Lin Wei really didn't expect that she would get sick.
Outsiders see that she is thin and often have a preconceived notion that she is in poor health. In fact, she is the least sick among the three siblings, and the last time she caught a cold was more than two years ago.
Last winter, two brothers fell ill one after another, and her mother was infected with an infectious disease for several days, but she didn't even have a stuffy nose.
She also got caught in the rain at the beginning of spring. She didn't bring an umbrella when she went out because it was a sunny day. As a result, it started raining halfway on her way home. There was no place to shelter from the wind and rain nearby, and she was too embarrassed to knock on other people's doors. She ran across two streets before she found a house with a roof to hide in.
Although they had already changed into spring clothes, the temperature dropped quickly due to the rain. Lin Wei was not wearing thick enough clothes and got soaked. She hid under the eaves and shivered with cold.
When she went back, she thought she had a cold, but after drinking a bowl of ginger soup, she only had a stuffy nose the next day, but no symptoms of dizziness or fever.
Therefore, even though she got caught in the rain, Lin Wei really didn't expect that she would fall ill. She didn't feel sick in the morning... Well, her nose was a little blocked after the rain, but she also drank several cups of hot water.
What's more, it is the hottest time of the year, and she is on the even hotter southern island. Plus, she quickly dried and washed her body after being caught in the rain. It shouldn't be worse than the beginning of spring.
The result is not as good as it seems.
Lin Wei was lying on the bed, looking dizzy as she looked at Zong Shao who was putting clothes on her. She said weakly, "Don't bother me. Business is more important. Pour me a cup of hot water. I'll be fine after I drink it and lie down for a while."
"We can't delay if you have a fever. I'll take you to the hospital." Zong Shao lowered his head and buttoned her shirt one by one.
Lin Wei frowned and asked, "Then you're not going to the camp?"
"I'll take you to the hospital first, and then ask for leave from the camp." Zong Shao said after buttoning her clothes, "You take a rest, I'll go call Mingming and Ruirui."
The two brothers next door were sleeping soundly. When they were pushed, they were obviously a little irritated and said in a fierce tone: "Who is it?"
"Your father."
Zong Shao said, continuing to pat the two children: "Hurry up and get up."
Ruirui opened his eyes and saw that it was his father. He rubbed his eyes and asked in a vague voice, "Dad, what are you doing?"
Zong Shao said, "Hurry up and get up. Your mother is sick. I will take her to the hospital and take you to Xiao Shitou's home."
Because the Ya County Health Center is small in scale, has incomplete departments, and its doctors are not of high enough quality, and the military hospital accepts patients regardless of whether they are soldiers or ordinary people, as the military hospital was established and became more famous, people from surrounding communes would give priority to this hospital when they were sick.
Therefore, there are always a lot of people coming and going in the military hospital, and their backgrounds are quite diverse.
Zong Shao had to take care of Lin Wei, so he certainly wouldn't be able to devote too much attention to the two children after arriving at the hospital. He also didn't feel comfortable leaving them at home, so sending them to Zhou's house and asking Chen Bamei to help take care of them was a good choice.
When Ruirui learned that her mother was sick, she immediately woke up and asked, "Why is Mom sick?"
Zong Shao said: "Mom got caught in the rain yesterday and has a fever."
Mingming also woke up from his half-sleep, but he didn't hear the first part of what his father and brother said. He only heard the end and asked, "Who has a fever?"
"Mom has a fever!" Ruirui answered immediately, got out of bed, and went to see Lin Wei next door in slippers.
After Ruirui got out of bed, Mingming hurriedly followed.
The doors of the master bedroom and the second bedroom are next to each other. When both doors are opened, the rooms can be said to be connected. Therefore, Lin Wei can not only hear the conversation next door clearly, but also the footsteps of the two children.
She opened her eyes and smiled towards the door: "Mingming Ruirui is up?"
"Dad asked us to get up." Rui Rui said as she walked to the bedside and pursed her lips at the pale Lin Wei. "Mom, are you feeling very uncomfortable now?"
Without waiting for Lin Wei to answer, Mingming said, "Of course it's uncomfortable. I feel especially uncomfortable when I'm sick."
Lin Wei smiled and said, "It's okay. Seeing your mother doesn't make me feel uncomfortable anymore."
Ruirui frowned and said, "Mom is lying. If you are sick, you need to take medicine. Only by taking medicine can you feel better."
