Chapter 62: Parental Love
"Yike! Yike!" In the hidden cave, Yike, who was feeding the chickens and rabbits, heard Du Qingcang's wife's shouting from afar. He hurriedly poured the food into the chicken trough and ran out.
"Yike, go and check quickly, Kang'er has woken up." Du Qingcang said with a sob.
"Okay! I'll wash my hands and go right away. Auntie, don't get excited!" Yi Ke said hurriedly, "Don't get too excited, otherwise you will faint and it will be troublesome." Yi Ke thought.
"I'm not excited, not excited, wuwu..." Du Qingcang's wife sobbed softly.
"Alas! How pitiful are the love of parents in the world!" Yi Ke could only wash his hands quickly, then pulled Du Qingcang's wife to the guest room. As soon as he entered, he saw Ziyi who came after hearing the news, and Li Haoran's wife Zhang Yuling, while Li Haoran was taking Du Jiankang's pulse.
Du Jiankang opened his eyes. Although his face was still pale, the abnormal flush had subsided, his forehead no longer broke out in sweat, his body no longer trembled, and his frighteningly white lips finally became a little normal. Although he still looked listless, he did not look like he was on the verge of death.
"Brother Jiankang, you're awake." Yike called out obediently. There were many adults in the room and she was just a little girl, so it was better for her to behave herself.
"Yike, go and check, touch Kang'er's forehead! See if Kang'er's fever has really subsided? Do you still need physical cooling?" Du Qingcang's wife didn't think about whether Yike was a child or not. She only knew that it was Yike's method that saved her son's life. So now she only believes in Yike.
"Well, auntie, you'll know after Uncle Hao takes your pulse. Don't worry, it's good news that brother Jiankang has woken up, which means our method is effective." But don't go up and touch his forehead now. It's not nice to touch someone's forehead when he's awake. There was no problem in the previous life, but in this era, you’d better be a little more careful. At the beginning, you were saving people, so you could ignore it. Now that people are awake, it depends on what everyone says. You can’t be too casual.
Du Qingcang had no choice but to go over and accompany his son, waiting for Li Haoran's pulse diagnosis results.
Li Haoran stood up after taking the pulse, and Du Qingcang asked hurriedly: "How is it?"
"It's okay, don't worry, you're half recovered." He turned to Du Jiankang and said, "You've come back from the gates of hell this time. Fortunately, your parents sent you here in time. You've survived this disaster and you'll have good fortune in the future. Take good care of yourself."
"Thank you, Uncle Hao! I will be filial to my parents in the future." Du Jiankang's voice was soft and seemed to have no strength at all.
"Brother, let Yi Ke come and take a look. Let her feel and see if we still need to do physical cooling and whether the prescription needs to be changed." Du Qingcang's wife pushed Du Qingcang, so Du Qingcang said to Li Haoran.
"Yes, Yike, come and take a look. This is your patient. You have to take a look at him." Li Haoran said with a laugh.
"Go! It's okay. The patient doesn't need to be so picky." Zi Yi saw Yi Ke looking at him and immediately understood what he meant.
So Yike walked forward, stretched out his hand, touched Jiankang's forehead, and then took his pulse. After a set of actions, Du Jiankang's pale face turned red, and Aunt Du was so scared that she thought her son had a fever again, "Oh my God, he has a fever again. It's like this at home, sometimes hot and sometimes cold. What should I do?"
"Don't worry, auntie, he doesn't have a fever. It's just a low-grade fever." Yike was extremely embarrassed. This Du Jiankang is really something. He should stop blushing when he is shy. He made her feel embarrassed too.
"That's Jiankang. She's the one who's treating you. She's the one who treated your illness." Li Haoran explained, holding back his laughter.
Du Jiankang was so embarrassed that his neck turned red. Only then did Du Qingcang's wife realize that her son's red neck was due to shyness.
"What a stupid boy. He gets shy when his forehead is touched or his hands are touched. How will he find a wife in the future?" Du Qingcang's wife secretly blamed him in her heart.
"Should we continue the physical cooling?" Du Qingcang asked.
"No need. You still need to drink half a cup of warm water every half an hour. Don't blow cold wind. Drink a bowl of medicine before going to bed, and you will basically not have a fever tomorrow. I will make some rice porridge later. You can only drink porridge these days, and you can't eat anything else." Yi Ke reminded him again.
"I'll make the porridge. You've been busy all day for Kang'er." Du Qingcang said.
"Okay. I'll get the rice for you." Yike and Du Qingcang's wife went to the kitchen, took the rice for Du Qingcang's wife, and continued to feed the rabbits, sheep and pigs.
In the evening, as no one was in a good mood, and Du Qingcang and the others had caught a bit of a cold, they cooked lighter dishes: boiled spinach and lettuce, and braised lamb with old ginger. Lamb is a warming and nourishing food, and ginger can also dispel the cold, so they specially asked Uncle Hao and Auntie to cook this dish for dinner.
