Cui Xuezhi drank ginger sugar water and lay at home for a whole day, but her body showed no signs of moving. When she got up, her head felt even more dizzy and uncomfortable. At night, she even had a fever.
Yang Liu took out a piece of Analgin she had brought from home and offered her one. Worried she might infect the child, she said, "Xuezhi, why don't you sleep in the west room for a night? Liuliu is too young. If she gets sick, she'll get upset and start making a fuss, and we won't be able to comfort her."
Cui Xuezhi was listless, and it was unclear whether she hadn't heard or hadn't heard clearly, "Ah? What did you just say?"
Yang Liu just repeated it again.
Cui Xuezhi nodded and said, "It's okay to separate them, but I don't want to move now, and this room is full of my scent. Why don't you take Liuliu to sleep in the west room?"
"Well," Yang Liu said, "I've put the thermos by your bed. If you're thirsty at night, just get up and pour some water. If you feel unwell, just call me from the west room."
Cui Xuezhi hummed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.
Yang Liu held Liuliu in her arms and moved the child's favorite things to the west room one by one. The noise she made in the process did not wake Cui Xuezhi up.
Yang Liu glanced at her, rubbed her face against Liu Liu's forehead, and sighed: "You are such a mother..."
However, despite all the precautions, Liuliu still had a fever in the second half of the night.
Yang Liu touched Liu Liu's burning forehead and, holding the child, knocked on Cui Xuezhi's door. "Xuezhi? Xuezhi? Wake up?"
Cui Xuezhi was sleeping in a daze, thinking she was dreaming, so she turned over and continued to sleep.
Yang Liu called out for a long time outside the door, but no sound came from inside. She pushed the door open, carried Liu Liu to the bedside, and shook Cui Xuezhi's body with her hands: "Xuezhi, wake up, Liu Liu has a fever. We have to take Liu Liu to the hospital."
Cui Xuezhi was startled awake, "Liuliu has a fever?"
Yang Liu nodded: "I touched her forehead and it was hot."
"Let me touch it."
Cui Xuezhi reached out to touch it, but didn't feel anything. She then pressed her forehead against it and felt that their body temperatures were about the same.
"I don't feel particularly hot anyway."
Yang Liu said helplessly: "That's because you have a fever too, your forehead is hot too."
Yang Liu said, "Let's go to the hospital and see a doctor for both of you."
"Is it still raining outside?" Cui Xuezhi heard the sound of raindrops falling on the roof.
Yang Liu nodded. "Yes, it's still raining, but it's okay. I'll wrap the child in a blanket, then put on a raincoat, and hold an umbrella to protect her from the wind and rain."
Cui Xuezhi hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Our home is a bit far from the hospital, and we don't have a car. If we walk there, it will take more than 20 minutes just to get there, and it's raining. We should wait until daybreak."
"But, but the child has a fever." Yang Liu advised: "We can't wait for the child to have a fever. If the temperature goes up, it might damage the child's brain."
Cui Xuezhi said, "Don't you have Analgin? Grind it up and mix it with water. Feed her a little to cool her down first."
"That's for adults." Yang Liu didn't dare to feed it to the child.
She is just a nanny. If the baby gets sick due to overfeeding, Cui Xuezhi will definitely blame her.
Cui Xuezhi thought for a moment and then said, "Then go to Courtyard No. 5 and knock on the door. Qin Yunqiao lives in Courtyard No. 5. She's a doctor at the Military Uniform Factory's clinic. She can treat children. Invite her over and ask her to see Liuliu."
"It's the middle of the night and it's raining, why not disturb her?" Yang Liu said awkwardly. "She's pregnant."
Cui Xuezhi said, "Go and ask her first. If you can, that's the best. If you can't, ask her if she has any way to reduce the child's fever. Don't you think about it? It's raining so hard outside, and we're two women, and we don't even have a bicycle at home. How are we going to take Liuliu to the hospital? If you don't ask her, are we just going to sit there staring at each other until dawn?"
Yang Liu looked down at Liu Liu, whose face was flushed with fever, in her arms. She gritted her teeth and said, "Well, I'll go knock on the door and try."
It was raining outside, and she certainly couldn't go with the child when she went to get help. So Yang Liu put the child on Cui Xuezhi's kang and said, "Xuezhi, you take care of the child first. I'll go get help."
Cui Xuezhi said 'hmm', "Go ahead, Liuliu and I will be waiting for you at home."
It was raining heavily and windy at night. Yang Liu put on a thick coat, picked up an umbrella, opened it, opened the door and rushed into the rain.
The alley was extremely quiet late at night, with only the sound of raindrops falling on the ground. When Yang Liu came out, her footsteps were heard.
The road ahead was pitch black. With the help of the dim light from the street lamp at the entrance of the alley, Yang Liu found Courtyard No. 5 with one step deep and one step shallow.
She stood at the door and mentally prepared herself before raising her hand and knocking on the door.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
She patted and knocked on the door, "Doctor Qin? Is Doctor Qin Yunqiao home?"
The knocking on the door late at night seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet environment. As she knocked on the door, not only the light in Yun Qiao's bedroom turned on, but also the light in Yuan Jiahui's house next door turned on.
He Tingjun has been very busy recently. He worked until very late at night and went to sleep directly in the military dormitory. Only Yun Qiao and Feng Juan were at home.
Feng Juan moved to Yun Qiao's east room and slept with her so that she could take care of her in time if anything happened.
Yun Qiao was woken up from his drowsy sleep. He rubbed his eyes and asked, "Is it me? I think I heard someone calling my name?"
Feng Juan hummed, held her shoulders, and didn't let her get up. She said, "You go back to sleep. It's still raining outside. I'll go out and take a look."
Yun Qiao nodded and lay down.
Feng Juan was wearing pajamas with a long coat on the outside. She then opened the door and went out to open it with an umbrella.
The door slowly opened, and Feng Juan recognized Yang Liu. "Xiao Yang, what brings you to my house so late at night?"
Yang Liu said anxiously, "Aunt Feng, it's like this. Liuliu has a fever. But it's raining so hard outside, and Captain Dong is out on a mission again. Xuezhi and I are the only two women at home. Xuezhi is afraid of the rain and dares not go out. I can't take Liuliu to the hospital myself. Can you wake up Doctor Qin and ask him to come to the house and check on Liuliu first?"
The child's fever was a matter of urgency. Feng Juan listened to Yang Liu's words and didn't refuse directly. Instead, she asked her to come in first. "Come in first to avoid the rain and get caught. I'll go ask Yun Qiao."
"Thank you very much." Yang Liu said gratefully.
"Sit down." Feng Juan asked Yang Liu to sit on the bench in the main hall. She pushed open the door to the inner room, walked to the bedside, and whispered to Yun Qiao, "Yun Qiao, Cui Xuezhi's daughter in No. 9 Courtyard has a fever. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Yun Qiao instantly woke up, propped himself up and sat up, saying, "Let's go check it out. The child is too young and premature, so his body is already weak. If he has a fever, we must treat it in time, otherwise it will easily cause problems."
Yun Qiao is a doctor at heart, Feng Juan knew she would say that, so she didn't refuse Yang Liu.
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