Mingming disagreed with his brother's point of view and said, "It's uncomfortable to take medicine. It won't be uncomfortable until you recover from the disease."
Although the last time he was sick was half a year ago, he still remembers how bitter the medicine he drank was. Thinking of this, Mingming looked at her mother with sympathy in her eyes: "Mom, you have to take the medicine obediently and get better soon. As for what happened yesterday, although mom didn't apologize to me, I forgive you for your illness."
Lin Wei felt relieved but also amused when she heard this. She felt relieved that her son was sensible and knew how to feel sorry for her, but she felt amused because the little guy still held a grudge.
And forgave her.
Lin Wei pretended to be regretful and said, "Is that so? Mom wanted to apologize to you, but since you said so clearly, forget it."
Mingming opened his eyes wide: “?!!” Is this possible?
…
When Zong Shao carried his wife and two children to Zhou's house, Zhou Jianhai was squatting at the door brushing his teeth. There was no bathroom in their house, so they washed their face and brushed their teeth outside.
Seeing their scene, Zhou Jianhai thought something had happened. He didn't even bother to rinse his mouth. He came over with a mouth full of foam and asked, "What happened to your wife?"
Lin Wei buried her face in Zong Shao's back, too embarrassed to answer.
Originally, Zong Shao was planning to carry her to the hospital, but she felt that if she was really carried from the family quarters to the hospital, others would inevitably gossip if they saw it.
Besides, she just had a fever, and although her whole body was sore, she was not unconscious. She could walk to the hospital if she gritted her teeth, so she didn't agree. But Zong Shao did not agree to let her walk by herself. Finally, after the two of them discussed it, they compromised and decided to carry her on their backs.
Lin Wei was embarrassed to answer, but Zong Shao didn't think it was a big deal and said, "Weiwei has a fever. I'm taking her to the hospital. Can you trouble Comrade Chen to take care of Mingming and Ruirui for a while? I'll come back to pick them up when Weiwei gets better."
Zhou Jianhai agreed immediately: "No problem, is your wife's fever serious?"
"It feels quite hot. We'll have to go to the hospital to know the exact condition." Zong Shao said to Mingming and Ruirui, "Be good at Uncle Zhou's house and don't run around, okay?"
Mingming and Ruirui said in unison: "I know, Dad, you have to take good care of Mom."
In fact, both brothers wanted to go to the hospital with their father, but their father said that if they were with them, they would not be able to take good care of their mother, so they had to stay at home.
Zong Shao hummed, and then said to Zhou Jianhai, "Let's go."
"Okay," Zhou Jianhai nodded, and when he turned around, he thought again, "Should I ask for leave for you?"
Zong Shao paused and said, "Then please tell Lao Zhong for me. I will send Weiwei to the hospital first, and then go to the camp to report after she is settled."
"become."
Zhou Jianhai responded, watching Zong Shao carrying Lin Wei out of the yard, quickly rinsed his mouth with water twice, wiped off the foam on his mouth, and said to the two children with a smile: "Have you had breakfast?"
Rarity shook her head. “We didn’t even brush our teeth.”
"You started brushing your teeth at such a young age?" Zhou Jianhai asked in surprise.
Mingming was even more surprised: "Uncle, didn't you brush your teeth when you were our age?" There was a hint of disdain in his eyes.
Zhou Jianhai choked. When he was this age, he really didn't brush his teeth. Even when he was little Shitou, he didn't brush his teeth very often at this age. But after thinking about it, he decided not to expose his son, otherwise it would be bad if he was disliked by his friends.
But then again, it's time to put my son's teeth brushing on the agenda and talk to my wife about it.
Zhou Jianhai quickly adjusted himself and continued to say to the two children with a smile, "Your house is locked and we can't get in now. You should probably wait until your parents come back before brushing your teeth. Go in and sit down first. I'll go upstairs and call Xiao Shitou down."
Mingming was too happy to brush his teeth, so he agreed immediately: "Okay."
After bringing the two children to sit in the living room, Zhou Jianhai took out a box of biscuits from the chest of drawers, gave each of them a piece, and went upstairs to call his sons.
But when he reached the door of the second bedroom, Zhou Jianhai did not push the door open directly, but chose to knock on the door.
The layout of the Zhou family is similar to that of the Zong family, with two rooms upstairs. Originally, Xiao Shitou lived alone in the second bedroom, but after Chen Bamei came, there were no other rooms in the house, so Zhou Jianhai let her sleep with her son.
