splendid star

Chapter 89 Niuniu is sick
It always gets dark very early in winter, when the sky outside is completely dark.Xiaoju's mother-in-law went to someone's house to play mahjong. Niu Niu was lying on the bed, fast asleep.Xiao Ju was busy in the kitchen alone, preparing a family dinner. Perhaps she was so busy that she forgot the time. Xiao Ju inadvertently raised her head and glanced at the wall clock on the wall. "It's already six o'clock in the evening!" Xiao Ju said in surprise. blurted out.
Xiaoju put down her work and thought silently in her heart: Niuniu slept for a really long time this time. She usually wakes up in an hour at most, but she is still sleeping up to this point today.No, I have to wake her up so that she won't wake up again at night.
Xiaoju quickly came to the bedroom. As she walked to the bed, she shouted softly: "Niuniu! Don't sleep, it's getting dark, it's time to get up!"
Niuniu didn't respond, she just lay motionless on the bed and continued to sleep.Xiaoju turned on the light and saw Niu Niu's red face, and immediately realized something was wrong.She quickly leaned down and touched Niu Niu's forehead with her hand: "Ah! Why is it so hot? Does Niu Niu have a fever?"
Xiaoju immediately panicked!Since Niuniu was born, under Xiaoju's meticulous care, she has almost never gotten sick, and she has rarely even caught a cold. But why did she get a fever this time?
Xiaoju hurriedly picked up Niuniu and walked around the room anxiously: What should I do?As a new mother, it was the first time that her child had a fever and there was no one around to discuss it. Xiaoju was a little confused.
Why don't you look for some medicine?Xiaoju put down Niuniu and started rummaging around the house.She searched around and found that they were all medicines for adults, but she found a thermometer.Xiaoju quickly picked up the thermometer and clamped it under Niuniu's armpit.
"39.5 degrees!" Looking at Niuniu who was a little confused because of the high fever, Xiaoju was extremely anxious. She quickly picked up the phone and shouted anxiously with a tearful tone: "Brother Qiang, when will you come back? Niuniu has a high fever! I What should I do?"
"Why are you crying here? Take the child to the hospital quickly. What's the point of calling me. Where's mom? Ask her to go with you." Xiao Qiang replied impatiently while driving the car.
"I haven't seen my mother all afternoon. I guess I went to someone's house to play mahjong. I just called her several times but no one answered." Xiao Ju cried because she was too anxious.
"Don't just cry! In this case, you take Niuniu and take a taxi to the hospital. I'll be there in a minute."
"Okay then." Xiaoju hung up the phone.
Xiaoju quickly put on her clothes, picked up Niuniu, and hurriedly walked and ran to the village gate to wait for the rental.In the dark night, a thin figure of a woman, holding a baby with high fever in her arms, stood shivering in the biting cold wind, waiting for a taxi.
The north wind was blowing loudly, and occasionally there were a few pedestrians passing by in a hurry. From time to time, vehicles passed by, and the bright car lights were like a shining meteor, passing by Xiaoju.
Xiaoju lowered her head and looked at her daughter, who had been sleeping in her arms because she had a high fever. She felt anxious but powerless, and tears of disappointment could not stop falling down.
"Niuniu, I'm sorry, it's all my fault that my mother is useless." Xiaoju hated her own incompetence and blamed herself for bringing such a lovely daughter into this world and suffering from this human suffering.
Just when the couple was extremely helpless, Aunt Zhang walked over from the entrance of the village. She stepped forward and took a closer look: "Who do I think this is? Isn't this Xiaoju! Why are you standing here holding the child? Big It’s a cold day, so don’t freeze.”
Xiaoju replied helplessly: "Aunt Zhang, Niuniu has a fever, Xiao Qiang can't come back, and my mother-in-law can't be contacted. I want to take a taxi to the hospital here. But after waiting for so long..."
"Hey, Niuniu has a fever?" Aunt Zhang stretched out her hand to touch Niuniu's forehead after saying that, "Oh, it's so hot! Xiaoju, it's not easy to take a taxi at this time. In this case, I'll tell Tsinghua University and ask him to drive to her as soon as possible. You two go to the hospital."
Aunt Zhang said and called Jiang Qinghua.
