"You and your sister are the only ones in your family?"

Mei Sanniang usually doesn't like to pay attention to other people, but this Liu Tao is different. Mei Sanniang has suffered a lot of humiliation in the past. Although she has not experienced the pain of the original owner, she can feel it intimately in her memory.

The child in front of her looked distressed, so she asked one more question: "How long has your sister had these symptoms?"

The child also told the truth: "It's been about three days."

"A few days ago, my sister came back and said she had a headache. She thought it would be better after a sleep, but she collapsed on the bed the next day. My sister kept coughing. Today she started to have a fever, and the fever was extremely severe."

This is no longer an ordinary cold. This flu spreads very quickly. As long as your immunity is not up to par, you can easily get caught by the cold.

"It's okay, your sister will be fine soon."

Liu Tao is just a child, and what adults say is extremely credible. Just now, his frown gradually disappeared, and there was a glimmer of hope on his face.

Mei Sanniang introduced Liu Tao to his home. Mei Xue took a look in the yard and thought something had happened, guessing that she had something to do with Liu Tao running out to play.

Before Mei Sanniang could question her, Mei Xue began to admit her mistake the moment she saw Liu Tao.

"Mom, it's my fault, I shouldn't have gone out to play."

Mei Sanniang was also shocked when she saw Xue'er admitting her mistake in front of her. Then Liu Tao defended Xue'er and said: "Aunt Mei, Xue'er is not to blame for this matter. I instigated Xue'er to play."

When we were still talking about these things, Mei Sanniang did not blame Xueer. She said, "We'll talk about it later. Liu Tao, don't you want to get medicine? You wait here."

Along the way, she roughly understood her condition, so she picked up a set of herbal medicines, which included magnolia bark, tangerine peel, pinellia, angelica dahurica, platycodon, poria, licorice, ginger slices, and scallions.

Outside the house, Liu Tao looked at Mei Xue apologetically, and Mei Xue thought that their going out was exposed.

"Liu Tao, are you okay?"

Liu Tao shook his head, and then he couldn't hold himself any longer.

"My sister has a fever. What you said before is true. I feel that my sister is also infected."

"Teacher Liu?"

Liu Tao looked at Mei Xue helplessly and said, "Aunt Mei told me to take some medicine for my sister, so that's all."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have instigated you to play together before. If I had listened to you earlier and taken precautions, my sister would not have had a fever. Now she is lying in bed unable to move, and she is coughing violently.

I would be woken up by coughing even if I fell asleep in the middle of the night.”

Every time he wanted to get close to take care of his sister, she rejected him one by one, and even yelled with a violent cough not to come close, as it would be contagious.

At first, there were many sick children in the school, and Liu Tao's sister Liu Ju visited them one by one. She must have contracted the disease at that time.

"What are you talking about? Teacher Liu will definitely get better."

Mei Xue and Liu Tao were waiting outside, while Mei Sanniang prescribed three doses of medicine for Liu Tao's sister, because she didn't know whether the traditional Chinese medicine was effective or not, but what she knew was that the ingredients of the traditional Chinese medicine were mild and would not hurt other organs, but they were effective.

The level is lower than that of western medicine.

Some medicines treat the symptoms but not the root cause. When I first arrived, Mei Sanniang still prescribed less medicine.

After dividing the medicine, she gave it to Liu Tao and reminded: "Three times a day, a total of three days of medicine. Be careful not to use spicy food."

Liu Tao excitedly took the medicine from Mei Sanniang and kept saying thanks: "Thank you Aunt Mei, thank you Aunt Mei."

"Go home quickly, your sister is still waiting for you."

"Take this medicine after meals, and don't drink water half an hour after drinking it."

"Eat more fruits on a daily basis, supplement vitamin C, and improve your immunity. Once your immunity improves, your body will naturally get better."

"Don't be afraid if you have a fever. Give your sister physical cooling. Cover your sister's forehead with a wet towel. You can also apply it on your armpits if conditions permit."

"A fever means the body's immune system is going crazy."

"This is enough to show that there are germs invading the body, but constant fever will burn people stupid. You must remember not to let your sister cover her sweat."

"Some tricks don't really work."

After Mei Sanniang finished these instructions, she urged: "Go back quickly."

Liu Tao nodded excitedly, then his eyes fell on Mei Xue, and he said sincerely: "Thank you."

After Liu Tao left, Mei Xue suddenly knelt in front of Mei Sanniang and kept admitting her mistakes.

"Mom, it's Xue'er who's disobedient."

Mei Xue knew that everything her mother did was for her own good, but she didn't want to lose this friend, so she chose to sneak out secretly.

When her mother brought Liu Tao back, she immediately realized her mistake.

"Mom, can you not be angry? Xueer won't dare to do it next time."

Mei Sanniang was not angry at all, because she knew from March Pao that Xueer had gone out and went up the mountain.

But for the sake of the child admitting his mistake, Mei Sanniang still pretended to be slightly angry. She warned: "Have you forgotten everything I said before?"

"Are you wearing a mask when you go out?"

