from the thermos and handed the medicine to Lin Yi. Lin Yi took the medicine and stuffed it into his mouth. Zuo Xiaoqing immediately handed over the water glass.
Lin Yi drank the water, Zuo Xiaoqing took the cup and put it away, then took out a quilt for Lin Yi to cover him and tucked the corners of the quilt.
"Cover up and sweat."
Lin Yi looked at the girl.
to be honest,
Except for his own mother, he has never been served like this by a woman.
Feeling a little embarrassed when Lin Yi looked at him, Zuo Xiaoqing smoothed his hair and said, "What's wrong, Brother Lin?"
"Nothing. By the way, I bought you an English tape. It's in my bag. Take it out and listen to it." Lin Yi said.
Nothing happens left or right,
Zuo Xiaoqing found the tape.
Lin Yi taught her how to use the tape recorder again.
Standard English pronunciation came out from the tape recorder. Zuo Xiaoqing paused for a while and then frowned slightly and said, "Brother Lin, I don't understand many of them."
Lin Yi knew that the pronunciation on the tape was too standard. Many people were used to listening to Chinese English, but were not used to the standard pronunciation. Not to mention Zuo Xiaoqing, Lin Yi couldn't understand it at the beginning when he was in school. If it weren't for the listening test, who would learn the standard pronunciation?
For pronunciation, Chinglish is king.
Whether foreigners understand or not is none of their business.
"It's okay. If you don't understand, I'll explain it to you."
Instead, Zuo Xiaoqing turned off the recorder and said, "I won't study today. Brother Lin has a cold and don't talk much until he recovers."
Look up at the time,
Half past five in the afternoon.
"Brother Lin probably hasn't had dinner yet. How about I cook dinner for you?" Zuo Xiaoqing said.
"It's not appropriate to let you, a girl, cook."
Zuo Xiaoqing was very surprised by Lin Yi's words. "Cooking is a girl's job. What's inappropriate about it?"
All right,
Women of this era,
They all really think that cooking and taking care of the children are their business.
Gentlemen should go out and make a living.
"The kitchen has rice and white noodles. There are not many vegetables. There are only Chinese cabbage, potatoes, and white radish. The meat includes bacon and sausages. There are raw eggs and pickled eggs in the jars in the cupboard. It's up to you what you can use." Lin Yi said.
"This is called not having much food," Zuo Xiaoqing said.
"How about I get up and help you?" Lin Yi said and wanted to get up.
Zuo Xiaoqing quickly suppressed him, "Don't get up. You're sweating after taking medicine. The wind is getting worse. I'm guessing you've finished sweating and will just get up to eat."
Without waiting for Lin Yi to speak again,
After finishing it, I put down my rucksack and went out to work in the kitchen in the courtyard.
Lin Yi glanced out of the window and saw Zuo Xiaoqing busy outside, and suddenly he felt like he was having a good time.
...
Steamed rice, fried Chinese cabbage, stewed bacon with potatoes and radish, a plate of scrambled eggs with chopped green onions, and two boiled salted eggs.
This is the recipe decided by Zuo Xiaoqing.
The sleeves of the coat are rolled up.
The river of firewood was filled into the stove, and the big pot was set on fire.
Soon there was smoke.
The business on Hanzheng Street ended for the day. After Jiang Wu and Li took stock, they took today's turnover to Lin Yi's house to pay the account.
As long as Lin Yi was at home, they would pay the bills every day. The main reason was that the amount was too large. Some sold a few thousand a day, and a few might sell tens of thousands a day. You must know that this was the 1980s, and a household worth 10,000 yuan was a big deal.
Yes, so much money must be handed over to Brother Yi to be safe.
The two of them saw smoke coming from Lin Yi's chimney from a distance.
"Brother Yi is cooking. I wonder what to eat today?" Jiang Wu said with a smile.
The two guys are used to eating at Lin Yi's place. As long as Lin Yi is at home eating almost every day, another reason is that Lin Yi is willing to eat.
Go home and eat,
Nowadays, the normal situation is that a family of six or seven eats around one or two dishes, and all of them are vegetarian, and even a little bit of meat is rare.
It is impossible for ordinary people to afford meat every day.
Lin Yi is different. Why make so much money? Isn't it just to live a better life? He eats in different ways every day.
Besides,
The small amount of money for food may be distressing to others, but to him, who earns tens of thousands a day, it is nothing.
The two entered the hospital.
Glancing towards the kitchen,
Suddenly his eyes widened.