"Thank you so much, Aunt Zhang! You are really Niuniu's lifesaver!" After Aunt Zhang finished the call, Xiao Ju kept saying her thanks in a moved voice.
"You're welcome, Xiaoju. We are all neighbors. If you have any difficulties in the future, just tell Auntie. A child's fever is not a trivial matter, so don't delay it. Come, let me hold you for a while." After Auntie Zhang said this, she reached out and hugged Niuniu. Come here, "Are you exhausted? Xiaoju, you have to take care of your body. Hey, your mother-in-law only knows how to play mahjong all day long, leaving you alone at home. She has to take care of Niuniu and do housework. It's really... Your college degree is for nothing."
"Oh, I can't help it, this is my life." Xiaoju lowered her head and sighed.
While the two were chatting, Jiang Qinghua drove over in a car.
"Xiaoju, get in the car quickly." Jiang Qinghua shouted.
After Xiaoju thanked Jiang Qinghua, she quickly took Niuniu from Aunt Zhang and got into the car.Jiang Qinghua stepped on the accelerator, drove the car and sped towards the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital, Xiao Ju held the baby in her arms while Jiang Qinghua ran up and down and was busy handling various medical procedures for Niu Niu.
After everything was settled, Niu Niu took antipyretic medicine and lay quietly on the hospital bed and fell asleep.Xiaoju sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the infusion needle stuck in Niu Niu's little head. She felt distressed and guilty, and kept complaining that she had not taken good care of Niu Niu.
Jiang Qinghua quickly persuaded, "Xiao Ju, how can a child not get sick? I heard from my mother that I was often sick when I was a child, and all the nurses in the hospital knew me. So you don't have to feel guilty. In fact, you have done a good job."
"I really don't know how Niuniu got a fever so well. It's all my fault for not taking good care of the child." Xiaoju fell into deep self-blame.
"I just heard from the doctor that it was a viral cold. It's actually not your fault..." Jiang Qinghua comforted in a low voice.
Just then, Xiaoju's phone rang. "This is from my mother-in-law." As soon as Xiaoju picked up the phone, she was scolded loudly: "Where did you die? When I came back, I saw that the pot was cold and the stove was cold, and there was no one who was hot in the mouth!"
"Mom, Niuniu is sick, I brought her to the hospital." Xiaoju was used to her mother-in-law's harsh words. She didn't want to refute anything when Niuniu was sick, so she just replied lightly.
"Niuniu is sick? Xiaoju, you are idle at home all day long. How come you can't even take care of a child? What's the use?" Xiao Qiang's mother sneezed a few times as she was talking, "Okay, I won't give it to you." You said it, by the way, will Qiangzi be with you now?"
"He hasn't gotten off work yet." Xiaoju replied.
"Okay, I'll cook for myself." Xiao Qiang's mother hung up the phone after saying that.
"Xiao Ju, why don't you refute? If you swallow your anger like this, she will only think that you are easy to bully and push for your advantage." Regarding Xiao Ju's difficult situation, Jiang Qinghua felt a little sad for her misfortune and was angry, "Who is this? He is from the outside. When you come back from playing mahjong, do you still have the nerve to scold you for not cooking?"
"Okay, stop talking, Qinghua, I know you are doing it for my own good, but what can I do? That's Xiao Qiang's mother. It's not that I won't resist, but it's enough for me to take care of the children and do housework all day long. I'm tired, I don't have the extra energy to argue with her anymore, maybe it will be fine when Niuniu is older." Xiaoju looked at Niuniu blankly and replied.
After a while, Xiao Qiang arrived at the hospital.
"How is Niuniu?" Xiao Qiang ran in panting and asked.
"It will be much better now. The fever has gone away." Xiaoju replied calmly.
"Tsinghua, why are you here?" Xiao Qiang asked in confusion.
"Oh, when I was holding Niuniu and waiting for the bus at the entrance of the village, I happened to meet Tsinghua's mother. She asked Tsinghua to drive Niuniu and me to the hospital." Xiaoju explained.
"You are really my good brother!" Xiao Qiang patted Jiang Qinghua's shoulder gratefully and said.
"Brother Qiang, since you are already here, I will leave first and take good care of Niuniu and Xiaoju. In fact, it is not easy for Xiaoju. Please be more considerate of her." After Jiang Qinghua said this, he turned and left.
