Seeing Bai Guoguo praising his own courtyard, He Gang was secretly happy.
"Then come over often. My mother, my sister-in-law, and my nephew all love you."
He Gang had another thought in his mind, "I love you more", but he kept it in his heart and didn't say it out loud, for fear of scaring the girl away.
While the two were talking, the door of the room on the far left of the main house suddenly opened.
Aunt Wang walked out of the house with a tired look on her face.
When she looked up and saw Xiaobai, the educated youth, walking in behind her son, the fatigue on her face immediately disappeared, leaving only joy.
"Guoguo, why are you here? Come inside and sit down. It's a bit cold outside."
She happily walked forward and took Bai Guoguo's hand, forgetting about her own son.
"Auntie, please don't be busy for now. I want to see Xiao Huzi. I heard he is sick. Oh, and where is my sister-in-law?"
Bai Guoguo looked around but didn't see Mrs. Zhang.
"Alas, Huzi has a fever and can't eat. He hasn't eaten anything all morning. His mother went to the private plot and found some cabbage seedlings to make porridge for him. Even his great-grandfather, great-grandmother, and grandfather went up the mountain to catch pheasants for this little rascal. He said he wanted to eat beggar's chicken."
When Aunt Wang said this, her face was full of worry again. The child had had a fever for two days and had lost a lot of weight, but he couldn't eat anything. It was really worrying.
"It's so serious, Auntie. I want to go see him. I happened to bring two cans of food and some sweet and sour fruit. Maybe he can eat some of it."
Bai Guoguo was a little worried. A seven or eight-year-old child had a fever for two consecutive days, which must have damaged his spleen and stomach. If he couldn't eat, it was unknown when he would get better.
The child mortality rate is very high in this era, and she doesn't want anything to happen to the innocent and cute little tiger.
"Mom, is Xiaohu still having a fever? Why don't we take him to the hospital?"
He Gang was a little anxious at this time. He didn't expect that Hu Zi's condition had worsened again in just one morning. Now he couldn't eat. What should he do?
"Going to the commune hospital is useless. I went there yesterday, and they just prescribed a few Analgin pills. They said they were out of penicillin!"
Aunt Wang became even angrier when she talked about this. In the past few years, there was a campaign to overthrow evil spirits and demons, and all those old Chinese medicine practitioners were locked up in the cowshed.
There is a shortage of Western medicine doctors and medicines in hospitals now. Although her mother-in-law and father-in-law know a little about herbal medicine, those are only for treating external injuries. Wouldn't this make them anxious to death?
"What? Giving Analgin to such a young child? How can that be allowed? Take me to see Hu Zi, Auntie. I have some medicine that might be of use."
Bai Guoguo became a little anxious when he heard this. How could such a young child take Analgin?
How serious would the side effects be? Besides, if there is inflammation, it won’t work if it only relieves the pain but doesn’t reduce the inflammation!
"Hey, come with me quickly. If you can save my tiger this time, Auntie will definitely thank you very much!"
Aunt Wang and He Gang, mother and son, were overjoyed to hear Bai Guoguo's words.
Aunt Wang hurriedly took Bai Guoguo's hand and walked towards the room where Xiao Huzi was lying.
He Gang pursed his lips and walked over quickly, opening the door for them.
Bai Guoguo followed Aunt He into the house. There was a long kang in the house. Little Huzi was lying on the kang with a flushed face, humming.
Bai Guoguo didn't care about anything else and stuffed the net bag into He Gang's hand. She walked over quickly and used the back of her hand to test the temperature of Hu Zi's forehead.
Fortunately, the temperature was not too high, about 38.5 degrees Celsius.
But Little Tiger was wearing a thick cotton jacket and was wrapped in a thick quilt. He was sweating profusely and groaning in discomfort.
The windows in the room were closed tightly, without a trace of wind. In addition, when Aunt Wang and the others came in, they closed the door and lowered the thick curtains.
The whole room was stuffy and there was no air circulation at all.
"Auntie, I'm sorry to bother you. Little Tiger is running a fever. The air in this room is not circulating, so he can't breathe smoothly. Moreover, he's wearing so many clothes, so the heat can't be dissipated, and his body temperature can't be lowered.
You need to ventilate the room a bit. As long as it doesn't blow directly at Xiao Hu, it'll be fine. You can also wipe his body with some warm water to dissipate the heat. That's how the doctors in our hospital handle it."
As Bai Guoguo spoke, she took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Xiaohuzi's face and loosened his collar. The poor kid was almost suffocated by the sweat.
When I saw him coming, my eyes were filled with tears and my throat was probably swollen, so I couldn't speak.
"Ah, there's such a saying. Don't the old people always say that if you have a fever, you shouldn't be exposed to the wind?"
Aunt Wang said suspiciously that in their area, every child with a fever was covered with a quilt.
"Auntie, this is a scientific method of cooling down, verified by scientists. It should be the same in military hospitals. If you don't believe me, ask Brother He!"
Bai Guoguo was also a little anxious. The little tiger had been running a fever for two days. If it continued like this, it would be bad if it developed pneumonia and meningitis.
"Mom, what Guoguo said seems to be right. When I was on a mission before and was injured and had a high fever, the doctor used a popsicle wrapped in a towel to cool me down. At that time, the windows in the ward were open for ventilation!"
After Bai Guoguo reminded him, He Gang also remembered it. He suddenly wanted to slap himself twice.
Why didn’t I think of it yesterday? If I delayed his nephew’s illness, he would hate himself to death.
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