Su Ying said: "The guard said it was Captain Liu's daughter. The child looked malnourished and must be hungry."
Lu Dongsheng took the child from the guard's arms, and when he looked down, he saw that the child had lice in his hair, and his neck and behind his ears were dirty.
Captain Liu's wife died of complications during childbirth, and the child has been fed by her grandmother.
Her grandmother passed away two years ago, and Captain Liu sent the child to live with his younger brother, and mailed 30 yuan back home for the child every month.
With 30 yuan for living expenses, a child must be living a luxurious life, but Lu Dongsheng didn't see that in the child.
Three months ago, Captain Liu went to the city for training and would not be back for a few days.
Why did they send the child back for no reason?
Is this child sick?
Lu Dongsheng could think of only one reason.
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Captain Liu didn't send any money home in the past few months, so they were unhappy and sent the child here.
However, this is just his guess.
Lu Dongsheng said to the guard, "Go to the infirmary and ask Dr. Zhang to come over. Your sister-in-law and I will change the child's clothes first."
"yes."
The guard came running over immediately.
Su Ying looked through the child's bag and saw that there was not a single decent piece of clothing in it. All the clothes were either torn or almost threadbare.
The couple looked at each other, and Su Ying said, "I'll go ask Sister Li to borrow a set of clothes that Haiyang wore."
Soon, Su Ying came with Chen Haiyang's clothes, and Li Xiumei followed closely behind with a big belly.
She is also a mother, and when she saw the child, her heart was broken.
He looked so pitiful, almost skin and bones.
Li Xiumei looked worried: "Is this really Captain Liu's daughter?"
Su Ying said: "That's what the guard said."
Chen Qi followed soon after, and a few people looked at each other. Soon, Dr. Zhang came with a medical box.
After examining the child, he sighed and said, "This child is hungry. He looks malnourished. His face is sallow and his mouth is pale.
Captain Liu hasn't been home for several years and had been planning to go back to see his children at the end of this year.
Hurry up and soak some steamed buns for the child with boiled water. The child has been hungry for too long, so it would be better for him to eat something light for the time being."
Su Ying felt sad when she heard this.
She asked, "Can I have some brown sugar?"
"OK."
Soon, Su Ying brought a bowl of steamed buns soaked in brown sugar water and carefully fed it to the child.
She couldn't do that. There were two big holes on the buttocks of her pants. The little girl didn't even have a vagina. There were dirt and scabs all over her body. She had to wash it.
Li Xiumei felt sad watching this. Three-year-old Chen Xiaomeng stood obediently beside Li Xiumei, hugging her thighs tightly with both hands.
Li Xiumei said, "Yingzi, I'll go back and boil some water for the child to take a bath."
Su Ying said: "Let's burn it here."
Doctor Zhang was relieved when he saw the child wake up. Before leaving, he reminded her, "Give her light food for the next few days. Millet porridge and steamed bread will be fine. Wait for her stomach to adapt for three or four days before giving her noodles and rice."
Lu Dongsheng said: "Thank you, Doctor Zhang."
Lu Dongsheng and Chen Qi sent Doctor Zhang out the door. Su Ying looked through the glass and saw Doctor Zhang talking to them seriously.
In the room, the little girl's complexion gradually improved.
The little girl licked her dry mouth, her eyes timid and pitiful, and she looked at the empty bowl eagerly.
This was the most delicious meal she had ever eaten in her memory, sweet and warm.
Su Ying knew she still wanted to eat, but she still shook her head and said, "No, Uncle Zhang said you fainted from hunger. If you eat too much, you will have a stomachache. Can you bear it for a while?"
"Thank you, sister. Please don't chase me away, okay? My aunt said that I should wait for dad here."
Su Ying held the little girl's hand. She was only four years old, and looked more sensible than Chen Haiyang, who was over five years old. The back of her hand also had frostbite left from this year.
Su Ying knew very well how frostbite came about.
For a moment, she held the child's hand and her eyes were instantly red.
"May I have your name?"
"My name is Liu Xiaojuan."
Su Ying's nose tip felt sour. She was originally a happy little princess at home, but when she came here by accident and saw this little girl, she instantly empathized with her and her nose tip became extremely sour.
"Xiaojuan, does your hand hurt?"
Xiao Juan shook her head gently: "Sister, it doesn't hurt, it's all healed.
Sister, please don't chase me away, I'm very capable, I can fetch water, carry firewood up the mountain, feed pigs and chickens, and wash clothes."
The child is trying hard to show himself and want them to keep him.
Su Ying couldn't hold it back any longer and tears started to flow.
When Lu Dongsheng came in, he happened to see this scene.
As a grown man, he knew very well how sad his wife was feeling at this moment.
That's how she got here.
Su Ying stood up and turned her back to the child. Lu Dongsheng quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and coaxed her softly, "The child is fine, this is a good thing, why are you crying?
Be obedient and stop crying, or else the couple will see and make fun of you."
Li Xiumei knew that Lu Dongsheng was trying to comfort Su Ying, so she quickly said, "That's right, it's better for the child to wake up.
I'll go see if the water has boiled. Let's give the child a bath first. You two grown men, please go out for a while. We two women will stay at home.
Chen Haiyang, you are a boy, get out of here too, and take your sister out to play."
These people came out of the room obediently, and Li Xiumei and Su Ying gave Liu Xiaojuan a bath.
Chen Qi felt unhappy and squatted under the eaves to light a cigarette for himself. Lu Dongsheng said, "Give me one too."
"Does your wife let you smoke?"
"It's okay, it's not like I haven't smoked before."
Lu Dongsheng leaned on one leg against the wall, holding a cigarette between his slender fingers, his deep eyes staring at the vegetables in the yard in a daze.
Chen Qi also sighed: "Damn it, I don't know about others, but I know about Lao Liu.
He mailed 30 yuan of his monthly allowance to his family. How did they raise the child?
His mother's eldest son is over five years old, and I have never asked him to do any work. "
Chen Qi felt unhappy and took several puffs of his cigarette.
Lu Dongsheng exhaled a long smoke ring, and his already dark eyes became even darker.
If the child's grandmother were still alive, life would be better.
They sent the child back, but when Lao Liu came back and saw the child, he was afraid that the child would not go back.
Chen Qi said irritably: "Lao Liu is also a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. He has been without a wife for several years, so it is time for him to find a partner.
How about we discuss it and go back to talk to the political commissar and see if there is anyone suitable around us so we can introduce one to him?"
Lu Dongsheng felt that this was unlikely. Who would be willing to be someone else's stepmother?
In the room, Su Ying and Li Xiumei gave Liu Xiaojuan a bath, rubbed glycerin on her body, and changed her into clean clothes.
After drying her hair, Li Xiumei used a red hairband to braid Liu Xiaojuan's hair into two pigtails.
The wooden door creaked open, and the two grown men immediately dropped the cigarette butts in their hands and stood up straight.
When the two men saw Liu Xiaojuan's appearance clearly, their pupils slowly dilated.
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