Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 84
When Feng Jiu and his party arrived in Beiping, they went directly from the station to the inpatient department of Xiehe Hospital in Dongdan Xiaowei Hutong to visit Ning Zheng.

It was the first time for Yaya, who was in Beiping, to see the street scene different from her hometown along the way. She was very surprised, her eyes were wide open, and she just looked at it so seriously without making a sound.

Fengjiu's mind was heavy, and he was not in the mood to tease her as usual. Qiu Sheng, who was in the car with him, was tactful and silent, while Mama Wu and her little daughter Aquarius had arrived at their apartment in Taipusi, Xidan a few days earlier. , to prepare for the life matters after the arrival of the mother-in-law.

When they arrived at the hospital, accompanied by the then dean Wang Xichi [Changqing; Xiehe Medical Affairs: Xiehe Centennial Edition [M]; Beijing United Publishing Company; 2017.09], the group took the elevator to the top floor.Along the way, Dean Wang briefly introduced Ning Zheng's condition to Feng Jiu, and asked Mrs. Ning to rest assured that Deputy Commander Ning was fine.

Going outside the door of the special ward, looking in through the glass window on the door, Feng Jiu immediately saw Ning Zheng lying on the hospital bed.

Ning Zheng, who had just passed the critical period of enteric fever and paratyphoid fever yesterday, is still slowly recovering his sanity, showing signs of dehydration, general weakness, bright red circular roseola on his face, slow and weak pulse, And there are symptoms of hepatosplenomegaly.

In a daze, he seemed to hear Yaya's cry from afar, and he opened his eyes and looked out in doubt, only then did he see that Feng Jiu, who hadn't seen him for more than a month, was holding their Yaya, Looking through a glass window, he was staring at himself anxiously.

Although she is rarely with Ning Zheng, Ya Ya has long remembered her father. She saw her father, who was always handsome and handsome, wearing blue and white striped clothes, lying motionless on the bed through a window, and seeing her was not like before. Then come over and hug him right away, this little guy who was born with a bad temper anxiously stretched out his short hand, thinking that it would be good to touch him; maybe if he kisses again, his father will sit up and play with her.

Unexpectedly, mother didn't let her in, she couldn't touch him no matter what, and her outstretched hand was blocked by the window glass, so she burst into tears.

Ning Zheng looked at Ya Ya, who was wearing a lavender trousers jacket made of Nanjing purple cotton cloth, and Feng Jiu, who was holding her and wanted to come in immediately, but had to stay outside for the sake of his daughter, and his heart was shocked. The day has been filled with political affairs and military affairs, and my mind finally has some emptiness. I feel guilty for my wife and daughter. For the first time in my life, I gave myself a death order in my heart: I can no longer rely on my youth and not take my health as a priority. It's over.

Feng Jiu's eyes were flushed, and she really wanted to put Yaya down and go in to have a good look at him, but Yaya just arrived in a strange environment and saw a large group of people in white coats, but she didn't let go at all - Feng Jiu also understands, how many children are not afraid of the smell of disinfectant in the hospital, and the needles in the hands of doctors and nurses—the always cheerful Yaya has become a pestering mother, whimpering and saying nothing Letting go is like growing on her body; in her little heart, she always feels that this group of people in dazzling white clothes are all hostile to her.

Although Ning Zheng's condition has passed the most dangerous period, but the contagion still exists, Feng Jiu can't just carry her in like this.

She was struggling, but fortunately, Qiu Sheng, who accompanied her, solved the urgent need: she asked the nurse for a needle and thread, and changed a brand-new sterile gauze mask to several sizes on the spot, and put it on Yaya's chubby face. It fits perfectly and fits perfectly .

This time, both mothers wore masks, and went inside in smocks outside.

As soon as Feng Jiu put Yaya down, she ran to Ning Zheng's hospital bed in a "papa papa", hesitated for a while, and finally reached out to touch the face of the father who was so thin that he became a little strange.Feng Jiu followed behind, his eyes fixed on his face.

