bookcurios Chapter 63 Nearly a Stroke
Chapter 63 Nearly a Stroke
Stop!
Cheng Ruoan dared not think any further. She coughed lightly twice, "Ahem, Fourth Sister-in-law, why didn't you wake me when Da Ya woke up?"
"Third sister-in-law, I saw you sleeping soundly and thought you must be exhausted, so I didn't want to wake you."
"Li Xianglan, have you finished disinfecting?"
"You have no manners. Even Lin Shi knows to call me Second Sister-in-law. You are a scholar's wife."
Li pouted slightly, then replied, "Of course it's finished. Otherwise, why would I have time to breastfeed Daya? Did you wake up and come to supervise the work?"
“You’re quick and efficient, and you do a great job. There’s no need for me to supervise you.” Cheng Ruoan held up the gauze in her hand. “I just came here because I was worried you’d be bored, so I gave you some work to do to pass the time.”
Lin quickly got up to take the gauze from Cheng Ruoan's hand: "Let me help you with that, your leg is still injured."
Li rolled her eyes. "You said you were a hardworking and honest person, Lin, but your fawning is so quick and ruthless."
If she weren't still breastfeeding Da Ya, she would definitely have gone to help Cheng Ruoan take over!
hateful.
Next time, we absolutely cannot let the Lin family get ahead of us.
"Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law." Cheng Ruoan smiled at Lin Shi, then took out a brand new gauze mask from her clothes and showed it to the two of them.
“This is what Sanlang brought back. It’s a mask that city people use for epidemic prevention. We need to be prepared to travel at any time. We don’t know how many infected people we will encounter on the road. Wearing this will make us a little safer.”
Cheng Ruoan handed it to them, asking them to see if they needed to take it apart to figure out how to sew it.
Lin glanced at it twice. "No need, I understand. It's just the gauze you took out, Third Young Master, sewn together in multiple layers, with two thin cotton ropes sewn on. It's very simple."
"Mask? Is it just a face towel?" Li was holding Daya in one arm and reached for the mask with the other, but she didn't hold it properly and the mask landed right on her... umm.
Lin covered her face and said, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, Second Sister-in-law."
Cheng Ruoan: ...
"It's nothing, I'm sorry about nothing." Mrs. Li didn't seem to care at all, and even joked:
"Wow, no wonder the name is different. I've never seen this style of face towel before. It looks like a little bib, but unfortunately, it can only cover one side."
Otherwise, it's so soft, it would be comfortable to use as a bellyband.
Li has always been outspoken and carefree, never holding her tongue.
Hearing this, Lin's ears turned red, and she covered her mouth to stifle a laugh.
Cheng Ruoan was speechless. She leaned on her crutch and went over, snatching the mask sample that the girl was holding up to her chest.
"This is for covering the mouth, not for covering the nipples..." Cheng Ruoan was amused by her and blurted out the word "nipples" before stopping herself.
"Hahaha, right, right, a mask is for covering the mouth, so if this material were used to make a bra to cover the breasts, could it be called a bra?"
Lin was so embarrassed that she pretended to be busy and turned to look at Si Niu.
Cheng Ruoan: ...
Help.
Who says people in ancient times were rigid and conservative?
Ancient people were clearly conservative in thought but unrestrained in behavior.
But this accidental turn of events served as a reminder to Cheng Ruoan.
Ancient women's clothes were really uncomfortable to wear; if they were even slightly too big, they would wobble around inside.
If it could be made in a more modern style, it would be much more comfortable.
Cheng Ruoan said seriously, "Li Xianglan, your idea is good, but it's not useful right now."
"Let's make face masks first. Once we've escaped the plague zone and settled down in the north, we can think about whether we can start a business selling face masks."
Li's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Okay, Lin and I will make one for each of you in a little while!"
"What are you rushing to make? Can my mother and I help?"
A sound came from the doorway. Cheng Ruoan turned around and saw that Cheng Ruotong and her mother had returned.
"Big sister, mother, have you bought firewood and lime powder?" Cheng Ruoan remembered to greet her mother, but was stopped by Cheng Ruotong.
