Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The whole army was annihilated
It was a chilly spring day and the heating suddenly stopped. The children were prone to catching colds and fevers if they kept running around in and out of the house and took off their clothes.
Even though she had made preparations in advance, Lu Qinghe had not expected that this disease would directly infect four people in her family. Except for her, everyone else was wiped out.
Due to drug control, there was no ready-made cold medicine at home, and the children's fever could not be delayed. Lu Qinghe touched the three children and found something was wrong. She quickly changed her clothes and prepared to take them to the outpatient clinic in the military family compound.
"Zhao Zimo——"
Lu Qinghe was putting a scarf on Lu Yao while calling for help. She had originally wanted to ask Zhao Zimo to go with her, but she didn't expect that Zhao Zimo looked depressed when he came out.
"Do you have a fever too?"
Zhao Zimo sniffed, "No, I just feel a little dizzy. I think I have a cold. It's nothing."
"come over!"
Lu Qinghe raised her hand to test the temperature of Zhao Zimo's forehead. Sure enough, it was just as hot. "You said you were fine, but go change into some thick clothes. I'll take you to the clinic."
"Mom, I feel dizzy too." Zhao Zirui shook his head: "I feel like I'm playing on a swing."
"I'm hot."
Lu Yao pouted and spoke weakly while tugging at her scarf.
"Lu Yang, watch over my sister and don't let her tear off her clothes. I'm going to go get help and I'll be right back."
Seeing that none of the three children could walk, she knew she definitely couldn't carry them all by herself. After thinking about it, she knocked on Yu Lili's door first.
Yu Lili was a good person, but Lu Qinghe was so slow at guarding the door today that she wanted to jump up and call for help.
After a long time, even Political Commissar Zhao from the opposite side came out, and Yu Lili finally responded.
"Here he comes! My kid has a fever. He said a lot of kids at school caught it, and he's been feeling unwell since he came back... Hey, Qinghe, is your kid infected too?"
"Four, none of them escaped."
Lu Qinghe glanced inside anxiously, "How's your family? If you have time, please accompany me to the outpatient clinic."
"What clinic are you going to? There aren't enough places for IV drips there. I just came back from there a while ago. Adults and children have to queue up. We have to go to the Armed Police Hospital. My wife is not at home, so I really can't accompany you there. Why don't you wait and I'll go call Wang Ningyu for you."
"Where are Wang Ningyu's five girls? The flu is so severe, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape!"
Every household has children. Some men at home have to take care of their children and cannot go out. It is also the beginning of spring, and many people in the military family compound are still in their hometowns and have not returned.
When Lu Qinghe was wondering whether to go to the military area to call Xiao Li over, Guo Yingshi locked the door and came over.
"Sister-in-law, let me help you."
Lu Qinghe was so anxious that she didn't care about being embarrassed. "The most important thing is not to waste time when a child has a fever. It can easily damage the brain. Political Commissar Guo, I won't be polite with you. Come back another day and let my husband, Lao Zhao, treat you to a drink."
"Why are you saying that? Let's go."
She knocked on the door loudly, and Yu Xuexue also opened the door. When Lu Qinghe and Guo Yingshi came out with their children in their slings, another problem arose.
Guo Yingshi looked around and said, "It's too far to borrow a car now. Let's go to the Military Families Association office and ask if they have a cart."
Yu Xuexi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then strode over. "If you go like this, the child will be cold and difficult to hold. Wait, I'll borrow a car to pick you up."
"Thank you, Comrade Yu Xuexue."
"I haven't had time to thank your girl for what happened last time, so don't be polite to me."
Yu Xuexi said hello and left in a hurry. He was in a hurry and arrived on a cart in less than five minutes. Surprisingly, Xiaohua was there too.
They got in the car first, settled the children in the car, and each person supported one. Zhao Zimo followed Lu Qinghe by himself, while Yu Xuexi drove the car and set off.