"Brother Qingcang, Sister Cuihua, you should eat more of this mutton. Yi Ke specifically asked us to cook this. He said that you have caught a cold, and eating mutton stewed with old ginger can drive away the cold. I put a lot of old ginger in it." Uncle Hao and Aunt Hao greeted Du Qingcang and the others warmly. "Yike is such a good girl! Ziyi, you have to treat Yike well. Now Yike is our family's savior. If you bully her because she is alone and has no family, we won't agree." Du Qingcang said.
"That's right, Yike, from now on we will be your family. If you have any problems, just come to us and we will definitely help you." Du Qingcang's wife also echoed.
"Hey, sister Cuihua, it's not right for you to do this. Yike has adopted me as her goddaughter. Who says she has no mother's family? I won't agree with that." Uncle Hao and aunt said hurriedly.
"What? You adopted Yi Ke as your goddaughter, how come we didn't know? Doesn't she call you aunt?" Du Qingcang's wife asked puzzledly.
"I admitted it before I got married. It's all Ziyi's fault. He refused to change his mind." Uncle Hao and aunt glared at Ziyi angrily.
Ziyi touched his nose awkwardly.
"Brother?" Du Qingcang looked at Li Haoran, and Li Haoran nodded.
"Yike, look, you already have your elder brother and sister-in-law as your god parents, why don't you recognize another one?" Du Qingcang said.
"Yes! Yike, you see, your Uncle Du and I only have one son, and I've been looking forward to having a daughter. Would you like to be our daughter? The first time I saw you, I thought, how nice it would be if I had a daughter like this!" Du Qingcang's wife said happily.
Yike was confused for a moment. How did the meal turn into a family reunion meeting?
"Okay! Yike, your Uncle Du and Aunt Du really like you, so just accept it. It's good to have more family members to love you." Uncle Hao and Aunt Du were also very happy. She wished that everyone in the world would love her Yike.
Li Haoran and Ziyi both nodded to Yike. Yike's biological mother in this life didn't love her, but she didn't expect that there were so many godmothers who loved her. She was very excited.
"Pick a piece of mutton for your godfather and godmother, and we will have successfully become relatives," said Li Haoran.
Yike picked up a big piece of mutton and put it in Du Qingcang's bowl, calling him "godfather". He then picked up another big piece of mutton and put it in Du Qingcang's wife's bowl, calling her "godmother". Du Qingcang and his wife both happily agreed.
"My dear daughter, I will make a set of clothes for you when I go back. I will bring it to you next time I go out. It will be a meeting gift from my godfather and godmother today." said the newly-appointed godmother.
"Yes, yes, we can't miss this gift. We'll make it up to you next time. Then go over and tell Kang'er that he has a godsister, so he can be happy too." Godfather Du Qingcang also said.
But it still feels a bit unreal, that both parents are here after just one meal, and that means two fathers and two mothers.
"Ziyi, how about I make a deal for you? You see Yike already calls your Uncle Du and Aunt Du his godfather and godmother, so how about letting Yike call me and your Uncle Hao his godfather and godmother too?" Uncle Hao and Aunt Hao said.
"Yes, yes! You didn't allow Yike to call us godfather and godmother at the beginning because you were afraid that your wife would not marry you. Now Yike has married you, can you let Yike change her mind?" Li Haoran also said.
"My two godfathers and godmothers, how can you tell them apart now that they have changed their words? When I call you godfather, both of you should agree to it together." Ziyi said.
"Hehe! This is easy. You can just call me and Yuling dad and mom without adding the word 'gan'. How about it?" Uncle Hao said proudly.
"Okay, call me whatever you want. She's still my wife no matter what you call her." Ziyi doesn't like so many people trying to snatch his piece.
"Come on, Yike, don't call them uncle and aunt from now on, call them dad and mom." Li Haoran said to Yike.
"Okay. Dad! Mom!" Yike called people obediently.
After eating, Du Qingcang and his wife took Yike to see Du Jiankang and asked Du Jiankang to call Yike "sister", which made Du Jiankang unable to recover for a while.
"Why are you still standing there? This is your godsister, the goddaughter your father and mother just adopted. Hurry up and call someone!" Du Qingcang gently patted his son's shoulder.
"Sister Yike." Du Jiankang called embarrassedly.
"Brother Jiankang." Yi Ke didn't feel anything. She called him that before they became her step-sister. "Brother Jiankang, drink the porridge, take the medicine later, and have a good sleep. The fever will go away tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you sister Yike." Du Jiankang still found it difficult to adapt all of a sudden.
On this day, it was like a magic trick, saving people and recognizing relatives made Yike excited and thrilled.
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