When the curtain was drawn, the middle-aged woman thought the little girl had never seen such a curtain before, so she was just pulling it for fun. It was not until she took out a chamber pot that she realized that the little girl might have seen through her predicament. At that moment, the middle-aged woman felt mixed emotions and was very uncomfortable. She was seriously ill, her husband and son were not around, and the hired nurse was irresponsible and left her in the ward to die. Instead, a little girl who had no relatives or friends was not afraid of getting dirty or tired, and tried her best to help her.
Her eyes were red, and she said hurriedly, "No, no, no, this is too dirty. I'll bear it for a while. The nurse I hired will be back soon."
"People have urgent needs, how can we endure it? It's okay, auntie, you lie down, I'll do it." Lin Dan took out the disinfectant distributed by the doctor, disinfected the bedpan with water, then wiped it clean with a tissue, and gently lifted the woman's uninjured waist to let her hang in the air for a while. Finally, he carefully helped her take off her pants and put the bedpan in a suitable place.
When it comes to taking care of people, clearing things, and cleaning the house, no one is better than Lin Dan. Strangely enough, she had all sorts of skills stored in her mind. They seemed to not exist when she wasn't thinking about them, but when she needed them, she could use them easily, and it had become an instinct.
The way she cared for people was much more professional than the caregiver hired by the middle-aged woman, and her expression was always gentle and calm, without even a trace of disgust. After the middle-aged woman finished, she pulled out the chamber pot and helped the woman clean up. Finally, she whispered, "Auntie, why don't you just use the toilet as well, so you don't have to feel uncomfortable later."
The middle-aged woman was so grateful that tears were about to come out, and she whispered: "Little girl, how come you are so sensible?" The most embarrassing thing in the world is that a person is still conscious but has no ability to take care of himself and can only lie in bed and let others do whatever they want. She felt particularly uncomfortable when the caregiver was doing her feces and urine, because the caregiver would always frown, hold his breath, and have a look of disgust on his face. So she tried her best to hold it in every day, and almost made herself depressed.
But when the little girl took care of her, she didn't feel any disgust at all. She smiled tenderly, her eyes, whether black or white, were extremely bright, and contained nothing but concern. As soon as her eyes met hers, the middle-aged woman felt no more psychological burdens and was filled with emotion.
Lin Dan waved his hand, smiled, and said nothing. After the middle-aged woman finished, he helped her dry her body and put on her pants. He then took the bedpan and urinal to rinse, disinfected them with disinfectant, rinsed them with water, wiped them dry, and put them on the partition under the bed.
After doing all this, she pulled open the curtain and said naturally, "Master, do you want to go to the toilet too?"
"Hey, I've been waiting for you." Lin Shuanzhu drank too much chicken soup and hurriedly lifted the quilt.
Lin Dan handed over the urinal under his bed and closed the curtain. In this way, the last bit of embarrassment for middle-aged women disappeared. Yes, people have three urgent needs. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone has to solve them. Besides, she is not the only woman in the ward now, there is also a little girl with her.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged woman felt more calm. She lay comfortably on the hospital bed and browsed her mobile phone. After waiting for more than an hour, her caregiver came in with a food bag. She was talking on the phone as she walked, asking her friends to play mahjong after get off work.
The middle-aged woman opened her mouth and said, "Don't make an appointment after get off work, go now, or I'll fire you."
"Sister, I'm stuck in traffic. Didn't I just send you a WeChat message?" The caregiver looked aggrieved, but the middle-aged woman had already called the agency and agreed to fire the caregiver.
The nurse wanted to make a scene, but the middle-aged woman sneered, "Go ahead and make a scene. If you break a few of my bones, I will make you pay me until you lose everything!"
How could the nurse dare to touch her? She opened her mouth to curse but Lin Dan pushed her out of the ward and locked her outside. She jumped through the door. There were people outside who were laughing at her, but no one inside paid any attention to her. They were all watching TV. She was almost mad to death. After she cursed at the doctor a few times, he called the security guards to kick her out.
"Your little girl is really smart. She just chased the person away without waiting for her to make a fuss." The young man was no longer bored and talked to Lin Shuanzhu with a laugh.
Lin Shuanzhu shook his head and said, "My son Dan has a fierce temper. No one in the village dares to provoke him."
"What's so weird? I think she's very cute. Dan, I don't have a caregiver anymore, so why don't you come and take care of me? I'll give you 200 yuan a day. Just eat the same food as your grandfather. I'll give you extra food allowance. What do you think?" There is no harm without comparison. After being taken care of by Lin Dan, the middle-aged woman no longer looks up to others.
Lin Shuanzhu was an honest man, and he quickly waved his hand and said no, no, no, but Lin Dan agreed generously: "Okay, thank you, auntie. My grandpa is in the hospital, and my family has no income. Every day he stays in the hospital means a day's food is gone. Thank you for helping me, auntie!"
Lin Shuanzhui's cheeks turned red and he dared not say a word.
The middle-aged woman nodded repeatedly, and the more she looked at Lin Dan, the more she liked him. This little girl is really a smart person, and she has a good temperament. She is neither humble nor arrogant, frank and generous, and able to endure hardships. She will definitely have a bright future!
The young man rolled his eyes and said hurriedly, "I'll also pay for food. It's OK, you should also pay for my lunch and dinner!"
"Okay." Lin Dan agreed immediately. Of course, it would be great if I could earn money while accompanying Lin Shuanzhui as he recovers from his injuries.
