Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Grandma Gao's condition is indeed not good and she has fallen asleep in bed. Gao Mingcheng called her softly from the bedside. She vaguely heard it and seemed to want to open her eyes, but she didn't.

Seeing this situation, Gao Mingcheng's heart sank.

He looked at Gao Yuan and asked, "Dad, when did grandma get sick? Have you seen the doctor and taken any medicine?"

Gao Yuanyuan said: "I have been sick for three days. On the first day of illness, I asked your eldest brother to go to the health center and call the doctor. The doctor said he had a fever and prescribed some fever-reducing medicine."

Gao Mingcheng had already smelled the smell of herbal medicine in the house, and knew that the medicine he was taking was herbal medicine.

Herbal medicines are certainly useful, but most of them are slow to take effect and have little effect on emergencies. Otherwise, why would Western medicine become so popular all over the world, while Chinese medicine is gradually falling behind?

This is driven by capital, but it is also related to people's gradual pursuit of efficiency.

When people are sick, they eagerly hope to get better soon. As for the sequelae of Western medicine, since most of them are undetectable, they feel it doesn't matter.

Gao Mingcheng asked again: "After taking the medicine for three days, is it better or worse?"

Gao Yuanyuan was silent, took a long drag on the cigarette, and after spitting it out, he said: "I called the doctor again this morning and said that the situation was not good. I was afraid that the medicine would be useless. It was difficult to give the medicine yesterday." ”

"Mingcheng, you are the only one in the family who has a car. There is nothing I can do except ask you to come back."

After listening to Gao Yuanyuan's words, Gao Mingcheng said directly: "Dad, you hold a quilt, I will hold grandma, and send her to the hospital for treatment first."

Gao Yuan immediately took out the cigarette from his mouth, put out the cigarette butt, casually placed it on the stool beside the bed, and then went to hug a quilt.

Gao Mingcheng bent down, first put on a thick cotton coat and thick cotton trousers on Gao Nainai, and then he easily picked her up.

The father and son walked towards the entrance of the village. Following a winding corridor, they could go directly out of the door of Cheng'en Gate and then to the pond.

He Xiuman stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking this way.

Gao Mingcheng saw her and immediately said: "Pay attention to Grandma Xi's condition. If her condition becomes serious, call me at Uncle Shou Wang's place."

"Hey, I understand." He Xiuman responded crisply.

The elderly in their two families can only rely on Gao Mingcheng to go to the county for medical treatment. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to take the sick elderly to the county, and it is so cold that it is difficult to sit on a bicycle all the way. The wind can blow away diseases even to good people, let alone sick people.

Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng built a carport this year, otherwise riding on a tractor would not be much better than riding a bicycle.

But now with a carport, it can block most of the wind and snow.

When he was about to approach the tractor, Gao Mingcheng remembered that the unconscious Maozi was still lying in the truck bed, so he quickly said: "Dad, there is another patient in the car who is my friend. I will send them both to the hospital for treatment later. Are you going along, or?”

Last time when Grandma Gao broke her leg, his mother, Luo Xiaohua, went with her. Later, when the plaster was removed, only Grandma Gao was taken there. After she went to the county, Gao Shufang took care of her.

This time, his mother hasn't shown up yet, so she is probably taking care of the children with her sister-in-law.

Gao Yuanyuan said: "Your eldest brother's daughter has been feeling a little uncomfortable these days. She always spits out milk and her face is very yellow. Your mother has to help take care of her. But I am not worried about your grandma's situation. I will follow her. go together."

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, after you put grandma down later, you can find a place to sit by yourself."

While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the tractor one after another. Gao Yuan looked over and saw a man lying in the bed of the tractor, covered with a military coat.

This so-called friend seemed to have met halfway. It turned out that Gao Mingcheng's military coat was used as a quilt for him. No wonder he just saw Gao Mingcheng wearing only a sweater. He thought it was a young man who was not afraid of the cold.

After Gao Nainai was put in to lie down, the quilt was covered with the two of them. Gao Mingcheng took out his military coat and put it on neatly.

Although he has good physical fitness, there is no need to deliberately keep himself cold.

As for Grandma Gao and Maozi lying side by side, it doesn't matter. Grandma Gao is already old and Maozi is her grandson, so what's the big deal?

"Dad, sit still, I'm going to drive." Gao Mingcheng warned, started the tractor and headed towards the county.

When he arrived at Gaojiacun, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. After a short delay, it was almost dark, so he had to drive back quickly to try to get the person to the hospital before dark.

Hurry and hurry. As soon as we entered the county, it was completely dark.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. When it’s cloudy, it gets dark earlier.

