Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 144 How long has she been coughing?

Although Chen Liang's medical skills weren't great, he was the one who prescribed all the medicine Peipei had taken before, and no one understood Peipei's condition better than him.

Xiao Yishan ran out the door quickly and soon pulled Chen Liang into the house.

Chen Liang's shoes and pants were wet, and half of his body was also wet.

He didn't have time to rest; he quickly checked Peipei's pulse and forehead, and then looked at her eyes.

How long has she been coughing?

"Just now, he suddenly started coughing." Li Ruru said with concern.

“She has a fever, probably from catching a chill last night,” Chen Liang said. “Make her some hot ginger soup, give her some of the medicine I prescribed, wrap her in a blanket and sleep it off. She should feel better after sweating it out.”

Li Ruru heard him use the word "should" instead of "must".

Her heart clenched with even more worry, but at that moment she had no choice but to nod.

"Thank you for your hard work. Here is your consultation fee." Li Ruru took out one tael of silver and stuffed it into Chen Liang's hand.

Chen Liang quickly refused, "No need for so much, it's too much!"

Last time, Li Ruru returned 42 taels of silver to him at once, and this time she gave him so much more, he was really embarrassed to accept it.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "If there were ginseng, Peipei might recover sooner."

Ginseng is a powerful tonic, and Peipei needs it now that she is weak.

But he also knew that they couldn't possibly get any ginseng from their small mountain village.

"Dr. Chen, let me take you home." Xiao Yishan held up an umbrella and saw him off.

As soon as Chen Liang left, Chaochao rushed into the kitchen to chop ginger and boil water.

Soon, Peipei was drinking the piping hot ginger water.

"Mom, I'm fine." She felt much better.

Li Ruru touched her face and said, "Lie down and get some sleep."

She brought over two thick quilts and covered Peipei with them.

Yinyin held Peipei's hand and cried, "Second sister, please get better soon and play with me."

Qiqi couldn't understand why Peipei was lying in bed and wouldn't get up, and kept nudging her hand with her wet nose.

Yinyin patted its wolf head and scolded, "Don't move, don't disturb my second sister's rest."

It was the first time Qiqi had been scolded by its little owner, and its big eyes were full of grievance.

It lowered its head, whimpered twice, and obediently lay down on the ground.

Li Ruru picked up the ginger water and said, "Peipei, be good, drink two more sips, finish it."

Peipei chuckled and said, "Mom, I'm not a little kid anymore."

She picked up the ginger water and took a big gulp. Everyone stared at her, waiting for her to swallow.

The ginger water had a strong ginger flavor and was bitter and unpleasant to drink, but in order to get better quickly, she still frowned and drank it down.

Li Ruru tucked the blanket in and said, "Then you should go to sleep."

Peipei pointed to the blanket, thinking to herself that it was too much and too thick.

But when he opened his mouth, he started coughing again, "cough cough cough"

She felt like her lungs were about to burst out, her chest was throbbing, and it was as if even the slightest breath of air made her unbearably itchy.

You can even hear a whistling sound, like a bellows being pulled.

A bellows is a tool used in rural kitchens to blow air. Pulling a long lever causes a piston to concentrate air into the firebox, allowing the firewood in the firebox to fully contact the air and thus burn more vigorously.

When the bellows is pulled, it makes a buzzing sound.

“yue…” Peipei coughed, then suddenly felt acid reflux and vomited up the ginger water she had just drunk, along with the food she had eaten at noon.

Her eyes were red as she wiped her mouth, her voice trembling with tears: "Mother... I... I dirtied the new quilt."

After saying that, he lowered his head, unsure of what to do.

After waiting for a long time without receiving the expected punishment, they saw that Li Ruru had already quickly tidied up the bedding.

She removed the original blanket and brought over a new one.

Peipei stared blankly at her. She remembered that when she was still at the Chen family's house, she once fell down a hillside while cutting grass, bumping her head and getting a big bump. Her already tattered clothes were also torn open.