No, it's obviously a girl cooking from the back.
Jiang Wu took a closer look.
Huh,
Isn't this Zuo Xiaoqing?
Zuo Xiaoqing is cooking for Brother Yi, what's going on?
The two of them did not disturb Zuo Xiaoqing, who was immersed in cooking. They quietly entered the room and saw Lin Yi lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt.
"Brother Yi, what are you doing?" Li Xiangqian asked in surprise.
Jiang Wu instantly imagined many scenes. Brother Yi called the girl home and coaxed her into bed. After that, he lay in bed to rest and asked the girl to cook for him.
"I have a cold, fever and pain all over my body. Xiaoqing bought me medicine to make me sweat." Lin Yi didn't pay much attention when the two brothers came in.
"Is it okay?" Jiang Wu asked with concern.
"It doesn't matter, you don't know about the cold yet. It's very strong when it comes. It will be fine in a day or two." Lin Yi said.
"Brother Yi, here are today's payment and account books." Li Xiangqian put the bag in his hand next to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi nodded, "I'm looking back. Xiao Qing is cooking. You can stay and eat together. Jiang Wu, tell Xiao Qing to cook two more dishes, enough for the four of us."
Jiang Wu smiled.
"I think it's better to forget it, Brother Yi. Your snail girl is cooking for you. If we come together, wouldn't it become a light bulb? What do you think?"
"Yes, please leave us alone and have dinner with the snail girl." Li Xiangqian also said with a smile.
The two guys said their goodbyes and left.
When they left the yard, Zuo Xiaoqing was still busy in the kitchen and didn't even notice two people coming and leaving.
The food is served.
After Zuo Xiaoqing washed his hands, he rubbed them vigorously for a while, then put his hand on Lin Yi's forehead, "Well, it's much better. The fever is basically gone."
"Can I come out? It's soaked inside and it feels very uncomfortable?" Lin Yi said.
Zuo Xiaoqing smiled and said, "I'm sweating like this, but I can't take a shower yet. I'm weak now. I'll take a shower after I recover."
Lin Yi got out of bed. After the fever subsided, he suddenly felt like a normal person. The cold was really serious when he first came here, with stuffy nose, runny nose, headache, dizziness, and even more fatigue and aches after the fever.
It feels like the world is about to collapse, but as long as we push through it, nothing will happen.
Zuo Xiaoqing poured a basin of water for Lin Yi and mixed it with hot water from a thermos. The water temperature was just right. Lin Yi felt comfortable after washing his face.
After changing into autumn clothes, the two of them sat down to eat.
"Brother Lin, I don't know what your taste is like, so I just made it according to what I'm familiar with. I didn't make it spicy because you have a cold." Zuo Xiaoqing said.
Lin Yi picked up a piece of fried cabbage and put it into his mouth.
Um,
It tastes pretty good.
"Brother Lin, stewed radish replenishes Qi and is good for treating colds," he said, handing Lin Yi a small bowl of potatoes, radish stewed with bacon.
Um,
This one tastes better.
The two of them were eating without saying anything. Lin Yi looked at the girl and actually felt like the snail girl towards Xie Lang.
After dinner, Zuo Xiaoqing packed up, looked at the time and said, "Brother Lin, I'm on night shift tonight, so I'll leave first. You can take a cold medicine at around eight o'clock and go to bed early. I think you'll be fine tomorrow."
So considerate.
...
Maybe it was because Lin Yi's physical fitness was good, or maybe because the snail girl took good care of him, Lin Yi felt very good the next day.
Went around Hanzheng Street and walked around.
The business of the store was still booming, and there was an endless stream of merchants purchasing goods. Lin Yi asked Li Xiangqian, and there were only three or four thousand copies of the calendar left.
"How's it going at the printing factory?" Lin Yi asked.
"It will be soon. How about I go to the post office and call the post office to ask?" Li Xiangqian said.
"Okay, go ahead."
Lin Yi lamented that it is really inconvenient to make phone calls in this era. Only post offices and work units have telephones, and they are manually transferred. It took until the late 1980s to install private telephones, and the initial installation fee was very high, ranging from 3,000 to 6,000.
We know that in the late 1980s, the per capita monthly salary was less than 100 yuan.
Two hours later, Li Xiangqian came back with a happy face: "Brother Yi, I have contacted Brother Yiyi. He said he just wanted to contact us, so we called him. The second batch of calendars has been printed, so let's go and pick it up.
"
"Okay, let's go to Yueyang early tomorrow morning." Lin Yi said.