However, after entering the county, the road conditions became much easier. Even if it was dark, we would not fall into a pit and overturn the car.

After sending both Nainai Gao and Mao Zi to the hospital, Gao Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief.

In a situation like theirs where they have a high fever and are in a coma, even taking medicine is useless, and they need injections.

After the injection was put in, someone still had to keep an eye on the medicine bottle. Gao Mingcheng said to Gao Yuanyuan: "Dad, you stay in the hospital and look after grandma. Pay attention to this medicine bottle! You also help my friend's medicine bottle." Pay attention, if there is no more potion, call the nurse."

"I'll go back and bring you food first."

Gao Yuan nodded, looking quite nervous in an unfamiliar environment.

After saying goodbye to Gao Yuanyuan, Gao Mingcheng went all the way back to the clothing store.

At this moment, the store door has been closed.

Gao Mingcheng knocked on the back door, and Zhang Jinling quickly came over and opened the door for him.

Gao Mingcheng received a call and returned to the village at three o'clock in the afternoon. He was so busy that it was already past six o'clock in the evening.

It got dark early and dinner was eaten early. When Gao Mingcheng came back, Zhang Jinling and the others had already eaten. But Duo Mei and Xiao Xuxu are still here, seeming to be waiting for Gao Mingcheng to come back.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming back, Duomei immediately came over to greet him.

Duo Mei said: "How is the situation? Have you eaten? I left some food for you in the rice cooker."

Gao Mingcheng briefly explained the situation and then said to Gao Shufang: "Dad and grandma are still in the hospital. Get some food for dad and cook some porridge. If grandma wakes up, you can feed her some porridge." ."

When Gao Shufang heard this, she looked anxious. She hurriedly responded and went to wash rice and cook porridge. The rice cooker could cook porridge, but it was too slow, so she directly used a big pot to cook porridge, while Zhang Jinling helped light the fire and turn on the stove. The fire inside was extremely strong, and the porridge and rice were boiling quickly.

The food left in the rice cooker was only enough for Gao Mingcheng, so Gao Shufang used another pot to cook a bowl of noodles for her father, Gao Yuanyuan.

Take the eggs, cut the garnishes, wash the vegetables, boil the water in the pot, add the noodles, and then add the garnishes. In a short time, you will have a bowl of noodles with full color, flavor and flavor.

However, Gao Shufang found that although the rice porridge had been cooked, it was not thick enough, so she became a little anxious.

"Second brother, what should we do? If the noodles are kept for a long time, they will become lumpy." She was anxious, but Gao Mingcheng was not.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Go and get a thermos bottle! Pour out the hot water inside, and then pour the porridge into the thermos bottle! I'm afraid grandma hasn't woken up yet. When she wakes up, the porridge will still be hot, for sure It’s a little thicker too.”

The thermos can keep the food warm, and you can also use the residual heat to further cook the porridge and rice.

It is said that some people cook porridge directly from a thermos bottle.

Because Gao Mingcheng said that Maozi was also in the hospital, Gao Shufang cooked a lot of porridge and poured it into a thermos bottle, which was just full.

Gao Mingcheng put the thermos bottle and noodles into the carriage and called Gao Shufang to bring over two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

However, when they were about to leave for the hospital, Gao Mingli and his wife also proposed to go to the hospital for a visit.

Grandma was hospitalized, and my father was with her in the hospital. As a son and daughter, after knowing the news, it was natural for him to take a look.

Duo Mei also wanted to go, but was stopped by Gao Mingcheng.

"Don't go. The hospital is full of patients now. People in every ward are coughing. Children have weak immunity, so don't take little Xuxu with you. I will tell dad, don't worry. .”

After hearing what Gao Mingcheng said, Duomei hesitated for a moment and then decided not to go.

We must put our children first. It was already cold, and Xiao Xuxu coughed from time to time, and his nose was more runny than before. If he still went to a place like the hospital, it would be terrible if he got infected and his condition became more serious.

So Duo Mei stayed in the store and carefully closed the door after Gao Mingcheng and others left.

After arriving at the hospital, it turned out that as Gao Mingcheng said, neither Grandma Gao nor Mao Zi had woken up yet.

Gao Yuan stood guard by the bed and felt relieved when he saw his children coming.

Before he realized that Duomei had not come, Gao Mingcheng had already said: "Xiao Xuxu has been having a cough and runny nose recently, so I didn't let Duomei bring him here."

Gao Yuan immediately nodded in agreement and said, "Children are not allowed to come to the hospital."

