Zhu Jiabao was startled by the sudden shout: "Wife, don't shout so loudly all of a sudden, I thought something had happened."
Liu Yumin glanced at him and asked, "Do you have a problem with that?"
Zhu Jiabao immediately changed his tune: "I was worried your throat was sore, so you should drink some water to moisten it."
Zhu Fanfan directly expressed his contempt for his grandfather, saying he was henpecked.
Liu Yumin said, "Since Master said he would give Fanfan his first education, then we can't be polite. When Fanfan comes to the hospital, I will take care of his work. He just needs to teach Fanfan."
Zhu Jiabao was still worried: "Didn't you say that letting the dean enlighten you was just to appease him?"
My wife said she would never entrust Fanfan to his master's teaching, adding that he couldn't even teach his own child well, and that his master was too strict and wouldn't tolerate the slightest mistake.
Liu Yumin explained, "That was before. So far, he's the most suitable one."
Previously, she wanted Fanfan to choose her own career, but things are different now. Fanfan's secret is too dangerous. Only her master's wholehearted teaching can protect her. Her master's family's secret techniques are very powerful, but she just doesn't have the talent. It wasn't that she didn't want to work hard back then, but that she couldn't work hard enough. She was afraid of upsetting her master, so she made an excuse that she wanted to focus on medical skills and not develop in other areas.
From then on, Zhu Fanfan had no time to rest. As soon as she opened her eyes, Zhu Jiabao would take out her books and teach her word by word. When no one was around, he would say that she was an adult and her brain wouldn't be lost. He would also encourage her to remember the words after reading them once, otherwise he would laugh at her every day. This made Zhu Fanfan so angry that she cried and wanted to hit him. She had never seen someone so old who was so sarcastic. What was even more infuriating was her constitution; she would cry whenever she got excited. It was so infuriating.
Zhu Jiabao even took out a pen and watched Zhu Fanfan write, telling her how to start writing. If she didn't write well, he would mercilessly laugh at her, asking if she had been studying for nothing before. He said Zhu Fanfan's only disadvantage was that she couldn't speak. If she could speak, the two of them would start arguing.
Liu Yumin was always helpless. She could tell that neither of them were good-natured people; one was an old rascal, and the other had a bad temper.
Whenever Liu Yumin had free time, she would show Zhu Fanfan the pictures of medicinal herbs in the book. Because the pictures were drawn by herself and were in color, they were easier to recognize. She would introduce the herbs and explain how to process them.
Liu Yumin kept reading medical books to Fanfan, making Zhu Fanfan dizzy and lightheaded. Her hands ached from taking notes. Her grandfather gave her a notebook and bought her a good fountain pen and several bottles of ink, but the pen was a bit difficult for her to use. If she didn't use the fountain pen properly, it would leave a blot of ink, which was even more tiring for her hands.
The elderly couple even started teaching Zhu Fanfan about internal energy cultivation. They would each take turns explaining, and if one of them missed something, the other would fill in the gaps. They practically poured knowledge into Fanfan day and night. After half a month, Zhu Fanfan finally developed a fever in the middle of the night.
Liu Yumin noticed it immediately and quickly cleared the lung meridian, cleared the Tianhe water, massaged the Dazhui acupoint, and pinched the spine. After doing all of these, the fever subsided, and the couple breathed a sigh of relief. However, before they could fully relax, Zhu Fanfan's fever returned.
Liu Yumin quickly massaged her again and used alcohol to lower her fever. After a whole night of trying, Zhu Fanfan's fever kept going up and down, but there was no improvement. The couple had no choice but to rush to the hospital for an injection.
Unexpectedly, after the injection, Zhu Fanfan's fever subsided, but it returned within minutes. Since they couldn't give her another injection so soon, they had to wait until the scheduled time.
Whether it was massage or injections, the high fever kept recurring for three days. The hospital director was also exhausted. Liu Yumin took leave, and he took over her patients. If she hadn't taken time to treat patients as well, the director would have been too busy.
He wasn't optimistic: "Yumin, don't blame me for being blunt, but we've all seen people with fevers before. A day and a night is enough to drive someone crazy. If the fever doesn't go down, Fanfan might be in trouble. If he wakes up, he might have brain damage. You need to be prepared."
Fanfan remained unconscious throughout, suffering from a prolonged fever that caused her body temperature to evaporate moisture from her skin. She was also unable to drink water, and even with Yumin's constant wiping, her skin had become dry. The high fever also accelerated her metabolism, increasing her energy expenditure. However, apart from receiving some nutrients via IV fluids, she couldn't open her mouth, couldn't drink water, let alone eat anything.
Furthermore, prolonged high fever can excite the nervous system, increase blood flow, and potentially damage nerve function. Nerve damage can lead to disordered brain function...
He couldn't even imagine what changes would occur to Fanfan's body after three days of burning fever.
Liu Yumin insisted, "Master, she is my granddaughter, my only successor. We doctors will not give up hope until the very last moment. She will definitely get better."
She believed that Fanfan would pull through, even if... even if Fanfan woke up, no matter what, she would take good care of Fanfan. Fanfan was her pillar of support, and she couldn't bear the blow of losing another child.
That evening, a resolute child's voice rang out: "Down with the Japanese devils! Long live the People's Republic of China!"
Upon hearing the voice, Liu Yumin immediately looked at Zhu Fanfan, who had her eyes closed, her little hands raised, and was repeatedly chanting, "Down with the Japanese devils! Long live the People's Republic of China!"
Liu Yumin burst into tears on the spot. She had heard that some people had signs before they died. Could it be that those heroes had come to take Fanfan away? A piece of her heart was empty, and she couldn't accept this blow.
Zhu Fanfan waved his hands restlessly, repeating the same phrase: "Down with the Japanese devils! Long live the People's Republic of China!"
Liu Yumin quickly grabbed her hand to stop her from moving, and comforted her, "Fanfan, be good. We've won. The Japanese devils have been driven away. Our country will live forever. Can you say something to Grandma?"
Zhu Fanfan repeated the same phrase: "Down with the Japanese devils! Long live the People's Republic of China!" As if deaf to the outside world, Liu Yumin was already in tears, lost in her own world. She felt that Fanfan's pulse was abnormal, fluctuating too rapidly, and she didn't have time to make a careful judgment.
After a night of torment, Liu Yumin finally relaxed and fell asleep when she saw Zhu Jiabao arrive.
Zhu Jiabao was so frightened he almost lost his mind. He quickly found Xu Jingqian to examine him, and only after Xu Jingqian concluded that Zhu was too tired did he feel relieved.
Xu Jingqian complained, "Brother-in-law, what do you talk to Fanfan about at home? Last night, Fanfan shouted 'Down with the Japanese devils! Long live the People's Republic of China!' all night long! What does a little kid like her know? Don't keep talking about fighting and killing. What if she, like Mingyue, wants to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"
Aren't you afraid your sister will skin you alive? Your sister has always been resentful of Mingyue's enthusiasm for fighting on the front lines. Last night, no one in the house slept, just to hear Fanfan say those two sentences. They only went to sleep when Fanfan's voice was hoarse, and they are still asleep now.
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