Yu Cheng was stunned.
Looking at Xia Xiao'e's knees and arms, it was obvious that she had fallen.
Yu Cheng felt guilty: "Why didn't you say so earlier! I'll go back with you to take care of my sister."
"Why don't you understand? In a time like this, my eldest brother is the one my sister-in-law wants to help, not you! What can you do? You don't even wash a single dish when you get to our place! Can you take care of little Tangyuan? Can you help my sister-in-law feed her? You're so annoying! Hurry up and call me! I think if I were a college student like you, I would have called myself a long time ago, woo woo woo! You're useless, woo woo, I'm useless too, why can't I make a phone call?"
As Xia Xiao'e spoke, she began to cry anxiously.
The campus was quite quiet at that moment. Xia Xiao'e kept shouting and crying without caring about anything, and someone came out to look.
Yu Cheng quickly pulled Xia Xiao'e aside: "It's time to call, hurry up!"
There was a place to make phone calls at the university, so Yu Cheng asked for a long-distance call and waited for the person at the telephone exchange to transfer the call. Because it was a call from the military, the process took a while.
Xia Xiao'e just stared at Yu Cheng: "Why aren't you talking? Did you get through? If you don't know, just say you don't know. Don't pretend."
Yu Cheng didn't get angry at first because she had waited so long to ask for help: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. There are people moving around inside. You have to wait."
Xia Xiao'e: "Do you want money while you wait?"
Yu Cheng: "Yes."
"You're charging for waiting? That's inhumane. Why don't you negotiate the price with them?"
"I..." Yu Cheng rolled his eyes, unable to hold back his disgust. "Xia Xiao'e, if you don't understand, just stop arguing, okay? This is a call to the military district, do you think you can just call casually? You have to wait for the operator to pick up, and you don't even know if there's anyone on the other end!"
Xia Xiao'e: "How come there's no one here? Why would anyone install a phone if there's no one here?"
Yu Cheng looked away helplessly: "Don't make any noise, it seems like someone is here."
Xia Xiao'e didn't say anything.
But Yu Cheng still didn't say anything. Xia Xiao'e couldn't wait any longer and grabbed the phone and shouted, "Why isn't someone talking? Hello, I'm looking for my brother Xia Linsheng. Who are you?"
Yu Cheng was about to grab the phone when, coincidentally, someone spoke from inside: "Yes, it's connected. We can talk now."
Only then did Xia Xiao'e realize that what Yu Cheng said was true.
Her face flushed red as she shouted into the phone, "Brother, it's me, Xiao'e."
The man on the other end said, "Xiao'e? Which Xiao'e?"
Xia Xiao'e heard something wrong with the voice and continued to shout: "Brother, why is your voice wrong? Do you have a cold too? Sister-in-law is sick..."
The person on the other end of the line laughed and said, "Hey, who are you? Who do you want to talk to? Tell me the extension number and I'll connect you."
Yu Cheng, who was standing next to her, tried hard to snatch the phone away: "Xia Xiao'e, keep your voice down. Can't you see that everyone is looking at you? You don't need to be so loud when you're talking."
Xia Xiao'e was very frustrated and refused to let go. She broke down and cursed at Yu Cheng:
"Shut up! You're the only one who knows. Aren't you just a country bumpkin like me? You can't do it after studying for a few days? You're just laughing at me. I need to find my brother now. I'm in a hurry to find him. You men are all fools. Why don't you understand? My sister-in-law can't even stand and is about to faint. Why don't you help me find my brother?"
Yu Cheng grabbed the phone and said, "What's the point of crying? Give it to me! I need to transfer the call!"
He communicated with the military district operator on the phone for a long time and finally found the person. Xia Linsheng's voice was heard on the other end of the phone.
Yu Cheng just called out "brother-in-law" and Xia Xiao'e, who was squatting and crying, jumped up and snatched the phone again:
"Brother, my sister-in-law is sick, and Xiao Tangyuan is sick too. Brother, my sister-in-law needs to breastfeed, so she can't take medicine. She's sick and has to take care of the child. Why can't you come? You say you're like this, what's the point of having you? You say you men join the army to defend your country, but you can't even help your family after you get married. How can you men be like this? What kind of soldier are you?"
***
In the ward.
Little Tangyuan felt much calmer after drinking breast milk, and with the effect of the medicine, his body was finally not so hot anymore.
Yu Sui felt like she was about to collapse. She tilted her body and fell to the side of the bed to rest.
She tried hard to keep a tight rein on her mind, reminding herself not to sleep and to pay attention to the child's condition. However, having a cold and a fever was so torturous that Yu Sui felt her head getting dizzy.
Suddenly, she felt someone speaking in her ear: "Sister-in-law, I'm here to take your place. You can go to bed and sleep without worry. Is that okay?"
It seemed like Xia Xiao'e had come to replace her.
Tall and straight.
Yu Sui felt relieved subconsciously, and she seemed to respond.
Then she felt someone pick her up and put her on a bed.
Yu Sui still had some confusion in her mind and felt strange. How could Xia Xiao'e hold her?
There seemed to be a voice like Yu Cheng'e: "No, Xia Xiao'e, you sit here, we need to find a doctor, my sister's body is also very hot, Xia Xiao'e, Xia Xiao'e..."
Oh, Yu Cheng is here too... Too late.
Yu Sui could no longer hear the sound behind her, and her mind was blank.
I slept soundly and darkly, and when I woke up, everything around me was quiet.
Yu Sui opened her eyes with difficulty and found that it was still dark.
She closed her eyes again and thought, it’s still a while, I just fell asleep.
Yu Sui closed her eyes for a long time before she slowly sat up, only to find that she was sleeping in her own bed, with a tent draped over it.
Huh? Isn't she in the hospital?
How is the child?
"Xiao E? Xiao E?" Yu Sui thought she was dreaming, so she sat up and called out a few times, but her throat was too sore and she couldn't make a sound.
Worried about the child, Yu Sui struggled to get out of bed and went out to see what was going on. Then she heard Wang Sibao's voice outside: "...You want to stir-fry this dish, right?"
Then came Xia Xiao'e's voice: "Yes, don't add too much salt. My sister-in-law likes to eat light food."
Yu Sui became even more anxious and shouted towards the kitchen: "Xiao E, why are you home? Where is Xiao Tangyuan? You're home, is Xiao Tangyuan back?"
In fact, her voice was still not loud, but Xia Xiao'e heard it and ran over quickly: "Sister-in-law, why are you up? The doctor said you were a little comatose and needed to rest for a while, so I brought you back."
Yu Sui was anxious: "I'm asking you about the little glutinous rice balls!"
"Brother is with him, and we've even found a healthy wet nurse..."
Before Xia Xiao'e could finish her words, Yu Sui asked in surprise, "Who? Who did you say found a wet nurse?"
Xia Xiao'e: "Brother, brother, my brother, your man!"
Yu Sui covered her eyes with her hands: "I am dreaming, I must be dreaming."
But soon, a voice rushed into Yu Sui's ears: "Xiao E, is your sister-in-law awake?"
It’s Xia Linsheng!
Yu Sui couldn't believe it. She put down her hand and looked back. It was really Xia Linsheng, holding the child and coming in, followed by Yu Cheng carrying a package.
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