C2 Menisperma

It was dawn when Gu Caiwei finished washing up. With great effort, she tied up her hair and applied self-made ointment on her forehead. She then took out the bedding that was soaked by the rain to dry before carrying her medicine basket out.

After the rain, the air is fresh, the willows unfold, the countryside is full of songbirds, smoke rises, the busy day of farmers will begin.

The ground was still muddy. She walked carefully, afraid that her shoes would get dirty – this was also her precious fortune. From time to time, she would greet a few neighbors who had finished their meal and were preparing to go down.

"Grandpa Li, have you eaten?"

"Third Uncle Li, are you going to the ground?"

"Big Brother Li, good morning!"

The entire village was filled with people surnamed Li, only a few with different surnames.

"A lady selling medicine?" Most of the villagers liked this lively girl who seemed to be smiling whenever they met each other. When they thought that she could still read, they felt even more respectful. They didn't know who she was calling "big girl".

"Yes, let's go to uncle Erniu's house and take a taxi."

Lee Erniu raised the only cow in the village. Every five days and twenty miles, he would go to a town to market. He would go there to sell tofu and pick up people.

Few people in the village were willing to sit down, but 20 miles was a huge challenge to Gu Caiwei's current body. It was her first time walking and she almost died from heat stroke. From then on, she became Lee Erniu's loyal customer.

"Caiwei, you …" At the easternmost house on the riverbank, Spring Flower's sister-in-law called to her from the doorway.

She was the first woman in the village to show kindness to Gu Caiwei. She was not more than 21 years old, and was already the mother of two children. Her skin was slightly dark, but her looks were not bad.

"Good morning, Sister Spring Flower." Gu Caiwei giggled and ran over, "You want me to bring you something? You're done embroidering the last purse? "

Spring Flower was a skilled worker. She had to work in a tailor shop in town, and they provided her with colorful threads. She had to embroider a purse to give money to the workers. When the house was not busy, she would concentrate on making two a day.

Even a labourer would only earn eight cents per day for short jobs. Getting up early in the morning and getting tired of living was something one needed to do to break their heads to snatch it away.

Thus, based on her skills, Spring Flower was the one of the four wives that Granny looked upon the most, and she was also the one who spoke with determination in front of her man.

"En, I'm not busy these few days, so I just embroidered a few more needles." Saying this, she handed a bag of blue and white flowers to Gu Caiwei, "One for ten or thirty gold coins. Help me gather ten more coins and tell Grandma Meng that she will be late next time. She will be busy in a few days."

Gu Caiwei smiled and nodded as she took the bag. She then asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Spring Flower shook his head and winked at the main house. He pointed and whispered, "This is all within the rules. Watch closely."

Gu Caiwei knew that she was referring to her mother-in-law. She sighed in her heart. In ancient times, it was not easy to be a wife.

"Take it." Spring Flower gave her something.

Gu Caiwei lowered her head and saw that it was an egg.

"How can I accept this?" She shook her head, but there was saliva in her mouth.

Looking at your little pursuit, she couldn't help but to despise herself in her heart. Abalone sea cucumber lobster salmon, you have never eaten anything, now see an egg is so hopeless.

"Take it when I tell you to." "My mother-in-law knows," she whispered. "If I have to trouble you again, she won't be able to get in. If you follow a chicken's ass around every day, I can't steal it myself. "

As she spoke, she smiled.

When Gu Caiwei saw that Spring Flower Granny had come out, she coughed a few times. She knew that she was going to ask Spring Flower to go to work, so she quickly said loudly, "Aunt, thank you for the eggs. Sister Spring Flower said that your leg is always aching.

Granny Spring Flower had originally felt pity for that egg, but after hearing her request to bring her medicine, her face was covered in wrinkles. She smiled and said, "Thank you, young lady."

In the village, back and legs pain was not considered an illness, so who was willing to spend money to buy medicine?

Gu Caiwei waved her hand and ran back to Lee Erniu's house.

Before he reached the door, he saw Lee Erniu frantically driving the cattle out of the cow shed. The car was already parked in front of the door, and the sound of a woman shouting could be heard from inside the door.

"My son …"

Following that, there was another slap, followed by another reprimand. The yellow dog guarding the door also barked incessantly, and the neighbors all stuck their heads out to look around.

Gu Caiwei slowed her pace. She couldn't figure out what kind of civil war was going on in Lee Erniu's house.

"My lady," Lee Erniu saw her and said with a sad face, "Sorry, I can't send you back today. My family's Hu Zi is stuck eating peanuts, so I have to take him to see a doctor in Kong Village. Oh my god, what kind of trouble is this?"

Hu Zi was Lee Erniu's darling grandson. He was only two years old and looked very cute.

Kong Jia Village was the neighboring village. Five to six miles away from the village was the only barefoot doctor.

While she was talking, Lady Sun, Lee Erniu's wife, carried the purplish-faced Hu Zi and ran while howling, "It's not good to marry this unlucky star! You don't want to live with my son, and you want to harm my grandson? "

Behind her, a woman with tears in her eyes and a handprint on her face, dressed in a dark blue coarse cloth, staggered out, looking anxiously at the child.

This was none other than Hu Zi's mother, Ah Yuan. She was originally the servant of a wealthy family. For some reason, she had married Lee Erniu's only son, Lee Maoming. After the marriage, his mother-in-law couldn't bear to see him in such a good mood, so he lived a rather pitiful life.

"Something's wrong!" Gu Caiwei cursed inwardly. "Giving such a young child peanuts?"

Despite her anger, the doctor instinctively took off her basket and ran towards Lady Sun.

"Give Hu Zi to me!" Gu Caiwei said loudly, reaching out to hug the child.

Hu Zi was breathing rapidly. He coughed severely and his face turned purple. This was already a very dangerous situation.

Lady Sun didn't let go as she stared blankly at Gu Caiwei.

"Don't let go if you want to kill Hu Zi!" Gu Caiwei hated herself for being too weak, so she stomped her feet and scolded him.

Lee Erniu was a man after all. He figured out what was going on and said to Lady Sun, "Quick, quickly show Hu Zi to the big girl."

He wasn't sure. If he were to go to the neighboring village, Hu Zi probably wouldn't be able to save him and would have to try his best to save him.

He looked at Gu Caiwei expectantly.

Gu Caiwei didn't bother to look at anyone else, she picked Hu Zi up, bent her knees and squatted, pinched the sides of his cheekbones with one hand, and held the back of his neck with the other to let him lie on her knees. She patted his back four or five times, but the situation didn't improve at all.

Everyone looked at Gu Caiwei urgently.