Aunt Zhao's happy life

One day, Jia Zheng, who had just arrived home after a busy day, was about to gossip with Rui'er when an urgent letter arrived. Jia Zheng saw that he fell down on a chair, his eyes flushed.

Rui'er didn't know why, so she hurriedly asked what was the matter.

Jia Zheng said sadly: "Since the beginning of summer, both children have suffered from malaria, and they haven't recovered for a long time. I'm afraid they won't be able to keep it!"

"Second Master, you mean acne?" Rui'er asked.

Jia Zheng nodded, got up and stood in the yard, not moving for a long time.

People everywhere are speechless, who is not afraid of such a disease?

Zhen Mo went to Rui'er and comforted him: "This disease is very common in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that the disease is rare in the north. Maybe it's a misdiagnosis?"

Rui'er said: "It's easy to hire an imperial physician in the mansion, how can it be misdiagnosed? This disease has always killed people if you don't pay attention, let alone brother and sister who haven't recovered for so long, hey!"

Jia Zheng went into the room with his head down, and said in a hoarse voice, "The Holy Majesty remembered the merits of my ancestors and learned that both of my children were infected with pox. Who would have thought that my two children would have no effect after eating it, but it would worsen day by day, could it be that the heavens wanted to kill me!"

Rui'er said: "Children from rich and noble families drink money all the year round. I told you I'm not afraid of your annoyance. I heard the imperial doctor say that many diseases are caused by ginseng in the mansion. It's not like our mansion didn't get this disease and survived it." Yes, didn't Lian'er suffer from illness a few years ago, how is he doing well?"

Jia Zheng said: "At that time, there was still some cinchona in the house, so I mixed it with wine and drank it. Now it comes back to my own child, and the panacea is useless!"

Let's talk about the situation in Rongguo Mansion, it's midsummer, the sun is scorching like fire, Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun are both covered with three layers of quilts, and they are still shivering.In order to facilitate care and treatment, the two children were moved to one place, in Mrs. Wang's room in Rongxi Hall.

Mother Jia looked at her grandson Jia Zhu and granddaughter Yuan Chun. The two people who looked like paintings had chattering teeth, dark purple lips, shivering all over, and after a while they were hot as if they were on fire.

When it's hot, not only can't cover the quilt, but even the single clothes and pants on the body have to be taken off.The servants could not take off the clothes due to their identities, fearing that they would lose the face of their master, so Mrs. Wang went to take off the children by herself, saying, "It's been a while, so what are you talking about?"

The maids took turns fanning and bringing ice cubes. The two children just drowsily yelled for the heat to hit their hearts. After the heat was over, they were as cold as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

When Jia's mother is elderly, seeing her grandchildren suffering so much, she can't help crying and screaming.Mrs. Wang forced herself to comfort her, turning her back and tears were like broken beads.In the whole house, no one dared to laugh, and no one could but worry about these two lovely children.

One morning, when the crescent moon was still faint in the sky, and the dawn light came in through the window, Jia Zhu burst into tears suddenly. Mrs. Wang woke up startled, and asked, "What's wrong, my son?" Taking a closer look, Jia Zhu His clothes were all soaked and his body was cold. He opened his eyes with difficulty and said to his mother, "Am I going to die? Why doesn't Daddy come back to see us? Does he not love us?"

Mrs. Wang choked up and said, "Silly boy, I wrote a letter to your father. The mountain is high and the road is far away. He doesn't know if he has received it. If he knows, how can he not be sad! Your father loves you and your sister the most. , you must get through it, if something goes wrong, mother will not be able to live on, and father will not be able to live on, do you understand?"

Jia Zhu nodded with difficulty, staring out the window...

Back to Jia Zheng, when he learned of the illness of the two children, he was helpless and couldn't help sighing to the sky.

Rui'er said: "It's no wonder that the second master is very anxious. We are also panicked after hearing this. Over the years, the royal families who have had a lot of contact with our Jia family have lost their lives because of pox. In the past few years, Prince Ying's Both Fujin died of this disease, and Prince De also died young because of this disease. Nowadays, whoever is a passable family does not provide for the pox empress all the year round? Zhuer and Yuanchun are young, and we can't drag it on. We must find a way, and we cannot allow things to deteriorate like this.”

Jia Zheng said: "Who doesn't want to think of a solution quickly, but the solution doesn't mean that there is a solution!"

Rui'er said: "I'll ask the folks!"

Jia Zheng couldn't let go of his official duties due to personal matters, so he could only entrust Rui'er to go out and search for prescriptions.Rui'er washes up in a hurry before dawn every day, hastily feeds her hunger, and goes out with a few able-bodied people around her. She doesn't come home until dark, and asks everyone she meets, "Do you know how to cure acne? Please!" Straight talk dry mouth, hoarse voice.Running around in the scorching heat, Rui'er passed out several times due to heatstroke, and continued to set off immediately after waking up.Like a desperate mother, she refuses to let go of any hope.

Ten days passed and nothing was found. Rui'er was tanned, tired and thin, and her feet were covered with blisters. Jia Zheng couldn't help but said, "You rest for a few days and tell them to go. If it's God's will, you will die of exhaustion." It's useless."

