The fish was picked up by Lao Fu's family, who divided it up and gave it away one by one, until only half a fish was left.

Grandma Yang stewed it and served it on the table at dinner time. Everyone had their own doubts and questions about what happened today, but they all ate it with relish.

Only Yuan was worried. Every time she took a bite or looked at the fish, she couldn't help but recall the strange scene of the fish jumping onto the shore. She couldn't taste the delicious fish meat at all.

After dinner, he returned to the house listlessly. Li and Fu Dabai entered the house only after finishing today's work. Not hearing any movement from her daughter, Li thought Yuan was asleep.

After preparing the hot water, I asked Yuan to wash up before going to bed. I called Yuan two or three times but he didn't respond.

Fu Dabai sighed and said to Li with a smile, "This child is sleeping so soundly. Is she tired from watching the fun?"

As he said this, he lifted the cloth curtain that only covered one-third of the door to the inner room and went to call Yuan.

Yuan curled up in the quilt with his face flushed, his eyes tightly closed, and looked like he was asleep.

"Little lazy boy, go to sleep later, get up and take a shower."

Fu Dabai said as he reached out to pinch her face. As soon as he touched it, his heart skipped a beat.

I quickly touched Yuan's head and it was burning hot.

"Damn it, he fell asleep or fainted. Yuan'er, can you hear daddy talking?"

Fu Dabai patted Yuan’s face.

Yuan heard his father's voice as if it came from far away, and the voice was unclear as if it was separated by something.

With great difficulty, he opened his heavy eyelids a crack and called out in a daze, "Dad..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, his lower lip cracked from dryness, and some blood oozed out.

Yuan could feel the feeling of his lips cracking at that moment, but he didn't feel any pain. His head felt heavy and he couldn't think of anything. In an instant he fell into unconsciousness again.

Fu Dabai quickly called out to Li: "Wife! Come quickly!"

When Li heard his tone was not right, she quickly pulled the curtain and came in: "What's going on?"

"She has a fever. I guess it's because she sweated all day and was blown by the wind. I'll call Doctor Zhang. Please give her some warm water and wipe her with water. She's already dizzy. If you can't feed her, just wet her lips. Her lips are all cracked."

Fu Dabai spoke very quickly while hurriedly putting on his shoes, putting on his clothes and running out the door, not daring to delay for a moment.

He was still mumbling, "How long has this been burning? Did he become dizzy from the burning? Why didn't he call for help?"

Yuan is the kind of child who would show his hands to his parents if he had a small cut on them.

Her cowardice includes fear of pain, fear of illness and fear of death. If she doesn't call for help when she has a fever and feels uncomfortable, it only means that she was caught off guard by the illness and she didn't have time to react.

Maybe the fever suddenly broke out while he was sleeping.

When Fu Dabai thought about this possibility, he immediately sped up, wishing he could step in front of Doctor Zhang and carry the person over.

A child like Yuan, who was five or six years old, seemed to be surviving, but for no reason, he might have a fever at night, and when his parents woke up, they might not even notice it, and the child would be gone.

In recent years, the children in the family have become weaker and often fall ill, but Yuan is still in good health.

Even if he gets sick, it’s not as sudden as other children. Sometimes he gets a fever but it goes away after a while, so there’s no need to worry.

So it was the first time that Li saw her child fainting from a fever. She was extremely anxious, but she still hurried to feed water to Yuan. However, Yuan's teeth were clenched tightly, and the water flowed down the sides of his lips before the water entered his mouth.

"It's okay, Yuan, don't be afraid, it's okay, it will be fine in a while."

Li's eyes turned red. She reached out to wipe the blood off Yuan's face. She coaxed the child, but it seemed like she was comforting herself.

After simply moistening her lips, Li brought a basin of warm water and wiped her body twice, but it was of no use.

A Yuan was as hot as a piece of red-hot charcoal, and was getting hotter and hotter as time went by. Li felt that the child was about to catch fire, but Fu Dabai still did not come back.

"Where has this old man been? Why hasn't he come back yet..."

The place where Doctor Zhang lives is neither near nor far. Logically speaking, it would take enough time to walk there twice.

He hasn't come back yet, and Li's heart is lifted up. Her mind is in a mess.

Maybe something happened to him, his leg was broken, and he was crawling to see a doctor?

Maybe he met some unreliable person on the road and started chatting with him?

Maybe he didn't want to treat his daughter's illness because it would cost too much, so he went out to eat and drink with his friends?

It could also be that the doctor was not at home and he went to look for him?

Or maybe something happened to the doctor and he can’t come?

Or if they both have an accident and can’t come…what will happen to her daughter then? !

Li was almost going crazy with anxiety. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the man was unreliable. By the time she waited for him to come back, he might be late. She wanted to take her daughter with her to look for him, but was afraid of missing him.

Li hurried down to the ground and shouted, "Mom! Come quickly!"

Just as old Mrs. Yang was about to fall asleep, she was awakened by a loud howl. She cursed in her heart: My son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters are all responsible for the sins I committed in my previous life.

But after hearing Li's anxious cry, he immediately rushed out: "What's the matter?"

Li said quickly, "A Yuan has a fever. Her father went to see a doctor but he didn't come back. I'm going to look for him. Mother, please help me look after the child. I'll be back soon."

Old Mrs. Yang felt a sinking feeling in her heart. She went to the inner room of the main house and felt something was not right when she saw her granddaughter's appearance. She went back to the main house to find the wine that the old man had hidden like a treasure, and left with it.

The old man was dazedly asking his eldest daughter-in-law what happened, but before he could get an answer, he saw this scene and woke up with a start, and hurriedly chased after her:

"What are you doing? What do you want to do?"

Why take his wine?

Then, when Old Futou saw his granddaughter, who looked like she was cooked and whose skin was so red that it was steaming, he was speechless for a moment.

He frowned and said to Old Lady Yang: "Don't be stingy, pour more water on her and wipe it. How come the child got burned like this? I just didn't see her for a while!

Why haven't the eldest couple come back yet? Are these parents reliable? Why haven't they invited the doctor yet? "

Old Futou fidgeted and turned around twice, then went to the gate with his hands behind his back to wait.

Old Yang silently wiped the wine on Yuan's body, and after a while she murmured softly:

"Qiu Shuang..."

Perhaps he was thinking of his younger sister Yang Qiushuang, who fell ill and had no money to treat her illness and was about to be burned to death and was thrown out by her parents.

Yuan heard his grandmother sighing in a daze. His muddled mind suddenly remembered the icicles under the eaves in winter, and he wanted to tell his grandmother:

Frost doesn't work, she wants an icicle...

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