Anyway, Xiao Shitou is young, so it’s okay for him to sleep with others. In two years, when he is older, Chen Bamei will have his own life.
However, this made it less convenient for Zhou Jianhai to enter his son’s room. Although they were cousins, they still had to keep a certain distance between the opposite sexes.
Knock, knock, knock.
After the three calls, Chen Bamei's voice came from inside: "Here it comes."
Soon, the door to the second bedroom was opened. Seeing Zhou Jianhai outside the door, Chen Bamei looked a little surprised: "Cousin, what can I do for you?"
Zhou Jianhai said: "It's like this, Lao Zong's wife was sick, and he took her to the hospital..."
Upon learning that Lin Wei was ill, Chen Bamei's face changed and she asked, "Sister Weiwei is ill? What's wrong with her? Is it serious?"
"He is said to have a fever, but we don't know how serious it is. Lao Zong has already taken his wife to the hospital. The problem now is that he doesn't have time to take care of the two brothers Mingming and Ruirui, so he sent them to our house. I want to ask if you can help take care of them for half a day to a whole day." Zhou Jianhai said concisely.
Chen Bamei nodded without hesitation after hearing this: "No problem, I will definitely take good care of Mingming and Ruirui!"
Zhou Jianhai nodded, looked into the room and said, "Xiao Shitou hasn't woken up yet? Ruirui and the others are clearly waiting for him downstairs."
Hearing Zhou Jianhai's meaning, Chen Bamei asked, "Then should I wake up Xiao Shitou?"
"Wake him up." Zhou Jianhai said.
Chen Bamei turned around and went into the room and called Xiao Shitou to get up.
While Zhou Jianhai was standing at the door waiting, Deng Xiangyun came out of the master bedroom.
Deng Xiangyun didn't go to work until 8:30, so although she woke up when Zhou Jianhai got up, she fell asleep again after a while. Just when she was half asleep, she heard voices outside, and she heard words like "old ancestor" and "sick". She gradually woke up and came out to ask what happened.
Zhou Jianhai did not hide it and repeated what he had just said to Chen Bamei.
Deng Xiangyun was a little worried at first, but when she heard that Zong Shao had sent Lin Wei to the hospital, she was slightly relieved and asked, "What about Mingming Ruirui and the others?"
"Sit downstairs." Zhou Jianhai said as he leaned back to look at the second bedroom. Little Shitou was still being lazy inside, so he said loudly, "Rui Rui is obviously waiting for you downstairs. If you don't get up, they will go back."
Hearing his friend's name, Little Stone immediately sobered up, turned his head to look at the door and asked, "Mingming and Ruirui are here?"
Zhou Jianhai said: "Yes, they have been waiting for you downstairs for a long time."
Little Stone got up, got out of bed, walked out of the room in his slippers, and walked down the stairs, still shouting, "Ming Ming Rui Rui!"
Mingming was still nibbling on the peach cake when he heard the voice and looked up and shouted, "Little Stone!"
Ruirui also raised his head, but he didn't say anything. He just watched Xiaoshi jump down the last step and run towards them.
"Mingming and Ruirui, why did you come to my house so early?" After running up to the two of them and standing in front of them, Xiao Shitou asked excitedly. This was the first time he saw his two friends so early.
But Ruirui was not so excited. He said, "Mom is sick and Dad can't take care of us, so he sent us to your house."
Little Stone was dumbfounded, his face wrinkled: "Isn't Aunt Weiwei very pitiful? She has to take very bitter medicine when she is sick."
Mingming nodded: "Mom is so pitiful, she can't even walk, Dad carried her to the hospital."
Deng Xiangyun, who was coming down from upstairs, paused and asked Zhou Jianhai, "Is Weiwei so seriously ill?"
Zhou Jianhai didn't even see Lin Wei's face at the time, so how could he know if she was that seriously ill? But he recalled Zong Shao's expression at the time and said hesitantly, "It shouldn't be that serious. I think Old Zong looks fine."
Deng Xiangyun said, "I'll go to the hospital with you later to see how Weiwei is doing."
"So you're not having breakfast?"
Deng Xiangyun walked to the door, picked up the toothbrush and enamel cup on the chest of drawers next to her, and said as she walked out, "Take two biscuits to fill your stomach."
…
"38.5 degrees, not bad, the fever is not too severe."
The doctor held up the mercury thermometer, looked at the scale and said, "I'll prescribe two antipyretic pills for her. Feed her a few first and see if the fever goes down by noon. Then take her home to rest."
