Life in Zhangjia Village is comfortable and leisurely. The midday sun warms everyone's body. Zhou Jiao, holding her son, leans against the eaves to bask in the sun.
The wheat seedlings and wheat ears around her were chattering about the children's conflicts. Zhou Jiao listened to the children's distress and sorrow, secretly happy, and seriously helped them solve their problems.
The two little girls listened very attentively. I wonder if the two-year-old Mai Sui understood? She kept nodding, which made Zhou Jiao laugh uncontrollably and rub their hair vigorously.
Suddenly, a group of men, women, young and old ran into the yard. The middle-aged woman in the lead came in and saw Zhou Jiao. Despair suddenly flashed in her eyes. She grabbed Zhou Jiao tightly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and begged, "Jiaojiao, I beg you. I have no other choice, it depends on you. You must save my puppy."
Zhou Jiao desperately pulled the woman who was about to kneel down, "Auntie, I will definitely help you. Don't worry, what's going on first? Mai Miao, call grandma quickly."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the group of people who came in from behind and found that they all had red eyes. She paused and asked hurriedly, "Does anyone know what happened?"
Zhang's mother came out and saw everyone talking at once. She roughly understood what was going on, but she really didn't know if Zhou Jiao had any solution, so she looked at her anxiously.
Zhou Jiao pieced together the story: something must have happened to the grandson. The child had been at the county hospital all night with a fever that wouldn't go away. The doctor told them to rush to the provincial capital for emergency treatment or find a special medicine to reduce the child's fever first, otherwise he would become insane.
The medicine Zhang Guoqing used last time was very good. But they were worried they'd be too late to get to the provincial capital, and they were broke, so they had to beg Zhou Jiao to see if she had any good medicine.
As soon as Zhou Jiao understood, she immediately stuffed Ping An into Zhang's mother's hand. Without saying a word, she dragged the still-crying aunt out, shouting, "Take me to see the child first. Why don't you bring the child in? Why are you being so polite? Come on, stop crying. It's okay. I have medicine. If things don't work out, let's take him to the hospital."
When I ran out of the door, I saw a young woman on the ox cart holding her child tightly, looking eagerly.
Zhou Jiao hurried forward to touch the child's forehead, feel his breathing, and with one hand take his pulse, counting his heart rate. With the other hand, she unbuttoned the child's collar and saw that there was no rash on the front and back, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay. There's nothing else wrong. The child is fine. Bring the child in first, I'll give him medicine to reduce his fever. If the fever doesn't go away after half an hour, I'll take you to the provincial capital."
After saying that, Zhou Jiao ran back to the bedroom, took out the medicine that was always available at home, thought for a while, and then brought out a ten-pound jar of sorghum liquor and closed the door.
When she came to the outer room, she saw Zhang's mother holding Ping'an, standing far away. She quickly pointed to the main room, and when she saw her mother-in-law, she understood and felt relieved.
When the other person came in with the child, Zhou Jiao took it and placed it directly on the kang, unbuttoned her coat, and covered it with a quilt. After pouring the powdered medicine into the mouth, she immediately took a wooden tray and poured wine into it. She used a towel to wipe the neck, popliteal fossa, armpits, elbows, thighs, and other places. She touched the forehead from time to time. After a few minutes, seeing that the child's expression finally relaxed, Zhou Jiao smiled slightly. Then she continued to wipe with wine, non-stop.
"Okay, the fever is gone. It's really gone. The child can be saved." The aunt shouted excitedly.
Zhou Jiao understood her feelings—the child was a boy, and considering her wife's age, this should be her first grandson. If they hadn't had no other choice, they definitely wouldn't have come. It was just that they still remembered the courtesy of not bringing their child into the house, even at this point. This family was a good bunch.
"Auntie, it's okay. You probably didn't find Doctor Zhou. If he were here, there wouldn't be any help. The child is fine. Don't worry. Just stay by his side and watch over him. I'll give him some water."
