Chapter 003 Aunt in Charge
Noticing the confusion on Shi Qiu Shui's face, Shi Yue explained.
"We lived in a large courtyard with two entrances, one in front and one in the back. There were more than ten families living in it, and there were all kinds of people. The woman in charge of the courtyard was called the "Guanyuan Dama" (Auntie), and the man in charge was called the "Guanyuan Daye" (Uncle). In fact, it was similar to the "jiachang" (head of the village) we had back then."
Of course, he deliberately said the last sentence in a low voice.
"Oh oh oh, I get it." As soon as Shi Qiu Shui heard that the aunt in charge was similar to the captain, he understood.
There was some surprise in her eyes. Although the head of the Jia had no rank and his salary was almost nothing, to ordinary people, the head of the Jia was also an official. The fact that there was a female head of the Jia here proved that her father had not lied and that women here could also be officials.
"Come, come, the patient is here. Doctor, please come in and take a look. Is the patient okay?"
Ma Yulan rushed out to call a doctor and soon came back with the doctor. She pulled the thin male doctor to the bedside before letting go.
The freed male doctor casually straightened his wrinkled white coat, then turned on the small flashlight he carried with him and came to Shi Qiushui: "Little girl, don't move. Doctor uncle will check your body. Be good~"
Listening to the bearded man in front of her speaking in a choked voice, Shi Qiu Shui's eyes twitched involuntarily. She subconsciously avoided the male doctor's gaze and fixed her eyes on the small glowing stick held by the male doctor.
In her memory, this thing seemed to be called a flashlight, a magical thing that would light up when batteries were put in it!
It really does shine, and it’s even brighter than she imagined. What a great thing!
While Shi Qiushui was lost in thought, the male doctor had already finished examining her. He nodded and moved to Shi Yue's bedside, repeating the examination. He nodded, "Well, both patients are fine, but because they had their stomachs washed, they need to be hospitalized for two days of observation."
He turned to Ma Yulan and said, "Family, I have to tell you something. These two patients can't eat anything today because they're having their gastric lavage. You must not give them anything to eat today. At most, they can drink some water when they're thirsty. They can eat tomorrow morning, but it's best to have light, semi-liquid food, like rice porridge or soft noodles."
Ma Yulan nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, doctor, I understand."
Male doctor: "Okay, apart from this, there is nothing else to do. I'll be leaving first. I'll be on duty during the day for the next two days. If the patient has any other questions, just come to my office and call me. If I'm not here, you can go to the nurse's station to find a nurse."
"Okay, okay, thank you for your help, doctor." After opening the door and seeing the doctor off, Ma Yulan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the doctor was okay, she was really scared this time.
It’s not that she is timid, but the main thing is that a grown man suddenly fainted in front of her. Anyone would be scared.
With a sigh of relief, Ma Yulan smiled. She came to the middle of Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui's beds, picked up the thermos on the bedside table, poured two glasses of water for the father and daughter, and handed them over.
"Hey, look at your mouths, they're dry and chapped. Come drink some water. Didn't the doctor say you can drink water now?"
If Ma Yulan hadn't said it, Shi Qiu Shui really didn't feel thirsty. As soon as Ma Yulan said it, she realized the dryness and itchiness in her throat. She hurried forward to take the cup and was about to pour it into her mouth anxiously.
Ma Yulan saw her move and quickly stopped her: "Hey, slow down, the water is just poured from the thermos, it's hot."
However, she was a step too late to say this. Shi Qiu Shui, who had already drunk the water, was still scalded. Since she didn't drink much, she was not seriously injured. She just grimaced because the tip of her tongue was burned.
The little girl, who looked like a white dough ball, didn't look ugly even with her teeth bared and her mouth grinning. Instead, she looked pitiful and cute, especially Shi Qiu Shui's pale and chubby face that had turned pale due to discomfort, which made people feel even more distressed.
Ma Yulan was so distressed. It was all Gao Cuifen's fault. If she hadn't given Shi Yue the fried shredded potatoes with sprouted potatoes, Shi Yue and his daughter wouldn't have suffered so much!
Coincidentally, Shi Yue also thought of Gao Cuifen, the neighbor who had brought shredded potatoes to his original self. After he and Xiaoqiu were taken to the hospital, the doctor must have told the neighbors who brought him there that they had food poisoning. So why wasn't the culprit who caused their food poisoning there? Could it be that she didn't want to take responsibility?
Shi Yue's eyes flashed with displeasure. He pretended to be confused and asked, "Auntie Ma, what's going on between me and my daughter? Why are we in the hospital?"
Ma Yulan explained, "This is what happened. Last night, you fainted in the yard with your daughter. We all saw you and rushed you to the hospital. The doctor examined you and said you had food poisoning. He gave you an emergency gastric lavage that night. After the lavage, the doctor wanted to observe you, so he admitted you to the hospital."
"Food poisoning?" Shi Yue said with a look of sudden enlightenment: "Oh, it turns out to be food poisoning. I was wondering why my daughter and I felt so uncomfortable after dinner."
He pretended to be indignant and said, "That little restaurant at the entrance of our alley must be dishonest. I said their rice tasted hard, and they must have sold me leftover rice from the previous night, which is why I got food poisoning."
Hearing this, Ma Yulan looked a little embarrassed. She stammered, "No, no, well, the doctor said you got food poisoning because you ate sprouted potatoes."
"Ah? Sprouted potatoes? Impossible, this is impossible. Among the dishes we had tonight, the only one that used potatoes was the shredded potatoes that Aunt Gao sent. Aunt Gao would definitely not give me the shredded potatoes made from sprouted potatoes." Shi Yue denied it sincerely, as if he really believed that Aunt Gao would not do such a thing.
