At the beginning of the year, Beijing was hit by heavy snow, making it inconvenient to go out, and everyone stayed at home.
Seeing that it was a rare occasion for them to get together, Mrs. He took out a mahjong set and asked Yun Jin and the others to play mahjong with her.
Mr. He has no interest in playing mahjong.
Little Rice Cake is too young to be hit, and I won't let her be hit.
Li Cai was at home, so she filled in.
Yun Jin and He Tingchuan definitely can't escape.
After a few rounds of mahjong, Mrs. He got fed up: "Son, if you keep feeding your wife tiles, I'm going to get angry. What's the fun in playing like this, huh?"
He Tingchuan: "..."
Yun Jin laughed and kicked him.
He Tingchuan then toned it down a bit and let his mother win two hands. His mother was so happy that she turned a blind eye to He Tingchuan feeding her cards.
After an afternoon of losses, Li Cai lost the most.
Goubao, seeing that all their money was gone, pouted with a pitiful expression: "You can't bully my wife! That's all our money! Waaah, the money's gone!"
Li Cai reassured her, "It's okay, I'll win it back."
Dog Bao's eyes lit up.
Unfortunately, Li Cai lost all of Gou Bao's pocket money after only three rounds.
Seeing that it was getting late, Yun Jin suggested, "Let's stop here for today. My butt hurts from sitting all afternoon. Daddy Nian Gao, go shovel the snow. I'm going out for some fresh air."
He Tingchuan had no objection.
He gave all the money he won to Yun Jin.
Goubao looked enviously at the money in Yun Jin's hand, wanting it but too embarrassed to ask.
Yun Jin smiled and gave all the money to Gou Bao: "Alright, don't cry during the New Year. I'll use all of this to buy you some good food."
"Really?" Goubao asked in disbelief.
Yun Jin nodded.
The dog was overjoyed.
Then, feeling that it wasn't quite right to give it all to himself, he grabbed half and gave it to Xiao Niangao: "Buy something delicious."
"Thank you, Brother Goubao!" Little Rice Cake accepted the gift with a smile.
Yun Jin and He Tingchuan exchanged a glance, greatly admiring Gou Bao's actions.
Goubao isn't stupid; he knows who's good to him.
They also know how to be kind to others.
I don't know if it was because she went out in the wind, but Xiao Niangao got a fever last night.
She climbed into her parents' bed feeling unwell: "Dad, I think I'm sick. I feel hot, my mouth tastes bitter, and my throat is dry."
He Tingchuan touched his daughter's face and his expression changed upon seeing the heat. He immediately woke Yun Jin: "Nian Gao has a fever. Do you have any fever reducers at home?"
Yun Jin woke up with a start; "Yes, it's in the drawer, and there's a thermometer too. Let's take Nian Gao's temperature."
A few minutes later, the thermometer was in Yun Jin's hands. When she saw that the mercury level was 39.7, Yun Jin asked He Tingchuan to bring the fever reducer and coaxed Xiao Niangao to drink it. The fever reducer didn't taste very good, and Xiao Niangao frowned as she ate it.
He Tingchuan wrung out a wet towel and placed it on Xiao Niangao's forehead to cool her down.
Yun Jin used alcohol to wipe Xiao Niangao's face.
Seeing their little girl, whose face was flushed red from the fever and who looked sickly, the couple felt heartbroken.
Even after finally getting through the day, Xiao Niangao was still very hot.
Yun Jin was worried, so she asked He Tingchuan to drive the person to the hospital.
He's parents wanted to go with him, but Yun Jin persuaded them that they were old and the temperature difference between home and outside was too great, and they would easily catch a cold.
They've already gone to great lengths to take care of their little one when he's sick; if the two elderly people catch a cold, they're afraid they won't be able to manage.
When they arrived at the hospital, it wasn't just Xiao Nian Gao, but also other children. They waited in line for thirty minutes before they could see a doctor.