Rui'er didn't listen, ran all over the city, and then went to the countryside.

It was like fishing for a treasure bottle in the sea, she felt at a loss.

On this day, Ruier collapsed exhausted on the ridge in the countryside and was carried under a tree by Changsheng. Zhenmo fed her some water and let her sleep on her own for a while.In a daze, Rui'er just yelled: "Find a prescription! A prescription!"

This time he was in a coma for too long, and the people accompanying him were so anxious that they all whimpered.

Suddenly, Ruier's eyes opened, just as an old woman passed by with a four or five-year-old boy on her back, Ruier waved weakly: "Old man...don't go!"

The old woman was taken aback: "I'm delivering food to my son, what's the matter with the girl calling me?"

Rui'er pointed at the little boy's face: "What are the marks on his face? Have you ever had acne?"

The old woman said: "Yes! Don't mention how much you have suffered! If it wasn't for a local prescription, this child would have died long ago!"

Rui'er didn't know where the strength came from, so she immediately jumped up and moved over: "What prescription? Please tell me, two children in my family have this disease, and I'm afraid they are going to die, please!" While talking, He kowtowed while bang bang, so that blood appeared on his forehead.

The old woman quickly helped Rui'er up: "No way! No way! I don't think you are a girl from a poor family, and you must have come to find a prescription with nowhere to go. I will tell you this, but I don't know if it will work with someone else. "

Rui'er said: "Okay! If you are cured, you will be the benefactor of our whole family!"

The old woman said: "There is no need to say whether you are kind or not, everyone is for the sake of the child! Listen, you need the three inches of the loofah from the end of the vine, the thin skin on the outside of the melon seeds, cohosh, wine peony, red bean, the most important thing is Licorice, you usually need to pick it by yourself, but fortunately, it happens to be available in this season. My grandson also got sick in summer, which is also our fate!"

Rui'er said: "I don't know how to write, please say it again, and I will ask someone to write it down."

I need to know some things about writing and ink, so I hurriedly unpacked the bags and wrote them one by one. Ruier asked again: "What does the licorice look like?"

The old woman said: "The licorice is blooming at this time. It's easy to find. There are clusters of small purple flowers. There are clusters of purple flowers in our area. As long as you see clusters of purple flowers with thick stems, that's it!"

Rui'er took out all the silver taels she was carrying, and gave it to the old woman: "You are the benefactor of our family!" The old woman refused to accept it: "Give me all the silver taels, how can you go home? I will give me this broken silver." It is enough for the grandson to buy some Gebu to make two clothes."

No matter how much Ruier forced her, the old woman refused to accept it, and walked away saying "Hurry up and save her".

Chang Sheng said: "Don't be dazed, we'll go up the mountain to collect herbs!"

A few people didn't care about eating, and went to the mountain hungry, looking for licorice and picking wild black mulberries to satisfy their hunger.

When he couldn't find it everywhere, Ruyan said, "Here, there it is!"

Everyone looked over and saw a few licorice plants dancing with the wind on a slope, and that purple patch lit up everyone's gloomy hearts!

Ruier rushed forward immediately, Changsheng said: "No, it just rained here, the soil is loose, be careful to slip down! I'll go!"

Fugui said, "I'll go, I'm going to be cautious!"

Rui'er said: "You have worked so hard with me for so many days, and you haven't eaten a bite of food today, I really can't bear it!" After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but run forward.

The slope was connected to the high bank, and Ruier moved carefully, the soft soil was slippery, she approached the purple life-saving grass step by step, her heart became ecstatic, and she broke off several licorice plants and held them in her hands.

Turning around and on the way back, Rui'er was so elated that she couldn't help laughing.

Caught off guard, her foot slipped, and the loose soil slid directly into the thorn bushes with Ruier.Changsheng and Fugui were frightened and rushed to save others, but the soil was slippery and loose at this time, and they also fell into the thorn bushes.Ruier raised her hands desperately: "Hurry up! Who took the licorice away! Don't throw it away!" She struggled not to let herself fall, and held on tightly to the herb in her hand. The thorns scratched the back of her hand and wrist, burning hot It hurts, but she doesn't know it.

Seeing this, several women shouted, and the nearby villagers rushed to rescue the three distressed people.

When she got home, Rui'er had no time to catch her breath, so she ordered someone to send the prescription and licorice to Jia's mansion.As soon as the work was done, she fell down.

When Jia Zheng came back in the evening, everyone had already told him about it. Jia Zheng said in tears, "You are all my relatives who have lived and died together!"

Even if it was expedited, it was not until the end of the month that the Jia family received the prescription and licorice.According to the prescription, the medicine was given to the two children to try. Sure enough, the acne subsided, and the children who had been sick for several months were alive and kicking.Fortunately, Yuan Chun did not leave any marks, but Jia Zhu still left marks on his back and abdomen.

In addition, Jia Zhengfei wrote a letter detailing Rui'er's dedication, and everyone in the Jia family was grateful. life of a child.And vowed that in the future, she would treat Aunt Zhao with courtesy and repay her for the rest of her life.