Chapter 274 Caring Care
Gu Huai frowned, sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and touched her forehead, which was still hot.
"Has mommy seen a doctor?" Gu Huai turned his head and asked the four little ones standing at the door.
"I've checked it." Gu Dong nodded. "I also got the medicine. It's on the bedside table. Auntie said she'd give Mom dinner and then give her the medicine."
Gu Huai looked at the packets of medicine on the bedside table and tucked the quilt for Yu Hui.
"I'll go cook now."
Gu Dong: "Aunt has already prepared the meal and is warming it in the pot. Aunt said Daddy will come back to eat together."
"Then let's have dinner first." Gu Huai left the bedroom and went to the kitchen to bring out the rice that was warm in the pot.
When dinner was on the table, he asked Gu Dong to take his younger brother and sister to eat first, and then he took the meal that Gu Hongmei had reserved for Yu Hui into the bedroom.
Gu Huai put the food on the bedside table and called softly: "Xiaohui, Xiaohui, get up and eat."
Yu Hui, who was delirious with fever, frowned and groaned uncomfortably.
"Xiaohui, wake up." Gu Huai gently patted her face.
Yu Hui slowly opened her eyes and looked at Gu Huai's enlarged handsome face with a misty look in her eyes.
Seeing that she was awake, Gu Huai said, "Have dinner and take medicine first, then go back to sleep."
Yu Hui was really hungry at this moment. She tried to get up by supporting herself on the mattress with her hands, but she had no strength.
"I'll do it." Gu Huai moved to another position, helped her up with one hand, and placed his pillow behind her so that she could lean against it and sit more comfortably.
Yu Hui leaned weakly on the pillow and licked her dry lips.
Although she had slept, her condition was obviously worse than when she returned home.
"I'll feed you." Gu Huai picked up the bowl, stirred the vegetable porridge with a spoon, and blew on it to cool it down.
Yu Hui wanted to say no, but raised her arm and gave up.
My limbs are sore, painful and weak, and my hands would shake if I were to hold a bowl.
Gu Huai scooped up a spoonful of porridge, blew on it, and wanted to test the temperature with his lips, but stopped when he was about to touch the spoon.
Thinking of what Xiaohui said last night, he thought that she probably wouldn't like him doing this.
So Gu Huai blew a few more breaths before bringing it to Yu Hui's mouth.
Yu Hui tested the temperature with her lips and found it was warm enough to eat, so she opened her mouth and took the porridge in.
There was something delicious in her mouth, but she couldn't tell whether it was tasty or not. She chewed it a few times and swallowed it, looking painful as she did so.
Seeing this, Gu Huai asked nervously, "Is it too hot?"
Yu Hui shook her head and said in a hoarse voice: "My throat hurts~"
Not only does it hurt to swallow, but it also hurts to speak, as if a blade is cutting back and forth.
This is a common symptom of a cold and fever, but seeing her in so much pain and her voice so hoarse, Gu Huai felt very distressed.
After eating half a bowl of porridge, Yu Hui shook her head and refused to eat.
Gu Huai gave her some medicine to take, and after taking it, Yu Hui lay down and went to sleep again.
Gu Huai finished his dinner in a hurry, washed the dishes, boiled some hot water, filled two glucose bottles, wrapped them in old clothes and stuffed them into Yu Hui's quilt.
She feels cold now, and she should feel more comfortable with the hot water bottle in the bed.
Then Gu Huai poured some warm water and wiped the sweat off Yu Hui's face with a handkerchief. Yu Hui didn't wake up while he was wiping.
In order to prevent anyone from watching TV at night and disturbing Yu Hui's rest, Gu Huai simply closed the courtyard door and bolted it.
Generally, people who come to watch TV will go home directly if they find that the gate cannot be opened.
But there are also those who are shameless or stupid, who find that the bolt is locked and still knock on the door hard.
Gu Huai frowned and went to open the door.
