Chapter 61 Folk Prescription
According to what Huang Husheng had said earlier, Su Jiuyue fried the Sichuan peppers, poured them all into a small bowl, and covered them with a handkerchief. She brought the hot fried peppers to Liu Cuihua's room again.
"Mom!" She shouted.
Liu Cuihua didn't expect that Su would come back not long after she left, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Su Jiuyue walked forward with a small bowl and said: "You say earlier that your legs and feet are uncomfortable. So when I took Xiyuan to the imperial doctor Huang, I asked him for a prescription for you."
"Prescription?"
Su Jiuyue nodded, and moved gently beside the heatable brick bed.
"Doctor Huang said that you should cover your knees with hot fried Sichuan peppers, and the sorrow will gradually ease over time."
As Su spoke, she put the small bowl on the head of the bed, and lifted the quilt covering Liu Cuihua, revealing Lin's legs in cotton pants.
Until this time, Su looked up at Lin and asked: "Mom, may I untie your legs?"
At this moment, Liu Cuihua was very satisfied. It was often said that daughters were the small cotton-padded jackets of parents, but she only gave birth to three sons. The first two daughters-in-law, rather than little sweet dears, were "living foot-binding cloths", who were tattletales taking revenge privately.
It was only today that she felt the joy of having a daughter. She had been uncomfortable in her legs and feet for so many years, but nobody cared and found ways for her treatment.
While she just mentioned once her inconvenience in front of Su Jiuyue, Su took it to heart.
Others would only say that she was partial, but she was also emotional with deep feelings. How did she not love such a daughter-in-law like Su Jiuyue?
Her eyes were getting wet, and she nodded slowly, "Sure."
Then, Su Jiuyue untied the girdle wrapped around Lin's legs, and pulled up the cotton pants little by little above her knees. Su pulled the quilt thoughtfully and covered Lin's calves below the knees.
Only then did Su bring the small bowl that she had placed on the head of the bed, and put it on Liu Cuihua's knees through the handkerchief.
"Mom, it may be a little hot, so please bear with it."
A heat flow gradually spread all over Lin's body along her knees, making her feel extremely comfortable.
Both her knees were covered for a while, and the peppers in the bowl were no longer hot. So Su Jiuyue helped Lin put down her pants and tied her legs again.
"Do you feel better, mom?"
At this time, Liu Cuihua didn't know if it was because of psychological reasons, or if it really played a role, her legs, originally too heavy to take a step, were much lighter after covering peppers.
"I'm so glad you still care about me. I feel better now. Since you've been tired for a day, why not go back and have a good rest!"
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Su Jiuyue had told Lin Cuihua that she wanted to grow garlic, so she no longer had any scruples and planted two pots in her own house.
Seven or eight days quickly had passed. Su Jiuyue's garlic really sprouted, so she happily told Liu Cuihua about it.
Liu Cuihua didn't expect that Su would succeed. So just as Lin was about to praise her, she heard Tian Xiuniang, who was standing in the yard, scolding angrily and making oblique accusations.
"The firewood at home has been burned more and more quickly in recent days. Someone should be afraid of prickly heat if she burns so much every day! If she's afraid of coldness, why not go out for running? Well. It's not her duty to collect the firewood, so she wastes it. How can one live with such a person?"
Although Tian didn't scold Su Jiuyue explicitly, the family knew who she was talking about.
Su Jiuyue lowered her head and put the hands on her chest, scratching her nails silently.
Liu Cuihua immediately wanted to go out and to defend Su, but she didn't expect that Su Jiuyue would grab her sleeve just as she took a step.