I have to say that Shi Yue has some acting skills. Even though Ma Yulan felt that there was something wrong with what Shi Yue said, she ignored it because of his sincere expression.
Looking at Shi Yue, whose face was filled with trust in Gao Cuifen, Ma Yulan's dissatisfaction with Gao Cuifen intensified. She sighed and said, "Xiao Shi, well, we asked your Aunt Gao, and she admitted that she did use a few sprouted potatoes to stir-fry the shredded potatoes."
Shi Yue noticed the dissatisfaction that flashed across Ma Yulan's eyes just now, and knew that the words he said to cause Ma Yulan's dissatisfaction had worked, but this effect was not enough, and he wanted to add fuel to the fire.
He scratched his head. "Then I guess Aunt Gao didn't do it on purpose. Maybe she accidentally mixed a sprouted potato into the food while cooking. I don't blame Aunt Gao. Oh, Aunt Ma, where is Aunt Gao? My daughter and I have woken up now. We have to tell her quickly so she doesn't worry about me."
He believed that the more generous he acted at this time, the more others would think Gao Cuifen's behavior was inappropriate.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Ma Yulan's face became a little gloomy.
Honestly, Ma Yulan actually hoped that Shi Yue would not blame Gao Cuifen. She was not biased towards anyone, but mainly because she knew that Gao Cuifen was a person with no bad intentions other than being stingy. She usually ate sprouted potatoes at home, but the potatoes she gave to Shi Yue and his daughter this time happened to be poisonous, so she caused trouble.
But after hearing what Shi Yue said, she began to feel guilty again. Looking at Shi Yue and his daughter, who were undergoing gastric lavage and intravenous drip, their faces were pale with pain. However, the first thing they did when they woke up was to worry about Gao Cuifen.
Gao Cuifen has nothing to worry about. She has no heart at all!
If Gao Cuifen had been attentive, she would not have just paid the hospital bill and left, but should have stayed by the bedside of the Shi family father and daughter like her!
Moreover, Gao Cuifen didn't offer to pay the hospital fee voluntarily, but she and the people in the compound forced Gao Cuifen to pay it!
Besides, what's that little hospital fee? Could Gao Cuifen just pay it and let the matter go? Could it be that Shi's father and daughter had to suffer all this for nothing? Why? Didn't the doctor tell you that severe food poisoning can be fatal? Gao Cuifen almost killed Shi's father and daughter! She, Gao Cuifen, had caused such a huge disaster. Shouldn't she give them some compensation?
Yes, compensation!
The more Malanhua thought about it, the more she felt that she should ask Gao Cuifen to compensate Shi Yue's father and daughter, otherwise Shi Yue's father and daughter would have suffered in vain!
She sighed at Shi Yue, who said he didn't blame Gao Cuifen, and said, "Xiao Shi, I know you have good intentions and don't blame your Aunt Gao, but you can't be so wronged. Even if your Aunt Gao didn't deliberately let you get food poisoning, you and your daughter have indeed suffered. Especially your daughter, she's so little and her body hasn't grown yet. If she doesn't recover from this illness, it will affect her stomach in the future!"
"Also, even if it's for your Aunt Gao, you can't forgive her so easily. Your Aunt Gao, well, you know even I don't need to tell you, she's a stingy person. Actually, is there anything wrong with being frugal? Of course not. People of my generation have all come from hard times, and we're all more or less frugal in our lives. But being as frugal as your Aunt Gao is definitely not okay. We all know that rotten potatoes shouldn't be eaten, but she just took a chance and ate potatoes that were rotten and sprouted. Look what happened this time!"
She concluded: "So whether you are doing this for yourself or for Aunt Gao, you can't forgive her so easily."
Shi Yue nodded gently and murmured: "Auntie Ma, what you said makes sense..."
"Hey, that's right!" Ma Yulan didn't know that Shi Yue had no intention of forgiving Gao Cuifen easily, and she thought that she had convinced Shi Yue.
She gave Shi Yue some advice: "Xiao Shi, listen to me. Gao Cuifen is reluctant to spend money, so when you are discharged from the hospital, go ask her for money. Consider it as compensation for her causing you to be hospitalized. Make her pay a lot, and she will remember this lesson."
Shi Yue: "Ah? This is not good... Besides, I, I am a grown man, it is not appropriate..."
Ma Yulan: "Well, what's the big deal? It doesn't matter whether you are a man or a woman. Gao Cuifen caused you and your daughter to be hospitalized. What's the point of going back to her to ask for compensation? If you can't open your mouth to ask her, then I will come and ask for compensation for you."
She glanced up and down at Shi Yue and said, "Hey, don't say that. I guess I really have to do this. You, tsk, a man like you is really no match for that old bitch."
Shi Yue:......
Why do I feel inexplicably disliked?
Shi Qiu Shui blinked her eyes at the side. It turned out that her father was so good at talking that he could coax others to ask for compensation for his family with just a few words?
She felt like she had opened the door to a new world!
Shi Yue didn't realize that he had inadvertently made his daughter realize the importance of sweet talk, and he was still pretending to be nice to Ma Yulan.
"Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Ma. Money isn't important to me. I just hope that after this incident, Aunt Gao will change."
"Oh, Xiao Shi, you are such a kind-hearted child!" After hearing Shi Yue's words, Ma Yulan became even more indignant. She rubbed her hands and said that when Shi Yue was discharged from the hospital, she would make Gao Cuifen bleed hard!
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