Lu Qinghe didn't bother to talk about anything else along the way. She was afraid that the wind would blow them away again, and she was also worried that Zhao Zimo would feel uncomfortable. Not only did her heart feel divided into four parts, but it still felt not enough.
Xiao Hua: "Don't worry, Sister Lu. In previous years, there were also a lot of children suffering from the flu at this time of year in schools. Hospitals always have medicine on hand during this time of year. You can get a shot in the butt and everything will be fine."
Lu Qinghe was anxious and could only nod casually to deal with it.
Lu Yao was a restless girl. When she heard that she was going to get a shot in the buttocks, she raised her head dizzy and said that she was afraid of the pain. Lu Qinghe was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and held her in his arms to comfort her for a while.
When they finally arrived at the hospital, the three children were completely exhausted.
Fortunately, they had enough manpower, and except for Zhao Zimo, everyone took one baby to the pediatric department.
It was similar to what Yu Lili said. Even in the Armed Police Hospital, there were already many people in the pediatric department. Fortunately, some people did not want to be hospitalized, and there were still two vacant beds. Lu Qinghe went to handle the bed procedures without saying a word, watched the three children get injections in the buttocks, and watched Zhao Zimo's fever subside. It was not until eight or nine o'clock that he finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped in the chair.
Zhao Zimo saw it, lowered his head to think for a moment, then got out of bed and put on his shoes.
"I don't have a fever, just go and rest."
Lu Qinghe glanced at him and urged weakly, "Go lie down. There's no heating in the hospital. Cover yourself with the quilt quickly and don't freeze anymore."
"...I'm really fine now. You...Auntie, please don't get sick too."
"No, adults have much stronger immunity than children. Go back and lie down quickly."
Lu Qinghe said as she glanced at the three kids sleeping huddled together on the other bed, "Don't wake up my brothers and sisters."
"……oh."
As he was speaking, Xiaohua came back with the medicine.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
"Zimo's fever has subsided, but the three little ones still have a low-grade fever. They said it's best to observe them overnight, otherwise they might get pneumonia if they develop a fever again during the night."
Guo Yingshi and Yu Xuexue came over with some water and the prescribed pills.
Lu Qinghe thanked them one by one.
Yu Xuexi shyly said it was nothing, and Guo Yingshi did the same.
"Sister Xiaohua, I didn't even bother to thank you just now. You've worked so hard."
Yu Xuexue added, "The cart was borrowed from the supply and marketing cooperative. I happened to run into Comrade Xiaohua when I went there. As soon as she heard it was you, she followed you."
"Thank you, Xiaohua. This cart is really helpful!"
"Why are you being so polite to me, Sister Lu? If it weren't for you last year, I would have had to work very hard to complete the task."
Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Qinghe exchanged a few more pleasantries and then stood up to see them downstairs.
Guo Yingshi frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "Sister-in-law, can you take care of four children here by yourself?"
Lu Qinghe: "Zimo is much better now, so it shouldn't be a big problem. I've troubled you all so much. You all have to go to work early tomorrow morning, so go back and rest."
Xiao Hua quickly waved her hand. "Although I've only been here a year, I know the situation in our military family compound. Everyone here has relatives or friends from out of town. When the men are busy, the neighbors look after each other. Sister-in-law, how about I stay with you for a night?"
"this……"
"Sister-in-law, if not for anything else, just for the sake of these children. If something really happens, you won't be able to handle it yourself."
Guo Yingshi nodded beside him and said, "Xiao Lu, you're welcome. The children of our military families are all taken care of by our military family compound. I'm a grown man and it wasn't convenient for me to speak up just now, nor was it convenient for me to stay here. Just agree to Xiao Hua."
Even Yu Xuexi advised: "In previous years, when Yu's sister-in-law's child broke his leg and there was no one at home, everyone helped to send him here."
Unable to refuse, and considering the child, Lu Qinghe finally nodded.
Guo Yingshi made an appointment to pick them up early the next morning with a cart, and then left.
There were no extra beds in the ward, so Xiaohua had to sleep on a chair in the corridor all night.
