Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 45
After a night of thinking, Mu Zhen got up very early, and ran out on tiptoe, to the big willow tree at the head of the village. He revisited the scene of that day, trying to get back the details of when the two met.

Standing under the big willow tree, Mu Zhen stroked the bark of the willow tree, feeling an indescribable warmth in his heart. He stared at the direction Xiaojuan came from, imagining that Xiaojuan would reappear in front of his eyes. This time it was not Xiaojuan's confession, but He wanted to express his longing and uneasiness to Xiaojuan.

"Is she angry at herself for not attending class last night?" Mu Zhen thought that although she didn't have a good class yesterday, she didn't have the courage to go to her alone, let alone write a note to her. The confession in the morning, why he was so stupid, didn't say a word that moved Xiaojuan, he complained about his stupid mouth.

Mu Zhen, who had stood for a long time, looked at Dongfang with a white belly, and walked back to the residence with attachment. When he returned to the residence, Liu Xuchang had already woken up. Seeing Mu Zhen who came back, he seemed a little surprised: "I wake up and go Jieshou, I didn't see you, where have you been now?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I just went for a walk and exercise!" Mu Zhen replied as if nothing had happened. After all, she was a child, and Liu Xuchang didn't have any doubts.

"I can sleep a little longer!" Liu Xuchang said, and closed his eyes again.

Mu Zhen stood in front of the bed, looked at Liu Xuchang's back, nodded as if realizing something, then took off her shoes, went to bed and lay down, and soon fell asleep.

Mu Zhen, who was sleeping soundly, heard Liu Xuchang calling him: "Hurry up, get up, it's late today, when I woke up just now, I thought you wouldn't sleep, so I turned off the set alarm clock!"

Mu Zhen got up from the bed in a jerk, slipped on her shoes, and ran outside.

When the two of them ran to the school panting, the school's morning reading class was coming to an end. Just in time, the head teacher, Teacher Zhang, came out of the classroom and immediately stopped them both: "Why are you two here?"

Teacher Zhang usually has a sullen face and no smile. The question at this time made the two of them stuck, and they didn't want to explain a word. Regarding the lateness this time, both of them knew in their hearts that there was something wrong with the road, but the mistake was not the same. How to explain it to the teacher?
During the stalemate, suddenly there was a voice: "Mr. Zhang, the principal asked me to call you to his office!"

This voice was Dean Liu. When Mu Zhen saw Director Liu, her heart sank. Over the past year, his performance has won the approval of Director Liu, and since the new semester, Director Liu even had a heart-to-heart talk with him!Mu Zhen felt very embarrassed. If Director Liu knew that she was late, she really didn't know what to say in the next conversation.

Teacher Zhang said in a low voice: "Come into the classroom, you are not allowed to be late for no reason in the future!"

Sitting in the classroom, Mu Zhen didn't have the time to read the textbook anymore. She thought about being late today. In the final analysis, there was a ghost in her heart. If there was no ghost, how could she wake up so early and fall asleep? Do you have to wake up?Mu Zhen turned her head and took a sneak peek at Zhang Ran who was sitting behind. Zhang Ran didn't seem to see his eyes, and was still reading something seriously. Liu Xuchang who was sitting beside her smiled awkwardly.

As if suddenly understanding, Mu Zhen put the book in front of her and read it aloud.

The morning class made Mu Zhen's heart come back. Maybe he understood what he had done better. He was obsessed with a girl at a young age, which not only delayed the morning reading, but also the more important delay?
Mu Zhen is relatively more rational, thinking from the bottom of her heart to put aside the matter with Xiaojuan for the time being, Xiaojuan's confession may be just impulsive, not what she imagined, why stop at a sweet talk?He thought of Wang Sheng in the ghost story in Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio. He was bewitched by a female ghost and fell for it. He almost lost his life. He was still a child.When Mu Zhen opened her mind, she felt a lot more relaxed, and there was no pressure on her mind. Instead, she felt that it would be better to let this matter pass naturally and not to worry about it.

The strangeness of the world is coincidence.That night, as soon as Mu Zhen and Liu Xuchang left the classroom after school, she felt chills in her body. After walking a few steps, she felt her heart tremble. Then he fell down, and Liu Xuchang hurried forward to support him, touched his forehead, and said eagerly, "You have a high fever!"

Zhang Ran who came out from behind stepped forward to help hold Mu Zhen's arm: "Quick, help him to the hospital!"

Saying that, the two walked towards the hospital while holding Mu Zhen's arm, followed closely by Wu Xiaojuan who was chasing up.

In the hospital at night, except for the red light in the simple ward, the rest is completely dark.

"Xiaojuan, go and call the doctor!" Liu Xuchang greeted Xiaojuan who was behind her.

