The little boy lay there, completely unaware of what was happening behind him. He actually felt quite comfortable and soon fell asleep, his coughing decreasing significantly.
"Oh dear, the cough has stopped..." the old lady said with delight.
The other patients laughed and said, "Dr. Ye is really amazing, her skills are extraordinary. You have to listen to Dr. Ye and stop giving your child candy. Too much candy will cause children to have rotten teeth."
“But this little devil only eats candy. He throws a tantrum if I don’t give him any. I buy him only the best candy. I hope he’ll be fine.” The old lady had an unconventional idea. She believed that the best candy was nutritious and that her grandson would be okay after eating it.
It's those cheap candies that cause tooth decay.
Moreover, the old lady disagreed with the idea that eating sugar would cause teeth to rot. She said that in the past, people were so poor that they could not afford even a pound of sugar a year, but they still had rotten teeth. Whether teeth rot or not is a completely different matter from whether or not one eats sugar.
People nowadays are too particular. They can't eat this or that. Even when raising children, they're so picky. They think this is dirty and that is unclean. They're so fussy. Before, she would just throw her son on the ground and nobody cared. He was still lively and healthy.
On the contrary, she takes very good care of her grandson, who is constantly getting minor illnesses every few days and has to go to the hospital once a month. It's really worrying her to death.
“If you don’t buy candy for the house, the child won’t eat it if he doesn’t see it. If he refuses to eat, let him go hungry. He’ll eat when he’s really hungry,” Ye Qingqing said irritably.
I really don't understand how this old lady's son survived. He's so old and doesn't have any common sense. What kind of child has she raised?
"How can we let them go hungry? They'll starve!" the old lady said unhappily.
Her daughter-in-law had finally given birth to a grandson, so she had to take good care of him. The grandson was the family's treasure, and she was willing to spend money on anything the child wanted to eat, no matter how expensive it was, since the family wasn't short of money.
Ye Qingqing was too lazy to say anything more. This kind of old lady was impervious to reason and there was no way to reason with her. She just felt sorry for the child.
The other patients also shook their heads, but no one said anything more; it's best to mind your own business.
"Prescribe three days' worth of medicine. Boil it down to one bowl with two bowls of water. Drink it after meals, twice a day. Make sure you eat a full meal before taking the medicine, otherwise your stomach won't be able to handle it," Ye Qingqing wrote out the prescription and gave a few instructions.
"My child refuses to drink Chinese medicine. Could you prescribe some snake gall and fritillaria oral liquid? That child can drink it," the old lady asked.
Ye Qingqing suppressed the urge to kick this strange old lady out and patiently explained, "Your grandson's cough is very serious. Snake gall and fritillaria oral liquid is not working. He must drink the medicine I prescribed, otherwise he will not get better. Even if he refuses to drink it, you have to find a way to get him to drink it. Come back for a follow-up visit in three days."
"Give the child some candy before giving him the medicine, trick him into drinking it. That's how I give my grandson his medicine," a patient kindly suggested.
The old lady nodded, took the medicine, and then picked up her grandson to leave. The child wasn't wearing a mask, and his whole face was exposed.
"Make sure your child wears a mask next time they go out, as the wind will make their cough worse. It's best to have them wear a scarf as well."
Ye Qingqing gave the old lady a medical mask because she couldn't bear to see her like this. She herself was more meticulous than the old lady when she took care of children.
"Children these days are so precious; they can't be exposed to the wind or the sun. Children were so much easier to raise back then..."
The old lady grumbled quietly, but still put a mask on the child and left in a hurry.
As soon as she stepped outside, someone blocked her way, spoke a few words to the old lady, and her eyes lit up. She asked hesitantly, "Five hundred yuan for just making a phone call? Really?"
"I'll give you the money if you call now."
"Then I'll go fight right now!"
The old lady was overjoyed; she never expected to make money while seeing a doctor. She was really lucky.
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