Since then, Lin Dan has become the middle-aged woman's personal caregiver. Although she is small and thin, she is very strong. She can carry an adult weighing over 100 pounds up and down by herself without any effort. She took the woman to take an X-ray at around five o'clock and pushed the mobile bed up and down the elevator very skillfully. Before leaving, she helped the middle-aged woman wipe her body, and used a small cotton swab to reach into the gaps in the plaster to clean the slightly red, swollen and itchy skin, and applied disinfectant, which greatly relieved the middle-aged woman's pain. She was so itchy, but she couldn't find the right spot to scratch. She felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to bang her head against the wall. In comparison, the previous caregiver was simply getting paid for nothing!
Lin Dan took good care of the middle-aged woman, but he did not neglect Lin Shuanzhui at all. Before leaving, he helped the two of them to use the toilet and then helped them to sleep. The next day, he got up to buy breakfast and delivered it to the ward. He collected stool and urine samples for the two and placed them in the place designated by the doctor. At noon, he bought vegetables and cooked them, and stewed soup by the way. He had a lighter meal at night, but there was always plenty of soup, and they were all very nutritious, such as pigeon soup, pork rib soup, pig's trotter soup, and native chicken soup. There was no repeat every day.
After staying in the hospital for more than ten days, Lin Shuanzhu gained several pounds, the wrinkles on his face became less, and his broken leg recovered quickly. The middle-aged woman originally looked very haggard, with rough and sallow skin. After drinking lots of nourishing water every day, her skin unexpectedly became white and delicate, and she did not look like she had suffered a great disaster at all.
Her husband felt like he could hardly recognize his wife after not seeing her for only three days. Was she here to recuperate or to go on vacation? How come she looked better than before?
Of course, Lin Dan would occasionally send some soups to the office, which were nourishing and non-fattening, in order to repay the head nurse and the doctor for taking care of her grandfather. She took care of everything inside and outside every day, and before long, everyone in the department knew that the granddaughter in bed No. 27 was a big treasure, so sensible and well-behaved!
On the day Lin Shuanzhu was discharged from the hospital, the middle-aged women cried bitterly and held Lin Dan's hand tightly, unwilling to let go. The young man felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't dare show it.
"Come to the city often to see Auntie! Remember my phone number, don't forget it!"
"Okay, just lie down and don't move. School has started and I have to go back to study." Lin Dan gently pushed her back to the hospital bed.
"What will I do if you leave? Doctor, can I be discharged from the hospital? I don't want to stay here anymore. It's boring." The middle-aged woman turned to see the head nurse.
The head nurse was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and had to persuade the middle-aged woman to let go of Lin Dan's hand. The young man asked the two of them to take all the gifts in his cabinet because he couldn't finish them. The middle-aged woman followed suit and packed up all her high-end nutritional products and gave them to Lin Dan.
Milk powder, eight-treasure porridge, chocolate, and biscuits are nothing to city dwellers, but they are luxuries to the poor. These things were all good intentions from others, so Lin Dan naturally wouldn't refuse them. This had nothing to do with being spineless, let alone an insult.
The orthopedic doctors and nurses raised several thousand yuan in donations for the grandparents, but Lin Dan could not accept this. She insisted on refusing the money, then carried Lin Shuanzhu into the taxi, put the nutritional supplements and folding wheelchair in the trunk, and went to the long-distance bus station.
Looking at the car going further and further away, the head nurse sighed and said, "This little girl has such a good temper. She will definitely do great things in the future."
Lin Dan didn't have time to think about whether he could accomplish great things or not. The most important thing was to get the disabled Lin Shuanzhu back to Liuxing Village safely and smoothly. It was not difficult to carry Lin Shuanzhu onto the long-distance bus. The difficult part was that there were no buses to Liuxing Village after arriving in Taohua Town, so another van had to be hired.
Seeing Lin Dan pushing the wheelchair towards them, the van drivers shook their heads and refused to take her. Lin Dan had no choice but to hire a small tricycle. The country roads were difficult to navigate, and the shock absorbers on the tricycle were not good enough. A few shakes could easily break Lin Shuanzhu's bones. Lin Dan had to hold down his shoulders and hold his broken leg the whole time to prevent him from falling out.
When they arrived at the village entrance, even though Lin Dan's physical fitness was much better than that of ordinary people, he still felt exhausted. Lin Shuanzhu had already collapsed from exhaustion, his face paler than paper.
However, after returning home, Lin Shuanzhui could rest, but Lin Dan was busy all the time. The house ran out of firewood, so he had to go chop wood; the bedding at home had not been changed for half a month, so it had to be taken apart and washed; the house was full of dust, so it had to be cleaned; there was nothing to eat at home, so he had to get some food...all the things were waiting for Lin Dan to take care of.
What else can Lin Dan do except roll up his sleeves and get to work? She first heated up the eight-treasure porridge for Lin Shuanzhu to fill his stomach. Then she took apart the bedding and piled it in a large wooden basin, soaking it with detergent. Then she cleaned the room and went to the mountain to chop firewood. On the way back, she picked some vegetables for dinner. Later, she washed the bedding and hung it on a bamboo pole, and then changed the pillow and quilt cover.
She fiddled with each item one by one, her hands and feet were very nimble, and she was silently calculating the income and expenditure of the past half month in her mind. Lin Shuanzhui's hospitalization cost a total of 7,900 yuan, but she earned more than 3,000 yuan, which greatly alleviated the family's difficulties. However, three months later, Lin Shuanzhui had to go to the hospital to remove the steel plate, and she had to go to school again, so the family's expenses would increase, so she still had to make money. It is really not easy to go to school and make money at the same time. You have to find a way to plan your time so as not to delay both.
Lin Dan had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He went up the mountain to chop firewood with a huge backpack on his back. Unexpectedly, he met the tall city boy halfway up the mountain. The other party was holding a walking stick, a backpack on his back, and a hatchet in his hand. It turned out that he was also there to chop firewood.
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