Xiaojuan agreed, and ran to the lighted simple ward: "Where is the doctor! Did you see the doctor?"

Xiaojuan seemed a little incoherent. There was a middle-aged woman in the ward who waited on the patients. Hearing Xiaojuan's hurried voice, she turned her head, pointed to the east and said, "It's in that office, go and have a look."

Xiaojuan turned around quickly, rushed to the door of the office pointed by the middle-aged woman in two steps, and knocked on the door of the office: "Doctor, doctor, we have a sick number!"

"It's the middle of the night, what's the emergency?" A leisurely voice came from the office.

It was a young doctor who opened the door. Xiaojuan knew the two old doctors here. Maybe this young doctor was the reason why he just came here. I can't stand up anymore!"

Following the direction Xiaojuan pointed, the young doctor saw three figures in the dark and hurried over.

"What's wrong?" the doctor asked while reaching out to touch Mu Zhen's forehead where the two were clasping each other.The hair on the forehead was very hot, the doctor immediately understood and asked, "Are you coughing?"

"No cough." Mu Zhen responded vaguely.

"Anything else uncomfortable?"

"No, I just feel cold and shivering!" Mu Zhen answered the doctor's question weakly.

The doctor asked as if asking: "A small injection or a drop bottle?"

"Hanging the bottle!" Xiaojuan replied affirmatively before the other three people understood.

"Okay, then go to the ward and wait, first take a thermometer to measure the temperature, then I will prescribe some medicine, you go to the pharmacy to get the medicine!" The doctor said and returned to the office, and handed the thermometer to Xiaojuan who came in hand.

After taking the thermometer, Xiaojuan sent the thermometer to the ward, then immediately returned to the office, and went to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine with the prescription prescribed by the doctor.

The staff on duty at the pharmacy may have been awakened by the yelling of several people. The lights in the pharmacy that were originally off had already been turned on. !"

Xiaojuan took out her own money to pay without hesitation, took the medicine back and handed it to the doctor.

After the doctor hung up the hanging needle, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"I was scared to death just now!" Xiaojuan panted while patting her chest with her hands.

"I didn't scare you away!" Zhang Ran teased.

"You scared me away! I was worried about him! How can I be as heartless as you!" Xiaojuan mocked with a smile.

Mu Zhen, who was lying sideways on the hospital bed, didn't care about their teasing, she looked at Xiaojuan intently and asked, "How much is the total cost of the medicine just now?"

"Get an injection first, and then we'll talk!" Xiaojuan said in a low voice.

Strange to say, as soon as Xiaojuan's words came out of her mouth, Mu Zhen felt a warm current flooding her body, as if she had been injected with a booster.

The three of them looked at each other without saying anything. The three of them didn't notice Mu Zhen's change, they just bowed their heads and said nothing.

Seeing that it will take some time for the needle to be injected, Zhang Ran suggested: "Take it slowly, Xiaojuan and I will go home first, otherwise the family will think that there is something wrong with us!" Zhang Ran originally wanted to find a reason to go back first .

"If you want to go back, you go back first, I'll wait here until the bottle is finished!" Xiaojuan said seriously.

Zhang Ran didn't make a sound, he seemed a little embarrassed, and said casually: "Then let's go back together, let's wait a little longer!"

The liquid in the hanging bottle slowly flowed into Mu Zhen's body drop by drop. After about ten minutes, Mu Zhen no longer felt the chill just now, and sweat began to appear on her face. Liu Xuchang and Zhang Ran looked at each other, She came out of the ward and stood in the yard. Xiaojuan didn't move. She watched the two go out, took out a small handkerchief from her pocket, put it to Mu Zhen's forehead, wiped it, and then handed it to Mu Zhen: "You Wipe the sweat off your body!"

Mu Zhen said gratefully: "Thank you three!"

"We are all classmates, so why don't you help me when you meet me? If you want to help, you can help to the end, you can't be like Zhang Ran, just leave as soon as you deliver it!" Xiaojuan suddenly showed some blame.

"Going back late, he is also afraid that his family will worry!" Mu Zhen said in a low voice.

"You still speak for him, and if you speak for him again, I will be angry with you!" Xiaojuan said pretending to be angry.

"Don't be angry, I won't say anything!" Mu Zhen said seriously.

When the hanging bottle was finished, nearly an hour had passed, and Mu Zhen's illness had basically recovered.

When the four of them were about to say goodbye, Mu Zhen handed over Xiaojuan's handkerchief, but Xiaojuan didn't pick it up, and said with a smile, "Take it to wipe your sweat!"

Liu Xuchang looked at it and joked: "You also give me a sweater!"

"You also have a fever, and I'll give you one too!" Xiaojuan's response made the four of them laugh at the same time, and amidst the laughter, the four of them went home.

(End of this chapter)