Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chapter 324 Folk Remedies

The two entered the house, and Chen Wenfang and the others watched from the side without saying a word.

"Ugh, why does this smell of alcohol so strong!" the old man complained, taking the wood's pulse and examining it. "The fever's gone, so where's the medicine? Let me see it."

Chen Wenfang and the others exchanged glances. Aunt Liu seemed about to say something, but Chen Wenfang shook her head, and Aunt Liu swallowed her words.

Aunt Hu gave him the medicine prescribed by the previous doctor. The old man opened it, looked at it, wrote another prescription, and said, "If there's no fever, then there's nothing to worry about. Go get the medicine and boil it together with the previous prescription. As long as you can wake up tomorrow, there won't be any problems."

"Okay, thank you, doctor." Li Huanqiu then went to the trouble of taking the person back and picking up some more medicine.

After the two left, Aunt Liu asked curiously, "Fang'er, why didn't you tell us that we were the ones who wiped his face with alcohol to cool him down?"

Chen Wenfang was preparing salt and sugar water for the wood, explaining, "Because they are all experienced doctors, our rudimentary methods might arouse suspicion later, and one by one they would talk about us, which would have a very bad impact!"

Aunt Hu thought this was a good idea, and asked, "Can we use it in the future?"

Chen Wenfang said, "If you trust me, then use it. Just treat it as a folk remedy."

"Of course they are trustworthy," everyone expressed their determination.

After much difficulty, they managed to get Mu Tou to drink the salt and sugar water. Everyone took turns watching over him, but unexpectedly, Mu Tou burned again in the middle of the night. Sister-in-law Nie and Sister-in-law Li wiped his body with wine, and thankfully the fever subsided. They gave him medicine again, and in the morning, Aunt Hu took over to check on him. To everyone's surprise, he finally woke up.

"That's great! I was so worried about you. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you." Aunt Hu said, wiping away her tears and touching his forehead.

"I'm hungry, I want to eat egg noodles..." Mu Tou replied weakly and softly.

"Okay, Auntie will make it for you." Aunt Hu left happily, but when she got back to the kitchen, she realized something was wrong. This blockhead had started talking, and saying so much. "Oh, that's great." Aunt Hu hummed a little tune, quickly cooked a bowl of noodles, fried two eggs, scooped a bunch of meat on top, and carried it to the room.

Big Bear had already arrived. Strangely enough, the two were whispering to each other, but stopped when they saw someone approaching.

"Come on, eat some noodles, eat more so you'll get better faster!" Aunt Hu was about to feed him.

Big Bear said, "I'll do it, Auntie, you go ahead and do your work."

"Alright, you two brothers can talk for a bit."

Aunt Hu put down the food and left; she wanted to share this wonderful news with others.

"I'll feed you." Big Bear picked up the noodles and fed Wood bite by bite.

"Thank you, Big Bear Brother!" Wood looked into his eyes, carefully eating, and replied in a clear and articulate voice. There was not a trace of dullness in his eyes; he was clearly a lively little child.

Aunt Hu pulled Sister-in-law Nie aside to gossip, "Let me tell you, that child had a fever, and he became smarter. It's such a pity."

"Really? I'll go take a look." Sister-in-law Nie took off her apron and went to see what was going on.

"I'll go take a look too." Aunt Liu, who had just arrived, also went along.

"That's amazing!" Camellia exclaimed as she went along.

Soon everyone in the village knew that the little wooden boy had a fever, but instead of becoming stupid, he had become smarter.

The wooden figure lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), calmly accepting visits from wave after wave of people, which was quite unusual.

Chen Wenfang remained calm. The way this child looked now was unlike that of an ordinary child. He was almost ten years old, so who knew what stories he had in the past? Anyway, it was good that he was living a clear-headed life.

The following days were ordinary, and business became increasingly easier. The newly appointed county magistrate, Li Chengli, was very good at dealing with people. Since everyone in the village was a fellow villager, and he was young, just over twenty years old, he took official business very seriously. When Chen Wenfang went to town, the roads were much cleaner.

After resting for a while, Mu Tou recovered considerably and went straight to become Master Wu Xin's disciple. The others were not noticed by the two masters and were treated as ordinary disciples. However, Da Xiong worked very hard. After being threatened, he was determined to practice martial arts and made great progress. Unfortunately, he was not very quick-witted, so he could only practice brute strength. He could lift a hundred pounds with one hand, which was quite an advantage.

After waking up, Tian Shi was very quiet, without making a fuss. He was sad but unaware of it. Tian Zhuangzhuang took care of him every day. He had to think about how to treat his young son. After seeing how his cousin's three children were treated, he became determined to stay.

Chen Wenfang wanted Tian Huashan to keep the compensation money, but he refused, saying that his three children were almost grown up and he could leave it to them. He only accepted the compensation for his deceased wife. Chen Wenfang didn't say anything. It was ten taels of silver per person. Normally, a servant would cost three or four taels these days, so she was being very generous by giving ten taels. The maximum amount was four taels. He did make a decision about the silver, hoping that the Chen family would deposit it first and discuss it again after the children turned sixteen. Chen Wenfang agreed and wrote him a receipt.

Meanwhile, Ah Xing and his two companions stole two horses from Chen Wenfang's family and ran for a long time with the injured Ah Yue. They were exhausted when they finally realized that no one from the Chen family was chasing them.

They found a grove of trees to rest, and Zhao Yang tore off strips of cloth to bandage A Yue's wound. A Xing, having nothing else to do, opened her bundle and began to eat some snacks.

"Hmph, you're so carefree, all you do is eat! Where were you just now? If you hadn't run around like that, I would have been the one who got hurt," A-Yue shouted.

"Of course I'm going to find something delicious! Do you want some? Sigh, this snack is so good! I should have stolen more, what a pity!" Ah Xing held up two pieces of Sachima, took a bite himself, and held out the other piece to ask.

"You're not doing anything serious, all you think about is eating. What are you going to do in the future? We messed things up this time, the general won't let us off the hook," A-Yue couldn't help but complain.

Zhao Yang remained silent, patiently bandaging her wound. He then took another piece of Sachima from A Xing's hand, savoring its sweetness in his mouth. Hmm, he had indeed taken too little of this one.

"Oh no, I haven't eaten yet! I want some too!" A-Yue only remembered after Zhao Yang put it in his mouth.

"That's all. How about you eat some dried meat?" Ah Xing playfully opened the package to show her.

"Hmph!" Ah Yue, settling for second best, grabbed a large handful, which made Ah Xing feel a pang of heartache, and she quickly put the things away.

"I will write to the general to explain that the Wudang Sect has gotten involved. They are not a match for us, so it's normal that we can't win." Zhao Yang silently finished his sachima and then reached for some dried meat.

Ah Xing hesitated for a while, then decided to give him a little something since he had always taken care of her. She carefully opened the package and took out a few sticks.

Zhao Yang shook his head, dissatisfied, grabbed his package, opened it, and stuffed a handful of food into it.

Ah Xing snatched it back with a petty look on her face, "You guys don't steal it yourselves, and you don't buy it either. You always eat mine. It's too much!"

"What's wrong with eating a few pieces of your jerky? How about next time you go kill someone and I'll go steal something?" A-Yue retorted.