"We bought two bundles of firewood. Your brother-in-law and your Sanlang are already outside boiling water, planning to boil everyone's clothes first."
But they couldn't buy any lime powder. The people in Hulu Village said they didn't even have enough for themselves, and they wouldn't sell it for any price.
Cheng's mother also said, "We hadn't even reached the entrance of the inner village when we were stopped by the villagers. We only managed to ask a few families guarding the fields in the outer village."
They said that in the inner village, even firewood couldn't be sold.
"Have you seen anyone in the village showing signs of illness?" Cheng Ruoan asked, worried about this.
Both of them shook their heads: "No, the people in their village almost never leave the inner village. Apart from the village chief and the patrol team, the only people who come in and out are the Mr. and Mrs. Qian, who run a business."
Li was shocked: "Don't they need to go out to buy things? Surely the village can't have everything. That would have to be a huge village!"
"The village chief arranges for the patrol team to go out and buy the supplies."
"Tsk, isn't that like being in jail?"
"Maybe there's a gold mine hidden in the village, why all the secrecy?" Cheng Ruotong casually remarked, which perfectly matched Cheng Ruoan's wild imagination.
Cheng Ruoan narrowed her eyes and quickly interrupted their conversation: "Hey, hey, let's stop talking about other people's village customs. Let's hurry up and make masks and make sure we don't get infected with the plague."
“That’s true. How do you do this?” Cheng Ruotong noticed that Lin Shi had gone out to get a needle and thread basket and came back in at some point, so she took the initiative to go over and learn.
Cheng's mother took Cheng Ruoan's hand, patted it, and said to her earnestly:
“An’an, although Sanlang told you not to go to your mother-in-law’s side to take care of her, she is still your mother-in-law.”
He cares about you and is afraid that you will be affected by his illness, but you also have to consider his feelings, right?
The word "filial piety" is so powerful that it's hard to find a pleasant way to put it.
The doctor is examining your mother-in-law right now. You should go out and keep watch over her; it'll make things easier for her."
Cheng Ruoan was taken aback.
She was in a hurry to arrange work.
Since they didn't hear Da Hua shout, they assumed that the Zhao family didn't need any help.
However, they overlooked the importance of creating superficial projects.
But is that what Si Shaoheng said to others?
He was even more attentive than she was, taking care of such minor details that could affect her reputation?
hiss.
Why does it feel a little warm?
"An'an? Don't just stand there, hurry up and go. I've been thinking about you, so I'll bring it to you." Cheng's mother urged her.
Cheng Ruoan agreed repeatedly, and after standing up, she said to her mother, "Mother, you can stay in the back room. Rest after you finish making the masks."
After lunch, there's still a lot to do in the afternoon.
"it is good."
As Cheng Ruoan walked towards the front courtyard of the dilapidated temple, he thought to himself.
According to Si Shaoheng's plan, after "breaking out" at night, they would have to keep traveling without stopping.
Leaving Bachuan Prefecture was not safe enough; we had to find a large city with a garrison to settle down in.
They probably won't have time to start a fire along the way and will have to eat dry rations.
She can't keep taking out those instant meals from her space to feed everyone.
The children's daily milk and occasional soft bread had already aroused suspicion from Si Erlang and his mother...
"Thank you so much, Doctor. The whole family is relieved that my mother is alright. If it weren't for your superb medical skills, none of us would have noticed she almost had a stroke..."
Si Shaoheng was talking to the doctor from Hulu Village when he suddenly saw Cheng Ruoan coming over. He changed the subject, "If you don't want to accept this consultation fee, then Shaoheng can only give you something else as a thank you gift."
As he spoke, he beckoned to Cheng Ruoan, "Wife, quickly bring me that medical book we obtained by chance."
Cheng Ruoan was completely bewildered.
What was the reason for the unexpected acquisition of the medical book?
Oh.
Did you, Mr. Si, buy these wholesale from a certain publishing house, still wrapped in plastic, and leave them to gather dust in your villa study, purely for showing off?