NFBE Chapter 111 Jiaojiao, I Miss You So Much
Chapter 111 Jiaojiao, I Miss You So Much
Su Yujing nodded and was silent for a long time before he adjusted his emotions.
Otherwise he was afraid that he would cry as soon as he opened his mouth.
"My little sister has grown up!"
"My brother is both relieved and distressed."
Su Yujiao saw the tears in her brother's eyes that he was trying hard to hold back, and quickly changed the subject.
"Brother, I'm going to buy some candied haws. He Jie'er and Xiao Ze both love them."
When the two men arrived home with the candied haws, the two children were reading at the stone table under the banyan tree.
He was still washing clothes by the well, and Chen was probably busy in the kitchen.
Su Baoguo's coughing sound came from the bedroom...
Although Su Yujiao gave a lot of money to her parents' home, she also moved to a better courtyard and even hired two maids.
But Chen dismissed them, and He still insisted on washing clothes and living frugally.
They knew very well that they could not rely on their daughters who married out to support them for the rest of their lives, so they continued to live in poverty.
Su Yujing watched his wife sitting next to a pile of clothes and pounding them, and his mother cooking in the dark, standing stiffly at the door, not even having the courage to go in.
All this was caused by him. If he were not useless, they would not have to live in such poverty.
Su Yujiao could understand her elder brother's mood at the moment. She tugged at her brother's sleeve and gave him an encouraging look.
Then he shouted into the courtyard: "He Jie'er, Xiaoze, look who's back."
The two children heard their aunt's cheerful shout and looked up at the door together.
Xiaoze looked at the thin man next to Su Yujiao and felt a little unfamiliar.
He Jie'er excitedly shouted, "Daddy!"
"Daddy!"
The little girl rushed over excitedly, and Su Yujing quickly squatted down, opened his arms and let his daughter jump into his arms.
In the yard, the sound of pounding clothes stopped, the sound of chopping vegetables in the kitchen stopped, and even the coughing in the bedroom disappeared.
He threw away the laundry mallet in her hand and stumbled to the door.
When she saw her long-lost husband, she squatted on the ground, covering her face and crying uncontrollably.
Chen also ran to the door with weak legs and feet, and was so excited that she almost fainted. Fortunately, Su Yujiao supported her in advance.
"Xiao Ze, go and help Grandpa out."
"it is good."
Although the little guy didn't understand why everyone was crying, he was still very obedient.
Su Yujing helped his wife up, wiped her tears with his hands, and comforted her in a low voice.
When Xiaoze helped Su Baoguo out, he suddenly lifted the corner of his robe and knelt down solemnly to kowtow.
"Mom and Dad, our son is back."
"I am an unfilial son and have made my parents worry."
The two elders helped him up while crying, looked him up and down, and asked him about his well-being.
"Brother, you stay with my parents and sister-in-law and talk to them. I'll go make some of my specialties and we can have a good time together tonight."
When Su Yujiao finished cooking, the smiles on her family's faces disappeared and they looked at her with concern.
He knew what she had paid for, and she knelt down and kowtowed to thank her.
Su Yujiao explained for a long time before her family felt a little relieved.
After the family was reunited, Su Yujing personally sent her back to the Lu family.
He wanted to go in and see the two children, but considering that he had just been released from prison and could not visit other families, he was also afraid of bringing bad luck to the children, so he had to give up.
"Be careful and come back safely."
The next morning, Su Yujiao set out with the prince, and asked him to collect fresh Artemisia annua from various places.
The prince asked, "Will we need to wear masks this time?"
"Why aren't you getting ready?"
"If time is of the essence, I can order the departure to be delayed by two days."
Su Yujiao explained: "I need some, but not too much."
"This time is different from last time."
"Generally speaking, malaria does not break out in winter. Malaria is transmitted through blood, mother to child, and mosquitoes."
"There are no mosquitoes in winter, so it's difficult for large-scale transmission to occur."
"If Chen Yunniang hadn't contaminated the river with the patient's blood, there wouldn't have been a malaria outbreak at all."
Otherwise, how can we say that Chen Yunniang's outrageous actions have caused so much trouble?
All kinds of outrageous things would happen to her. If she had not traveled through time but through a book, she would have suspected that Chen Yunniang was the darling of heaven, the heroine of the book!
After listening to Su Yujiao's words, the prince once again secretly swore that he would tear Chen Yunniang into pieces.
She is simply a disaster!
The imperial physicians discovered that Su Yujiao had asked people to prepare a large amount of Artemisia annua, and it was fresh Artemisia annua that had not been processed.
"Madam Lu, ancient books record that Artemisia annua is indeed effective in treating malaria, but the effect seems to be very limited."
"And that's a carefully prepared herb. If you use unprocessed Artemisia annua, the effect will probably be even worse."
"Don't you have any effective treatment for malaria?"
Su Yujiao explained: "The key to whether Artemisia annua is effective lies in the method of taking it."
"If you boil it in water and take it, the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly reduced."
"Squeeze the juice and drink it, the effect of the medicine will be doubled."
When Doctor Zhou heard her idea, his eyes suddenly lit up.
I couldn't wait to ask how to squeeze the juice. What is the specific method?
“Gather fresh Artemisia annua, clean it and dry it.”
“Grind the dried Artemisia annua into powder.”
"Put the Artemisia annua powder in a reactive solvent, such as ethanol."
"Under the control of temperature and time, artemisinin is extracted from the solvent."
The imperial doctors could understand the first two parts, but they couldn’t understand the later parts.
What is ethanol?
What is artemisinin?
“Ethanol is alcohol.”
Doctor Zhou and others all knew what alcohol was. After all, the last batch of doctors who went to the epidemic area were the same group as today.
But they didn't realize that alcohol had another name.
"Artemisinin is a needle-shaped transparent crystal. Crystals are... well, you've all seen large snowflakes, right? That's called a crystal."
"I've already written down the extraction method and sent it over 800 miles by expedited delivery."
"Let the military doctors on the front lines try to extract it. If they can extract it before we arrive, they can save lives one day sooner."
After two months of rapid travel, the prince's troops finally arrived at the battlefield of Hutou Pass.
After Longhai Pass was broken, Lu Ziqian could only lead his men to retreat to Hutou Pass.
As time went on, the number of sick people in the camp increased.
The Jin people also seemed to be infected with the plague, and it was smallpox and malaria.
However, their general Ashina used extremely cruel means to kill tens of thousands of patients, which seemed to effectively prevent the spread of the plague.
Seeing patients everywhere, Su Yujiao immediately got to work.
When Lu Ziqian learned that Su Yujiao had also come, he was stunned at first, then he was ecstatic and ran to the military medical camp like a young man.
Su Yujiao was checking the artemisinin extracted by the military doctor when she was suddenly hugged from behind.
When the other people in the camp saw this scene, they all left tactfully.
"Jiaojiao, I miss you so much."
"There's not a day that goes by where I don't want to see you sooner."
Su Yujiao's whole body was stiff. It took her a while to relax after feeling the man's strong chest and powerful heartbeat.