Chapter 446 Illness
Lin Yi watched Gu Yuchuan carrying Li Chao and walking straight to the toilet, his face full of surprise.
What is going on?
Delivering shit from a thousand miles away?
Before he could react, he heard Gu Yuchuan's cold voice coming from the toilet. "Stay here, take off your clothes, and clean yourself up first."
Li Chao huddled in the corner of the toilet, his stomach still aching slightly, but he didn't dare to resist at all.
Gu Yuchuan's majesty was there, and he was very merciful not to throw himself out just now.
He could only grit his teeth, endure the shame, slowly take off his dirty pants and fold them aside.
Looking at the filthy handwriting all over his body, he clutched the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
In fact, Gu Yuchuan was not unkind. When he was running with Li Chao in his arms just now, he found that the child looked better than before and had more strength to speak, so he thought of letting him take care of his personal hygiene first and then let Lin Yi treat him.
You can't go to the doctor with dirt on your body. It's not only unhygienic, but also makes the child more ashamed.
After he left the toilet, he returned a short while later with a basin of warm water and a clean towel draped over the edge. "Wash yourself first, especially your legs and waist. I'll find you some clean clothes."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the Gu family.
Lin Yi's yard is not far from Gu's house, and it doesn't take long to go back and forth.
Li Chao and Gu Yuhe were of similar age and build. Gu Yuchuan went straight into Gu Yuhe's room, took out a clean coarse cloth gown and underwear from the closet, took a pair of clean cloth shoes, and quickly returned to the toilet.
"These are Yuhe's clothes. Wear them for now. I'll send you a change of clothes when your parents come."
After this whole ordeal, Li Chao's already weak body was left with even less strength. He could not even stand steadily and could only stand by holding onto the earthen wall of the toilet.
Gu Yuchuan frowned, and although he felt disgusted, he still stepped forward, helped him put on his clothes, bent down, carried him out, and walked straight to the clinic's clinic. "Lin Yi, take a look at him, he said his stomach hurts."
Lin Yi stood aside and watched the whole process, and had a rough idea in his mind.
He quickly had Li Chao lie down on the examination bed, put his hand on his wrist, pressed his abdomen, and asked carefully: "Besides the stomachache, do you feel nauseous or vomit? What did you eat this morning and at noon?"
Li Chao replied quietly, "I'm not nauseous or vomiting, just have stomach cramps... In the morning I had tea eggs and lean meat porridge made by my mother, and for lunch I had spicy chicken, stewed duck, and a bowl of rice."
Lin Yi let go of his hand, suddenly realizing. "No wonder, he suddenly ate something too greasy and spicy, and his spleen and stomach couldn't handle it, so he had abdominal pain caused by indigestion."
He turned around and took out a few packets of herbs from the medicine cabinet and handed them to Gu Yuchuan. "It's not a big problem. Let him eat some light porridge and soft noodles for the next few days. Don't eat anything with a lot of oil or salt. Just take some medicine for two days and he'll be fine."
"Didn't I tell you not to eat anything you don't usually eat these days?" Gu Jiayue's voice suddenly came from the door.
She had just rushed over from the school and happened to hear Lin Yi's diagnosis, her face full of helplessness.
This kind of situation had happened to her before when she was preparing for the modern exam. Despite repeated warnings, some parents and children still did not take it seriously.
Li Chao lowered his head and said in a low voice with some embarrassment: "Master, my mother is doing this for my own good. She wants me to study more so that I can have the strength to take the exam."
Gu Jiayue sighed. She knew the parents' thoughts too well.
I always feel that children are working hard to prepare for exams and need to eat more "good" food to nourish their bodies, but I forget that children's spleen and stomach have long been adapted to a light diet, and suddenly giving them supplements may be counterproductive.
She remembered something from her previous life.
There was a student who ranked first in his grade. His mother came to accompany him to take the college entrance examination. She felt that the food in the cafeteria was too simple, so she cooked different kinds of fish and meat every day.
As a result, the child suddenly developed acute enteritis in the examination room and was rushed to the hospital, missing two exams. He had to repeat the grade despite having good grades.
The college entrance examination admission score was raised again the following year. In the end, not only did I fail to get into the ideal school, but my results were also much worse than those of the first year.
The child broke down and cried, saying that he had to repeat the year.
At that time, she advised the child to "leave if he can, take the postgraduate entrance examination and then apply to a better school."
The child finally agreed, but the regret remained.
So every year before the exam, she would remind him again and again, but this situation could not be avoided.
"Doctor Lin, will this affect the county exam in three days?" This is what Li Chao was most worried about.
He has been preparing for so long and he cannot miss the exam because of an accident.
"Don't worry, as long as you eat light food and take medicine on time these few days, you will be fine in two days. It won't affect the exam." Lin Yi patted his shoulder with an affirmative tone.
"Thank you, Dr. Lin!" Li Chao's heart finally settled down and a smile appeared on his face.
Not long after, Li Chao's parents rushed over. At this time, Gu Yuchuan had already returned to school for class.
He also has to keep an eye on other students while they review, and he can't let one thing delay everyone.
Gu Jiayue stood at the door of the clinic, looking sternly at Li Sihai and his wife. "Uncle Si, Aunt Si, didn't I tell the children to go back and tell them not to cook anything heavy with oil, salt, or spicy food these days? Why are you still making him spicy chicken and stewed duck, dishes he rarely eats?"