Ning Zheng has been staring at them without blinking since just now, and his eyes have long been intertwined with Feng Jiu's, with endless threads of affection.

At this time, the girl had arrived in front of him, and he seemed to have just remembered that he might be very unbearable in this situation, and his ears turned red belatedly, he looked away embarrassedly, raised his arms with all his strength, and stroked Yaya with the fleshy skin. Keng'er's little hand retracted slowly again, regretting that he couldn't kiss the fat red apple face in front of him as usual.

But Ya Ya still smiled, and her big eyes that had just cried were also squinted outside the mask, which was exactly the same as her mother's deer eyes when she smiled. many.

This mother and daughter are really his most miraculous special medicine.

Ya Ya just put on the mask and thought it was a novelty, and she didn't have any complaints; now she feels bored, and her little tongue is licking against the gauze, and it seems to be wet.Fengjiu saw it, and immediately tried to divert her attention. Turning around, she saw on the white bedside table beside her, there was a basket of crabapple and papaya that Peking people especially liked, and she reached out and took one and stuffed it into her hand. Li said: "Ya Ya, you can only smell this, you can't eat it." Ya Ya nodded, walked to the couch facing the hospital bed, climbed up on it very self-reliantly, and concentrated on studying this novelty son gone.

Feng Jiu sat beside Ning Zheng, looking at him silently with a pair of water-cut eyes.

Ning Zheng half drooped his red bloodshot eyes due to the continuous high fever, grabbed her hand and pressed it to his face, rubbed it up and down a few times with nostalgia, and closed his eyes.

Fengjiu's eyes were a little moist, and she leaned over and kissed his eyes through the mask - she was not afraid of infection, but Yaya had to be considered, after all, she was still breastfeeding.Ning Zheng's extremely beautiful eyes opened suddenly, brightened, and he curved his lips into a smile.

After a while, a nurse came in with a basin of warm water and said that he wanted to wipe Deputy Commander Ning's body: because the fever had just subsided and he was sweating again, he must be uncomfortable.Ning Zheng watched Feng Jiu's eyes that were already too big to turn into copper bells in an instant.

Is this okay? !Feng Jiu roughly calculated forward, that is to say, all the female nurses cleaned up Ning Zheng's personal hygiene for a while?

Ning Zheng was in a coma for a few days, it was definitely not his idea, and then she glared angrily at Zhi Changsheng who was beside her.

Zhi Changsheng looked back innocently, and Kabaka stared blankly, meaning that he didn't expect that Ma'am, you still care about such things.

Feng Jiu actually has some eccentricities: once Ning Zheng is included in his territory, it is a personal item, and no one else is allowed to touch it...even female nurses.

She got up and politely thanked the female nurse, and then said that since she, the wife, was here, this kind of thing would be done by herself.

After smiling, she invited out the beautiful female nurse who was strangely not so happy despite the reduced workload. While rolling up her arms and sleeves, Fengjiu made a decision in her heart to wean Yaya: one Ning Zheng, who came at this time, needs her personal care; secondly, because the quality of milk has not been as good as before; thirdly, it is the most important thing - Yaya is more and more in love with milk.

There is a folk word in Northeast China called "Kan Nai", which means that out of animal instinct, breastfeeding children are very strict about their own rations. Playing there endlessly, patting a few times from time to time, the small mouth is stuffed full, can't drink, and doesn't let go, eyes slyly slipping away from mother, with a smug face that doesn't know how to hide it, to put it bluntly is A resource hog.

Sometimes Feng Jiu gets annoyed by her pestering, so he simply pushes her aside, turns his back and says, "The restaurant is closed."

Yaya burst into tears immediately, Feng Jiu couldn't bear it, so he could only ask for mercy.

But keeping watch over her like this, Feng Jiu was really tied up by this little thing, unable to do anything properly.