Sensing the doctor's implication, Zong Shao asked, "Is it possible that the fever cannot be reduced?"
Seeing Zong Shao frowning, the doctor smiled and said, "Although that situation exists, don't worry, most patients with low-grade fever can get rid of their fever after taking antipyretics."
Zong Shao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Will the fever go away faster if I get an injection?"
"Generally speaking, an injection will reduce fever faster than taking medicine, but to be honest, in Comrade Lin's case, relying on his own immunity, he doesn't need to take medicine, just go home, wrap himself in a blanket, sweat, and rest for two days, and he will be fine. There is no need for an injection."
The doctor looked at Lin Wei, who was lying on the bed and fell asleep again, and continued, "Comrade Lin is a military dependent. If you prescribe antipyretic medicine, the cost can be reimbursed directly, but injections are expensive. After deducting the reimbursement part, the cost is not cheap."
Normally, only those with urban household registration and jobs can have their medical expenses reimbursed, but the situation of military families is special, so even though she is temporarily out of work, her medical expenses can still be reimbursed.
However, there is a limit to reimbursement. For cheap items like common Chinese medicine, antipyretics, cough syrups, etc., the costs can basically be reimbursed and the patients don't have to pay a penny. But the cost of intravenous drip is relatively high, and it would be too much if half of it can be reimbursed, so you have to pay part of it yourself.
Although this is a military hospital, the soldiers are physically strong and rarely catch colds. As for the number of military dependents, compared with the members of the surrounding communes and brigades, their number is too small, so most of the people who come here for minor illnesses such as colds are ordinary people.
When ordinary people see a doctor, they mainly consider saving money. If they can be cured by drinking water, they will never take medicine. If they can be cured by taking medicine, they will never choose injections or intravenous drips.
The doctor said this as a professional habit.
Zong Shao turned his head and looked at Lin Wei. Before leaving, she vowed that she could walk from home to the hospital, but halfway through the journey, she fell asleep on his back with her face flushed red.
He just hoped that Lin Wei's fever would go down quickly, so he said without much thought, "Have her on IV drip."
The family members requested it, and the doctor didn't force it, so he wrote a prescription and asked the nurse to do a skin test on Lin Wei first. After the skin test, we waited for a while and made sure that Lin Wei was not allergic before arranging for a nurse to give her an injection.
So when Deng Xiangyun looked over with the help of her colleague, she saw that Lin Wei was already on IV drip and asked hurriedly, "Is Weiwei so seriously ill?"
Hearing the voice, Zong Shao turned his head to look at the door of the ward, stood up and asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Seeing Zong Shao's calm expression, Deng Xiangyun calmed down and said, "I heard from Ah Hai that Weiwei was sick. I was worried about you sending her to the hospital, so I came to see her earlier." She then asked what temperature Lin Wei's fever was.
"Thirty-eight and a half degrees."
Deng Xiangyun looked surprised: "Then why is she still on IV drip?"
Zong Shao said succinctly: "The injection will reduce the fever quickly."
"I thought so!" Deng Xiangyun suddenly realized and asked, "You don't have to go to the camp today?"
Zong Shao said, "I will apply for two days' leave later."
Deng Xiangyun said quickly, "Then go quickly and ask for leave first, so as not to delay things. I'll help you take care of Weiwei here."
"Will taking care of Weiwei here interfere with your work?"
Deng Xiangyun glanced at her watch and said, "It's only 6:20 now. There are still more than two hours until 8:30. It won't be late. But you should go and ask for leave as soon as possible."
Zong Shao stood up and said, "Thank you for your help. I will be back as soon as possible."
"You're welcome." Deng Xiangyun smiled and watched Zong Shao walk out of the ward before turning around and sitting down beside the bed.
…
The injection did reduce the fever faster. Before seven o'clock, Lin Wei's body temperature returned to normal and she had slept well and opened her eyes. However, her voice was still a little hoarse and her throat was not feeling well.
So after the injection, Lin Wei went back with Zong Shao.
However, she did not go back empty-handed. The doctor prescribed two doses of cold medicine and asked her to take them for three days. He also told her to drink more water and rest more during these days and not to overwork herself.
Zong Shao agreed to all of his requests and even said that he would carry Lin Wei on his back when he returned.
This time Lin Wei was determined not to agree. Although they were husband and wife, she just had a cold, not a lame leg. It would be inappropriate to carry her around outside.
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