Xu Wenwan felt like she was going to die from exhaustion. She walked into the main hall, plopped down on a chair, and didn’t want to move an inch.
As for Yu Fangfang in the other room, she simply didn’t have the energy to care.
anwhile, Xu Chongshan went looking for help, only to find out that the barefoot doctor, Liu Changshu, had gone to the County Town to pick up dicine and wouldn’t be back until that evening.
The news almost made the 1.8-ter-tall Xu Chongshan buckle at the knees.
Just then, Aunt Zhao happened to be coming out from the house of an auntie she was close with, right next door to Liu Changshu’s place.
She had co over to buy radishes for Gu Jiaojiao and had already arranged it with the seller.
When she ca out, she saw Xu Chongshan, his face pale, looking as if he could faint at any mont.
Aunt Zhao was startled.
Xu Chongshan was an excellent worker who always earned full work points. Even at the height of sumr, when the sun peeled the skin from a man’s shoulders, he had never fainted.
’What on earth happened?’
"Zhong Shan, what’s wrong with you?"
Xu Chongshan was on the verge of tears. "Auntie, I think my wife is having a miscarriage. It’s really dangerous, but Doctor Liu isn’t here."
It takes two hours to get to the County Town from here. By the ti they got her there, it would be too late.
Aunt Zhao was startled as well.
’I didn’t think it was this serious.’
Finally, she gritted her teeth and suggested, "Why don’t you go ask Gu Zhiqing? See if she has a solution."
Ordinarily, Aunt Zhao wouldn’t have said sothing like that so casually.
But a life was on the line. What if Gu Jiaojiao could actually do sothing!
Hearing Aunt Zhao’s veiled suggestion, Xu Chongshan didn’t even ask a follow-up question. He just turned and bolted toward the foot of the mountain.
「Leng Yuan’s house.」
Gu Jiaojiao was tidying up her private plot.
She had finished pulling up all the vegetables and loosened the soil so she could plant so small greens next spring.
Because she had married Leng Yuan, her family had gained an additional two *fen* of private plot land.
The area at the foot of the mountain was originally wasteland. The production brigade leader had directly allocated two *fen* to them, letting them clear it themselves.
Gu Jiaojiao had no complaints about this.
Co next spring, Gu Jiaojiao planned to plant so chili peppers.
After living together for a while, she discovered that Leng Yuan could really handle his spice. Since she liked it too, she decided she would plant a lot more chili peppers next year.
Then there were fruits.
Fruit was too expensive these days, so she could plant so easy-to-grow varieties herself.
She’d also plant so peanuts and soybeans.
Cooking oil was also expensive, so she could plant peanuts and press them for oil.
She liked luffa, so she also planned to build a trellis and grow so.
She would let a couple of them grow old. Not only could she save the seeds, but she could also use the dried gourds to scrub dishes, which was perfect.
Just as Gu Jiaojiao was excitedly planning out her private plot, soone started pounding on the door.
Judging by the force, it sounded like they wanted to tear her door down.
Gu Jiaojiao jumped in alarm.
"Who is it!"
Hearing movent inside, Xu Chongshan quickly called out, "Gu Zhiqing, it’s , Xu Chongshan! My wife is having a miscarriage, and it’s very dangerous! Do you... do you have any way to help?"
By the end, Gu Jiaojiao could hear a choked sob in his voice.
She frowned, but still picked out a few herbs from the ones she had drying, then opened the door and stepped out.
"I’m not sure if this will be useful. I only know a little about health preservation."
Hesitation was clear in Gu Jiaojiao’s voice.
Xu Chongshan heard it imdiately and rushed to reassure her. "Gu Zhiqing, my wife is in great danger. Please, just co and take a look. Even if sothing... happens, it won’t have anything to do with you."
He was still thinking clearly. He knew that even if sothing happened to his wife, the bla couldn’t be placed on Gu Jiaojiao.
In truth, Gu Jiaojiao wanted nothing to do with the village chief’s family.
Mainly because Xu Wenwan had returned. In the book, it was written that the village chief’s family doted on this daughter, treating her like a precious treasure held in the palm of their hands.
Her older brothers doted on their younger sister even more and could never bear to let her work in the fields.
If it weren’t for the fact that Xu Chongshan cared so much for his wife, she really wouldn’t have wanted to get involved.
Fortunately, Xu Chongshan was being quite rational.
Gu Jiaojiao sprinted after him all the way to the village chief’s house, nearly having the herbs in her hand blown away by the wind several tis.
When Gu Jiaojiao arrived at the village chief’s house, she didn’t even have ti to catch her breath before entering Xu Chongshan and Yu Fangfang’s room.
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