Mei Xue nodded repeatedly: "Wear it."

As long as you wear a mask, it's fine. She sewed silk inside the mask. This mask is precious. Every time she uses it, she washes it and bakes it in the sun, or bakes it at high temperature next to the stove.

bake.

"It's okay. The child Liu Tao is in good health and should be fine. You are wearing a mask, so 80% of the time there will be no problems."

"Xue'er, my mother is going to town tomorrow. You just stay at home. If anything happens, go see your Uncle Erzhu."

"You're still young, don't hold grudges. Your Uncle Erzhu takes special care of my mother's family. Even if he turns into the type you don't like, it's because of my mother that he became like this."

"You must always remember that your Uncle Erzhu will never harm you, let alone your mother."

Mei Sanniang can be sure that she knows best what kind of person Xu Erzhu is.

Mei Xue fell silent after hearing this. She was afraid of Uncle Erzhu who would hit someone, and she was even more afraid of that kind of emotionless fight, as if one day a big fist would fall on her body.

"Xue'er knows, don't worry, mother, I will take good care of my brother."

After hearing this, Mei Sanniang smiled happily, and then the smile gradually disappeared along with Old Man Li's cough.

Mei Sanniang finally understood why the older generation said, "Raise children to protect yourself from old age."

Daughters have to be married off, and the purpose of raising children is to provide for the older generation to take care of them until they die, and to take care of them when they are sick.

Like Old Man Li, who has no children, not even a wife, and no one cares about him when he is seriously ill, let alone takes care of him.

When Mei Sanniang thought of this, she suddenly recalled what her mother-in-law had said to her before.

The old man seems to be afraid that his offspring will not take care of him in old age, and he will ask again and again, "Will you honor your mother-in-law in the future?"

Honoring the elderly is what children should do. From ancient times to the present, filial piety comes first.

No matter old or young, they are all alive. So she stayed and raised her children with little knowledge.

She set out for the town the next day, starting from home around dawn.

Along the way, she kept driving, and occasionally she would hear the sound of someone coughing on the road, and the splashing spit looked particularly eye-catching, which inadvertently made her speed up her pace.

After arriving in the town, every household had its doors closed, only some vendors were still shouting, adding some life to the otherwise deserted streets.

Mei Sanniang came to Longfeng Town this time just to buy some goods.

She asked several grocery stores in succession, but none sold marine fish.

"Thank you."

“Are there any other places that might sell marine fish?”

The aunt opposite looked at Mei Sanniang like a gorilla in an amusement park.

"I don't have this kind of seafood here, only the coastal areas are rich in it."

"We are not a big city here. They are only sold in the city. Why don't you go to the fish shop and have a look."

After Mei Sanniang thanked her aunt, she followed her instructions and walked straight ahead. She turned left and entered a fork in the road, turned right and walked a hundred meters before she saw a fish shop.

It's just that there are fewer people buying fish now, and everyone is staying at home. Unlike in the village, many people still gather together to chat. Only those like Uncle Li who can't get out of bed don't go out.

People in the town seemed to be more alert. Mei Sanniang walked forward and saw that the fish seller was changing the water for the fish.

Mei Sanniang looked at the fish in the store and asked, "Boss, are there any sea fish for sale?"

The boss was a man in his forties or fifties. He was quite burly. His rubber bucket shoes were stained with fish scales. He raised his head and looked at Mei Sanniang and said in a strong local dialect: "Sister, this is

Where can I buy sea fish? There are grass carp, carp, and crucian carp. Do you want them?"

"Aren't there any sea fish?" Mei Sanniang was still a little unwilling to give up. Logically speaking, the fish seller had a wide network and should know where to buy fish.

"Sister, I'm just a small shop here. The sea fish must only be pickled fish meat. Why don't you go to the nearest market and have a look? Maybe there will be some."

Mei Sanniang thought it would happen, but she was a little disappointed.

"Thank you, boss. I'll go take a look. If it's not available, I'll go back to you and buy it."

Mei Sanniang turned around and asked for directions, then came to the market. The market was also particularly deserted. Rotten leaves and some rotten fruits could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Mei Sanniang went straight to the fish stall, where the boss was shaving off the scales of the fish. Before Mei Sanniang could get closer, the fish boss spoke with a smile.

"Yao Mei, do you want to buy some fish? My fish is always fresh, why don't you buy one?"

Mei Sanniang looked here and there, then asked, "Do you have any hairtails to buy?"

When the boss took a look, he realized that this little girl knew the goods.

"We don't have hairtail here. These are all seafood. We only sell freshwater fish here. It's very expensive to bring them back from the sea. We can't even afford the freight, so how can we sell marine fish?"

Mei Sanniang didn't believe that it was really impossible to buy sea fish, "Do you know where I can buy it? A small piece is fine, just for a taste. I have never eaten sea fish and I want to taste it."

The boss was well-informed and told Mei Sanniang: "Sea fish is not as delicious as freshwater fish. Look at this silver carp, it weighs at least five kilograms."
Chapter completed!