"We...we just thought about how hard our child was preparing for the exam, so we wanted to make him some delicious food to nourish him." Li Sihai scratched his head, his tone a little guilty.
"Now's not the time to replenish his energy!" Gu Jiayue's tone couldn't help but become more serious. "After he finishes the county exam, there will be plenty of time to replenish his energy. How can his spleen and stomach handle eating such greasy food all of a sudden?"
Feng rubbed her hands together, her eyes suddenly reddened, her voice tinged with tears. "It's my fault, I was so confused. I thought I was doing this for the child's good, but I almost ruined him..."
As he spoke, tears began to fall.
Seeing her like this, Gu Jiayue softened her tone. "Alright, there's no point in saying this now. These past few days, make more light meals, like millet porridge or vegetable porridge. Cook it a little longer and add some minced meat and chopped vegetables. It's just as nutritious and easier to digest. And don't make anything spicy or greasy anymore. Remember?"
"I remember, I remember! I will definitely listen to you this time!" Feng nodded quickly and wiped her tears with her sleeves.
Taohua Village is not far from Annan County, and it only takes two hours by horse carriage to get there.
But in order to allow the students to take the exam in the best condition, Gu Jiayue took them to the county town one day in advance.
Although the small yard she bought in the county town was not big, it could barely accommodate forty-one children.
She had already informed the family of three who were guarding the yard and asked them to make a large bunk bed in three rooms. When the children arrived, they only needed to spread out the bedding they brought with them and rest.
The aunt who looks after the yard is a good cook, and Gu Jiayue hired two helpers, so she doesn't have to worry about food at all.
Gu Jiayue didn't need to go in person, but she was still worried about Li Chao, so she went with him.
She was busy running around in the yard of the county town.
Sometimes she would go to each room to check if the bedding on the bunk bed was thick enough and if the kang was hot enough; sometimes she would go to the kitchen to check if the ingredients were fresh and remind her aunt, "The dishes should be light, with less salt and oil, and no spicy seasonings"; at night, she would check each room to make sure the children were asleep before returning to her room to rest.
After a busy day and night, the children went to the examination hall with their schoolbags at dawn the next day, while Gu Jiayue fell asleep on a chair in the yard.
I was so tired that I fell asleep on the chair.
When she was awakened by the laughter in the yard, she found that the children had already returned from the first exam.
She actually slept for a whole day!
The rule of the county examination is to have two examinations, each lasting one day.
You need to wait for the results of the first round to come out and determine the candidates who can participate in the second round based on the ranking.
Those who passed the second round were called Tongsheng, and could then take part in the academy examination in April. Those who passed the academy examination were called Xiucai.
"Master! Master! You are amazing!"
Sun Hai, usually the most composed, now stared at Gu Jiayue with red eyes, his tone filled with excitement. "We've done many similar exam questions before! When I got the test paper, I didn't even think about it; the answer just popped into my head!"
"Yeah, yeah!" another child chimed in. "I just glanced over the question and knew exactly what to do. I didn't even put my pen to rest and finished it in no time!"
"Me too!" a round-faced child said with a smile, "When I was writing so fast, the student sitting across from me started crying because I was writing so fast."
The children gathered around Gu Jiayue, chattering about interesting things that happened in the examination room.
Who wrote the fastest, who was stumped by the topic, who was so nervous that his hands were shaking...
Their faces were full of smiles, their eyes sparkling, like the sun at seven or eight o'clock, not as scorching as at noon, but exceptionally dazzling and full of vitality.
Gu Jiayue looked at them and smiled. "Alright, alright, stop talking. Dinner is ready, go eat. Afterwards, wash up and get some rest. Get enough energy to prepare for the results."
The children obediently went to eat and rest.
Two days later, the results of the first county examination were announced.
Gu Jiayue took the children to see the list. They came early and easily squeezed to the front.
She saw the children's names at a glance!
All 41 students who took the exam were on the list!
Thirty of the children were ranked in the top fifty, with Gu Huangan and Sun Hai's names at the top of the list, ranking first and third respectively!
"Great! We all passed!"
The children cheered instantly, some hugged each other, some spun around excitedly, and some jumped up with excitement.
There were also many parents who came to see the list. Seeing their children’s happy faces, they also started laughing.
"These kids are so close to each other and look so smart. Which school are you from?" a strange parent couldn't help but ask.
He looked at the happy children in Qiushi School and felt envious.
Gu Yuhe immediately puffed out his chest and spoke in a loud voice. "We are from the Qiushi Academy in Taohua Village!"
"Qiushi Academy?" The man who asked scratched his head, frowned, and tried to recall. "I don't remember. Is there such a school in the county?"
The others also shook their heads. They had never heard of it either!
Just as Gu Yuhe was about to continue explaining, the uncle slapped his head. "Looking at my memory, the top scorer in last year's college entrance examination seemed to be from your Taohua Village, right? His name was Gu something..."
"It's my second brother, Gu Yuchuan!" Gu Yuhe puffed out his chest even higher, his tone full of pride, "The first place in last year's college entrance examination was my second brother, and he is also from our Qiushi Academy!"
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