At night, Ya Ya's behavior became more extreme, and she had already run to her mother's bed to see the milk nearby, which worried her; she even had to wake up from sleep every time to confirm whether the "granary" of her mother was still within reach; And because of waking up in the middle of the night, she drank milk in a daze, and never exceeded her appetite a few times, which directly caused a very serious colic in Fengtian, so Fengjiu also felt that it was time I made up my mind.

Originally, her turbulent breast milk was not a problem to feed the child until the age of three or four - breast milk is good for the health of the child, which is the consensus of the whole world.But she has had a lot of bad things in the past six months, so the quality of breast milk has been greatly affected. Madam Ning once worried that her milk was "hot", and it might not be good for Ya Ya.

Feng Jiu wiped Ning Zheng's body and thought about it. Ning Zheng looked at Feng Jiu's face with satisfaction, and thoughts arose in his heart, secretly planning to wait until he was discharged from the hospital, to do this and that... Suddenly he heard a cheerful "" Third brother, third sister-in-law!" Looking up, it was Qiaozhi who hadn't seen her for several months.

Qiaozhi has already entered the fourth year of medical studies. When she learned that her brother was admitted to the hospital, of course she ran here long ago. Later, if Ning Zheng hadn't instructed his subordinates to forcefully drive her away, she might have come back many times; Hong Si also, I have come here twice; I just heard from Zhi Changsheng that Feng Ling, who was studying in Tianjin, also came here to visit his brother-in-law with great effort; Yun and Yanying came here once.

Qiaozhi has been teaching in the teaching building. Before the class, the teacher casually said "Mrs. Ning and her daughter are here", so she couldn't sit still. She asked the teacher for leave during the break and went straight to the inpatient department. .

Feng Jiu just finished the task, greeted Qiao Zhi happily, and covered Ning Zheng with the thin quilt again.Qiaozhi caught sight of Ya Ya who was concentrating on picking out the begonia and papaya with her little fingers, and was immediately attracted by the playful and lovable fat niece who looked like a big doll in a New Year painting. She picked her up and started spinning around; Ya Ya liked this game the most. , Grinning his small mouth and laughing happily, Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu both smiled when they saw it.

However, the air in the ward was not good after all, so she couldn't stay for a long time, and Yaya was soon carried out by her aunt to play - with Aunt Qiaozhi, it was fine without her mother, and besides, she could take off the stuffy mask.

Now there are only their husband and wife in the ward, and the others have dispersed wisely.Feng Jiu couldn't help but want to take off his mask, but Ning Zheng firmly refused.But I heard from the attending doctor that it should be over in two days, so Feng Jiu had no choice but to do so.

Ning Zheng looked at Feng Jiu, listening to her sweet voice narrating the new things of the past month. In fact, there are many things that are not worth mentioning, small and trivial, but Feng Jiu has the ability to make the most ordinary The stories of the parents are all described in a witty and witty way, which makes Ning Zheng laugh from time to time.

The most familiar and sweetest voice was right next to her ears, and the most alluring eyes were right in front of her eyes. Ning Zheng, who was physically weak, had a smile on his lips, and fell asleep under the wonderful sound of sleep aids.

Feng Jiu paused, looked at it, got up and dipped a cotton swab in water to moisten his dry and chapped lips, and then walked out of the ward.Zhi Changsheng, who had been sitting on the sofa in the corridor waiting for orders, hurriedly told her that Ms. Qiaozhi took Yaya to the Jiuqu corridor outside.

Feng Jiu took the elevator downstairs and walked down the white marble steps: Ning Zheng's condition improved, and she was in the mood to appreciate Xiehe, which is said to be the most beautiful architectural complex in the world today.

The American architectural designer Coolidge is indeed very discerning. He has kept the green tiles and gray walls, double eaves and roofs, swallowing dragon kisses and glazed trots of the original Prince Yu's mansion intact, and added Western-style buildings and old buildings. You have me , I have you, Chinese and Western radiance, harmonious and abnormal.

Feng Jiu couldn't help but think of it: Prince Yu's mansion, like the Shuncheng County mansion that belongs to Lao Ning's family now, was the result of the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the original owner sold their ancestral house because they couldn't survive.

