Before he could finish his words, Pingping fell to the ground. Everyone present was shocked. Chu Tian hurriedly picked up Pingping and saw his hand covering his lower right abdomen. He had suffered from appendicitis when he was Chu Tian, so he understood everything. Pingping had an inflamed appendix. He did not dare to delay for a moment and shouted loudly.
"Le Le, you, go to your second uncle's house next door and ask him to help Dad borrow a carriage from the brigade..."
"I, I'll go right away!"
Lele's face turned pale and he quickly ran out the door.
Yao Xiujuan and Old Lady Chu looked at Pingping, whose head was covered in cold sweat from the pain, and their eyes were red with anxiety. "Xiaotian, what happened to Pingping?"
Chu Tian took a deep breath and instructed, "Xiujuan, go and pack some things you'll need for the hospital. We're going to the city hospital..."
While carefully hugging Pingping, she said to Mrs. Chu, "Grandma, I suspect Pingping has appendicitis. Our regiment hospital can treat minor illnesses, but surgery is not possible..."
"Surgery? Why surgery???"
Old Mrs. Chu's voice began to tremble, her face turned pale, and her body began to shake.
"Grandma, the appendix is a small section of intestine in the human stomach. If it gets sick, it needs to be removed, otherwise the appendix will continue to hurt..."
Chu Tian knew that Old Lady Chu didn’t understand, but if he didn’t explain it clearly, Chu Tian was afraid that the old lady would scare him, so he could only explain it briefly.
"Cut, cut the intestines? Do you mean cut open the stomach?"
Old Mrs. Chu held on to the table beside her with trembling hands and looked at Chu Tian in disbelief.
Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, but don't worry, there is anesthesia. You won't feel anything after the anesthesia..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Ping coming back with Lele, whose face was covered with tears.
"Brother, what happened to Pingping? I asked Lele, but she couldn't explain clearly..."
"Second sister-in-law, has second brother gone?"
Zhang Ping saw Pingping at this moment. Seeing his pale face and sweaty forehead, she was shocked. "He went, he went. But, Pingping, what's wrong with him?"
Chu Tian could only repeat it briefly. Zhang Ping was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. She opened her mouth and wanted to say, "How can a person survive if his stomach is cut open?"
But thinking that this was unlucky, he immediately swallowed it down his throat and said something else.
"The city's hospital is good, Pingping will definitely be cured."
Chu Tian looked at Pingping, who was sweating profusely in his arms, and felt extremely distressed. He couldn't bear the pain of having his appendectomy removed when he was an adult, and Pingping was still a child now...
"Heaven, brother Tian, I'm done."
Chu Tian glanced at the things Yao Xiujuan had packed and nodded. Suddenly, he heard the faint sound of a horse neighing outside the door. He quickly stood up and said, "Xiujuan, hurry up and put the things on the carriage first..."
Old Mrs. Chu calmed herself down and quickly followed Chu Tian's footsteps. However, after taking two steps, she thought for a moment and turned back to the house. She took out a quilt and mattress from the cabinet. Seeing this, Zhang Ping hurriedly took them.
As soon as Chu Min stopped the carriage, he saw Chu Tian coming out holding Pingping. He hurried forward to help spread the mattress in Zhang Ping's hand onto the carriage. After the bedding was spread out, Yao Xiujuan sat on it first before taking Pingping from Chu Tian's arms. Zhang Ping quickly covered Pingping with the quilt.
Chu Tian glanced at Chu Min and said quickly, "Second brother, please drive the carriage with Xiujuan and the others to the city first. I will go to the captain to get a letter of introduction..."
Chu Min nodded, said nothing, cracked his whip and walked towards the main road in the city.
Chu Tian saw the carriage leave, walked back to the yard and took out his bicycle. Before getting on the bicycle, he thought for a moment and looked at Mrs. Chu again, "Grandma, we may not be able to come back for a few days, you have to take care of yourself at home..."
Old Madam Chu hurriedly said, "Xiaotian, don't waste time, go find the captain and get a letter of introduction..."
Zhang Ping also nodded quickly, "Don't worry, little brother, grandma and Lele's sister-in-law will take good care of it."
Chu Tian nodded, "Second sister-in-law, please help me ask someone to ask Pingping for leave when she goes to school!"
"Hey, hey, I'll go to my uncle's house and tell him in a while, don't worry."
"Um."
Chu Tian nodded and was about to get on his bike when Lele rushed over, hugged Chu Tian's thighs and cried, "Daddy, my brother..."
Chu Tian looked down at Lele, whose face was covered in tears. He took a deep breath and said softly, "Be good, Lele. Your brother is just sick. Dad and Mom are going to take him to the hospital. Can you take care of grandma at home for Dad and Mom?"
Upon hearing this, Lele quickly let go of Chu Tian, lowered her head and wiped the tears from her face with both hands, then raised her head again and forced herself to look well-behaved.
"Dad, Lele will take good care of grandma. You and mom need to take good care of brother. Lele, be good..."
Chu Tian reached out and rubbed her head, saying "Okay..." When he saw Zhang Ping come forward and pick up Lele, he looked at Old Mrs. Chu again.
"Grandma, don't worry, nothing will happen. I'm leaving first..."
Old Mrs. Chu nodded with tears in her eyes, "Well, go quickly..."
After Chu Tian left, Old Mrs. Chu could no longer hold back her tears. She covered her heart with her hands and tears fell down. Zhang Ping was shocked when she saw this. She quickly put Lele down and went forward to support Old Mrs. Chu.
"Grandma, you..."
Before she could finish her words, she saw Old Madam Chu waving her hands and crying, "Why let the child suffer? Let me, an old immortal, suffer. My Pingping, my lovely great-grandson..."
When Lele saw Old Mrs. Chu crying, she also burst into tears. Zhang Ping was suddenly at a loss. She tried to coax this one and then that one. If it were her children, she would have yelled at them long ago, but there was nothing she could do. One was the ancestor of the Chu family, and the other was Chu Tian’s little darling. She couldn’t yell at either of them and could only coax them patiently.
In the end, it even alarmed Uncle Chu and several others who lived next door and came out...
Chu Tian found Captain Sun, quickly got three letters of introduction, and without further delay, headed towards the city.
The three of them arrived at the hospital. Chu Tian threw his bicycle to the ground, ran forward, holding Pingping, and ran straight to the emergency room. "Doctor, doctor, come and see my son. He has pain on the right side of his abdomen. It might be appendicitis..."
The doctor heard the noise and hurried out of the office. After listening to Chu Tian's description, he stepped forward and pressed on Pingping. He saw that Pingping frowned and asked a few more questions about what hurt. Then he raised his head and looked at Chu Tian again.
"I need an X-ray. It costs three dollars..."
Chu Tian nodded, "Take a picture, take a picture, I'll go pay the fee..."
Seeing Chu Tian was so straightforward, the doctor did not delay and quickly wrote a prescription and handed it to Chu Tian. Chu Tian went to pay the fee, and the doctor took Pingping to take an X-ray. A moment later, when Chu Tian came back, the doctor had finished the X-ray and looked at Chu Tian.
"You guessed right, it's appendicitis. Surgery is needed now. The cost is 26 yuan. Do you want anesthesia? If you do, it will cost..."
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