Li Guangxia asked Tian Cai about several treatments for common childhood diseases. Tian Cai was just about to tell her that when Qiuju was still in confinement, she went to see the child and the child had already developed prickly heat. After her correction, the condition got better.
But when he saw the baby in swaddling clothes, Tian Cai felt that it was necessary to teach him again.
"Don't dress your child in so many clothes just because it's cold. He doesn't usually go out, so he can't be that cold. Touch his hands; as long as they're warm, he's definitely not cold. Besides, the child is always moving around, so he exercises more than you do. It will be difficult for him to turn over even if you dress him too much."
"She just learned to roll over last month, and she's not very skilled yet. That's why she has so much difficulty turning over." Qiuju couldn't help but interrupt.
Tian Cai calculated the baby's age and said, "She should have been able to roll over by now. She should be able to roll over by three, sit up by six, and crawl by eight. She's almost six months old and will slowly be able to sit up on her own. You've dressed her too thickly, and she can't move. Her legs and feet haven't developed enough strength, so she'll be much slower than other children. Although a child can get sick if they catch a cold, covering them up too tightly will make them more susceptible to internal heat."
Tian Cai had talked about this before with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Li Guangxia didn't take it to heart at all. She had raised four children like this, and each of them grew up safely. She didn't need a little girl to teach her how to raise children. She thought so in her heart and showed it on her face.
Tian Cai noticed it too, feeling a bit angry but unable to say anything. She took the child back, unswaddled her, and pointed at the small red bumps on Dandan's body. "A baby's metabolism is faster than an adult's, and their skin is thinner, so they're more sensitive to heat than humans. If you dress them too much, they won't be comfortable and will even get prickly heat. Look at what she's got here."
Li Guangxia stretched her head to take a look and saw that Dandan was indeed covered with a lot of heat rash. She looked a little embarrassed and said, "I, I just think the child is cold!"
Tian Cai felt the child's skin was slightly damp, so she asked Li Guangxia to come over and try, "Auntie, come and feel it. Is the child's skin usually like this?"
Li Guangxia touched it and said, "It's almost like this."
Tian Cai rearranged the child's swaddling clothes and shook out the thicker middle layer. "Her fever is going down, so she's sweating. If she were like this normally, it would be due to heat. If she's sweating all over, how can she avoid catching a cold if a little cold wind blows over?"
Li Guangxia and Qiuju, who was lying on the kang, exchanged a glance. It seemed to make sense, and they finally agreed with Tian Cai's statement. "Does her constant crying have anything to do with this?"
Tian Cai nodded. "Of course it's related. The child is uncomfortable with the heat, and she has itchy prickly heat. She can't speak, so she can only express her discomfort by crying, right?"
Qiuju glanced at her mother-in-law again and again, which made Li Guangxia angry. "Why are you looking at me? You think I'm wearing too much, but you can't take it off yourself!"
Qiuju: “…”
She didn't dare. Her mother-in-law had a strong personality, and she would feel less confident after giving birth to a daughter. What's more, Dr. Tian said that she might not be able to have children in the future. Wouldn't that make her feel even more guilty towards the Sun family? Of course, she had to do whatever her mother-in-law said.
Until Qiuju finished the injection, the two settled the medicine bill and took the child back. Li Guangxia's face looked unhappy. Qiuju walked behind and secretly winked at Tian Cai, then she took the child and left with her mother-in-law.
Tian Cai shook his head and was about to go into the house when he saw a little head popping out from a distance, secretly looking over here.
Tian Cai looked over and saw that it was Tingting who lived in the cowshed, so he smiled and waved at her, "Come here."
Tingting looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she trotted over to Tian Cai and looked up at her.
"It's so cold, why are you here?" Tian Cai smoothed her hair, touched the thickness of her cotton coat, and asked softly.
Tingting lowered her head and kicked the snow on the ground with her feet. She secretly looked up at Tian Cai's expression and saw that she was still smiling. Then she whispered, "Grandpa has a cold. I, I think..."
Tian Cai was completely confused after hearing this. She looked up at the sky, then went back into the house, took out the medicine box, and said to the red-eyed girl at the door, "Let's go. Let's go over there now."
Tingting was stunned and it took her a while to come back to her senses. She smiled with tears in her eyes, and tears fell as she laughed. She was afraid that Tian Cai would see them, so she secretly wiped them away with her sleeve.
She thought, she thought, Sister Tian looked down on them just like those people!
Ever since she came to this place, she has felt the kindness of Sister Tian several times, so this time she mustered up the courage to come and ask for help. She was not very brave at first, but Uncle Yue said that Sister Tian was a good person and asked her to come and try. Just now, when Sister Tian turned around and went into the house, she thought that grandpa was going to be beyond saving.
Even though the little girl turned her face away and cried secretly, Tian Cai heard her sniffling and thought she was worried about Mr. Ju's health, so he comforted her, "Don't worry, there are many colds this year, but most of them are not serious. They will be fine after taking medicine for a few days."
Tingting hummed with a thick nasal tone.
The weather had changed again at this moment, it was gloomy, and a few small snowflakes were floating down with the wind, landing on Tian Cai's neck and making him shiver.
When the two men arrived at the cowshed, they happened to catch them cooking lunch.
Since people here don't have to work in the winter, they only eat two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and they don't eat at night.
They were not used to it when they first arrived, but the food in the cowshed was rationed, so they had to get used to it.
Mr. Ju was also infected with the flu, but his fever has subsided and he just has a severe cough. According to Tingting, her grandfather vomited out all the food he had eaten in the morning because he coughed so badly.
Tian Cai looked at his tongue coating and the redness in his throat, and prescribed some anti-inflammatory and cough suppressant medicine for him. He also gave him an acupuncture before preparing to go back. Mr. Ju seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Tian Cai knew he was going to talk about the medical expenses, so he said first, "We'll discuss the medical expenses later. It's more important for you to get treated first."
She didn't say she didn't want money. Sometimes it's good for both yourself and others to draw clearer boundaries.
"Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Tian," Grandpa Ju finally relaxed his expression and said to his granddaughter, "Please help me see your sister Tian off."
Mr. Ju has had a cold for several days and had refused to see a doctor before. Tingting said it was because they had no money, but Tian Cai knew that these people were generally not really broke, they just couldn't show it.
Besides, she was not short of money now, but grinding medicine every day was boring, so she squatted down and patted the little girl's head, teasing her, "It's okay, when you have time, you can come and help Sister Tian with the work, and it will pay for the medicine."
Tingting was immediately happy when she heard this, and nodded in agreement. She was willing to do anything as long as her grandfather's illness could be cured.
Tian Cai came out of the cowshed and headed towards Qu Ting's house. She had consumed too many pills in the past few days, so she wanted to find a laborer to help make some more.
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