The common people in Peiping are the most narrow-minded, because the mansion was sold to the American oil tycoon Rockefeller's family to build Xiehe Medical College and Hospital, so the common people simply follow the original owner's name and call the Xiehe Hospital "Oil King's Mansion".

She was walking along the corridor connecting more than a dozen buildings, and suddenly heard voices in front of her, singing crisply like a yellow oriole: under the cover of tall and straight cedars, cedars and large white magnolias, a lavender The small figure of the girl is running back and forth in a hurry, and Qiaozhi, who is wearing a light green slub cloth shirt behind her, is chasing her leisurely to play, and the short hair tails on both sides are flapping her cheeks like butterfly wings.

Yaya has been fond of the lively and lively Aunt Qiaozhi since she was born, and the two hit it off very well.Feng Jiu walked forward with a smile, hugged the sweaty Yaya in her arms, took out a handkerchief and wiped her sweat, and then wiped the sweaty Qiaozhi with her hand, Qiaozhi closed her eyes and looked up, with a happy expression on her face.

The three of them sat together on the wooden bench in the corridor, and Feng Jiu and his sister-in-law were talking intimately.

Feng Jiu looked at Qiaozhi who already had a heart-warming "Xiehe face", and stretched out his hand to touch it, feeling distressed -- "Xiehe face" refers to the long-term tense life rhythm of Xiehe residents and students, even if the school provides the best I have no appetite to enjoy the three meals a day and two desserts; I can't spare time to go out to exercise and bask in the sun. As time goes by, all of them look pale and look quite unhealthy.

"Can you survive? Is it too hard?"

The eight-year "treasure tower" training system of Xiehe is doomed to be cruel to study and life, and the elimination rate is astonishing; It can be said that more than half of it has been successful.

Qiaozhi's hairstyle was also changed to Prince Warren's style because she saw that her sister-in-law's short hair looks good. She looks more charming and fresh. She leaned on her always close sister-in-law and coquettishly said, "It's hard work!" , I worked so hard, I'm going to die, hehe..."

"Then you still continue to study? How about we..." Feng Jiuyi took it seriously and became anxious. Then he might as well choose a new university.

"But I like it, I really like it." Qiaozhi smiled "hehe", hugged Fengjiu again, and squeezed into her arms.

Yaya, who had been obediently staying in her mother's arms and insisted on listening to the adult's chatter despite not being able to understand, was squeezed by her aunt, thinking she was playing with her, so she squeezed in too. After pushing and pulling a few times, all three of them laughed.

As soon as Qiaozhi was happy, she began to sing the nursery rhyme she had just made up: "Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the sesame oil, and the squeezed sesame oil will not be given to the old hen. July 21..." This is all messed up, the aunt and nephew are vying for each other on the battlefield of Fengjiu, which made the noble Mrs. Ning's expensive cloud silk cheongsam full of wrinkles.

Feng Jiu didn't take it seriously, and while trying to maintain his balance, he said happily: "That's good. The most important thing is that you like it."

Later, Feng Jiu took advantage of the time when Ya Yalai was panting in his arms, and asked Qiaozhi: "Your brother still worries about your marriage during the Chinese New Year... That beautiful male classmate is Huo Kaixing, you guys What's the matter?"

Qiaozhi was stunned when she heard the words, and lowered her head slightly. She was always blunt with shyness on her face. Feng Jiu knew there was something for her at a glance, and smiled and put her arms around her shoulders, "You, don't be reserved, let me see That boy is not bad. I will ask someone to find out about his personality and family, if it is similar..."

"Sister-in-law!" Qiaozhi was in a hurry, and quickly asked Feng Jiu to stop, "I still have four years to graduate, it's too early to say this now..."

Fengjiu herself was married by the order of her parents and the words of a matchmaker, so she always has a small unspoken yearning for the relationship between classmates.When she saw Qiaozhi blushing with shame, she couldn't help laughing, "Blame me, blame me, I didn't think carefully. It would be best if you have a tacit understanding."

