Chapter 3 This is her daughter!
Zhang Yunniang breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she knew that a trip to the clinic was not cheap, she still insisted, "She fell into the water yesterday and had a fever all night. I'd better send her to the clinic to have a look, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Just at this moment, Niuniu woke up, opened her big, watery eyes, and asked softly, "Aunt... Niuniu is going to die?"
Zhang Yunniang felt a lump in her throat and couldn't help but shed tears when she saw the pitiful look of the little girl.
Even though Niu Niu had no strength left in her body, she still tried to raise her thin little hands and tried to help Zhang Yunniang wipe away her tears.
Niu Niu thought she was really going to die, so she comforted her aunt, "Don't cry, Auntie. Daya said ghosts are very powerful. When Niu Niu dies and becomes a ghost, she will go find my second cousin and ask him to come home..."
Zhang Yunniang had three sons. Her second son was kidnapped when he was a child and his life or death is still unknown.
Seeing that such a young child was still thinking about his aunt before his death, Zhang Yunniang's heart suddenly softened.
"Don't worry, Niuniu, you won't die. You will be fine once the fever goes down. Your aunt won't let anything happen to you." After Zhang Yunniang said goodbye to her aunt, she rushed into the only clinic in the town with the child in her arms.
She has been to the clinic many times over the years, so she is familiar with it.
There are not many patients in the town, and there is only one old doctor in the clinic.
The old doctor was well-known for his high medical ethics in the surrounding area, and he often treated Zhang Yunniang's son. After taking her pulse, he said to her, "There's nothing serious wrong with this child, she's just weak and hasn't had enough food. Just give her some good nourishment, no need to prescribe medicine."
Zhang Yunniang was still worried and asked, "Is it really okay for her to not take medicine after having a fever all night? I'm afraid she will become confused due to the fever."
The old doctor looked at Niuniu's lively eyes, picked up a grasshopper made of straw and teased the little girl, and asked, "Little girl, do you want this grasshopper?"
Niuniu's beautiful almond-shaped eyes revealed desire, but she still shook her head and said in a baby voice, "This is Doctor Grandpa's stuff, Niuniu can't have it."
The old doctor was immediately delighted, and stuffed the weaved grasshopper into Niuniu's hand, saying, "You are so good, the grasshopper is for you."
Niuniu was at a loss as to what to do with the straw grasshopper. She looked at Zhang Yunniang for help. Only after seeing her aunt nod did she dare to hold the straw grasshopper carefully like a treasure and said to the old doctor very seriously: "Thank you, doctor grandpa. I wish you a long life."
The old doctor was so happy when the little girl said this in a soft voice. He turned to Zhang Yuniang and said, "The little girl is smart and well-behaved. I can't wait to take her home. How can you be confused? Listen to me. Medicine is three-quarters poison. Don't take medicine unless it is absolutely necessary."
Zhang Yunniang was finally relieved and took out five copper coins to pay the medical fee.
The old doctor took a look at Niuniu, who was wearing clothes with patches all over her body, and her pale face and skinny body, which showed obvious lack of nutrition. He simply waved his hand and said, "The little girl is not sick, why do you want a consultation fee?"
Although Zhang Yunniang was poor, she felt that the clinic had its own rules and was unwilling to take advantage of it.
Seeing how stubborn she was, the old doctor was helpless and said, "I accept your blessing, little girl. Just treat it as consultation fee. If you still insist on giving it to me, it means you don't want me to live to be a hundred years old."
Zhang Yuniang was stunned, and then she took the money back hesitantly.
The old doctor looked at Niuniu with amusement again and said jokingly, "Hurry up and give the child something to eat. I just heard his stomach growling."
Niu Niu was so embarrassed that she immediately hid in Zhang Yuniang's arms.
Zhang Yunniang thanked him again and hurriedly went out with the child to find something to eat.
If Zhang Yunniang was alone, she could probably just buy some steamed buns or pancakes to make do, but when she thought of Niuniu who had just recovered from a serious illness, Zhang Yunniang gritted her teeth and sat down at the roadside wonton stall holding her child.
"Boss, a bowl of wontons."
Zhang Yunniang took a look at the price and coincidentally, it was exactly five cents, not more, not less.
The steaming wontons soon came out of the pot. Zhang Yuniang picked up one, blew on it, and then fed it to Niu Niu's mouth.
Niu Niu didn't open her mouth, but looked up at Zhang Yuniang with confusion.
"Why don't you eat?" Yunniang was very surprised.
This wonton shop is a time-honored brand. The wontons are fresh and fragrant. Everyone who has eaten them praises them. Yunniang can't understand why any child would not like to eat them.
Niuniu shook her head, staring at Yunniang with her dark eyes, and said, "Niuniu doesn't want to eat. Auntie has been running around with Niuniu today, and it's very tiring. Auntie will eat."
A five-year-old child can be so sensible. Yunniang was not happy at all. Instead, her eyes were sore. She thought of the people in her mother's family. Niu Niu was an adopted child. She probably never received any kindness in that family, which led to her current personality.
Yunniang passed the chopsticks to Niuniu's mouth again and coaxed her gently, "Niuniu, be good. Auntie has eaten this morning and is not hungry at all. You have to eat well so that you can have the strength to grow taller."
But Niu Niu's little face was still full of hesitation. She saw her aunt count out five copper coins and give them to the boss. In her impression, this was a huge sum of money.
Two years ago, Dad slapped her because a copper coin on the table was missing.
Although she later discovered that the money was taken by her grandmother, Niu Niu still remembers the burning pain.
Whenever there was anything delicious at home, Jinbao would be given the first chance. She had never even tasted the white flour or fresh meat. Even during the Chinese New Year, she only had a small piece of chicken neck to savor the flavor.
"Aunt, it's too expensive. I can just eat some wild vegetable porridge. I don't need to eat such delicious food." Niu Niu said in a low voice.
Yunniang felt sad, but she still advised: "Niuniu needs to be well after she gets sick, so you should eat something good to nourish your body. If you don't eat well, your body won't be well nourished, and you will get sick again. Then your aunt will spend a lot of money to treat Niuniu..."
Niuniu immediately said, "Aunt, you don't have money, so you don't have to treat me. Even if I die and become a ghost, I can still help you."
Yunniang was shocked when she heard this. She had a bad relationship with her stepmother and didn't like her stepmother always asking her for money, so she cried poor every time she went back to her parents' home and kept saying that she had too much work to do and couldn't handle it. She didn't expect that Niuniu kept it in mind.
She felt that she had not been very good to Niu Niu in the past. She just gave Niu Niu some food occasionally and secretly helped her when she did heavy work. However, she did not expect that the little girl actually remembered everything.
This time, she took the little girl to the town to see a doctor on impulse and didn't even know how it would end.
But now, seeing how well-behaved the child is, Zhang Yunniang secretly made a decision that such a good child must never go back to the den of tigers and wolves of the Zhang family. The Zhang family thinks that Niuniu is unlucky and a waste of food, but she doesn't mind. She will raise her in the future. This is her daughter!
(End of this chapter)
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