Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After she came out, she found that the entire Hexi Village was empty and silent. Those who stayed were buried under the ruins and could never leave this land again. The ground was full of broken remains and only the lingering sadness spread in the air.

Lin Dahua didn't know how she managed to run back to Linjia Village holding Xiaomaizi to seek help.

It was only after she stepped into Linjia Village that she discovered that Linjia Village, like Hexi Village, had long been deserted, with ruins all over the place, and the echo of ghostly sobs was endless. The breath she had held on to finally collapsed in misery, and she knelt in front of the ruins of the Lin family, crying loudly while holding her only remaining blood relative.

Until dawn, Lin Dahua completely lost her voice, stopped crying, and dragged her exhausted, weak and heavy body away from Linjia Village step by step.

A woman holding a one-year-old child, fleeing helplessly on this road where countless bones were buried, how much bullying and abuse, ups and downs and sorrows did she have to endure before she could meet up with the Linjia Village team alive? Lin Dahua never mentioned a word about these experiences, and simply glossed over them all. Naturally, the Lin family had no idea of ​​the inhuman suffering she had endured during that period.

She thought that finding the team from Linjia Village would be her glimmer of hope, but the cruel reality told her that there is no worst, only worse.

She just fell from a devil's cave into another hell on earth.

……

She didn't want to recall the days when she felt worse than death, so when her family mentioned it, Lin Dahua couldn't help but shed tears. She started with soft sobs and later burst into tears. Her crying startled Xiaomaizi who was drinking milk, and she started crying too.

Seeing her crying so sadly, the Lin family couldn't bear to force her to recall those unbearable days. They just hoped that as time passed, family affection could heal the pain in her heart.

Fortunately, the plague struck unexpectedly, catching everyone off guard. While they were stunned, their hearts felt heavy and bitter as if they had been fed with coptis.

After Lin Dahua finished eating, Miao turned around and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve. She also took out a few new clothes from the box where the family kept their clothes and gave them to her, letting her choose whichever clothes she wanted to change into.

Lin Dahua stroked the plain cotton clothes, then looked at the tattered old clothes she was wearing, which were of unrecognizable color, and she felt indescribable feelings in her heart.

As if she could see her reservedness, Miao sat beside her eldest daughter, patted her back gently as she did when they were children, and coaxed her, "You've made it through, let's forget the past. Your parents and your sisters have always been worried about you. Now that our family has finally reunited, we must try to look forward. No matter how hard the past was, it's over, let's forget it all.

Think more about the good things that come after the hardship. There are plenty of good days ahead for you and Maizi, just like these new clothes, which your second and third sisters specially went to the cloth shop in town to pick out for you. "

...Second sister and third sister...?

While Dahua was stunned, Lin Zhaodi moved to her other side and whispered to her about Lin Xiaoyue's heroic deeds to win back her and Xiaomaizi, which shocked Dahua so much that her eyes widened.

It was a little hard for her to believe. Given her second sister's personality, she was bold and straightforward. If she was provoked, she might really fight to the death with the people in the old house.

But my third sister...her soft personality, very similar to our mother's...how could she possibly beat those vicious jackals to the ground and make them terrified?

This...how is this possible?

Lin Dahua felt that either she had hypochondria, or her whole family had been driven crazy by the oppression and torture of the old house. Even Old Man Lin, who was the most protective of the old house, ignored it. It was simply unbelievable.

Lin Dahua felt that her second sister's words were just nonsense, simply a fairy tale.

But, not only the second sister, but also the fourth and fifth children, Miao, and even Uncle Dashan and Uncle Niu's families all said so. Looking at Dad's face full of disappointment and sadness, could it be... all this... be true???

After talking for a while, Miao saw that Lin Dahua and Xiao Maizi looked tired, so she waved her hand to disperse the crowd and let her daughter and granddaughter have a good rest.

Lin Dahua was indeed tired. With Miao's help, she slid down with her warm hand and lay down to rest.

She thought she must be too tired and even had the illusion that the people in the old house were beaten to a pulp. She had to take it easy and wait until she had recovered before going to her third sister to confirm whether it was true.

She felt that she had become bad, very bad. She really hoped that those evil-hearted people in the old house would get the retribution they deserved and end up with a miserable ending.

……

At this time, Lin Xiaoyue was at Doctor Qiao's side, listening to him chattering about Doctor Li's physical condition.

His senior brother was a man who took good care of his health, but this master of medicine was tortured to the point that he became extremely thin, with sunken cheeks and eye sockets. Severe dehydration caused dry rashes on his face, cracked lips, and he was so sick that he was mentally ill. It was simply unbelievable and puzzling.

While grumbling, Doctor Qiao was rummaging through several medicine baskets, so busy that he had no time to rest.

Lin Xiaoyue knew nothing about medicine and was forced to listen to him from the side. Seeing that Doctor Qiao was getting anxious, she was embarrassed to leave like that. At most, she just spoke halfheartedly and made some "hmm" and "ah" sounds from time to time in response, which showed that she was listening to him carefully.

She really just wanted to know how likely Doctor Qiao was to cure Doctor Li. If it really didn't work, she wanted to smuggle Huahua Qingwen Capsules out of the space and feed them to Doctor Li. Of course, this was the last resort, when even Doctor Qiao was helpless, so she tried modern medicine for Doctor Li.

However, she herself did not know whether the medicine was suitable for her condition, so she stayed here to waste time waiting for the results of Doctor Qiao's treatment. Otherwise, she would not need to listen to Tang Seng's chanting and would have run away long ago.

Doctor Qiao was like this because he was not very sure about the plague and was nervous. After all, the plague was too terrible. A narrow escape from death was the least of the worries. It was the most difficult disease of the time, and he was not 100% sure.

Since ancient times, once places and people infected with the plague were discovered, they were confined. No matter whether there were doctors to treat them or not, it was useless and they could not escape the fate of being burned in the end.

While Lin Xiaoyue was absent from work, Doctor Qiao had already prepared the medicine and urged the mute medicine boy to boil it quickly. He made a big bowl of dark and thick medicine juice, the smell of which almost suffocated Lin Xiaoyue to death.

According to Doctor Qiao, the purpose of this medicine is to dispel cold and reduce fever. If it is taken three times a day for three consecutive days, Doctor Li's body temperature will be completely lowered and will not rebound.

When Lin Xiaoyue heard that it would take so long, she felt unwell. Chinese medicine takes a long time to take effect. Sometimes, before the effect is fully realized, the patient may have become a fool due to the fever... Didn't you see that Madam Li was delirious due to the fever?

On the way back, Lin Xiaoyue carefully took out the thermometer from the space, and when no one was paying attention, she "beeped" at Dr. Li's neck. The temperature was 40.5 degrees!

At this time, Doctor Qiao gave the patient an injection and injected some medicine. She then quickly measured the temperature, which was 40 degrees!

It's terrible, the temperature barely moved.

If this happened in modern times, the patient would have called 120 and been taken to the hospital for a fever-reducing injection.

Doctor Qiao seemed to be talking non-stop and checking Doctor Li's pulse from time to time, but in fact he was more anxious than anyone else.