"Tsinghua University, I'll treat you to a drink another day." Xiao Qiang saw that Niuniu's fever had subsided, and he couldn't help but feel relieved and said happily.
"Mom didn't come?" Xiao Qiang asked Xiaoju after seeing Jiang Qinghua leave.
Xiaoju hummed and said nothing.
After Niuniu finished the transfusion, Xiao Qiang drove Xiaoju and Niuniu back home.
"Mom! Is Niuniu your granddaughter? Why didn't you accompany Xiao Ju to the hospital when the child had a fever?" Xiao Qiang came to his mother's house and asked loudly.
"Son, you have wronged me. I am busy cooking for her and my mother at home." Xiao Qiang's mother defended.
"Mom, why are you still here trying to defend yourself? Why didn't you answer the phone calls I made to you so many times after Niuniu had a fever? If I hadn't met Tsinghua's mother at the entrance of the village, I don't know what Niuniu would have burned. What's going on!" After Xiaoju heard what Xiao Qiang's mother said, she could no longer control her emotions. She walked in crying and asked.
Xiao Qiang's mother didn't expect that the docile Xiao Ju would also bite people. When Xiao Ju questioned her like this, she suddenly felt that her old face was a bit unbearable, so she started to pester her: "Qiangzi, look at your wife, you are standing right now." She dared to do this to me in front of me. You don’t even know how much she bullied me when you were driving outside.” Xiao Qiang’s mother cried and said, “I have worked hard to serve you all day long. The two of them still have to look at her face, I really can’t stay in this family anymore!”
"Mom, I heard people say that you always play mahjong at Aunt Yang's house and often don't go home." Xiao Qiang looked unbelieving.
Hearing what Xiao Qiang said, Xiao Qiang's mother cried even harder: "Qiangzi, can't I have some entertainment? I'm not the nanny of you three. You have no conscience, how easy is it for me to pull you down!" "
"Here we go again, here we go again!" Every time Xiao Qiang's mother complained about her grievances about raising Xiao Qiang alone, Xiao Qiang had nothing to say in reply.
"Xiao Ju, Niuniu is fine, why did she have a fever? How do you take care of your child at home?" Xiao Qiang turned to ask Xiao Ju.
"I don't know. I was fine in the afternoon, but I got a fever right after I slept. The doctor said it was a viral cold. It might have been infected by someone," Xiao Ju replied.
By coincidence, at this moment, Xiao Qiang's mother sneezed several times in a row.
Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ju looked at Xiao Qiang's mother in unison.
"What are you looking at? I didn't infect it." Xiao Qiang's mother glanced at them both and said angrily.
"Xiao Ju, has anyone else come to the house in the past two days?" Xiao Qiang continued to ask.
"No outsiders have been here." Xiao Ju replied calmly.
"Mom, we didn't say you were the one who infected her. To say the least, even if you were the one who infected Niu Niu, we wouldn't blame you. Why are you so anxious to defend yourself?" Xiao Qiang said with a sullen look on his face.
Xiao Qiang's mother was silent for a while, and then whispered with a guilty conscience: "I remembered that your Aunt Wang had a cold a few days ago. Maybe she passed it on to me when we played mahjong together."
"Mom, you should go out less to play mahjong recently. You are suffering from the flu now! It would be great if you can help take care of Niuniu at home." Xiao Qiang suggested.
"Then I won't go now." Xiao Qiang's mother murmured in a low voice, then turned to look at Xiao Ju and Xiao Qiang and said, "Are you two okay? If you have nothing else, go out. I'm going to bed." Xiao Qiang Mom issued an eviction order.
Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ju returned to their rooms one after another.
"Brother Qiang, let me discuss something with you. I want to go to work." Xiao Ju whispered as she made the bed.
"You have gone to work, who will take care of Niuniu?" Xiao Qiang replied dissatisfied.
"Didn't your mother promise not to play mahjong? She can take care of Niuniu at home!" Xiaoju replied.
"I think it's better to forget it, it's unreliable. Don't go to work yet, wait until Niuniu goes to kindergarten." After Xiao Qiang lay down and finished speaking, he turned around and went to sleep.
Xiaoju looked at Niuniu, sighed, and lay down silently.
(End of this chapter)