I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

That morning, Liu Nanjia got up and dressed quietly, just like usual.

After she finished dressing, she felt that her younger sister Liu Sirou was acting strangely.

Even if she moves very lightly, her younger sister will get up as soon as she moves.

But today, she had already tidied her clothes, and her younger sister still hadn't made a move.

She hurriedly looked at her younger sister's face, and was shocked by what she saw.

Si Rou's face was flushed with an abnormal redness, and when touched, her forehead was burning hot; she had a fever.

Liu Nanjia couldn't help but blame herself. How could she have slept so soundly at night that she hadn't noticed when her younger sister had started to get sick, or how long she had been running a fever?

Just then, the door next to us creaked open, followed by footsteps; it was my brother who had also gotten up.

Just as Liu Yanxi stepped out of his room to fetch water, he saw his second sister walking quickly toward him, her face full of anxiety. She whispered to him, "Brother, I have a high fever, my head is burning hot."

Liu Yanxi panicked upon hearing this, and said, "I'll go take a look." He then turned to go inside.

Liu Nanjia stopped him, her voice low but her words rapid: "Brother, before they get up, go and find Doctor Li. My sister's fever came on suddenly, and we must ask him to come and treat her and get her medicine. If Master and Madam Fang get up, they might not let you go."

Given the character of Grandpa Liu and Madam Fang, who are inherently sexist, they wouldn't be willing to spend money on their younger sister's medical treatment.

A fever in a child is a very dangerous thing, especially at this time.

In ancient times, the infant mortality rate was already high. Without medication, it was difficult for children to survive. Even if they were lucky enough to recover, they were very likely to suffer from long-term effects.

Then Liu Nanjia thought of something and added, "When you go to see Doctor Li, try to make a big fuss so that more people in the village know that my little sister is sick."

Liu Yanxi agreed, turned around and left in a hurry. As soon as he left the courtyard, he ran towards Li Langzhong's house.

He deliberately bumped into a few people on the road, then ran while loudly apologizing: "Auntie/Uncle, I'm so sorry, my little sister has a fever, and I'm in a hurry to fetch Doctor Li. I'm so sorry!"

On Liu Nanjia's side, the only thing to do was to find a clean cloth, soak it, and place it on Liu Sirou's forehead to cool her down.

She knew nothing about medicine and was helpless before the doctor arrived, so she could only worry anxiously.

At this moment, Fang also got up and saw that none of the children from the second branch were in the yard, but the wooden bucket for carrying water was still there.

He immediately started yelling: "Where are you all? What time is it? Why aren't you up yet? All you do is shirk your responsibilities. You've been running around outside every day these past few days. Don't you have any chores to do at home? Do you even consider this your home?"

Liu Nanjia changed the cloth on her younger sister's head again before opening the door and going out, saying, "Aunt, my younger sister has a fever, and I'm taking care of her."

Fang glared at him: "You have a fever, are you just making excuses to be lazy?"

He was about to go inside to take a look.

Upon entering and seeing Liu Sirou's face, she realized she was indeed ill and pursed her lips.

"She really did get a fever. So useless, just like your mother. She's in bed with a fever, what good are you here? You're not a doctor, can you cure her? Hurry up and cook. Where's your brother? Where did he go again?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Nanjia completely ignored her and said indifferently, "I am not a doctor, so naturally we need to call a doctor. My brother has gone to find Doctor Li."

Upon hearing this, Fang became anxious. "Inviting Doctor Li would cost money!"

Although she doesn't manage the family money now, it will eventually come into her hands. If she spends more now, she'll have less later.

What's more, the money was spent on the second wife.

"Why bother calling Doctor Li? He's sick and just needs to rest at home. You're all so precious. Go and call your brother back."

As she spoke, she grabbed Liu Nanjia's sleeve and started to walk out.

The commotion reached the ears of the rest of the family.

When Fang saw that Old Master Liu had also come out, she immediately complained, "Father, those little brats from the second branch of the family, the youngest is sick, and the two older ones don't utter a sound. They just want to go find Doctor Li. They don't respect you at all. I was just about to tell her to call her brother back."

Provoked by these words, Old Master Liu angrily said to Liu Nanjia, "Who gave you permission to act on your own? Hurry up and go!"

Liu Nanjia stood still.

Grandma Liu stepped in to smooth things over: "Don't get so angry so early in the morning. I'll go check on the child first. How come he was fine yesterday but is sick today?"

As he walked into the house, he saw Liu Sirou's flushed face and tightly closed eyes and knew something was wrong.

This person is quite ill; they didn't wake up even with all that noise outside.

So he came out and said, "She is indeed ill. I touched her, and she has a high fever. Since Yanxi has already gone to invite Doctor Li, let's wait for him to come and take a look."

Fang was unhappy. "Mother, where in the family can we afford to treat a little girl like her? Children's illnesses come and go quickly; she'll be fine in a couple of days."

Liu Nanjia was utterly disdainful of her words.

Although the Liu family wasn't wealthy in the village, they certainly weren't poor either. How could they not even have money for medical treatment?

Adding to her concern that her younger sister was in a bad mood, she immediately retorted, "If we don't call a doctor, how can your aunt guarantee that your younger sister will get better? Last time Anren was sick, your aunt called Doctor Li."

Fang's youngest son, Liu Anren, had an upset stomach a few days ago, which was purely due to his own overeating.

Fang hurriedly invited Doctor Li over.

When it's the younger sister's turn, she'll be fine after a couple of days of rest.

Fang was shocked to hear Liu Nanjia bring up her son's affairs.

He angrily said, "When adults are speaking, who gives a junior like you the right to interrupt? You really are a motherless brat. How can that little girl Liu Sirou be compared to my son? Anren is going to study and become an official in the future, so of course we have to take good care of him. I think you've been itching for a beating these past few days."

They start hitting people as soon as they get involved.

At this moment, Liu Yanxi returned with Doctor Li.

Doctor Li is quite old and doesn't need much sleep, but he's already up.

But as an old man, he couldn't keep up with the speed of a teenager and was dragged along until he was out of breath.

When Fang saw that outsiders had arrived, she could no longer continue hitting the person and could only reluctantly put down her hand.

After catching his breath, Doctor Li said, "Yanxi said that Sirou has a fever. I'll go check on her in which room."

When Grandpa Liu saw that the doctor had arrived, he realized that his granddaughter was sick and it would be bad to refuse to let her see him since she had come all this way. So he gestured for Grandma Liu to bring Doctor Li into the house.

The villagers weren't too particular, and since Doctor Li was about the same age as Grandpa Liu, practically a grandfather, they just let him come in and take Liu Sirou's pulse.

After examining the child, Doctor Li came out with a somewhat grave expression: "It's a cold. If it were an ordinary child, a few doses of medicine would be enough. But Si Rou is already weak, so this illness is more severe. She needs to take medicine for a few more days and rest properly."

Mrs. Fang hurriedly asked, "How much money is it?"

Old Master Liu was clearly also concerned, his gaze fixed on Doctor Li.

After calculating in his mind, Doctor Li said, "Si Rou's health is not good, so we can't use too strong medicine. We need to add some nourishing herbs, which will make the price more expensive. One dose costs 10 coins, three times a day, and it's best to take it for five days, which is 150 coins."