Chapter 409 – Infection with Wind Chill

Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei, who stayed in the shed while the men shoveled snow, were not idle.

Because there was a clump of light bamboo forest not far from the road where the people had dug, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei cut some more back.

With these bamboos the shed was extended and a bamboo bed was built on the ground, about one meter wide and two meters long, big enough for an adult man to lie down.

It’s always more comfortable with a blanket than sitting directly on a cold stone.

It’s not a big place, just enough to build such a bamboo bed, but at least this way the people can take turns to lie down and sleep for a while.

On the fourth day, the crowd was still unable to leave the area, the weather was still cold, and the snow showed no signs of melting.

Luckily, Wei Ruo was able to cook food for them every meal, and no one was hungry.

And the shoveling of snow and digging of roads went on, and the crowd did not stop at all, except at night and at meal times.

It was four days past they had to pick up the pace, once the food and charcoal were depleted they could be in danger of losing their lives.

Every time Wei Ruo was still able to take out food and give it to the crowd, there was a sense of relief in the hearts of the crowd.

They really didn’t expect that Wei Ruo’s carriage had put so much rice and grain on it.

Although Wei Ruo told them that she had brought her own cooking tools and a lot of food because she had to go to open up the wasteland often and traveled a long way with no place to eat.

But how they didn’t expect the massive amount of food she was talking about to be so much, it really saved their lives!

On the fifth day, there was an unexpected development, Mr. Tan had a fever.

Mr. Tan didn’t tell everyone at first, even his four personal guards didn’t know.

It wasn’t until he got up to take the bowl Wei Ruo handed him during the evening meal that he collapsed just as the man stood up.

Luckily, his house servant was quick to catch him and put him on the bamboo bed.

At this point, Mr. Tan had burned to a somewhat disoriented state, and the four household servants panicked.

“Lao San and Lao Si you two watch over sir, Lao Er and I will now go to the doctor to find medicine.” Ah Da gave instructions to the remaining three.

“Big brother, the snow is blocking the road, where are you going to find a doctor? We’ve been digging for two days now, but there should still be a large distance to the city gates.” Ah San asked.

“Even if it’s far away, we have to go find it, nothing can happen to mister!” Da was adamant.

The remaining three had nothing better to do, so they nodded in agreement.

“Big brother you come back as soon as possible!” San admonished.

“Don’t you worry about me, take care of mister!”

After saying that, Da was going to move off with Er.

This scene Xu Fengyuan Lu Yuhong and the others were all watching, but at this time, they did not have a better suggestion.

“Wait.” Wei Ruo called out to the two who were about to go out.

“What’s the matter with Miss Wei?” The two men stopped to look at Wei Ruo.

“Mr. Tan should have an infected wind chill, I have medicine in my car.” Wei Ruo said.

“Miss Wei has medicine?”

The four of them unanimously showed expressions of surprise and joy.

Not only Mr. Tan’s four servants, even Xu Fengyuan Lu Yuhong and the others were surprised.

This Miss Wei’s carriage isn’t a treasure chest, is it? How come there’s everything!

“Yes.” Wei Ruo gave an affirmative answer, followed by commanding the four, “You guys carry him to my carriage first.”

In these few days, the men had never gotten on Wei Ruo’s carriage, although it was a special period of time and a lot of etiquette had been set aside, they still tried to keep some distance from Wei Ruo, after all, men and women are not related.

At this time, Wei Ruo took the initiative to move Mr. Tan to the carriage, and his four servants were naturally happy because Wei Ruo’s carriage was relatively warm.

“May not.” Wei Yi Chen stopped it.

With that, Wei Yichen removed the blanket he was draped in and covered Mr. Tan’s body.

“Just let Mr. Tan lie on the bamboo bed, and if it’s still cold, I can give him all my clothes.” Wei Yi Chen said, his expression serious and firm.

“It’s better to carry the person up, it’s warmer.” Wei Ruo said.

“There is a difference between men and women, now this carriage is where you sleep, it’s no longer an ordinary carriage, so you can’t just let men enter.” Wei Yi Chen was very resolute.

The Wei Yi Chen of the previous few days had been a man of few words and hadn’t interfered with any of Wei Ruo’s decisions, but today he had suddenly changed his attitude.

Wei Ruo wanted to say something else, but Xu Fengyuan also seconded Wei Yichen’s opinion, “I agree with brother Wei, it’s better to just let Mr. Tan lie on the bamboo bed.”

Said Xu Feng Yuan who also removed the cloak he was covered in.

Immediately after the rest of the men gave the coat they were draped in to Mr. Tan.

Wei Ruo was busy stopping it, “Well, no need to cover it again, you all cover it up, if you don’t cover him up, you’ll have to crush him.”

Saying this, Wei Ruo walked over to the bamboo bed and took a few of the cloak blankets covering it down to return it to Wei Yi Chen and the others, leaving only two blankets, one to pad underneath and one to cover the body.

Immediately after that, Wei Ruo held Mr. Tan’s wrist and took his pulse.

“What are you doing?”

Wei Yi Chen and Ah Da spoke out at the same time.

“When I was in the countryside I learned some of the skins of medicine from an old gentleman, I’ll take Mr. Tan’s pulse to determine if he’s really infected with wind-cold, and if he is, then I can use medicine.” Wei Ruo explained.

Hearing Wei Ruo’s explanation, Ah Da Er and the four of them were a bit more relieved, proving that the Wei family’s eldest girl wasn’t just using random medicine.

Wei Yi Chen frowned slightly, it was the first time he knew that his eldest sister could take a pulse.

After a short time of taking her pulse, Wei Ruo asked Xiu Mei to go to the car and fetch the medicine back, while she herself began to boil boiling water.

The water Wei Ruo and the others drank in the past two days was boiled with snow water, and if it got cold it was put into a cowhide bag.

At first, when Wei Ruo did this, Lu Yuhong and the others had stopped it.

A few of them were distressed by the limited amount of charcoal, stating that a few of their men could just shove the snow in their mouths without the hassle of boiling it.

But Wei Ruo insisted that the people must drink the boiled water.

Not being able to take fresh water out of the space had already made Wei Ruo a bit regretful, drinking raw water was an absolute impossibility.

After Xiu Mei boiled the water, Wei Ruo took a bowl and put the pills into it, then poured in the boiled water to dissolve the pills.

A bowl of clear water instantly turned into a bowl of dark brown medicinal juice.

It was the first time that all of them had seen such a way of mixing medicine, and they couldn’t help but feel a sense of novelty.

“Miss Wei is this medicine to be drunk like this?” Ah Da, who had gotten the medicine, was a bit hesitant.

“Well, just drink it.” Wei Ruo replied, “Don’t worry, there’s no problem with this medicine.”

The four servants hesitated for a moment, and after looking at each other for a few moments, they chose to believe Wei Ruo.

Er held Mr. Tan while Da carefully gave him the medicine.