Lu Qinghe didn't sleep much and couldn't sleep. He waited for a few hours at night and checked on their conditions. When he found that their fever had subsided in the morning, he slept for two hours in a daze.
"Come and take your temperature. Once the test results come out, you can be discharged if everything is fine."
Lu Qinghe finally woke up when the nurse's ward rounds were heard.
Lu Qinghe: "Nurse, Zhao Zimo's fever completely subsided around 10 o'clock last night, and he just has a runny nose. The three little ones' fevers also subsided around 3 o'clock in the morning."
"Okay." The nurse took notes while looking at Lu Qinghe with some concern. "Sister, you are from the military dependents' home, right? When you leave later, you'd better get some cold medicine as a precaution. Many adults have been infected as well."
"Hey, thanks for the reminder, comrade."
The nurse measured the temperature of the three children one by one. When she took Zhao Zirui's temperature, there was a hint of doubt in her eyes.
Lu Yao and Lu Yang had already sat up, drank some water, and looked in good spirits.
Although Zhao Zirui's fever had subsided, he was still drowsy and a little weak.
"He is the youngest, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to be discharged directly from the hospital," said Lu Qinghe.
"Well, just keep warm when you get home. Don't eat greasy food for now. You can eat some meat or tofu to supplement your nutrition. That's it..."
"What?" Lu Qinghe was a little nervous.
The nurse's eyes were still on Zhao Zirui's face. She looked at him for a long time before coming back to her senses. She realized that she had scared Lu Qinghe, and then she smiled and took off her mask.
"Nothing, nothing to do with illness, it's just that you looked so familiar to me that I forgot about it for a moment."
"look familiar?"
"Yes, similar..." The nurse hesitated. "I'm not afraid you won't believe it, but you look almost exactly like my brother when he was little. But there are people in the world who look alike, so maybe it's just a coincidence."
Lu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, and Xiaohua beside him patted his chest and said, "Comrade Nurse, you scared me quite a bit before you even said half of what you said."
"Sorry, sorry. By the way, my name is Ye Yulian, and I'm the assistant director of the pediatric department here. If the child has any more problems, come directly to me."
"Okay, thank you for your help, Comrade Ye."
Ye Yulian smiled and said that she was fine, but before leaving, she took another look at Zhao Zirui who was still sleeping, thought about it, and walked back.
"Sister, I'm really sorry, can I ask you what the name of this child's father is?"
"Zhao Zhanming."
"Zhao?"
"Um."
"Sorry, maybe I'm overthinking it. That's it for now. I'm going to the next ward."
After the others left, Xiaohua took another look and said, "It's really inexplicable."
Lu Qinghe didn't quite understand, but seeing the children crying out that they were hungry and Guo Yingshi arriving downstairs, he didn't bother to say anything more and took the children to be discharged from the hospital.
Ye Yulian, who was making rounds on the third floor, passed by the window and looked downstairs when she happened to see Guo Qiushi coming to pick someone up. She frowned and shook her head subconsciously.
"What are you looking at?"
A colleague came over and took a look, "That person below is their husband, right? What's wrong?"
Ye Yulian: "It's okay, I just saw that his child looked very similar to my brother when he was young, so I was a little curious. I originally thought..."
I didn't think so.
The man downstairs doesn't look like her brother at all.
"Your brother? You mean Ye Baojin, the one who came to the hospital and publicly asked you for money last time? Didn't you hear him being spoiled by his family? No one even suggested a partner for him. How could he suddenly have a child? You're overthinking it."
"Not Baojin."
Speaking of Bao Jin, Ye Yulian sighed helplessly, "I'm talking about my second brother. If my second brother were still alive, Bao Jin wouldn't have a chance. Now Bao Jin has been spoiled by my parents."
"Second brother, why haven't I heard you say that?"
"She was kidnapped by human traffickers a few years ago and has been missing for over 20 years. It has always been a pain in my parents' hearts. Oh, why am I telling you this? Let's go, it's time to move to the next room."
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