Ever since Grandma Gao fell ill, he had been the one to take care of her. It wasn't that Luo Xiaohua was unfilial, but that Luo Xiaohua had to focus on taking care of her granddaughter. She was afraid that Grandma Gao would blame her illness on Luo Xiaohua, and Luo Xiaohua would blame her illness on her granddaughter.

"Dad, I cooked noodles for you. They are still hot. You should eat them quickly!" Gao Shufang quickly brought the noodles to Gao Yuanyuan.

The noodles were served in a large bowl with a plate covering them to prevent the heat from escaping. Therefore, they were not cold yet when they arrived at the hospital and were just warm enough to eat.

Gao Yuanyuan had been hungry for a long time. After seeing the noodles with eggs, meat and vegetables, his appetite was whetted. He quickly picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

After he finished eating, he even burped with satisfaction.

Gao Shufang pointed to the thermos bottle again and said, "Dad, there is porridge in it. If grandma wakes up and is hungry, you can pour it out and feed it to grandma."

Gao Yuanyuan glanced at the thermos bottle and praised: "You are still thoughtful and put the porridge in the thermos bottle so that it won't get cold."

Gao Shufang didn't dare to take credit, so she hurriedly said: "It was my second brother's idea."

Gao Shufang looked at Grandma Gao's haggard and pale look, and said, "Dad, I'll keep vigil here tonight, and you, my second brother, and the others will go back to rest later."

This proposal was flatly rejected by Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan frowned and said disapprovingly: "What do you mean by asking a girl like you to stay here to keep vigil this late at night?"

"I'll just stay here all night. If you're free tomorrow morning, come over and bring me breakfast. If you're not free, I'll go out and buy some steamed buns to eat."

Gao Mingcheng also disagreed with Gao Shufang's vigil. Although nothing serious would happen in the hospital, Gao Shufang had been busy all day, and it would be difficult to keep vigil at night.

Gao Mingli hadn't spoken much. Then he hurriedly said: "Dad, I have a day off the day after tomorrow. You keep watch tonight, and I will keep watch tomorrow night!"

Hearing this, Gao Yuanyuan felt better. Only then did he look at Gao Mingli, snorted coldly, and cursed: "You still look like a human being! You are already a grown man, how come you are not sensible at all? You are such a grown man. , and even competed with your sister-in-law for eggs! Your sister-in-law only has milk after eating eggs, what do you get after eating eggs? "

Gao Mingli grinned and remained silent, letting his father say a few words. Anyway, the egg had already fallen into his stomach.

Since Gao Yuan was keeping vigil, Gao Mingcheng asked him to help take care of Mao Zi. Mao Zi had only one mentally retarded brother in his family, so he definitely couldn't count on him.

Gao Yuanyuan nodded in agreement, seeing one patient and two patients.

Gao Mingcheng and others stayed here for a while. Gao Shufang tried to call grandma, but grandma Gao still showed no sign of waking up.

"Okay, I'm here. You can go back and rest. Those who have to go to work tomorrow and those who have to open stores are very busy!" Gao Yuanyuan began to chase people away and wouldn't let them stay here.

So Gao Mingcheng and others left the hospital.

After returning to the clothing store, the others were washing and resting. Gao Mingcheng also picked up Duo Mei and Xiao Xuxu and returned to his home.

On the way, Xiao Xuxu fell asleep in Duo Mei's arms. Gao Mingcheng didn't notice until the tractor stopped in the yard.

Duo Mei whispered: "I have washed his face and butt before. Now that he is sleeping, let him sleep!"

Gao Mingcheng naturally had no objection. When children sleep, they are growing, which is a very important thing.

After washing, he also fell asleep, but something might have happened today. He had a dream when he went to bed at night. The dream was very complicated. He seemed to have been fighting in his dream all night. When he woke up, he felt a little sore in his body and at the same time. There is a feeling of loss.

The moment he woke up, he had almost forgotten what happened in the dream.

Duo Mei also woke up and complained: "Mingcheng, what happened to you last night? You usually don't move much when you sleep, so why did you keep moving last night?"

Gao Mingcheng was silent for a moment. Now he just wanted to know whether he had hit Duomei. He had strong hands and was afraid of accidentally injuring Duomei.

Duo Mei said: "It didn't hit me. I noticed you were moving around, so I fell asleep next to you."

Their bed is also a big quilt, otherwise it would be like the small bed in the past. The couple would have to sleep together, and they would not be able to turn over as much as they wanted.

When Gao Mingcheng learned that Duomei had not been hit, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Duomei, you are so smart. If I toss and turn next time, you should sleep better. I had a dream about a fight last night and I was really afraid of being hit." It's your turn." (End of Chapter)