"Why is the gate locked today?" The elderly woman outside the door frowned and asked Gu Huai.
"The news broadcast is about to start." said the old man who came with the elderly woman.
The two were obviously a couple, and were the parents of a battalion commander who came to visit relatives.
Gu Huai said impatiently, "There's a patient at home today. I need to rest and it's not convenient for me to watch TV. Let's come back another day."
"Since we're here..." The elderly woman didn't want to leave. "When watching TV, please turn down the volume so the patient can't be disturbed while sleeping in the bedroom."
It would be strange if she didn't make a noise. Gu Huai remembered that every time she came to watch TV, she would complain that the volume was too low and asked to turn it up.
He was watching and discussing with others, and his voice was like a broken gong, loud and shrill.
"Who is sick?" Wang Tiaohua also brought her granddaughter and grandson to watch TV. She happened to hear Gu Huai's words and asked quickly.
"Xiaohui is sick. She caught a cold last night when she got up to go to the bathroom. She's taken two doses of medicine, but her fever hasn't gone down yet."
Wang Tiaohua frowned and said, "Then you have to be more careful. If the fever doesn't go away by night, use white wine to rub the soles of her feet, palms, and armpits."
Gu Huai nodded, "Thank you, Aunt Wang, I will pay attention to it."
"Since Xiaoyu is sick, it's really not appropriate for us to come to your house to watch TV and disturb her rest. Everyone, go back." Wang Tiaohua invited those who came to watch TV to go home.
"Let's come back and see Xiaoyu when he recovers."
With that, everyone headed back home. Even if some people were reluctant, they had no choice but to go along.
There is less stocking up at night now, so Gu Hongmei goes home before 7:30.
Yu Hui's fever had not subsided yet and her body was still very hot. Gu Huai went next door to ask for some white wine and asked Gu Hongmei to help her rub the palms and soles of her feet.
"Fourth brother, why don't you just help your sister-in-law wipe it?"
They are husband and wife, so it should be the fourth brother who wipes the fourth sister-in-law.
Gu Huai was stunned for a moment. "I'm not as careful as you girls, so you should do it."
Gu Hongmei said "Oh", lifted the quilt, first wiped Yu Hui's palms with white wine, then undressed her and wiped her armpits.
When Gu Huai saw her taking clothes for Yu Hui, he turned his back to them.
Gu Hongmei laughed when she saw it. Fourth brother was really interesting. He had been married to Xiaohui for seven or eight months, but he still didn't want to look at anything inappropriate. There was nothing Xiaohui he hadn't seen.
When Gu Hongmei was helping Yu Hui wipe the white wine off her face, Yu Hui didn't even wake up.
She was dreaming about her days in the orphanage.
She seemed to dream that she was only one year old, lying sick in a crib with fences higher than her. She cried in pain and kept stretching out her hands, wanting the aunt who took care of them to hug her, but her voice was hoarse from crying and she didn't get a hug.
Children in orphanages are not allowed to be held, because once they are held, the children will want to be held more and crave that warmth.
But there are only a few aunties in the orphanage to take care of the children. If the children need to be held every time they cry, the aunties will be too busy to handle it.
Things from her previous life appeared in her dreams like a kaleidoscope.
At nine o'clock in the evening, after Gu Huai took care of the children, washed them up, and put them to bed, he returned to the bedroom.
Beibei was handed over to Hongmei to sleep with.
Gu Huai first touched Yu Hui's forehead, and the temperature had dropped a little.
He breathed a sigh of relief, undressed and got into bed.
Because Yu Hui was cold when she fell asleep, both quilts were now covering her, so Gu Huai had to share a quilt with her.
When Gu Huai first got into bed, he was cold, but he became warm after sleeping for a while.
Yu Hui, who felt cold due to a fever, sensed the heat source and stuck to it directly.
Gu Huai froze at first, then hugged her.
Yu Hui found a comfortable position in his arms, rubbed her face against his collarbone, and fell into dreamland again.
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