Before the sky turned dark, Wang Yulan suddenly said, "Aiya, I don't know what's wrong with that child, but he has a high fever. I think he caught a cold because he's still young, and he's been soaked in the grass for too long."
Li He asked, "Did he go to the hospital?"
"Of course, what else can I do? I'll go take a look later, you guys stay at home and watch the door. "
Li He was a little worried, "I'll go take a look. It's going to be dark soon, what are you going to do?"
He didn't remember this part at all, as if he had entered a completely different train of thought.
"Then go take a look." Wang Yulan didn't stop him, she even took out a roll of money from her handkerchief and gave it to Li He, "Hunchback probably doesn't have much money, if he's poor, you can pay for it. Who hasn't had a hard time?"
Li He pushed it back, "I have money on me."
Wang Yulan said, "Do you still remember that year? If it wasn't for Hunchback, you wouldn't have your sister."
"It's been so many years, don't think about it anymore." Li He was in high school at that time, and he only found out about it after he came back. If Wang Yulan hadn't mentioned it, he would've forgotten about it.
"Isn't it all because of Hunchback? If it wasn't for Hunchback, your sister would've been gone long ago. I was picking wheat in the field with a basket, and Four was picking pigweed by the river. Someone shouted that Four fell into the water, and I ran over, but I was out of breath and forgot to throw the basket away since it was so heavy. I ran over to take a look, your sister's eyes were closed, and I was about to faint. "Wang Yulan actually cried as she spoke.
"Alright, it's all in the past." Li He quickly wiped away Wang Yulan's tears.
"Let's not talk about it, let's not talk about it. I'm scared now. I was poor back then, and without Hunchback's help, I could only give him two eggs. Didn't I turn back? "Wang Yulan still couldn't stop her tears," I even told Hunchback before the New Year to let Four accept him as his godfather, but Hunchback didn't want it. "
Li He had heard Wang Yulan's words many times. He remembered that when he came back one year, he was very poor, but he still gave Hunchback twenty yuan, but Hunchback was stubborn and didn't want it.
At that time, he was relieved. He was glad that the hunchback didn't want the money. He thought that if the hunchback accepted the money, he would have nothing to eat when he returned to the capital. A poor man's ambition was short. What could he do?
Later, when he was rich, he didn't want to go, and went back to him. Four, Tian Ming, he, and Dong. over., and Four, he he. "Hua,"
"I know what I'm doing. You stay at home," Li He took the flashlight, got on his bicycle and left the house.
The commune's hospital was very small. It was just two small buildings with a big yard. There was a big flower bed in the middle, a car shed on the left corner, and a public toilet on the right corner. He could smell the sour smell no matter how far he was.
Entering the corridor, Li He met He Zhaodi, "Why are you here?"
He Zhaodi smiled, "I sent him here on my motorcycle, so of course I'm here."
Li He looked into the doctor's office. Hunchback was checking on the child.
"Is he okay?"
He Zhaodi shook her head, "I don't know."
"Let's go in and take a look." Li He entered the office.
Hunchback nodded at Li He and forced a smile, but didn't say anything.
The doctor took out the thermometer from under the child's armpit and listened with a stethoscope for a while. Before he could say anything, Hunchback hurriedly asked, "Doctor, how is he?"
"He doesn't have a fever, but his chest is sunken. His breathing is fast, and his throat is grunting. I think it's a respiratory tract infection." The doctor was a man in his fifties, and he spoke unhurriedly.
"He can't breathe?" Hunchback still didn't understand what he meant.
The doctor said, "His throat is inflamed, and he needs to be hospitalized. Otherwise, he'll be in trouble if he gets pneumonia."
"Pneumonia!" This time, Hunchback really understood. To him, pneumonia was equivalent to a terminal illness. He hurriedly said, "Doctor, you have to save him. He's such a small child."
He Zhaodi said, "He hasn't gotten pneumonia yet. The doctor said that he might get pneumonia if he doesn't get treatment. He'll be fine if he gets treatment. Don't panic."
Li He said to the doctor, "Then please arrange for us to be hospitalized."
Hunchback also hurriedly agreed, "Yes, yes, hospitalization. We need to be hospitalized as soon as possible."
Looking at the little thing in his arms, he felt that his heart was about to break, even though he wasn't related to the child by blood.
"Has he been pregnant for a full month?"
The few of them looked at each other. In the end, Hunchback braced himself and said, "I don't think so. I don't know either. To tell you the truth, this child was picked up. When I brought him back from the grass in the morning, he hadn't been washed yet. I was the one who brought him back to wash him. "
"Then he's just born." The doctor was used to this kind of thing. As he wrote down the bill, he said, "You guys can go and pay the fee."
Then, he tore the bill down. He Zhaodi grabbed it before Li He could. "Wait here."
Hunchback lifted the child with one hand and reached into his coat pocket with the other. He shouted at He Zhaodi, "Here's the money."
He Zhaodi stepped out of the door and ignored him.
Li He said, "Let her pay for now. I'll settle it with her later."
The doctor found them a bed in the hospital and brought them over. The nurse brought an intravenous drip over and was about to give the child an injection.
Hunchback looked at the thin needle and felt a little scary. He asked, "Doctor, can you give an injection to such a small child? It hurts."
The doctor said, "It's because of this that the child needs an intravenous drip. She can't eat or take medicine, so she can only get an intravenous drip. Her respiratory tract is already infected, so an intravenous drip is the best way. "
Li He said, "Let's listen to the doctor."
The anti-inflammatory drugs used in the intravenous drip were usually cephalosporins, which were pioneers. These drugs were definitely more effective when injected into the vein than when absorbed through the digestive system.
Hunchback nodded and smiled. "Thank you."
Li He had a good impression of such a patient doctor. Seeing that the doctor was about to get off work, he walked him to the door.
When He Zhaodi entered the door, she saw the nurse repeatedly patting the child's body, but she couldn't find any blood vessels. The nurse's hands were a little shaky. She smiled and said, "Sister, why don't you rest for a while? It's quite tiring. "
"Then wait for a while." The nurse was a little nervous. She couldn't find any blood vessels for such a small child, and she couldn't be ruthless, so she could only give up.
After a while, an older nurse came in. She touched the child's scalp and took the needle. She said to the nurse, "I've said this before. Usually, children under the age of two will choose the scalp vein for intravenous drips. Not only are they shallow, but they are also rich in blood vessels. They are also easy to tie and fix, and the hands can move freely."
Her hands were very sensitive. She could accurately estimate the fullness, depth, position, and direction of the blood vessels. In an instant, she pierced the child's scalp. The child only let out a cry and stopped crying.
Everyone in the room heaved a sigh of relief.
After the child fell asleep, the few of them went to the corridor. The corridor was quiet, and it was dark. Only the light in their ward was on. The people in the hospital had already left work.
Hunchback felt his pockets left and right, but he didn't seem to find anything.
Li He handed him a cigarette in time. How could an old smoker not be familiar with this action?
Hunchback took a deep and greedy puff. After a long time, he said, "You two can go back. I'm fine here alone. I'm sorry for troubling you two."
"It's okay, I'll accompany you." He Zhaodi turned to Li He and said, "You can ride my motorcycle back first. My motorcycle has lights, so you can see it."
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