Chapter 108

It was another Sunday. Su Miao sent away her friends who came to her house to review and play. It was almost 5 o'clock, and she came to the front bunk to see if there was anyone she could help with.

Dinner guests have arrived at the restaurant one after another, and everything is running in an orderly manner. Su Miao just needs to help collect money and write tickets at the front desk.

"Little girl, I heard that your shop's pork offal and braised food are its signature dishes?"

A gentleman with gold-rimmed glasses walked in and asked.

Su Miao nodded: "Yes, uncle, our signature dishes are Laoyou fried pork offal and braised food. You can order these two items individually or as part of a set meal. You can dine in or take away."

The man waved toward the door, and a few seconds later, a beautifully dressed lady walked in with a little boy of four or five years old. They looked like a family of three.

"Dad isn't back yet, so let's order the set meal first. It should be almost done by the time we finish eating."

The lady nodded and said to Su Miao, "Excuse me, is there anything that children can eat? Something softer will do."

Su Miao brought them over to see the braised food. It was a small pot taken out from the kitchen. It was hot and looked very appetizing.

"The braised food includes braised meat, braised eggs, and tofu. The vegetables that come with the set meal include winter melon. These should be edible for children."

Finally, the couple ordered a braised rice and a pork rice. They found them delicious and ordered some more braised dishes.

Seeing that there were children, Su Miao specially took out a small bowl and a small spoon for them. The little boy was very obedient. He held the small bowl himself and finished the meal his mother served him.

He has a round face, curly hair like his father, and his eyes are twinkling and very cute.

Su Miao rarely saw such an obedient baby at this age. After all, in the alley before, children of this age needed adults to follow them and feed them. Sometimes they would not be able to finish their meals even after chasing them for two blocks.

So Su Miao couldn't help but look at him for a while longer. After finishing his meal, he took out a small handkerchief from his mother's bag to wipe his face and mouth, and then took out a red fruit candy.

The color of the fruit candy is very bright and it is wrapped in transparent packaging. Few children can resist its temptation.

His mother helped him open the candy wrapper, and he brought the candy close to his mother's mouth, indicating that his mother should eat it first.

His mother shook her head and put the candy in his mouth.

As more and more customers came, Su Miao had no time to pay attention to the little boy. He turned around to take orders from the customers. After a while, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise.

"Xiaobao, what's wrong?"

"Xiaobao! Xiaobao! Spit it out! Spit out the candy!"

Su Miao looked over quickly. The little boy who was full of energy just now now had his mouth slightly open, his face was as pale as paper, his lips were purple, his eyes were wide open, but he couldn't make a sound.

His parents anxiously called his name and patted his back.

When the diners around saw this scene, they couldn't help but become nervous and came forward to offer suggestions. Some said that the child should drink more water, some suggested patting the child on the back, and some said that the child should be sent to the hospital immediately.

For a moment, the store fell into chaos, and Su Yuanzheng and others surrounded it.

"Ouch! What did this child eat? His throat is stuck!"

"Hurry! Send him to the hospital!"

"He can't even breathe! It's probably too late to go to the hospital! Quickly get the stuff out of his throat!"

The child's parents had never encountered such a situation before, and they were all panicked. After listening to everyone's advice, they immediately reached into the child's mouth to try to pick out the stuck candy.

But it did not succeed. The child had been stuck for a long time, his face looked worse and worse, and his body gradually became soft.

Oh no! The child is choking. This situation is very dangerous!

Su Miao ran over to give him first aid, and seeing that the little boy had completely lost consciousness, Su Miao quickly spoke to his father.

"Uncle! Sit on the stool and let your brother lie on your lap. Use your left hand to hold his head and neck in place, and your right hand to pat the middle of his shoulder blades."

As she spoke, she gestured.

Hearing her firm tone, the little boy's father consciously did as she told him.

But because he felt sorry for the child, he didn't dare to hit the candy too hard. He hit it several times but still couldn't get the candy out.

"Uncle! Use some strength! The longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be!"

The boy's father gritted his teeth and slapped him twice. The boy was shocked and then started coughing!

The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the boy spit out a red candy.

“It’s out! It’s out!”

"It's the candy that's stuck in your throat. Just spit it out."

"Ouch! It's so scary!"

Seeing her son's face slowly calm down, the boy's mother, who had been frightened just now, hugged her son with trembling hands and cried out with lingering fear.

The boy's father also said to Su Miao with tears in his eyes: "Little girl, thank you! Thanks to your method, otherwise my son would be in danger!"

"Uncle, you're welcome. I'm glad my brother is fine. However, even though he's already spit out the candy, it's best to go to the hospital for a checkup to see if his trachea is injured or something."

The couple thanked Su Miao and everyone else again, then hurriedly took the child to the hospital.

The guests who continued to eat were also discussing what had just happened in twos and threes.

"It's dangerous, too dangerous. Every year, several children die from food choking on their food!"

"Ah! That's so many! I thought it was uncommon."

"Children have narrow throats and eat in a hurry, so choking is common. A shallow bite will come out with a couple of coughs, but the one just now was stuck deep. If it weren't for Miaomiao's good method, it probably wouldn't have happened."

"Yes, if he faints for a long time, even if he is sent to the hospital and taken out, he will be useless and will become a little fool."

…

Everyone was sighing. If something really happened to such a young child, the parents would be heartbroken.

"Miao Miao! What method did you just mention? Did you learn it in school?" a neighbor asked Su Miao.

"This is called the Heimlich maneuver. It's very effective for suffocation caused by food or foreign objects blocking the airway. It uses the remaining air in the lungs to create an airflow to flush out the foreign object."

"Immediate...immediate first aid? It's indeed immediate, one tap and it's healed immediately, but I didn't understand."

Others also seemed confused by such a written statement.

This method was introduced to China from abroad and is not yet popular. Su Miao feels that if everyone can learn it, it may come in handy in an emergency, just like the situation just now.

So she wanted to popularize it to everyone.