Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

winter night.

The cold wind howled.

The two brothers of the Chen family were toasting each other in the room, making it very lively.

After three rounds of drinking, little brother Chen suddenly covered his stomach and looked at his elder brother with a painful expression: "Brother, why does my stomach feel uncomfortable? I feel like vomiting and my head is a little dizzy..."

As he spoke, he tried to stand up and walk towards his elder brother, but he lost his balance and fell to the side.

At first, Brother Chen didn't take it seriously. He just thought that he was tired from moving things outside in the winter, and his body was a little weak from drinking. He continued to drink the wine in the glass, but gradually, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He covered his chest and subconsciously spit out what he had just drunk.

He suddenly recalled that the village chief had told everyone that day that this thing was poisonous if eaten directly. He thought the village chief was afraid that they would steal the salt and was deliberately fooling everyone.

The village chief also said that this thing must go through many processing steps before it can reduce its toxicity. But just now, because they hadn't eaten salt for a long time, they were so excited that even the soup was salty...

Brother Chen struggled to get up, ran to the door and started vomiting, and did not forget to urge Brother Chen to vomit out what he had just eaten.

When Brother Chen heard this, he just wanted to get up, but he fell to the ground. His head hit the door sill, and he lost consciousness with a bang.

There was still a kerosene lamp lit in Yun Zhenzhen's house. The children were reviewing their homework in the room, while she was lying on a chair by the fire, taking a sip of tea from time to time. The house was very quiet. The north wind was blowing outside, and a few subtle sounds could be heard from time to time.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the quiet night outside.

Aunt Zhao was the first to knock on the door.

"What happened?" She put down the teacup, reluctantly left the recliner and went out to see.

Qin Li rushed out of the house and stopped her: "Mom, it's cold outside. You lie down in the house first. I'll go out and take a look and then tell you."

He opened the door and walked out. After a while, he came back with a serious expression. "It's the two brothers from the Chen family at the end of the village. I heard they must have eaten unprocessed salt from the salt lake on the mountain. Now they are lying on the ground. Someone went to ask the village doctor to come, but no one knows what happened. Now the eldest brother of the Chen family has woken up and is kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, begging the villagers to save his brother..."

Outside the courtyard of the Chen family's gate, the village doctor was stopped by Brother Chen.

"Doctor Shi, my brother is still breathing. Please save him..." Brother Chen no longer cared about his reputation. He knelt on the ground, his head banging loudly. "My brother is the only relative I have. Please prescribe some medicine to prevent him from dying. I will go to the city to find a doctor at dawn, even if I have to take a small road..."

There were many villagers who were woken up and were sighing helplessly.

"Look, didn't the village chief distribute salt to every household? It's enough to last for several days, but the Chen brothers refused to listen and insisted on stealing it from the salt lake in the mountains. We've already told them that it's poisonous if not processed. They're just dying."

"Who can we blame for this? We can only blame themselves. There's nothing we can do."

"This is a wake-up call for all of us. I thought the village chief was just bluffing, but I never thought eating this thing would actually kill people. It's really scary..."

"I just went inside to take a look. There was vomit all over the floor. The Chen family kid was lying next to the door. I wonder if he's still alive."

"Doctor Shi, why don't you just prescribe a prescription for them? Even though these two people are lazy and gluttonous, they have lived in the same village for so long, so they should have some feelings for each other."

"Yes, now the road out of the village is also blocked. If you don't take care of them, you will really just wait for death."

Doctor Shi sighed helplessly, "You all know I'm only half-baked. I can prescribe some medicine to treat injuries, colds, and bruises, but his symptoms sound like poisoning, and I've never seen anything like it before. I really don't know what to do. How about this for now? I'll go back and see if there's any record of this kind of situation in those old books, and try to find a solution..."

Salt was originally controlled by the imperial court. From mining to transportation, it was not the turn of ordinary people like them to interfere. No one knew that eating unprocessed salt could really cause poisoning.

He decided to go back and think of a solution to see if there was any record in the book.

But I don't know if Brother Chen can hold on until he finds the prescription and comes back...

"If you get salt poisoning from untreated salt, quickly pour soapnut water into the stomach and induce vomiting." A voice came from the crowd, "Boss Chen, why don't you go into the house and find some soapnuts and dissolve them in water. Give some to your brother and drink some yourself. Then vomit out everything you just ate or drank."

When Boss Chen looked up, he saw Yun Zhenzhen walking towards him in the night, wrapped in an exquisite blanket.

Seeing that it was her who was speaking, Boss Chen's heart inexplicably calmed down. Although she was not a doctor, after spending some time with her, everyone in Qinjia Village would inexplicably believe what she said.

"Okay, okay, I'll get it done right away. Thanks, Sister Yun, for your help." Boss Chen quickly got up from the ground, ran into the house and started tinkering with things.

Doctor Shi looked at her in surprise: "How...how did the Yun family's niece know this method?"

"It's all thanks to my nephew. He brought back a lot of books. I also often search for some strange medical books and happened to see related ones." Yun Zhenzhen spoke calmly without any panic.

The reason why Boss Cheng was awake was because he vomited some of the heavy metals after using them, so his poisoning symptoms were not as serious as his brother's.

However, judging from the severity of his brother's condition, he must have taken quite a bit of food, so it would be a bit difficult for him to fully recover to normal in a short period of time.

Doctor Shi followed Yun Zhenzhen and discussed with a look of surprise, his eyes flashing from time to time. The other people in the village loved to watch the fun, so they followed and gathered in the Chen family yard.

Since it concerned his brother's life, Boss Chen did not dare to delay. He soon brought out a large basin of soapnut water and poured it directly into his brother's mouth. Seeing that he had no reaction, he kept pouring it in until he had drunk half of the basin.

"vomit……"

"Pfft..."

As Little Brother Chen was dragged and shaken by Boss Chen, he subconsciously began to vomit and relaxed. Seeing this, the villagers all breathed a sigh of relief.

"He still has a vomiting reaction. His brother pulled him to spit out what he ate. It should be fine now."

"This time, it's all thanks to Sister Yun. She's really smart and knows more than the village doctor."

"If she wasn't smart, how could she become a Ruyi'an woman? This was a title bestowed personally by the Emperor. We can never even dream of it in our lifetime..."

"You're right. It would be great if I had such a powerful relative in my next life, so I could also benefit from it."

"..."

As Boss Chen watched his brother gradually regain consciousness, he collapsed to the ground, quickly drank the remaining half basin of soapnut water, and ran to the side to vomit.