SFS Chapter 248 Fever
Chapter 248 Fever
"That's great. In addition to these, buy some spare ribs and catch some more fish in the river and marinate them all. We have a large family and it's cold in winter, so we need to prepare some delicious food..."
Zhou Mingshu was in high spirits and talked about all the delicious food he could think of, which made the others drool.
"Sanya, is spicy cabbage really that delicious?"
"Of course. It can be used as a small pickle, a small side dish, and can also be used to cook soup..."
"Don't worry, what I said is delicious. Just follow me and you can learn. You can make whatever you want in the future."
"Yeah, okay. But having said that, I've gained a lot of weight this year and even have a little belly."
As soon as Zhou Mingqi opened his mouth, everyone laughed with their mouths wide open.
Not to mention that she has a little belly, everyone in the family has gained a lot of weight, especially Old Mrs. Zhou.
The skin on my neck used to sag and the wrinkles on my face were very obvious, but now I look younger than before.
The fat gained from eating has stretched out the wrinkles on his face, making his face plump and full of energy.
None of the old ladies in Lianglin Village look as young as she does.
If it weren't for her dark skin, she would definitely be a pretty old lady.
Let’s talk about Zhou Mingxiu. Although he is still in swaddling clothes, his little face is chubby and round, which is also due to Feng’s nutritious milk.
"Being fat is good, it means you are blessed."
"This is the age to gain weight. Eat when you're hungry and sleep when you're tired. This is the time to grow taller. If you don't eat or drink, don't blame your family for not giving you food if you don't grow taller in the future."
Old Mrs. Zhou coaxed her grandchildren, and everyone laughed happily.
Only Zhou Mingjie, who was standing aside, lowered his head, looking unhappy.
"Xiao Jie, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you say a few words all day."
This is too abnormal!
"I feel exhausted and don't want to talk."
Zhou Mingjie raised his little head with great effort. When Old Mrs. Zhou saw that his face looked not right, she noticed that it looked strange.
Throwing away the loofah in her hand, Old Mrs. Zhou wiped the water on her hands on her apron and touched her grandson's forehead.
"Ouch, are you cold?" Something is wrong!
"Yeah, it's not warm anyway." Zhou Mingjie frowned, feeling uncomfortable all over and having no strength in his body.
"Go home and stop working. You may have caught a cold. Go home and drink some hot water. Bring your sister's quilt over and cover yourself with two more quilts to keep warm."
After Old Mrs. Zhou gave instructions, Zhou Mingjie went home shaking his head.
"How come I caught a cold when I was fine?" She thought about it and thought it was probably because I sweated after coming back from climbing the mountain yesterday.
"Grandma, is Xiaojie suffering from a burn? Do you want to go to town and get some medicine?" Zhou Mingqin asked worriedly.
"I don't think it's very hot. The child is in good health. Just bear with it for a while. If it doesn't work, I'll go buy some medicine."
If you catch a cold, you can usually get better by sweating it out. Try that first.
After the mud on the kudzu roots was washed clean, everyone started peeling them when they got home.
This thing doesn’t look very good, but the flesh inside is white.
Two people peeled the skin, two people cut it into segments, and the remaining one crushed the kudzu root segments in a stone mortar.
"This thing is quite difficult to make. After working on it for a long time, it's still a pile of dregs."
"Haha, it will be done soon. It will be almost done tomorrow. In fact, the process is the same as when we make mung bean powder. The prerequisite is to crush the things, filter them, and then precipitate them."
"I understand what you said. It's not difficult."
"Yes, the difficulty lies in the fact that we have to dig too much kudzu root, so it is quite tiring to do it."
Several people worked until the evening before they finally poured the kudzu root water into basins and jars.
There should be at least six or seven containers.
"Daya, can you go see if Xiaojie is feeling better?"
Seeing that there was no sign of her grandson yet, Old Mrs. Zhou became a little worried.
Liu held her daughter back and went by herself.
This is an incredible sight.
My son’s forehead is big enough to boil an egg.
Liu was suddenly extremely anxious.
"Mom, it's bad, it's bad, Xiaojie is very hot, I touched his body and it was very hot, but he still said he was cold."
Liu ran back from the backyard in a hurry.
"Ah? I'll go check it out."
All kitchen matters were handed over to Zhu, and several people and children went to the backyard to see Zhou Mingjie.
"Tsk tsk, if I had known earlier I would have asked the boss to take him to the town to have a look. It's so late now, what should I do?"
"Grandma, we have some chrysanthemums and honeysuckle at home, both of which are herbs for curing colds. Why don't you boil some water for Xiaojie to drink? He has such a high fever, he needs to drink more water."
Zhou Mingshu made the proposal based on the herbal knowledge he learned at Baicaotang.
"Okay, I'll cook it right away." Liu hurried to the front yard.
"Oh, by the way, we have some dandelions at home, we can add some, and we can also add some kudzu root."
Zhou Mingshu followed him to the front yard, selected a small basin, poured out the water, and shoveled out some white powder.
"Aunt, Pueraria root can also clear away heat and reduce internal heat, add some in."
Seeing Liu's worried face, Zhou Mingshu comforted her.
"Xiao Jie won't be seriously ill. He may have sweated a lot after coming back from the mountain yesterday. He will be fine after drinking two bowls of tea and sweating."
"Yeah, yes, add some ginger slices to make you sweat."
Everyone else was eating vegetables and steamed buns, but Zhou Mingjie on the bed drank two bowls of spicy and unpalatable tea...
He tried his best to make himself feel more comfortable.
Before going to bed, Zhou Mingshu went to the backyard with a bowl of tea.
"Xiaojie, how are you feeling?"
"Hmm? Third sister, I'm much better, but not much better."
Zhou Mingjie squinted his eyes, feeling that everything in front of him was blurry. After sleeping for most of the day, he couldn't fall asleep at all, but he still felt groggy.
"Take one of these. This is high-concentration kudzu root powder. Take it and take a nap. You will be well by tomorrow morning."
Zhou Mingshu coaxed Zhou Mingjie into taking the pill.
"Ah? What kind of messed up medicine is this? I just drank two bowls and it tastes terrible."
Zhou Mingjie frowned, his face full of reluctance.
"Don't worry, this isn't bitter. You'll know when you try it."
Seeing that his third sister was so stubborn, Zhou Mingjie couldn't escape in the end.
He put the small pill into his mouth, took the tea and drank it, and the small pill went into his stomach.
"How is it? Not that bad, is it?"
Zhou Mingshu smiled and said fortunately everything went smoothly.
"Yeah, it's much better than the tea. It's so spicy that my throat hurts."
Sure enough, my aunt put too much ginger slices...
"Well, have a good rest, and you'll be full of energy again tomorrow morning!"
Zhou Mingshu smiled and tucked the corners of the quilt for him.
The pill just now was none other than ibuprofen. One pill is effective and particularly useful.
Fortunately, my family was making Pueraria root, otherwise there would be no way to cover up the truth.
Just as Zhou Mingshu said, Zhou Mingjie woke up before dawn.
He sat up, rubbed his eyes, looked at his elder brother who was sleeping beside him, and got out of bed silently.
Ah... it's so uncomfortable to be woken up by the urge to pee...