When Guo Youxing and Guo Ningwan returned home, Deng Qingling was sitting in the main room eating roasted sweet potatoes.
Seeing Guo Youxing carrying Guo Ningwan back, Deng Qingling stood up nervously.
She asked anxiously, "What happened to Wanwan? Why did you have to carry her back?"
"Wanwan twisted her ankle." Guo Youxing put Guo Ningwan on the bamboo chair.
"Which foot did you sprain? Is it serious?" Deng Qingling squatted in front of Guo Ningwan and wanted to check her foot.
"Here." Guo Ningwan pointed to the injured area.
When Deng Qingling saw her red and swollen ankle, the words of concern on her lips turned into blame.
She said angrily, "What happened to you? How did you get yourself into this state after just a short while out?!"
When Guo Ningwan saw that her mother was angry, she felt very uncomfortable and wronged. Her eyes were instantly filled with tears, which fell drop by drop onto the back of her hand.
She cried and choked, "I...I...I didn't want to do that either." It was all that person's fault for scaring her.
Seeing his granddaughter's aggrieved look, Guo Youxing said, "Don't blame Wanwan for this. It's all my fault."
I knew I shouldn't have agreed to let my granddaughter light firecrackers, otherwise she wouldn't have sprained her ankle.
Deng Qingling didn't understand what he meant and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Guo Youxing told the story, and his tone revealed self-blame.
Guo Ningwan was afraid her mother and grandfather would start arguing, so she quickly said, "It's really...it's really not Grandpa's fault. It's...it's me who was making a fuss about lighting firecrackers."
She was too timid, so she was frightened and twisted her ankle.
Deng Qingling felt angry and amused when she saw her admitting her mistake, so she reached out and wiped the tears from her face.
Is she bold or timid?
I wasn't afraid when lighting firecrackers, but I was scared to the point of falling down.
He is really bad at it and loves to play.
"You sit down first." After saying that, Deng Qingling left the main room.
Guo Ningwan looked at Deng Qingling's back with a confused look on her face, and subconsciously thought that her mother was so angry that she wanted to treat her to braised pork with rattan sticks.
She trembled with fear and started crying again.
If she hadn't insisted on playing with firecrackers, she wouldn't have gotten herself into this state. How could her mother not be angry?
Guo Ningwan choked up and said to Guo Youxing with a heavy nasal voice, "Grandpa, my mom won't beat me up, will she?"
Seeing Guo Ningwan crying, Guo Youxing said to her helplessly, "Don't cry anymore.
You think too much of your mother. If I wanted to hit you, I would have already done it."
When parents see their children get hurt, it’s inevitable for them to blame them, but they feel more worried and distressed.
Guo Ningwan: "You really won't hit me?"
"Won't."
Seeing Deng Qingling coming in with a basin of water, Guo Youxing whispered to Guo Ningwan, "See, I told you everything."
When Deng Qingling put the wooden basin at Guo Ningwan's feet.
She blinked her big, wet eyes and said to Deng Qingling in a wronged tone, "Mom, my feet hurt so much! It hurts so much it's killing me."
Deng Qingling saw that her eyes were slightly swollen and her face was covered with tear marks. Her anger immediately subsided, but she still said with a stern face: "You deserve it. You are so cowardly and yet you imitate others to play with firecrackers.
Also, since you are getting old, please be careful with your words."
As he said this, he soaked the towel in cold water, placed Guo Ningwan's feet on the edge of the wooden basin, then dried the towel and applied it to her ankles.
"Hiss, it's so cold."
Suddenly, it was freezing cold and Guo Ningwan couldn't help but scream.
She looked at Deng Qingling who was applying a foot massage to her and said to her pitifully, "Mom, can't you use hot water? I'm so cold."
Deng Qingling: "No, you just sprained it, so you can only apply cold water first."
She knew her daughter was cold, but there was nothing she could do.
After a sprain, you must apply cold compress first and then hot compress.
Cold compress can inhibit swelling and relieve pain: Cold compress within 24 hours after sprain can inhibit local swelling, relieve pain and constrict blood vessels to reduce bleeding.
Hot compress can promote recovery: Applying hot compress after 24 hours can speed up local blood circulation and help the recovery of soft tissue.
"But I'm really cold." Guo Ningwan pouted and blinked her big eyes and said aggrievedly.
"Just apply it again, your feet won't hurt so much." Deng Qingling took the towel away and soaked it again, then continued to apply cold compress to her.
Seeing Deng Qingling applying foot massage to Guo Ningwan, Guo Youxing went back to his room to get some medicinal wine.
Every family in the countryside has some medicinal wine. If you have a sore back from working, just apply it for two days and it will be gone.
Apply it for a while.
Guo Ningwan felt that her feet were not as painful anymore.
She smiled sweetly at Deng Qingling and said, "Mom, my feet really don't hurt that much anymore. It's amazing! I just applied cold water for a while and it doesn't hurt as much anymore."
Deng Qingling looked at her heartless expression and said helplessly, "You, your feet are swollen, and you can still smile."
Guo Ningwan giggled, pulled Deng Qingling's arm and shook it, and said coquettishly: "I know I'm wrong, Mom, please don't bother me anymore."
"You." Deng Qingling's tone was filled with helplessness and a hint of pampering.
Afterwards, Deng Qingling said to Guo Ningwan, "You have to be careful these days. Don't walk around. You can't use too much force on your feet, you know."
"Yeah." Guo Ningwan nodded obediently.
"Come, come, come, Aqing, rub Wanwan with this medicinal wine." Guo Youxing brought out a cup of medicinal wine from the room.
"This medicinal wine can relax muscles, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Cut a piece of ginger and put it in it while heating it up. Apply it on Wanwan for a few days and she will be fine." Guo Youxing carefully placed the cup of medicinal wine on the table.
Deng Qingling: "I just applied the cold compress. Let's apply the medicinal wine again tomorrow."
"As for applying medicinal wine, it's better to apply it early. The earlier you apply it, the better it will be." Guo Youxing disagreed with Deng Qingling's approach.
If anyone gets hurt, they should apply medicated wine on the spot. No one would apply it after a night.
Deng Qingling frowned and explained to Guo Youxing, "Dad, Wanwan just twisted her muscles, not hit her ankle. You can't apply the medicinal wine so quickly."
Guo Youxing: "Medicinal wine should be applied on the spot."
Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Guo Ningwan shrank back, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
After all, this incident was caused by her, and it would be bad if she got burned.
"Dad," Deng Qingling said helplessly, "If you don't believe me, you can call Ayu and ask if you should apply cold compress to a sprain first and then apply medicated wine after 24 hours."
Hearing Deng Qingling's words, Guo Youxing took a step back.
The eldest daughter-in-law dared to say so, and he knew that she was right without asking his daughter.
Guo Yu is studying at Guangzhou Medical College. She chose clinical medicine, which is a five-year course.
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