Shen Xiu knew she had guessed right by looking at his face. The reason she could explain in such detail was because she had also suffered from a serious illness and could not recover for a long time after that.
Later, I taught myself some health knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and relied on medicinal supplements to slowly regain my strength.
Shen Xiu couldn't help but said earnestly: "You can't not take your body seriously just because you are young. If something happens to you, who will be the most saddened?"
Wei Yan then raised his head to look at her, with a complicated look in his black and white eyes. He nodded and said, "I understand, it won't be like this again. From my parents, you can hide it for me first."
"Don't worry! If you don't tell me, I will do the same." Shen Xiu went to the table and poured him a glass of water. "Drink the water first. I will buy you some medicinal materials tomorrow. Just take a few tonics."
never mind."
Wei Yan said softly: "Forget about the tonic, my family doesn't have that much spare money, I can just take care of it for a few days."
Shen Xiu said gently but firmly: "You must take the tonic, and I will figure out the money. You don't want me to become a widow at a young age!"
When Wei Yan heard the word "widow", he suddenly looked up at her.
Shen Xiu looked back at him firmly, "Deficiency of Qi and blood is not a minor illness, I'm not trying to scare you."
Shen Xiu knew that Wei Yan was stubborn, so he took this strong medicine. To deal with stubborn people, you have to be more stubborn than him.
Wei Yan looked at her for a long time, but was finally defeated by the word "widow".
"Okay, I'll just drink it." Wei Yan said word for word, "I won't let you be a widow."
Shen Xiu immediately smiled and said: "This is what you said. When I buy the tonic, you are not allowed to default on the payment."
Wei Yan sighed helplessly, but didn't say anything.
Shen Xiu kept his promise and got up the next day and went to the county town to buy medicine.
There are several pharmacies in the county. Shen Xiu was afraid of being treated as a stranger by the clerk, so she went to the grocery store and asked Boss Qin. Only then did she find out that the pharmacy with the most reasonable prices in the city was Huimin Pharmacy.
People were coming and going at the entrance of Huimin Pharmacy. Shen Xiu waited behind the two people for a while before it was her turn.
"What medicine do you want to take, little lady?"
Shen Xiu opened her mouth and said: "I want three ounces of astragalus, one ounce of angelica root, one ounce of Codonopsis pilosula, and some Fangfeng and Atractylodes."
These medicinal materials are all tonics. While taking the medicine, the clerk asked: "Do you have any weak patients at home?"
Shen Xiu nodded: "There is someone at home who has just been seriously ill."
The waiter said: "We just got a batch of longan from the store. It is best used to replenish the health of patients."
Shen Xiu thought that Wei Yan often studied and longan meat had the effect of nourishing the blood and calming the nerves, so he said: "Then take a pound!"
The clerk packed the medicinal materials for her one by one, and finally dialed the abacus beads and said, "Chenghui has a total of three taels of silver."
Shen Xiu was a little surprised that it was so expensive. No wonder Wei Yan was unwilling to let her take the tonic. It turned out that buying a tonic was so expensive.
She took out the broken silver from her arms with some pain. It seemed that she had to do some embroidery work, otherwise she would not be able to pay for the medicine in the future.
After leaving the county town, just halfway through the journey, it started to rain.
Shen Xiu was afraid that the medicinal materials she had just bought would get wet, so she looked around and happened to arrive at Stone Village where Aunt Cui lived. She put the medicinal materials in her arms and rushed to Aunt Cui's house before it started raining heavily.
Aunt Cui is taking care of the silkworm babies. Ever since Shen Xiu bought her silk, Aunt Cui has taken silkworm raising as a serious matter. She has to go to the mulberry forest behind the village every day to pick mulberry leaves and feed them to the silkworm babies.
"Auntie, when will this silkworm baby produce silk?" Shen Xiu asked.
Aunt Cui said: "It's coming, it's coming. This year, the silk has a way to go. I haven't thrown away any silkworm babies. I've fed more silkworms than in previous years. I will definitely produce a lot of silk."
Aunt Cui was talking to Shen Xiu about the silk issue when a feeble voice suddenly came from the door, "Auntie, give me something to eat!"
Shen Xiu was the first to hear it, "Auntie, someone seems to be calling you at the door."
Aunt Cui listened to the noise outside and sighed: "This must be the daughter of Huaihua."
"Who is Sophora japonica?"
Aunt Cui said: "Sophora japonica is a girl in our village. Her fiancé died before she even entered the house. Her husband's family said she was a nuisance and scolded her several times. No one dared to marry her in the future.
After her parents died, her eldest brother said she was a scapegoat and kicked her out. She had nowhere to go, so she hid in the mountains. One time I went up the mountain to collect firewood and accidentally saw her and gave her a piece of dry food.
, she will come to me from time to time to ask for food. This is also a poor child!"
Aunt Cui walked out as she spoke. When she opened the courtyard door, a girl in her twenties was standing in the rain. Her hair was knotted and her clothes were ragged. She looked almost like a beggar.
"Sophora japonica, come in!" Aunt Cui is already this old. She doesn't care about broomsticks or anything like that, and directly calls Sophora japonica in.
Sophora japonica shook her head, "As long as you give me something to stutter, I'll take it and leave."
Aunt Cui said angrily: "I'm already this old, do I still care about this? It's still raining outside, come in quickly."
Huaihua hesitated for a moment before entering Aunt Cui's house tremblingly. But as soon as she entered the house, she saw Shen Xiu, a stranger.
She instinctively turned around and was about to leave, but Aunt Cui stopped her and said, "Don't be afraid, this little lady is a good person and won't say anything."
Shen Xiu showed a kind smile to Sophora japonica and said, "My surname is Shen Mingxiu, you can just call me Axiu."
Sophora japonica murmured and said nothing. She waited until Aunt Cui brought a steamed bun from the kitchen, then she started eating it with big mouthfuls.
Shen Xiu looked at Sophora japonica as if she hadn't eaten for several days, and then looked at Aunt Cui, "Auntie, you just said that there are more silkworm babies this year than in previous years. I'm afraid you can't do so much work by yourself, right?"
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Aunt Cui said: "Yes, reeling silk is a hard job, and you have to pull out the silk before the silkworm chrysalis bites the cocoon. In the past, I had an old man to help me, so I could do it. There are so many silkworm babies this year, I'm afraid
I really can’t do it.”
Shen Xiu then said: "I would like to think of a helper." As he spoke, his eyes fell on Sophora japonica.
Aunt Cui followed her gaze and landed on Sophora japonica. She thought about it and said, "This is a good idea, but I don't know if Sophora japonica is willing to do it."
Huaihua swallowed the dry food in her hand, "I am willing. As long as you give me food, I am willing to do anything."
Shen Xiudao: "Well, let me pay you some wages for Aunt Cui. As long as you can help Aunt Cui produce silk, I will give you ten cents a day."
Shopkeeper Liu of the embroidery shop was very covetous of the silk embroidery thread in her hand. Shen Xiu had no intention of selling it at first, but after hearing from Aunt Cui that she could produce dozens of kilograms of silk this year, she came up with the idea of selling the silk embroidery thread.
I happened to meet this homeless Sophora japonica and thought it would be a good idea to help her. Not only did I give her a livelihood, I also got a helper.
Sophora japonica was immediately stunned, hurriedly waved her hands and said: "I don't want money, just give me food to eat."
Mrs. Cui said: "Silly boy, these ten cents are not free. Silk reeling is hard work and you have to work day and night."
"I'm not afraid of hardship." Huaihua said.
Shen Xiudao: "Then it's settled, if you do a good job, I will hire you to dye silk in the future."