They're completely unwearable.

When her mother saw her, instead of showing concern for her wounds, she berated her for being ungrateful and unworthy of wearing nice clothes.

She ruined a perfectly good piece of clothing.

Grandma grabbed her ear and slapped her, cursing her as a slut who didn't deserve to wear clothes. From then on, she was very careful with her clothes, afraid of getting them dirty or damaged and upsetting her mother and grandma.

She only wore the new clothes that Li Ruru bought for her occasionally, and always wore old clothes that were so faded from washing over time.

"I'll make you some rock sugar pear soup," Li Ruru said gently, patting her head as she finished tidying up the bedding.

Peipei was in a daze for a moment before realizing that her mother was no longer the mother who always favored her three cousins ​​and didn't care whether they lived or died.

She said in a hoarse voice, "Mother, don't go."

For some reason, she didn't want anything at that moment, except a warm embrace.

"Mom, I'll go get it," Chaochao said.

“I’ll go too,” Yinyin said.

"I'll go get some firewood," Xiao Yishan said.

They chopped a lot of firewood before the rain, and now it comes in handy.

Li Ruru lifted the blanket and hugged her daughter.

Pepe quickly fell asleep nestled against her warm body.

I don't know how long I slept, but in my hazy state, I felt a sweet taste in my mouth, along with a medicinal flavor.

Seeing Li Ruru feeding her a sticky, black substance from a bowl, she asked, "Mother, what is this?"

She felt a cool, refreshing sensation in her throat after drinking it, and it didn't feel like a cough at all.

Li Ruru said, "This is medicine to stop coughing."

It was cough syrup she took from her spatial storage, mixed with powdered anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing medication.

"Are you feeling any better?" Li Ruru asked with concern.

"Much better." Pepe touched her forehead. "It doesn't seem to be burning as much anymore."

"That's good, you can sleep a little longer." Li Ruru helped her lie down and finally breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the room.

Chen Liang's method was indeed not very effective; in crucial moments, one still had to rely on their own space.

At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she possessed this powerful space; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to redeem Peipei at the start.

Peipei was thin and sickly; even if she were sold to a wealthy family, they would still be people of the time, and who would treat her well?

If her illness is left untreated, it will only get worse.

As soon as Li Ruru stepped out of the room, Chaochao came to greet her.

"Mother, there's someone outside the door."

"Who is it?" Li Ruru asked.

Suddenly realizing that Chu Xiu should be back by now, she looked at Xiao Yishan and said, "Quick, open the door."

Xiao Yishan hesitated for a moment, but still opened the door.

The heavy door opened, revealing a timid little body.

Chen Huaidi jogged a few steps and took shelter under the eaves, saying, "Third Aunt, the rain is so heavy."

Why didn't my aunt open the door for her earlier? She had to knock on the door for ages in the rain, getting completely soaked.

"What do you want?" Li Ruru felt annoyed when she saw her.

Chu Xiu didn't come back. I should have known better than to open the door.

"Third Aunt, those steamed buns were so delicious last time, do you have any more?" Chen Huaidi got straight to the point.

She didn't know it was bread; she just thought it was a sweet, soft steamed bun.

It's raining today, and her family members are all nowhere to be found. She wanted to cook something, but then realized she had neither wild vegetables nor cornmeal at home.

There wasn't even firewood to burn if we wanted a sip of hot water.

Her family had no food, but her aunt's family did.

She overheard Aunt Pan saying that she had earned more than 200 taels of silver by following her third aunt.

If Aunt Pan can earn so much money just by helping out, then Aunt San must be making a fortune.

Let alone sharing some steamed buns with her, I could easily feed her meat every day for the rest of her life.

"Auntie, I don't need much, just a bite to eat will do."

Chen Huaidi had her own set of begging theories: first, she would make a small request, and if the other party agreed, she would make other requests, gradually making the other party lower their guard.

Anyway, she has plenty of time, no rush!
(End of this chapter)