Qiaozhi didn't pick up the quibble, watching Yaya jumping impatiently to the ground and having fun with the flowers and plants, she said in a low voice after a long while: "Last time our school organized everyone to go to Xishan to play. There is a small stream there, which is crystal clear and the water is very sweet. I was sitting by the stream and reading a book, when suddenly a small red boat floated along the water. When I picked it up, it was written on the sail made of paper. 'Comrades live and die together', that guy, is smiling at me upstream..."

With a common career and common aspirations, this kind of relationship is very reliable, and this kind of confession is very romantic. Feng Jiu nodded with satisfaction like a mother, and joked: "Xiao Nizi—the heart is moving."

It was also the first time in Qiaozhi's life that she had confide her most secret thoughts to someone. Originally, it was unimaginable with her character of self-protection that was tight and watertight, but since this "person" is the third sister-in-law, it became natural.She held back her shyness and pretended to sigh, "I don't know which couple it is, they are tired and crooked all day long, and they don't know it because they are in the way of people's eyes."

Since Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu got married, the two have become more and more tacit and intimate.The little intimacy and love between the two of them that they thought no one was paying attention to had already fallen into the eyes of others, just like the last time they attended the huge beach wedding.

Qiaozhi, as the younger sister of Ning Zheng's first-in-law compatriot, is just like the elder sister Shoufang. While she is very pleased with this, she is also grateful for her brother--fortunately, her brother met her sister-in-law, otherwise it would be a good thing to do as he did before. A prodigal son, today, I am afraid that the concubine has already filled several courtyards; even if this is not the case, the most likely thing to happen is the relationship between husband and wife.

After hearing this, Feng Jiu was so shocked that his mouth became a circle——ah, how about it, this little girl even dared to tease her sister-in-law, she is very brave.Fengjiu decides to show off the money of "the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother", imposes "extreme" punishment, and scratches Qiaozhi's itch when she jumps up; Smiling at being squeaked; Yaya, who was pouting her buttocks and flirting with women, saw that there was still this excitement to join in, so she rushed forward to help others.

Qiaozhi was at a disadvantage, but she didn't lose the battle, and she didn't forget to reveal her shortcomings: "Good sister-in-law, look at the incident when we went to the Lama Temple to take pictures in the cold a few years ago, and wasted a lot of film in the cold." For the sake of it, please forgive me."

This reason is acceptable. Among the inconspicuous things that Feng Jiu has done, this is quite excessive. When I mention it, I lack courage, so I stop my hand in embarrassment, and hold down the little villain who is following me. After stopping, the three of them couldn't help laughing together again.

The sister-in-law had a good chat, and as soon as they saw the meal, they went to Xiehe’s famous nutrition restaurant for dinner together. Yaya then drank some creamy mushroom soup, served with French garlic bread cut into small pieces, and smacked her mouth. "Yeah" said that he would come again in the future, always coming, Feng Jiu couldn't laugh or cry.

After dinner, Feng Jiu told Qiaozhi to hurry back to prepare for afternoon class, don't go upstairs to see her brother, and watch it later when she has time.

When Qiaozhi's thin figure disappeared outside the small west gate connecting the teaching building with the inpatient department, Fengjiu turned to look at her daughter, and then remembered, it seems that Dad Ya Ya has been hanging out for a long time, he woke up early, right?

She took Ya Ya back to the ward apologetically. Ning Zheng woke up early and was eating a light and pleasant lunch. After all, Xiehe has the best nutritionist and cook in hospitals across the country.

He looked at his wife with a half-smile, but didn't say anything - no matter what, a brother can't compete with his sister for his wife's favor, right?Besides, looking at Feng Jiu, who was wearing a lotus-gray cloud silk cheongsam embroidered with large blue hydrangea flowers, and the clever and mischievous fat girl, his heart, which had been restless for a long time, was as warm and moist as spring water.

(End of this chapter)