Red apricots make spring

Chapter 19
Seeing Wen Wen's expression changed, the woman thought she didn't want to listen to what she had to say, so she immediately lowered her head and sobbed and wiped her eyes, choked up and said: "If there is a way, mother doesn't want to make things difficult for you again, but you go up The money given back has already been used up by the doctor to get the medicine. Your younger brother...he is so sick now...he is the only lifeblood of our Wen family! If it is gone, my mother will not be able to live... ...and even more ashamed to see your father who is under the Nine Springs..."

Ga?Why did she have a sick brother again!Or the Wen family?That Rou'er must be Ruhua's name when she was at home, gentle and gentle, but the name is exactly the same as her own!Could this be the reason why she transmigrated to Ruhua?For a moment, thousands of thoughts drifted through Wen Rou's mind, but she couldn't think of any words to comfort the crying woman in front of her.

"Mother knew that I was sorry for you. After your father left, the family was so poor that they didn't even have a grain of rice to cook, so they had to sell you to Zhao's mansion as a maid... and now they have given you the money you prepared to redeem yourself." I've spent all my money... But mother, there's nothing I can do! I just beg you, no matter where you borrow two more money, save your brother first, and then mother will do more work early and late, and help you pay back the borrowed money Yes, can you make it?"

The more the woman cried, the more she mourned, but finally she continued to explain her meaning to the future intermittently, and Gentleness suddenly understood why Ruhua was so poor that only a silver-plated hairpin was left on her body.It is estimated that she climbed into the bed of the master of the Zhao family, and she was not forced by anyone, but she dedicated herself voluntarily. She only wanted to be accepted by the master of the Zhao family as a concubine, so that she would have spare energy to help the family, even if she could not be a concubine, Be a housekeeper and act like a spoiled child to the master of the Zhao family, at least you can ask for a few taels of silver to save her brother!It's a pity that this girl, who had suffered all her life, was beaten to death when she had nothing to worry about. If this woman knew that she was just a stranger who borrowed her daughter's body, she wouldn't know what to do. How desperate and mournful!

Thinking about it this way, Rourou became more sympathetic to Ruhua's experience. She really wanted to help Ruhua end her wish and save her brother, and also wanted to help the woman in front of her who was crying endlessly and oppressed by the cruel life to the point of despair. , with her current popularity in the Zhao Mansion, it would be great if she could not look down upon her. Who would lend her money?You can't imitate Ruhua's appearance and climb into the bed of Master Zhao's mansion, right?No, she can't do this kind of thing at all, not to mention relying on an unreliable man for her destiny and all her hopes, the final result can only be disappointment!She would never do such a stupid thing!

"Rou'er..." The woman saw Wen Ruan was silent for a long time without speaking, so she could only speak timidly again, wiping away her tears: "Mother can only count on you now..."

Looking at her old and withered face and the red eye circles from crying, Rou Rou couldn't help sighing, and asked, "How much will it cost to treat my brother?"

The woman lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to meet the gentle eyes, and after a while she squirmed her lips and muttered: "It costs a dime to ask the doctor to come to the door, and it costs three to four hundred yuan to get the side medicine... I guess, I have to borrow four or five pennies to barely make enough..."

Is it really enough?Rourou is very skeptical, Ruhua used to work as a maid in the upper house, and she had five hundred dollars a month, plus the rewards she received, the ransom money she usually saved should be quite a lot, maybe it was all wasted, Looking at it this way, her brother's illness is simply a bottomless pit, and I don't know how much money will be invested to fill it up. If it is cured, it will be fine. If it cannot be cured, then the living will really be dragged down to death!It seems that the problem of not being able to afford a doctor or seeing a doctor is not limited to the world she lives in.

"Mother knows that you need a lot of money, and you have no place to collect it for a while, but... can you find a way to collect a couple of slings of money first, as a rescue..." The woman began to cry again as she spoke.

Seeing that she regards herself as the only person she can rely on, Rourou can't help feeling a little self-pitying. At this point, who can she rely on?Unknowingly shaking his head, he brought the poured water to the woman and said, "Drink the water first, I'll think of a way about the money."

Hearing Wen Rou agreed, the woman's tearful eyes also showed a look of joy. She took a couple of sips of the water she brought, and murmured to herself: "Your brother is saved! Your brother is saved!" Ah! Mother knows, as long as he invites the doctor twice and takes a few doses of medicine, he will gradually get better!"

There are so many intractable diseases in ancient times, and the level of medical treatment is poor. It is really hard to say whether taking a few medicines will cure it or not. Gently frowned and said: "The doctor didn't say anything, what kind of disease does my brother have?"

"It is said to be edema, and I asked to drink the woody fragrance drink, because the medicine contains ginseng, so it is expensive."

is expensive enough!Rourou has been in this world for nearly a month, knowing that the prices here are cheap, and a sling of money is enough for a poor family of three for half a month. Calculated in this way, her brother can eat a sling of money in three days, which is enough for her now I've been working so hard for a year!But if you are sick, you have to be cured. Wenrou doesn't feel sorry for him that the medicine is expensive, but just wonders why he hasn't cured the disease after taking the medicine for so long. Listening to the woman's tone, it seems that the disease is getting worse. Could it be that the doctor misdiagnosed it?

She was puzzled in her heart, so she asked, "Is the doctor you hired reliable? How sick is my brother now?"

"I invited Dr. Li, a well-known doctor in the east of the city. You should be reliable, right? Your younger brother is suffering from swollen body, and he often vomits, has a fever, and has diarrhea. The doctor said that this is yin edema, and it is best to drink woody scented air." The woman Speaking of his son's illness, his tone was extremely sad.

After hearing this, Rou Rou was puzzled, why are the key words of this disease so familiar?Unconsciously, he blurted out and asked, "Is your face swollen? Is eating normal?"

The woman was taken aback, lowered her head and thought for a while and said: "It's swollen, just now I have no appetite, always saying that I don't want to eat."

Hearing what she said, Wen Rou suddenly stood up from the kang, frowned and bowed his head in thought.She still remembers the chef course she took before. The funny nutrition lecturer once explained in detail the nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. Eyelids and drooping parts of the body were swollen, hair was easily broken and fell off, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms, and she was particularly impressed by the big-headed doll incident caused by poor-quality milk powder that appeared not long ago.Could it be that Brother Ruhua's disease is actually malnutrition caused by a serious lack of protein and other nutrients?

"Rou'er, what's wrong with you?" The woman couldn't help being surprised when she saw Wen Wen's strange behavior, she also stood up while supporting the kang table.

"I..." Rourou was very conflicted at the moment, she didn't know whether she should tell the woman her judgment, but she was just a cook, not a doctor, and knew nothing about medicine, if she made a wrong judgment, it would delay Ruhua's younger brother What should I do if I am sick?But if you don't say it, it's really that quack doctor's misdiagnosis, so what should you do if you ruined Ruhua's brother's life?
(End of this chapter)