For people of this era, especially country people, candy was very rare.
Jiang Xiaoya was just a child after all. When she saw the candies, she was inevitably tempted.
Zhao Xiulan gave her some candies. Although she wanted them, she just swallowed her saliva and was too embarrassed to take them.
So, Zhao Xiulan put them directly into Jiang Xiaoya’s hand. “Take them. I’m going to work in the pigsty first. If you don’t want to go, just stay home with Tiedan and watch over him.”
After saying that, Zhao Xiulan turned around and left the Jiang family’s house.
Jiang Xiaoya held the candies in her hand carefully, feeling unreal.
The old couple of the Jiang family were even more grateful to Zhao Xiulan. This child… is so nice!
They thought that she probably got the candies with great difficulty, but she was not stingy at all and gave some to Jiang Xiaoya directly.
Jiang Xiaoya took the candies and ran to Jiang Tiedan’s bed. She stuffed them into Jiang Tiedan’s hand and said, “Brother, these are the candies given to me by Sister Xiulan. Get well quickly so we can eat together!”
Although she wanted to eat them now, Jiang Xiaoya decided to endure it, at least ate it with Jiang Tiedan and not just by herself.
Zhao Xiulan continued to go back to the pigsty to clean it.
Early the next morning, when she went to work again, Jiang Xiaoya ran over happily and informed her, “Sister Xiulan, my brother is awake. After taking the medicine you gave him, his fever has gone.”
Zhao Xiulan was also worried last night. When she heard that Jiang Tiedan’s fever had subsided, her hanging heart finally dropped and she breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
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“That’s great! Let go see Tiedan then.” Zhao Xiulan said.
“Okay!”
Jiang Xiaoya nodded heavily. If Zhao Xiulan didn’t say anything, Jiang Xiaoya would still convince her to come and see him. She remembered what her grandparents told her which was to call Zhao Xiulan if something happened.
The two of them arrived at Jiang’s house soon.
Zhao Xiulan first checked on Jiang Tiedan. The child’s fever had gone down and he was awake, but he was a little weak.
The conditions of the Jiang family were not good, and they were not as good as ordinary families in the production team, so the two children of the Jiang family were very thin.
These days, if you didn’t have anything to eat, you wouldn’t be full, you would be hungry, your face would be sallow, your muscles would be thin, and your health would not be good.
Now that Jiang Tiedan was ill again, his body was naturally a little weaker.
This child needed something good to replenish his body.
Not to mention eating more nutritious things, he had to at least make his stomach full.
But the Jiang family was in a situation like this. They didn’t have any food at home so how could they keep Jiang Tiedan full?
Zhao Xiulan pondered for a reason to send some food to the Jiang family.
When the Jiang family old couple saw Zhao Xiulan coming over, they took her hands and said gratefully, “Xiulan, Tiedan’s recovery is thanks to you this time. If it wasn’t for your medicine, I don’t know when his fever will be gone and he may not be able to recover. We were afraid that something will go wrong,” Mrs. Jiang said while wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Because of Jiang Tiedan’s illness, the Jiang family was worried to death.
The Jiang family now only had one male member left. If something really happened, they didn’t know what to do.
Mrs. Jiang couldn’t even imagine the consequences.
The old couple of the Jiang family were also familiar with the condition. The fever was very serious. If the fever did not go away, his brain might be burned out or other serious conditions might occur.
Zhao Xiulan’s helping hand was equivalent to saving Jiang Tiedan’s life and the lives of the old couple.