Chapter 232 Taotao has a fever
The eldest granddaughter said it was delicious. Grandma Shen smiled with her eyes squinting and fried her another plate of rice cakes.
Shen Shuyu was really full and kept burping after eating.
Liu Pandi was also full, so he went back to his room and said to Uncle Shen, "The rice cakes are so delicious, I'll ask my mother to make them for me next year."
As long as it is made of fine grains, no one dislikes it. Uncle Shen smiled and replied to her, "Then you have to work harder, otherwise there will be no glutinous rice or rice for you to make rice cakes."
"Do I need to tell you that?" Her son is going to be born next year, so she will have to work not only diligently but also hard.
Shen Shuyu went to the cowshed at around ten o'clock in the evening. Fortunately, she came tonight, otherwise she would not have known that Taotao had a fever.
The couple was anxious because their grandson had a fever. They were thinking of going to the team leader to ask him for permission to go to the village doctor.
Shen Shuyu came, and Liang Jun said anxiously, "Shuyu, Taotao has a fever."
The child's face was flushed with fever. Shen Shuyu touched the child's forehead and found it was really hot. "When did Taotao get a fever?"
"I gave him a bowl of brown sugar ginger water in the morning, and his temperature went down. But just after he had dinner, he had a fever again."
Shen Shuyu picked up Taotao and said, "I'll take Taotao to the village doctor first."
Yang Zhen and Liang Jun wanted to go with him, but thinking of their current identities, if they followed, the village doctor might not be willing to save their grandson. The couple looked at each other, stepped out of the cowshed door and then retracted their feet.
Shen Shuyu held Taotao and ran to find the village doctor. On the way, Shen Shuyu gave Taotao two drops of spiritual spring water. The spiritual spring water was more effective than any medicine. Shen Shuyu was not worried about Taotao.
But the child had a high fever, so it was safer to take the child to the village doctor. She felt at ease, and so did her grandparents.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening and the village doctor, Dr. Xu, had already gone to bed. Shen Shuyu knocked on the door for a long time before he opened it.
Seeing her holding a child, he was stunned for a moment, "Doctor Xu, please take a look at this child, he has a fever."
When the child was carried into the house, Doctor Xu took a closer look and asked, "Is this the child from the cowshed?"
Doctor Xu knew all the children in the village. Although the child from the cowshed did not often appear in everyone's sight, Doctor Xu also recognized him.
"It's a child from the cowshed. I was passing by and heard crying in the cowshed. I went in to take a look and found out that the child had a fever. His grandparents were extremely worried. I was afraid that such a young child's brain would be damaged by the fever, so I brought him to you."
Doctor Xu also has two little kids at home. As a parent, he hates to see his kids suffer. After taking Taotao's temperature, he prescribed a pack of medicine. "Take the medicine home and ask his grandparents to boil water. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl. After drinking the medicine, the fever should go away by midnight."
Shen Shuyu touched Taotao's forehead and drank the spiritual spring water. His forehead was not so hot anymore and the redness on his face also subsided a little.
After getting the medicine, Shen Shuyu carried Taotao back to the cowshed. It was cold, and Shen Shuyu was afraid that Taotao would catch a cold, so she wrapped the child tightly in her military coat.
"Grandpa, Grandma Liang, don't worry. Doctor Xu has prescribed some medicine for Taotao. You can boil this packet of water for Taotao to drink. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl of water. Drink the medicine, and Taotao should be fine."
Yang Zhen took the medicine and started to boil it. Shen Shuyu had found them a clay pot before, which made it convenient to boil the medicine.
Put the medicine into the casserole and slowly watch the fire.
Shen Shuyu also wanted to talk to her second grandfather about taking Taotao to the village doctor to see a doctor tonight.
"Grandpa, Grandma Liang, I have to go to Second Grandpa's house. I'm leaving first and will come back later."
It was already late and snowing heavily. Liang Jun said, "Child, you don't need to come over. The village doctor said Taotao will get better after taking the medicine."
Shen Shuyu went to her second grandfather's house. It was Second Grandma Shen who opened the door. She came home so late. Second Grandma Shen thought something happened at her eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law's house. "Shuyu girl, you came here so late. Is there something wrong at home? Come in and tell me."
Shen Erzhu was still awake. He saw that the person who came was his niece's granddaughter, "Shu Yu, what's the matter?"
"Second Grandfather, I came here to tell you something. The child in the cowshed has a fever. I helped send the child to the village doctor for a checkup."
"Have a fever?"
"Yes, he had a high fever. He was dizzy and his face was red. He was obviously in great pain, but the little baby didn't cry at all."
"You did the right thing. Okay, I know about it. You can go home and rest."
Shen Erzhu was worried about his niece going back alone, so he called his eldest grandson out, "Jiajun, send your eldest sister back.
Shu Yu girl, don't go out alone at night from now on, it's not safe."
Second Madam Shen also said, "Yes, it's not safe for a girl like you to go out at night. You can't do this in the future."
The Shen family soldiers thought that their eldest sister could use her fist to smash a big hole in the wild boar's head, so it wouldn't be unsafe for the eldest sister to come out.
Shen Shuyu was sent home by her cousin from her second grandfather's house. In fact, after she left her second grandfather's house, Shen Shuyu told her cousin that there was no need to send her home, but Shen Jiajun insisted on sending her home so that he could report to his superiors.
Shen Shuyu went out secretly. When she went out, she climbed over the wall. When she came back, she naturally climbed over the wall as well. Shen Jiajun watched her climb over the wall and enter the house in one go, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Not long after Shen Shuyu entered the house, Gu Jiandong climbed over the wall and came in.
Returned to the house quietly.
To go buy New Year's goods, Shen Shuyu was woken up by Shen Qiu at around six o'clock.
"Sister, the New Year is coming soon. We have to go early, otherwise the supply and marketing cooperative will have nothing to sell."
Shen Shuyu got up, put on her clothes one by one, and finally put on her military coat and hat before coming out.
To buy New Year's goods, everyone except Old Man Shen and his two sons had to go. Now the ox cart was not easy to move, so they went to the supply and marketing cooperative on a sled today.
There were too many people and there was no room for them to sit, so Old Man Shen found the dog sled he had made a few years earlier and put the white radish on it. Then Gu Jiandong and Shen Shuyu sat on the dog sled pulled by the white radish.
Shen Shuyu had never ridden a dog sled before, and found it very novel. As soon as she sat on it, she started to call out to Bai Luobo, "Bai Luobo, run."
White Radish grinned, flapped its four legs, and ran very fast, leaving Old Lady Shen and the others behind.
Shen Qiu thought the dog sled pulled by Bai Luobo was very cool, so he patted the big yellow ox and said, "Ah Huang, hurry up and catch up with Bai Luobo."
The big yellow ox started working and soon caught up with the white radish. The white radish didn't want to be caught up by the big yellow ox, so it put all its strength into pulling Shen Shuyu, Gu Jiandong and the others to run.
It was cool to ride on a dog sled, but the white radish was running too fast. Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong sat on the dog sled. When they opened their mouths, the cold wind rushed into their mouths and the snow hit their faces. She talked to Gu Jiandong, but Gu Jiandong couldn't hear her clearly because her voice was completely covered by the wind.