Zhou Jiao quickly took out some sugar and salt to make a pot of hot water, and brought it to the child. After it cooled down a bit, she started to let the child drink it.
The child opened his eyes after taking a sip and hurried to drink more.
The people standing inside and outside the room were all happy to see the child awake. It was good that he was awake, and he wanted to drink water. The child was fine.
Zhou Jiao waited until he had almost finished drinking, and when she saw that he began to sweat, she quickly covered him with a quilt.
"Little Dog is so good. Let's just wait for the sweat to come out, okay? If you behave well, I'll reward you with candy. Lots of candy, okay?"
Seeing the child regain his spirits, he said in a baby voice, "Okay." Zhou Jiao touched his hair, which was moist. The sweat was really coming out. It was good that it was coming out.
The child's mother finally felt relieved and collapsed to the ground. She kept smiling and crying. After being pulled up by her husband, the couple supported each other and stared at the child.
Zhou Jiao comforted the child's mother and asked her to go back and get the child's clothes - he would need to change clothes once he started sweating.
"No need. Just sweat it out. I'll take it back. I can't trouble you anymore." The other person said with gratitude on her face, looking at her mother-in-law for help.
Zhou Jiao didn't wait for them to make a decision and immediately said, "You can't go back yet. Wait until three or four in the afternoon to see if the child still has a high fever. There's no need to bother. The child is more important than anything else. Hurry and bring some clothes. I'll change him and give him something to eat. Let him get a good sleep and recuperate."
The aunt didn't object after hearing this. She now believed Zhou Jiao, "Go ahead. I owe you a favor, so I don't mind it. Be careful when you go back. You two should go back together."
After a while, Huang Cuilan came in with a wooden tray containing a bowl of rice porridge. She smiled and comforted the aunt: "My mother-in-law said that she has raised so many children well, so you don't have to worry.
The child is fine after drinking the rice porridge. He'll be fine soon. She can't come over right now with her grandson, so please stay home and wait until the child is better before going back. Don't rush back when the child is not well and let him suffer."
The auntie started wiping away tears the moment she saw the rice porridge. As soon as she finished, she said gratefully, "Your mother-in-law is still as kind-hearted as she was back then. I can't repay your mother-in-law enough. Now my grandson's life was saved by your family. Please thank your mother-in-law for me."
Zhou Jiao fed the child well, and seeing that he was staring at the candy on the table, she whispered to him, "Be good and don't get sick. After you finish drinking the bitter medicine, I'll give all this to you. I won't give it to anyone else. Okay?"
Hearing the child's baby voice asking for the medicine right away and seeing the desire in his eyes, Zhou Jiao directly brought the candy in front of him and hid it behind him.
He laughed so hard that his eyes were invisible, which made her laugh too. What a cute and clever little guy.
After the child was changed and fell asleep with a smile on his face, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Guoqing heard what happened as soon as he returned. He looked at the child with concern, and seeing that he was fine, he thought about it and immediately rode his bicycle to find Dr. Zhou.
No professional has seen the child, and he is worried that something might be wrong with the child. Besides, the child has stayed in his room, so the adult is not afraid of infection, but what about his son?
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Guoqing came back with Doctor Zhou.
The child had returned to normal, jumping around vigorously. Zhang Guoqing was secretly surprised. Was it because the child had good health? Or was it because the county doctor's medical skills were inadequate?
Doctor Zhou examined the child and nodded repeatedly after listening to Zhou Jiao's suggestion. He looked at the pills Zhou Jiao took out and said happily, "I think it's the combination of these pills and the liquor that's working. Okay, you can take the child home now. If you're worried, bring some medicine back. If he has a fever again tonight, give it to him directly."
It's okay now. Haha... From now on, keep some common medicines at home. This is my experience. Burn medicine, hemostatics, diarrhea medicine, cold medicine, you should keep some at home. If you already have antipyretics at home, when the child has a fever, give it to him as soon as possible. You don't have to go to the county town.
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