The doctor prescribed medicine and an IV drip. While making a phone call at the hospital, He Tingchuan held Xiao Niangao in his arms, and Yun Jin sat beside him, warming the medicine with a hot water bottle to prevent it from getting too cold in her veins.
Just as I finished making the rice cakes, I saw Li Aimei and her mother-in-law arrive at the hospital with their son.
After exchanging glances, Li Aimei looked at Xiao Nian Gao, who was getting an injection, and asked, "Is Nian Gao feeling unwell too?"
"He caught a cold." Yun Jin asked, "What's wrong with your child?"
Speaking of this, Li Aimei got angry: "I told him not to go out and play in the snow, but he insisted on going out. He started coughing and had a runny nose last night, and developed a fever in the middle of the night. The medicine didn't work, so we had to come to the hospital to see a doctor."
Li Aimei's mother-in-law curled her lip and said, "You are a doctor yourself, yet you can't even cure your own son's illness. I don't know how you became a doctor."
Li Aimei was so angry that her face turned green: "I'm not a pediatrician, and your son is a doctor too. How come he doesn't dare to treat your grandson?"
“My son isn’t a pediatrician,” Zhang’s mother said unreasonably.
"If you hadn't taken him out to play, would he have gotten sick?" Li Aimei scolded.
Zhang's mother shifted the blame: "Who knows if it was because you didn't cover the child with a blanket when you put him to sleep that he caught a cold?"
"You're slandering me? When have I ever failed to cover the child with a blanket...?"
Seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law about to start arguing at the hospital, Yun Jin reminded them, "Now is not the time to talk about this. If you want to see a doctor, wait until after the doctor's appointment. It's not good for the child to have a fever for too long."
Li Aimei then calmed down, glanced at Yun Jin, and took her son to see the doctor.
Yun Jin and the others did not leave in a hurry. After Li Aimei's child had been seen by the doctor and it was confirmed that there was nothing seriously wrong, Yun Jin and He Tingchuan left.
Seeing them about to leave, Zhang's mother followed them, asking, "You drove here yourselves, right?"
Yun Jin nodded.
Zhang's mother shamelessly said, "I'll go with you, but you should take me back first."
Yun Jin glanced at Li Aimei, who was holding her son while he received his injection, and then looked at Zhang Mama, who was acting like a hands-off parent, and asked irritably, "What's your grandson's surname?"
Mrs. Zhang chuckled, "What kind of question is that? My grandson will definitely take my son's surname, what else could he take?"
"Oh, so your grandson has your son's surname. I thought he had Li Aimei's surname. Why aren't you at the hospital with your daughter-in-law taking care of your grandson? Are you in such a hurry to go back to take care of your son who's almost thirty?"
Zhang's mother's face turned red and white as she was rebuked.
"It's one thing for the child's father to be away, but you, as the grandmother, don't care either. If you're so indifferent, I suggest the child take Li Aimei's surname. After all, she gave birth to the child, raised the child, and took care of the child alone when the child is sick."
Zhang's mother was so embarrassed by Yun Jin's words that she almost couldn't lift her head: "I...I won't go back, okay?"
"What do you think?" Yun Jin gave Zhang's mother a look that said, "You'd better think about it."
Zhang's mother never expected that she, as an elder, would have to put up with the attitude of a younger person.
But she couldn't do anything to them.
After Yun Jin and her family of three left, Zhang's mother scoffed, "Just because she married a military officer doesn't mean she's so great. She even interferes in my family affairs. Does she live by the sea?"
Looking at Zhang's mother, who was unwilling to stay at the hospital to take care of her grandson, Li Aimei could no longer bear it and said, "If you don't want to take care of your grandson, I'll buy you a train ticket tomorrow. Pack your things and go back to your hometown!"
Zhang's mother: "???"
That evening, Yun Jin received a call from the hotel reception: "Sister Yun, Sister Ai Mei brought her son to stay at the hotel. It looks like she had a fight with her family. Her eyes are swollen, and it looks like she has been crying for a long time."
Yun Jin: "......."
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